Benson on Farm Policy and Postwar Adjustments
In an interview with U S News and World Report editors Secretary of Agriculture Benson reviews farm policy amid postwar change. He notes high price supports inflate production, cites Illinois Michigan and New York surges, and points to eight million acres in the southern Great Plains misused for wheat. He highlights a foreign disposal program, claims farmers are better off than peace years, and warns against endless surplus costs while urging stability and growth alongside a shrinking wartime economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. News and World Report
Benson
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Soil Conservation Service
Great Plains
USDA
Mockmore Named to Iowa Extension Post
Mrs Buena Maris Mockmore of Corvallis Oregon is appointed assistant professor and family life specialist with the Iowa agricultural and home economics extension service. She will head the extension program in family life and child development across Iowa and previously served at Oregon State college.
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Mockmore
Iowa
American Home Economics Association
Phi Kappa Phi
American Association of University Women
Northwest Regional Girl Scout Committee
Arkansas Wins Dairy Judging at National Congress
University of Arkansas tops the National Intercollegiate Dairy cattle judging contest with 1919 points, first such title for Arkansas in 40 years. Iowa State places second with 1903 points as 32 teams competed. Maryland wins the national 4 H dairy judging contest while New York, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio place high. Iowa’s Bremer county champions and Postville FFA team are noted among participants.
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Gazette
Tom Doughty
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
M. Z. Hendren
Iowa Agricultural Education
David H. Boyne
Marlette
Mich
National Ffa
Howard L. Linder
Sigourney
FFA
Iowa
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Iowa State College
Maryland
New York
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Bremer County
Postville
Benton Demonstration Team Wins At Waterloo
Benton county's Florence Hawkeye 4-H demonstration team won a blue ribbon at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Their project on Home Pasteurization of Milk earned top honors Martyn Brecht and Ron Cole of Norway demonstrated the method A Franklin county team with Brucellosis Control was named champion demonstration team.
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Waterloo
Benton County
Florence
Benson Farmers Panel at Geneseo Ill
Geneseo hosts a panel sponsored by Town Journal to explore farm policy. Six Iowa and Illinois farmers will question Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson about the government farm program.
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Benson
Geneseo
Ill
West Liberty and Geneseo to discuss Catholic Country Life Conference
Kenneth Wagner and M A Sander of West Liberty join West Branch livestock buyer Lamar Foster on the Iowa panel with Art Sieben Howard Ford and Ben Frels from Geneseo. Wheeler McMillen will moderate as the meeting convenes at Geneseo High School gym at 2 p.m. Monday. The Davenport Davenport Davenport listing invites public attendance per Ray Anderson.
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Kenneth Wagner
Iowa Soil Conservation Committee
M.,a. Sander
West Liberty
Lamar Foster
West Branch
Illinois
Art Sieben
Howard Ford
Ben Frels
Geneseo
Wheeler McMillen
Town Journal
Farm Journal
Benson
McMillen
Catholic Country Life Conference
Davenport
Ray Anderson
Midwest
Public livestock and farming equipment sales listed for October
A series of open auctions and closings are scheduled across Iowa in October. Listings include sales by Ralph and Charles Gates near Independence, James B. Ridenour near Newhall, Tamworth boat and gilt sale by Eastern Iowa Tamworth Breeders at Tipton Cedar county fairground, and others in Morley, Rowley, Newhall, Monticello, Palo, and Viola. Items feature livestock cattle hay grain machinery and related farm goods with sale times and locations.
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Ralph and Charles Gates
S of
Independence
James B. Ridenour
Newhall
Tamworth Boat and Gilt Sale
Eastern
Iowa
Tamworth Breeders Association
Cedar County Fairground
Tipton
Poland
Leo E. Hay
Morley
Ronald Cook
Harry Grover
Rowley School House
John W. Millburn
Palo
Jim and
Howard Elliott
Cows Average $280 At Hopkinton Sale
Twenty five cows at the Dr Guess farm sale near Hopkinton averaged 280 dollars with the top cow at 280. Open yearling heifers sold for 165 dollars. Sows averaged 110 dollars, hens 1 60 and 50 pound pigs 24 dollars each. Auctioneer was Bob Drumbarger of Hopkinton and Art Schmidt of Delhi was sale clerk.
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Hopkinton
Top FFA Dairy Award Goes to New York Youth
William W. Pulver a 17 year old Pine Plains Central school graduate in New York won the nations top FFA dairy farming award. He received 250 dollars at a ceremony during the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Teamed regional winners Titus Ward Albarado Clay Pruett and Arthur Willardson each earned 200 dollars plus a 250 dollar travel fund to Waterloo.
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Waterloo
William W. Pulver
Pine Plains
N. Y
Clay Pruett
Winchester
Clark County
FFA
Arthur Willardson
Ephraim
Utah
Buckingham 80 Acres Sold At 350 Per Acre
William Drinovsky who farms near Blessing Catholic church purchased an unimproved 80 acre tract near the church for 350 per acre. Possession will be given March 1. E R Aschenbrenner of Hudson handled the transaction.
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Buckingham
William Drinovsky
Blessing Catholic Church
E. R. Aschenbrenner
Hudson
Oxford Mills Farm Brings $101 Per Acre
The 48 acre Charles Buckman farm one mile west of Oxford Mills sold at auction Saturday for 101 dollars per acre. Buyer was Earl Eisenstein of Massillion and his son will move onto the property. Household goods were also sold at the sale.
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Oxford Junction
Charles Buckman
Oxford Mills
Earl Eisenstein
Massilion
Eisenstein
Longer Lasting Shoes Through Aluminum Retan
The Agriculture Research Service reported that leather in shoe insoles can last 70 percent longer if re tanned with aluminum acetate rather than the usual vegetable extracts.
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Washington
INS
The
Agriculture Research Service
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