Stefansson Defends Meat Diet At Chicago Meat Board Meet
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, near 79, challenged the anti-fat trend at a Chicago meeting of the National Live stock and Meat Board. He described decades living on meat with Eskimos and a year on a meat only diet, noting health stability and normal cholesterol while fats supplied most calories.
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Stefansson
Arctic Explorer
Rex Conn
Hicago
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
National Livestock and Meat Board
Chicago
Arctic
Karsten Andersen
Cornell University Medical School
American Meat Institute
Dr. Stefansson
Baker Library
Dartmouth College
Eisenhower
Eskimos
Maynard Cooperative Reports Record Year and Expansion
About 400 members attended the Maynard Cooperative Company annual meeting. Manager Don ald M. Hartz said the cooperative had its largest business volume ever, with sales totaling 1,376,000 dollars for May 1, 1956, to April 30, 1957. President James Hamilton reviewed last year and noted progress on a 70,000-bushel annex, elevator, and warehouse. Steege, Paul, and Smith were re-elected to the board.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Company
Donald M. Hartz
James Hamilton
Victor Steege
Arnold Paul
Howard W. Smith
Hamilton
Norman Streeter
Franklin Thompson
Robert Meyer
Poultry Specialist Shares Ways To Preserve Egg Quality
A Purdue University extension poultry specialist warns that egg quality stays high in heat if producers manage time temperature and humidity. Gather eggs four times daily in hot weather and cool quickly in a storage room at 50 to 60 degrees with 70 to 80 percent humidity.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Extension
Melvin L. Wilson
Wilson
Quieting Agents Fail to Boost Gains in Steers at ISU
Iowa State College livestock researcher Wise Burroughs reports that adding quieting agents thiouracil and thiourea to cattle rations did not increase live weight gains or feed efficiency. When stilbestrol and thiouracil were used, gains were slightly depressed and feed costs rose. Organic iodine also failed to prevent foot rot and in fact reduced weight gain compared with cattle not fed iodine.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Wise Burroughs
Burroughs
Allamakee Clayton Co-Op Receives REA Loan
In Postville the Rural Electrification Administration approved a 665000 loan to Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative. The funds will build 40 miles of distribution line and 59 miles of line, with improvements to serve 220 additional rural customers. The cooperative aims for 5818 members and 2274 miles of distribution lines.
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Postville
Rural Electrification Administration
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative
Hail Hammers Crops in Jordans Grove Area
A severe wind and hail storm struck the Jordans Grove area south of Central City causing uprooted trees and heavy crop damage. On the John and Richard Wager farm crops including corn oats and hay were flattened and riddled. About six neighboring farms were damaged too.
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Central City
Jordans Grove
John and
Richard Wager
Government To Halt Egg Buying Program
Washington AP The government will withdraw from the egg market after Tuesday as the agriculture department says an egg buying program begun last fall ends to avoid keeping prices down. It has purchased about 15 million dollars worth of shell and dried eggs for donation to school lunch programs public institutions and needy persons. The move aims to bolster sagging producer prices while signaling an end to government purchases.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Milk Marketing Orders Provide Benefits Across Markets
In Omaha, Nebraska, Howard C. Fedderson of the Agricultural Marketing Service outlined federal milk marketing orders as stabilizers that prevent supply and demand chaos. He urged cooperatives to focus on order effects across markets, noting orders cover 67 regions and about half the urban population, without producing or restricting milk production, aiming to ensure a stable, wholesome supply for consumers.
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Omaha
Neb
Howard C. Fedderson
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
National Milk Producers Federation
Fedderson
Dunn Elected Head of Louisa Beef Producers
James Dunn of Wyman was elected president of the Louisa County Beef Producers Association, succeeding Millard Johnson of Morning Sun. Clarence Jennings of Columbus Junction and Donald Small of Wapello were elected to the board of directors after a county cattle feeders tour.
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Columbus Junction
James Dunn
Wyman
The
Lou
Isa County
McVey Buys Heiserman Farm Near Quasqueton
Charles Heiserman sold the 80 acre farm north of Quasqueton to Kenneth McVey the present renter. Sale price was not announced.
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Quasqueton
Charles Heiserman
Harry Jellings
Kenneth McVey
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Moses
Divinity School
Maynard Cooperative
Clarence Cox
Manchester
Erwin Heiserman
Harry Fischer
Kreg Kbregel
Chuck Smith
General Electric
Loweprige
Modern Appliance CO
Third Ave
People's Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Allamakee-Clayton Co-Op
Jay Partridge
Independence
Patsy Eddy
Shirley Dudley
Pinicon Hotel
Aleene Thompson
Dunn
Louisa Beef Producers
Davis
First St
Center Point Road
Second Ave
Vernon Ave
Sixteenth Ave
First Ave
Ith St
Marion
McVey
Heiserman Farm
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