House Group Wrestles with Spud Problem
The agriculture department told the House Food Investigating Committee it may sell potatoes at one cent a bushel for industrial use to curb surplus dumping. government purchases totaled 17.5 million sacks, with 8.2 million discarded or dumped. 450,000 to schools, 800,000 to alcohol, 3.5 million to export, 4 million to starch, and 500,000 to stock feed. Surplus storage stretched to open sheds after frost proof storage ran out.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Congress
House Food Investigating Committee
Alabama
Maine
U. S
Potatoes Policy Criticized by House Subcommittee Chair
Chairman August H. Andresen accused the Agriculture Department of jeopardizing the farm price support program through potato policy. He warned of possible domestic shortages next winter and spring, citing a $85 million surplus and government destruction of 12.5 million Maine bushels. He noted imports from Canada as a consequence.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
House Food Investigating Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Andresen
Canada
Maine
Buckingham Elevator Declares 30 Percent Stock Dividend
Buckingham Grain company stockholders at the annual meeting approved a 30 percent stock dividend and allocated 13 038 10 to a new reserve fund. Manager George Beenken reported fiscal year business at 483 925 dollars, with 283 523 bushels of grain moved, the best in the firm’s history. Officers named were Frank Yuska president, W. W. Wilson secretary, and George Beenken treasurer.
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Buckingham
Buckingham Grain Company
George Beenken
Frank Yuska
W. W. Wilson
American Country Life Conference At Dubuque
The twenty sixth American Country Life Association conference will be at the University of Dubuque June 16 to 19. Topics include Rural Ideals and world peace through agriculture with speakers from USDA UN FAO Doane Agricultural Service and Bank of St Louis among others.
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Howard R. Tolley
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations
M. R. Zigler
Brethren Service Committee
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
F. W. Peck
The
Farm Foundation
C. P. Streeter
Farm Journal
E. J. Condon
Sears Roebuck and Company
Homer Ayres
CIO
Harold F. Breimger
BAE
Lawrence Taylor
Miche Igan Council of Churches
Ayrshire Show Planned in Wellman June 19
The Southeast Iowa Ayrshire Club schedules its district show in Wellman on June 19 to select cows for the All Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids August 10 to 16. The program opens with a 10 a.m. judging contest and will be judged in the afternoon by Richard Sears of Grinnell, a noted Ayrshire breeder.
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Wellman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Richard Sears
Grinnell
Four-H Club Delegates Arrive for Washington Encampment
About 180 farm boys and girls from 45 states arrive in Washington for the annual Four-H Club encampment. Delegates will stay at Ar Farms dormitory near Virginia, as the event centers on the Washington Senators versus Cleveland Indians game.
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Washington
Theashington Senators
Cleveland Indians
Ar Farms
Virginia
Extension Staff Shifts Announced At State College
Iowa State college extension service announces changes by President Charles E. Finley. Frank W. Hayden moves from Hansell to Keokuk county as extension director on June 16. L. A. Parker transfers from Calhoun to Mahaska county on July 1. Three county extension directors resign to enter private business.
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Ames
Iowa State College Extension Service
Charles E. Finley
Frank W. Hayden
Hansell
Keokuk County
Calhoun County
L. A. Parker
Mahaska County
Friley
Central extension staff appointments announced
Kenneth R. Falk of Page county Gerald S. Johnson of Taylor county and J Merrill Anderson of Wapello county are named. Effective July 1 Elisabeth Smith of Jefferson county Illinois becomes assistant girls 4 H leader, Margaret Riddick of Livingston Wisconsin becomes formation associate, and Ray E Armstrong of Ames becomes associate agricultural engineer.
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Kenneth R. Falk
Page County
Gerald S. Johnson
Taylor County
J. Merrill Anderson
Wapello County
Elisabeth Smith
Jefferson County
Ill
Margaret Riddick
Livingston
Wis
Ray E. Armstrong
Ames
Otter Tail County Tops Nation in Oats Production
Otter Tail county Minnesota leads the nation in oats acreage per the 1945 farm census. Stearns Minnesota. Livingston Illinois. Cass North Dakota. Brown South Dakota. Minnehaha South Dakota. La Salle Illinois. Kossuth Iowa. Richland North Dakota. Polk Minnesota rank among the top ten counties.
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Minnesota
Washington
Otter Tail County
Census Bureau
Stearns
Livingston
Illinois
Cass
North Dakota
Brown
South Dakota
Minnehaha
la Salle
Kossuth
Iowa
Richland
Polk
Fence Drift and Dwindling Iowa Corn Prospects
The crop reporting service says June 1 corn prospects are far weaker than a year ago. Planting delays floods ruined fields and weed growth wastes acres. A soft corn year looms in Iowa history alongside 1915 and 1917, with warm weather and late fall offering little relief.
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Iowa
Jones soil tour announced for June nineteenth
C. R. Grafft of Olin chair of Jones county soil conservation district announces an observation tour on June 19 starting at 1 30 p m at the Kenneth Howie farm five miles west of Monticello. Attendance urged for all interested in soil conservation.
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Anamosa
C. R. Grafft
Olin
Jones County Soil Conservation District
Kenneth Howie
Monticello
Grafft
Grapes Trail Apples in Deciduous Fruit Tonnage
A stock chart notes grapes rank second to apples in deciduous fruit tonnage. Muscadines and other varieties contribute minor shares as growers report steady harvests across regions.
Smaller Flocks Cut Iowas May Egg Production
Iowa May egg production fell to an estimated 494 million eggs, the lowest for May since 1942, due to fewer laying hens. Layers numbered 26.74 million, down 5 percent from a year ago, while the monthly lay rate reached a record 1 848 eggs per 100 hens.
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DES McIines
Lowa
Leslie Yuk Meio
Car
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Carl Swanson
Palo
Dubuque
Ayrshire
State College
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Denver Serum Company
First Street
King of All
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Second Street
Iowa Livestock Exchange
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