Has Way Out if High Props Vetoed
President Eisenhower could veto rigid 90 percent parity supports while keeping farm aid high. Under flexible supports Benson would set next year’s levels for wheat cotton corn tobacco peanuts and rice between 75 and 90 percent of parity. A $2.5 billion set aside and 500 million bushels of surplus wheat could cushion a 1955 price drop, potentially preserving higher support levels even if 90 percent parity is scrapped. Clipping may raise pasture forage 10 to 20 percent in legume grass mixes.
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Ashington
INS
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
House Agriculture Committee
Benson
Congress
USDA
Corn
Washington
Iowa farm outlook cites slim hog price rebound
Iowa State College economist Francis Kutish finds pork production since mid April only marginally higher than last year while hog prices fell about six dollars per hundredweight. He cites two possible causes: rising production and weakening meat demand due to income drops and higher Social Security taxes.
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Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Outlook
Kutish
Cut Red Clover At Half To Full Bloom For Yield
Agronomists advise cutting red clover when it is in the one half to full bloom stage to maximize hay yield and pounds of protein per acre. Although protein percentage is lower at this stage, the higher yield compensates for the protein drop.
Montgomery Warns of Army War Infestation
Iowa City Johnson county extension director Harold J Montgomery urged farmers to inspect crops for army worms after an alfalfa field west of Iowa City showed serious damage. He said worms had been found in only two fields and advised immediate spraying if any were detected.
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Iowa City
Harold J. Montgomery
Johnson County
Montgomery
World Wool Output Seen Near Record in 1954
The Foreign Agricultural Service estimates global wool production in 1954 at 4.42 billion pounds, a record and 50 million pounds above 1953. The increase surpasses prewar levels by nearly 500 million pounds, with most nations now at or above prewar production except the United States Canada and Western Germany.
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Washington
INS
Foreign Agricultural Service
F.A.S
United States
Canada
Germany
Jackson County To Get New Extension Worker
Mrs. John Ruth of Oxford will become county extension home economist in Jackson county September 1. She completed graduate work at the University of Iowa last semester and is training this summer in Iowa county under Miss Alverda James. Mr. and Mrs. Ruth will move to Maquoketa September 1.
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Oxford
John Ruth
Jackson County
University of Iowa
Iowa County
Alverda James
Ruth
Maquoketa
Pro-Ag Club Announces Final Summer Meeting Speaker
The Cedar Rapids Pro-Ag club will host its final summer meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bill Zuber's Dugout in Homestead Rex Conn Gazette farm editor will be the speaker.
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Pro-Ag
Cedar Rapids
Pro-Ag Club
Bill Zuber
Homestead
Rex Conn
Gazette Farm
Cedar Girls 4 H Officers Elected at Rally Day
Newly elected Cedar county 4 H officers are Shirley Hansen president and Joyce Schnei followed by additional officers announced at the rally day. The event highlighted youth leadership in the Cedar area with participation from Tipton based clubs and local 4 H leaders.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Shirley Hansen
Joyce Schnei
4-H Leaders Honor Members and Clubs Service Notes
Mary Alice Lettig serves as vice-president and Jeanne Rouse as historian with secretary-treasurer role filled. Mrs George Kiser of Wilton Junction is named honorary 4-H member and Jullie Von Muenster of the Day ton Dollies named win pee of the better grooming contest.
Sale of Satisfied Buyers Opens in Knoxville Cattle Market
Knoxville Illinois hosted a Shorthorn sale with 54 lots averaging 244 dollars. Bulls averaged 291 dollars across 25 head while 29 females averaged 214 dollars. Top bull sold for 600 dollars and top female for 375 dollars.
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Knoxville
Ill
World Wheat Crop Prospects Show Smaller Output
Reports from around the world indicate a smaller wheat crop this year than 1953's near record. The agriculture department has not yet estimated the world crop but expects reductions in the United States and Canada, with possible declines in Argentina as well.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
United States
Canada
Argentina
Four-H boys gather for Iowa 4-H short course on campus
Delegates from most of Iowa's 4-H clubs attend a three day session at Iowa State College. The program centers on "When Am I Old Enough?" with topics on money management dating voting and community responsibility. Notable speakers include Ray Cunningham Ray Bryan J Kendall Lynes and Carl Hamilton among others. A slate of eight candidates will vie for four state offices and Dr W H Alexander will deliver the principal address.
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MES
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ray Cunningham
Ames
Iowa State College Ymca
Charlotte Nelson Whitney
Ames High School
Frank Ulish
Fort Dodge
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Ray Bryan
Iowa State
J. Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls
Citizen
Hardin County Times
Ronald Petrak
Alburinett
International Farm Youth Exchange
Herbert Hake
Cédar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
E. G. Zimmerer
Des Moines
Iowa State Department of Health
W. H. Alexander
First Christian Church
Oklahoma City
Okla
James H. Hilton
Floyd Andre
Roy Kottman
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