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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1976
Page
6
Virgil Bertrand of a 40 acre Kankakee Illinois spread fills his hog pens with a discarded bowling ball and pins as a vent for penned up hog frustrations. He notes that the pigs, around 230 in number, push and shove each other when unable to find a suitable inert object to move.
The Gazette reports five extension councils Glenlon Surchanan Fayelly Tania and Washington have approved budgets requiring tax support. Benton, Washington, Fayette, Lanm, Buchnira counties list specific tax totals and hearings set from February 3 to February 24 at extension offices and courthouses. Additional budgets for Jones Keokuk Winneshink and Winneshirk counties and officer elections are noted with tax-derived funding and reserve funds.
Auction notices list upcoming sales across Iowa towns with farm equipment, antiques, livestock, and real estate. A Lean extension program from Johnson County outlines a six session course for part time farmers on ownership credit and leasing, with enrollment by mail or phone.
An auction notice appears with faded details about a sale on Saturday February 7 at 1 00 PM. It references rural locations near Dysart Hiway 1 and Junction 30 21 and mentions property including a barn crib house and farm equipment. The legible portion notes a March 1 1926 possession and tax dues for 1975 76.
The Agriculture Department will tighten procedures and respond to foreign grain export complaints after aaudit by the Office of Audit. It will not require routine overseas inspections but will pilot inspections at discharge ports when a specific need is evident, per Secretary Earl L. Butz and AMS officials. The report criticized handling of foreign complaints as often futile.
A series of indictments in New Orleans and Houston targets inspectors and others alleged to misgrade short weigh and commit bribery in grain shipments. The Office of Audit criticizes agencies for weak handling of foreign complaints and urges greater concern amid ongoing grain inspection investigations.
U S Senator Culver of Iowa urged in Chicago that agriculture exports form the bright future of world trade and pressed for open even handed policies with all trading partners. He spoke to the Fertilizer Institute advocating a national food policy built on producers consumers and customers abroad with a multilateral approach.
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