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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1958
Page
3
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reports January 1 1958 feed grain stocks on farms up 29 percent from a year ago and 21 percent above the ten year average. Corn on farms totals 531,621,000 bushels, oats 147,731,000, soybeans 35,570,000, sorghum 6,653,000, and farm hay stocks 6,192,000 tons.
Joan W. Thomas of Barnes City and Norman W. Vogel of Blanchard were co winners of the Paul P Stewart memorial scholarship at the Iowa Holstein Breeders Association meeting in Waterloo. Each receives 175 dollars. Thomas is a junior in dairy husbandry and Vogel a senior. Both are Iowa State College students with dairy farm backgrounds and leadership roles.
More than 1,500 people attended the Jack Parr and Eddie Ternes closing out sale near Van Horne. Prices ranged from two thousand six hundred for a Trainor to under one dollar for poultry, with items including manure loader and milking machines. Auctioneers Tony and Don Schraitz and Bob Wright led the event.
Economist L H Simerl of the University of Illinois explains factors shaping farm impacts during recession. He notes duration severity production and government action determine farmers’ outcomes, with cycles separating industries and varying downturns across sectors.
A long list of upcoming farm auctions and public sales posted with dates, times, locations and chief items such as livestock machinery hay grain and household goods. Entries name bidders estates farms and towns including West Branch Atkins Olin Mechanicsville Monticello Independence Center Point and Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Mildred Hadenfelt of Albert City Iowa showed a fat Hereford called Teddy that she picked from feeder cattle 14 months ago to win the grand champion steer blue ribbon at the National Western Stock Show. The reserve was Shorty an Angus owned by Donald Bauman of Eureka Jr The pair won breed titles earlier.
Jay Slater of Olin has been re-elected president of the Jones Linn Holstein Breeders Association. Also re-elected were Wallace Mills of Coggan as vice president Roy Blair of Marion as secretary treasurer and Dick Tanken of Monticello and Chet Bullis of Marion as board members.
The text notes overbuilt factories from steel mills to Manis and analyzes factors in recessions. It cites reduced spending for new plants, potential gains from increased defense spending, and a lag before jobs recover. It warns forecasts are uncertain amid looming elections and a divided government.
About 35 members from Lian area counties of the Farmers Union and National Farmers Organization voted Monday to merge. Joe Foley and Robert Whiting named joint chairmen of the drive, Orvil Bach elected secretary. Charter to be received next week with a meeting set at Spring Grove community school next Tuesday night.
Jackson County ranked highest in the 1957 Iowa School Fire Prevention Program with 1,899 farms inspected and 2,229 hazards found. Seven counties followed, three received honorable mention. Keith Kirkpatrick urged all Iowa schools to adopt the program for 1938.
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