Agricultural meeting reviews Iowa farm economics in Emmetsburg
About 45 people from Extension ASC Farm Bureau and related groups heard Wallace Ogg Iowa State College economist discuss farm economy trends on February 26 in Emmetsburg. He noted capital deepening boosts productivity while rural labor declines and urged industrial development to sustain employment. ~2000 county residents leave every decade. A sheep shear clinic by Dewey Joniz of the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association will be at Peterson Sheep Company Yards Spencer March 25–26 with equipment provided. interested parties should contact the Extension Office.
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ASC
SCS
Farm Bureau
Farm and Home Development
County Board of Supervisors
Wallace Ogg
Iowa State College
Iowa
Emmetsburg
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Agricult
Dewey Joniz
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Peterson Sheep Company
Spencer
Tt Exton
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National 4-H Club Week Events Emmetsburg
National 4-H Club Week runs March 1 to 3 with 102 new club members added in Palio Alito County. Two new organized clubs: Standers Girls and Nevada Boys, led by Mrs Harold Jorgensen and Milford Jensen respectively. A banquet March 8 at the Country Club at 7 p.m. will host delegates, county committee chairs, and Extension staff. Also mentions window displays in Emmetsburg stores and a dog incident with a car rolling into a store window. Use Easter Seals to help crippled children.
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Amimters
Palio Alito County
Standers Girls Club
Harold Jorgensen
Donald Oleson
Carl Bonstead
Nevada
Milford Jensen
Ray Klatt
Emmetsburg
Radio and Television Sales and Service Ad
A local shop advertises RADIO and TELEVISION sales and service offering electrical wiring, Frigidaire refrigerators and stoves, washers and driers, Fairbanks Morse water pressure systems, electric motors, with specials on phonograph records.
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Fairbanks Morse
Grein Electric City Meat Market Ad Graettinger IA
An old Graettinger Iowa meat market ad promotes meats and groceries under EF branding. It highlights a large selection of fresh and cured meats including ham and bacon with Sunday dinner suggestions and mentions low, steady prices.
Farm Outlook From Extension Office Iowa hog prices rise
Hog prices have been better than last year's forecasts says Tom Rackham Iowa State College farm economist Prices have trended up since mid November with a dip at Christmas due to lower hog output The hog corn price ratio in mid January was 23.7 the highest in 25 years Feeders using home grown corn face production costs comparable to before Hog slaughter cattle scarcity and bid competition helped producers
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Tom Rackham
Iowa State College
Rackham
Easter Seal Appeal Time Proclaimed in Graettinger
Mayor Thomas Thomsen proclaims March 6 to April 6 1958 as Easter Seal Appeal Time in Graettinger urging all citizens to support the effort to aid crippled children and adults and to expand essential services and rehabilitation through public contributions and involvement.
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Thomas Thomsen
Graettinger
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Kt. W. Ashby
al Humboldt
Lewis Marshall
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Grein Electric
Palo Alto County
Easter Seal Society
Lowell Kiehl
Mar
Guernseys
Jerseys
ALLIS
Farmall
John Deere
J. D
Sudenga
H.p. Wisc
Marshalltown
Wisconsin Motors Steel Wagon & Endgate
Studebaker
Dodge
Bortvit & Brown, Auc
Grarttinger State Bank
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