USDA Plans Blacklist of Poor Wheat Varieties
State farm officials prepare a state by state list of wheat varieties deemed unsuitable for food use as part of Ezra Taft Benson’s push to discount low quality wheat in price supports. The plan aims to curb surplus by targeting varieties that yield high but fail to meet food standards, with adjustments by grade and protein content.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Department
State Extension Service
High-gluten wheat urged by price system for bakers
The wheat industry notes the gluten content of grain matters for modern baking machinery. High-gluten wheat is needed to meet the strains of contemporary bakers. The present price support system offers little incentive to grow high-gluten varieties or discourage low-gluten ones.
Johnson County 4-H Club Show Dates Announced
Premium lists for the 1955 Johnson county 4-H club show Aug 8 12 are mailed. The event at the 4-H fairground on Highway 218 south of Iowa City includes prep day Monday senior girls demonstrations and home furnishings exhibits judged Tuesday with a tractor rodeo that afternoon. Wednesday features judging of swine dairy cattle sheep and rabbits.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Highway 218
Linn County Supervisors Proceedings 1955 June
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met on June 7 9 13 1955 with Sutera Wiley Hood and others present. They approved May 31 minutes set bid date for courthouse repairs and granted cigarette beer permits to several establishments. Adjourned with lists of claims and adjournment to June 14 1955.
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Same
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Livestock Show Schedule With Demonstrations and Sale
Judging of girls exhibits will finish with a 4 H boys judging and demonstration contests in the afternoon and evening. Purebred beef heifers and baby beeves are judged Thursday along with poultry exhibits and junior girls demonstrations. A livestock parade and home talent show follow in the evening. The annual livestock sale Friday August 12 at 9 30 am closes the show.
Benson Tells Kiwanians of Farm Surplus
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson told the Kiwanis International convention in Cleveland that government held or loaned farm surpluses are a luxury under rigid price supports. He said the wheat and cotton stocks could supply bread and clothing for every American family, criticizing inflexible policies.
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Cleveland (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Kiwanis International
Agriculture Secretary
Hog Kill Drops to Ten Month Low in USDA Report
Washington dispatch notes reduced meat production under federal inspection at 338 million pounds for the week, five percent below the prior week and six percent above the same period in 1954. Hog slaughter reached 799 thousand head, down from 624 thousand the week earlier, with cattle calves sheep and lambs also declining.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Farmers report best hay crop and promising corn prospects
In Manchester Delaware county many farmers store oats in the silo as the crop threatens to lodge. First cutting of brome and alfalfa is finished and timothy and clover hay is being made. Forty percent of the corn is laid by and prospects look very promising.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Name Committee on USDA Home Economics Work
Secretary Benson named a 15 member advisory committee to review the department’s home economics research program including food and nutrition textiles clothing housing and family economics. The first meeting is set for July 11 13 and members include Kirk Fox editor Successful Farming Des Moines and Mrs Haven Smith Chappel Nebraska.
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Des Moines
Haven Smith
Chappel
Americans Plan Farm Delegation Visit to Russia
A U S farm delegation will visit Russia starting July 15 and tour major agricultural districts including Moscow region Ukraine Caucasus lower Volga cotton areas Central Asia and Western Siberia. Iowa State College outlines agenda for visits to Iowa Nebraska and other sites as part of an exchange program.
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Russia
U. S
United States
Iowa
Iowa State College
Nebraska
U. S. State Department
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Northern
Caucasus
Lower Volga
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Siberia
Reverend Fukuyama Leads 1955 CROP Program
The Rev Tom Fukuyama pastor of McGregor Congregational Church will head the 1955 CROP program in Clayton County.
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Tom Fukuyama
McGregor Congregational Church
Clayton County
New Tillage Methods At Ames Focus On Corn Yields
Ames farm experts at the north central meeting of the American Society of Agronomy discussed tillage innovations for corn. Topics included minimum tillage by R L Cook, mulch tillage by W E Larson, wide row planting with living mulches by C A Van Doren and H B Atkinson, and phosphate solubility effects noted by John Webb.
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American Society of Agronomy
R. L. Cook
Michigan State College
Michigan
Michigan Agronomist
W. E. Larson
Cooperative Usda
Iowa State College
Larson
Lowa
C. A. van Doren
H. B. Atkinson
University of Ilinois
Illinois
Frank Schaller
Iowa
Schaller
John Webb
Quarter-Section Farm To Stay in Iowa Heady Says
Iowa State College farm economist Dr. Earl O. Heady says 160 acres will remain the common Iowa farm size due to unit production costs. Costs fall rapidly up to 160 acres, then level off, with big drops mainly before 240 acres, and a 240 acre farm seen as large enough for major cost reductions.
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Ames
Earl O. Heady
Iowa State College
Heady
REA Rushing Loans to Meet Year End Targets
The Rural Electrification Administration aims for 165 million dollars in electric loan commitments and 55 million for telephone service by June 30 1955. Through late June it has approved over 157 million for electric and 51 million for telephone projects, with more applications pending to hit the targets.
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA Financial
REA
Congress
Treasury
Penney Angus Sale Opens in Missouri
J C Penney heads a vast Aberdeen Angus sale at the Penney and James Homeplace farm near Hamilton Missouri. First day totals reached 315350 dollars for 39 bulls and 87650 dollars for 25 cows as 577 head were offered. Penney 79 says tenants will get first chance to buy the 8500 acre Missouri farms included in the sale.
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J. C. Penney
Cchain
Penney and James
Here
Penney
Missouri
Tama 4-H Rally Day Set for July 7 in Toledo
Tama county 4-H boys and girls hold their annual joint rally day Thursday evening July 7 at the Welling theater in Toledo. Election and installation of county 4-H officers and initiation of an honorary member are planned. Ray Cunningham of Ames, former Iowa State college YMCA secretary, will be the speaker.
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Tama County
4-H
Welling
Ray Cunningham
Ames
Iowa State College Ymca
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