Southwest Is Hard Hit by Long Drouth
AP reports a severe drought across the Great Plains hitting Texas to Nebraska. Oklahoma faces early crop failure and pasture loss with cattle sold for slaughter. Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana see little rain as officials warn that even with moisture, winter crops may fail. Fire risk rises and deer season in southeastern Oklahoma hinges on rain by November 3.
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Kansas City
Great Plains States
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
A. D. Aldrich
Brannan Defends Price Support Limits for Perishables
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan rejected claims his department can sustain regular price support for perishables such as hogs eggs and milk stating the law allows only limited surplus removal programs. He told Senator Humphrey the government must dispose of unsold stock through non profit or export schemes and cannot justify costly non mandatory programs.
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Ashington
LLP
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles
Brannan
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Sen
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Danskin Farm Celebrates 100 Years Near Marengo
Rex Conn reports centennial day for the Danskin farm six miles southwest of Marengo. Deeds from 1852 trace title to Gilmore Danskin with a family history spanning six generations from Scotland to Iowa, including George W Danskin who expanded the holdings and built a brick silo in 1902.
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Arengo
Danskin
Marengo
Gilmore Danskin
Carl Danskin
Grandison
Charles Kitchens
Iowa City
Joseph M. Kitchens
Iva
Mr. Danskin
George
Carl
Ralph Alexander Danskin
Lincoln
Neb
Willian Danskin
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
George Danskin
Canada
Huntingdon
Quebec
Scotland
Alexander
Iowa Infantry
Greybeard
George W. Danae
George W. Danskin
Bear Creek
George W Danskin
Wagner
Iowa
Gilmore
Bill
Bill, Jr
Don
Cedar Rapids
Shirley
Coelollege
Helen
Elmer Messer
Jimmy
Gregory
Agner
Wolrab Berkshire Tops Waterloo Carcass Show
A 219-pound Berkshire barrow shown by Milo Wolrab Mt. Vernon led the Waterloo Meat Animal show carcass contest. The winning carcass measured 30.75 inches neck to loin, 1.4 inches backfat, 71.98% dressing and $21.57 live weight value. Other winners included Sam Hawbacker Dallas Center Poland China and George Humke and Son Ackley Yorkshire.
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Waterloo
Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
John W. Coverdale
Sam Hawbacker
Dallas Center
Poland
China
George Humke and Son
Ackley
Yorkshire
Bob Faint
Havelock
Berkshire
Thomas Faint
Rollie Henkes
Farmersburg
Cecil Frimml
Atkins
Hampshire Cross
David L. Huinker
Decorah
Employment Service Lists 20 Farm Jobs in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa State Employment Service in Cedar Rapids listed 11 farm openings for single men and nine for married men. Wages range from 125 to 175 dollars per month plus board and room for singles and housing plus extras for married workers. Eighteen men were placed in farm jobs last week. Cedar Rapids office serves Benton Cedar Iowa Jones and Linn counties.
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Iowa State Employment Service
Cedar Rapids
Benton
Cedar
Iowa
Jones and Linn
Farm Near Wellman Sells for 291 Per Acre
WELLMAN The 240 acre Perry Ayers farm six miles southeast of Wellman was sold to Marion Stransky for 291 dollars per acre. Clyde Crile the present tenant will continue to operate the place.
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Wellman
Perry Ayers
Marion Stransky
Clyde Crile
Tennant
Efficient use of farm power topic for Dysart men
Dysart's Wednesday program features the men's section on efficient farm power usage. The homemakers' section will study etching on glassware led by Mrs. Lois Seebach, home economics instructor.
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Dysart
Lois Seebach
Ln Charge
Ring Test In Harlan Township For Brucellosis
Samples from about 125 farms in Harlan township near Maynard were tested Tuesday night using a ring test to locate infected herds. results will guide brucellosis control plans. Dr. K L Ritchie of USDA's bureau of animal industry supervised the mobile lab test. Fairfield and Putnam townships plan similar tests soon.
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Maynard
Harlan Township
Federal Mobile Laboratory
K. L. Ritchie
USDA
Bureau of Animal Industry
Fairfield
Putnam
M. C. Wangsness
Duroc Pigs Record Average Litter Size in 1951
In Peoria Illinois the United Duroc Record Association notes 47 872 purebred Duroc litters registered in 1951 averaged 10.1 pigs per litter and more than eight pigs raised per litter. The national average is about 6.6 pigs per litter.
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Peoria
Ill
United Duroc Record Association
Association
Livestock and farm auctions listed for November
Auctions announced by Arthur Bailey and Sons near West Liberty, C W Bud Larue near Tipton, and Art Milbach near Walker. Dates include November 6 1 30 p m for poland china boar and gilt, November 7 12 30 p m closing out machinery, and November 12 12 30 p m hay and machinery.
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Walker
Eas
Rowley
Poland
Arthur Bailey and Sons
West Liberty
Chinery, C. W
Bud” Larue
Tipton
L Hay
Art Milbach
Deere
Ford aMandanias
Minneapolis-Moline
Massey-Harris
M Deering
David Bradley
John Deere
Mc Deering
T. Frigidaire
Daire
D' Larue Tipton State Bank
Rockcrest Holstein Herd Sets High Milk Record
Elkader report shows A. J. Johnson’s Rockcrest herd of 24 Holsteins averaging 12 147 pounds of milk and 434 pounds of butterfat yearly. The cattle ran on two-time milking and achieved the HIR benchmark.
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Elkader
Rockcrest Farm
A. J. Johnson
Farm Ownership Gains in Iowa State 1951 Census
Iowa farm ownership reaches near parity with rentals in 1951. 49.9 percent or 17,307,402 acres were owner operated while 50.1 percent or 17,407,144 acres were rented. The census lists 199,427 farms covering 34,714,546 acres under cultivation, averaging 174.1 acres per farm.
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Des Moines
INS
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
U. S. Agriculture Department
Carlson's Corner A Canberralike contest over voting
Carlson's Corner argues about the importance of individual vote choice. The piece questions party lines and emphasizes that each voter shapes the result, noting that the winner next Tuesday hinges on who receives the reader’s vote.
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G. A. Cc
Iowa dairy groups elect new officers at Des Moines meeting
The Iowa Milk Dealers and the Iowa Ice Cream Manufacturers associations announced new officers at their Des Moines convention. Bruce Werden of Burlington was elected president of the milk dealers, with Jim Swaner of Iowa City as vice president, William Humby of Waterloo as treasurer, and John H. Brockway of Des Moines as executive secretary. The ice cream group re elected Clyde L. Johnson of Des Moines as president, Elmer Lang of Sac City as vice president, and Don Stedweil of Des Moines as treasurer.
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DES Moines
Iowa Milk Dealers
Iowa Ice Cream Manufacturers Associations
Bruce Werden
Burlington
Jim Swaner
Iowa City
William Humby
Waterloo
John H. Brockway
Ice Cream Association
Clyde L. Johnson
Elmer Lang
Sac City
Don Stedweil
International Livestock Show Opens in Chicago
More than 11,000 head of cattle hogs sheep and horses from 34 states compete for over 100000 in cash awards at the International Live stock show in Chicago. The event runs from November 29 through December.
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Chicago
International Livestock Eee
Chicago Livestock Receipts Monday Forecast
Estimated Chicago livestock receipts for Monday show hogs up to 20 000 and sheep up to 11 000 with cattle and other arrivals未 specified in readable text.
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Chicago
New Disease of Sheep Found in California
The agriculture department aims a rapid slaughter program to eradicate scrapie, a new sheep disease in the United States. Only limited California flocks are affected, with no known treatment. Authorities plan indemnity-style payouts to producers for slaughtered infected animals to contain the outbreak.
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California
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles O F. Brannan
Jones 4-H Girls Plan Banquet for Mothers
The annual Jones County 4-H mother daughter banquet will be held in Olin on November 8. Betty Zmolek of Toledo will speak about her experiences as an international youth exchange delegate in New Zealand. Club members will present a skit titled 4-H Points the Way and 1952 achievement awards will be given.
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Olin
Betty Zmolek
Toledo
New Zealand
Edward Siebels
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