Eisenhower favors continued farm price subsidies if elected
Mickelson, head of the Eisenhower for President movement in South Dakota, says Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower backed subsidies to support farm prices and protect producers. He noted Eisenhower supports a balanced economy with government intervention when supply and demand are upset, and discussed an agricultural council to shape policy.
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Linn DHIA No. 3 Reports April Milk Production
April milk output from Linn DHIA No. 3 covers 381 cows tested with 59 dry, averaging 720 pounds of milk and 30.6 pounds of butterfat. Supervisor John Adams announced the month’s high fat average from Wallace Mills and Agnes Mills’ Holsteins at 51.2 pounds. Other top herds include Philip Hand and Hast ern Town Artificial Breeding Association Brislawn and Robson.
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Angus judging day at Iowa State Fair moved to Wednesday
Des Moines officials announce Aberdeen Angus classes will be judged on August 27 moving from the former Monday and Tuesday schedule. The Iowa State Fair runs from August 23 to September 1 this year.
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Net income for farmers to be lower in 1952
Government forecast says rising costs will cut farmers’ net income in 1952 despite higher cash receipts from marketings. Output up six percent, prices down slightly from 1951, with costs including feed and fertilizer rising eight to sixteen percent.
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ISC Dairy Judging Team Entered Kansas City Show
About 5 000 attended the opening of the fourth annual spring American Royal Dairy Cattle Show and Rodeo in Kansas City. Some 1 000 dairy cattle were entered, with 11 inter collegiate teams competing Monday including South Dakota and Iowa State. Oklahoma A and M won last year with Iowa State second and Missouri third.
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Walter Berger to Leave National Feed Association Post
Walter C. Berger executive president of the American Feed Manufacturers Association will not seek reappointment to his post after six years. He plans to join a hedge related to the feed industry. The association's forty fourth annual meeting runs May 7 to 9 at the Conrad Hilton in Chicago. Berger, a Cedar Rapids native, graduated from Iowa State College in 1925 and has long worked in feed business.
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War Food Administration Official Heads Feed Division
In 1946 he led the feed management division of the War Food Administration in Washington, directing policies and programs to stabilize and manage feed resources for wartime requirements.
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Holstein Cow Sets Long Production Record in IHIR
Weaver Witwer of Marion trains a registered Holstein cow that completed a 343 day IHIR production record with 579 pounds of butterfat and 14 948 pounds of milk. The cow was milked twice daily and stood eight years five months old at the start of testing.
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What’s What Out on the Acres
Interview with Lee OConnell a 55 year old farmer who runs 480 acres near Cedar Rapids hogs are his main enterprise aiming to produce about 400 dollars in pork per year and 200 spring pigs plus 25 gilts for fall farrow he predicts hog prices rising to twenty dollars or more in September and notes election campaigns won’t hurt prices he’s been a delegate to the state Democratic convention and leans toward Kerr for the presidential nomination though unsure who will win the nomination.
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Kefauver and Russell Contend for 1952 Ticket
Analysts suggest Kefauver and Russell may unite the ticket and favor a southern addition. Truman’s withdrawal is seen by some as aiding the Democrats, while the GOP faces internal splits. The fall election hinges on the Republican candidate and party cohesion.
Windbreak Demonstration At Calmar Area Planned
Evergreen windbreak demonstration set for the Melvin Humpal farm forty miles northeast of Calmar. E J Weigle Winneshiek county extension director and extension forester William Corbin will discuss tree kinds spacing location and other windbreak problems.
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Calmar
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Winneshiek County
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Extension Forester
Farm Bureau Plans Summer Meetings in Des Moines
DES MOINES Iowa Farm Bureau voting delegates hold a midsummer conference starting June 3 with two open sessions an evening banquet and a mid year report by President E Howard. The Iowa Farm Bureau Women also plans a three day June gathering in Des Moines on June 4 9 and 11 to map the women's program.
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Plant beans early for higher soybean yield in Iowa tests
Iowa State College agronomists report early planting boosts yields. Tests show full season soybean varieties sown in May outyield those planted in June, confirming May as preferable for better harvests in Ames.
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