Benson urges farmers to control market flow themselves
Secretary of Agriculture Benson argues farmers should manage their product flow without relying on government. He promotes farm cooperatives and marketing agreements to keep low quality crops off markets and discusses the 18 member advisory commission deliberations on farm legislation, including price supports and Brannan plan costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Benson
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
FENCE DRIFT hits big time at Dairy Cattle Congress
Keokuk breeder Ernest Fox enters Dairy Cattle Congress with prize Shorthorn cattle. His aged cow wins grand champion while second place goes to his entries in three and four year old classes. Pancratz of Dubuque features four Guernsey cows in the Elmwood farm display. 1956 HIR herd average stands high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Fox
Keokuk
Dairy Cattle Congress
ASC
Arnold Pancratz
Elmwood Farm
Dubuque
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Pancratz
Roughage basics for winter dairy feeding and bank aid
Iowa State College dairyman Floyd Arnold explains roughage as the winter base for dairy cattle feed, advising careful rationing of hay and silage during dry periods. Keith Noll of Peoples Bank promotes consulting farm staff and offers full banking services with free parking adjacent to the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College
Lawa
Sudan
Keith Noll
Peoples Bank Farm Department
Noll
Peoples Bank
Peoples
Park Free
P.B
Picker Adjustments Cut Corn Losses in Field
University of Wisconsin farm engineer M Finner says proper picker speed and adjustment save corn. He notes earlier harvesting reduces shelling losses and advises tuning gathering chains and deflection, snapping roll gaps, busking bed tension, ear retarders, and fan blower while enforcing safety and shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Finner
University , Wisconsin
Iowa
Finner
Delaware County Crops Report From Manchester
Delaware county corn crop shows 90 to 95 percent past frost damage. Some is harvested for feed, but none suitable for cribbing yet. About 15 percent of fall plowing has been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County
North Carolina FFA Dairy Team Tours Cedar Rapids
The North Carolina FFA dairy judging team earned bronze at the national dairy judging contest in Waterloo and visited Cedar Rapids hosted by Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Shive. Coach Tom E. Setser of Scotts, N C accompanied students Glenn Moore Larry Stikeleather and Eugene Stikeleather on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
North Carolina Ffa
Tom E. Setser
Scotts
N. C
P. W. Shive
Wildwood Court
Cedar Rapids
Larry
Eugene Stikeleather
Glenn Moore
Waterloo
North Carolina
FFA
Dairy Cattle Congress
P. W.shive
N.C
Scotts Vocational Agriculture Department
Setser
Government Keeps Bushel Measure For Grain Operations
The agriculture department will use the traditional bushel measure for next year after discarding a hundredweight based economy plan. The shift follows protests from grain traders who warned that the change would cause chaos in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Clutier Farmer Buys 188 Acres near Chelsea
Fred C. Sedlacek of Clutier bought the Leonard Melsa farm covering 188 acres about two miles west of Chelsea for about $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clutier
Chelsea
Fred C. Sedlacek F of
Leonard Melsa
Record Sale of Holsteins Made to Peru
Brattleboro Vermont reports a record dairy export as 303 Holsteins, 300 heifers and three bulls, were shipped to Peru aboard the S S Lina. Everly Livestock Export Company and N W Schenk of Seattle handled the sale assisted by I P Stuart Maynard Iowa and L H McDaniel Turlock California. Fernando Lira of the Agricultural Bank of Peru selected the cattle for purchase.
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Brattleboro
Peru
Everly Livestock Export Company
N. W. Schenk
Seattle
I. P. Stuart
Maynard
L. H. McDaniel
Turlock
Calif
Fernando Lira
Ralph E. Albrecht
Sumner
Thorwald Anderson
Cedar Falls
Earl Arthur
Charles J. Birker
Vinton
Richard K. Bruene
Gladbrook
A. J. Johnson
Elkader
K. J. Kerr and Sons
Postville
Hadwen Kleiss
Fredericksburg
Hebert W. Malven
Martin and Lienau
Waucoma
Glenn Mattke
Maytag Dairy Farms, Inc
Newton
McDowell and Hansen
Hudson
Milton
Willis Meier
Farmersburg
Harold H. Meyer
Wallace Y
Agnes J. Mills
Coggon
Francis E. Persinger
Grundy Center
J. P. Rasmussen
Donald Rehder
Jim Rodman
Richard FE. Soburg
Armstrong
J. P. Stewart
Local residents listed for matters in Strawberry Point and Westgate
Voelker Ryan Wilcox and Mac Kean of Strawberry Point along with Kenneth P. Winegar of Westgate are named in the notice. The item appears in a local legal or civic listing.
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Voelker
Ryan
Wilcox and MacKean
Strawberry Point
Kenneth P. Winegar
Westgate
Meyer Defends 57 Soil Bank Amid Production Cuts
Dwight Meyer of Odebolt argued in Des Moines that the soil bank has reduced 1957 corn production and much more would have been produced without it. He estimated the wheat reserve dropping to about four million acres this year from ten million last year, and claimed the soil bank cut corn and wheat output by 220 million and 375 million bushels respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Meyer
Odebolt
Des Moines
Meyer
Soil Bank
Water demand in US may double in 25 years
Daily demand for water in the United States is estimated at 200 billion gallons. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says demand may double in the next 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa August Meat Output Near 56 Million Pounds
Iowa August meat production reached 221.414 million pounds, slightly below last year but 13 percent above the 1951-55 five year average. First eight months total 1.917 billion pounds with veal and pork down, beef up, while cattle and hog slaughter numbers are reported for August. The U.S. eight month total is 16.855 billion pounds, down from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Towa
U.S
Buchanan F B Meet Set for October Twenty Ninth
Independence reports the Buchanan County Farm Bureau annual meeting set for October 29 at 8 p m in the Independence Methodist church. K C Thatcher secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Independence Methodist Church
K. C. Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Linn F B Signs 103 New Members in Sept
Linn County Farm Bureau signed 103 new members during September. Membership Chairman J Eldon Airy of Marion reported Wednesday. One day membership drives were held in 16 of the county's 20 townships. This year Linn county leads the state with 2 394 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn F.B
Linn County Farm Bureau
J. Eldon Airy
Marion
Linn County
Advertised in The Gazette sales schedule
Friday October 4 through October 10 multiple sales announced. John A Bell hosts a Chester White sale near Coggan at 8 p.m. Hawk Eye Downs Cedar Rapids hosts Iowa Chester White Breeders' sale. Ralph Howland near Cedar Rapids hosts Jersey dispersal at 2 p.m. Mrs. George Ross near Ely holds a public auction at 1 p.m. Walter Schminke and Sons near Vinton host Chester White sale at 8 p.m. Frank J. Dvorsky Est. near Solon closes out at 12:30 p.m. Machinery grain hay and more.
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Hawkeye Downs
All
Iowa Fairgrounds
Iowa
Iowa Chester White Breeders Association
John A. Bell
Coggan
Chester White Boar
Chester White Breeders’ Assn
Cedar Rapids
Jersey
Ralph Howland
George Ross
Ely
Walter Schminke and Sons
Vinton
Frank J. Dvorsky
Solon
1958 goal set for 2450 members
The target for 1958 is 2,450 members. Officials announced the goal amid plans to expand enrollment and grow organizational support nationwide.
Soils Cooperators Added in Allamakee County
Six farms in Allamakee County have been approved for soil and water conservation assistance by the Allamakee soils district commissioners. Owners named are Vincent Callahan Walter Hammell Urban Mellick Elmer Meiners T C Knudtson and Bennet Lange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee Soils District Commissioners
Vincent Callahan
Walter Hammell
Urban Mellick
Elmer Meiners
T. C. Knudtson
Bennet Lange
Venezuela Buys U.S. Purebred Livestock
Venezuela plans to purchase 2,000 beef cattle from the United States by year end 1957. This year the country has already imported over 200 purebred Hampshire Duroc and Poland China hogs and 400 Rambouillet sheep to improve native stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Venezuela
United States
Hampshire
Duroc
Poland
China
Corn Becomes A Major Crop In Southeast
Southeast farmers expand from feed plots to cash corn amid mechanization shifts. Production climbs from 190 million to over 245 million bushels after Pearl Harbor. New practices include picker shellers, dryers, insecticides, Dixie 18-a corn, and plastic tarpaulins for fumigation.
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Washington
Ins
Mmany
Southeast
Pearl Harbor
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Georgia
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Ovid A. Martin
Commission
McCormick Deering
Deering
John Deere
Bradley
Ford
Myron Ellison
Parizek and Donohoe
Leoral Evans
C.R
Iowa State
Chester White Breeders Sale
I. Begauae
Jerseys
Abby
Patricia
Jody
Moreh
Osle
Ady
Jiang
Berm April Ltd
Iates
West Liberty
Wesley Waterhouse
Buchanan F.B
Texaco
Texaco PT
Allamakee
Midwest
Ithurs-Fri
S. S. Kresge Company
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