Egg Dealers Hear of New Grading Law
About 250 Northeast Iowa egg dealers grocers and producers met in Independence to hear how Iowa's new egg grading law will be applied and enforced. Discussions covered licenses for dealers graders and candlers, required temperatures, and who must license.
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Independence
Iowa
T Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
North Central State Institute
Dick O'Connell
The
Poultry Association
Earl E. Mason
Des Moines
North Central States Institute
L. B. Liddy
Dairy and Food Division
Liddy
Department of Agriculture
Liddy, Mason
O’connell
Krug Polled Hereford Tops Mason City Sale
A Krug Brothers consigned Polled Hereford bull PSF Battle 3rd topped the North Iowa Hereford and Polled Hereford sale in Mason City Monday. Harold Long of Rockwell bought the bull for 700 dollars. The 57 head averaged 265 dollars with 46 bulls at 322 and 11 females at 202. Tom Sherlock of Oxford served as auctioneer.
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Mason City
PSF Battle
Krug Brothers
Atkins
North Iowa
Harold Long
Rockwell
Tom Sherlock
Oxford
Hatchings for five months down 8 percent in Iowa and US
Iowa hatcheries produced about 16 million chicks in May, slightly above May 1954 but 25 percent below the 1949-53 five year average. Five month Iowa total 59.9 million chicks, 18 percent under last year and 15 percent under the five year average. Nationally, five month chick hatchings fell 23 percent from 1954. Broiler hatchings May up 12 percent. first five months up about 1 percent. Eggs in incubators June 1 up 15 percent. Soil protection efforts to reclaim cropland as drought and dust losses persist in seven states. Soil Conservation Service to add workers and map the critical zone by June 30, 1959.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United States
Peterson
Soil Conservation Service
Seven-State
USDA Launches Soil Survey in Seven States
Washington The Agriculture Department will launch a large seven state soil survey to compress 147 years of work into 48 months Acting Secretary Ervin L Peterson said the project will provide land classification data for long range conservation in Wyoming Nebraska Kansas Colorado Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas The study aims to stabilize agriculture and lessen the impacts of recurring droughts in the region.
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Washington
Ins
Agriculture Department
Ervin L. Petterson
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Peterson
Keokuk County Extension Council Holds Organization Meeting
Officers elected include Waldo Denny Hedrick as chairman W. W. White Sigourney as vice chairman Mrs A R Chilton Hayesville as secretary and William Yates Sigourney as treasurer following Tuesday night organization meeting.
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John Mallie
Willard Goodlove
Paul Caldwell
L. E. Petrak
Sigourney
Keokuk County Extension Council
Waldo Denny
Hedrick
W. W. White
A. R. Chilton
Hayes‘ville
William Yates
Midwestern Egg Show Set for Iowa State Fair
Des Moines reports a Midwest Egg Show with $300 in prize money announced for the Iowa State Fair from August 27 to September 5. The event highlights prize divisions and likely exhibitors from regional farms seeking recognition.
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Des Moines
Farm Control Lifted by USDA Only Fooling
AP reports a staged move during Operation Alert suggested removal of farm controls but it was a hoax. Acting Secretary True Morse announced a simulated ending of controls except tobacco, while quotas and allotments remained in effect in reality. Confusion spread among state ASC offices as officials sought confirmation.
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Combine
Morse
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Iowa
ASC
Benson
Des Moines
Local Families Relocate Within Central City Area
Coggon reports the Jack Toms family moving to a farm near Central City while Dick Luse and family relocate to the Mrs. Oscar Pike farm. Mr. and Mrs James Basler have moved to the former Yates house.
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Coggon
Jack Toms
Central City
Dick Luse
Oscar Pike
James Basler
Yates
Allamakee 4-H Names New Officers at Rally Day
Waukon rally day in Allamakee County names four 4-H officers: Lorraine Freilinger president, Grace Ben jegerdes vice president, Ellen Slattery secretary treasurer, and Phyllis Guider historian.
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Iowa State College
Janet Polson
Cleghorn
Mary Neville
Meville
Kathryn Allen
Postville
Janet Jugenheimer
Davenport
Waukon
Lorraine Freilinger
Grace Benjegerdes
Ellen Slattery
Phyllis Guider
Senator Seeks Guaranteed Annual Wage for Farmers
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey said he supports extending the guaranteed annual wage concept to farmers. He backs a bill to maintain family size farms with price supports, proposing 90 percent parity on the first 25,000 dollars of commodities produced by a single farm, under review by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Washington
INS
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate Agriculture Committee
USDA Moves Ahead on ACP Plans for 1956
The USDA will implement the 1956 National Agricultural Conservation Program with a 250 million dollar appropriation. Undersecretary Morse says the program will resemble prior efforts, providing ACP funds to farmers and ranchers for conservation work, with emphasis on permanent practices and modifications to improve farm level effectiveness.
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USDA
Erc
INS
Agriculture Department
Congress
True D. Morse
Department
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