Brannan Says Plan Claims Exaggerated by Burke
United Press reports Secretary Charles F. Brannan acknowledged that Democratic committee materials exaggerate benefits under his farm plan. He says a comic book and throwaway sheets misstate support levels for eggs and other commodities and mislead voters by presenting exaggerated savings and costs as fact.
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Vincent J. Burke
United Press
Yaar
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Brannan
Blake
German farm editor visits Cedar Rapids on six week tour
Dr. Carl Cornelius editor of the Agricultural Weekly Gazette Frankfurt Germany toured Iowa as a six week guest of the U S department of agriculture. He visited the Eastern Iowa Artificial Breeding Association near Marion and toured the Amana Society with Gazette editors.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Carl Cornelius
Agricultural Weekly Gazette
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kan
Cornelius
Hesse
Pearl Buck
Iowa ‘Artificial Breeding Association
Marion
Burns Byram
Breeding Association
Gazette Farm
Amana Society
Agriculture Travel Course Set From Ames June 12
Iowa State College agronomy and animal husbandry students will tour 14 states including Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas Mississippi Alabama Tennessee North Carolina Virginia and more on a four week travel course starting June 12. Under leaders Vern Kerchberger and Curtis Godfrey the trip will include a one day Canadian visit to Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph on July 5. Eastern Iowa students Lee Dice Marion Glen Dillon Keota Norbert Kash Dundee and Calvin Mumaw Jesup will join the tour.
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Ames
Iowa State College Agronomy
Vern H. Kerchberger
Curtis Godfrey
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Canada
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Iowa State College
Iowa
Lee Dice
Marion
Glen Dillon
Keota
Norbert Kash
Dundee
Calvin Mumaw
Jesup
Granger Proposes New Farm Bureau Extension Bill
Representative Walter Granger of Utah introduces a new House bill on Farm Bureau and cooperative extension service relations aimed to replace a prior measure. Farm Bureau officials oppose it citing invasion of states rights and potential reduced local cooperation in extension programs.
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Washington
Farm Bureau
Walter Granger
Utah
Granger
House Agriculture Committee
E. Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Hickenlooper
Taille
Iowa
Farm Bureau Statement
Iowa DHIA Averages Up 3 Points in May
May dairy results show MARENGO cows averaging 32.6 pounds of butterfat, a gain of three points from April. Seventy of 441 cows were dry yet included in the total. 17 cows were removed for mastitis, hardware disease, and low production. Lenartis farm, South English, led with 519.4 pounds fat. Bash and Gingerich herd, Wellman, next at 494.4. Twenty eight cows completed 305 day tests, averaging 420.7 to 519.4 pounds of fat.
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Marengo
Iowa
Dhia
Lenartis
South English
Wellman
Delaware Rally Day Set for June 13 at Manchester High
The annual Delaware county 4-H girls rally day starts at 10 a.m. June 13 at Manchester High School. Catherine Ryan, county president, serves as chairman. Activities include a picture memory contest and business session.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Manchester High School
Catherine Ryan
Meeting honors member and installs officers
A meeting will honor a special member and install new officers. Special guests include Mrs. Merbert Hawker of Scotland and Miss Emelda Kanan, home furnishings specialist at Iowa State College.
Timing Key To Effective DDT Spraying In Iowa
Iowa farmers should time corn borer control with DDT by monitoring egg mass counts and corn height. State College entomologists report sprays outperform dusts when timed, ground methods better than aerial, and early timing crucial. Teachers will run district egg mass recognition schools to aid farmers in counting egg masses per 100 plants and interpreting results.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Harold Gunderson
Selene
Iowa County 4-H Rally Day Held in Williamsburg
About 400 four H club members parents and friends attended the annual Iowa county 4 H rally day in the Williamsburg schoolhouse. County officers were named from the girls clubs Lois Hulsberg president Loretta Berry vice president Anita Solbrig secretary treasurer and Monica Bender historian. Boys officers elected Dick Fuller president Glenn Walter vice president Jim Tompkins secretary treasurer Tom Schmuecker historian. Mrs Clark Hinrichs of Guernsey chaired the girls 4 H rally day and Martin Hagen of Homestead heads the boys 4 H committee. Assisting were Miss Alverda James county extension home economist and Calvin Perrin county youth assistant.
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Wiliamsburg
Williamsburg
Lois Hulsberg
Loretta Berry
North English
Anita Solbrig
Marengo
Monica Bender
Deep River
Dick Fuller
Glenn Walter
Homestead
Jim Tompkins
Tom Schmuecker
Clark Hinrichs
Guernsey
Martin Hagen
Alverda James
County Extension Home
Calvin Perrin
Milk Producers Start Work on Cedar Rapids Marketing Order
Cedar Rapids Milk Producers Association advances a federal marketing order with a 100 member meeting. Directors plan a Rock Island visit to push the order while 133 of about 400 producers, 60 percent, are signed up. Willis Mohn presides. Howard Dodge and Arnold Bader hold offices.
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Cedar Rapids
C.S.P
Association Board of Directors
Quad-Cities
Clinton
Waterloo
Des Moines
E. C. McGuire
Quad-City
Cedar Rapids Milk Producers Association
Art Bezdek
Willis Mohn
Springville
Howard Dodge
Center Point
Arnold Bader
Marion
Senate approves CCC price support expansion to 6.75 billion
The Senate passed a farm bill authorizing up to 6.75 billion dollars for Commodity Credit Corporation price supports, adding 2 billion to the program and sending the measure back to the House. The vote followed a long night session with party-line opposition to immediate cuts and import-control provisions attached to the bill.
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Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
CCC
Williams
General Accounting Office
Ellender
Secretary of Agriculture
Cattle Feeders Day Speakers Are Announced
Cattle Feeders Day at Iowa State College in Ames on June 16 expects about 2000 visitors to the cattle feeding yards on Beech Avenue. Keynote by C A Burmeister of the Produc tion and Marketing Administration on the 1950 beef cattle outlook. Morning welcomes by Dr Floyd Andre and afternoon address by Dr Charles E Finley. J C Holbert and Rex Beresford also speak on grading changes. Demonstrations include silage usage and breeding herd tours with an all day women’s program planned by home economics.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Beech Avenue
C. A. Burmeister
Livestock Branch
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Washington, D. C
Floyd Andre
Division of Agriculture
Charles E. Finley
J. C. Holbert
Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association
Rex Beresford
College
W. D. Caldwell
Prairie City
Department of Home Economics
College For Wives
Northeast Iowa Farm Leaders Tour Iowa State College
Northeast Iowa farm leaders from 11 counties toured Iowa State College in Ames. They visited soil testing laboratories, the Federal Swine Farm, engineering and agronomy farms, swine feeding experiments, radio WOI Farm Facts, and the campus facilities. Women leaders toured rose gardens, food technology labs, the library, nursery school, and the Martha Duncan WOI broadcast. Dr. Finley welcomed all at noon and evening programs featured talks by Dr. Andre, Dr. Stewart, and Murl McDonald.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Agricultural Engineering
Agronomy
WOI
Duncan
Charles E. Finley
Floyd Andre
George Stewart
Agricultural Experiment Station
Murl McDonald
Agriculture and Home Economics Extension Service
All Iowa County Clubs Contribute to 4 H Camp
Ten boys and 13 girls 4 H clubs in Iowa county donated at least 5 each toward a state 4 H camping center. Each club earned a citation and the county received a merit certificate for full participation.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Neighbors Plant 37 Acres for Art Eilers After Fall
Eleven neighbors sowed thirty seven acres of corn ground for Art Eilers located three miles south of Buck Creek after he was injured in a fall from his corn crib.
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Hopkinton
Art Eilers
Buck Creek
Eilers
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