Farm Bureau leaders urge restraint to stabilize hog prices
Kerry Drake notes 200 Farm Bureau leaders warn against flooding markets as February breeding plans target December sale. They advocate holding 1957 production to shore up prices and farm income, calling for cooperation of press editors, banks, and swine groups to publicize price threats and sustain favorable hog feeding ratios.
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The Baffles by Mahoney
Fragmented OCR text suggests a segment involving characters Ram Panat Alggna and a banker with references to a cashier role. Details are unclear due to garbled source and missing context.
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Ram Panat
Highway Deaths Reach Vacancies In 1957
Despite a 50 percent drop in the year’s traffic fatalities, most vacancy spots on the highway fatality list have been filled. The piece mocks dangerous driving as a way to become “first” to die, noting fast speeds above 80 mph and night recklessness as open slots.
Farmers Urged To Hold Even Hog Production
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation leaders from 100 county farm bureaus told producers to curb hog numbers to protect prices for fall and winter 1957. They warned that ignoring danger signs could cost farmers millions, while breeding stock sales rise and markets for breeding stock remain strong in many counties.
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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
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