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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
10
Sales of fluid milk and fresh whole milk peaked in the mid fifties. Cream butter and evaporated milk led 1950 levels into 1971. Cottage cheese and American cheese rose 60 percent and 30 percent respectively by 1971. Nonfat dry milk use fell after 1960 while skim and lowfat fluid milk grew about threefold. Ice cream sales stayed steady 1950 to 1971.
Preliminary figures on per capita consumption of fluid and manufactured dairy products in the United States for 1950 1955 and 1960 71 exclude on farm use and USDA distribution. The data cover natural and cultured buttermilk skim milk items evaporated and condensed buttermilk and related products with Alaska and Hawaii included beginning 1960.
In Des Moines a Senate bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1970 seeks multi-year and one-year contracts for the Set-Aside Acres Program to bolster wildlife habitat and erosion control. Wildlife Superintendent Bob Barratt notes one-year contracts leave acres without cover. lawmakers argue flexibility protects farm income while ensuring food supply. The article cites past efficiency gains in corn production from 53 man-hours per 100 bushels to six by the mid-1960s.
An analysis compares milk prices with wage growth from 1952 to 1972. Hourly wages rose from 1.52 to 3.65 dollars, while food prices would have increased 2.4 times the 1952 level. The piece asks what a quart of milk would cost under that scenario and what it should cost today.
Neva Pond reports on community gatherings and visits across Oelwein Stanley and Dundee with anniversaries, a birthday celebration for Troy, a Prairie du Chien guest, Beta Sigma Phi hospitality, and a family reunion. The U S Department of Agriculture notes 2 979 000 farms this year, down 289 percent since 1959 and the lowest since 1870.
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