Grange Chief Criticizes Present Farm Program in Cleveland
Herschel D Newsom master of the National Grange denounces current government farm programs as mismatched with 1955 56 conditions. He faults the 18 member advisory commission to Secretary Benson for lack of transparency and Grange input while urging representation for medium size farm family units.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ins
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
G.O.P
Grange
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
Newsom
Iowa Cattle To Travel In Blue Ribbon Special
More than 8,000 head of cattle in 130 car loads will form this year’s Blue Ribbon Special from Iowa to the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Two trains will carry the shipment with 52 carloads loading Friday at Arthur, Kiron and Ida Grove for overnight movement to stockyards. The remaining 78 carloads will load Monday at Schleswig and arrive Tuesday.
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Chicago
Iowa
C. D. Cook
Chicago and North Western Railway
Arthur
Kiron
Ida Grove
Cook
Schleswig
Iwa
Tuesay
Ainsworth Enters 11 Tamworth Hogs in Chicago Expo
Ainsworth J. H. Jones has entered 11 Tamworth hogs in the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, signaling a strong showing for the farm.
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Ainsworth
J. H. Jones
Chicago
Closing out sales listed for Nov and Dec regional auctions
A published schedule lists multiple closing out and public auction events for livestock machinery grain and hay across several Iowa locations from mid November through December. Vendors include John Van Note Bert Walters John Leonard and John Wise Est D E Bunk Oliphant and others with times and proximity notes across towns like Midway Prairieburg Quasqueton Manchester Urbana and Coggon.
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John van Note
Midway
Bert Walters
Prairieburg
John Leonard
John Wise
Quasqueton
John Luck
Shellsburg
Leo Westhoff
Manchester
Edward Kiekebusch
Mt. Auburn
Marion Culver
Urbana
Guernsey
Aurora
Harlin E. Young, Morey and Carmichael
Anamosa
Earl F. Hunter
West Branch
Ada Heiserman
Independence
Floyd Chesmore
Lisbon
Marengo
Ralph Hatcher
Mechanicsville
Roy Nielson
Central City
Earl Chamberlain
Alburnett
Orland Frasher
Coggon
Youth Activities At International Livestock Exposition in Chicago
Hundreds of farm youths from many states travel to Chicago for the 1955 International Live Stock Exposition November 25 to December 3. 4-H and FFA contestants compete in livestock judging and junior feeding contests while 35 collegiate teams judge cattle sheep and hogs. The event includes the 34th annual 4-H Club Congress bringing about 2,000 top winners and a spectacular parade at the International Horse Show.
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Chicago
International
F.F.A
Agricultural College
Extension Elections Complete in Linn County
Election results finalize the Linn County extension council with two township races settled Tuesday evening Mrs Lester Petrak of Central City wins Buffalo township and Robert Mollenhau er of Coggan is reelected in Jackson township.
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Linn
Linn County Extension Council
Lester Petrak
Central City
Buffalo Township
Robert Mollenhauer
Coggan
Jackson Township
Iowa Brown Swiss Sale Set for Sac City Monday
SAC CITY The Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders Association fall sale will be held Monday in Sac City. All cows offered will have records of more than 400 pounds of butterfat and all heifers will be of dams with records of that level.
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Sac City
Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders Association
T.B
Bangs
Timothy Hay
Oliver
M.W
John Deere
Allis-Chalmers
Farm Ownership Plans Tabled for Co op Credit Agencies
In Omaha AP reports plans to merge the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and the Production Credit Corporation of Omaha to enable farmer ownership. Sam H. Bober of Newell SD explains the plan aims to retire government capital and establish farmer owned cooperatives across the farm credit system. Directors of Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Wyoming Production Credit Associations and other lenders attended.
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Omaha
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Sam H. Bober
Newell
S. D
Farm Credit District of
Federal Farm Credit Board
Congress
Federal Board
Production Credit Associations
Farm Credit Boards
Federal Intermediate Bank of Omaha
Bober
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha
British Danish bacon deal sets price floor and caps
Under a Danish British bacon agreement Britain guarantees Danes a minimum price of 240 shillings per hundredweight and a sliding above 270 shillings. If market drops below 240 shillings Britain covers the difference. The Danes can deliver up to 463 million pounds in the year starting October 1, down from 545 million last year.
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Washington
British Food Ministry
Slaughter Still Best Foot Moon Disease Control
Washington reports Dr C D Houweling says slaughter and burial remain the only effective eradication method for foot and mouth disease despite scientific advances. European countries and English stock growers favored slaughter after weighing vaccine and other methods for feasibility.
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Washington
C. D. Houweling
Usda Livestock Regulatory
West Union 4-H Officers Training School Set
A training session for 4-H officers will be held Friday November 25 at the Farm Bureau building in Fayette. The event aims to prepare leaders for upcoming club activities and projects.
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West Union
Farm Bureau
Fayette
Shucks Lets Talk It Over at Farm Bureau Convention
In Des Moines R B C Henry Wallace warned the U S farm plant is too large for current outlets and that retiring excess acreage will be costly. He urged a national farm program with heroic measures, noting the soil bank likely to be part of a new plan to Congress in January.
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Congress
Enry A. Wallace
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
U. S
Soil Bank
Scientist Warns Farmers May Not Be Indispensible
University of Illinois agronomy head M B Russell warned Illinois farmers that factories may replace farms. He said agriculture centers on fixing solar energy and nitrogen compounds, and future science could allow alternatives. Synthetic products already cut into farming, with amino acids and fibers cited as examples.
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M. B. Russell
University of Illinois Agronomy Department
Shuman Urges New Study of Farm Policy
Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, called for a sweeping review of farm-price stabilization and said the soil-bank plan should be included. He argued government controls have often extended surpluses and cannot be the sole solution. He criticized land withdrawal without cross-commodity safeguards.
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Somerville
N. J
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jsoil-Bank
Shuman
New Jersey Farm Bureau
USDA Offers Cheese Exports on Bid Basis
The Agriculture Department offers 15 million pounds of government owned cheese for export on a competitive bid basis. Cheese stocks have been offered at a pegged price of 25.5 cents per pound since April 1954, with sales totaling just over 880,000 pounds to date.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Jones County DHIA reports October 686 lb milk 27.2 lb fat
Anamosa Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association No 1 tests show 663 cows with 686 pounds of milk and 27.2 pounds fat in October. Of the cows tested 490 were in milk and 173 were dry, supervisor Lowell Underwood said.
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Anamosa
Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lowell Underwood
Foster Re-elected By Meat Institute
J Morrell Foster of Ottumwa Iowa was re elected chairman of the American Meat Institute board of directors as the institute held its annual meeting in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Foster
Meat Institute
Chicago
J. Morrell Foster
Ottumwa
American Meat Institute Board of Directors
McDowells Buy 227 Cattle In Wessington SD
Masonville residents Merle and Ray McDowell completed a cattle purchase in Wessington South Dakota totaling two hundred twenty seven head. The deal strengthens local farming operations and reflects continued cattle trading activity in the region.
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Masonville
Ray and
Merle McDowell
Wessington
S.D
Lamb Feeders Day At ISC Set For Dec 9
AMES The annual Iowa Flock and Lamb Feeders day will be held at Iowa State College on December 9. Researchers W H Hale and C C Culberts on will report on experiments with 340 lambs fed mixed rations with and without stilbestrol and with and without inedible animal fats. Trials compare ground corncobs as a partial substitute for legume hay and test pastures with Lespedera birdsfoot trefoil and other legumes in fattening native lambs without grain.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
W. H. Hale
C. C. Culbertson
Beech Avenue
Beaconsfield
Ringgold County
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