Democrats in Congress Target Farm Vote In 1956
The article discusses Democrats in Congress weighing strategies to oppose the Eisenhower administration's farm programs to win the 1956 farm vote. It notes debate over repealing flexible price supports, potential veto by President Eisenhower, and the impact on farmers and surpluses, with Benson endorsing the flexible system and predicting surplus reductions through new programs and international sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Tashington AP
Eisenhower
Congress
G.O.P
White House
Farm politics shift as dairy demand and corn supports debated
Analysts expect dairy improvements to lift consumer demand and reduce surpluses while some farmers diversify. In midwestern states Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio Nebraska Michigan farmers show little desire to restore war era price supports for crops. Wheat faces price pressure despite Republican majorities in key producing states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Iowa
Tilnnis
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Michigan
G.O.P
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Official Lands ISC for Bangs Control Effort
Dr C R Mingle credited Iowa State College with pioneering brucellosis eradication in swine. He noted the college set the pattern for nationwide efforts as pork producers build certified brucellosis free herds. The talk aligned with a government accelerated brucellosis eradication plan allocating 15 million for this year and 15 million for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State College
C. KR. Mingle
Imva_ Veterinary Medical Assn
Mingle
Agricultural Research Service
Washington
Monticello Plans Korean G I Class
Monticello to hold a meeting in the school library to form a Korean G I training class for veterans. Superintendent Boyd Shannon says a minimum of 25 veterans is needed to start the course and invites those unable to attend to call to register interest.
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Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Whittier Farm Institute Plans Announced
The sixty seventh Linn County Farmers Institute will be held next Wednesday and Thursday at the Whittier Community hall. The two day program features educational talks on farm water systems soil conservation and rural education, contests and an amateur talent show, with dinner served by the Whittier community women's organization. Officers include President Freese and local names in the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Linn County Farmers Institute
C. V. BR. de Jang
Marion
Fing Freese
Gazette Farm
Rex Coun
Kenneth McFate
Iowa State College
Harlan H. Dackhaus
SCS
Marian
Dick Cheverton
WMT
T. A. Johnston
Springville
John E. Bishop
Smulekoff's
Cedar Rapids
Whittier Community Women's Organization
Freese
Robert Williams
Andy Gundersen
Alfred Coppock
Quthal Wright
Darold Armstrong
Delmar Willson
Howard Taylor
J. W. Streeter
Herbert Pollock
George Minish
Guernsey Breeders to Meet in Elkader Monday
Northeast Iowa Guernsey breeders schedule their annual meeting at 10 30 a m Monday in Elkader Opera House Ray Lange secretary notes George Chambers of Owatan a Minn fieldman for the American Guernsey Cattle Club will be speaker Officers and directors to be elected and plans set for the 1954 district show all breeders invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader Elkader
Iowa
Ray Lange
Elkader Opera House
George Chambers
Owatanna
Minn
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Lange
ISU rural sociologist joins U.S. Department of Agriculture
Paul J. Schlik a longtime rural sociology research collaborator at Iowa State College since 1945 has accepted a new position with the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Ames
Paul J. Schlik
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Gazette Mail Subscribers Address Change Notice
Gazette readers are urged to submit both old and new addresses when changing location. Include rural route number or street address to ensure proper mail delivery. Cedar Rapids Gazette attaches this guidance for subscribers.
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Gazette Mail
The
Cedar Rapids
Multiple farm and livestock auctions listed across Iowa in January
A lengthy schedule lists auctions and sales from January to February across Iowa towns including Clarence, Garrison, Anamosa, DeWitt, Hyon, Mechanicsville, Central City, Springville, Palo, Marion, Olin, Coggon, Brandon and Central City. Items include farms, closing out sales, livestock, machinery, grain and hay with dates, times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Garrison
Fred Jensen
E. G. Rawson
Anamosa
James Bishop
DeWitt
Pam
Maurice Scanlan
Iowa
Toronto
F. M. Thompson and Son
Mechanicsville
Roy, Swanson and Rice Heirs
Central City
Holla Patten
Springville
Henry Aldrich
Hopkinton
R. P
E. C. McGraw
Ryan
John R. Reynolds
Palo
Hampshire
Albert Martin and Sons
Marion
Peter
August Laetare
Olin
C. A. Dee
Coggon
Condit
Merck
Frank and
Rowland Gustafson
Brandon
Ross Brutsman
Stuart’s Angus Steers Sell at Chicago Market
Albert Stuart of Newhall sold 14 yearling Angus steers and two heifers in Chicago. The steers averaged 1,140 pounds selling at 34 dollars per hundred, the heifers averaged 1,050 pounds at 28 dollars per hundred. Prices were near the top of the market with reporters noting the session was about 2 dollars under the prior week’s wild day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
Albert Stuart
Chicago
Caslavka Re-elected To Traer Creamery Board
Traer Co-Operative Creamery Association re elected J J Caslavka as director at the annual meeting. W O D Mitchell will be president, with Caslavka as secretary and Wendell Crawford as manager. Other directors are R K P Young Sr Hubert Stark and Arthur Lohse. 1954 butter production reached 959 994 pounds and total butter sales were 655 573 24 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caslavka
TRAER
J. J. Caslavka
Traer Co-Operative Creamery Association
W. Od.mitchell
Wendell Crawlford
Rk, P. Young
Hubert Stark
Arthur Lohse
Decline in U S Farm Population Noted in 1950s Census
The agriculture department reports a 12.6 percent drop in the national farm population from 1950 to 1954, down to 21,890,000 from 25,058,000 and far below the 1943 peak of 32,393,000. Regional shares show the South at about half, with the West, Northeast, and North Central sharing the rest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South
West
North Central
REA Generating Plants Set New Record in 1954
Rural electric cooperatives added a record 203000 kilowatts of new generating capacity in 1954, with REA lending over 40 million dollars for generation and transmission. Administrator Ancher Nelson noted REA supports generation and interconnection to cut farmers' costs, citing three key interconnections in Kentucky, Iowa, and New Mexico that promise savings and improved service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Ancher Nelson
Kentucky
East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
Kentucky Utilities Company
Iowa
Comm Belt Power Cooperative
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
New Mexico
Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Public Service Company of
Case Company Reports Net Loss at Year End
Case Company, a Racine farm machinery maker, posts a net loss of 349 252 for the year ended Oct 31 1954 after tax credits. This follows a 1953 net income of 8784 565 and a dramatic drop to 92 350 901 in 1954. President John T Brown cites a 17 1 5 percent decline in the year.
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Racine
INL
J. 1 Case Company
John T. Brown
Delaware Building Meets Are Scheduled
Manchester invites Delaware county lumbermen to three educational meetings starting at 7 30 pm Wednesday at the Glen Charles Hotel. M D Blue Portland Cement Association district structural engineer will discuss The Use of Cement and Cement Products at the first session. Co sponsored by the extension service and local lumber groups. Other meetings set for Feb 3 and Feb 10.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Glen Charles
M. D. Blue
Portland Cement ‘Association
Delaware County Extension Service
Volga Co-Op Creamery Sets 62nd Annual Meeting
Volga Co-Op Creamery will hold its 62nd annual meeting in Volga with dinner at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Paul Lutheran dining room and the business meeting to begin at 1 p.m. at the Legion hall. Officers will be elected and reports on milk sales and terminations discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga
Volga Barmers Cooperative Creamery
St. Paul Lutheran
Legion Hall
Delaware Creameries Annual Meetings Schedule
Delaware county creameries announce meetings in Colesburg January 29 Earlville February 1 Hopkinton February 5 Dyersville February 5 Greeley February 1 and Manchester February 14 starting at noon Petersburg February 22 at 1 PM and Ryan February 4 at 6 30 PM Use local notice for dairy cooperative business.
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Delaware Creameries
Manchester
Delaware County
Colesburg
Earlville
Hopkinton
Dyersvile
Greeley
Petersburg
Ryan Creamery
McFate To Address Cedar Rapids Pro-Ag Club Meeting
Ken McFate an extension agriculture engineer will speak on Farm Electrification at the Cedar Rapids Pro-Ag Club meeting. The session begins 6 30 pm Wednesday at Bishop's Cafeteria with reservations via phone 2 4614.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken McFate
Town State College Extension
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Creamery to Elect Directors at Annual Meeting
Anamosa Farmers Creamery Co. stockholders will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the courthouse community room. Frank Harker of the American Dairy Association will speak as directors are elected to succeed Alvin Byerly Frank Pillard and Lee Man whose terms expire.
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Anamosa Creamery
Anamosa
Anamosa Farmers Creamery Co
Court House
Frank Harker
American Dairy Association
Alvin Byerly
Frank Pillard
Lee Man
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ISC
Bang
Whittier Farm Institute
Gazelle
Turkey Federation Board
Hardover
Iowa Turkey Federation
Russell Duncan
Greene
William Maas
Iowa City
Earl Maxson
Shellsburg
Clair Boshart
Wayland
Norman Madson
Britt. Standing
Byron Lawrence
Gowrie
Baxter Freese
Wellman
Rex Puffer
Britt
R. C. Johnson
Swea City
W.H. Thoreson
Ellsworth
Roy Bowman
Mt. Vernon
Kenneth Cook
Miles
Stuart
Angus
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maynard
FFA
REA Generating Plants
DU Pont
Third Avenue
DIAL
Case Company
Delaware
Center Point Road
Wray Eels
Imcfate
Tash Phil
Little Giant
DAVY
Wen Dick's
Ave
Gabe
Cheninga
Herbel
KCRG
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