Management Vital as Incomes Fall In 1955 Iowa Farm
Iowa State College farm management specialist H B Howell notes that low incomes heighten the need for careful management. He cites 1955 records from 1,044 cooperative farms showing high profit comes from efficient machinery use, cost control, and smart enterprise mixes, with livestock margins a key driver of profits. Net per acre: high profit 62 income 35 expenses 27. low profit 37 income 40 expenses, a loss of 3. He emphasizes livestock feeding margins, optimal crop rotations, and disciplined cost management as critical under tight prices and high fixed costs.
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H. B. Howell
Iowa State College
Iowa
Howell
Nurses Honor Miniature Miracle at Flower Fifth Avenue
New York nurses at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital hosted a farewell for Babette Hope Calvert the tiniest surviving newborn born at a pound and a half. After over three months in an incubator she returned home with her parents in Ozone Park. Her doll gift mirrored her growth and doctors credit advances in incubators plastic tubes and washable components for her survival.
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New York
Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital
Babette Hope Calvert
Babette Hope
Eugene G. Calvert
Ozone Park
N.Y
Flower Fifth Hospital
Babette
United States
Hope
Army Probes Fixation Phenomenon in Training Studies
Los Angeles CA Army and University of California psychologists test why drivers and gunner targets fixate on a single visual cue. Using light-beam tracking and written problems, researchers examine emotional makeup as a factor and aim to apply findings to gunnery training. Military subjects to follow college volunteers.
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Los Angeles
Army
University of California
Army Ordnance
Human Thermometer Can Tell by Color in Gold Work
ROCHESTER NY Walter Ringwood is described as a human thermometer who can judge temperature by the color of molten gold alloy. He claims to read the orange red mix to gauge readiness for pouring at about two thousand degrees Fahrenheit, with pyrometers used only occasionally due to production awkwardness. They say his color reading aligns closely with precise pyrometer measurements.
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Rochester
N. Y
Walter Ringwood
Ringwood
Fans Cleanup at Banque La Fontaine High Basketball Game
Fans at Banque La Fontaine High School in La Fontaine Indiana suffered embarrassment after seat numbers painted in red failed to dry, prompting school officials to offer payment of cleaning bills.
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LA Fontaine
Ind
Banque-La Fontaine
Four Cloths and Household Linens Sale Notice
A brief item lists four cloths and two bedspreads along with linens and a two dish set. The fragment suggests a small home goods sale or listing with basic fabric items and textiles.
Nutrition Conference Set at Iowa State College
The Iowa Nutrition Conference will be held at Iowa State College on September 14 in Curtiss Hall Assembly Room. Leslie E. Johnson reports the event covers animal nutrition, feeding and feed handling for manufacturers and distributors, with speakers including Dick Hanson and D F Green. Ragweed control is discussed by weed specialist E P Sylvester.
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Iowa State College
Leslie E. Johnson
Curtiss Hall
Dick Hanson
Successful Farming
D. F. Green
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
E. P. Sylvester
Farmers Face Social Security Tax on Cash Wages
Social Security coverage starts January 1 1955 for farm workers earning cash wages up to 100 a year from any one employer. The farm employer must deduct 2 percent social security tax, match it, report wages for each employee, and send the total tax to the District Director of Internal Revenue. Tax returns for 1956 are due in January 1957 with possible earlier filing for large operators. Records required include employee name, social security number, cash wage payments, and deductions.
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George Replogle
Fort Dodge Social Security Office
Internal Revenue
Farm Workers Must Secure Social Security Cards
Newly covered farm workers will need social security cards which they can get from their nearest social security district office. If the farm worker once had a card but lost it he should apply for a duplicate card. Any application form can be obtained from your local Post Office. By keeping proper records and filing complete and accurate social security tax returns, the farm operator is helping to build future financial protection for his employees in old age and for their families in case of death. Farm work of a child under 21, for his parent, would be excluded from social security coverage.
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Cheprish
Sanes
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the Graettinger Times
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C Wilson
National Federation of Independent Business
Amaco
W. Harderdon
Lal
Ry and Large
Org
Repubis Aviation
Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Barbara Bebe
Patricia Lou Thompson
del Mar
Cal
U. S
Treasury Department
U.S
Advertising Council
Bhanks
the Grasttinger Times
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