Senate Takes New Tack on Farm Price Support
Senator Clinton Anderson says the Senate Agriculture Committee will study tailoring price supports to individual crops. The panel votes to hear more before acting on a House bill, weighing rigid and flexible plans as farm surpluses persist. The group considers two price plans for wheat and rice and direct subsidies for dairy as new options emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
Py Asceraton
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Anderson
Allen J. Eliender
D-La
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Eastland
Iow a County 4-H Officers Election Rally Night
The sixth annual girls and boys 4-H rally in Williamsburg public school auditorium on Tuesday June 7 starts campaigning at 7 30 p m and the business meeting at eight o clock led by 1954 1955 officers. Candidates from multiple clubs listed with planned caucuses and delegate voting. New officers for 1955 1956 to be installed by 1954 1955 presidents and officers with an initiation ceremony and leader recognition.
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Marengo
Williamsburg
Jane Andrews
Blish
Nancy Brocks
Town Lassies
Carolyn Haack
York 4
Jerry Jarrard
Hartford Hillbillies
David Werner
Troy York Hawkeyes
Barbara Faas
Jim Timm
Maria Tibben
Dennis Oliver
Sally Bellamy
Duane Johnson
LaDean Glandorf
Jim Schmuecker
Troy Tip Toppers
Iowa Sealed Corn Totals Near 78.4 Million Bushels
Des Moines AP reports by May 15, 1955 about 78.46 million bushels of Iowa's 1954 corn were under price support or purchase agreements. ASC official W. Meyer notes the year’s total could reach 90 million as of May 31, with eligibility tied to farm compliance with corn allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Wight W.meyer
ASC
Poweshiek Extension Election Dates Display Schedule
Brooklyns Poweshiek county extension council election dates listed. June 3 township meetings at various town halls and schools including Bear Creek Brooklyn Malcom Sugar Creek IOOF Searsboro June 6 River Deep River Legion hall Jackson Montezuma Pleasant Ewart Sheridan June 7 Chester Lincoln Guernsey Madison No 5 Washington Oak Grove June 9 Grant Grinnell June 10 Grinnell Vocation Agriculture room Jefferson Hartwick school All meetings start at 8 p m per Sandage.
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Brooklyn
Poweshiek County Extension Council
Ben
Page
Lone Age
Bear Creek
Malcom
Malcombi
Sugar Creek
IOOF
Searsboro
River
Deep River Legion Hall
Jackson
Courtroom
Pleasant
Ewart
Sheridan
Sheridan Methodist Church
Chester
Lincoln
Guernsey
Madison
Washington
Oak Grove
Union
Warren
Carnforth
Grinnell
Jefferson
Hartwick
Sandage
Tama County Quarter Brings $300 an Acre
William R. Podhajsky bought the fractional 160 acre Scott farm a quarter mile north of Midway service station on highway 63 between Traer and 500. The farm, renamed years ago for William Chizek, will be sent center March 1. Podhajsky, son of Mr and Mrs William Podhajsky Sr of Traer, operates his parents’ farm southwest of Traer.
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TRAER
William R. Podhajsky
Scott
Midway
500 Pe Ag
William Chizek
Podhajsky
William Podhajsky
Cedar County ring test set for June 30
Cedar County will hold a ring test for brucellosis on June 30 with Howard Hamilton announcing details. Drs. Guy Jones and L. A. Pierce will supervise, using milk and cream samples from county dairy plants. The voluntary test screens herds for infected cows in milk. individual blood tests will then locate any infected animals.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Howard Hamilton
Guy Jones
L. A. Pierce
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton
Repayments on Pledged Soybeans Are Due May 31
Iowa ASC chairman Dwight W. Meyer announced that farmers with soybeans under federal price support loans must repay by May 31 or risk CCC seizure. About five million bushels of 1954 Iowa soybeans are loaned, with another five million stored elsewhere due by June 30. Warehouse receipts securing loans become CCC property at midnight May 31, and no repayments after that.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dwight W. Meyer
Iowa Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Meyer
Commodity ‘Credit Corporation
CCC
ASC
Cedar 4 H Clubs Gain in Cedar County Enrollment Rise
Tipton report shows 286 Cedar county 4 H members enrolled in 16 agricultural projects this year. Extension assistant Charles Ehmer notes a 20 percent increase from last year, reflecting growing youth participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
4-H
Charles Ehm
Neighbors Aid Mrs Dinsdale After Tragedy
Ten neighbors helped prepare land and plant 60 acres of corn and 70 acres of soybeans for Mrs Lenedale. This follows the first aid effort after her husband was killed in a tractor accident on April 27.
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Buckingham
Nominations for Cedar Extension Council Listed
Nominating committees in Cedar county named two candidates in each of 17 townships for the new extension councils. Names include Cass Mrs Max Nebergall and Mrs Iolaude Mitchell Tipton Center Bud Willer Wallace Wingert Tipton Dayton Merlin Hulse Glenn vane Clarence Fairfield B Penningroth Tipton Iuner Dircks Clarence Farmington LeRoy Tet Wil ton Junction Jerry M 7 Durant Fremont Walter Kil and Mrs Ralph Inks Mechanicsville Gower A Larson Herb Hinkhouse West Branch Inlan Joast Riedesel Jr Ray Bennett Iowa Jack Fulwider West Branch Lester Champman Atalissa Linn Howard Oads Mechanicsville Dale Johnston Massillon Wayne er Branch Gaylord Wilson West Liberty Line Bob Schneider Lowden Mrs H Myers Bennett Sugar Skeet a on Milo Ahrens Tipton
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Tipton
Cedar County
Cass
Max Nebergall
Iolaude Mitchell
Center
Bud Willer
Wallace ‘Wingert
Dayton
Merlin Hulse
Glenn Vane
Clarence
Fairfield
Penningroth
Iuner Dircks
Mechanicsville
Dale Johnston
Massillon
Wayneer
Branch
Gaylord Wilson
West Liberty
Bob Schneider
Lowden
Weight-Reducing Contest Kicks Off in Independence
The second annual Buchanan County dairy weights contest opened with 62 entrants at Jefferson School in Independence. Contestants weigh in for four weeks. total overweight among participants reaches 2,997 pounds. The winner earns a weekend trip to Chicago funded by local dairy groups.
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Independence
Buchanan County Dairy Products
Jefferson School
Chicago
Dairy Products Improvement Association
Buchanan Gene Dairy Breeders Associaon
Wilbur Nielsen
Coopleratin
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Wapsie Valley
Election Meeting Changed at Randalia in Fayette County
West Union Fayette County Center township extension election meeting moved to 8 15 p m Wednesday at the Harry Arthur home near Randalia no longer at Randalia fire station County Extension Director M C Wangsness said Jefferson township election in Oelwein Chamber of Commerce opens at 9 p m Auburn township in St Lucas Legion hall at 8 30 p m all other meetings set for 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County
Center Township
Harry Arthur
Randalia
Fortune Sees Bigger Farm Output with Fewer Workers
Fortune magazine projects by 1980 only 8 percent of Americans will live on farms, with about half on commercial farms. Farm output should rise to 48.2 billion dollars while farm population halves, driven by crop gains, improved livestock efficiency, and a mobility push to move underemployed farmers into better paid jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune
New York
U.S
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Eisenhower
Congress
Reflec
Ting
Livestock Clubs Show Gain in Iowa County
Four H livestock club enrollment in the county rises this year over last in members and projects. Robert Higgins notes beef leads with 112 members and 217 animals, dairy has 35 members with 64 animals, beef heifer 22 members with 29 animals, and market steers 26 members with 211 animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa
Extension
Robert Higgins
Wilsons sell farm west of Paris to Novak of Marion
Mr and Mrs John Wilson sell their farm west of Paris to Mr Novak of Marion and will move to New Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggon
John Wilson
Paris
Mr. Novak
Marion
Wilsons
New Hartford
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