USDA Reports Farm Research Advances From Last Year
The Agricultural Research Service reported major farm science progress across the nation. Highlights include lab synthesis of natural rubber, weed-killers, high-yield crop varieties, disease resistant strains, and growth regulators. Livestock breeding gains promise tender meat, improved hatch rates, and new insect control methods. Facilities and funding for new laboratories were authorized or dedicated in Iowa, New York, Colorado, South Carolina, and more.
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Ashington
U. 5S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Thureday
USDA
Michigan State
Wiley
Hampshire
Shropshire
Southdown
Ames
Federal
Livestock and Poultry Disease Laboratory
Plum Island
Usda Southeastern
Clemson Agricultural College
Clemson
S.C
Peak FHA Loans Reach 1956 High in 1996 Report
The Farmers Home Administration insured loans totaling 336.48 million in 1996, the largest annual volume to date, surpassing 1955's 281 million. Operating loans led the rise, with farm housing and ownership loans supporting farm families across the year.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Lor
Price Floor Becomes Aim in Corn Control Talks
Sen Edward J Thye and 13 other agriculture leaders urged Ezra Benson to press for a guaranteed price floor in any new corn control bill. Benson noted broad support for early action aligned with corn farmers referendum views on base acreage and price supports.
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Washington
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Congress
Thye
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Franklin Buys Faust Farm Near Hawkeye
Cyril Franklin of Ceiwein buys the 253 acre Faust farm north east of Hawkeye with buildings. The Fausta will move to a new tenant house on the farm. Harald and family will relocate near Wadena Minnesota. Possession set for March 1. Sale handled by J Crowley real estate Oelwein. Maynard cow produced 15001 pounds milk and 555 pounds fat in 900 days per Iowa Herd Improvement Registry.
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Franklin
Faust
Hawkeye Hawkeye
Will Faust
Hawkeye
Cyril Franklin
Ceiwein
Fausta
Maynard
Stewart
Iowa
Barnyard Chatter on Resolutions for Better Farm Practice
Farmers urged to plan contouring on slopes to reduce soil loss and boost yields. Renovating pastures, good farm records, and winter livestock water are highlighted as practical steps. Bank gifts invite readers to obtain farm record books at local Cedar Rapids and Center Point offices.
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Peppes Bank
Third Avenue Bridge
Cedar Haunds
Tepples Bank
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Newhail
Census Shows Trend Toward Larger Farms
The census bureau reports bigger farms expanding in size and number from 1950 to 1956. In 1954 farms of 1,000 acres or more held about half of national cropland and over a third of woodland while comprising 20 percent of farms. Factors include consolidation, mechanization, and public grazing land reintegration.
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Census Bureau
Agriculture
International News Service
Sericulture Department
Census trends show larger farms despite fewer farmers
The final census report notes the average farm size rose 12.5 percent since 1950 to 26.9 acres while farm numbers fell 11.1 percent. Farm size increased in every state from 1830 to 1954 though states vary widely from 8 acres in North Carolina to 4 482 acres in Arizona. Texas had 18 820 farms or ranches of 1 900 or more acres.
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North
Caroling
Arizona
Texas
Iowa Farm Price Index Up 1 Percent in December
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says farm prices in Iowa rose about one percent for the month ending Dec 15. The mid-December index reached 225 percent of the 1910–14 base, vs 222 in mid-November and 184 overall for Dec 15, 1955. Livestock prices drove gains with meat animal increases, while dairy and poultry indexes fell slightly.
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Des Moines
Friece
Iowa
Mets
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Multiple closing out sales listed across Iowa towns
A sequence of closing out sales and public auctions scheduled from Friday January 4 to Thursday January 17 in Mechanicsville Atkins Ryan Mt. Vernon Manchester Cedar Rapids Walker and surrounding areas. Items include livestock machinery hay grain household goods dairy equipment and poultry with various estate agents and locations specified.
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Drake and Russell
Mechaonicsville
Atkins
Otto Kurz
Warren H. Ahrens
Ryan
Otto Pruess
Herenice Moffit
Moffit
Mechanicsville
Spocr
Wilson
Will Clark
Mt. Vernon
Emma Herman
Manchester
Earl J, Hecker
Hoy E. Miller
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Knipp
Walker
Henry E. Rinderknecht
Watershed Plans Approved in Six Iowa Localities
Iowa approves six watershed development applications under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. Harmony Creek in Harrison county leads, with Simpson Creek Fremont county and others in Wapello, Jefferson, Audubon, Cass, and Decatur counties also moving forward. Federal funding covers large flood structures. land treatment precedes dam construction. local farmers implement measures with USDA help.
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Fremont County
Chippewa Creek
Wapelio
Rocky Branch
Jefferson County
Cracked Creek
Audubon
Guthrie
Cass
Big Creek
Decatur
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Mendell
U.S
Konservation Service
Tama County Farm Bureau names six to Legislative Committee
Tame F.3. Legislative Committee is named with six members Eli Hagedorn Garwin chairman Mrs James Innes Gladbrook Mrs Lyle Green Mentor Robert Rayman Etheron Karl Aschenbrenner Dysart and Bill Teasall Gladbrook. They will meet Senator Lawrence Putney and Reg Neal Johns at a dinner in Gladbrook to discuss Des Moines legislative session.
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Tame F
Toledo
Harold Beichley
Tama County Farm Bureau
Eli Hagedorn
Garwin
James Innes
Glad=brook
Lyle Green
Montour
Robert Rayman
Etheron
Karl Aschenbrenner
Dysart
Bill Teasall
Gladbrook
Lawrence Putney
Reg. Neal Johns
Des Moines
Buchanan Co-Op Gets REA Loan For Rural Power Upgrades
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $425,000 loan to Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative of Independence Indiana to expand and improve its rural power system.
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Buchanan Co-Op
Washington
Tural Electrification Administration
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
Independence
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