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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1943

Page

3

Farmers optimistic on 1943 output despite labor gloom

Ames farm management reports 250 business association members plan to raise production in 1943 though labor shortages and wage uncertainty temper enthusiasm. Day rates, seasonal help, and regional wage patterns vary with east central Iowa highest wages and northeast lowest. production outlook hinges on labor supply and cattle feeding trends.

Ames Business Association Iowa Ieee of Iowa Farm Business Associations East Central Central Northwest Northeast BET Waste Central Ot Roy Ames Farm Management

Fire kills 150 baby pullets in Mt Auburn on Duke property

A Mt Auburn fire destroyed 150 one and a half week old pullet chicks on the Arleigh Duke property Friday afternoon. The cause remains undetermined and the $150 loss was not insured.

MT. Auburn Arleigh Duke

Linseed Oilmeal Prices Set By Price Office

Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set price ceilings for linseed oil meal cake and pellets. The ceilings are below current levels but align with flax seed grower parity. The move aims to reduce costs for farmers using linseed oil feed.

Washington (Lp Office of Price Administration

Jones County organizes farm labor pool to aid farmers

A county farm labor committee in Jones County sets up a reserve labor pool for farmers facing help shortages. Questionnaires go to high school students and town residents to gauge availability. Anamosa Farm Bureau will clear labor needs, with high school boys allowed one school day weekly and a minimum wage of 30 cents per hour plus transportation. Adults, including women, face a 35 cent minimum. some women may aid with canning on a share basis. committees assemble in Monticello and Martelle, with others planned countywide.

Anamosa Jones Farm Bureau Anamosa High School Monticello High School

45000 Acres Damaged by Big Muddy Flood

SHENANDOAH I A survey will study Missouri river flood effects on more than 45000 acres in southwestern Iowa. engineer to arrive from Washington to begin work after waters recede. Powell estimates 65 percent of flooded lands will be planted this spring. silt deposited inland may be inert for years.

Shenandoah INS Washington Iowa T. J. Powell Powell

Des Moines Weather Expert Notes Severe Drought Threat

Des Moines meteorologist Charles D. Reed warns that early drought could prevent Missouri River floodwaters from receding in time for corn and soybean crops. He sees no current sign of a June flood unless heavy rains hit South Dakota Nebraska and western Iowa, with hundreds of thousands of Iowa lowland acres already out of production.

Des Moines Missouri Charles D. Reed

Contoured Garden Practices Highlight Clayton County Soil Chief

I L Christensen district soil conservationist for Clayton County has planted his garden on the contour for two years and this season he farms two gardens on sloping land with rows staked to follow level contours.

Eleader I. L. Christensen Clayton County Christensen

Wartime food outlook brightens with planting gains

Washington reports cheerful crop planting surveys and favorable livestock data ease wartime food worries. Officials note 1943 could match or exceed 1942 output if weather holds and harvest labor remains available, though forecasts remain cautious amid weather variability.

Ovida. Martin Washington War Food Administration Chester C. Davis St. Louis Agriculture Department

Largest Corn Field in Clayton County Contour Strip Cropped

1943 plan for Clayton County's 170 acre field on Elmer Klinge farm near Farmersburg. H A Butch Wickler says the acreage will be rotated in corn oats and clover timothy with about 55 acres in oats this year and a three year cycle established.

Farmersburg Clayton County H. A Butch” Wickler Garnaville Clayton County Soil Conservation District Elmer Klinge Wirkler

Warm Rain Wanted to Aid Plowing in Winneshiek

Despite frozen ground a warm rain would ease spring plowing in Winneshiek county. Moisture is ample but top soil would loosen with rain as seeding progresses slowly and little spring plowing has been attempted.

Decorah Winneshiek County

Buchanan county names new agent John B. Clough

Independence reports John B. Clough of Sibley began work as Buchanan county agent on Friday succeeding Dale Irwin who resigned to farm near Lake View in this county.

Independence John B. Clough Sibley Buchanan County Dale Irwin Lake View

Butter Glut In Retail Stores Sparks Rationing Debate

A Produce News analysis notes confusion in the butter industry as point rationing backs up supply and housewives strike on the 8 point per pound limit. It cites DPMA data showing large butter purchases and reduced demand, with butter and cheese suffering from meat tie ups and limited private storage.

Produce News New York For Food Handlers

Kline Called to Washington Hog Ceiling Confab

Allan Kline a farmer near Vinton and Iowa Farm Bureau vice president has left for Washington to join a federal conference on a proposed live hog price ceiling. The telegram from Food Administrator Chester C. Davis and OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown asks for his help in devising a plan if needed.

Gazettes Vinton Allan Kline Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Washington, D. C Chester C. Davis OPA Prentiss Brown

Postville Breeders Donate to USO From Milk Day

Postville Brown Swiss breeders contributed 443.60 dollars to the USO as part of a canton agreement made last summer. A high cow from each breeder donated milk on Pearl Harbor Day, with 266 cows yielding an average of 55.6 pounds.

Postville Ewald C. Brandt Canton USO Pearl Harbor

Peak Wheat Use Forecast for Next Marketing Year

The agriculture department predicted a record wheat use for food, livestock feed and grain alcohol in the 1943-44 year starting July 1. Estimated consumption could reach 1.15 to 1.2 billion bushels, up from 963 million this year, with livestock feed rising to about 325 million bushels and durum supplies supporting macaroni needs.

Washington Agriculture Department

Linn County Supervisors Adopt Road District and Tax Actions

Linn County Iowa proceedings from the April 13 1943 session record orders authorizing tax sale certificate assignments to named individuals, establishes Secondary Road District No 193, suspends taxes for Old Age Assistance recipients, grants liquor and cigarette permits, approves county treasurer report, and lists extensive county relief and road maintenance disbursements with adjournment to April 20 1943.

Board OF Supervisors Linn County Iowa Cedar Rapids State of Iowa of Linn Beeson Petty Seevell Marie E. Stuelke H J. Cousins Arthur A Bezdek Sylvia A. Bezdek Edne Baldwin Linn County Relief Department tAye Anld Central City Taos Porta of Supervisors Linn State Highway Commission William A. Hutchins Hattle L. Hutchins Scevell John W. Hynek Konigsmark Towa Kanlasmark Scott Mary Ellen Shields Etta Sinclair Refining Co Sunshine Mission Sterling Stephen R J Stansbury J E Security Stephens Sol Reef St Luke's Moth Hospital Sol Simon Frank Sawyer Biscuit Steele Shaffer Sadie Stanton Ralph Hserors Security Laboratories D Clinic Shell of! Co Welch-Cook-Beals Co Witwer Grocer Co Wilsons Wetzel J M Webb Western Union O’seer Wilsons Merel G D R Walbrand A Welkers Washington Township Waddle Yanecek James Fairax York N.A H_O Yost C G Vector Bros Grocery Zuercher A R E Brenneman Richard Lee John Hess Beeeene Fred McClout Ssessen Veeve Willam Northrup George Thorington Elmer M Seevell Robt. M. Vesely

Iowa Farmers Get Over 1700 Payments Of 1000 Or More

A congressional report in the congressional record shows 1799 Iowa farm operators received 1000 plus payments under the 1941 agricultural conservation and parity programs, totaling 1,725,225. Largest recipients include Equitable Life Insurance of Iowa in Des Moines, Bankers Life of Des Moines, Amana Society, Adams Brothers Co, Brenton Brothers, and others.

Washington Clevenger Ohio Iowa Equitable Life Insurance Company of Des Moines Bankers Life Company of Amana Society Amana Adams Brothers and Company Odebolt Brenton Brothers, Inc Dallas Center American Mutual Life Insurance Joe Lindburg Davenport Order of Foresters Son City National Life Company Litchfield Realty Company

Iowa Extension Service Holds Conference on Food Production

Iowa's entire extension force gathered in Ames for a two day conference on an extensive program of food production conservation and farm labor resources. Speakers included Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper Brig. Gen Charles H. Grahl State USDA Warboard Chairman A. J. Loveland and Mrs. Raymond Sayre state chairman of the Farm Bureau women's committee.

AMES State Agricultural Extension Service B. B. Hickenlooper Charles H. Grahl Usda Warboard A. J. Loveland Raymond Sayre Farm Bureau Women's Committee

Fire destroys chicken house killing 400 pullets

A stove fire at the E. E Reardon home late Sunday night started a blaze that burned a chicken house and 400 seven weeks old White Leghorn pullets. No further details on damages or causes given.

Decorah E. E Reardon

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