Cedar County NFO Meeting Attracts 200
About 200 farmers from Cedar and Jones counties attended a Mechanicsville sale barn meeting called by the National Farm Organization. Key speakers urged price supports and possible production controls while pushing farm parity and a response to hog price declines.
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Cedar County
NFO
Mechanicsville
Cedar
Jones County
New
National Farm Organization
Elmer Carlson
Audubon
Otto Pruess
Lamar Foster
West Branch
John Nye
Ray Sanford
Monticello
Farm Bureau
George Brown
Carlson
Pruess
Multiple Farm Closings Outline October and November Sales
A sequence of closing out and dispersal sales listed with dates from October 24 to November 10. Items include livestock hay grain and machinery with sellers Henry Allen Wayne Oliphant Austin Roseberry Wilbur Ogden Howard Wood estate Lucien Clark Ralph Wells Mrs Roy Wise Henry Gerdes and locations near Center Point Mechanicsville Marion Central City Lafay ette. Each sale specifies time and near location details.
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Henry Allen
Center Point
Wayne Oliphant
Austin A. Roseberry
Wilbur Ogden
Kcrg-Tv
Howard E. Wood
Mechanicsville
Lucien Clark
Ralph Wells
Marion
Roy Wise
Central City
Henry Gerdes
Lafayette
NFO Delegates Elect Officers At Corning Meeting
The National Farm Organization formed in Corning Iowa to push government action on hog prices. About 90 delegates from 16 Iowa counties and eight in Missouri elected Harry Grundman president and approved Iowa incorporation. Officers named include Oren Lee Staley vice president Ed Chappell secretary and Duane Orton treasurer. The group aims to operate as a non-partisan entity with a claimed 5000 members.
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Corning
National Farm Organization
Iowa
Missouri
Harry Grundman
Prescott
Farmer
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
Ed Chappell
Duane Orton
Atlantic
Neighbors Harvest for Injured Wayne Brown in Iowa County
Neighbors from North Liberty harvested and cribbed 63 acres of corn for Wayne Brown who lives near North Liberty Iowa. Brown suffered a broken leg on September 1 and was aided by Mrs Brown and other women of the neighborhood who helped with meals.
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North Liberty
Wayne Brown
Iowa City
North ‘Liberty
Iowa Livestock Markets Expected to Hit Record Highs
Iowa livestock sales are forecast to reach record levels for October and November. Hog marketing may total 1.9 million in October and 2.4 million in November, with September hogs at 1.63 million. Cattle and calf marketing could total 620,000 for the two months, with October 310,000 and November 310,000.
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Iowa
Hick Says NFO Led Fostered by Democrats
Storm Lake Iowa AP Sen Bourke Hickenlooper says the National Farm Organization is led and fostered by Democrats while addressing an 8th district GOP workers rally He criticizes NFO for no farm solution aside from government price supports on hogs and cattle The Iowa Republican senators warn against hasty actions and foolish promises at the meeting
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Storm Lake
NFO
U. S
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
G.O.P
NFC
Sen
Thomas Martin
Busy Beavers form new 4-H club in Clermont
A new girls' 4-H club named the Busy Beavers has been organized in Clermont. Its first officers are Randine Hanson president Jean Amundson vice-president Karen Knudsen secretary Anita Olson treasurer Kathleen Amundson reporter and Margaret Hanson historian.
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Clermont
Busy Beavers
Randine Hanson
Jean Amundson
Karen Knudsen
Anita Olson
Kathleen Amundson
Margaret Hanson
USDA Official Cies Need for Rural Ministers
Washington says there is a special need for ministers trained for rural service and church work in farming areas. Undersecretary Morse cited programs linking agriculture studies with religious education and urged city churches to support financing for low income rural congregations. He noted 1.5 million farm families under 1000 dollars annually and urged stronger rural church education and outreach.
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Washington
Ins
Agriculture Department
True D. Morse
Springfield
Mass
Morse
Bible College of Missouri
College of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Imes
Ames ISU Beef Farm to Begin Experiments
Iowa State College cattle feeding researchers plan experimental work in November at a new 300 acre beef cattle feeding research farm northwest of Ames. Facilities include feed sheds for 156 cattle, an old barn remodeled for a beef herd, a storage elevator and feed mixing building, plus an office and laboratory. The new farm replaces the longtime Beech avenue facilities after over 50 years of work.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Beech Avenue
Postville FFA installs new officers for year
Postville welcomes a new officers slate led by Ronald Meyer as president and Don Anderson as vice president. Howard Halverson is secretary and Jack Backhaus serves as treasurer with William Stewart as vocational agriculture instructor and chapter adviser.
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Postville
FFA
Ronald Meyer
Don Anderson
Howard Halverson
Jack Backhaus
William Stewart
Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings October 4 1955
The Linn County Board of Supervisors met in regular session October 4 1955. Minutes of Sept 27 and 29 were approved. A tax sale certificate from 1954 was cancelled. The resignation of J J Wagner as county auditor clerk was accepted effective October 8 1955. Reports from Dempsy and others were placed on file. A resolution to prevent county settlement acquisitions by named persons was adopted. Another resolution releasing liens tied to a guardian account was approved for five dollars. The board adjourned.
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State of
Iowa
County of Linn
Board of Supervisors
Wiley
Wier
Hood
Wiley. Hood
Rygus
Hereric Wiley
Lis J. Wagner
Neet
el Hood
Weline
Dempsy Genes
County Recorder
Robile
Val
Ann Ded
Linn County
Icter
Code of Iowa
Mstine
Ralph
Marion
Boone County
Udgett
Lee
Des Moines
Polk County
Heddinger
Libert
Mt. Vernon
New Oy Atreight
Sheldon
Fleamate
Lin County
Ales Kacere
Thal Heal Institute
Aendalian
Nicholas Kacere
Albert Kacere
Tee County
Towa
ISC Researchers Aim To Speed Up Rumen Bacteria
Iowa State College researchers on cattle nutrition study unidentified factors that may double rumen bacteria activity. Hydrolyzed feather meal boosts activity by 225 percent and casein by 177 percent, suggesting polypeptide amino acid combinations as key. results come from artificial rumen tests with plans for practical cattle trials.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Edmund W. Cheng
Iowa State College Cattle Nutrition Research
Cheng
Big Four Fair Officers Named
Postville report Kenneth Schultz was re elected president of the Big Four fair association Ed Kozelka Walter Brandt and Charles Hoth all of Postville were re elected as officers E L Dean and Duane Kamp are new board directors Hold over directors include Ed McNeil Lawrence Block Leo Morch B J Waters Louis Harnack and Arbie Schroeder
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Postville
Kenneth Schultz
Ed Kozelka
Walter Brandt
Charles Hoth
E. L. Dean
Duane Kamp
Ed McNeil
Lawrence Block
Leo Morch
B. J. Waters
Louis Harnack
Arbie Schroeder
Keokuk 4-H Banquet Set At Hedrick Gym Saturday
Sigourney reports 4-H members from Keokuk county will host their annual banquet Saturday evening October 29 at Hedrick school gymnasium. The county lists 13 boys 4-H clubs and 16 girls clubs.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Hedrick School
Maynard Evening School Sets Talks on Nutrition and Slipcovers
At Maynard evening school on Monday the men will hear a discussion of animal nutrition while the women study slipcovers for furniture.
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Maynard
Maynard Evening School
Congressman Pushes Emergency Farm Price Controls
Rep. Phil Weaver of Nebraska urges an emergency price control program on farming essentials. He asks Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson to tour Nebraska farms to assess farmers sagging finances and to peg maximum prices to parity levels. Weaver also proposes retailer subsidies to maintain lower farm prices.
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Foster
Carlson
Iowa
NFC
Ezra Taft Benson
Mr. Benson
Washington
Phil Weaver
R-Neb
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Weaver
Benson
Nebraska
Antibiotics Raise Pig Survival in Beltsville Study
Dr Ned R Ellis of the Beltsville agricultural research center reported that aureomycin in sow diets increased live births by a pig or two per litter and improved pig survival to weaning. The treatment did not raise embryo numbers or birth weight, a finding shared at an international antibiotics in agriculture conference with scientists from 14 countries.
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Washington
Ned R. Ellis
Agriculture Department
Research Center
Beltsville
Ellis
Sears Scholarship Awarded at Iowa State College
Gerald Klonglan Fernald receives the $250 Sears Roebuck sophomore agricultural scholarship at Iowa State College as the top freshman among Sears Roebuck winners. Iowa State had 21 eligible students last year competing for the award.
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Ames
Gerald Klonglan
Fernald
Sears, Roebuck
Iowa State ‘College
Iowa State
Hybrid onions outperform standard varieties in Minnesota tests
In Hollandale Minnesota University plots on the Connie Muilenberg farm hybrid onions showed superior keeping qualities after storage tests compared with high yielding standard varieties.
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Hollandale
Minn
University of Minnesota
Connie Muilenberg
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