GOP Plans Reshuffle In USDA Food Research Institute
The Republican food study committee proposes a virtual reorganization of the Agriculture Department creating a national Food Research Institute funded by a 12000 dollar annual director. It would absorb eight agencies including the Bureau of Dairy Industry and the Bureau of Plant Industry and allow public access to institute labs on a fee or cooperative basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Republican
Congressional Food Study Committee
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Commerce Department
National Food Research Intitute
Rep
Hope
Akan
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Farm Credit Administration
Cooperative Research and Service Division
Office of Marketing Services
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Research Administration
Sis
Dairy Herd Output Report for Linn No 2 DHIA
March production per cow stood at 605 pounds of milk with 25.3 pounds of butterfat, per Linn County DHIA supervisor Cecil E. Haworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn No. 2 Dhia
Cecil E. Haworth
Closing Out Sale In Fairfax Iowa
A brief notice places a closing out sale in Fairfax Iowa listing location details and sale scope. Limited readable text suggests a local business winding down with items for sale at a storefront.
Sale of Saddle Horses and Household Goods by Merrill
Auction listing: 14 head of saddle horses and 15 saddles and riding bridles offered for sale on Monday April 8 by Bebee and Colby auctioneers. Includes ponies and household furniture. appears in Gazette April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Safleys Plant 110th Crop On Family Acres
Howard Safley and his son Don till the 110th consecutive crop on the family red oak township farm in Cedar county Iowa begun by John Safley in 1837. The piece traces the Safley lineage from Scottish immigrant founder through Alford and Howard to Don now in his 90s. It notes early life, land sales, a Presbyterian church history, and a family house still used.
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Safleys
Safley
Red Oak Township
Cedar County
Iowa
Howard Safley
Don
Howard
John Safley
Edinburgh
Scotland
New York
Connecticut
Indiana
John Ferguson
Charles Dallas
Moscow
Muscatine County
Hendersonville
Washington Rigby
Alford
Tipton
Alford Safley
Iowa City
Kentucky
Red Oak Grove
Laffey
Ferguson
Chappell
Pirie
Yule
the Grove
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Safley
Don Dallas
William Dallas
Edward Dallas
Gordon Dallas
Archibald Safley
James Safley
Farmers brace for price controls debate in Washington
Iowa AUIS director Lee Keyser told the state farm labor conference in Des Moines that veteran workers face rising costs and wage pressures as national talks continue on extending price controls. Amid lobbying from farm groups and industry, President Truman warns of a veto if farm labor costs are included in parity calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Association of Cooperatives
National Grange
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Union
Washington
Porter Friday
Senate
Truman
Porter
Lee Keyser
Iowa
State Farm Labor Confab
Des Moines
For Sale in Field 15 Acres of Corn on Knickerbocker Farm
A 15 acre corn field is offered for sale on the Charles Knickerbocker farm just north of Fairfax. Interested buyers may call Knickerbocker Farm or phone 3 on 24, Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Knickerbocker Farm
Fairfax
Knickerbocker Farm
Schaefers Bay Minor Farm Bought Near Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Louis J Schaefer of near Springville purchased the improved 50 acre farm of Mr and Mrs Frank Minor at Toddville about eight miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. The price was 130 dollars an acre and included house furnishings livestock and machinery. Amos Jiroutek of Tehel's real estate company in Cedar Rapids handled the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Schaefer
Springville
Frank Minor
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
Schaefers
Amos Jiroutek
Tehel’s
Kiwanis Meet to Host Farmers from Four Townships
Waukon Kiwanis club hosts farmers from four townships Monday evening. Dr. G. M. Browning of Iowa State College will be the speaker at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Kiwanis Club
G. M. Browning
Iowa State College
Sale of Miscellaneous Household and Farm Implements
Location 4.4 miles southeast of Tipton on Muscatine road lists items for sale including lawnmower electric lamp shade tables chairs rockers beds stoves furniture tools ladders and farm equipment with numerous other items and about 10 additional articles too numerous to mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiptom
Muscatine Road
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule for Early April
A series of farm sales announced for April includes a hog sale Monday April 1 by Joe Kinney one mile east of Oxford. On Tuesday April 2 a public sale by L R Smith located 44 1 2 miles southeast of Tipton. A closing out sale is planned Monday April 8 by Cleola Merrill in Fairfax.
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Joe Kinney
Oxford
L. R. Smith
Tipton
Sale
Cleola Merrill
Fairfax
Linn F B Is Third in State Farm Bureau Members
The Linn County Farm Bureau ranks third in the state for membership with 1,682 paid for 1946, as reported by Wayne Tyler. Benton County leads with 2,283 members, Buena Vista county follows narrowly with 1,691, while Clinton counts 1,618 members. The article notes historic land ownership tying the Safley and Dallas families to early Iowa settlements and farms dating back to the 1830s and 1840s.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Wayne Tyler
State Farm Bureau
Benton County
Buena Vista County
Linn County
Clinton County
Family Farm History Reveals Century of Ownership
A century of land ownership shows a family holding the farm for generations though continuous cultivation ceased recently. Historical records detail transfers and periods of non farming activity on the acreage located in the region.
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Cee
GOP
USDA
Marketing Services
Linn NO
Cleola Merrill Bebee and Colby
Cedar Rapids Hatchery
First Ave. SE
Denver
Rex Conn
Rigby
Stanwood
Chicago
A. T. Andreas Historical Atlas of
Milo Melberg
Ira Albright
Frank Mastart
Clark Leakin
Fred Cochran
Iowa Livestock Exchange
TOWA
Tony Schmitz
Geo. B. Tasker
L. A. Smith
Walt Challis
Tipton State Back
Just
Worthmore
Tains Chemical
Oliver Dealers
Happel & Sons
Third Avenue
Second Avenue SW
Linn F.B
Wilson
Wilson & Co
Farmer
Rural Youth Transportation
Fred Waring
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