Farm Price Supports Shape 1956 Nominations Debate
Farm price supports emerge as a key factor in shaping 1956 presidential nominations. Democrats push for 90 percent parity high supports, aiming to rally farm votes, while Republicans back the Eisenhower flexible price floor. If Eisenhower declines, price policy could split the GOP. Stevenson faces pressure within his party over the issue.
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Ovid M. Martin
Associated Press
Ashington
Eisenhower
Adlair Stevenson
Rayburn
Texas
House
Claude R. Wickard
Charles F. Brannan
Sen
Humphrey
Minnesota
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Harry Truman
G.O.P
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
80Th Congress
U K Food Subsidies Totaled 935 Million dollars
Britain’s total food subsidies for the year ending March 31, 1954 reached 935 million dollars as reported by the auditor general. Subsidies to livestock producers and government meat-purchase losses totaled 161 million dollars, with meat subsidies averaging about three and a half cents per pound per the International Federation of Agricultural Producers.
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London
Britain
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Landlord Not Always Getting Biggest Share in 1954 Farms
Iowa State College Foundation records show net returns from 1954 farms varied widely. On seven farms tenants netted more in five cases, while landlords led on two. overall gross income was split evenly aside from home use, with tenants handling labor and equipment costs.
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Ames
Iowa State College Foundation
J. J. Wallace
Iowa State College Agricultural Foundation
Iowa
Ndlord
Aureomycin Boosts Winter Gains in Steel Calves
Kansas State College tests show aureomycin in wintering rations increases daily gain by about 10 percent, roughly .16 pounds per head. Bacitracin offered no extra gain but used less feed, while a control group with no bacitracin had lower efficiency.
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Manhattan
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Kansas State College
Kansas
Washington USDA to sell 3.7 million bushels of wheat
The Washington USDA has closed a deal to sell 3.7 million bushels of wheat to Yu goslavia for local currency.
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Washington
USDA
Yugoslavia
Extension elections spread through Iowa townships
R B C section outlines county extension councils, their duties, and the importance of participation. It notes social security tax changes for farmers and contrasts views from a farmer's wife and elder farmer. Delaware County Extension Director Bob Hall warns farmers to combat leafy spurge with historical weed control efforts and chemicals like Amimate and 2 4 D, stressing patient application.
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Iowa
Farm Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Land Grant Colleges
Delaware County
Bob Hall
Sioux County
Fee
Big Sioux
Manchester
Iowa State College Botany Department
Hawarden
A. L. Bakke
Beef consumption hits record high in 1954
Americans ate 79 pounds of beef per person in 1954, an all time high and 40 percent above the 1935-39 average. Since 1953 beef has become the leading meat in total consumption, surpassing all others.
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