Wheat Shortage Hits Major Markets Across Kansas City
A Kansas City board of trade official warns scarcity drives high prices as farmers withhold wheat. Only nine of the cars were loaded with wheat, vastly below last April's near 300 cars. All three million bushels remain in elevators, far under last year's twenty million. Millers threaten shutdowns unless federal action restores supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ams City
Board of Trade
Walter R. Scott
Kansas City
Aot of Trade
E. P. Mitchell
Kansas Flour Mills Company
Wheat Belt
Washington
Interior wheat receipts dip at large markets in Chicago area
Carlot receipts of wheat at major interior markets on Wednesday lagged behind last year with Kansas City posting only nine carloads versus 295 in April 1945. Duluth and Omaha saw higher totals while Dow Jones estimated 12 principal interior terminals at 1 053 000 bushels, slightly above year ago levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Duluth
Omaha
Dow-Jones
Fence Drift Cautionary Tale On Waste And thrift
In a column by R B C the piece titled Fence Drift warns against waste linking past thrift to today’s wheat shortage. It recalls a grandfatherly buggy ride memory where discarded corn ears were picked up as a lesson in prudent use of grain and supplies.
Receipts at interior markets by city and year
The report lists market receipts for Kansas City Chicago Omaha Duluth Minneapolis St Louis Wichita St Joseph Indianapolis Sioux City Peoria Milwaukee with current figures and year ago totals where available. Several entries show year ago data unavailable.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Omaha
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wichita
St. Joseph
Indianapolis
Sioux City
Peoria
Milwaukee
House Passes Bill to Eliminate FSA
Washington AP report says the House sent a bill by Rep. Cooley to the Senate that would abolish the Farm Security Administration and move its lending into a Farmers Home Administration within the Agriculture Department. A separate Senate bill would consolidate all farmer loan agencies into an independent agency outside Agriculture.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep. Cooley
D-N.c
Farm Security Administration
Department of Agriculture
Flannagan
D-Va
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Lack of Shipping Space Ties Up Meat in Denmark
UNRRA reports Denmark has meat ready for export but shipping space prioritizes other commoditie s. Danish cattle meat committee chairman calls the situation sheer madness as allocation rules prevent excess meat from leaving the country. Shortages in European shipping and refrigerated transport hinder UNRRA purchases and force redirection of meat sales through other channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Washington
UNRRA
Jacob Tredegaard
Danish Agriculture Ministry
Copenhagen
Europe
Marcus Bach to Speak on Culture in the Corn Field
Dr Marcus Bach head of religious education at the State University of Iowa will discuss culture in the corn field during the Benton county rural women's night at the Van Horne school on Wednesday evening April 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Marcus Bach
State University of Iowa
Cornfield
Benton County
van Horne
Iowa Farmers Seed Small Grain Across State Early
Iowa farmers seeded over 4 million acres of small grain last week, with 81 percent of oats planted by Saturday. Northeast district lags, but fields are improving under favorable conditions. labor remains tight yet field work proceeds on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Good Seed Is Best Buy Kling Tells C R Farmers Club
Henry Kling of the Hamilton and Coal Company urged Cedar Rapids Farmers Club members that properly processed farm seeds are the best buy. He cited dockage in red clover seed and described how seed-cleaning plants improve purity, germination, and overall seed value through mechanical separation and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kling
Hamilton and Coal Company
Cedar Rapids Farmers Club
OPA
Kling
Coco-De-Mer
Blind Veteran Starts Poultry Farm In Palo
Donald G. Hopker, 24, a blind Army veteran with two Purple Hearts and four battle stars, returns to Palo to begin a poultry farm with his wife Evelyn Jones. They are remodeling a large house on 5.5 acres, fencing 2.5 acres for poultry and planting 1.5 acres in potatoes, purchasing 40 laying hens and ordering 300 pullets.
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Rex Conn
Donald G. Hopker
Palo
Evelyn Jones
Oakland
Calif
Dibble General Hospital
Menio Park
Hopker
Cedar Rapids National Guard
634Th
Normandy
France
Belgium
Aachen
Army Rehabilitation Center
Avon, Conn
Glenn Oe ‘Ker
Donald
Sound Farm Land Use Objective of Little Sioux Project
Sound use of all farm land will be the key phase in the Little Sioux flood control project now under way. H O Ogrosky says widespread adoption of improved practices will increase rainfall infiltration and cut flood runoff. The second phase will build gull y control structures. Federal funds exceed four million dollars for about three million acres. Agencies include USDA Soil Conservation Service and ISU extension service with local cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
INS
Little Sioux
H. O. Ogrosky
Soil Conservation Service
Ogrosky
United States Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Northwest
Iowa
Little Sioux Agricultural Committee
Blue Will Open Plowing Contest
Governor Robert D. Blue will fire the opening gun for the National Clean Plowing contest in Eden township Benton county on Saturday April 7. Prizes totaling $1,000 will be awarded to contest winners. The event is under the auspices of the organizers.
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Robert D. Blue
Edén Township
Benton County
Kellogg’s AOG 1000 in Three Forms
Kellogg's of Battle Creek markets AOG 1000 in three forms Ribbon Meal or Peletti. Available at grocers and pet shops.
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Kellogg’s of
Battle Creek
Farm Parity Rider to OPA Bill Dropped
Farm state leaders agreed to drop a controversial parity rider that would raise farm prices by including farm labor costs. Rep Pace of Georgia had planned to tie parity to the OPA bill or minimum wage legislation, but sent the measure to action as a separate proposal. The administration opposes parity, warning it could push up the food bill and trigger a veto if attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Senate
Rules Committee
House
Truman
Banking Committee
Farm Briefs Report Shaeffer Sale and Oelwein Move
Maynard reports Elmer Shaeffer and wife sold their farm with stock and equipment to Ben Sheldon and wife. They stay at the hotel until school ends, then relocate to Oelwein. Amana notes oats seeding near finish and the society's 26 000 acres with about one third under cultivation. Neighbors aided F Reinke's oat seeding after his illness.
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Maynard
Elmer Shaeffer
Ben Sheldon
Oelwein
High Amana
Amana
F. Reinke
Don
Outlook Dark for Buying Cattle to Go on Grass
Iowa State college farm economist Francis Kutish warns bleak prospects for purchasing feeder cattle for grass finishing. He notes feeder cattle prices are $1.50 to $2 higher per hundredweight than a year ago and grass fed cattle next fall remain uncertain, with high cattle numbers and potential heavy marketings if weather turns unfavorable. He cites light winter feeder cattle marketings and average stocker feeder prices at four major markets of $13.76 in January February versus $12.38 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Francis Kutish
Iowa State College
Kutish
Neighbors rally to aid Center Point farmer after fire loss
Howard Dodge of Center Point reports neighbors helped after a fire destroyed his machine shed, tractors, and other equipment. The piece notes farm financing offered by The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids and discusses spring oats seeding progress, field practices, and planned clean plowing demonstrations in eastern Iowa counties.
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Howard Dodge
Center Point
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Towa
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Second Avenue SE
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First Avenue
John J. Yuva
Cedar Rapids Hatchery
First Ave
C.R. Farmers Club
Eans
Larg
Perry
11Th St
Marion
Wens
Blue
Iowa Livestock Exchange
John Meeks
Leroy Boddicker
F. J. Jirsa
C. E. Jorden
Raymond Schmickle
Wm. Tracta
Justus Vaupel
Dale Ward
Joe Konick
Ray Nolan
L. J. Connell
Lester Richart
Jesse Potter
Alfred
Frank Simon
Tony Schmitz Seten Sans van Horne
Iow
Nancy Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Virginia
Winchester
Mt. Vernon Seminary
A. Y. McDonald
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Checker Electric Supply, Inc
1St St
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Merchants National Bank
Denver
Serum CO
Adyvart
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