USDA Revises Barter Policy To Up Exports
The Agriculture Department rewrites its barter program to ensure net increases in exports of specific farm commodities. CCC will approve contracts showing added U S exports, with automatic addition for cotton, wheat and feed grains in certain countries. Contracts must name the farm commodity, set country origins, and require cash interest payments and irrevocable letters of credit for advances.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
U. S
U.S
Last chance to see Champion Ship Bowling
Last chance to view the championship bowling program this Saturday at 10 00 on Channel 8. The broadcast presents top teams and players competing for the season title with live analysis and match highlights.
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Channel 8
Four Men to Attend Training June 4 at Wilson and Co Plant
Gray and Center Paints associate president said four men will attend a training school on June 4 conducted by Ralph Durham a state college swine specialist at the Wilson and Company plant in Cedar Rapids Conley stated.
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Gray
Center Paint
Ralph Durham
Lowaltate College
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Conley
Swine Rhinitis Symptom Leads Linn County Breeding Plan
Fifteen Linn County hog raisers joined a breeding selection service by the Linn County Swine Producers Association. Kenneth Conley says applications continue as technicians will weigh and measure piglets, report data, and help improve breeding. Fees cover farm visits, birth to weaning weights, and litter measurements. The program comes as swine rhinitis spreads in the United States since 1944 with nasal bone loss but limited impact on sow mortality.
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Linn County
Swine Producers Association
Kenneth Conley
Marion
Lynn Millard
Central City
Jim Gunn
Vernon
Conley
Arthas
United States
Iowa Tree Farms Get Recognition At Fort Madison
Fort Madison honored five new tree farmers Donald Campbell Rudolph Lucas William C Danielson Maynard G Widmer and Keith Galbel for well managed tracts totaling 2196 acres The ceremony coincided with an open house at Cranden Mills paperboard plant and highlighted the tree farm program and disease awareness including atrophic rhinitis in pigs and steps for avoiding spread to herds
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Iowa Tree Farms
Fort Madison
Donald Campbell
Farmington
Rudolph Lucas
Burlington
William C. Danielson
Fairfield
Maynard G. Widmer
Wayland
Keith Galbel
Keokuk
Des Moines
Garnaville
American Foundation For
Epvilovleu Wy LU
Keokuk 4-H Girls Rally in Sigourney Monday
In Sigourney Memorial hall on Monday the Keokuk county 4 H girls rally day will take place. Mrs Arthur Northup of Sigourney will be made an honorary member and county officers will be elected.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Memorial Hall
Arthur Northup
U S Mexico Labor Pact Faces Abolishment Debate
In Mexico City voices from both sides urge scrapping the Mexico U S farm labor agreement that governs the import of Mexican workers by American agricultureObservers warn of economic and political tensions surrounding the pact as calls for its repeal grow in the region and across industries.
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Mexico City
INL
Big Grande
Mexico-U.s
U.S
Centrals
Ismael Gonzalez
Michigan
Bre« Jaceros
Ju.s
Mexico
Sorghum Variety Key to Silage Yields for Cattle
Iowa State College expert William Zmolek notes cattlemen plant forage sorghums to replace corn silage. Forage types Noran? Axtell Rox Orange Wauconia Grange and Allas yield 15 to 20 tons per acre, higher tonnage than grain types, with comparable feeding value. harvesting timing and moisture affect silage quality and protein need.
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Ames
William Zmolek
Iowa State
Norkan
Axtell
Rox Orange
Wauconia Grange
Allas
Alu
Kansas
Nebraska
Zmolek
Zmotek
Halstein Record Olin Feeders Sell Cattle of Chicago
OLIN feedloin representatives market cattle in Chicago with 14 cow pure herd and Hereford steers. Waggoner bred herd sold 21 head, Howard W. Smith of Maynard reports 1,155 pounds at 24 dollars per hundredweight. Fred Heffelfinger marketed 20 mature Hereford head at 1,275 pounds averaging 14,?6 pounds of milk fat per head.
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Chicago
Imster
Howard W. Smith
Maynard
Fred Heffelfinger
Iowa Shorthorn Lassie Queen Contest Planned
The Iowa Shorthorn Lassies will select a Lassie Queen at the 1957 State Fair. Nominees must be 16 to 21 years old from Shorthorn or Polled Shorthorn families, 5'3" to 5'7". Field days are June 22 near Decorah and June 23 at Hinton. six finalists announced, with the winner advancing to Chicago. Nomination deadline is June 15.
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Iowa
Fowa Shorthorn Lassies
Iowa Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Loyd G. Beecher
Beecher
Chicago
Park McNeil
Quawa
Economist Warns Against Land Buying with Slim Equity
Urbana report quotes C. L. Stewart addressing Midwest land brokers. He cautions that high land prices and government support tempt buyers to mortgage resources, risking recession if returns falter. He cites rising Illinois land values, noting Champaign County gains of at least 20 dollars per acre since spring 1956, about 15 percent above 1954 levels.
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Urbana
University of Fines
C. L. Stewart
Farm Lance
Stewart
Farm J
Illinois
Champaign County
Lightning Study Planned at Lolo National Forest
Experiments resume June through September as part of Project Skyfire to reduce lightning fires in the Lolo National Forest area on the Idaho and Montana sides. The three year study involves federal, state and private groups and aims to save forest damage and dollars.
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Washington
Ins
Idaho
Montana
Lolo National Forest
Bitterroot Range
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Oregon
California
Wyoming
South Dakota
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Columbia
Missouri
Skyfire
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Orr
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Clarence Zurcher
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Burg
National Confederation of Small Parters
Halstein Record
Kratchmer's
Kratchmers
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Curtia
Heathel
Jack-Post
Orielhal Levee
Sever
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Herbel
the Gazette
Addrass
Garatte Daily
Center Point Road
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Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Federal
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