Poultry groups urge big cut in 1950 price supports
The Associated Poultry and Egg Industries urged Secretary Brannan to cut 1950 government price supports for eggs chickens and turkeys to 70 75 percent of parity for eggs and chickens and 75 80 percent for turkeys. They warn continued high supports could trigger government controls or end of supports. Brannan expects to announce 1950 levels soon.
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Ashington
of Poultry Industry
Associated Poultry and Egg Industries
Midwest
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Brannan
Clyde M. Edmonds
Salt Lake City
Volga selects Gernand as CRP drive chairman
Mrs. Fred Gernand has been chosen chairman of Volga's annual Christian Rural program drive. John Follen, William Hoskyn, Becky Follon and Zeta Humbert will help solicit contributions.
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VOLGA
Fred Gernand
John Follen
William Hoskyn
Becky Follon
Zeta Humbert
Farm Roundup Broadcast Saturday on KCRG
On Saturday the Farm Roundup is broadcast at 12 45 p m on KCRG. A local agricultural program discusses crops livestock and farming news for viewers in the region.
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KCRG
Local merchant to hold closing out sale November 28
Gerald Taylor plans a closing out sale on his farm west of Center Point scheduled for November 28. In coming months many customers of Peoples Bank and Trust Company Cedar Rapids will benefit from banking by mail service.
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Gerald Taylor
Center Point
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Tama 4-H Girl Wins Trip to Club Convention
Donna Mae Crawford, an 11 year old Tama county 4 H member from Traer, earns a trip to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago November 27 to December 1. Sears Roebuck Foundation funds her trip along with 26 other Iowa 4 H attendees. Eight national $300 home improvement scholarships will be awarded. Her bedroom makeover demonstrates a restored space using low cost materials and her labor.
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TRAER
Tama County
Donna Mae Crawford
Donna
Chicago
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Ill
Hawkeye State
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
Club Congress
Esther Whetstone
Feeder Lambs Numbers Fall in November Survey
An early November survey from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics finds smaller feeder lambs on winter and early spring feeds. Feed supplies are ample and demand remains strong, with some Corn Belt states possibly feeding more lambs due to Northwest and Northern Plains movement.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Paneoee
Corn Belt
Northwest
Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Auctions Advertised in The Gazette
A series of public auctions listed including 80 acre farm near Swisher, Grimm estate near Dysart, Wiebold near Van Horne, Wenner near Vinton, Supple Huber Janssen near Coggon, Harrison near Marion, Meyer near Van Horne, and Taylor estate near Vinton. Livestock, machinery, grain and hay are among items to be sold across dates November 21 to 23.
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Joe Lamparek
Swisher
Christian
Marcella Grimm
Dysart
John Wiebold
van Horne
Carl Wenner
Vinton
Poland
Huber
Janssen
Leo Harrison
Marion
Glen Meyer
Norman Taylor Estate
Horticulture Groups Name New Officers
Ames Iowa Horticulture Society members elected 1950 officers at annual meetings on the Iowa State College campus. Over 500 gar sons and delegates from several associations attended. Officers include Mrs Hazen Pettie president Mrs Oliver James honorary president Mrs A E Anderson Ted Sands and Mrs Don Rice vice presidents Mina Ackerman recording secretary and W H Collins secretary treasurer. Beekeepers association elected officers for the women's auxiliary C R Corey president Elmer E Muller vice president Reva Todd secretary and Harold Partello treasurer. John G Jessup urged expanding local honey markets and keeping stores supplied year round. Harvey Lantz Iowa State horticulturist reported thinning fruit with chemicals shows promise in several states and is practiced by Iowa growers aligning with early thinning benefits and biennial bearers.
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Ames
Iowa Horticulture Society
Iowa State College
Garsons
Eeden Clubs of
Iowa
Iolers Association
Iowa Ravnfreeker’s Association
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Federated Garden Clubs
Hazen Pettie
Oskaloosa
Oliver James
Winterset
John G. Jessup
Perry
Harvey Lantz
Washington
Udder Washing Boosts Milk Yield
Hineman Ames Proper washing of udders increases milk production by ten to twenty percent. A warm wet cloth stimulates letdown before milking, and the milker should start within one to two minutes. Stop milking when the milk finishes, typically in three to four minutes, or risk remaining milk and possible drying up. If milking lasts beyond six to seven minutes after washing, milk may be reabsorbed.
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Ames
Joe Hineman
Iowa State Colege
Hineman
Entries Open for Iowa Angus Breeders Show
Harold Parks of Ames announces entries are being accepted for the 1950 Iowa Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association show and sale to be held in Cedar Rapids February 6-7. He said the futurity show will continue alongside the open class show next year.
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Ames
INS
Harold Parks
Iowa
Season Was Good For Crop Insects Good For Crop
Weather favored cotton and corn this year but boosted boll weevil and corn borer infestations. 28 states nearly fully infested, with cotton losses at a 22 year high and corn borers causing anticipated higher losses than 1948. Senators Hicklenlooper and Fulbright seek USDA investigations and studies.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Johnson County Farmer Raises 16 Ton Litters
IOWA CITY A Johnson county man in line for a master swine producer award is Orlo Ives of Oxford township. His 16 litters of spring pigs averaged over a ton each at market time, due to what he calls the best luck in more than 20 years of hog raising. He notes little change in his sow and pig care methods.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Orlo Ives
Oxford Township
Ives
Meat and egg output seen rising in 1950 despite feeding limits
A survey by 17 state agricultural colleges predicts higher production of meat milk eggs in 1950. The committee led by Dr R M Bethke expects pigs to rise 12 percent in 1949 and beef cattle fattening to inch up, while sheep decline and poultry output grows with more laying hens and broilers.
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Chicago
American Feed Manufacturers’ Association
R. M. Bethke
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
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