Feed Grains Rise as Major Cash Crop Across Regions
The shift toward commercial farming changes grain use with 51 percent of 1965 feed grains moving to commercial channels versus 21 percent in 1935. Cattle feeding expands with 7 million head in large feedlots in 1964, accounting for 41 percent of fed cattle. 1955 to 1964 shows rising cattle on feed. Hog production grows slower, concentrated in North Central states, with 50 percent of U S hog output in West North Central and 33 percent in East North Central in 1964, while regional growth varies widely.
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Mad
Butler
Floyd
Franklin
Hancock
Mitchell
Wright
South Atlantic States
South Central States
West Coast
Mid- Atlantic States
North Central States
West North Central States
Towa
U. S
East North Central States
Butler County Farms Average 191 Acres in Size
The 1964 U.S. Census prelim reveals average farm sizes by county in Iowa. Butler County averages 191 acres, while Bremer 158 and Fremont 301 acres. Wright leads NIAC counties with 245 acres. Cerro Gordo 225, Franklin 220, Mitchell 219, Hancock 214, Floyd 213, Worth 04, Winnebago 195. County land value per acre ranges from Monroe at $103 to Scott at $435.
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Bremer
Fremont
Towa
Wright
NIAC
Cerro Gordo
Franklin
Mitchell
Hancock
Floyd
Worth
Winnebago
Butler
Iowa
Monroe
Scott County
Cherokee
Mac
Osceola
Taylor
Sioux
Worth County
New Boat Registration Forms Issued by State Commission
The State Conservation Commission issued a new boat registration application this week replacing the old forms for issuance renewal and transfer. The form supports up to eleven transactions per vessel and has been mailed to conservation officers county recorders and over four hundred boat dealers. Old applications must be destroyed. Pre addressed return envelopes are provided for sending completed applications to Commission Headquarters in Des Moines.
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State Conservation Commission
Commission
Des Moines
Iowans to be drafted as married men enter military service
About 300 married Iowa men without children were ordered inducted in October and another 300 in the current month. State Selective Service Director Col. R Bowles states draftees are in the 19 to 26 age range with no children and that the oldest are being taken first.
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State Selective Service
Col. R. Bowles
Farm machinery sale listing with Oliver and Deere tractors
A long classified ad lists numerous farm items for sale including an Oliver 88 tractor with live P T O and fluid tires, Minnesota Moline and John Deere tractors, a 39 H C mounted picker, multiple plows planters and harvest equipment, a 7 ft Ford combine, wagons, grain elevator sections, drag implements, choppers, hammermills, and fuel tanks. Also offered are tractor chains, steel steps, and a variety of cutting and mounting gear.
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Oliver Tractor
Oliver
Minn. M
1. H.C
John Deere
Ford” Combine
H.C
I. H.C
M. Wards
O. K
Fairbanks-Morse
Hammermill
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Butler County
Niad
Butler and
C. Curtis
Frudden Building
Greene
Mutual Funds
Cliff Burroughs
Investment Planning, Inc
Dubuque
Graven & Graven Attorneys At Law Ist
Buchholz
Greene, IA
G. E. Ressler Butler Co
Mutual Agent
J. P. Hoben
Galen E. Miller
Arshang Chas
Ray
Freene
Ralph
Bill's Plumbing & Heating Greene
Charles City
Fairgrounds Corner
Blacktop
Packard Elevator
Aoa
Suffolk
Ziegler
STARR
Hinman
C. F. Prange
Dale Majewski
First State Bank OF Greene
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