Iowa Dairy Princess To Be Crowned At All Iowa Fair
Final competition for the 1957 Iowa Dairy Princess will be held August 13 at the All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids. More than 30 county princesses vie for a 500 dollar scholarship and prizes, with the winner earning a trip to Chicago for the American Dairy Princess contest. The title will succeed Miss Caroline Card of Webster City, a Dairy Princess scholar at the University of Iowa.
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Bex
Towa
Ceder Rapids
Andy Hanson
al Hagen
Iowa Dairy Promotion Association
Hagen
Chicago
Iowa
Humerous Evens
Caroline Card
Webster City
Waverly
Miss Card
State University of Iowa
Ness
Bullis
Marion
Dairy Promotion Association
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Hawkeye Downs
Carol
Carolyn Card
Card
State University
Hog marketings to stay under '56
Iowa hog slaughter for May and June is projected at about 2,350,000 head, 13 percent below the prior year and 1 percent under the 1951-55 average. If realized, May slaughter would total around 1,299,000 head, about 4 percent under last May. Tama county 4-H Rally Day proceeds total $40,000, with events at Geneseo school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
Geneseo
Iowa Hog and Cattle Slaughter Totals Drift With May and April
Iowa farms marketed 1,280,000 hogs for slaughter in April, down 9 percent from last April but above the 1951- years average. Cattle and calves sold for slaughter in April totaled 305,000 head, down 2 percent from April 1956 and 34 percent above the 1950- year average. Producers plan to market about 1,060,000 hogs in June, which would be 2 percent below last year’s 1,083,000 head and below the 5-year June average of 1,211,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Durling
Soil bank reform proposal sidetracked in Washington
Agriculture officials urged tighter planting controls to curb surplus crops under the soil bank program. The plan would require partners to reduce total plantings by a specified percentage, not just major surplus crops, but the idea was shelved before reaching Secretary Benson and may be revived later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Henson
Linn Dairy Princess Contest Planned for Linn County
Chet Bullis of Marian announced plans for Linn county to hold a Dairy Princess contest in late June. He chairs the Linn county June Dairy Month committee and urged local dairy groups Chambers of Commerce and clubs to nominate candidates. A $500 college scholarship a Chicago trip for the national contest and a year representing Iowa dairy interests are offered as inducements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Chet Bullis
Marian
Bullig
Chicago
Iowa
Bullis
Tama 4-0 Delegates to State Health Camp
Jean Kosnar of utier chosen as Zama county 4-H delegate to state health camp. Ruth Stoakes of Traer named as state leadership camp delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Toledo
Jean Kosnar
Utier
Zama County
Jstate
Ruth Stoakes
Traer
Senator Hears of Loans in Poultry Industry Overlap
Senator J Williams alleged federal loans of about 35 million dollars financed poultry expansion while 12 million were tied up in surplus eggs. He urged a survey of six agencies to consolidate functions and reduce agencies. Agencies denied loans but later facts supported the claims. Loans cited totaled 9.16 million Farmers Home Administration 2.0 million FHA 1.05 million SBA 12 million bank cooperatives 2.07 million Federal Land Banks 3.72 million Federal Intermediary Credit Banks. Wellman Harold Bohr named as Washington county candidate for state club officer.
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Washington
J. Willams
R-Del
Williams
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Small Business Administration
Banks
Federal Land Banks
Federal Intermediate Credit
Dr Allan K Smith Cited for Soybean Research Contributions
Washington ceremony honors Dr Allan K Smith a Peoria Illinois based ISDA research chemist for major advances in soybean protein use since 1937. His work at Urbana Peoria labs boosted annual soybean protein production and found applications in paper coatings plywood adhesives food products and shotgun shell casings.
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Allan Smith
Washington
Springville
Taman
ISDA
Allan K. Smith
Isda Northern Research Laboraory
Peoria
Smith
Ananosa
Hhe
Marie Calvert
Dr. Smith
Urbane
Northern
Reginal Laboratory
Bachman Named to Post With Babson Brothers
Clarence Bachman will move to Perry next week to take a district crops judging manager post with Babson Brothers. He and his family relocate from Cedar County where he has worked with the Soil Conservation Service for two years, fourteen of them at Malvern.
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Mule Creek
Jones
Soli Conservation Service
Malvern
Bachman
Babson Brothers
Clarence
Donald Bachman
Perry
Bach Tinton
Cedar County
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Linn
Wellman
Harold Bohr
Washington County
Coe College
Columbia University
SCS
Ray W. Jones
Malvern, A
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Landis
First Avenue
S.E
Empire
Fermae
Lan
Cadillac
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