Extension Workers Warned Shortage of Livestock Feed Looming
Officials at a Washington meeting signal looming feed shortages while pig price talks reveal live price ceilings may be delayed but deemed increasingly necessary. OPA and Food Administration note holdouts ease after Roosevelt hold the line order. The Fayette area Ingels farm shows 59 head on 176 spring pigs from 21 sows with 8.38 average litter size and 25 fall yearlings for August farrow. Marvin Ingels cares for the pigs.
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Washington
OPA
Food Administration
Roosevelt
Fred Ingels
Fayette
Ingels
Marvin Ingels
Fence Drift and Beef Grading Costs Highlight Old Practices
A piece notes from historical times the change in handling a broken leg on a beef animal. It describes the shift from bleeding and immediate sale to the costly requirement of government meat graders at $220 per hour, sometimes rivaling the carcass value. Graders’ routes allow meat to be sold to dealers with costs spread until grading.
Farm Labor Needs Rise in Iowa as Harvesters Sought
Des Moines AP Harold N Hoyt, farm placement supervisor for the U S Employment Service in Iowa, says 1 022 full time farm worker requests are on file statewide the largest figure yet this year. About 67 percent are deemed necessary with the rest not as urgent and corn planting may shift some into the necessary category. Hoyt notes a serious but not critical situation with efforts to recruit from nontraditional workers for harvesting and canning tasks.
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Des Moines
Harold N Hoyt
United States Employment Service
Iowa
Hoyt
Heavy cruiser cost equals 266000 war bonds
The navy reports a heavy cruiser costs 20 million dollars to build which translates to 266000 bonds of 100 dollars maturity value. This figures reflects the scale of war bond financing for naval construction.
Heaviest National Egg Lay on Record During March
AP from Chicago reports March egg production per farm hen set a new record at 15.74 eggs, up from 15.51 last year and a 10-year average of 14.18. Total March output rose 17 percent from last year as farm hen numbers increased 16 percent, but feed shortages constrain protein in mixed feeds and may affect future output. Commercial hatcheries see a birth-rate boom amid high demand for chicks.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Chicks Booked On April 1 Far Exceed Past Numbers
The article notes that orders for chicks scheduled for delivery on April 1 were much higher than any previous date. The surge indicates unusual demand or a market anomaly for that deadline.
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Ment
Milk Average Is 3.14 The Gazette Special
The Office of Price Administration reports the U S average price paid to producers for Class I milk at 3.5 percent butterfat was 3 14 a hundredweight in early April, up 5 cents from March and the highest in over two decades. Retail fluid milk in 25 cities averaged 14 88 cents per quart, up from March and last year.
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Gazette
Washington, D. C
Office of Price Administration
United States
OPA
Eighty Acre Farm Sold Near North Liberty
Howard Sentman bought an 80 acre well improved farm of L Albert Rinehart two and a half miles west of North Liberty for 175 dollars per acre. Ira Kline tenants. Possession on March 1 1944. Rinehart family will continue living on adjoining 140 acre farm.
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North Liberty
Howard Sentman
Soybean Harvest Hindered By Rotten Stems in Illinois
Decatur Illinois Baldwin Elevator says some soybeans remain in fields but others have stems so rotten they cannot be harvested. Efforts to harvest are ongoing as fields are plowed to prepare for next crop.
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Decatur, Ill
Baldwin Elevator Company
Decatur
Emergency Jersey Auction Notice From Liberty Iowa
An emergency registered Jersey cattle auction is listed in Liberty Iowa with a 1:00 p.m. start. The fragmentary notice references bidders, cows, and named locals such as L A Whitacre and Ivan N Gates, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
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Nordeman
Ama Bang
L. A
Whitacre
Weat Liberty
Iowa
Sennit Mar
Ivan N. Gates
Weet Liberty
Gael Lence
Giboem
Altla
Feed grain shortages spark Iowa measures to boost supply
Iowa farm officials warn feed grain disappearance is at the highest level on record as demand from rising livestock production grows. I W Arthur, Ames economist, outlines steps including more corn acreage, soybeans for protein, heavier wheat feeding, and importation from Canada to safeguard 1943 supplies.
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I. W. Arthur
Ames Agricultural
Ames Extension
Ames
Arthur
College
Canada
Australia
Clinton
Corn
Rise in land values in Seventh District says Fed head
CHICAGO RP C S Young president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says土地 values in the Seventh District rose 15 percent from a year ago and 5 percent since Jan 1 1943 driven by higher farm incomes. He notes farmers allocate about 45 percent of income to debt payments 40 percent to war bonds and 15 percent to other uses. The district includes Iowa major parts of Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana.
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Reserve Bank
Chicago
Federal Reserve District
C. S. Young
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Young
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hog Cholera Outbreaks Reported Across Multiple Iowa Communities
Outbreaks of hog cholera have been reported in Fayette Gilman Desh Manchester Winthrop Cascade Onslow Lisbun Mt Vernon Winthrop Independence Sigourney Dixon Big Rock Plainview Charles City and Iowa City. Eleven head of hogs were reported dead from rabies at Musseline.
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Fayette
Gilman
Desh
Manchester
Wintoh
Cascade
Onslow
Lisbun
Mt. Vernon
Winthrop
Independence
Sigourney
Dixon
Big Rock
Plainview
Charles City
Iowa City
Muss Caline
Neighbors Help Finish Ed Sprague Timber Project
South English residents gathered at the Edd Sprague timber near South English last week to oil wood. Assisting were Verne Dobbins, Paul Dobbins, Bill Evans, Arthur Evans, Paul Behlke, Loren Glan doh, John Evans, Milo Miller, Fred Bair, Crary Shiflett, Ralph Sprague, Sam Sprague, Carl Kipp.
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West Branch
Sale
Hampshire
H. H. Schneider Estate
Nat'l
William Ferris
Beverly Cattle Company
Jagular Radio
WMT
Jersey
Feldey
Rex Beresford
Riverside Feed Mill
14Th Ave
First Street
H. H. Schneider
West Brach
Thureday
Walker Livestock Exchange
Gc. T. Christensen
M. North West Branch
L. A. Whitacre
West Liberty
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Earl May
Quality Nursery
Alaska
Pkts
Richmond
Montmorency
Jonathan
General MacArthur Rose
America
Paul
Maypark Lawn Grass Seed
Earl May’s Store
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