Farmers Union Men Take Key Posts in USDA
Kennedy administration assigns several Farmers Union alumni to top roles in the Agriculture Department. John A. Baker leads credit services. Robert G. Lewis heads price supports. Undersecretary Charles S. Murphy, John P. Duncan Jr, and Emery Jacobs also cited. Arthur Thompson heads the grains division of the Commodity Stabilization Service.
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Ashington
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Mt Ewes
Ezra Taft Benson
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
John A. Baker
Credit Services
Baker
Paris
Ark
Democratic Party
Congress
The
Farmers Union
Robert G. Lewis
Madison, Wis
Lewis
Charles S. Murphy
Wallace
N.C
Harry S. Truman
Charles F. Brannan
Emery Jacobs
Jacobs
Claude R. Wickard
Pryor, Oklo
Arthur Thompson
Iowa
Department
Commodity Stabilization Service
Thompson
Delaware 4 H Offers Photography Project
Delaware 4 H offers a photography program in Delaware county with first year members learning camera basics and composition while second year members study flash, color, developing and printing. Project leaders are Len Shupe and Durwood Gibson. entries are due at the extension office by March 18. Also note: Richard Winkie has moved to an 80 acre farm purchased from Robert Cubitz in Waukon.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Ray Wagner
Len Shupe
Durwood Gibson
Wagner
Waukon
Richard Winkie
Robert Cubitz
Closing Out Sale At Hawkeye Downs Machinery and Livestock
Machinery and livestock closing out sales scheduled around Hawkeye Downs with managers and locations noted. Undated fragments mention Clifford Warren near Norway and a sale near Girton with 1 pm closing time.
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Kenneth Berckenbriter
Clifford Warren
Norway
Hawkeye Downs
Girton
Carcass premium on ISU hog research doubles
University researchers report a rise in carcass grade premiums paid by Iowa packers for experimental hogs from 75 cents to $1.50 per hundredweight between 1954 and 1961. L. N. Hazel notes shifting focus from quality improvement to marketing and price factors, advising producers to test rail grade sales with high quality pigs to boost profits.
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Ames
Iowa
L. N. Hazel
Iowa State University
Hazel
Leistikow Wins Winneshiek Hog Show in Decorah
Leistikow entry from Decorah, a 220 pound barrow entered by Donald Leistikow, won the second annual Winneshiek county hog show and carcass contest. The hog posted a 4.9 inch loin eye and 1.1 inches backfat with a value of 20.08 per hundredweight. Other top entries came from Chris Hoyme Decorah Gary Blumhagen Castalia Adrian Zbornik Fort Atkinson and Henry Wangsness Decorah.
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Decorah
Donald. Leistikow
Winneshiek County
Chris Hoyme
Gary Blumhagen
Castalia
Adrian Zbornik
Fort Atkinson
Henry Wangsness
Kennedy farm message delayed for White House review
The White House states President Kennedy's farm message is moved back for further review and likely will not reach Congress this week. It had been scheduled for delivery to the Capitol on Tuesday as Pierre Salinger noted more work is needed.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Capitol
Pierre Salinger
Population on Farms at Record Low in 1960
UPI reports government estimates show the U.S. farm population at about 15.6 million in April 1960, a record low of 8.7 percent of the national total, with net farm income around 11.6 billion dollars and farm inventories rising for the fourth straight year.
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U.S
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
USDA
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Ovid A. Martin
National Farmers Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farm Organization
Bureau
Farm Organization
New Freeman
John P. Duncan, Jr
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Duncan
Howard Bertsch
Corvallis, Ore
Farmers’ Home Administration
Bertsch
John C. Bagwell
Princeton, S.C
Minnesota
Wickard
Delaware
Ben Buntin
Springville
Charles Webster
Troy Millis
Ralph Garbers
Van
Gene Baxter
Ryan
ISU
Carroll Livestock
Carroll
Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Texas
Nebraska
Choice
Leface
Hiteface
Jerry Durnil
Virgil Miller
Leistikow
Winneshiek Hog Show
Falcon
Bernard Brenner
UPI
LaPorte City
Weaterloo
Approt
Nathan Merchant
Vinton
Falcon 61
Ford
Lancer
Special
Corvair
Cvine
Eamowrion of
Manutectire
McDonald—Stevenson Ford
First Ave
40Th St
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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