Fairfield area farmer shares life and farming facts
Roy Miller, 47, a 260 acre farmer near Fairfax, discusses his Brown Swiss herd sold March 30, milk marketing through Des Moines Co op at Marion, Oxford sheep flock started 1956 with 40 ewes, 150 percent lamb crop, and seven day dairy workload. He leans toward Humphrey on war and farm issues and votes for Hughes for senator.
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Iowa
Des Moines Co-op Dairy
Marion
Pullins
Oxford
Waterloo
USDA Completes Meat Buying for School Lunches
The Agriculture Department announced it contracted enough supplies to last into next winter under two campaigns. Canned chopped meat for needy families was bought under the commodity distribution program and frozen ground beef for school lunches was procured in September.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Government buys canned meat and beef under 1935 act
The department announced direct distribution of 000 pounds of canned meat to families and school lunch purchases totaling 29,832,000 pounds of ground beef costing over $16 million. Both campaigns operated with funds from section 32 of the Agricultural Act of 1935. USDA reports show U S corn exports for the first nine months of the current fiscal year up 13 percent over the previous year.
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Washington
U. S
USDA
Weighty Fat Cattle Could Lower Price
Washington AP reports fat cattle moving to market have risen in weight and could push prices down. The Agriculture Department notes fed cattle prices remain higher than last year, warning feeders not to hold cattle for heavier weights as extra poundage speeds price declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Purdue hosts 78th swine judging school
Purdue University will hold its 78th swine judging school on July 12 starting at 9 am at the university farm center. It is described as the oldest continuous school of its kind in the United States.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
University
U.S
Milk consumption seen slipping about one percent this year
The Agriculture Department projects per capita U S. milk use will fall about 1 percent from 586 pounds in 1967. The decline should be smaller than the 3 percent drop in 1967 due to higher government food program donations and stronger dairy product demand.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Conservationists To Meet In Decorah July 27
The 99 members of the Soil Conservation Society of America Area II and their families plan a summer gathering on July 27 in Decorah. William Mills, chairman of Area II and Winneshiek county soil district, announced the schedule. Attendees will join Nordic Fest events, visit historic sites, and tour farms to inspect conservation practices developed with the soil district. Area II covers 24 northeast Iowa counties from Tama to the Minnesota line.
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Decorah
Soil Conservation Society of America
Area II
William Mills
Winneshiek County Soil Conservation District Board
Soils District
Iowa
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones County
Minnesota Line
Marion Teacher Attends 19th Iowa Conservation Camp
Edward DeWees ninth grade teacher from Marion is among about 100 Iowa educators at the 19th Iowa teachers conservation camp June 23 to July 13 hosted at Spring Brook State Park near Guthrie Center.
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Guthrie Center
Edward DeWees
Marion Independent
Iowa
Spring Brook State Park
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Benton-Linn
Gene
Wilson and Co
Beth
Jim Clayton
Waukee
Ned
Benton County
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
Zen
Ted
Von
South English
Webster High School
Orange Township
Black Hawk County
Story County
Maxwell
Millers
Church of the Brethren
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State College
Scenic City
Iowa Falls
Humphrey
Nixon
Hughes
Park Lane Drive Inn
16Th Avenue
20Th Street
KOZY
Tenge
Stickney
Rex Copn
Hampshire
Wilbur
Charlene Kehrli
Manchester
FFA
James Irons
Clarence
Iowa Hampshire Assn
LeRoy Faint
Lisbon
Tom Wiley
Grover Miehe
Monticello
Harold Hodson
Iowa State University
Susan Brown
Anamosa
Down, Town
2Nd Ave
Swine Judges School
Armar
Kenny Hofer
FOX and Hounds
Sounds of
Tay
Midwest
I. Bone
Texas
Ave. S.E
Tony’s Steak House
Tony
Charcoal Steak House
16Th Ave
Marion Man
Amusement Park
First Ave
SAT
SUN
Kentucky
QUART
1St Ave
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