Hazardous Farm Work Banned for Under 16 in Iowa
Iowa extension specialist Norval Wardle lists 16 farm occupations off limits to workers under 16 including handling of hazardous chemicals, blasting agents, operating heavy machinery, tractors over 20 horsepower, power-driven saws, roof work above 20 feet, silo and gas tight enclosures, and dairy bull yards. Parents may still hire their own children for other farm tasks, but risk to health and safety remains high for these jobs.
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Congress
Department of Labor
Norval Wardle
Iowa
Osale Uuwepay
Wardle
Local farm sale calendar lists multiple auctions in Iowa towns
A fragmentary schedule of farm auctions and closings across several Iowa counties. Nov 25 to Dec 15 features cattle, dairy, hay, machinery, Holsteins, grain, and livestock sales at venues including Monticello, De Witt, Iowa City, Sigourney, Vining, Robins, Vinton, Van Horns, Victor, Marengo, Keystone, and Keokuk county farms. Names include Frank Ceynar, Robert A. Domer, Pegorick Bros, George L. Buresh, Otto Voetstr, Carl and Dale Marchant, Carl Rinderknecht, Leonard Pickering, and Fred Langlaa.
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Frank Ceynar
E. Coquitette
Coggon
Angus
de Witt
Robert A. Domer
Durant
Monticello
Etzo Powell
Bill Haeussler
Mors
Johnson County Club
Iowa City
Donald K
Johnson
Oxford
Mgr
Wyoming
Keokuk County
Clem
Dean Weldon
Sigourney
Joseph Cecak
H.h. Goods
George L. Burésh
Robins
Otto Voettt
Luzerne
Carl & Dale Marchant
Carl Rinderknecht
Vin Horne
Fred Langlaa
Keystone
Subsidized Butter Price Proposed in Congress Push
Washington AP reports the National Milk Producers Federation plans a 4 strong move to subsidize next year's session. It would have the federal government pay manufacturers to allow sale of butter to retailers at lower prices. The aim is to reduce Agriculture Department purchases of surplus butter by moving product into consumer shopping baskets.
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Congress
National
Mik Producers’ Federation
Federation
Agriculture Department
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Neumann resigns from National Livestock and Meat Board
Carl F. Neumann, secretary-general manager, resigns effective Jan 1, 1968. David H. Stroud named acting general manager with full executive duties. Stroud joined in 1962. Neumann becomes executive advisor through July 1, 1968 while joining an agri business consulting firm in Chicago.
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Chicago
Carl F. Neumann
National Livestock and Meat Board
C. O. Emrich
David H. Stroud
Stroud
Neumann
Four-H Caravaners Attend Linn County Get-Together
Six of 45 4-H members who were in Europe last summer on the National 4-H Club Foundation 4-H Teen Caravan will be guests at the Linn county get-together Saturday evening at Prairie High School. Barbara Harper of Muscatine is among the group, which includes 4-H members from Illinois Kansas Michigan and Minnesota who spent six weeks with Italian families and toured Europe for two weeks.
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Europe
Club ‘Foundation
Allen Darting
Marion
Linn County
Migrant Farm Workers Move in Three Main Streams
Washington explains migratory farm workers, noting three primary streams feeding seasonal harvests. Florida and southern states contribute a winter stream, with many workers Spanish-Americans and families. The Texas stream moves north and west to Central, Mountain and Pacific states, while a Southern California start reaches northern Pacific states.
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Florida
New England
Texas
North Cental
Mountain
Pacific States
Mber
California
Winneshiek Extension Council Elects Six New Members
Winneshiek county extension council re elected two members and added six new names during township meetings. Re elected are George Barton of Fort Atkinson and Mrs Theo Lickteig of Cresco. New members include Eugene Lewis Cresco Fremont Eldon Bergan Ridgeway Bluffton Gene Livesind Decorah Springfield Harvey Hillesland Calmar Mrs Arthur Wiest Fort Atkinson Washington and Conrad Hubert Mabel Minn Hesper.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Springfield
Harvey , Hillesland
Calmar
Arthur Wiest
Fort, Atkinson
Washington
Conrad Hubert
Mabel
Minn
Hesper
Farm Payments Down This Year
Washington AP reports USDA data showing crop control and farm aid payments totaling 2.48 billion dollars in the first nine months, down from 2.64 billion the previous year. Officials forecast 1967 total around 3.1 billion and 1968 payments about 3 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lutz Becomes Scott County Extension Assistant in AP report
Davenport scene notes Kurt Lutz of Glidden begins 1968 69 budget role for U N Food and Agriculture Organization. The agency authorizes a budget of 59.86 million dollars, up nearly ten million over two years. The United States covers 31.9 percent of the total.
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Davenport
Kurt Lutz
Rome
Glidden
U.N. Food and Agricult Week
Scott County Extension
Ture
United States
4 H Awards Night Honors Fayette County Youth
The event recognizes six years of 4 H club work by a local boy from Humboldt county. Lutz will be honored at Dodge junior college in Fayette county during the annual 4 H awards night. The ceremony is set for December 2 at 7 45 p.m in the Fayette high school gym following his graduation from the University of Iowa in 1966.
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Humboldt County
Lutz
Fort Fayette
Dodge Junior College
Fayette County
will_be
University of Iowa
Fayette High School
Angu s Gareasses Win at Chicago Angus Gareasses Win at Chicago
The 1967 International Livestock Exposition crowned an 83 pound Angus as grand champion carcass from Will Rule of Mineral Point Wisconsin with reserve honors going to an Illinois breeder. Other breed champions included Hampshire and Duroc classes with university and farm entrants securing top spots. The report notes a national trend of fewer farms and lower net income but higher per-farm averages due to consolidation.
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Chicago
Will Rule
Mineral Point
Wis
Illinois
Earl Gibson
Fayette
Dennis Hullinger
Lineville
Hampshires
William Nash
Sharpsville
Ind
Purdue University
Barrow
Mark Love
Hartford City
University of Wisconsin
Hampshire
Iowa
R. K. Ekstron
Vincent
Duroe Barpame
Swine testing at Ames yields leaner hogs and better gains
The 1967 Iowa swine testing results from Ames show progress in lean meat yield and faster gains. Of 347 boars tested, 295 met standards and 282 sold at auction while 52 failed for backfat, gain, loin eye, or disease. The program spreads through the industry, shaping judging in shows and breeding decisions toward meat type on the hoof.
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Iowa
Ames
Barrow
Ames Station
Farm operating costs rise in first three quarters of 1967
Washington AP report says production expenses on American farms totaled about 344 billion dollars for the first three quarters of 1967, about 1.3 billion higher than the same period in 1966. Most production items showed higher prices, with farm real estate tax rates and land mortgage interest per acre up substantially.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Jaecke Forecasts Higher Wheat Prices Soon
Edwin A. Jaecke of the Agriculture Department predicted a strengthening of U S wheat prices in the near term. He said the department is confident the United States will export 750 million bushels from the 1967 crop despite a large world harvest.
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Washington
Edwin A. Jaecke
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
U.S
Department
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