Political rumblings in county ASCS offices questioned
In Missouri and elsewhere officials say local county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service jobs are governed by Eisenhower era rules. County committees elected by farmers control clerical staff and can hire managers, with political influence limited by 60 day rule and fraud or dereliction exceptions. Officials note partisanship often aligns with county makeup but cannot drive clean party purges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Iowa Ruling Allows TB Free Cattle Imports From Any U S Area
Iowa Attorney General Evan Hultman ruled that dairy and breeding cattle may be imported from any area of the United States without prior tuberculosis testing if origin herds have not been infected before. The decision overrode January 1960 rules requiring accredited herds or recent tests, though state inspectors may quarantine upon entry.
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Des Moines
Lowa
U. S
Evan Hultman
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Spry
Hultman
United States
Iown Department of Agriculture
M. E. Pomeroy
Division of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Food Marketing Charges Stable in Early 1962
The Agriculture Department said marketing charges for farm food products in the first three months of 1962 were about the same as in late 1961. Consumer prices for farm foods rose 1 percent while farmers' prices increased 3 percent due mainly to higher fresh vegetables and frying chickens amid poor weather. Farmers received 39 cents of every consumer dollar in Q1, up one cent from the prior quarter.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Cattle on Feed Across Arizona California Colorado In May
UPI reports 1,309,000 cattle were on feed for slaughter in Arizona California and Colorado as of May. Arizona had 243,000 head, California 678,000, and Colorado 379,000.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
California
Colorado
Gibson Cheer Drives Community Spring Field Work
About 40 men from Gibson-What Cheer gathered Monday at the Delmar McKay farm to sow oats plow disking and harrowing 130 acres. Women provided a noon dinner for the crew at the McKay home. The Gibson Oil Company supplied gas and oil for tractors. McKay was seriously injured April 28 when his pickup truck fell on him. He remains in fair condition at Mahaska hospital in Oskaloosa.
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Gibson- What Cheer
Delmar McKay
McKay
Sam R. McKay
Gibson Oil Company
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
April Dairy Surplus Purchases Reported by U.S. Agency
Washington UPI reports April dairy price support purchases totaling 23.5 million pounds of butter 15.7 million pounds of cheese and 69 million pounds of non fat dry milk. This compares with April 1961 acquisitions of 32.6 million pounds of butter 1.1 million pounds of cheese and 40 million pounds of non fat dry milk.
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Washington
UPI
Fayette Girls 4-H Rally Set at Maynard Hall
The Fayette county 4-H girls rally day is planned for Saturday at Maynard community hall. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. with Dorothye Busching noting officer elections a business meeting and initiation of honorary members. Marla Putzier discusses six months in Finland as an IFYE delegate. A better grooming contest will be judged by Mrs. Larry Cox.
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Maynard
Fayette County
Maynard Community Hall
Dorothye Busching
Marla Putzier
Clayton County
4-H
Finland
International Farm Youth Exchange
Larry Cox
Tripoli
Buchanan County
Farm Fire Losses Decline After Two-Year Peak
Washington reports farm fire losses averaged two per hundred farms annually. The Economic Research Service estimated losses at 163 million dollars in 1961, down 1 percent from 1960 and 8 percent from the all time high of 174 million in 1959.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service
AGDEX Published to Ease Agricultural Filings
Iowa State University Press releases AGDEX a flexible indexing system for agricultural publications. Developed by Howard L. Miller with Ohio State University cooperation, AGDEX offers 1000 subject headings under ten broad areas, cross references, and scalable detail for offices of varying size.
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AMES
Ilowa State University Press
Howard L. Miller
National Project In Agricultural Communications
Department of Agricultural Education
Ohio State
Iowa State course ends for Yo-Ag instructors
Anamosa high school hosted a ten week graduate class for twelve northeast Iowa vocational agriculture instructors taught by Duane L. Blake. The program aimed to improve counseling and teaching for high school vocational agriculture students. Copies of the file and labels cost 4.95 from Iowa State University Press.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Iowa State
Duane L. Blake
Department of Vocational Education
Alburnett
Larry M. Slife
William H. Hamilton
Central City
Iowa State University Press
Government Surplus Investment Falls From February Total
The government’s price supported commodities investment stood at 7.405 billion as of March 31, down about 313 million from February. Wheat and corn investments exceeded 2.5 and 2.1 billion respectively. Nine month net loss reached 1.691 billion, up from 960.98 million a year earlier.
Corn Planting Rate Set for Urbana Illinois
University of Illinois agronomists say to produce 100 to 125 bushels per acre a farmer must plant about 18 500 kernels per acre. That rate yields roughly 16 000 stalks per acre in the harvest stand.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois Agronomists
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Cedar Rapids
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Ely
George Henry
Washington Avenue SE
H. E. Hanna
Springville
Richard Ferris
Marion
Schamberger Motor Company
Schamberger Motor
Third Avenue
AGDEX
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Ernest Sevde
Toledo
Tama County
Future Farmers of America
South Tama County Community School
Garland "Bud" Hopper
Joe Lyon
Darrell Jesina
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Vinton
Morris Long
Vinton GR
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