Rural-Urban Balance Urged for Wisconsin Rural Areas
Douglas G. Marshall calls for a united campaign by government and private industry to curb outmigration and rural poverty in Wisconsin. He urges regional planning commissions and targeted development to attract industry, leverage rural education, and restore tax bases while keeping residents in small towns.
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Madison, Wis
America
Douglas G. Marshall
University of Wisconsin
Marshall
Minneapolis
Upper Midwest Research and Development Council
Wisconsin
Dustry
Feed Grain Advances In Doubt
Washington officials have not decided whether to continue advance payments to feed grain producers enrolling in the 1969 acreage control program. Enrolment starts Feb. 3, with plans debated to cut advances from 50 percent to 25 percent and possibly end advances for 1970.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon Administration
Clarence D. Palmby
Johnson Administration
Independence Ag Group Eyes Fall Salute to Agriculture
The Independence Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee proposed a fall Salute to Agriculture featuring a downtown parade and tractor pull. Final plans will be set at a March planning meeting led by Vernon Keith with invitees from farm groups and community groups. They also eyed a Businessman Farmer Exchange Day during National City Farm Week and planned improvements to the Chamber booth at Buchanan county fair. Members include Keith Nielsen Miller Wehner Larson and Partridge.
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Independence
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Keith
Buchanan County
Chamber
Keith
Wilbur Nielsen
Wayne Miller
Nelson Wehner
Elvin Larson
Jay Partridge
Marengo Land Bank Speaker Amuses at Legion Hall
Wayne Scholtes, Iowa State University agronomy professor, will address the Federal Land Bank Association of Marengo at its annual meeting at noon February 11 in the Legion hall Victor.
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Scholtes
Marengo Land Bank
Marengo
Wayne Scholtes
Towa State University
Federal Land Bank Association of
Legion Hall
Victor
Farm Auction Listings Across Several Iowa Spots in February
A sequence of farm auctions and estate sales scheduled from February 1 to March 4 across Atkins Keystone Manchester McGregor Van Horne Norway Newhall Monticello Williamsburg and Hawkeye Downs. Listings include closing out sales machinery livestock dairy grain and Holstein dispersal with contact names such as Harold Thoman Laverne Junge Marvin Brandt Dennis Gudenhauf M J Lien Wallace Boddicker K Jami Nelson Zobeck Rolland Brecht Donald Palmer Fred Walton Paul Behrends Lucille Madorin C H Williams and Hawkeye Polled Hereford Assn Delbert Krug.
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Harold Thoman
Atkins
Laverne Junge Estate
Keystone
Dennis Gudenhauf
Manchester
M. J. Lien
McGregor
Rolland Brecht
Newhall
Donald Palmer
Culver Bill on Tax Loss Farming Draws Bipartisan Support
Iowa congressman John Culver and five House co sponsors press tax loss farming with HR 4257 limiting farm loss offset to 15000 against nonfarm income. Senate companion by Sen. Metcalf mirrors plan as hearings set by Mills. Backers include National Grange NFC Farm Bureau and others with safeguards for farmers who work off farm.
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Congress
Judy Assmus
Iowa
John Culver
Culver
House
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Senate
Assmus
the Gazette
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means
Mills
Iowa Farmers Union
Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Louisa Barrow Show Set for Monday in Columbus Junction
The Louisa County Barrow Show, presented by the Louisa County Pork Producers Association, will be held Monday at the Smylie Livestock Co sale barn in Columbus Junction. Entries will be weighed in from 10 a.m. to noon, with the show starting at 1 30 p.m.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Smylie Livestock Co
Eugene Rees
Louisa County Pork Producers Association
Allamakee Soil Winner Is Jeglum
James Jeglum of Waterville was named outstanding farmer in the Allamakee county soil conservation district a Goodyear contest sheet noted by district commissioners last year. They approved two new cooperators agreements and two farm conservation plans for Francis V Schulte and Eugene J Berns and tentatively set the cooperators meeting for November 19. They also voted to fund an undergraduate scholarship for Don Sherman of Waukon who will attend the Iowa teachers conservation camp.
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Waukon
James Jeglum
Waterville
Goodyear
Allamakee County
Four Named to Jones Extension Council
Four new members joined the Jones county extension council at an Anamosa meeting led by extension director Joe Legg. Named were Howard Zirkelbach Columbus Junction Paul Waggoner Onslow Darvin Harderson Anamosa and Everett Russell Mechanicsville.
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Anamosa
Jones County Extension Council
Joe Legg
Jones County Extension
Howard Zirkelbach
Columbus Junction
Paul Waggoner
Onslow
Darvin Harderson
Everett Russell
Mechanicsville
Robert Burlage
Monticello
Dale Mueller
Irvin Sievers
Wyoming
Lonnie Hinrichsen
Mondale Pushes Farm Bargaining Bill to Aid Farmers
Sen. Walter Mondale introduced a bill for collective bargaining on farm prices and sale terms. The measure would create a National Agricultural Relations Board like in labor disputes or use marketing orders after referenda, with binding or approved outcomes to boost farmers’ bargaining power.
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Marguerite Davis Washington
UPI
Congress
Walter FF. Mondale
Dminn
Mondale
National Agricultural Relations Board
NARB
National Labor Relations Board
Farmer Bargaining Committee
Rath's Lisbon Boar Sale Sees Weather Hit Volume
At the Lisbon Swine Testing Station sale 30 of 54 boars sold, averaging 222. The high selling boar brought 580, a hybrid consigned by Bob Green of Greenline Farms and bought by Raymond Keppy. A Rath Packing Yorkshire sold for 560 to Dee Brothers.
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Lisbon
Bob Casey
Bob Green
Greenline Farms
Ainsworth
Raymond Keppy
Eldridge
Rath Packing Co
Dee Brothers
State Center
Fayette Approves Nine Soil Plans in January Meeting
Fayette county soil conservation district commissioners approved three plans for Richard T. Trewin in Eden, Robert Scott in Windsor, and Drilling Brothers in Auburn townships. Nine new county cooperators were also approved at the January session reported by district chairman Alfred Stewart.
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West Union
Fayette County
Soil Conservation District
Alfred Stewart
Richard T. Trewin
Eden Township
Robert Scott
Windsor Township
Drilling Brothers
Auburn Township
Six Iowa Master Farmers to be named at Des Moines luncheon
Six new Iowa Master Farmers will be named at a luncheon Wednesday at the Fort Des Moines hotel in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Bright aluminum sided home with spacious rooms and garage
Aluminum siding frames a bright home with a 10 by 15 living room featuring carpet and a picture window. A 76 by 8 dining area overlooks the back yard and a 8 by 96 kitchen adjoins the back entry and family room. The family room opens to a 10 by 17 space with wall storage and a large closet. A 10 by 13 master bedroom and second bedroom with built in shelves and drawers have hardwood floors. The basement holds a workbench and storage, a separate 14 by 20 garage adds space, and built in storage for a roll away bed. The back yard is fenced with a patio and a garage.
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Paul Behrends
Lucille
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Hawkeye
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Independence Area
R.E.C
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Rowley
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Winthrop
Bill Peschong
Masonville
Leon Bovenmyer
Faun News
al Swegle
Rep
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Farm Bureau
Midcontinent Farmers Association
Farmland Industries Co-Op
National Association of Farmer Elected
Louisa Barrow
U.S
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Allamakee
Jeglum
Jones Extension Council
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Minn
Senate Agriculture Committee
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Agriculture Secretary
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Fayette
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Jack Haldeman
Bob Grill
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