Income Drop Lowers ACP Cooperation
Washington report notes a 50 percent fall in farmer participation in the Agricultural Conservation Program ACP for 1954 as funds tighten and costs rise. Secretary Ezra Taft Benson hints at possible higher federal contributions, while critics push for a stronger land-rental approach to curb surpluses and stabilize prices.
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Washington
INL
Agricultural Conservation Progam
ACP
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Agency
ASC
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
All Dressed Up Across and Down Word Puzzle
A reading of a crossword style clue list with numbered across and down hints. The clues cover garments foods and states of being and include entries for both common and more obscure terms. The list appears as a grid style puzzle with references to clothing items and various everyday words.
Crossword Clue Strip Reveals Themed Word List
A word puzzle features clues for entries such as Endless punishment Candle Malayan buffalo Hat Encirclement Mexican dish Bed canopy Splendor Girl's name Platform Otherwise Roman Irritate Equipment Essential being Number.
Chicago October Grade A Milk Blend Price Set at $3.88
Federal milk market administrator in Chicago reports October payment to Chicagoland dairy farmers 3 cents above September. Grade A milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat for delivery within a 70 mile zone is 3.88 dollars per hundredweight, about eight cents per quart. October 1954 price was 24 cents lower per hundredweight.
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Chicago
INS
Soviet Corn Buyers Get U S Visas
The state department approves a five member Soviet delegation including farm leaders to enter the United States to purchase about one million dollars worth of hybrid corn seed and machinery. They may visit Garst and Thomas Company in Coon Rapids Iowa and stay under 30 days with entry date tentatively November 25.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Coon Rapids
Garst and Thomas Company
U. S
Moscow
Foreign Office
Pollock Elected By Grain Assn
Ray Pollock of Walford was elected president of the Western Grain and Feed Association at its Des Moines convention. Al Krogstad was named vice president and Mark G. Thornburg was re elected executive secretary. Alvin E. Oliver warned the soil fertility bank plan risks and questioned farm price stabilization goals.
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Des Moines
Ray Pollock
Walford Monday
Western Grain and Feed Association
al Krogstad
Harlan
Mark G. Thornburg
Alvin E. Oliver
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
Oliver
U.S. Agriculture Department
Annual USDA Outlook Session Opens Nov. 28
The 33rd annual USDA outlook conference will run from November 28 through December 1 in Washington. Attendees will include representatives from all segments of the federal extension service to assess what 1956 may hold for agriculture.
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USDA
Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Outlook
Federal Extension Service
Watkins B J Corbin Named to American Hereford Association
Watkins B J Corbin of Watkins was named to membership in the American Hereford Association, reflecting recognition by the cattle breed group. The announcement highlights his farm ties and ongoing involvement in Hereford farming activities.
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Watkins
B. J. Corbin
American Hereford Association
Ames Engineer Explains Tractor Fuel Costs
Dale Hull from Town State College outlines how farmers compare fuel options to decide between gasoline, diesel, or LP tractors. He notes BTU per gallon and local fuel prices set cost per cent, and suggests LP or diesel pay off only with high annual usage of 500 to 800 hours.
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AMES
Dale Hull
Extension
Town State College
Hull
Benson Rejects High Props in Grange Address
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson told the 89th National Grange convention that the administration will consider farm program ideas except any return to high rigid price supports. He urged new solutions, defended flexible supports, and urged farmers to submit ideas for a many sided approach anchored in the 1954 bipartisan act.
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Benson
Grange
Cleveland
INS
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
National Grange
U. S
Agriculture Secretary Bets on Soil Bank to Strengthen Farm Program
Secretary Benson said progress is made on proposals adding a soil bank to the farm program. The plan would pay farmers to idle surplus land and improve fertility, with guidance from the National Agricultural Advisory Commission. The commission met behind closed doors and will reconvene December 12 13 to issue recommendations. Benson rejected further production restrictions as a tool to curtail output.
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Washington (Ap
Benson
National Agricultural Advisory ‘Commission
Eisenhower
Music training school set for Elkader leaders
Elkader will host a music training school on December 1 for 4-H and women's extension club leaders conducted by Elkader-Max Exner Iowa State College music specialist.
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Elkader
Max Exner
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Land retirement plan interpretation sparks policy note
The remark about a opposite direction for land retirement under a soil bank plan was read as implying Benson favored a voluntary rather than compulsory basis for retired land.
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Benson
Iowans to Judge at International Livestock Exposition
Eight Iowans join 85 leading authorities selected to judge at the International Livestock Exposition running November 25 to December 3. Judges span Aberdeen-Angus corn and soybeans Corriedale Hampshire Berkshire and Duroc barrows Tamworth Yorkshire and fat steer classes. Dr A D Weber of Kansas State College will again judge the fat steer classes and select the grand champion steer next Tuesday afternoon.
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Chicago
Iowa
P. S. Shearer
Iowa State College
Aberdeen-Angus
E. S. Dred
Lloyd F. Smith
Don Pullin
Waterloo
Hampshire
Bernard Ebbing
Berkshire
Well T. Smith
Algona
Duroc
Dwaine Clark
Lacona
Tamworth
Wilbur Plager
Des Moines
Yorkshire
A. D. Weber
Kansas State College
The
International
Extension People Get Water System Awards
Three Iowa county extension workers were named recipients of 1955 awards for farm water systems education programs. Lenella Reigle Warren Raney and Ivan Wikner will each receive a $100 scholarship for their efforts in West Pottawattamie Fremont and Butler counties respectively. The Iowa Utilities Association sponsors the awards, announced by Maurice W. Soulis of the Iowa agricultural extension service.
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AMES
INS
Lenella Reigle
West Pottawattamie
Warren Raney
Fremont County
Ivan Wikner
Butler County
Maurice W. Soulis
Iowa Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa Utilities Association
Decorah picks officers for Iowa Creamery Operators Assn
Officers of Section 1 Iowa Creamery Operators Association were elected at a Decorah meeting. Lloyd Monroe Nordness was named president, Christ Fischer Garnaville was chosen vice president, and Don Overbeck Monona was secretary treasurer.
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Decorah
Section 1
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Lloyd Monroe
Nordness
Christ Fischer
Garnaville
Don Overbeck
Monona
Ames-Lowa State college to enter seventy animals at Chicago show
The school will bring 70 head of livestock to the International Livestock Show and Exposition in Chicago from November 25 to December 3. Entries include 17 steers with 5 Angus Hereford and 6 Shorthorn plus 1 Angus in carcass, 30 hogs across five breeds with three carcass entries, and 23 sheep including 12 Hampshire breeding and 6 Southdown wethers.
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Guernsey
Hampshire
Poland
China
Lh.c
Ames—Lowa
Mark Shearer
M. R. Light
Lean Pork Chops Win Higher Price in Illinois Study
Test results from the University of Illinois show pork chops leaner than fatty outsell at a 2 to 1 rate when priced 10 cents higher per pound. Sales level equalized only after a 18 cent gap.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
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