Milk Output Hits New September Low in Iowa
Iowa farms produced an estimated 447 million pounds of milk in September, down 3 percent from 461 million a year earlier and 9 percent below the 1941-50 average. The 19th straight month of declines reflects fewer cows despite higher per cow yields. For January-September, output was 4,418 million pounds, the lowest for the period in 23 years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Turkey prices set to drop versus last year
Washington reports that retail turkey prices may be lower this year despite market interventions. The Agriculture Department purchased about 600000 turkeys since August to bolster farmer prices, but officials say the effect on household costs will be limited. The 1952 turkey supply is about 13 percent above last year, with a record crop of 58 956 000 birds. Prices are expected to rise again toward Thanksgiving.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Richard C. Larkin
Poultry
Larkin
Andrews First Corn Loan Seal in Linn County
Frank Andrews of Central City was the first to seal 1952 corn in Linn county with 1,472 bushels in two cribs testing moisture at 18.4 and 19.2 percent. Linn county loan rate is 1.57 per bushel. Linncounty sealers meeting at the FMA office Oct 27 for instruction, led by PMA Chairman Glenn Stoner.
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Frank Andrews
Central City
Linn County
PMA
Glenn Stoner
Mt. Vernon
Andrews
Linncourty
FMA
Stoner
William Gibney
Palo
Clinton
Pairfax
Fayette
College
Walter Ellsworth
Jackson
Maine
Boulder
Buffalo
Carl Wallace
Marion
Monroe
Brown
Jay Bulholin
Linn
Franklin and
Putnam
Jones F B To Meet At Oxford Junction
Anamosa reports the Jones county Farm Bureau holds its annual meeting Tuesday evening in the ACBJ hall at Oxford Junction. Officials to be elected and resolutions to be discussed and adopted with an expected attendance between four hundred and five hundred.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
ACBJ
Oxford Junction
Goodwin Denounces Anti Eisenhower Farm Campaign Tactics
Robert K. Goodwin director of the Republican national committee farm division says a rural tabloid pushing Democrat Farm Progress seeks to scare farmers from backing the GOP ticket. He calls the tabloid misleading and tied to the Democratic campaign. Eisenhower supports price supports through 1954.
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Chicago
Robert K. Goodwin
Republican National Committee
G.O.P. National
Goodwin
Iowa
Republican National
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brannan
Louisa F B Elects Raises Farm Bureau Dues
In Wapello officers of the Louisa County Farm Bureau were named at the annual meeting. James B Hermick of Columbus Junction was elected president Alfred Coon Jr of Morning Sun as vice president Harlan Wiederechert of Wapello secretary Clarence Jennings of Columbus Junction treasurer Harold McCorjmack of Letts voting delegate and Mrs Orville Wehner of Oakville women’s chairman Members voted 80 to 44 to raise annual dues from 10 to 15 dollars.
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Wapello
Louisa County Farm Bureau
James B. Hermick
Columbus Junction
Alfred Coon, Jr
Morning Sun
Harlan Wiederrecht
Clarence Jennings
Harold MecCorjmac
Letts
Orville Wehner
Oakville
Big Four Fair Officials Elected at Postville
At the Big Four Agricultural Society annual meeting in Postville, officers Lyle Zieman president Jerry Spencer vice president Charles Hath secretary and Walter Brandt treasurer were re elected. Directors re elected include J B Waters Walter Brandt Louis Harnack Archie Schroeder and Ed McNeil.
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Postvile
Big Four Agricultural Society
Postville
Lyle Zieman
Jerry Spencer
Charles Hath
Walter Brandt
J. B. Waters
Louis Harnack
Archie Schroeder
Ed McNeil
Multiflora Rose Seed Orders Open Through October
Des Moines report says the Town Conservation Commission will accept applications for multiflora rose seed through late October. Seed will be planted in the seed bed then, with full bed preparation and transplanting instructions sent with each seed packet.
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Des Moines
INS
Town Conservation Commission
PMA Ships Five Carloads of Feed to Drought Areas
West Union based Fayette County PMA reports five carloads of feed shipped to drought stricken regions in the South to aid farmers and livestock communities.
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West Union
Fayette County
PMA
Drouth
Coming Auctions in The Gazette Chester boar sale and public cattle sale
The Gazette lists two upcoming auctions. On Oct 21 at 1 p.m. a Chester White boar and gilt sale by Mr and Mrs Herbert F Hoover, 6 miles southeast of Oskaloosa. On Oct 23 a public sale of cattle hogs and poultry by D D Liebe, 7 miles northwest of Alburnett.
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Chester
Herbert F. Hoover
Oskaloosa
D. D. Liebe
Alburnett
Hazen Reports PMA Program Participation in Iowa
Des Moines AP In 1951 about three fourths of Iowa cropland was operated by PMA Agricultural Conservation Program participants. State Chairman Hazen said every county was represented and nearly 193000 owners and operators on 147000 farms received federal payments to support approved conservation practices. ACPI participants operated 19,494,132 acres or 74.4 percent of the state's cropland.
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Des Moines
Production and Marketing Administration
Iowa
PMA
H. E. Hazens
Hazen
ACPI
PMA Reports on Fall Honey Flow
The PMA reports a mostly favorable fall honey flow with strong production in New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin plus Minnesota. Some areas in Indiana Illinois Kansas Iowa and Nebraska show mixed results with light flows in parts of the Midwest. Maryland and Virginia report favorable conditions though flows remain light while East Texas plants recovered after September rains and California bees gathered nectar. Bottlers show steady demand as some beekeepers hold honey off the market due to price concerns.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Production and Marketing Administration
Midwest
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Maryland
Virginia
Texas
PMA
California
Loney
Arnold Advises Starting Cows On Winter Feed
Iowa State extension dairyman Floyd Arnold urges switching cows to winter feed now to preserve milk production. Warns on hay and silage use, advises grain per milk output, and suggests keeping cows out of stalk fields while cleaning corn fields with yearlings and dry cows.
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Ames
Floyd Arnold
Extension
Iowa State College
Arnold
Daizryman
Guernseys
Jerseys
Center Point Farmer Yields 123.5 Bushels Per Acre
Center Point area reports a 40 acre field on the Howard Dodge farm yielded 123.5 bushels per acre after the week’s harvest. The site lies a mile south of Center Point. The measure reflects crop conditions typical of the region this season.
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Center Point
Coern
Howard Dodge
Outlook Confab Opens Week in Washington on Agriculture 1953
Farm and home economists from 43 states plus Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico meet in Washington for a five day conference on the 1953 agricultural outlook. Robert C Turner will discuss the world economy while Agriculture Secretary Brannan opens with a brief address. Discussions cover commodities and export prospects led by John J Haggerty and sessions on rural family life.
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Washington
INS
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Robert C. Turner
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Brannan
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
John J. Haggerty
Office of Foreign, Agriculture
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Hampshire boars fetch strong averages at Webster City sale
Fifty one Hampshire boars and gilts averaged 138 dollars at the P. J. Bensheof end sale in Webster City. Forty boars brought 111 dollars and 11 gifts sold with breeding privileges, with the 1952 Iowa guard champion averaging 227 dollars.
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Webster City
Hampshire
P. J. Bensheof
Iowa
What's What Out on the Acres
Alfred Koopman, 43, a 200 acre Iowa farmer near Van Horne, discusses corn yields about 120 bushels per acre, dairy operations with 20 cows, and sealing corn. He reflects on Democratic politicians from Hoover to Roosevelt, endorses Stevenson and Sparkman, and assesses Iowa’s political prospects amid the Korean War.
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Alfred Koopman
van Horne
Delbert
Charles
Janice
Marilyn
Carolyn
Hawkeye Downs
Stevenson
Sparkman
Loveless
Truman
Iowa
Iowa Egg Output Drops in September 1952
Iowa egg production in September totaled 293 million, down 1 percent from September 1951 but 21 percent above the 1941-50 monthly average. The 23 year record shows it as second highest for September, with 297 million produced in 1951.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Milk Prices Rise Above Usual Levels in October
U S Department note shows fluid milk prices climbed in early October with about a quarter of retail outlets and a third of producer markets reporting increases. Standard grade milk delivered to homes in 25 major cities averaged 23.6 cents per quart, up from September and above a year ago, reflecting supply shortages and ongoing drought impacts on dairy farms.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Meyers Sell Bull to Colorado A and M College
McGREGOR Irvin F Meyer and Sons sell a young Milk ing Shorthorn bull to Colorado A and M College at Ft Collins. The bull’s dam has 2630.9 pounds of butterfat in six lactations and his sire sired three first prize winners at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. This is the seventh Meyer bull used at the Colorado college.
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McGregor
Irvin F. Meyer and Sons
Colorado A
M. College
Ft. Collins
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Meyer
Colorado College
Iowa County Farms Sold for 281 An Acre Auction
In Williamsburg the 160 acre Axel Fant farm four miles southwest of town sold Tuesday at auction to Eldon Yeaman for 281 dollars an acre. Mr and Mrs Fant had lived on the farm for over 43 years. Bert and Bob Hanson served as auctioneers.
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Williamsburg
Axel Fant
Eldon [Yeaman
Iowa Leads Nation in Farm Machinery With 485000 Power Units
Des Moines Iowa farm machinery totals for 1951 show 485063 power machines on farms, including 252392 tractors 64765 combines 111700 corn pickers 18839 hay balers and 49272 trucks. Agriculture Secretary Clyde Spry notes Iowa's lead in value and mechanization.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Farm Bureau names Drane to speak at Tama County meeting
Toledo speaker Drane, recently named executive secretary of the Rhode Island Farm Bureau Federation, will address the Tama County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Toledo on October 25. Drane previously served as Tama County Farm Bureau fieldman from 1949 to 1956.
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Toledo
Russell Drane
Rhode Island Farm Bureau Federation
Tama County Farm Bureau
Drane
Farm Bureau
Tama County
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