Meat price declines and milk survey noted in farm briefing
Prices for pork and other meats fell sharply in the year to Feb with pork loin and ham down, while bacon and frankfurters also cheaper. Milk drinking rose when offered with meals in Michigan State surveys, and farm exports lifted 10 percent to 1.0 billion dollars in the July to January period, driven by foreign demand and aid shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Meat Institute
The
Institute
Chicago
USDA
Michigan State College
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
Midwest
Spanish Dairy Interest Aroused By American Milk
American produced milk gains attention in Spain as surplus dairy shipments prompt public debate. Dairymen complain of a saturation crisis while sanitation officials condemn watered and falsified milk. Free milk rolls out to 49 of 50 provinces with school programs reaching tens of thousands of children in Madrid and Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
INS
Spain
U.S
U. S
Sanitation Administration
Barcelona
No Big Help From Lower Feed Costs Poultrymen Told
Washington officials warn poultry farmers not to expect lower feed costs to ease the cost-price squeeze. They urge builders against excess production to avert continued unfavorable prices. Broiler production is recovering financially with prices expected to rise notably by midyear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Bath Butter and Margarine Purchases Rise Over Year
For three consecutive months housewives bought more bath butter and margarine. In December butter purchases reached 89 million pounds, 14 million pounds more than December 1953. Olco sales rose 16 million pounds, totaling over 17 million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olco
Ambiguous Crossword Clue List From Old Ledger
A fragmented OCR snippet presents numbered clues and partial definitions for a varied word puzzle. It includes hints such as roast beef wings plant mimicker departed and Icelandic Sagas, suggesting a mixed set of cryptic style entries and stray phrases without a coherent single narrative.
Coming Auctions Across Iowa Public Sale List
A sequence of upcoming public sales and auctions across Iowa listed with dates times and locations. Items include livestock machinery grain hay straw with numerous sellers such as Kenneth Ferguson Lea Fairfield Roy and Neal Smith George Mills and L J Dennie Estate D G and Homer Showian Harold Harrington and Hawkeye Polled Hereford show and sale at Hawkeye Downs. It notes closing out sales and dispersals in several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ferguson
Urbana
Lea Fairley
Marion
Roy and
Neal Smith
Dysart
George Mills
L. J. Dennie
Winthrop
Leo Starks
Center Point
Homer Showian
Shellsburg
Prain
Harold Harrington
Ryan
James D. France
Tipton
Hawkeye Downs
Gerald
James Conway
Keystone
Delbert
Alloway
Lone Tree
Ross Brutsman
Central City
Thomas Moore
ML. Vernon
Hawkeye
B. O. Gammon
Des Moines
Farm Auction Near Hopkinton Details
A 9 acre tract near Hopkinton and a 61 acre parcel near Swisher are set for auction. Ben W. Dithisher acts as referee for the sale scheduled Thursday February 24 at 1 p.m. Grain and Tyan Rold are connected to the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyan Rold
Hopkinton
D-Uere Limber
Ben W. Dithisher
Swisher
Poultry Promotion Plan Moves Forward
The Iowa Poultry Products Organization advances a coop promotion similar to dairy drives. Baby chick buyers would pay 20 cents per hundred to fund the program, with 39 percent of hatcheries signed up to match. Over 35,000 potential buyers have been contacted, backed by feed manufacturers dealers and the Iowa Turkey Federation. Officers include Keith Wilson president and E J Schmuecker vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Poultry and Poultry Products
American Dairy Association
Iowa Poultry Products Organization
Ares
Randall Matson
Feed Manufacturers and Dealers
Iowa Turkey Federation
Matson
Keith Wilson
Iowa City
E. J. Schmuecker
Marengo
Farm Pest Fight Costs 250 Million Per Year
Government experts estimate farmers spend about 250 million dollars annually on dusts and sprays to fight pests. In one recent year around 60 million acres were treated for weeds, brush, diseases or insects, with about half devoted to cotton or small grain crops. West Union district 4 H training set for Fayette Thursday at Farm Bureau building.
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Fayette
Bureau Building
Falks
West Union
Farm Bureau
Shellsburg
I Y AN
Housenold Gohots
Gand Dairy Cacle
Aethanerr
Combina
Ian Ikella
Ats
Hulshia
Gbernsey
Cosea Khetirn
Jerses
Cominations
Mangir
Thor
Ford
Andre Bred Herr
Ford Ohriter
Cereford
Aresser Danins
Windsor
Derah
electricsWikh Atlaman
Caair
Krahler Graphalat
Atraichi
Chiralat
Cay Windhrap Ship Mater Eater
Soa
Haspal Derecht
Automatie
Hauscettan
Ani Toolss
Teequrart Oo Mlik
Wal Steamer
Suree Milking
Marhiacs Nut
Amal Bank
Vlulhea
Westie
Awe Wawer
Minton
Ismail Itema
Migrant Farm Workers Create Social Problems
Washington reports that about a million migrant families move seasonally to provide essential agricultural labor. The Health, Education and Welfare bulletin highlights social issues, with Hollandale Minnesota cited for addressing child shunting through extra teachers and school lunches funded by locals and later by families. Communities succeed via cooperation, child care centers, and improved living conditions.
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Washington
INS
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hollandale
Minn
Caupien
Wagor Named to Wheat Review Board in Iowa
John F. Wagor of Central City has been appointed to the Wheat Marketing Quota Review Committee for Area of Venue II in Iowa, which covers 26 eastern and northeastern counties. The secretary of agriculture made the appointment, with notification from Glenn, Iowa state ASC officer. The committee will hear producer appeals on wheat acreage allotments and marketing quotas. Wagor previously served 14 years on Linn county Triple-A and PMA committees, including 15 as county chairman, retiring in 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
John F. Wagor
State of Iowa
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Glenn
ASC
Wager
Linn County
Triple-A
PMA
Sheep offer new income for small farms says USDA
Federal researchers report sheep farming can boost income on small family farms as wool prices fall. Montana irrigated-farm tests show sheep fit cash crop declines, with small flocks starting around 20 ewes and average flocks near 60, yielding about 1300 dollars annually from lambs fleeces and culling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Montana
Farm Sells at Auction for 121 Per Acre Near Columbus Junction
The 175 acre W Macklem estate farm northwest of Columbus Junction sold at auction last week for 121 per acre to Cecil Long of Washington. Long plans to move to the farm soon and will run a feed business alongside farm operations.
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Columbus Jct
Veterinary Association Meeting Planned in Cedar Rapids
The East Central Town Veterinary Association will hold its monthly dinner meeting Thursday at 6 30 pm at Twin Towers cafe. Papers on sterility problems and infectious hepatitis will be presented and discussed.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
FAS
Albert
Faust
Realm
Lewis Cat Beast
Arabian Gulf
Yas
Gazette
Wagor
Wheat Review Board
Fed
Leval
Congress
Bor
America
United States
Life Insurance Medical Research Fund
AJAX
Vingis
W. G. Block Coal CO
2Nd St
Thompson
DIAL
D. GC
Homer Showman
Morris Long
Vinton
Palo Bane
Institute of Life Insurance
Madison Avenue
New York
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