PMA Suspends Iowa Potatoes Payments Amid Congressional Cuts
Des Moines AP report says $20,000 in Iowa surplus potato payments are blocked by Washington budget moves after the House Appropriations Committee recommends ending the import duties fund. Iowa growers face delays as funds exhaust from nationwide surplus sales, with individual claims like Thor sen brothers $7692 and E S Hansen $1,271 outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Production and Marketing Administration
Washington
PMA
House Appropriations Committee
Iowa
Congress
United States
Yansen
Mrs Lyle Retz Honored by Delaware 4-H Girls
Manchester Mrs Lyle Retz was made an honorary member of the Delaware county girls 4-H clubs at rally day. She has served as a local leader for many years. Officers elected were Delpha Mie Holthaus president Margaret Mersegeier vice president Margury Mead secretary treasurer and Rachel Ann Robinson historian. About 125 club girls and as many parents and leaders attended. County Extension Director Virgil Webster praised the well rehearsed program.
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Manchester
Lyle Retz
Delaware County
Caeers
Delpha Mie Holthaus
Marner- Mersgeier
Margury Mead
Rachel Ann Robinson
Unty Extension
Virgil Webster
Iowa Farm Price Index Drops 14 Points in May
Des Moines report shows the Iowa index of prices received by farmers at 292 percent on May 15, down 14 points from a month earlier and 211 percent from a year ago. The mid month reading is the fourth highest on record, with hog and butter fat prices falling more sharply than feeds while egg-poultry feed ratio remains steady.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Livestock and Crop Reporting Service
Iowa
Saddle Horses Top at 3000 At Maplecrest
The Maplecrest Farm sale near South English sold 40 saddle horses for a total of 33790 dollars. Chief Wings the chestnut gelding brought 3000 dollars for Ball Fruit Jar Company of Muncie Indiana. Other top prices included 1900 and 1800 dollars with buyers from Iowa Colorado Wisconsin Missouri Indiana Minnesota and Illinois. About 6000 people attended the auction led by Roy Jonston as auctioneer.
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Wellman
Maplecrest
South English
A. C. Gingerich
Chief Wings
Ball Fruit Jar Company
Muncie
Ind
Iowa
Colorado
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana
Minnesota
Illinois
Roy Johnston
Yearbook Editor's Wife From Springville Featured
Doris Roberts Stefferud, wife of editor Alfred Stefferud, a Springville native and former local teacher, is highlighted in the USDA yearbook. She is sister to Mrs. Ralph K. Stewart and the couple owns an 111 acre farm in the Blue Ridge mountains near Hillsboro Virginia, about 50 miles from Washington.
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Springville
USDA
Alfred Stefferud
Doris Roberts
Ralph K. Stewart
Stefferuds
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hillsboro
Washington
Miss Stewart To Speak At Clayton Rally Day
Miss Margaret Stewart of Cedar Rapids will speak at the Clayton county girls 4 H rally day on June 10. Long time leadership awards will be given to local club leaders including Fifteen years to Mrs Otto Elvers ten years to Mrs R W Bernard and Mrs Joel Clark five years to several leaders.
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Stewart
Eleader
Margaret Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Clayton County
Otto Elvers
R. W. Bernard
Joel Clark
Eddie Koether
F. L
Winneshiek Rally Day Sets Saturday Activities
The Winneshiek 4 H club rally day will be held Saturday at the 4 H community building. Ten clubs will participate with the Turkey Valley Lassies assisting in a ceremony honoring club leaders and installing new officers.
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Winneshiek
Decorah
Donald Moore
Turkey Valley
Hearing Set on S D Potato Market Plan
The agriculture department will hold a hearing in Watertown South Dakota on June 19 on a proposed marketing agreement for potatoes grown in counties east of the Missouri River. The plan would regulate by grades size and quality all shipments from the area at growers request.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Watertown
S. D
South Dakota
Missouri River
Kildee Calls Urgency on Saving Iowa's Rich Soil
Iowa leaders urge soil conservation and land value awareness at Iowa State College during the twentieth annual soil management and land valuation short course. Dean Kildee warns farm managers and rural appraisers to boost cooperation with state and federal conservation services to protect rich crop lands. Key speakers include Aaron Nelson of Farm Credit Administration and P. W. Manson of the University of Minnesota as the two day conference opens.
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Ames
Dean H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Kildee
Iowa
Aaron Nelson
Farm Credit Administration
Omaha
P. W. Manson
University of Minnesota
Wyoming Club Sends Clothing to Poland
The South Prairie Homemakers club of the Wyoming area packed 163 pounds of clothing in nine boxes for shipment to Poland. They adopted three families for the year and funded postage through a white elephant sale at the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
South Prairie Homemakers Club
Poland
Pigs Drowned as Flood Hits Palo Farm
Rapidly rising water Sunday drowned 50 suckling pigs owned by Palo farmer Harry Yates. His brother Ben Yates lost 12 head in the same flood. Ossian Arthur Moellers of Ossian will represent Winneshiek county 4-H club members at the conservation camp at Mitigwa near Boone this month.
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Palo
Harry Yates
Palo Farmer
Ben Yates
Ossian
Arthur Moellers
Winneshiek
Mitigwa
Boone
Government calls for more farm workers for wartime crops
The agriculture department issued a Tuesday report urging thousands of additional seasonal workers from May to November to meet record food and fiber demand. Despite veterans returning to farming, shortages persist as labor supply in 1947 lags behind prewar levels and 1943 benchmarks.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Keswick Locker Plant Set to Open August First
The new locally owned Keswick locker plant will be ready for operation on August 1, per management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keswick
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Delaware
Beverly Cattle Company
Ing
WMT
Wapsie
Anamosa
Louis Heiken
Monticello
Cris Randolph
Jones County Soil Conservationist
Center Junction
O’brien
Otto Bankes
D. N. Omstead
E. T.smith
Cadillac
Allen Motor CO
Second Ave
Tenth St
Dial
S.D
Wyoming Club
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
Ninth Avenue and
Third Street SW
Ge ‘Buehler Super Meat Market
FIRST
HEINZ
Handy Food Met
16Th Ave
Becker Roofing & Insulation
Fourteenth Ave
Gov't
Mary Wells Sale
Kelvinator
Harold W. Hewitt
Springville, Iowa
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