Freeman forms eight man study group on farmer committee system
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announces an eight member panel of farm and public administration experts to study the farmer committee system. The group includes six members from the National Agricultural Advisory Commission and two political scientists. The study seeks to assess strengths and weaknesses and recommend actions to improve farm program administration with USDA oversight by Horace Godfrey.
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Grange
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Horace Godfrey
Claude R. Wickard
Camden
Ind
Charles F. Brannan
National Farmers Union
Denver
Charles Hyneman
Indiana University
American Political Sciences Association
Morton *Grodzins
University of Chicago
Hoover Commission
Commission On
William B.knox
Hoard’s ‘Dairyman
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Charles 2. Sayre
Greenwood
Miss
Staple Cotton Cooperative Association
Douglas R. Stanfield
Ohio Farm Bureau
Joseph Hajda
Kansas State University
Harry B. Caldwell
National Agricul ‘Tural Advisory Commission
Yo-Ag Teachers Attend Workshop in Monticello
About 30 high school vocational agriculture instructors gathered in Monticello for a one day farm management credit workshop co-sponsored by Monticello State Bank and the northeast district of the Town Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association. They toured two bank‑managed farms, had a noon lunch at Poplar Heights restaurant, and a late afternoon session led by Robert Patton on using credit as a farm management tool.
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Monticello
Monticello State Bank
Town Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
Poplar Heights
Robert Patton
Monticello Bank
Quarantine authority on brucellosis tests in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Agriculture may quarantine breeding cattle when owners refuse brucellosis tests. The 75 county control program plus 24 counties outside it trigger quarantine authority under state law. Dr. M. E. Pomeroy notes the practice has been to quarantine any herd where testing is refused. Brucellosis or Bangs disease can cause undulant fever in humans.
Dairy Breeders Change Schedule Of Summer Shows
Iowa dairy groups adjust summer show dates with Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn canton and district events moved to Sioux Center Oskaloosa and Clay County sites. Ernie Kueffner to judge. only canton and district animals eligible for entry at the Iowa State Fair in August.
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Ames
Iowa
Tom Lyon
Iowa State Dairy Association
Spencer
Sioux Center
Ernie Kueffner
Wisconsin
Oskaloosa Fairground
Clayton County
Canston
State Fair invites early entries for livestock show
Des Moines Iowa UPI reports prospective exhibitors must submit entries for the Iowa State Fair national livestock show by July 25. State Fair board secretary Lloyd B Cunningham notes the deadline aligns with the fair dates August 17 to 26 1962 and prize money totaling 124 109.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lloyd B. Cunningham
Iowa State Fair Board
Cunningham
Peace Corps appoints woman veterinarian to aid animals
Washington says the Peace Corps will send its first woman veterinarian Dr. Ann Brooke Holt 31 to Malaya to work on infectious animal disease and parasite control. In Minnesota a farmer Leonard Hagen recovered his long lost watch found in a hayfield by volunteer Frank Bechtel. Holt will be aided by Peace Corps volunteers to improve animal health and protein production.
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Allamakee County
Waukon
Léonard Hagen
Allamakee
Frank Bechtel
Minnesota
Holt
Hagen
Peace Corps
Awoman
Malaya
Ann Brooke Holt
The
University
Monticello
Jersey Cattle Club
Schrader Farm
Cedar County 4 H Enrollment and Projects Report
Cedar County 4 H members total 290 with 343 livestock projects and 1 384 animals entered. Four agronomy projects and eight home garden projects are listed. County Extension Director Howard Hamilton notes a slight decline from last year in both member and animal counts.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Howard Hamilton
Farm Business Associations Tour Two Iowa Farms
Five Iowa farm business associations will tour two farms July 7 in the Mississippi Valley area. The plan includes a noon briefing at Sigourney Elementary School gym and talks by ISU economists Herbert Howell and Charles Mogged. The outreach aims to examine cattle and sheep trends in the eight North Central states.
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Tipton
Iowa
Farm Business Associations
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Duane’ Steinhart
Fieldman
Bob Stephens
Iarm
Washington County
David Noller
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Herbert Howell
Ames
Charles G. Mogged
Fairfield
Wilh
Washington
UPI
Visitors from foreign lands tour fertile Midlands farms
Harold Ewoldt and AnCONN Gilchrist escort 34 nations’ guests to farms and cattle operations. The group observes feedlots, purebred cattle, pastured pigs, bean fields, and hay crops while appreciating American life and global perspectives. Gilchrist cites his varied career across Thailand, France, Morocco, West Germany, India, Iceland, and Chicago.
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Chamber
Out of Commerce
Harold Ewoldt
Chamber of Commerce
Drew Gilchrist
Chicago
Jas Ray Anderson
British Foreign Service
Gilchrist
Thailand
France
Morocco
West Germany
India
Iceland
Iowa Feed Conference Set for Ames September 14 15
Ames hosts the annual Iowa Feed Conference on September 14 and 15 with Eugene Summers of Iowa State University confirming the program. Topics include Hereford livestock feeding research and related talks. Dysart will host specialists from other states with registered Herefords and numerous bulls cows and heifers presented.
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Ames
Iowa
Eugene Summers
Animal Science
Iowa State University
Dysart
Marvin Hook
Thy
Spe
Linndoff and
Tranns
Son
Benton 4-H Boys Elect 4 Officers
Four Benton county 4-H boys were elected to officer posts at the third annual county meeting held Thursday night in the Lincoln junior high gym. Terry Hertle named president, Danny Skimm vice president, Ron Rinderknecht secretary treasurer, and Dennis Johnson historian.
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Vinton
New County
Benton County
Terry Hertle
Route Two
Danny Skimm
Blairstown
Ron Rinderknecht
Route One
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Johnson
Lincoln Junior High School
Poults Hatchings Near Year End in Iowa Report
Des Moines reports show poult production for the week ending June 29 at 309 percent below the prior year. The season total is about one quarter smaller than 1961, and weekly production reports have been discontinued for the year as hatching winds down.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Federal State Market News Service
Linn Cattlemen Tour Planned in Clinton County
Linn county cattlemen will tour beef feedings in Clinton county on Saturday July 7 traveling by auto. They will meet at Lost Nation at am with Clinton hosts and dine at noon in DeWitt where Leslie G. Kral of Cedar Rapids will discuss the beef cattle outlook. Reservations are requested at the Linn county extension office in the Cedar Rapids post office building.
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Linn County
Clinton County
W. G. Stoner
Mt. Vernon
Linn County Group
Lost Nation
DeWitt
Leslie G. Kral
Cedar Rapids
Towal State District
Linn County Extension Office
Stoner
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