Sec Anderson Seeks New Sugar Quota in Postwar Review
Agriculture Secretary Anderson urges a revised sugar quota plan tied to expected postwar demand. Senate action likely next year with a one-year extension of current law, while producers press for broader domestic share. Congress and producing regions debate quotas for beet cane Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands amid looming shortages.
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Ashington
Agriculture
P Conts
Millikin
R-Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Anderson
Senate
House
Cuba
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Quota Law Debate Marks End of Steagall Act Window
Lawmakers discuss renewing price support and quota controls as the Steagall act nears expiration. Representative Hill notes consideration of extending quotas before December 31, 1948, amid domestic supply shortages and agricultural price supports.
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Ace
Inon
Alro
Anderson Sap. Hill
R-Colp
Steagall
Native Cattle Predominate in Flint Hills Area
Francis Kutish reports from Iowa State College that Flint Hills pastures in Kansas are reportedly full, with US Department of Agriculture data noting not full by April 1 but record high pasture rentals. Traders say North-South cattle movement is slower as Mexican cattle are barred by hoof and mouth disease, pushing departures later into July.
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Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Flint Hills
Kansas
Omaha
Sioux City
USDA
U.S
Mexico
Jr Farm Bureau Members Honor Parents at Tea
Ninety Linn county Junior Farm Bureau members hosted parents and 4-H club presidents at the annual Mom-Dad tea in the Florentine room of the Roosevelt hotel. D. D. Offringa led singing and Dr. Marvin Kober spoke, with readings by Peggy Williams and performances by the male quartet.
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Farm Bureau
Florentine
Roosevelt Hotel
D. D. Offringa
Marvin Kober
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Peggy Williams
Junior Farm Bureau
Gardeners Have Slackened Pace
Washington officials note American gardeners maintain higher vegetable output than in peacetime years. The Agriculture Department projects fifteen million gardens nationwide, above peacetime averages but below wartime peaks. H. W. Hochbaum cites limited garden space and bad weather as main factors.
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Washington
Sns
Agriculture Department
United States
H. W. Hochbaum
Cass County beekeeper to receive Skelly award
Chicago AP reports Frank C. Pellett of Cass County Iowa will receive the W. G. Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture on May 17. Pellett is considered one of the nation’s outstanding bee and pollination authorities.
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Chicago
Frank C., Pellett
Cass County
W. G. Skelly
Clayton Leaders Attend 4-H Club Training School
Twenty five Clayton county 4 H leaders attended a training school at the Farm Bureau office. Miss Nora Workman Iowa State college home furnishing specialist led the instruction on Home Furnishing. An annual girls 4 H rally day was announced for June 10 at Elkader with prizes for top attendance longest distance and most mothers. Rally day chairmen were named for various events including Edith Schrunk Casper Schulte Roy Eiffert Lucia Roggman James Eno Mrs Ernest Smith and Allen Bentley.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Farm Bureau
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Elkader
Eddie Koether
Giard
Edith Schrunk
Guttenberg
Casper Schulte
McGregor
Roy Eiffert
Froelich
Lucia Roggman
Garnaville
James Eno
Luana
Ernest Smith
Volga
Allen Bentley
Iowa Farm Bureau to award 18 scholarships May 19
The Iowa Farm Bureau women's committee will select 18 Iowa rural youths for scholarships on May 19. Two winners and two alternates will be chosen from each of nine districts. Winners receive $2380 total for two years of study at an accredited teachers college.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Iowa
Raymond Sayre
Iowa Leads Nation in Livestock Receipts
Iowa topped the nation in livestock receipts for 1946 with total income around 1.0 billion dollars, and also led in corn production. PMA figures show the state's crops were marketed as hogs cattle butter eggs and chickens, while California led farm crop receipts. In Webster community farm work progresses as corn is planted and gardens and fruit trees begin to bloom.
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Ames—I
Iowa
United States
Production and Marketing Administration
California
PMA
Webster
Giffee To Address Cedar Rapids Farmers Club Meeting
Dr J W Giffee Cedar Rapids federal swine disease control head will report on eastern Iowa swine health at the Cedar Rapids Farmers Club monthly meeting at the Roosevelt hotel Tuesday noon. He will discuss baby pig losses this spring and a Guatemala City visitor Hector Sierra will attend as guest of the club.
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J. W. Giffee
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
First Load of Grain Is Shipped Down Missouri
The inaugural barge load for the Missouri river season, 42,000 bushels of Nebraska wheat and corn, was to depart Nebraska City. Capt. D B Freeberg of the Federal Barge Lines said a towboat picked up the grain for Kansas City, noting Omaha lacks barge loading facilities.
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Missouri River
Nebraska City
Neb
D. B. Freeberg
Federal Barge Lines
Freeberg
Nebraska
Kansas City
Appointment of Barker Iowa State Dairy Month Chair
Des Moines announces Frank Barker of Des Moines as Iowa State chairman for June Dairy month. A. N. Heggen, regional Dairy Month chairman for six states, announced the appointment at a Saturday gathering.
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Frank Barker
Iowa
A. N. Heggen
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Homemakers Day Held in Cedar County Friday
Tipton hosts Homemakers Day on Friday May 16 with 12:30 lunch at the Presbyterian church. Speakers include 4-H specialist Burns M. Bryam from Hawaii reviewing family living in Cedar county and Louis Thordsen detailing county aims.
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Burns M. Bryam
Hawaii
Cedar County
Presbyterian Church
H. L. Witmer
Louis Thordsen
Cedar County Farm Bureau
County Family Group
Orren Kiser
Wilton Junction
Diamond to Speak at FFA Banquet
Bill Diamond associate farm editor at WHO will speak at the annual FFA banquet in Delhi Tuesday night. He is a former Delaware county extension director and served as field secretary for the Iowa State Dairy Association before joining the radio station.
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Delhi
Bill Diamond
WHO
FFA
Delaware County
Iowa State Dairy Association
Linn Four-H Girls Hold Rally Day in Cedar Rapids
Linn county 4-H marked its annual rally day at the C.S.P.S. hall Cedar Rapids with 407 attendees. Veterans received 4-H pins for 10 15 years of service and others earned five year pins while the Lafayette Willing Workers presented leather bookmarks. Delegates to the state convention were announced including leaders Mrs. Diltz Perry Slocum and delegates Margaret O Connell Fay Rehder Arn Pech Quaas Mitchell Rohlena Wisisel Wacker Stinger and Betty Stephenson.
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Linn County
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Cedar Rapids
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Walker
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Fairfax
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Whittier
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Toddville
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Vernon
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Arn Pech
Siringville
Xine Quaas
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Irene Rohlena
Mary Louise Wislsel
Alick Wacker
Springville
Doris Stinger
Mt. Vernon
Betty Stephenson
Center Point
Clover Chums Club
Buchanan Club Agent Is Named Officially
AMES announces the appointment of Robert E. Hall of Birmingham a 1947 Iowa State College graduate as county extension youth assistant in Buchanan county effective June 16 Friley also announces the transfer of County Extension Director John H Longstreet from Mills to O Brien county and appointment of John D Brown as director in Hamilton county
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Robert E. Hall of
Birmingham
Iowa State College
Buchanan County
Charles E. Friley
Friley
John H. Longstreet
Mills
O’brien County
John D. Brown
Hamilton County
Oxford Hatchery Names New Manager Charles Worth
Charles Worth of Iowa City has been named manager of the Oxford Produce and Hatchery. Owner Dan Roth said Glenn Sutter, who has been acting, will continue with the operation in some capacity.
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Oxford
R. Charles Worth
Iowa City
Oxford Produce and Hatchery
Dan Roth
Glenn Sutter
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