Benson to Speak at National Farm Institute in Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will headline day one of the twentieth annual Iowa Farm Institute in Des Moines on February 14 and 15. The program lists Benson at the noon luncheon on redirection of agricultural resources, with economists Bonnen Hardin and Davis opening, and panels addressing farm policy and the economy.
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Des Moines
Ezra Taft Benson
Iowa Farm Institute
Sec. Benson
James T. Bonnen
Michigan State University
Lowell Hardin
Purdue University
John H. Davis
Agriculture-Business
Harvard University
Kenneth Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Paul Franzenburg
Conrad and
Ste|ley Lodwick
Fort Madison
Wayne Swegier
Marion Stedden
Dorsey Kirk
Agricultural Department of the
Iowa Veterinarians Warn Brucellosis Not Yet Licked
Dr. F. J. Linn, president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, told delegates in Des Moines that brucellosis remains un controlled in Iowa with more cases than any state. He noted Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota held 43 percent of U S undulant fever cases last year and urged targeted federal funds for swine sections and a joint effort to stamp out the disease.
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BES Moiies
INS
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Iowa
F. J. Linn
Association
Des Moines
Illinois
Minnesota
U.S
Veterinary Medical Association
State Department of Wealth
Dyersville-Ray Heitz Elected DDA Chairman in Dubuque Meeting
Dubuque Dairymen's Association elected DYERSVILLE Ray Heitz of Farley as chairman of the Dubuque county unit at a Monday night session at the Dyersville Sales Barn. Directors named include Al Schmitt Durango Merlin Morena Epworth George McMahan Epworth Francis Lahey Dur angza and Leo Steger Sherril. Arthur D. Gude Alstead NH president of the National Dairymen's Association spoke on its dairy farmer centered purpose. Karl T. Kaap Fennimore Wis national director also addressed the group.
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Dubuque
National Dairymen's Association
Dairy Farmers
Karl T. Kaap
Fennimore
Wis
Weed Control Meeting Set in Vinton for Jan 21
Sylvester of Town State College leads a weed control meeting next Tuesday January 21 at 7 30 p m in the extension office in Vinton. The notice appears in Werd Control Meeting VINTON FE.
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Vinton — FE
Sylvester
Town State College
Vinton
Sheep and Lambs on Feed in Iowa Decline Five Percent
Des Moines report shows Iowa on feed at January 1 1958 estimated 430000 head, 5 percent below 453000 a year earlier and near the 1952-46 five year average. Imports July December 1957 rose 9 percent to 658000 head while October December shipments exceed 1951. United States total on feed January 1 1958 stands at 3938000 head, eight percent below last year and the smallest since 1951 due to large western declines.
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Des Moines
Tawa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Iowa Milk Output Rises in 1957 Records
Iowa milk production reached about six billion five hundred million pounds in 1957, up 4 percent from 1956 and above the ten year average. Nationally, U S milk production neared 127 billion pounds, a one percent gain over 1956, with final figures subject to revision.
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Owa
U.S
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and I Livestock Reporting Service
Otal
U. S
Iowa Farm Wage Rates Rise in Iowa Jan 1 Report
Iowa farm wage rates as of January 1 show higher levels than a year earlier per the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Monthly wages with room and board average 144 dollars and 177 dollars with house furnished, while daily hires average 7.40 dollars with board and 9.20 dollars without.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Hulse Named Leader of Cedar County Beef Producers
Merlin Hulse of Clarence was named president of the Cedar County Beef Producers Association at the executive committee meeting in Tipton Saturday. Kenneth Smith Mechanicsville is vice president Leon Timmerman Bennett secretary and treasurer. Other committee members include Alan Hoffman West Branch and Ronald Spear Stanwood.
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Tipton
Merlin Hulse
Clarence
Cedar County
Ssacision
Kenneth Smith
Mechanicsville
Leon Timmerman
Bennett
Alan Hoffman
West Branch
Ronald Spear
Stanwood
Keokuk Swine Producers Banquet Set Jan 23
SIGOURNEY The Keokuk County Swine Producers Association banquet is scheduled for 645 p.m. January 23 at Memorial Hall. John Rhodes of LeGrand will speak at the event.
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Keokuk
Whole Farm Rental Bids Top Estimate
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson said bids for the soil bank program to keep farms out of production have surpassed expectations. In four-state tests Tennessee Nebraska Illinois Maine bids are rolling in with a deadline approaching and potential annual payments up to 10 000 for five years.
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Washington
Benson
Illinois
Maine
Soil Bank
Tennessee
Nebraska
Iowa egg production near 1956 record, 1957 estimate
Iowa egg production in 1957 is estimated at 5.011 billion eggs, just under the 1956 record. The 10 year average is about 3.3 billion. U.S. output for 1957 is tentatively 60.733 billion eggs, slightly below 61.042 billion in 1956, with a 10 year average of 57.38 billion. Average per hen nationwide is near 0.98.
Corn Brings 94 Cents At Wayne Hummel Farm Sale
Wayne Hummel farm sale Tuesday drew 94 cent corn and 1.18 dollar corn per bushel with hay at 35 cents a bale. Top Guernsey milk cow sold for 183 dollars. A 1944 John Deere tractor sold for 435 dollars and a Universal milking machine 41 dollars. Thiele brothers of Elkader acted as auctioneers.
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Wayne Hummel
John Deere
Thiele Brothers of
Elkader
Farm Auction Listing for Livestock and Machinery
A sale offers 32 head of Black Angus calves weighing 400 to 800 pounds. Farm equipment includes 1955 WD-45 Allis Chalmers tractor with implements, McCormick Deering machinery, John Deere gear, Owatonna elevator, Case wagon, McCormick Deering hay binder, grain harvest tools, and miscellaneous items such as stock tanks, a hammer mill, a manure spreader, and a 350 gallon oil barrel with stand.
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Alls Chalmers
Allis Chalmers
Minneapolis
Hill
McCormick Deering Planter
McCormick Deering
McCormick
Deering Hay
Owatonna
Alinneapolis
John Deere
MISC
New Idea
New Farge Hudson
Jones County Beef Producers Elect Starr President
Don Starr of Svennine has been named president of the Jones County Beef Producers Association. Other officers are Gayle Ahrendsen Oxford Junction vice president and Hud Davis Martelle secretary treasurer. Board members are Lester Schlemme Cascalle Leo Schlemme Monticcito and Marvin Hoist Center Junction.
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Jones Beef Producers
Starr
Anamosa
Don Starr
Svennine
Jones County Beef Producers Association
Gayle Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Hud Davis
Martelle
Lester Schlemme
Cascalle
Leo Schlemme
Monticcito
Marvin Hoist
Center Junction
Tama Extension Council names officers and leaders
Denzil Shaver of Columbia township was named chairman of the Tama county extension council. Sterling Tomlinson of Grant township was chosen vice chairman, Mrs. Daisy Sires of Tama became secretary, and Harold Higeing of Geneseo was re-elected treasurer.
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Extension Council
Tama
Toledo
Denzil Shaver
Columbia Township
Tama County
Iowa Farm Auction Listings Chronicle January Schedule
A dense notice lists multiple farm auctions across Iowa from Jan 16 to Feb 6. Items include live stock machinery hay grain dairy equipment and household goods. Many auctions occur near Walker Anamosa Mechanicsville Monticello Atkins Independence Cedar Rapids Center Point Marion and other towns with specific mileage and times.
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Raymond L. Miller
Walker
Guernsey
Alfred Etten
Don Barnes
Anamosa
John Bledenbach
Mechanicsville
Albert Parson
Monticello
William Simmer
Atkins
E. L. Meineke
Loten
Dale Hopker
Stanley Hines
Vie Sandersfeld
Independence
Richard Betzer
Marion
Dwain McKinney
Tipton
Edward Houser
Anamasa
Bud Warnock
Ernest Molenhauer
Center Point
Tom Kaorab
Hunter Airport
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hereford Association
Hawkeye Towns
Multiple Farm Sales Scheduled Around Marion and Central City
A series of farm auctions listed with organizers and locations near Marion Central City and Whittier. Items include livestock machinery hay grain poultry and other farm supplies scheduled on various February dates across differing nearby towns.
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Jordan
Marion
Jim Wilt
Sof Alburnett
Lumir Wyman
Central City
Allen Kaufman
Coggon
Gatewood and Bailey
Whittier
Extension Officers Named in Winneshiek County
Paul Henzler of Highland township Spring Grove Minn was elected chairman of the Winneshiek county extension council Others named James Mickey Hesper township vice chairman Carl Leuenberger Fr Atkinson secretary and Henry Wangsness Decorah treasurer
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Winneshiek Decorah
Paul Henzler
Highland Township
Spring Grove
Minn
Winneshiek County Extension Council
Sare James Mickey
Mabel
Hesper Township
Carl Leuenberger
Fr. Atkinson
Henry Wangsness
Decorah
Cedar 4-H Leaders Named for ISC Trip
Four Cedar county 4-H club leaders were selected for recognition at Iowa State College on January 27. Honorees include Mrs. Clifford Peterson of Wilton Junction with six years, Mrs. Raymond Armstrong of Tipton with four years, Robert Kelly of Clarence with 15 years, and Harold Wehde of Tipton with seven years.
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Cedar
Tipton
Cedar County
Iowa State College
Ames
Clifford Peterson
Wilton Junction
Raymond Armstrong
Robert Kelly
Clarence
Harold Wehde
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Nat'l Farm Institute
Schultz
T. W. Schultz
University of Chicago
Iowa State College Economics
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Wallace Ogg
Claude Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
REA
Coya
Knudson
George Strayer
American Soybean Association
M, Feder & Sons
F Avenue
Hulse
Cedar Beef Producers
Assn
Walters and
Geiger Wingert & Smith
Jay Pattridee
Fairbank
Buchanan County
Fairbank Township
Kennet Fox
Raymond Filio
Carl Nourse
Frank Chase
Ray Kane
K. A. Betis
Sisting
Norbert Kleitsch
Adam Burynski
Anton Levendusky
Rudy
Hiawatha
Blairs Ferry Road
Karl S. Johnston
Anita
Peonles Bank and Trust
Don
Vary
Nton
Garrison
Belmont Schutterle
Aurtlonters
Ecker and Sarciz
Walking Savings
Hank
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa Bulls
Montrose Hotel
Ray Schnei
Dickinson
North Dakota
Harold Hinrichs
Woodville
Ohio
Hereford, Association
Cumming
Jas
J. Mulvihill
Icoming
Walters and Geiger
George Ross
Marie Peek
Arden Schulze
Alfons Butz
Alburnett
Ronald Dasenbrock
Opal Robinson
Robinson
George Phelps
Waf Tipton
Sore Farm
Hampshire
Albert W. Martin and Sons
Elmer
Bud" Barthelmes
Rai
J. M
Jim
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