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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1967
Page
3
The article reports a widening French agricultural crisis with farm protests and calls for reform. It cites small farm units, debt from modernization, price declines, and debates over subsidies versus consolidation of holdings, amid government debates led by Pompidou and de Gaulle.
Dr. Herbert J. Waters told 1,400 farmers and leaders in Sioux City that the War on Hunger must boost self-help in needy nations. He cited studies urging reduced population growth and higher agricultural output, stressing food aid to spur development rather than as a crutch.
At O'Hare Chicago hungry travelers and airport workers consume about four hot dogs per minute while the airport serves over two million hot dogs a year. Amusement park and sports crowds remain top buyers with Nathan's at Coney Island leading sales.
Multiple sale events listed with dates and times across Iowa towns including Solon Fairfax Midway Mechanicsville and Cedar Rapids. Items span machinery feeder pigs cattle antiques and household goods with contact names Milo Kral Jack Wilder Buell Jackson and organizations Hawkeye Hereford Assn East Central Iowa Hereford Assn.
A department study finds Maryland farmers near Baltimore and Washington pay far lower taxes on farmland appraised by use rather than market value. The land tax break, enacted over a decade ago, could save up to 15.20 per acre annually, prompting interest from other states.
Washington announces Wilson T. Moon of Des Moines as state conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service. He succeeds Frank H. Mendell who retires around Feb 1 after 35 years with SCS. Moon is a Temple Texas native, 1935 Texas A&M graduate, and began with SCS in 1935 with work in Texas New Mexico and Indiana before becoming Iowa assistant conservationist in 1966.
USDA reports that nine per cent of the $30 billion in U.S. exports in 1966 left the country by air.
The Pro-Ag club will hold a dinner meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Roosevelt hotel with Les Kral as speaker on farm management amid current economic and technological changes. A second session on November 23 features Herb Howell from Iowa State University. Reservations: 364-0350 or Pro-Ag Club, 29 Fiftieth street NE.
The Tri-County Fall Quality Beef Show in West Branch ends entries Friday with judging at the Beranek stockyards. Live show Oct 30 at 1 p.m. includes carcass evaluation free of charge. results announced Nov 1 at 7 p.m. in Cedar Rapids. Judges are Al Selinger and Dale Dudley.
The piece argues that American agriculture is a complex system with overlapping interests. It highlights import quotas, regional crop shifts, and the tension between farm exports and world prices, urging compromise to maximize overall benefits while accepting harm to some groups.
A. A. Klingbiel of the Soil Conservation Service told the Agricultural Research Institute in Washington that with proper management U S soils in pasture and woods placed into cultivation could yield more than double corn and five times soybeans. Wheat and sorghum could rise similarly, with many cultivated soils boosting yields 25 to 50 percent or more.
Ames Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell predicts hog prices will not dip below 17 this year and sees no major price downturns likely in the next year. He cautions 1969 could bring trouble but prizes stability for now.
VINTON October 30 at 8 p.m. the Benton County Farm Bureau annual meeting will be held in the Van Horne school gym. Donald Johnson of West Branch, former National American Legion commander, will speak on butter stock trends.
The Senate approved a bill to extend three more years of government donated surplus dairy products to the military and veterans agencies. Dairy goods are owned by CCC under price support programs and were previously funded by the Defense Department since 1965. The measure, passed by voice vote without debate, moves to the House.
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