Sabath says packers caused meat shortage to be investigated
Rep. Sabath accuses large meat packing companies of deliberate action causing a meat shortage and plans a House inquiry. He cites Agriculture Department figures to claim no massive price spike or drop in slaughter, urging investigation by the Banking and Currency Committee and referral to the Rules Committee.
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Ashington
INS
Rep
Sabath
House
House Banking and Currency Committee
Rayburn
House Rules Committee
Department of Agriculture
American Meat Institute
Closing Out Sale At Rural Residence
A closing out sale is announced by the farmer who has sold the farm. The sale will be held at the seller’s residence located three miles north and a half mile west of Palio on Rock Road.
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Palio On
Rock Road
Yost
Edwin G. Yest
Sale of Farm Implements and Livestock Items
Auction notice lists two work horses and 18 cattle including 7 milk cows with calves, brood sows near farrowing, alfalfa and straw, laying hens, 2 wheel wagons, McCormick tools, binder and mower, wagon boxes, sheller and hammermill, several farming implements, hog tank, lumber and other supplies. Also notes electric brooder stoves and assorted furniture. Sale scheduled for Monday April 29 starting at 12 36.
Auctioneers and banks in local sale listing
Emil Stodola as owner A. M. Lampman acts as auctioneer with Pale Savings Bank and a clerk noted in the sale listing.
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Emil Stodola
A. M. Lampman
Pale Savings Bank
Waxy corn acres to be increased in 1946
Ames reports about 20 000 acres of waxy maize to be planted this spring across Hamilton county and adjoining areas to meet a 33 million pound starch goal for industry. Growers receive roughly seven dollars per acre premium based on a 14 cent per bushel added price.
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AMES
Hamilton County
East Indies
China
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
USDA
Funk Brothers Seed Planting Corn Near Belle Plaine
Funk Brothers Seed company began corn planting Thursday on the Fred McCulloch farm south of here, according to J C Ellis production manager.
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Belle Plaine
Funk Brothers Seed Company
Fred McCulloch
Here
J. C. Ellis
Greeley Cow Tops Record Milking at Nearly 11
Greeley owner Paul McElmeel reports his purebred Holstein cow completed a 365 day record with 500 pounds of butterfat and 13 502 pounds of milk from two time milking at nearly 11 years old.
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Greeley
Paul McElmeel
Corn Drying Temperatures Studied by Nebraska Researchers
University of Nebraska agricultural engineers report preliminary results on how high drying temperatures affect high moisture corn. Yellow hybrid corn dried at 190 to 200 degrees showed no market-grade changes but shelling revealed shriveled kernels. Higher temperatures caused discoloration and heat damage. room temp drying preserved value. Feeding tests yielded mixed rat growth results, prompting further study.
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Lincoln, Neb
Sns
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
E. D. Yung
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
Wheat Prices Observed Denied By OPA Official
Chicago AP Rae E Walters regional OPA administrator Friday denied reports farmers are selling wheat above ceiling prices. She said OPA staff in constant contact with the industry reports splendid compliance with price orders and urged farmers to cooperate to ship wheat to war torn Europe.
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Chicago
Rae E. Walters
OPA
Walters
Office of Price Administration
Europe
Neighbors Plow 70 Acres at Local Farm
Marion area farmer Bill Larimer had been ill for weeks when 14 neighbors with tractors arrived Thursday afternoon to plow 70 acres of his land. Helpers named include Charles Dukek Virgil Smyth Bill Blin Robert Hagerman Earl Dukek Hubert Blackford Robert Hite Harold Peterson Ivan Gilmore Leonard Trachta Glenn Dahms Paul Hickman Frank Frederick and Jim Wilt.
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Marion
Bill Larimer
Here
Charles Dukek
Virgil Smyth
Bill Blin
Robert Hagerman
Earl Dukek
Hubert Blackford
Robert Hite
Harold Peterson
Ivan Gilmore
Leonard Trachta
Glenn Dahms
Paul Hickman
Frank Frederick
Jim Wilt
Cattle Feeders to View Ames Tests on May 17
Farmers attending the Cattle Feeders Day at Iowa State College in Ames May 17 can compare feeding value between ear corn silage from high moisture corn and a standard steer ration. Trials started in December used two silage based rations and two standard rations with check groups, with results to cover rate of gain feed cost and cattle grades alongside talks on the summer and fall feeding outlook.
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Ames
Iowa State College
C. C. Culbertson
Three Groups Dealing With Food Problem
By James Marlow Vee AP explains the three main bodies handling world food needs UNRRA the combined food board and the famine emergency committee. It notes UNRRA furnishes free food to nations unable to pay while the board allocates purchased food and the committee publicizes famine threats and suggests conservation. Former President Hoover is honorary chairman.
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Vee
UNRRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Food Board
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Combined Food Board
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Decorah Creamery to reopen May 1 under I N Meline
The Canoe Farmers' Cooperative creamery, shut since October, will reopen May 1 with I N Meline of Buffalo New York. He will operate it with a locker plant and an egg buying station and market butter in Buffalo after previously shipping butter from Forest Lake Minnesota. The creamery lies 13 miles northeast of Decorah.
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Decorah
Canoe Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
I. N. Meline
Buffalo
Forest Lake
Minn
Orah
Wheat Premium And Certificate Plans Combined
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson announced farmers who market wheat by May 25 may benefit from the 30 cent per bushel premium and the certificate marketing plan. He spoke with UNRRA Director Fiorello LaGuardia as they headed to Climax Minnesota to urge speedy delivery of wheat for Europe. The bonus requires surrender of certificates while the certificate plan lets growers sell now and be paid at prevailing prices on any date through March 31, 1947.
Veishea Opens With Ames Horse Show At ISU
Iowa State college hosts its 25th Veishea celebration with a three day horse show May 9 10 11. Dean E A Trowbridge of Missouri University will judge the $718 purse event.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
Iowa State College
Dean E. A. Trowbridge
Missouri University
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