Iowa ASC outlines quick action on soil bank plan
Iowa farmers may receive about 44 dollars per acre for corn land placed in the soil bank program. State ASC chairman Dwight Meyer said agreements to implement the 1956 plan are with county committees as Iowa conducts a series of district meetings. Signing could begin late next week with August 4 as the corn destruction deadline and a 15 day pre harvest limit for oats and other crops. Farmers may plant cover crops or hay and pasture land in the reserve but cannot harvest the field.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Dwight Meyer
ASC
Meyer
Washington
Soil Bank
Iowa State Fair to award 4 H FFA prizes totaling 35671
Des Moines officials announced 4 H and FFA prizes at the Iowa State Fair amounting to 35671 dollars. Four H contests distribute 27229.50 with divisions in beef dairy swine lamb poultry and more. FFA prizes total 8441.50 with an upcoming announcement for details.
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Des Moines
Lloyd Cunningham
Iowa
FFA
Mrs Pollock Named To Farm Journal Panel
Mrs Her bert Pollock of Springville is named a member of the national Family Test Group of Farm Journal magazine. The group includes 500 families nationwide and tests new food and homemaking products while guiding magazine articles and homemaking discussions. Elkader Nineteen Clayton county boys attend the state 4 H club short course at Iowa State College from June 19 to 21.
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Pollock
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
Herbert Pollock
Springville
Farm Journal Magazine
Gertrude Dieken
Farmer’s Wife
Elkader
Clayton County
Iowa State College
Jaycees To Eat Iowa Turkey At Nat's Meeting
The Iowa Jaycees will serve Iowa turkey at the National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Kansas City. Fifteen hundred pounds of new crop turkey will be roasted by Dytrt Catering and flown to Missouri for over 6,000 sandwiches. The event promotes Iowa turkey as a growing state industry.
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Cedar Rapids
Dytrt Catering Service
Kansas City
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Missouri City
Iowa
Iowa Jaycee
Wisconsin Gains Modified Certified Brucellosis Free Status
Washington reports Wisconsin designated Modified Certified Brucellosis-Free effective June 6 by the USDA. It is the fifth state to attain this status during the eradication drive begun in 1954, with notable dairy industry impact. The designation means disease presence in cattle is under 1 percent and in herds under 5 percent, following millions of tests and vaccinations conducted in the state.
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Washington
Wisconsin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Baine
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Cooperative State
Buchanan Young People Elect Officers for Farm Bureau Club
Independence early report lists Joe Yoder Rowley as chairman Richard Kurt Independence as vice chairman Rose mary Bonefas Jesup as secretary Bob Muchmore Rowley as treasurer and Myrtle Rose Independence as reporter. Membership open to single youths 17 to 28 and high school seniors. Meetings monthly in summer.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Young People’s Club
Joe Yoder
Rowley
Richard Kurt
Rosemary Bonefas
Jesup
Bob Muchmore
Myrtle Rose
Conservation Air Tour Heads Over Washington County
The Washington county soil conservation district invites the public to air tours observing soil and water conservation work this Saturday from 1 to 7 30 p m over Washington county in Iowa.
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Washington, Ia
Washington County Soil Conservation District
Closing Out Sale of Farm Equipment and Livestock
A closing out sale lists a Jersey cow with calf, sows with pigs, and a range of machinery including a Parmail tractor in near new condition, cultivator, heat houser, plows, harrows, John Deere planter, mower, dump rake, trailer, cream separator, saw, hog troughs, feeders, waterers, tools, and various hay and straw. Station supplies and a Browles vulcanizing machine are included along with household roads items.
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Jersey
Parmail
Deering
Kewanee Harrow
John Deere
Browles
891 295 Bu of Corn Are Sealed in Fayette
Fayette county reports 891 295 bushels of 1955 corn placed under government price support at May 31 close. Loans totaled 684 on 829 288 bushels and 64 purchase agreements cover 62 007 bushels. Reseal and extended reseal items mature July 31. 143 270 bushels of 1954 corn remain under reseal and 86 318 bushels of 1953 corn under extended reseal.
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West Union
Fayette County
Ellis W. Thompson
ASC
Benson Estes Will Speak at Eldora June 22
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson and Senator Estes Kefauver will speak at Eldora during the Corn Belt Farm Family Field Days resumed June 21 and 22. They are slated to speak at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Friday at the Eldora football field. The event, sponsored by Wallace's Farmer and WHO Des Moines, has 134 exhibitors. Forenoon demonstrations cover soil conservation fertilizers forage handling forestry and farm practices. afternoons feature washing and fire fighting demonstrations.
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Eldora
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Estes Kefauver
Wallace
WHO
Des Moines
Washington Beef Tour Set for June 22
Washington County Beef Producers Association announced a tour of county feed lots on Friday June 22. The trek begins at Lloyd Marek farm seven miles north of Washington at 12 30 p m with stops at Charles Jefferies Emery Rhoddes B D Dunn and Marion Stransky farms. Waukon Dairy Night festivities June 27 celebrate the Farmers Cooperative Creamery dry milk plant with a 9 p m stage circus.
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Washington
Waukon
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Nitrogen Sidedressing for Corn and Bank Checking Options
Extension agronomist E R Duncan notes nitrogen can be sidedressed up to the third cultivation with benefits if potash and phosphorus are adequate. Applies in liquid gas or dry forms with similar results, cost guiding choice. Typical rate 40 to 80 pounds actual N per acre, higher on dense stands or poor soil. Also an ad for Peoples Bank offering flexible checking accounts and a no minimum balance option at Cedar Rapids branch.
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E. R. Duncan
Peoples Bank
Peoples
3Rd Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids
All-Iowa Fair Names Cattle Swine Judges and Events
Ten judges from five states were named for major livestock shows at the 21st All-Iowa fair August 13-19. Beef, swine, and dairy judging will feature experts from Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois, with premiums totaling over $3,500 for swine and $3,000 for beef. A moisture meter device and cloud seeding will be demonstrated during the farm tour, alongside tests of oats and forage crops and corn nitrogen response.
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Iowa
Andy Hanson
Ayrshire
Bill Hitz
Rosebud Farm
Polk City
Chris H. Sanders
Lincoln
Neb
Cooper Foundation
Guernsey
Elmer N. Hansen
Curtiss Candy Company
Cary
Ill
Gene Nelson
Gray View Farm
Union Grove
Wis
Jersey
Dale Dean
Meadowbridge
Ridgeway
Mich
Robert Traynor
Milton Junction
Beryl Keen
Agronomy
Burnett
Johnson
Agronomy Field Day at Ames Set for June 29
Iowa State College agronomy farm at Ames hosts a field day June 29 with tillage and irrigation plots on display and a three point program on What’s New in Crop Production. A key item is moisture, noted by I. J. Johnson who oversees farm crops.
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Ames
Iowa State College Agronomy
I. J. Johnson
Iowa State College
Colorado Faces Drouth Damage This Year
Federal agricultural officials in Denver warn eastern Colorado faces historic drouth damage with three million acres aban doned on the plains. Losses may exceed 100 million dollars as non irrigated land suffers and winter wheat output forecasts drop to 13.1 million bushels, the smallest since 1940.
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Denver
IND
Colorado
Floyd K. Reed
Agriculture Department
Plains
USDA
Iowans Prove They Can Produce Tobacco
Des Moines reports Iowa farmers produced 16,986 pounds of tobacco in 1954. Eight farmers grew tobacco on 12 acres, marking a 24 percent increase since 1949. The Iowa Development Commission notes the unexpected boost for a northern state.
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Des Moines
Farmrich
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
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