March Slaughter Sets New Record Decrease in Receipts Is Anticipated
CHICAGO meat processing hit record levels in March with federally inspected slaughter rising across hogs cattle calves and sheep and lambs. Hog slaughter reached 7 165 319 head the twelfth consecutive monthly record while cattle slaughter jumped to 1 056 554 head and calves 564 596. Sheep and lambs total 1 537 798. The report notes signs of April high slaughter and explains feed shortages and lighter average weights affect beef output. The piece also profiles Edwin Freese four miles southwest of Scotch Grove renovating a bluegrass pasture with lime superphosphate and reseeding plans.
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Chicago
Edwin Freese
Scotch Grove
Freese
Jones County
Jones County Soil Conservation District
Anamosa
WFA Names Dealers To Act as Agents in Egg Buying Program
Des Moines April 7 War Food Administration names 111 middle western dealers as agents to buy eggs at not less than 26 cents per dozen loose. Agents receive 29 cents per dozen for carload lots. 90 cents per case covers shipping and handling costs. Iowa names include Anamosa Poultry and Egg Co., Anamosa. F. J. Peterson, Clinton. Morning Sun Produce Co., Morning Sun. M. J. Goodrich, Strawberry Point. Wescott and Winks, Sumner.
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WFA
Des Moines
War Food Administration
Middle Western States
Iowa
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Company
Anamosa
F. J. Peterson
Clinton
Morning Sun Produce Company
Morning Sun
M. J. Goodrich
Strawberry Point
Wescott and Winks
Sumner
Equitable Sells 170 Acre Schmidt Farm Near Victor
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States sold the 170.83 acre Schmidt farm three and a half miles southeast of Victor to George and Emma Slager of Victor for 12750 dollars. Immediate possession was given.
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Victor
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Schmidt
Here
George and
Emma Slager
Hemp Cut Laid To Seed Lack Lower Demand
Washington reports a reduced wartime hemp plan due to seed shortages and lower WPB needs. Samuel H. McCrory testifies before Senator Gillette that 17 government mills will operate this year, out of 42 built or planned for 1944, with 25 plants idle. The 17 active mills span Indiana Illinois Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Washington (Lp
War Production Board
Samuel H. McCrory
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Agriculture
WPB
McCrory
Senator Gillette
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa Egg Production Reaches Record March High
Des Moines reports Iowa produced 514 million eggs in March 1944, up 8 percent from 1943, with 35.1 million layers and an average of 1,567 eggs per 100 layers. Director Leslie M. Carl notes favorable winter weather and a large flock drove the record, while prices and feed costs shifted.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl
Jamaica to recruit up to 15000 farm workers for U S
Kingston officials said recruitment of 13 000 to 15 000 agricultural workers for work in the United States will begin soon. The effort will be conducted by American authorities under a plan similar to the one used last summer.
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Kingston
Jamaica
United States
WPB Increases Quotas to Speed Farm Machinery Output
War Production Board boosts quotas for capable plants as farm equipment production lags behind 1944 goals. Tractors and other items face manpower shortages, while a new army sponsored foreign program shifts some builds to Canada and the UK.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Army
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canada
United Kingdom
Foreign Economic Administration
War Food Administration
Overheating Weakens Chicks Says Purdue Expert
Lafayette Ind Keep chicks cool and watch growth says John H Lunn extension poultryman at Purdue University. Overheating yields weak listless chicks that become pasty behind. Start at 90 to 95 degrees at chick backs and hover edge. Electric stoves run five degrees warmer as they don t heat the whole brooder.
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Lafayette
Ind
John H Lunn
Purdue University
Lunn
Farm Social Security Plan Advocated By Wickard
Agriculture Secretary Claude A. Wickard urged extending social security to farmers hired hands and other agricultural workers as a postwar measure to improve rural conditions. He warned against consolidating small family farms into large corporations and called for continued price controls and safeguards for both consumers and producers. He warned of an inflationary postwar cycle and stressed the need for preemptive farm programs to avoid rural misery after the war.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture
Claude A. Wickard
Wickard
United States
Cedar Valley Farm Association Sets 7 Spring Meetings
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association members will gather for seven meetings where the 1943 records summary will be presented and farm management problems discussed. HH S Nicol of Cedar Rapids announced dates across Marengo Grinnell Anamosa Vinton Grundy Center Marion and Toledo with 8 p.m. start.
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Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
HH. S. Nicol
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Marengo
Monroe Hotel
Grinnell
Toledo
Courthouse
Anamosa
Vinton
Grundy Center
Memorial Hall
Marion
Nicol
Simon Succeeds Phead as West Branch Tester
Henry Simon has been named tester for the West Branch Dairy Herd Improvement association, succeeding Everett Phead in the role.
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West Branch
Henry Simon
Everett Phead
West Branch Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Oats Yields Fall With Delayed Seeding Amid Rust Fears
Ames researchers warn oats yields drop about one bushel per acre for each day after April 1 with old varieties. Plant breeder L C Burnett notes new rust resistant oats may tolerate late seeding better. Heavy Jeaf rust is spreading from the south and could reach Iowa by wind, though widely planted resistant varieties reduce risk.
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Ames
L. C. Burnett
Burnett
Iowa
Navy Pre-Flight Cadets Grow Victory Garden At Iowa Farm
Aviation cadets at Navy Preflight school in Iowa City work under Lt Steven Sinko to prepare 18 acres donated by Dr Dean Lierle for a victory garden. They clear land mend fences drain fields and will plant corn tomatoes lettuce beans onions cabbage potatoes melons and more for the cadet mess. The project supports the training program requiring cadets to learn farm tool use and general agricultural skills.
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Iowa City
U. S. Navy
Dean Lierle
Steven Sinko
Lierle
Dairymen Fear Home Markets Damaged by Price Controls
Chicago AP Owen M Richards head of the American Dairy Association warned at a postwar rally that home markets for dairy goods have been wrecked by price ceilings and policy, threatening a 10 to 15 billion pound annual surplus after war demands fade. He cited current production near 119 billion pounds versus prewar 103 billion, urged dairymen to act independently, expand outlets, and boost advertising and research to meet future demand and strengthen the economy.
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Chicago
Owen M. Richards
American Dairy Association
Richards
America
Auctions Schedule Shows Behrens Closure and Stock Sale
Walter H. Behrens closes out Wednesday April 12 two miles west of Atkins. Iowa Live Stock Exchange hosts the night horse sale Tuesday May 2 in Cedar Rapids.
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Walter H. Behrens
Atkins
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Milk as America's top farm crop prize prompts action
Chris L. Christensen of Celotex and former UW agriculture dean argues government curtailments and price controls undermine long term dairy growth while milk remains America's leading farm commodity. He notes the 1941 mills crop worth nearly $2 billion, far above cotton and corn. John Brandt of National Co operative Milk Producers and Land O Lakes urges immediate industry action on Richards program.
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Chris L. Christensen
Celotex Corporation
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
America
John Brandt
Minneapolis
National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Land
Louisa Women Host Rural Day Speaker at Meeting
Louisa county rural women's day set for April 17 in Wapello. Mrs. Raymond Sayre Iowa Farm Bureau federation state chairman will speak on Schools.
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Wapello
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