Move To End Crop Control Is Defeated
Washington The House Agriculture Committee defeated by three votes a bipartisan bid to halt the administration crop control program as it neared finalization of a farm bill. The panel also cut peanut allotments, kept cotton under strict controls, and rejected adding several grains to mandatory price supports. Rep Harold D Cooley charged Benson would wield dictatorial power over diverted acres.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Ezra T. Benson
Senate Group Moves To Alter Wheat Controls
Washington report on Senate Agriculture Committee moves to modify Ezra Benson’s 1955 wheat acreage reduction. Aiken signals congressional action before adjournment to avoid widespread rural distress in Kansas North Dakota Montana and Oregon. Young criticizes Benson for not offering relief ideas beyond further cuts and higher price supports. Aiken notes several proposals under consideration including adding extra allocations of wheat growing acreage where economies hinge on wheat.
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Washington
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
George D. Aiken
Rvt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Kansas
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Milton B. Young
R-N. D
Benson
Young
Aiken
Senate
Iowa 4-H and swine talk mix with hog production gains
Iowa State College swine specialist E L Quaife cites a spring Iowa record of 7.03 pigs saved per litter and 6.9 nationally, crediting larger litters and electric heat lamps. Farrowing stalls in hoghouses are praised as a key advance. Also covered is the 1,250 young Iowans at the state boys 4-H short course, with sessions on money, dating, careers, world citizenship, and a note on Honorary 4-H members and hospitalized speaker, plus a recap of the 4-H awards presentation.
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NEW State
Iowa State College
Kenneth Roach
Rock Rapids
Byron Greiman
Garner
Darrell Downing
Pacific Junction
Thomas Koffman
Albia
Ames
Eastern Iowa
Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering Research Farm
Jack Dallas
Iowa
E. L. Quaife
Quaife
Ronald Petrak
Alburnett
Ireland
Tal
Iowa Friends of Club
State 4-H
Iowa State College 4-H
Des Moines
Kirk Fox
Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau
J. S. Russell
Des Moines Register
Rains and floods strike crops in northern Iowa
Des Moines reports that about 725000 acres across 25 Iowa counties were under water during the June 1 18 period as rainfall totaling seven to ten inches drenched counties from Hancock to Buena Vista. Heavily flooded potholes and low spots threaten extensive replanting and erosion while sediment fills waterways.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Hancock
Kossuth
Cerro Gordo
Grundy
Polk
Pocahontas
Winnebago
Buena Vista
Story
Wright
Hamilton
Hardin
Floyd
Palo
Alto
Clay
Tama, Worth
Mitchell
Emmet
Franklin
Webster
Calhoun
Howard
O’brien
Ida
Dallas
Corn cultivation advances in Delaware county says official
County extension director Bob Hall notes that nearly all corn has been cultivated twice with a few fields laid by. He adds that recent rains slowed haying and winds have flattened several oat fields.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Bob Hall
Omaha Bank Buys Toledo Canning Co. Cooperative Property
The Omaha Bank for Cooperatives has purchased the personal property of the Toledo Cooperative Canning Company for 8500 dollars. It holds a judgment for 29008.24 dollars plus interest against the company. An execution against real estate was issued by Tama county district court clerk Lee Kaloupek, with sale by the Tama county sheriff to satisfy the judgment.
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Toledo
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Toledo Cooperative Canning Company
Lee Kaloupek
Tama County District Court
I Real Estate
Tama County Sheriff's Office
USDA Sees Record Cattle Slaughter in June
Washington reports the Agriculture Department foresees a new high for June cattle slaughter. Spokesmen note twelve consecutive record months and a large herd at the start of 1954. Meat production trails last year due to lighter cattle weight and reduced hog slaughter.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Greeley Farmer Achieves Third Brucellosis Accreditation
Manchester-Earl Sampson of Greeley becomes the fifty-first farmer in Delaware county to earn third brucellosis accreditation. The milestone underscores ongoing livestock health program participation and countywide disease control efforts.
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Manchester
Farm tenancy figures show little change for Iowa in 1953
Des Moines AP reports Iowa farm tenancy barely shifts in 1953. Clyde Spry notes 50.1 percent of land is rented, near 50 percent in 1952, with tenancy gradually declining from 41 percent owner operation in 1933–35, while 34,777,647 acres were farmed in 1953 with 17,369,340 owned by operators. Small gains in ownership occur in northeast, east central, and south central regions.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Spry
East Central
Colorado Governor Seeks Drouth Aid as Heat Bakes State
Governor Dan Thornton said Colorado, the driest spot in the nation, will seek federal disaster designation as a five day stretch of 100 degree heat worsens a prolonged drouth. No relief was forecast by the Weather Bureau and rain was not expected soon.
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Denver
INS
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Thornton
Colorado Faces Economic Crisis Hit By Drought
Colorado economic and business disaster described as critical by U S Agriculture official Floyd K Reed. He warns of the shortest crop year since 1934 with spring grains oats barley corn sorghum and hay in short supply. Stockmen report four million acres of eastern Colorado grass burned out by the heat.
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Colorado
U. S. Agriculture Department
Floyd K. Reed
Nitrogen sidedressing aids corn growth and form options
Iowa State College agronomist E R Duncan says sidedressing puts nitrogen beside corn for rapid uptake during peak growth. Adequate potash and phosphorus boost response, with forms including liquid gas or dry ammonium nitrate or sulfate. Typical application 40 to 80 pounds actual N per acre, varying by stand thickness and soil need.
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E. R. Duncan
Iowa State College
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