Government Moves To Locate Corn
The War Food Administration plans a farm to farm canvass to locate surplus corn. Iowa AAA committees meet over the weekend with state and county officials to explain the program, while the set aside order limits movement and stalls sales. A cooperative creamery at Williamsburg raises 45000 to add a drying unit, with production expanding and a new 12 inch well added to support higher milk output.
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War Food Administration
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Chicago
LeRoy K. Smith
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Nebraska
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Sioux City
H. Laurel Dieterich
Urea Viewed as Protein Substitute for Cattle Feed
Lincoln Neb INS Urea, a nitrogen from air compound, was cited as a potential protein substitute for postwar cattle feeding at the University of Nebraska feeders day. Prof Baker noted current war needs limit market availability and that soybean oil meal yielded better gains at present prices, but future production could make urea a definite option in feeding experiments.
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M. L. Baker
University of Nebraska
Baker
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture Experiment Station
Farm Operations Enter Critical Planting Season
Wartime agriculture enters a four week planting period that will shape civilian meals and U S allies aid. Officials express confidence citing larger processed food reserves and plans to plant 15 million acres more than last year while noting risks from weather and manpower shortages.
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Washington
United States
War Food Administration
Weather Bureau
Soybean Rows Tightly Planted for Efficient Harvest
The report notes soybean rows should be spaced close together to maximize field efficiency as cultivation equipment progresses. Strong focus on planting density and mechanical handling to reduce time and fuel use during harvest preparation.
Safflower Described as New Source of Vegetable Oil
Omaha reports Dr. Leo Christensen of the University of Nebraska outlines safflower potential for high altitude farms. Three Indian varieties are grown near Alliance, Neb., with 20 acres seed to plant 10,000 acres next year. Oil yield per acre surpasses soybeans, flax, and peanuts, and safflower adapts to irrigated or dry land above 3,000 feet. Research also notes progress in cheaper grain alcohol production from potatoes, aided by a joint project with Iowa State and Idaho University.
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Omaha
INS
Leo M. Christensen
University of Nebraska
United States
Christensen
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
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Alliance
Neb
Nebraska
Idaho
Iowa State College
University of Idaho
GOP Farm Group To Meet In Salt Lake City
Iowa Governor Bourke B Hickenlooper chairman of the Republican Postwar advisory council subcommittee on agriculture announced a one day regional conference with western farm leaders in Salt Lake City next Monday. Sugar beet growers cattle raisers and wool producers will speak on wartime and postwar problems for inclusion in a report aiding the GOP platform drafting for the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Republican Postwar Advisory Council
Salt Lake City
Hickenlooper
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Canadian Wheat Arrives At Kansas City Market
Kansas City sees large shipments of Canadian wheat for livestock feed, with over 100 carloads in 10 days. The Commodity Credit Corporation aims to ease feed shortages as domestic sales lag, grain selling around 1.29 dollars per bushel amid slow movement caused by muddy roads.
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Kansas City
Board For Trade
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fewer cattle and lambs fed into Iowa in March report
A wartime feeding report shows Iowa and eight corn belt states received far fewer cattle calves and sheep. March inflows to Iowa were 41 percent of 1943, first quarter totals down 31 percent. 26 733 cattle and calves, 32 748 sheep and lambs. Nationwide eight states March inflows 72 645, first quarter 235 281.
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Iowa
Corn Belt
Karl L. Urban
Des Moines War Food Administration
Towa
Nine Iowa creameries asked to pay butterfat tax
DES MOINES AP Attorney General John Rankin said Friday he notified nine Iowa creamery operators they were delinquent in paying the 1943 butterfat tax and asked them to forward payments at once. Names of the nine delinquents were furnished by the Iowa Dairy Industry commission which supervises collection.
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Des Moines
John Rankin
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
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Iowa milk tax nets record funds for dairy ads
Frank Barker, commission chairman, reports 2,800 taxpayers paid the 1 cent per pound dairy tax in Iowa during June. The levy raised $113,000 last year, the highest on record, with delinquent taxes averaging $75 to $150 per operator. Revenue funds Iowa dairy product advertising.
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Iowa
Frank Barker
Commission
Barker
Anthrax Found In Wright County Livestock Case
Des Moines AP Dr C C Franks state veterinarian reports a single anthrax case in Wright county. A farmer saw four steers die, fed carcasses to hogs, and one hog died days later. Quarantine placed on moving remaining animals and farm. Steer hide recovered and burned. Anthrax, a disease of animals, can transmit to humans and is often fatal.
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Des Moines
C. C Franks
Wright County
Franks
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