Farm conservation payments and crops outlook in 1947 48
Government reports show 47 percent of US farms joined the Triple A conservation program with Wisconsin and Iowa leading participation. Iowa received 11.15 million in 1947, Texas 20.19 million, state costs total 265.41 million dollars with net 228 million after refunds. Future policy changes loom as Congress debates farm programs and CCC legislation while crop estimates secrecy tightens for next week.
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United States
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Arizona
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Commodity Credit Corporation
House Agriculture Committee
Bran Nan
Building meeting planned in Decorah
Decorah farmers in Winneshiek county will meet Wednesday afternoon at the Decorah Lutheran church to hear Extension Director E J Weigle announce the event. C H Van Vinck of Iowa State College will discuss ventilation insulation materials and planning of farm buildings.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Decorah Lutheran Church
E J Weigle
C. H van Vinck
Iowa State College
Weigle
Weed and corn borer clinic set for Iowa City
Iowa State College experts Harold Gunderson E P Sylvester and Dale Hull join Ass t secretary of agriculture Clyde Spry to lead a weed and corn borer control clinic in the University of Iowa Fieldhouse from 10 am to 4 pm on March 29 in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Emmett Gardner
University of Iowa
Harold Gunderson
E. P Sylvester
Dale Hull
Iowa State College
Clyde Spry
Des Moines
Hawkins Buys Farm at Strawberry Point
B Hawkins of Cedar Rapids purchased the Alfred Osterman farm near Strawberry Point. The current tenant Ronald Bruner will continue farming the property. Iowa City rural women’s achievement day set for May 13 in the City Community building.
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Strawberry Point
A. B Hawkins
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Osterman
Ronald Bruner
Iowa City
Johnson County
John B. Cousin Dies, Eastern Iowa Farm Leader
John B. Cousin, 55, prominent eastern Iowa farm leader, died in a Dubuque hospital after a heart attack. He led the Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative of Anamosa for 10 years and the Central Iowa Power Cooperative of Cedar Rapids since its founding three years ago. He also served as Dubuque County Farm Bureau president and county organization director. Funeral services are slated for Tuesday at 2 pm at Egelhof funeral home with burial at Center Grove cemetery.
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Dubuque
John B. Cousin
Iowa
Farm sale prices at Albert Morgan sale
At the Albert Morgan farm sale in Columbus Junction last week corn sold for 140 dollars per unit soy beans 220 dollars and corn fodder 70 dollars per acre a tractor with cultivator brought 655 dollars
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Columbus Junction
Albert Morgan
Iowa DHIA Expands to 40 000 Cows Across 86 Counties
Iowa DHIA now supervises over 40,000 dairy cows in 86 counties with six new associations formed last year. Don Voelker of Iowa State College notes higher profits and production standards, aided by per cow feed, production, and butterfat data. Average milk per cow rose from 6,994 to 8,413 pounds and butterfat from 275 to 333 pounds, boosting profit by about $35 per cow at 1948 prices.
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Iowa
DHIA
Ames
Ehind
Don Voylker
Iowa State College
Voelker
Good Supply of Meat Reported At Lower Prices
Chicago report notes a nationwide abundance of meat with wholesale prices about 22 percent below last summer's peaks. Retail prices in the Chicago area ran about 20 percent under summer highs with cuts like round steak down 30 percent and sausages down 26 percent. Plains state reports warn of a dimmer wool crop in 1950 due to heavy winter losses.
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Chicago
INS
The
American Meat Institute
Institute
Plains States
New York
San Francisco
Public sale notices from Paul Cooper and Clyde Malone and Sons
In the Gazette notice two sales are listed. Paul Cooper offers a closing out sale March 17 at 12 30 p m including livestock grain machinery and household goods located 21 miles southwest of Springfield. Clyde Malone and Sons advertise a public sale March 21 at 1 p m of a 158 acre farm with livestock hay grain and machinery three miles north of Strawberry Point.
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Clyde Malone
Strawberry Point
Highway 13
Paul Cooper
Springville
Clyde Malone and Sons
Early Lamb Crop Drops Six Percent in Key States
The early lamb crop in principal producing states is about six percent below last year and the smallest since 1924. The decrease reflects reduced breeding ewes. U S farms and ranches hold about 28 million stock sheep and lambs, well under the 1935-39 average, with most lambs produced in California Texas Arizona and the southeastern states.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
U.S
California
Texas
Arizona
Fayette Triple A Sets 1949 Conservation Practices
Fayette county and township AAA committees select nine practices for 1949 conservation payments. The list includes contour strip cropping sod waterways drainage ditches tiling and permanent pastures with lime fertilizers and green manure. County will receive 103000 for the year and sign ups end after March.
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West Union
Fayette County
L. D. Hitch
Hitch
Vegetable output shifts to West and South in recent years
U S vegetable production has shifted to the West and South as population moves westward. The West’s output rose about 50 percent from 1935 39, versus a 31 percent national rise. Population in the West grew about 41 percent compared with 13 percent nationally.
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U. S
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Census Bureau
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Cashman
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First Avenue
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Clyde Malone & Sons
Cecil Ryan
Union Bank & Trust Co
John
W. EB. Rishel
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Medical Arty and Barshal Annie Ce
Callton
First Street
Gazette Photo
George Stark
George
Robert
Stark
Fayette
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Ivory
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Rangette
Lovell
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