Excess Feed Grain Stocks To Increase Further This Year
L H Simerl of the University of Illinois reports that excess feed grain stocks are rising. The crop carryover is near 62 million tons with two thirds excess, about 40 million tons, enough to feed hogs for a year. Corn carryover reaches about 1 600 million bushels, a 180 million rise from last fall. Price support remains high with 302 million bushels under support through April 15, and total feed grains under loan reaching a new record.
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L. H. Simerl
University of Triois
Urbana
Ill
Illinois
Nebraska
Innesota
Farm Price Index Rises 4 Percent in Mid May
DES MOINES Iowa farm price index climbs 12 points or 4 percent for the month ending May 15 to 280 percent of the 1910-14 base. The rise comes as gains in livestock and livestock products offset declines in dairy, poultry, and eggs.
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Des Moines
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Four-H Workshops Planned in Benton County
Four demonstration workshops for Benton county 4-H are announced by Verna Madill. Sessions begin at 1 30 p m on June 9 10 11 and 12 in Farm Bureau buildings and Turner hall and Norway elementary school locations.
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Vinton
Benton County
Ome
Verna Madill
Miss Madill
Bruce
Cedar
Pol
Norrison
Jackson
Farm Bureau
Taylor
Benton
Big Grove
Eden
Canton
Kane
Union
Iowa
Leroy
Keystone Turner Hall
Eldorado
St. Clair
Florence
Norway
Carde mbard Stars in Vigil In The Night at Channel 9
Channel 9 Theater presents Vigil In The Night starring Carde mbard at 10 10 pm Tuesday. The feature screens as a late night program with local viewers invited to watch.
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Channel 9
Cardembard
Government Farm Aid Totals Over Seven Billion Dollars
The Agriculture Department reports price supported farm commodities totaling 7,250,751,000 dollars as of April 30. Wheat alone accounts for 2,218,000,000 dollars on 796 million bushels with wheat loans at 183,500,000 dollars on 92,200,000 bushels.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Polled Herefords Fetch High Prices at Gold Mine Sale
The 50 head of Polled Herefords at the Iowa Gold Mine sale near Tiffin averaged $409, with 24 bulls and 26 females. A storm halted bidding briefly as the top bull from the Campbell herd sold for $1,350 to Dr. Alf Gunderson of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, the day’s high. Second high bull brought $900. top female lot sold for $515, and a pair of Campbell bred heifers reached $500. Auctioneer Tom Sherlock.
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Tiffin
Iowa
John
Alice Campbell
Campbell
Alf Gunderson
LaCrosse
Wis
Dale Watkins
Danville
Pollock Hereford Farm
Pollock
S. D
Richard Green and Son
Boyden
Mt. Pleasant
David Bowsen
Springview
Bobby D. Haxen
Tom Sherlock
Oxford
Cedar County 4-H Tour of Wilson and Company Plant
Cedar county 4-H members will tour the Wilson and Company plant in Cedar Rapids at 9:30 a.m. on June 12, announced Russ Thompson, county extension youth assistant.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Russ Thompson
County Extension
Sale Notice For Charles W. Bauer Near Urbana
A public closing sale is set for Wednesday June 4 at 1 p.m. featuring livestock machinery hay grain and other farm items from Charles W. Bauer located 7 miles northwest of Urbana. Sale notice lists farm equipment and livestock to be offered.
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Charles W. Bauer
Urbana
Cedar 4-H Rally Day Set in Tipton Friday
Cedar county 4-H girls rally day scheduled at Tipton fairground with 9 a.m. registration and business session. Helen Whittington of De Witt to judge best groomed girl contest for county representative in state 4-H convention. country girls creed contest at 8 30 a.m. judged by Max Crawford of Tipton. Afternoon session includes officer installation initiation of honorary members and hair styling by Peg Gaudian of Cedar Rapids.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Helen Whittington
de Witt
Vinton Benton 4-H Judging Workshop Slated
A judging workshop for girls 4-H leaders in Benton County will be held at 1 30 p m on June 16 in the Royal Neighbors hall in Vinton. Extension home economist Erna Madill announced the event and urged participation.
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Vinton
Benton County
Royal Neighbors
Erna ‘Madill
Extension Home
Britain Banks First in U.S. Farm Imports
U.S. farm product exports to Europe west of the Iron Curtain reached 2.39 billion dollars in 1956-57. The United Kingdom led Europe in total value with 498 million, while per capita, the Netherlands topped the world at about 24 dollars per person, followed by Canada and Belgium Luxembourg.
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U.S
Washington
Europe
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Belgium-Luxembourg
World
Canada
Belgium - Luxembourg
America
Cuba
Switzerland
Denmark
Norway
West Germany
France
NE Iowa Jersey Parish Breeders Show Set at Decorah
The Northeast Iowa Jersey Parish show will be held at the fairground in Decorah at 10 30 a m on June 17. Milford Nabholz of Hawkeye president of the parish announces entries should be sent to G W Hunt Guttenberg parish secretary Clair Werner of Sigourney will judge the show.
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American Legion
Clarence Beilke
Walker
Iowa
American Legion and
Beilke Estate
M. J. McCalley
H.W. McCright
Decorah
Jersey
Fairground
Milford Nabholz
Hawkeye
G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Clair Werner
Sigourney
Iowa Livestock Slaughter Down 3 Percent in April
Iowa total meat production in April 1958 reached 230 million pounds, 3 percent below the 1952-56 April average. For January–April 1958, red meat output totaled 935.15 million pounds, down from 1.008 billion a year earlier, with veal off 23 percent and beef and pork each down about 7 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa ‘Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
U.S
Shorthorn Bull Brings $6100 at Wilson Sale
A prize Shorthorn herd owned by 89-year-old Thomas E. Wilson of Wilson & Co. meat packers drew strong bidding in Wilson Illinois. A one year old bull Edellyn Superb Mercury sold for 6100 dollars to Rasmussen Bros. of Goldfield Iowa, leading the sale totals of 170175 dollars for the herd.
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Waukegan, Ill
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Edellyn
Rasmussen Bros
Goldfield
Iowa
Keokuk County NFO to Meet at West Side Cafe
Keokuk county NFO members plan a meeting at the West Side cafe in Sigourney at 8 p.m. Friday announced by county chairman Noel W. Montz.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
NFO
West Side
Noel W. Montz
Shucks Lets Talk It Over on Farm Legislation Grid
The piece discusses delay in extending Public Law 480 due to Farm Bloc insistence on an omnibus farm bill. It notes Senate has passed the extension, House opposition, and looming June 30 expiry. It also cites cattle market trends in the Corn Belt and promotion for Iowa Farm Science monthly publication from Iowa State College.
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Congress
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
House
Iowa Farm Science
Iowa State College
Iowa
Morrill Hall
Ames
USDA Reports Support Losses Under Last Year
The agriculture department says monthly gains from farm price supports fall to about 90 million dollars, 14 percent below last year. For the first ten months of the fiscal year ending June 30, losses total 905.5 million dollars versus 1.0569 billion a year earlier as surpluses are sold below cost.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Classified Readers Tap Ads With Jad Taker
Research shows 2 of 5 newspaper readers seek Classified Want Ads daily. To read them with your story dial EM 2-1121 and ask for an jad taker. Ad.
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