Rural poverty hailed as national disgrace by commission
The 1966 Breathitt commission reports rural poverty is more severe than urban poverty, with about 14 million rural poor, mostly white, facing unemployment, substandard housing, and limited access to health care. It urges federal programs for development, health, education, housing, and birth control to relieve rural hardships.
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Johnson
Edward T. Breathitt
Kentucky
America
Congress
Commission
Schmuecker Elected At Marengo Meeting
Marengo IA new officers of the county extension council were elected at the first meeting of the year. Jim Schmuecker was named chairman with Herb Miller as vice chairman, Mrs Maynard Gates secretary, and Tom Slaymaker treasurer. Schmuecker and Slaymaker will represent the county on the Cedar Rapids area extension advisory committee.
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Tri-Valley Shorthorn Assn
Maryville
Arlington
Louis Kester
Lamont
Robert Kerr
Wadena
Martin Lundvall
la Porte City
Louis Dempster
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Iowa County Extension Council
Jim Schmuecker
Herb Miller
Maynard Gates
Tom Slaymaker
Slaymaker
Williamsburg
Schmuecker
Slayaker
Perry Okayed for Grain Inspection Point in Perry Iowa
The USDA has approved Perry Iowa as an established grain inspection point under the Grain Standards Act. The Des Moines Grain Exchange will run an official inspection agency with a licensed inspector stationed in Perry. Comments on Jefferson and Waterloo were due by Oct 9, but none were submitted, so those locations were not approved.
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Washington
Perry
Iowa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Des Moines Grain Exchange
C&ms Grain Division
Federal Register
Jefferson
Waterloo
Britain May Reduce Feed Grain Imports
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports Britain may boost this year’s wheat production for livestock feed. If realized, the move would cut imports of corn and other feeds, including United States grains.
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Washington
The
Foreign Agricultural Service
Great Britain
United States
Farm Auction Calendar From January to February
A dense list details farm auctions with dates from Wednesday January 10 through Saturday February 3. Entries name sale times, items such as dairy cattle machinery grain hay straw Holsteins and livestock, and locations ranging across Iowa counties near Brooklyn Monticello Williamsburg Anamosa Tipton Dysart Blairs town Linn County home Brandon Ryan Troy Mills Troy Mills Belle Plaine Central City Marengo and Manchester.
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Doty
Frizzell
Brooklyn
Eugene Boffeli
Monticello
Maas
Williamsburg
Don Kula
Anamosa
Ronald Spear
Tipton
Vernon Gross
Garrison
Leland Meineke
Pearl Gard
Springville
Lewis Shafbach
Marengo
Arnold Brandt
Dysart
L. M. White
Paul
Pat” Rohret
Cosgrove
Claude
Kenneth Wingfield
Linn
Wayne von Ahsen
Mangold
Harold Satterlee
Independence
Andy Lehnoff
Ryan
W. Reece
Brandon
Joe Ries
Coggon
Elmer Webster
Troy Mills
Frank Andrews
Central City
Verlyn Zuber
Rabies Alert From Herrick Cat Case
Iowa State extension vet warns cats can spread rabies and must be vaccinated. A Canadian four year old died after a family cat attacked her. three others were scratched and bitten. The cat was destroyed and tested positive for rabies. all exposed received antirabies treatment. The child died about 80 days later with Negri bodies found in brain.
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Ames
John B. Herrick
Iowa State University
Herrick
Animal Disease Research Institute
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario Department of Health
World milk output rises in 1967 across 35 nations
Milk production in 35 countries representing about 85 percent of global output reached about 689 billion pounds in 1967, shown in Washington figures.
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Washington
Cedar County Weighs In 263 Baby Beeves
Cedar County 4 H and FFA members weighed 263 baby beeves for 1968 projects. County Extension Director Ken Muller notes 132 Angus 89 Herefords 33 Shorthorns and nine Charolais were entered.
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Tipton
Cedar County
FFA
Ken Muller
New Cedar County Extension Council Officers Named
New Cedar county extension council officers are Gene Vincent of West Liberty chairman Norman Kroemer of Lowden vice chairman Gene McCaw of Clarence secretary and Bill Lenker of Wilton Junction treasurer.
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Tipton
Cedar County Extension Council
Gene Vincent
West Liberty
Norman Kroemer
Lowden
Gene McCaw
Clarence
Bill Lenker
Wilton Junction
Slater Holstein Records Break Dairy Benchmark
Brattleboro Vermont reports Cloverbrook Prince Katie the Holstein cow owned by Jay Slater of Cloverbrook Farm set a 2388th yearly production record with 27,345 pounds of milk and 1,067 pounds of butterfat in 365 days. Katie, age 5 years 10 months, produced twice daily and was sired by Cloverbrook Prince EX a Gold Medal Sire.
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Brattleboro
Katie
Jay Slater
Cloverbrook Farm
Olin
Iowa
Slater
Cloverbrook
Prince
Farm equipment and crops auction notice
Farm sale listing of JD tractors models L, 227 Picker, plows, harrows, seeders, and other implements with corn silage 90 tons, corn 3500 bushels, hay 2000 square bales, straw 250 baled. Sale by ton or measure. Wayne Frizzell listed. on premises or movable. Corn may stay until summer.
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Bloom
Dultmeier
John Deere
New Holland
J. Deere
Wayne Frizzell
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