Land Rental Plan Raises Big Problems
Backers of acreage withdrawal proposals seek to curb overproduction with soil bank or acreage reserve ideas. Agriculture Secretary Benson doubts large government land leases, while Farm Bureau and NFU push plans. Key questions include eligibility, voluntary participation, land types, use of payments, and fair withdrawal quotas as Congress nears action.
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Linn County Board Approves Home Alterations and Bets on Road Plans
The Linn County Board of Supervisors meeting on September 27 1955 approves seven item county home alterations at 11 273 dollars to John E Wasganer Central City Iowa authorizes Ruth Duthbert as county auditor aide at 170 dollars monthly and grants multiple license and tax exemptions including Westminster Church. It also adopts a road work resolution to establish several streets as public roads and discusses street development standards in Lincoln Way Village.
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Boone County
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Ave
Dale
Cedar Rapids
Wis- Thomason
Anna
Marion
Black Hawk County
Homestead
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Ater
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Garden Experts Advise Glads and Dahlias Care in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis Proper handling now will help glads and dahlias start better next spring Lou Berninger UW horticulturist says to remove mature corms six to eight weeks after flowering on dry sunny days with soil shaken off and diseased parts burned Then dry store corms in trays at 80 85 degrees for three weeks break off old corms dust with DDT label trays store at 35 40 degrees in paper or cloth for winter Do not use moisture proof containers Dig dahlias after frost lift with fork cut tops two inches above roots store in peat moss in cool moist cellar 40 45 degrees
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Madison
Wis
Lou Berninger
University of Wisconsin
Berninger
Americans Increase Protein in Diet Say Experts
Cornell economist Frank A. Pearson notes a steady rise in protein consumption in the U S since the 1920s and 1930s from about one third to around 40 percent of total food pounds by the 1950s. Poultry leads the growth with white meat and eggs up roughly 60 percent since World War II, followed by milk and red meat.
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Cornell
Frank A. Pearson
Extra Care Boosts Income from Poultry lis
Extension Poultryman John Taylor of Rutgers University says careful handling of feed and eggs can cut costs. Keeping the feed room clean reduces the feed bill by ten percent and a further five percent is saved by cleaner egg handling and storage.
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Rutgers University
Farm Bureau Women Meet in Independence Buchanan
A Buchanan county Farm Bureau women’s committee workshop will be held Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Independence. The session opens at 10 a.m. with Mrs. Rolland Smith presiding. Morning covers a general session. afternoon small groups will plan township programs for the coming year.
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Winthrop District Farm Bureau
Strawberry Bed Mulching Advice From UW Expert
Madison advises strawberry growers to give berries a winter coat with mulch of marsh hay straw or other coarse material. Apply when fall temps near 20 degrees or ground is frozen about half an inch. Mulch to about three inches deep after settling and avoid weed seeds leaves or sawdust.
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Madison
George Klingbeil
University of Wisconsin
Klingbeil
Less Grain Is Sealed Under Support Loans
Washington INL reports that price support loans for grains lag behind last year. By Sept 15 farmers in 39 states used 124,280,943 bushels of 1955 wheat, versus 232,763,846 bushels of 1954 wheat the previous year. Similar shortfall appears for oats barley rye soybeans and rice.
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Washington
INL
Talle Presses USDA to Accelerate Farmers Aid Efforts
Congressman Henry O. Talle Iowa Republican urged the U S Department of Agriculture to speed up aid to farmers amid rising costs and squeezed incomes He emphasized using current authority to boost domestic and international use by buying foods for military and school lunch programs and trading surpluses for strategic materials He called for short term action while Congress debates long term solutions.
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Henry O. Talle
Iowa
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USDA
Radio Active Tracers Aid Poultry Research
Washington based Agri culture department researchers use radioactive tracers to study how an egg becomes a chicken. Tracers illuminate sulphur compound effects on hatchability and growth, vitamin B-12 use in chickens, and amino acid needs in laying hens.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Fayette Rural-Urban Banquet Is Planned
WEST UNION Mr and Mrs E J Weigle of Decorah will be speakers at the annual Rural Urban banquet by Fayette county Farm Bureau women in the Farm Bureau building Fayette Monday Oct 24 at 8 pm. Weigle extension director Winneshiek recently returned from two years in Iraq where he worked in agriculture for the United States. The talks with his wife align with the United Nations theme as Oct 24 marks the tenth anniversary. The Rural Women's chorus will also perform.
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Winneshiek County
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United States
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Irrigated Lands in West Produce Important Crops
West irrigated farm lands, though a small share of U S tillable acreage, generate near billion-dollar annual output. California and Arizona lead cotton yields, with New Mexico and western states contributing high-value fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Reclamation projects added 103,006 acres in 1954, bolstering crops and forage.
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Fayette Farm Bureau To Meet on Oct. 18
West Union The Fayette County Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting in the Upper Iowa University gymnasium at Fayette on Tuesday evening October 18, starting at 8 oclock. The main purpose is to consider and adopt amended and substitut-
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Iowa Farm Bureau Meeting Agenda With Director Dan Murphy
The notice outlines articles of incorporation officer elections and adoption of resolutions plus other business. Speaker will be Dan Murphy director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation information staff. Musical entertainment is planned during and after the meeting.
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Dan Murphy
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Information Staff
Vernal Alfalfa Tops Iowa Tests by 12 Percent
In Iowa State College trials Wisconsin developed Vernal alfalfa outyielded Ranger, Buffalo, Atlantic, Grimm and Kansas Common by about 12 percent across 49 strains over four years. Iowa tests also showed Piper sudangrass at 2.6 tons per acre from three cuttings, with Wheeler at 2.69 tons though more leaf disease prone. Tift, Sweet, and Greenleaf produced lower yields.
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Rural Urban Meeting At Globe Cafe West Liberty
The West Liberty Rotary club will hold its annual Rural-Urban meeting at the Globe cafe at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Members will bring rural friends as guests.
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