Farm Bureau Meets This Week Notes on Meat Imports
Des Moines reports county Farm Bureau district meetings set for the week amid debates on meat import quotas. President Freeman cites 1969 base quota at 998 million pounds while Sen. Hruska pushes legislation to base quotas on facts, removing the 10 percent override.
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Des Moines
County Washington
UPI
Tdeas
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Orville L. Freeman
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Hruska
Department
Delaware Swine Assn Seeks 400 Members
The Delaware Swine Assn plans to launch a One ERE meeting in Manchester with speaker Mike Ford of Iowa Park Producer Assn. President Don Guetzke says the group aims for 400 members. County Farm Bureau committees meet separately to discuss tax assessments and local issues. Eastern Iowa sessions are Fayette District 1 noon, Cedar Rapids District 6 6:30 p.m., and Mt. Pleasant District 7 noon.
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Manchester
Delany County
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Fayette
Teamsters Hall
Cedar Rapids
Iris Court
Mt. Pleasant
January sales listings for farm equipment and livestock
A list of sale notices across multiple dates and locations detailing machinery, hay, livestock, and miscellaneous goods. Entries include buyers and sites such as Keystone, Cedar Rapids area, Marengo, Belts Plain, and Norway with dates from January 14 to January 31, 1955.
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Franklin Kenney
Springville
Dwayne Mayer
Keystone
Roy Seriln
Monticello
Catte
Clyde Williams
Vinton
Carl Moir
Mechanicsville
Fred Ledger
Sam Siaymaker
Marengo
Emi
Yankavi
Evel K K. Smith
Cefttrsr
Jake Hansen
Norway
Foterney
Tibscre Farm
Public Affairs Workshops Set in Delaware
Manchester A two evening public affairs workshops are planned for January 15 and 22 with 6:45 p.m. dinners. The first session includes a film The Future of the Small Town and Ten Years of Change in Delaware County plus a manpower study overview and a citizen government goals workshop. The second session covers government and citizen roles in planning and action alternatives in community planning. Reservations may be made by contacting the extension office two days prior.
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Manchester — A
Bill Lux
Extension Public Affairs Committee
Delaware County
Marvin Julius
Iowa State University
Lux
I Schuchmann Re-elected President of Iowa NFO
Des Moines Clarence Schuchmann age 50 of Hawkeye was re elected to a third one year term as president of the Iowa NFO at a Des Moines board meeting. Wilbur Garrels age 37 of Mt Pleasant was elected vice president and Henry county host of a hog killing demonstration while Gene Eshelman of Bridgewater became national NFO secretary. Frank Huss of Royal was named treasurer and Marvan D Nissen of Extra was chosen secretary to succeed W Swaim. Struyzinski did not seek re election and Swaim serves as national information director at Corning headquarters. The NFO also employed Kenneth Johnson as Iowa NFC lobbyist for 1969. Williamsburg topic for this week’s adult farmers class is Electrical Needs of the Modern Farm.
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Des Moines
Clarence Schuchmann
Hawkeye
Iowa Nfo
Wilbur Garrels
Mt Pleasant
NFO
Henry County
Gene Eshelman
Bridgewater
National Nfo
Frank Huss
Royal
Ivan Struyzinski
Oxford
Marvan D. Nissen
Extra
W. W
Butch” Swaim
Unionville
Struyzinski
Swaim
Corning
Schuchmann
Kenneth Johnson
Callender
Iowa
USDA Forms Seven Member Consumer Advisory Panel
Washington AP The agriculture department named a seven member advisory committee to give consumers a bigger voice in regulation inspection and product choices. The panel meets first here on Tuesday with Winn Finner calling the move a gadfly approach to raise consumer affairs visibility and broad topics on food programs and protection will be discussed.
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Agriculture Department
Winn F. Finner
Consumer and Marketing Service
Finner
Clayton Extension Council Organized
Clarence Fuhrman of Volga was elected chairman of the 1969 Clayton county agricultural extension council at the January 2 organizational meeting. Gene Watson Elkader became vice chairman Don Moon Luana secretary and Harlan Backhaus Guttenberg treasurer. Central State Bank Elkader approved as district depository for 1969.
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Elkader
Clarence Fuhrman
Volga
Clayton County Agricultural Extension Council
Gene Watson
Don Moon
Luana
Harlan Backhaus
Guttenberg
Central State Bank of
Uruguayans Are Top Meat Eaters in World Ranking
Uruguay led global meat consumption with a per capita 227 pounds, ahead of New Zealand 223, Argentina 212, Australia 192, United States 178, France 159, Canada 149, and the United Kingdom 138, according to department figures.
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Washington
Department
Uruguay
New Zealand
Argentina
Australia
United States
France
Canada
United Kingdom
Poult Hatch Lags Behind Last Year
DES MOINES Poults hatched in ten major turkey states for the week ended December totaled 495000, down 14 percent from the same week a year earlier. Eggs set rose 1,383000, two percent under the prior year.
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Des Moines
Turkey
Cal
Federal State Market News Service
U.S. Groundwork in Japanese Yeast Finds Hybrid Progress
U S government scientists laid groundwork for Japanese development of a hybrid yeast that outperforms its parent in making soybean sauce. The Agriculture Department sees the success as paving the way for breeding many improved hybrids within a species of yeast.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA Team Probes Hiness From Contaminated Food
Officials said a USDA team will work with the meat inspection program and field personnel to trace sources of contaminated meat or poultry linked to illness. The aim is to analyze reports and issue recommendations to improve inspection procedures and prevent recurrences.
Delaware DHIC Will Hear Ray Whitmore
Ray Whitmore, extension dairyman, will be the main speaker at the Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative annual meeting in Manchester. The program covers the new third ranking and summary with tools like Estimated Producing Ability and Estimated Average Transmitting Ability. The meeting includes officers’ elections and supervisor reports.
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Manchester
Ray Whitmore
Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative
Farm Bureau
Whitmore
Farm Power and Machinery Management fifth edition released
Ames Iowa State University Press releases the fifth edition of Farm Power and Machinery Management. Donnell Hunt of the University of Illinois writes from a farm as factory view, stressing economic selections, maintenance costs, and replacement policies. Machinery costs nearly 36 percent of yearly farm costs. Small gains in machinery management can lift profits more than large cuts in other costs.
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Ames
Farm Power and Machinery Management
Iowa State University Press
Donnell Hunt
University of Iinois
Hunt
Waterloo 1969 Spring Sale of Holstein Breeders Assn
The Iowa Holstein Breeders Assn. will hold its spring sale on Saturday March 15 at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Iowa Holstein Breeders Assn
Dairy Cattle Congress Ground
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