Benson faces farm aid questions before confirming USDA post
Senate Agriculture committee members pressed Ezra Taft Benson on whether to extend parity support for farm products. Benson backed 90 percent parity this year and next but said decisions require study and farm leader consultation. The piece also covers proposed livestock disease controls, FHA loan results, and soil conservation participation in Waukon-Allamakee County.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Ezra Taft Benson
Milton Young
North Dakota
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Usda Post
Benson
U. S
Ketosis Guard Advice in Early Dairy Feeding
Farmers advised to prevent ketosis by feeding one fourth pound of grain daily plus ample legume hay starting in the eighth to sixth week before calving. The note suggests this regimen as a preventive measure for dairy cattle.
Mechanical Barn Cleaner Proves Big Labor Saver
Rex Conn reports on Max Dec ker of Winthrop adopting a $4,000 barn remodel with a mechanical cleaner that cuts barn cleaning time from 90 minutes to 10. The fully upgraded facility includes 40 stalls, concrete floor, new milkroom, automatic fans, and lighting to meet Grade A milk standards for the Jersey herd of about 100 head.
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Gazette
Max Decker
Winthrop Jersey
Decker
Independence
Winthrop
Highway 20
Jerseys
Marshall Nabholz
Wnabholz
Arley Braden
Bill Campbell
Jesup
Armed Services
Dairy herd posts 365 pounds butterfat average
The herd produced an annual butterfat average of 365 pounds, supported by a high proportion of young cows in the herd.
True Morse Confirmed as True D Morse Photo
The news service misidentified a photo as True D Morse under secretary of agriculture. The actual person is True Morse, former Doane Agricultural Service president and a renowned farm management and land appraisal authority.
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True D. Morse
Eisenhower
True Morse
USDA
Doane Agricultural Service
Herefords Average $325 in Shalla Sale at Kalona Barn
Fifty nine lots of purebred Herefords sold at the Dwane J. Shalla dispersal in Kalona with an average of $325. Bulls averaged $320 while females averaged $330. The top bull Helmsman WHR 19th brought $540 to R G Harding of Bloomfield and the top female sold for $580 to Sharbon and Son of Tiffin. Auctioneer was J E Halsey of Des Moines.
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Kalona
Dwane J. Shalla
Kalona Sale
Helmsman
Whr
R. G. Harding
Bloomfield
Sharbon and Son
Tiffin
J. E. Halsey
Des Moines
Alpin Named Assistant To Benson
Richard D. Alpin of Boston was named assistant to Agriculture Secretary-designate Ezra Taft Benson. Alpin serves as federal milk marketing administrator for greater Boston and three other Massachusetts communities.
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Washington
INS
Richard D. Alpin
Boston
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Alpin
Benson
Karl D. Loos
Agriculture Department
Ancher Nelson
Minn
Greater Boston
Massachusetts
Loos
Iowa
Iowa City
Muscatine County
Top Lamb Brings 79c Per Pound At Junior Show
The Eastern Iowa 4 H Lamb Feeders show at Hawkeye Downs crowned Arlo Becker Jr of Watkins as champion with a 110 pound lamb selling to Wilson and Company for 74 cents per pound. A second place lamb sold for 49 cents per pound to Bath Packing. Top ten placers included Bobby Pearson Dale Light Herbert Pelzer and others. Buyers included Wilson Rath Iowa Packing People’s Bank Gazette. The 48 lots averaged 23.26 per hundredweight. Wilbur Colby auctioned. Ted Becker and Tom Wickersham spoke on feeding and purposes of the feeders project. K M Timmerman discussed carcass grades.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Arlo Becker, Jr
Watkins
Wilson and Company
Becker
Bath Packing Company
Bobby Pearson
West Branch
Dale Light
Lisbon
Herbert Pelzer
Atalissa
Donald Pelzer
Jim Marion
Wallace van Note
Palo
Delbert Koopman
van Horne
Ken Paulson
Center Junction
Wilson
Rath
Iowa Packing Company
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
The
Gazette
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Keith Noll
Ted Becker
Watkins 4-H
Tom Wickersham
Iowa State College
K. M. Timmerman
Chicago
Farm Loan Assn Pays Dividend at Manchester
Victory National Farm Loan Association of Manchester mailed checks totaling 9062 to stockholders for a 7 percent dividend. Funds came from stock dividends paid by member cooperatives to the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. Board members include R H Davey Earlville president M J Martin Volga vice president William B Goerdt Dyersville J T O Laughlin Independence and Melvin C Scott Strawberry Point. The association serves farmers in Delaware Clayton and Buchanan counties.
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Independence
Melvin C. Scott
Strawberry Point
Delaware
Clayton
Bulchanan Counties
Delaware County Swine Producers Plan New Association
Plans were made Friday to organize the Delaware County Swine Producers Association at a Manchester swine clinic in the Legion hall. Speakers included E. L. Quaife Dr Maynard Spear from Iowa State College Bernard Ebbing Rath Packing Wilbur Plager Iowa Swine Producers Association Dean Rinner Wilson and Company Lyle Sutton Delhi and Elmer Kehrli Manchester. About 175 farmers attended the clinic.
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Manchester
Delaware County Swine Producers Association
Manchester Legion Hall
E. L. Quaife
Maynard Spear
Iowa State College
Bernhard Ebbing
Rath Packing Company
Wilbur Plager
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Dean Rininer
Wilson and Company
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
Elmer Kehrli
Delaware County
Marion FFA Chapter Rents 28 Acre Farm
The Marion FFA chapter has rented 28 acres of the Jess Starry farm at the south edge of Marion. The land will host experimental plots of corn oats soybeans and other crops and generate income for the new chapter. The school board lent $300 to start operations to be repaid as profits grow. Dyersville agr icultural evening school next Monday features Darrel Werlan ISU agr icultural engineer discussing ventilation principles.
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Marion
Marion Ffa
Jess Starry
Bruno Rinas
Marion School Board
Dyersville
Darrel Werlan
Iowa State College
Dyersville Agricultural Evening School
Farm sales schedule lists numerous auctions across Iowa counties
A sequence of closing out and public sales is planned from January 19 to January 29, featuring livestock, machinery, grain and hay. Auctions include Ferguson and Bearbower near Vinton, Joseph Konecny near Solon, R H Wilkinson and John Wise near Winthrop, and Hawkeye Downs hosted sales by the Iowa Hereford Association.
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Wes Trachta
Norway Farm
Norway
Fairfax Steel Bins
Vinton
Harry Guehrn
Millersburg
Joseph Konecny
Solon
R. H. Wilkinson
John Wise
Winthrop
Henry Biere and Son
Olin
Louie Zimmerman
Anamosa
Wendl Trachta Estate
Iowa Duroc Breeders Assn
Hawkeye Downs
Harold Burnell
Rowley
Art Janssen
Monticello
A. D. Whitney
Prairieburg
R. Stickley
James E. Remley
John Steffens, Jr
Stanwood
Paul Armstrong
Springville
Iowa Hereford Association
Vernon Chde
Keystone
Norris Lovig
Marion
John Nagel
Chicago Estimates for Livestock Receipts Monday
Chicago forecasts show Monday livestock receipts with 16 000 cattle 19 000 hogs and 5 000 sheep.
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Chicago
Brown Township Mutual To Meet For 86th Time
SPRINGVILLE The Brown Township Mutual Insurance Association will hold its 86th annual meeting next Saturday at the Springville school. An oyster dinner opens at noon followed by an entertainment program and business session. The group, organized in 1867, reports 1952 losses higher but reserves up and reduced assessments. Total insurance in force Jan 1 1953 is 10 465 475 with gains and assets noted. Officers listed include Pollock president and Thompson secretary treasurer.
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Springville
Brown Township Mutual Insurance Association
Brown Township Association
Lester J. Thompson
Theo. F. Kahler
Dandridge Barenfight
Louis Brown
Nellie A. Plummer
Association
Thomas F. Pollock
A. W. McArthur
E. R. McGrew
B. M. Shellhamer
George E. Bright
R. Guy Martin
R. K. Stewart
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Indiana
F. A. Hall
Purdue University
Indiana Livestock Sanitary Board
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Kenneth Hyde
Farm Business Associations
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Waukon
Allamakee County
Eastern Iowa Livestock Commission, Inc
Eli Shada
D. E. Brickley
O. A. Curtis
Coggon Livestock Exchange
Coggon
L. L
Mike" Lawrence
Jersey
Oliver
Anderson
John Deere
New Holland
Orjchard
Hamilton
Maes As
Skuck
Dodge
Wencil Trachta
First Trust & Savings Bank OF
Cedar Rapids
Olstein
Weisht
Ford Tractor
Ford
McCormick
Nestri
Cass Center
Orse
New Idea
McCormick-Deer
James E. Remley Brickley & Shada
Monticello State Bank
Rex Conn
D. Morse
Ansele
Kacena
2Nd Ave
Dial
Farm Loan Assn
Swine Producers Assn
Earl Zimpfer
Blackhawk
Iawa
John Eere
Allis Chalmers
Kewanee Harrow
M. J. McCalley & Stewart PLC
Aucts
Rowley Savings Bank
Cler
Anet
Edward Vanda
Guernsey
City Sales CO
Central City, Iowa
the Gazette
Brown Township Mutual
W. A. Drake
Blairstown
D. E
del) Brickley & Sons
Stoddard Farm Planning Service Farm Clinic
R. K. Stoddard
Merchants Bank
M. Feder & Sons Iron and Steel Scrap
F Avenue
Highway 64
Hampshire
Farrow
Franklin
Farmall
Hiesler
McCormick-Deek
McCormick-Deering
Kewanee
Harris
Corn Co
Miller
R.E.A
Fifth Exchange Siste Bank
Serinevilie Clack
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