Dieleman Dairy Farm Project A Family Dairy Endeavor
A Pella area farm illustrates a family dairy enterprise led by Dan Dieleman Jr. on a 160 acre site. The setup includes a milking parlor, silage production, strict sanitation, and milk sold in bulk to Des Moines. Josephine the Holstein, records show high yields, and the Dielemans balance farming with cattle, ponds, and home life, praising dairy as a rewarding, if not highly profit yet, venture during June Dairy Month.
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Pella
Dan Dieleman Jr
Des Moines
Iny
Josephine
Flanghorne Reasner
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Dan
Dislaman
Marion County Soil District
Dielemans
Dieleman
Deane
Lme Eooms
James Center
John
Wheat marketing quotas vote set for June 25 referendum
The article explains the Farm program for 1956 wheat pricing and quotas. The minimum national average support remains at $1.81 per bushel if parity price and supply indicators demand, with possible increases. Voters will decide on June 25 whether two thirds of farmers approve quotas, keeping price support at or above the specified level for the 1956 crop.
Wheat support price set for 1956 crop announcement
The U S Department of Agriculture announces a minimum price support not less than $1.81 per bushel for the 1956 wheat crop, national average. The rate applies in Iowa and other wheat states if growers approve quotas in the June 26 referendum, reflecting 76 percent of the estimated parity price.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Merrill L. Robuck
Marion County
ASC
Iowa
Dairy Foods Provide Biggest Share Of A Family's Nutrition
American homemakers spent about 63 billion dollars for food in 1954. Approximately 15 percent, more than nine million dollars, went to milk and milk products. Dairy foods supply the largest share of vitamins minerals protein and energy for families. Dairying is a major economic force with three million farmers and seven million workers in related sectors.
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al Hagen
Iowa
Hagen
Wheat quota penalties and price support rules outlined
The text explains marketing quotas for grower wheat states, penalties for exceeding farm allotments, and price support eligibility. If more than one third of growers vote against quotas, quotas are not in effect and price support is 50 percent of transitional parity, about $1.19 a bushel for within allotment producers. those exceeding allotments lose price support.
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Dan Disleman
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Clover Leaf
Peoria
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Pohlmann
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Serva Wml 2
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