Sub-soiling advances on southern Iowa farm
John Coster near New Sharon purchased a 66 horsepower Diesel sub soiler to deepen soil to 30 to 36 inches. The device breaks the soil pan to keep rainfall where crops can reach moisture, improving drainage on level Grundy loam fields. His wife Eleanor Fel ing Coster, daughter of nine-farm lineage near Laurens, assists at a modern ranch style home built in 1964. An eye will be kept on the experiment through the crop season for Chronicle readers.
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Europe
John Coster
New Sharon
Intel
Pella
Nues
Ande
Mrs. Coster
Laurens
Iowa
Mr. Coster
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Eleanor Feling
John
Neal Coster
Knoxville
Costers
Coster
Farm Bureau Women Sponsor Youth Contest
The Farm Bureau Women Citizenship Committee sponsors a Marion County contest for youths nine and under to complete a five word or less statement about why parents should vote. Winning entries from each county and district advance to Des Moines for a 1957 visit to the legislature with paid travel and a noon banquet. four top entries receive a fountain pen prize.
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Farm Bureau Women’s Citizenship Committee
Marion County
Perente
IFBF
Farm Bureau Idta
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Knoxville
KBOE
Wool incentive payments may reach forty percent of sales
Merill L. Robuck, chairman of Marion county ASC, reports wool incentive payments for the 1955 marketing year may average around 40 percent of the average wool price growers received. By month end, 380 applications have been filed in Knoxville, with producers needing to file for sales through March 31. The 10 month price average stands at 44 cents per pound grease, suggesting the year’s final payment may be similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Knoxville
Roebuck
Wool and lamb incentive payments outlined for first year
The plan sets 40 percent payments for wool and about 70 cents per hundredweight for lambs at slaughter. Incentives are based on cents per pound grease basis. First year deductions of one cent per hundredweight from slaughter, lamb, and yearling payments will finance a campaign to ease the wool and lamb market.
Outlook for Hog Prices Through Spring 1956
Iowa State College economist Francis A. Kutish says hog prices should strengthen into late spring despite a temporary setback from recent price increases. Slaughter has declined seasonally since March 1, with pork products like lard and hams now above late January levels. The March 1 pig survey shows an 8 percent drop in pigs, and spring farrowing plans are smaller, signaling higher prices next fall as total hog numbers shrink and fewer hogs remain in the Corn Belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Kutish
Iowa State College Farm
Kutish
Pressure on packing plants and hog prices in late 1955
Kutish argues that to meet planned spring and summer cuts for hogs, demand and supply shifts may push the 1956 hog price low forward to November. The piece notes November and December as likely pressure points, with Iowa hog prices depressed by packing capacity issues.
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Iowa
Kutish
Reappointed chairmen named in local organizational notes
Rex Hamilton was re appointed chairman for the coming year and Lowell Johnson was named to continue in another key post. The brief item outlines leadership continuity within the group and signals ongoing plans for the next term.
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Rex Hamilton
Lowell Johnson
Newly Elected Commissioner Continues Roles in District
Newly elected commissioner and secretary treasurer Donald L. Den Adel will remain in charge of district owned equipment. The commissioners also reviewed their work program and budget for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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Donald L. den Adel
Rex Hamilton to Remain Chairman of S. D. Commission
Rex Hamilton will continue as chairman of the Marion County Soil Conservation District governing body after the recent election. The first meeting following the election will set the new cor ner.
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Rex Hamilton
S. D. Commission
Marion County Soil Conservation District
Marion County in Low Bracket in Voting
Marion County ranks 95th in the state for voting percentage. The citizenship committee urges all eligible voters to participate in the coming elections. Absentee voters should secure ballots in time to return them to the auditor or clerk before election day, June 4.
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Marion County
Citizenship Committee
County Extension Committee Elected Officers for Year
Officers for the Marion County Extension Program Planning Committees were elected at a meeting last Wednesday evening at the Junior High School in Knoxville. Committees and officers include Livestock with Chairman Bill Jenkins and Secretary Jim Goff of Knoxville, Land Use chaired by Ernest Mueller and Robert Dane of Pleasantville as secretary, Farm Policy led by Worth Darnell and Mrs. S Fisher of Knoxville as secretary, Farm and Home Management with Gerald DePenning of Pella as chairman and Mrs. James Cummings as secretary, Family Living under Mrs. James Holland of Knoxville with Chairman Mrs. Harold Loynacan as secretary, and Girls 4-H led by Mrs. Lester Ranks of Knoxville with Chairman Mrs. Brownie Kudson as secretary.
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Marion County Extension Program
Knoxville
Bill Jenkins
Jim’ Goff
Ernest Mueller
Robert’ Dane
Pleasantville
Worth Darnell
8.S. Fisher
Gerald de Penning
Pella
James Cummings
James Holland
Harold Loynacan
Lester Ranks
Brownie Kudson
Secreta
Hereford Heifer Makes FFA Project At Pella High
Marvin Verros, a Pella High sophomore from Summit near Otley, raises a purebred Hereford heifer as his FFA project. Through the 4-H club, he learned beef-raising skills and remains an active member while his parents farm nearby.
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Marvin Verros
Marvin
County Extension Council names 60 to plan 1956 57 program
The Extension Council has appointed 60 persons from all areas in the county to help in planning the 1956 57 Extension program. After the election of officers, the committees began their plans for the program year which begins October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo McCorkle
Knoxville
Worth Rankin Jr
Pleasantville
Extension Council
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Chronicle Farm Photos
Farm Bureau Women
van Gorp Hatchery
Mae
Federal Discount Corp
Livermore
Oskaloosa
Martin Naaktgeboren
Horman
Frank Tromp
Pfisten Tay
Pfister
John G. Ver Ploeg
Nick Geurts
Dale McComas
Monroe Tunis Dykstra
Leighton
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Monroe, Iowa
County Extension Committee
Paardekooper
Hereford
Pella High School
Dave Verros
Summit
Otley
Don J. van Gorp
Bankers Life Insurance
American Motors
Metropolitan
Abc-Tv
Nash and Hudson
Oskaloosa St
Farmers Coop Exchange
South St
Pella, Iowa
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