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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
16
The National Planning Association urges rebalancing U S agricultural research toward market needs and consumer patterns. It cites overproduction and depressed prices, calling for public aid to relocate and assist displaced farming families and to improve distribution and meat and dairy consumption.
Webster county NFO plans its monthly gathering Tuesday evening at Keswick Legion hall. Chairman Noel W. Montz announces the topic The Responsibility of Farm Organizations.
More than 500 4-H members leaders parents and friends attended the Clayton County rally day in Elkader one of the largest ever. Marla Putzier Strawberry Point won the senior better groomed girl contest earning an all expense trip to the state 4-H convention in Ames in June 1922. Dorene Decker McGregor was senior runner up and Jean Amundson Clermont won junior division. County officers elected were Martha Liddy Littleport president Margaret Wright McGregor vice president Janet Heins Postville secretary treasurer and Karen Kann Guttenberg historian.
Lisbon FFA chapter elected officers for the upcoming school year. Officers named are Larry Biderman as president, Donald Neal as vice president, Wayne Biderman as secretary, Howard Clark as treasurer, Thomas Neal as reporter, and Robert Lehr as sentinel. The annual project tour is set for June 12 starting at 8 30 a.m. in Lisbon park and ending with a potluck dinner at the Glenn Lehr farm.
An advertisement touts a non surgical treatment using Bio Dyne for hemorrhoids labeled Preparation H. Claims include prompt pain relief and shrinking of lasting conditions with months of observed improvement. Sold as suppositories and ointment with applicator, guaranteed satisfaction.
Manchester Delaware county girls 4 H county committee finalizes plans for the annual girls 4 H county achievement show to run August 5 to 9 at the fair. The event features clothing projects demonstrations and the 4 H style review with several named superintendents and supervisors.
Cedar Rapids buyers can obtain a fully equipped 6 cylinder Tudor Chevrolet featuring a Clear-vision Safety Plate-Glass, silent hydraulic valve-lifters and the famed Blue Flame Engine at Rapids Chevrolet Co. on 601 1st Avenue SE. Special introductory price only.
The agriculture department reports a three percent rise in average farm real estate values for the four months ending March 1, reaching a record high. Gains were strongest in the eastern half and in Florida, while drought areas showed declines. total market value reached 109.5 billion dollars with an average of 94.52 dollars per acre.
The annual Iowa county 4-H camp will be held at the state 4-H camp near Boone from June 30 to July 3. Organizer Robert Higgins, extension youth assistant, announced the event.
Forty five head of purebred Holsteins averaged $260 at the Karl H. Kainz dispersal on highway 150, Cedar Rapids area. Top cow was a seven year old daughter of Dunloggin Lochinvar Prince selling for $480 with 517 pounds butterfat in three years. Sale managed by Claude E. Wylam of Waverly.
Fayette county DHIA No. 3 reports 633 cows on test in May with 54 dry. Average production was 1 020 pounds of milk and 37 2 pounds of butterfat per cow.
Iowa County 4-H members will undertake eight club tours during June according to extension youth assistant Robert Higgins. The tours aim to showcase club activities and provide learning experiences across the county.
Ten Linn county Farm Bureau representatives attend the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation mid-summer conference in Des Moines with A. P. Rankin as Linn County president on the state resolutions committee. Attendees include Stephen West Vernon voting delegate Vincent Horst field man Jim Fausett assistant field man Mrs Cecil Patten county womens chairman and five Linn county insurance staff members.
Linn county growers on 136 acres receive a price support of 2.09 per bushel as the official says. A penalty of 1.12 per bushel applies to wheat produced on acreage over 15 acres. Farms without allotments or with allotments under 15 acres may raise wheat without a marketing quota penalty.
About 125 Delaware county 4 H members are expected to attend the annual camp at Camp Wapsie Y of Cog ig from Wednesday through Sunday. Mrs William Mawe is the camping chairman.
In a national appeal the industry urges support for spending cuts at federal state and local levels to combat inflation. The Institute of Life Insurance states 106 million policyholders rely on life insurance as a stable thrift, stressing a duty to preserve purchasing power. 488 Madison Ave New York NY is cited as the information hub.
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