Senate to Begin Farm Hearings Across the Nation
Senate agriculture committee plans a nationwide tour starting in St Paul with public hearings Oct 24 to gather ideas for a new farm program. Des Moines signals are seen as reflecting eastern Corn Belt views as its hearings move through Worthington Des Moines Brookings Minot and Chicago with a Nov 21 grain storage focus.
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Chicago
Corn Belt
Great Plains
West Coast
Southwest
Middle Atlantic
New England
Worthington
Minn
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Brookings
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Minot
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guernsey herd sale and farm auction in Iowa fall sale
Friday auction starts at noon featuring 814 purebred Guernseys including 16 mature cows and 18 heavy heifers plus 40 hogs 50 sheep hay grain and extensive farm machinery all to be sold in lots. Household milking equipment tools and shop items also offered with cash terms. Many animals weigh up to 1300 pounds and the herd traces to the W. W. Marsh herd of Waterloo.
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P.T.O
T. International
Kewanee
Bear Cat Hammermill
J. B. Hammermill
John Deere
McCormick
Work in Garden Now Will Help Control Pests
Iowa State extension plant pathologist Mal Shurtleff urges a fall garden clean up to prevent plant diseases next spring. Remove debris, burn or deeply plow under organic matter, and rotate crops to reduce overwintering pathogens and lessen future infections.
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Mal Shurtleff
Iowa State College
Shurtleff
Chicago Livestock Receipts Reported For Monday
Chicago marked steady demand with estimated receipts of hogs 15000 cattle 25000 and sheep 3000. The tally shows active trading across hogs cattle and sheep with no unusual price movements reported.
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Chicago
Triple-Purpose Dam Is Built on Batchelder Farm
On the 280 acre Batchelder farm two miles east of Delhi a triple purpose dam now ends frequent floods in the barnyard while creating a pond for livestock water and fire protection. A four foot protected water level and an emergency sod outlet improve drainage. The project, engineered with soil conservation in mind, leveled the barnyard and shaped waterways with 2000 cubic yards of earth moved. Recreation potential includes a future swimming spot with planned crappie and bass stocking.
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Delhi
John Batchelder
Batchelder
Art Hoefer
Lee Paul
Dyersville
Drouth
Soil Conservation Service
Delaware County Soil Conservation District
Sandy Springs
Cooperative Creamery
SCS
Hog market cycles and price supports through history
The letter recalls 1942 to 1953 hog price supports and market timing, noting how government wheat and hog price supports shaped hog production. It cites 1943 peak hogs and learns from past cycles, urging media to publicize Francis Kutish outlook and Hormel data on optimal slaughter weights to improve prices and reduce pork volume.
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Francis Kutish
Carroll Plager
Hormel’s
Hormel
Marvin L. Andre
Mechanicsville
Turkey Trade Slacken as Week Advanced
Des Moines reports the turkey market started steady with moderate to heavy trading, then nervousness grew midweek and buying faded. Heavy toms dominated sales with some buyers preferring birds under 26 pounds. Monday and Tuesday purchases plus earlier deals left a processing backlog of five to 14 days, and many buyers were out of the market late in the week.
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Des Moines
Federal State Market News Service
Roads to Salem in Sage Advice Verse
Carlson's Corner presents three views on finding Salem. An engineer praises the turnpike for steady travel and warns others roads mislead. An artist favors winding routes through valleys and streams for rest and dream. A saint notes many marked roads lead to Salem with no single right path.
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Salem
ISC Cites Seven For Achievement In Journalism
Iowa State College honored seven individuals for distinguished service to technical journalism during its fiftieth anniversary events at Memorial Union. Recipients include Frederick W. Beckman, Genevieve A. Callahan, Kirk Fox, George W. Morrison, Donald R. Murphy, Carroll P. Streeter, and others associated with major farming and farm media outlets.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Frederick W. Beckman
Knoxville Journal Onc
Iowa State
Genevieve A. Callahan
Free-Lance
Kirk Fox
George W. Morrison
Ingersoll Rand
Donald R. Murphy
Wallace’s Farmer
Farmers Debate Government Help on Hog Prices
A crowd from Clarendon to Baldwin weighs how to lift hog prices. Voices urge government buys and stockpiling, production controls, or direct payments, arguing aid would stabilize farm incomes and support taxes, while opposing views warn against market interference and Brannan plans.
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Clarence Stonerook
Clarence
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Brannan
Tuttle
O. Mitchell
Baldwin
United States
Awards Named At ISU Journalism Banquet In Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports special awards to K R Marvin head of technical journalism at Iowa State and W E Holmes plant superintendent for the Iowa State College Press. Banquet honors were given by Deans Floyd Andre Helen LeBaron and J F Downie Smith with Carl Hamilton of Iowa Falls Citizen delivering the keynote.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
James G. Watson
New England Homestead
K. R. Marvin
Iowa State
W. E. Holmes
Iowa State College Press
Floyd Andre
Division of Agriculture
Helen LeBaron
J. F. Downie Smith
Engineering
Carl Hamilton
Iowa Falls Citizen
Machinery guards are essential for worker safety
A safety warning stresses high risk when operating without guards. It warns that injuries or fatalities can occur from contact with moving parts and urges adherence to posted controls and protective devices.
Linn County Farmers Start Corn and Soybean Loans
Several Linn county farmers have received price support loans on 1955 corn and soybeans, with the corn loan rate at 1.55 dollars per bushel and the soybean base at 2.05 dollars. Corn loans and purchase agreements run until May 31 and mature July 31, while soybean loans close January 31 and mature May 31.
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Linn County
ASC
Lester F. Mitchell
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