Record Exports Jump as 1963 Growth Boosts U.S. Farm Goods
The Economist notes sizable yearly gains in foreign sales of cotton tobacco and poultry as exports remain strong due to factors like CCC policy cotton stock sales and European Japanese livestock demand. Wheat exports hit a record 850 million bushels up 210 million from last year while 1964 65 prospects look lower. Agricultural products constituted about one fourth of U.S. exports totaling nearly $23 billion in 1963.
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Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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U.S
Hawkeye Naturama Master Recreation Plan Proposed for Iowa
A 23 member advisory panel named by Gov Hughes released the first report on conserving outdoor resources. It outlines a future Iowa master recreation and outdoor education center called Hawkeye Naturama, covering 5 000 to 6 000 acres near a river with an impoundment, within 50 miles of interstates, at an estimated cost of 10 million dollars. The plan envisions year round facilities including camping picnicking swimming hiking fishing and more, seeking legislative funding.
Elias Howe Invented the Sewing Machine in 1819
Elias Howe is credited with inventing the sewing machine in 1819, a development that transformed textile production and garment making by enabling faster, more efficient stitching and mass production capabilities.
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Elias Howe
Polk Hustlers 4-H Club Holds October Meeting
Polk Hustlers 4-H Club met October 10 at Gene Carpenter’s home with 14 members and two leaders. Record books were turned in, and those 11 or older with completed books earned a free ticket to the Bremer County 4-H Awards Banquet at the Riviera Ballroom. New member Greg Smith attended. Mike Robinson gave “Don’t Let Dairy Cows Get Thirsty,” Donald Beine demonstrated “How to Make a Rain Gauge.” Barbara Rieck reported.
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Gene Carpenter
Bremer County
Riviera Ballroom
Greg Smith
Mike Robinson
Donald Beine
Opening 56 mile stretch of I 80 from Grinnell to Iowa City
The Iowa highway commission announced a 56 mile opening of Interstate 80 on October 23 linking Des Moines to Grinnell and Iowa City to Davenport, contingent on dry weather with a rain date of October 30. The LeClaire bridge remains the final Mississippi River gap, planned for 1966.
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Garden tips save bulbs tomatoes and tools for winter
County Extension Director Gene Vincent presents a Weekly Garden column with advice from extension horticulturist Ben F. Vance of Iowa State University. Dig bulbs now and dry them two weeks before storage in dry boxes with peat and vermiculite, at 50 to 55 degrees. Store ripe tomatoes before frost at 40 to 50 degrees for slower ripening. Maintain lawns with 2,4-D consider timing and height till winter. Clean and oil garden tools, wash spreaders and store with top off. Mulch strawberries with oat straw to prevent spring germination and seed problems.
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Ben F. Vance
Iowa State University
Social Welfare Payments in September Iowa report
The Iowa State Department of Social Welfare released September data. Bremer county totals show old age assistance 146 cases with 13786 dollars in payments and costs across nursing and medical. Medical aid for the aged includes 56 cases totaling 6463 dollars. Aid to dependent children covers 24 cases with 3848 dollars. Aid to the blind and disabled also appear. Statewide expenditures from public assistance reached 4,867,499 dollars, down 12,012 from the prior month, with notable drops in medical aid to the aged and per-claim costs averaging 58.14 dollars, suggesting a possible leveling off or temporary decline.
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Iowa State Department of Social Welfare
Bremer County
Winter rose protection tips and fall garden event notes
Extension horticulturist Ben F. Vance explains rose protection from October through March using soil mounding and soil from gardens other than the rose bed. Advice covers removing fallen leaves, tying canes, pruning timing, and protecting climbing roses. Also announced is the annual Garden Club Short Course and Flower Show at Iowa State campus November 5–6 with sessions and a Sun Room flower show.
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Towa State University
Garden Club
Iowa State
Iowa State University
Memorial Union
Holi days Ahead show open to the public weekend
The event runs 3:00 to 10:00 p m on November 5 and 8:00 to 4:00 p m on November 6. If fall rains are light, water evergreen trees and shrubs deeply before the soil freezes to 12 18 inches. Dry soil heightens winter injury risk. mulch newly planted evergreens to protect against frost and browning of foliage.
Iowa farmers trimmed corn yield forecast this year
Iowa farmers are projected to harvest 76 bushels per acre, five bushels below last July’s forecast, totaling about 743,736,000 bushels in Iowa. Nationwide crop outlook sits at 3,564,386,000 bushels, roughly 500 million less than the 1963 peak, due to drought across the corn belt.
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Crop Reporting Service
Corn
Education Becomes Main Theme in Governor Race
Republican Atty. Gen. Evan Hultman unveils an education plan to raise state school aid from 30 million to 40 million dollars annually. He also proposes allocating 5 million dollars yearly for vocational and technical education, signaling education as the campaign's central issue.
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Hultman
State funds fall short of school tax offset goals
Gov Harold Hughes said the state would need about 15 million dollars annually to offset local property taxes for schools while Hultman proposed only 5 million for technical education. The statement, from a Tripoli context, notes current expenditures and debate over funding priorities for vocational training.
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Hughes
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