Soil Bank Plans Shape Kossuth County Farming
Kossuth County farmers will place 14 844 acres in soil bank and 14 126 acres in corn acreage reserve for 1958. Conservation contracts cover 219 acres. eight contracts from 1956 57 add 174 acres, with two new contracts 44 acres. Statewide Iowa 1958 soil bank totals include 1 009 828 acres in corn reserve and 75 000 in conservation reserve.
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Soll Bank
Kossuth
R. J. Anderson
ASC
Kossuth County
Soil Bank
Iowa Soil Bank
Iowa
Woodbury
Harrison
Page
Fremont
Taylor
Polk
Calhoun
Carroll
Cedar
Missing billfold traced to window theft in Clarinda
Lonnie Howard of Clarinda reported his trousers with a billfold containing about eight dollars taken while he slept. A thief reached through an open window and removed the garments from a chair, leaving them later discarded in the yard.
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Lonnie Howard
Clarinda
Hog price prospects and lamb market outlook in farm report
The Farm Outlook quotes extension director Tom Rackham noting hog prices should stay firm due to good prices and a strong feed crop outlook. He says fall hog supplies will be similar to last year, with market dynamics tied to wholesale pork and loin prices. Lamb prices appear slow with a larger early spring lamb crop due in June, while the wool market remains slack.
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Tom Rackham
Town State College Farm
Rackham
Wool Market Sees Buyback Booster Says Rackham
Rackham says the textile industry will renew wool processors purchases. Demand for ewes and ewe lambs supports stock development, with strong lamb feeding profits. The north-central region shows average feeding margin about one dollar higher per lamb in early 1958 than 1966-57.
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Rackham
Understanding Children and Daily Routines through Compromise
The authors describe four children resisting exact requests by slight deviations to gain control. By offering clear end goals and allowing choice within limits, parental compromises reduce power clashes and often improve outcomes, though some tension remains.
Church Services and Schedules Across Local Congregations
Local notices list Sunday worship times and Sunday School for several churches. Good Hope Lutheran and Immanuel Lutheran in Schwerin detail morning services and Bible classes, while Titonka’s Methodist Church shares worship and church school times. Ramsey Reformed and First Presbyterian publish morning and evening services with midweek prayer. A fragment mentions Beening Service and Bible classes in Clay County.
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Good Hope Lutheran B
Schwerin
First Bible Presbyterian Church
Robert A. Wildeman
Woden Church Service Schedule
The notice lists Sunday events at Woden church with a 9:00 am Sunday School and 10:00 am Worship Service led by Pastor Wayenga.
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Woden Presbyterian Church
Lo, Wayenga
Acreage Reserve Payments Under Way in Kossuth County
The Kossuth County ASC office begins issuing 1958 acreage reserve payments as compliance checks proceed. Payments go to farmers who were in full agreement and fields meet soil bank rules, with final totals potentially below maximum due to noncompliance.
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The
Soil Bank
Kossuth
ASC
Algona
Virgil L. Rohlf
Mali
Soil ‘Bank
Rohlf
ASC Office Ayance
Arresne Alletmnen
Anc
Farmers view contour farming during Conservation Week
The article features John Schwieteri Harold Moning Yarvey Larsen Randall Clark and Wendell Bertelian—district cooperators from Burt West Bend Eagle Township and Pum Creek Township—sharing experiences on contour farming to reduce erosion conserve soil and improve moisture retention through updated equipment and larger field units.
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John Schwieteri
Burt
John
Harold Moning
West Bend
Harold
Yarvey Larsen
Eagle Township
Harvey
Wendell Bertelian
Problon
Randall & Clark
Pum Creek
Rand
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Devries Auction Sales
Devries Auction CO
Buffalo Center
Titonka Savings Bank
Deral
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kossuth Co
Callies Bros
Intermill’s
Ervin Halvorson
Churcly Buern
Immanuel Lutheran H. A. Diers
Titonka-Doan
the Methodist Church
Max E. Goldman
Titonka
Ramsey Reformed Church
Kev
William Mroon
United States
Grace Baptist Church
Roaling Andrews
Vite
Oy Lyler, Riel
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