Industrial Products Hope for Surpluses
Washington lawmakers push a five member agricultural research and industrial board to oversee use of surplus farm crops. The bill follows a Windsor committee report urging expanded fundamental and applied research to find uses for raw agricultural products and reduce surplus.
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Washington
August Andresen
R-Minn
Andresen
Sen. Curtis
Rneb
Agricutural Research and Industrial Board
Congress
J. Leroy Welsh
Butler- Welsh Grain Co
Omaha
Cattle Disease Warning Issued as Pasture Season Arrives
Des Moines reports warn cattle raisers to monitor for blackleg with the pasture season. The American Foundation for Animal Health urges vaccination, noting blackleg is a major cattle killer, especially for calves under two. Calves vaccinated early should be re vaccinated by four months, and yearly vaccination is advised in affected areas.
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Des Moines
American Foundation For Animal Health
Wheat Quota Penalty Set For 1957 Crop
The U S Department of Agriculture sets a 1 12 per bushel penalty on excess 1957 wheat. Penalty equals 45 percent of the May 1 parity price. with parity at 2 50, the rate stands at 1 12. Growers approved marketing quotas on July 20 1956.
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Fredonia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stalk numbers key to corn yields warned by Ohio agronomist
Dr. H J Mederski of Ohio State University urges farmers to target 15 000 to 17 000 corn plants per acre and plant every 7 1 2 to 8 inches in 42 inch rows. He warns that low plant populations can cut yields up to 30 percent even with good fertilizing and tillage and urges census style field checks and following state college guidance on planting and fertilizer.
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Chicago
H. J. Mederski
Ohio State Experiment Station Agronomist
Mederski
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Ohio Agronomist
Ohio
Registered Bull Sold by Erie Man
Ivan Green of Erie sold the registered Guernsey bull Green Farms Sweet General to Burton Smith of Mound City. The bull is out of the fine Guernsey line, as reported by the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
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Peterborough
Ivan Green
Erie
Green Farms Sweet General
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Burton Smith
Mound City
Green Farms Gladiator’s cow sets production record
A Green Farms cow named Lill achieved an official production record of 10,177 pounds of milk and 561 pounds of fat. The record reflects two daily milkings across 365 days and cites sire Meadow Lodge Sweet Lyman.
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Green Farms Gladiator
Meadow Lodge Sweet
Lyman
Possible Price Support for Non Compliance Corn
Reports from the Midwest suggest a bumper corn crop could lead to a new federal price support program for corn. Currently ineligible, non compliance corn might receive aid if production nears three billion bushels, at a lower rate than compliant grain to curb price drops and prevent overexpansion in hogs poultry and dairy demand next year.
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Washington
Midwest
Agriculture Department
Department
Storm Cellar Plans Ready at Kansas State College
The Extension Service at Kansas State College Manhattan offers storm cellar plans for tornado refuge. Engineers Leo Wendling and Dale Schindler note plans include a five by ten foot family layout with outdoor patio sketch and multi purpose models combining storm and fruit cellars. Plans stress ventilation strength durability watertightness economy and low maintenance. Request plans from Engineering Extension Amberger Hall Manhattan.
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Manhattan
Extension Service
Kansas State College
Kansas
Leo T. Wendling
Dale E. Schindler
Extension Engineering
K-State
Wendling
Schindler
Amberger Hall
Manihattan
Grain Bin Spraying Suggestions For Wheat Prep
Grain should be removed and the bin swept clean before spraying. Spray the ceiling walls and floor with an approved insecticide such as Methoxychlor TDE Pyrethrins or Allethrins. Apply two to three weeks before wheat binning to allow cadelles and other insects to emerge and contact the surface spray.
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Manhattan
Mamie Eisenhower Reenters Walter Reed for Routine Checkup
The White House reports First Lady Mamie Eisenhower is in Walter Reed Army Hospital for a second full checkup in four months. A press secretary says she is not ill and her stay should last several days.
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Washington
White Mouse
Mamie Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
First Lady’s New Hospital Visit For Checkup
Hagerty announced she would stay overnight but actually remained three or four days. She was pronounced in good condition upon departure. She said the visit was not prompted by illness and noted the First Lady has long held a practice of annual or semiannual physicals.
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Hagerty
Jordan Denies Hussein Dina Divorce Rumors
A Jordan government spokesman rejected Cairo reports that King Hussein divorced Queen Dina last week. Rumors had circulated since Dina traveled to Cairo in September 1956 to visit her ailing father and did not return to Amman.
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Amman
Jordan
Cairo
Hussein
Dina
Egypt Buys Three Submarines From Russia
London led story abroad cites British Admiralty spokesman says submarines passed through the English Channel and were to reach Egypt yesterday. Warawa line notes Polish Defense Ministry calls for broad political offensive to stamp anti communist and soviet feeling in the army. Rome reports Senate President Merzagora cannot form a government.
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Egypt
Russia
London
English
Warawa
Defense Ministry
Zarcycki
Rome
Italy
Senate
Cesare Merzagora
Army Chief Says Fixed Budget Will Be Very Difficult
General Maxwell D. Taylor told the Command and General Staff College class that a fixed spending ceiling around 95 billion dollars yearly would be very difficult for the Army to live with. He noted prices are rising and pay increases are needed to retain skilled personnel, complicating adherence to a 38 billion dollar ceiling for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Command and General Staff College
Taylor
Average personal income tops $2000 per person in May
The Commerce Department reports a seasonally adjusted May personal income at an adjusted annual rate of 340.2 billion dollars, a record. The May total rose by about one billion dollars from April and by 172 billion from May 1956, projecting about $2000 per person for the nation’s 171 million residents.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Department
Vocabulary Practice Review Card
The excerpts cover definitions for inalienable contemptible and ex ecrate meaning to curse or call down evil. It includes example sentences and pronunciation notes, emphasizing that ex ecrate denotes cursing or invoking evil. The decorative term is ornamental.
Farm Boys and Hog Prices Tip for the Week
A census note observes fewer people farming and urges farm boys to stay on the farm to carry on. The tip predicts fat hog prices will fall late July and August and suggests selling hogs on feed by August 1.
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U. S
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