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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1969
Page
47
Des Moines reports the county Farm Bureau committees will review local governmental programs and public relations ideas at district meetings this week. The Lone Farm Bureau Federation announced the plan as part of its local affairs and public relations work.
The United States expects 1969 meat imports to rise 4.5 percent to about 1.035 billion pounds, still short of the level needed to trigger country by country quotas. Sen. Roman L. Hruska plans to push legislation to base quotas on actual imports and remove the 10 percent override, challenging the 1964 formula and current policy amid livestock industry concerns.
Public affairs workshops set in Delaware with an across-the-board 4.5 percent increase over 1968. The plan calls for imports and a January 15 22 program featuring a film The Future of the Small Town and talks by Marvin Julius and Raymond A Ioanes.
Manchester Delaware County Swine Producers Association plans a membership drive at a Tuesday noon meeting in Manchester. Mike Ford will speak as field secretary. President Don Guetzke of Delhi notes a 400 member goal. The program includes government and citizen roles in community development and planning. Dinner reservations for the two workshops are arranged by the extension office two days prior.
A scrambled list details multiple sale dates for farms near Cedar Rapids and Norwery including machinery livestock hay and grain. Names mentioned include Fred Ledger Keveline Emil Yarrock Hazel Beck and Harold Ostoleh with locations several miles from Central City and Norwery.
Clarence Schuchmann 50 of Hawkeye was re-elected president of the Iowa NFO for a third one year term at a Des Moines board meeting. Wilbur Garrels 37 of Mt Pleasant was elected vice-president. District meetings and county committees will discuss tax assessments government surveys local budgets and resolutions on local issues. Eastern Town meetings were scheduled for Fayette Cedar Rapids and Mt Pleasant with times listed.
Frank Huss of Royal is named treasurer succeeding Ivan Struyzinski of Oxford while Marvan D. Nissen of Extra is elected secretary to replace W. W. Butch Swaim of Unionville. Struyzinski did not seek re election and Swaim serves as NFC information director from Corning. The NFO names Kenneth Johnson of Callender as Town NFO lobbyist for the 1969 legislature session. he has held the post for the last two sessions. Williamsburg adult farmers class Wednesday evening will discuss Electrical Needs of the Modern Farm.
The Agriculture Department forms a seven member Consumer Advisory Panel to give consumers a bigger voice in how meat is regulated inspected and controlled. The panel will meet for the first time Tuesday.
Win F. Finner of the Consumer and Marketing Service described the new panel as a gadfly move to spotlight consumer affairs. He noted the week ending Dec 2 would discuss a wide range of topics on foods and consumer programs, with nearly all areas open to participation. DES MOINES turkey portions and related items were mentioned in the context.
Washington AP report notes the Agriculture Department created a toxicology group to investigate illnesses suspected from meat or poultry. The team will coordinate with the meat inspection program to trace sources and recommend concrete improvements to prevent recurrence.
The Delaware Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative will hold its annual meeting in Manchester Tuesday evening January 21 at 8 p.m. The main speaker will be extension dairyman Ray Whitmore who will discuss dairy herd data and market news.
Elkader leader Clarencel Fuhrman elected chairman as Clayton county agricultural extension group meets to review U.S. government supported yeast development. Officers include Gene for Japanese tools Don Moon Harlan Backhaus and Whitmare oversee soybean and hybrid yeast progress with Guttenberg treasurer and Central State Bank as district depository. The annual meeting plans breeding reports and continued evaluation of yeast programs in 1969.
ISU Press issues the fifth edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management by Bonnell Hunt from University of Illinois. The book argues farms operate like factories with machinery as production tools and highlights maintenance costs, replacement policies, and the impact on annual farm costs. Waterloo hosts the 1989 Iowa Holstein Breeders sale on March 15 at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds.
New Zealand, the 1906 leader, ranked second with 223 pounds per capita. Argentina W2, Australia 192, United States 78, France 159, Canada 148, and the United Kingdom 138 followed in the list.
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