Anderson Warns of Land Boom
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned that rising farm real estate prices risk a postwar land boom and crash. He cited a 13 percent rise in the year to March 1 and a 4 percent rise in the last four months, with values 71 percent above 1935-39. He warned vets face limited security and that speculative bidding harms establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V . Ashington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Europe Told To Stamp Out Black Marts
UNRRA Director Fiorello La Guardia urged food ministers from 17 European nations to stamp out black markets. Attlee opened a Commons debate amid warnings that supplying countries must curb profiteers, while Furness pressed farmers to release stored wheat. Canada and the United States were praised for historic grain contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UNRRA
Fiorello la Guardia
Attlee
Commons
Britain
W. G. Welk
la Guardia
R. A. Furness
Europe
Furness
Canada
United States
Hoover Warns of Inevitable Hunger in Europe
London AP Hoover said famine in Europe is inevitable unless wheat producing nations ship all available food. He urged immediate aid and noted 20,000,000 undernourished children from the Russian frontier to the English Channel risk tuberculosis rickets anemia and other diseases due to subnormal feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Hoover
Europe
America
Hoover
Truman
English Channel
Legumes Boost Feeding Value Of Brome Grass
Urbana Illinois early results show bromegrass with alfalfa yields 240 pounds protein per ton versus 170 when grown alone. Mixing with legumes increases minerals, protein, and feeding quality, placing bromegrass among top grasses for forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
J . Snider
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Snider
Agronomist
Fence Drift and Cattle Prices Signal Market Shift
Cattlemen expect end of price controls and higher fat cattle prices as the spread between feeder cattle prices in Kansas City and slaughter steer prices in Chicago narrows to under $1 per hundredweight, barely covering freight and marketing costs, notes Iowa State College economist Francis Kutish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Francis Kutish
Towa State ‘College
Tree Planting Demonstration Set for April 9
A windbreak tree planting demonstration will be held Tuesday afternoon, April 9, on the H. Art Schwiebert farm located two and one fourth miles southeast of here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
H. Art Schwiebert
Here
Poison Bait Best Method for Gopher Control, Says Expert
Harold Gunderson of the Town State College extension entomology advises poison bait as a faster gopher control method. Use long vegetable strips mixed with strychnine dust in a jar, find runways with a broomstick, drop bait, seal entrances, and drag mounds. Illinois wool production in 1946 totaled 5,189,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Harold Gunderson
Town State College Extension
Gunderson
Illinois
F U Grain Terminal Faces License Review
In St Paul Minnesota the Farmers Union Grain Terminal faces possible license revocation after closing oral arguments. The case centers on whether a cooperative may buy for its own mills grain consigned to it for sale on commission by its members. The decision may go to district court and possibly state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
W. E. Rumble
Minnesota
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
Commission
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Linn County Board Agrees to Sale of Taxed Property
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors approves sale of Lot 1 Block 4 Vernon View Addition and Lots 8 9 Block 3 Vernon View Addition Bertram Township to Dwight S Winter and Doris M Winter for 55.00. authorizes deed by Elmer M Seevell and notes other resolutions and wage, road, and hearing actions from January 1946 session.
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Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Beeson
Seevell
Petty
Board of Supervsors
Vernon View
Bertram Township
Dwight S. Winter
Doris M. Winter
Elmer M. Seevell
Iows
Dwight
Winter
Clyde S. ‘Timm
State Hospital
Woodward
Towa
County Auditor's
State Institution Ledger
Clyde
Timm
Black
Hart
Kenwood Park
Tate
Oes
E Renee
Pathe
Tows
Clarence Hopker
Center Point Independent
Wiiting
Eva van Note Blake
Warren J Blake
Leverich
Center Point
Town
Barclay C. DeWees
Arina DeWees
Nova Lavena Crouch
Ge Cc. L, & Imp. Co
Central City
Ows
Bessie M. Park
Graut
Ligon
Emma
Albright
Isabelle Pike
Central Lofty
Son
Baker
John W
Indiana
Oliver T Baker
Marion
Lloyd Wright
Forrest Taschner
County
Central City News
Gazette Co
Shadle Printing Co
Kolarik Book Binding Co
Holden Kohler Co
Treas
News One
Baker Paper Co
McCright Ins Agency
Sheaffer Pen Co
Filter Supply Co
Shif
Paulson Ed Coast Co
Hae and Jatrors
Grant Township
Baldwin
Frank
Baldwin Frank
Mt Vernon Hawkeye Record
Lefebvre Corp
Jones, Dempsy Co
Rapids
Ens
Bokorney
Rapids Chevrolet
Stone's
State Institution Fund
Grimes
John HM
St. ‘Treas
Konigsmark
Stanley
Bemner
Wm. L
Fruceedinge
State of Iowa
Board of Supervisors of
Iowa State Highway Commission
Missouri Valley
Clinton
Senate
Corn Belt
Iowa Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Congress of
United States
U. S
Congress
State of
Iowa Tats Highway Commission
Ames
Iow
Paddournes
Otto F. Hanzulk
Machine Built To Electrocute Weeds In Wyoming
A home made weed killing machine built by G. M. Baker and H. M. Snyder of Wheatland Wyoming uses a 12 000 volt system to electrocute weeds. The unit mounts a 5 kilowatt generator on a truck with a transformer and a steel pronged brush. Cost is about 800 to 900 dollars per machine and roughly 10 dollars per acre. Botanists study electricity effects on plants to gauge practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Baker
H. M. Snyder
Wheatland
Wyoming
Arizona
Farmers Union cooperative accused of grain license fraud
The court held cooperative law bars buying grain consigned for sale. Prosecutor George E. Simpson contends the Farmers Union cooperative bought over 23 million dollars worth of grain in 1944-45 before other firms could bid, and alleged falsification of license applications to misrepresent its finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumble
Grain Commission
Ray P. Chase
Chase
Terminal Association
Ment
Farmers Union Cooperative
George E. Simpson
Commission
Action On Dairy Prices Urged By Committee Head
Washington D C Chairman Stephen Pace urged President Truman to grant Secretary Clinton P Anderson full authority over dairy production pricing and distribution. He noted a delay after March 8 recommendations to Anderson OPA and Bowles and warned milk production is falling and supplies shrinking nationwide. Pace attached a Galveston petition signed by 7000 residents supporting the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Special House Food Investigating Committee
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Pace
Anderson
OPA
Paul Porter
Chester Bowles
Galveston
Texas
Solon Proposes Sale of Govt Land to Veterans
Washington AP Rep Chenoweth urges selling government land now unused in 34 states to war veterans. He cites 7.25 million acres under Soil Conservation Service in land utilization programs bought during droughts. Chenoweth notes farms can be cultivated and cites $548000 earned last year from leases as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Chenoweth
R-Cole
Secretary of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Demand Exceeds Farm Worker Supply in Iowa
Ames County extension directors across 79 counties sought 1,315 workers in March, but only 546 placements occurred. Requests split into 846 single men and 469 married, with 1,020 year around and 295 seasonal positions. Veterans accounted for 95 of March placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames — County Extension
John R. Fitzsimmons
Towa State College
Ayrshire cow tops sale at Fred Levenhagen farm
Monona area reports the top offering at the Fred Levenhagen farm sale held Tuesday was an Ayrshire cow selling for 195 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Levenhagen
Here
Ayrshire
Food Saving Drive Launched In Ames Iowa
The Iowa extension service announced a campaign to conserve food and fats amid wartime shortages. County directors and home economists will lead famine conservation programs with support from state and federal agencies including the AAA and Farm Security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Agriculture Extension Service
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Bliss
Iowa Usda Council
A. J. Loveland
Emergency Food Campaign
Iow Usda Council
AAA
Soi Conservation Service
Farm Security Administration
Far Credit Administration
Vocationa Agriculture
Chambers of Commerce
Ditching Demos Planned at Three Allamakee Farms
Three dynamic ditching demonstrations will be held Thursday April 11 at Leon ard Ryan farm Union Prairie township 11 00 am Leo Promnitz farm Jefferson township 2 00 pm and Chet Barr farm Franklin township 5 00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Leonard Ryan
Union Prairi Township
Leo Promnitz
Jefferson Township
Chet Barr
Franklin Township
Winneshiek County Conservation Signups Reach 188 Farms
One thousand eight eight farms have joined conservation practices in Winneshiek county during a recent campaign. Julius Jacobson of the SCS committee reports the enrollment numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Julius Jacobson
SCS Committee
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