USDA Sees Food Prices About Steady in 1963
The Agriculture Department reports retail food prices to be largely unchanged for the rest of 1963 with meat, citrus, cereals, sugar, and some vegetables showing varying trends. Per capita food consumption is expected to rise, while overall output and consumer spending increase. Exports in fats, oils, and dairy rise offset declines in wheat and poultry.
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Ashington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Higher Prices for Corn Seen by Grain Trade
Grain dealers expect higher corn prices in 1963 despite any crop size, citing USDA acreage plans and government aims to curb livestock expansion. Weak livestock prices, lower farm income, and forecasts in Feedstuffs point to firmer feed grains while cattle and hog markets struggle.
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Armers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
USDA
Freeman Attends Quito Food for Peace Conference
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman led a delegation to Quito Ecuador for a week long Food for Peace conference. The gathering includes USDA and AID representatives from Latin America to coordinate and enhance food aid and agriculture programs under White House guidance.
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Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Quito
Ecuador
USDA
Agency For International Development
Food For Peace
AID
White House
Food For Peace Office
Washington County Names Extension Home Economist
Washington County hires extension home economist Sally Smith of Emerson who graduates from Iowa State this month and begins duties October 1 after a two month Europe trip. Iris Salton of Thornton will assist and teach home economics this fall at Oskaloosa Community School.
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Washington, Ia
Washington County
Sally Smith
Emerson
Miss Smith
Iowa State
Europe
Iris Salton
Thornton
Oskaloosa Community School
Colonaid advertised as nerve stimulant for constipation
An ad claims tense nerves block bowels and constipate, offering Colonaid tablets with a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. It promises dramatic relief and urges trying an introductory 43 cent size.
Neighbors Help Farm By Plowing Ten Acres Of Corn
Eleven neighboring farmers gathered at Hiram Lanam’s farm to plow ten acres and plant 68 acres of corn. Lanam, recently released from hospital after an emergency operation, received aid as women from the neighborhood served a noon meal to the workers.
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Blairstown
Hiram Lanam
Lanam
Cattle Congress Revives Waterloo Meat Animal Show
Waterloo officials announce the Waterloo Meat Animal show will return as part of the 1963 Dairy Cattle Congress from Sept 28 to Oct 5. Events cover steers lambs and hogs with junior and open entries, judged by Iowa State University experts, with entries closing Sept 21.
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Waterloo
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Bath Packing Company
Bath Packing Co
Cattle Congress
Iowa State University
Sherwood Associates
Waterloo Meat Animal Show
Lou Thompson
Rath Packing Company
Glenn W. Miller
Dairy Cattle Congress Board
Don Pullin
Livestock Committee
Maurice Telleen
Dairy Cattle Congress
Dairy Princess Entry Deadline Set in Delaware
Delaware County extends the deadline for entries to the dairy princess contest coordinated with the dairy festival on June 4. Contestants will be judged in the afternoon with an 8 p.m. coronation after the dairy smorgasbord at the county fairground. Elvin Gienapp chairs the dairy festival.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Robert E. Hall
Elvin Gienapp
Corn Test Plots Near Marengo Evaluates Fertilizer Insecticide
Replicated corn test plots were planted on the Lon and Garth Bigbee farm a mile west of Marengo on highway 6. The study compares results from varying fertilizer levels and different soil insecticides.
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Marengo
Lon
Garth Bigbee
Highway 6
Delaware 4-H Rally to Hear IFYE Delegate
Lois M. Clark of Dubuque will present slides on Norway at the first annual Delaware county 4-H rally in Manchester. The event starts at 8 p.m. in West Delaware county community school gym. Clark recently spent six months in Norway under the International Farm Youth Exchange program and is now county extension home economist in Dubuque. After the talk the 4-H council will be installed and 36 local clubs will provide ushers for the rally. Delaware County reports 585 4-H members this year.
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Manchester
Lois M. Clark
Dubuque
Norway
Delaware County
William O. Thom
Wise Early County Agent Dies At 84 In Des Moines
L O Wise 84 an early county agricultural agent in Iowa and Illinois died Saturday in Des Moines Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p m in Altoona Methodist church Wise a Villisca native earned bachelor and master degrees in agriculture at Iowa State He served as county agricultural agent in Clinton Wright counties and Whiteside Illinois in the early extension era In 1930 he started a farm management business in Des Moines in 1940 he became agricultural relations director for the Iowa Chain Store Council Since 1943 he owned the Wise Elevator Company at Altoona He helped organize the AGR fraternity at Iowa State and was a member of a champion intercollegiate livestock judging team at Ames
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Des Moines
L. O
Dad” Wise
Iowa
Illinois
Altoona Methodist Church
Villisca
Wise
Iowa State
Clinton
Wright
Whiteside County
Iowa Chain Store Council
Wise Elevator Company
Altoona
AGR
Ames
Meat prices steadier than livestock according to study
An Agriculture Department study finds retail meat prices are less sensitive to supply changes than livestock prices. Retailers tend to keep a stable price schedule for cuts, with several reasons given for the rigidity. Delays in moving meat from slaughterhouse to counters help explain the difference.
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Agriculture Department
Fayette County Names 4-H Camp Delegates
Fayette County 4-H club committee announced delegates to three state camps. Judy Mann Hawkeye will attend health camp, Jon Harrison Fayette will join conservation camp, and Janelyn Granger West Union will attend leadership camp. Camps run June 10 to 15 for health and conservation and July 29 to August 3 for leadership at the state 4-H camp near Madrid.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Judy Mann
Hawkeye
Jon Harrison
Janelyn Granger
West Union
Madrid
Delaware swine producers tour set for June 19
The annual spring tour sponsored by the Delaware County Swine Producers is tentatively scheduled for June 19.
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Manchester
Delaware County Swine Producers
Effects of 1963 feed grain program on farm payments and diversions
Iowa State farm economist Francis Kutish reports in the Iowa Farm Outlook that the 1963 feed grain program raises per acre diversion costs by 5 to 10 percent over 1962. Total cash payments fall from about 872 million with diversions and supports, while acres diverted drop from 28.6 million to about 25.8 million.
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Francis Kutish
Iowa State Farm
Iowa Farm Outlook
Kutish
Hereford Days USA Female Sale Set for February
Denver researchers announce the 1964 Hereford Days USA female sale to run February 17 and 18. Heifers born January through April 1963 are eligible to participate.
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Denver
Colo
USA
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