US Agriculture Experts Warn Over Farm Land Price Rise
A. R. Johnson of the bureau of agricultural economics cautions that U S farm real estate values are climbing toward a price plateau and may fall as farm product prices drop after the war. He notes stronger controls and cash land purchases may cushion the shock and cites a 13 percent 1945 rise with up to 20 percent gains in North Carolina and Tennessee and widespread increases across most states.
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Ashington
A. R. Johnson
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Johnson
East South Central Region
South Atlantic
East North Central
Pacific
New England
North Atlantic
North Carolina
Tennessee
Soth Sees Danger in Panic Mart
Ames Iowa State College economist Lauren K Soth warns that government corn targets and a 30 cent premium could prompt panic selling of hogs and livestock. He notes short feed grain supplies have already trimmed spring pig crops and cattle feeding, urging careful feed use and selective selling to avoid harm to future production.
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Ames
Cdurn
Lauren K. Soth
Iowa State Colege
Iowa Farm Outlook
Soth
Iowa
Seth
Johnson Farm Bureau Dinner For Local Businessmen
Iowa City Johnson county business and professional men will be entertained by Farm Bureau members at a 6 30 dinner Monday evening. An after dinner forum will feature Addison Hickman Charles Ross Ed Kadera D C Nolan Ray E Smalley Byron Cogian and Ed Rose from Iowa City and Swisher in a broad discussion of commerce and farm issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Farm Bureau
Addison Hickman
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Charles Ross
Swisher
County Bankers Association
Ed Kadera
D. C. Nolan
Iowa City Chamber of Commerce
Ray E. Smalley
County Aaa Committee
Byron Cogian
Ed Rose
Jones County Feedlot Tour Set for Thursday
Cattle feeders and others will tour Jones county beef feedlots Thursday to learn solutions to feeder problems. The morning visits include Henry Tobiason near Wayne Center school, N C Holst and Calvin Reiss herd on Onslow Center Junction road, and Frank Anderson cattle in Clay township northeast of Onslow. A pot luck dinner is at 12 30 p m and at 1 30 Rexresford from Iowa State College will lead a discussion on feeder problems.
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Anamosa
Jones County
C. B. Jessen
Henry Tobiason
Wayne Center School
Tobiason
N. C. Holst
Calvin Reiss
Onslow Center Junction
Sheep shear ing demonstrations in Allamakee county
Two sheep shearing demonstrations will be sponsored in Allamakee county by the county 4-H boys clubs on May 7 and 8. The meetings will be in charge of Dewey Jontz, field representative of the state sheep association.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Dewey Jontz
State Sheep Association
Farmers Debate Corn Purchase Program Effects on Livestock
Interviews with Iowa farmers—Frank McGivern, Fred Boland, Elmer Sass, and Earl Rasmussen—warn that the government corn purchase plan will reduce corn for livestock feed, threatening hog and cattle production, foreseeing meat shortages next year while noting the need for the program to curb the black market and support food aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boland
Williamsburg
York Cooperative Creamery
Lyon Brothers' Dad Ranks 4-H High in Education
Rex Conn profiles Earl Pete Lyon and his four sons Durward Gaylord Howard and nephew William Zmolek, highlighting 10 years of 4-H leadership on the Tama county farm. The family shows champion Jersey and Hampshire stock, state titles in dairy judging and demonstrations, and ongoing plans for further study and farming under cooperative soil district programs.
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Jersey
Durward Lyon
Tama County
Gaylord Lyon
Tommy
DHIA
Gazette
Durward
Gaylord
Lyon
Matilda
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Ledo
Pete” Lyon
Here
Pete Lyon
William Zmolek
Jasper County
Marshall County
Howard
Navy
Bureau of Patents and Research
New York
Iowa State College
Iowa
Robert Lyon
Joe
Ames
Hampshire
Earl and
Russell Lyon
Hampshire Berkshire
Lyon Brothers
Waterloo
Waterloo Dairy Club
Duane Dostal
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Mrs Sayre Speaks At Jones County Women's Program
Mrs Ray mond Sayre state Farm Bureau women's chairman told 116 Jones county women that homemaking is an art shaping happy families at the annual women's day program in Jones County Wyoming. County Farm Bureau chairwoman C D Brown presided with Lumir Holub introducing her.
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Sayre
Jones County
The
Gazette
Wyoming
Raymond Sayre
State Farm Bureau
C. D. Brown
Olin
County Farm Bureau
Lumir Holub
Wyoming Group
Lloyd Robertson
Anamosa
James Whitmore
Martelle
Young Married Group
Ruel McColm
Alvin Streeper
Onslow
Russell Eldred
Ed Urban
Peter Sievers
Transient Workers to be Housed in Army Tents
Federal agencies plan to house 50 000 transient harvesting and food processing workers in surplus army tents with cots and cooking equipment under a program led by Re conversion Director John W Snyder. The move aims to prevent a serious loss of food production this year by providing shelter for seasonal agricultural workers.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Swiss Cows Bring Top Prices at Porter Sale
At Ray Porter’s closing out sale one mile south of Brandon purebred Brown Swiss cows sold to $327.50 with a nine month calf at $176. Also 325 White Leghorn hens brought $2.05 each. Morris Long of Vinton acted as auctioneer. Porter sold 3914 acre farm to Lester Dixon of Cedar Falls for about $8,000 and will vacate May 1, moving to Independence.
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Brandon
Ray Porter
Here
Morris Long
Vinton
Porter
Lester Dixon
Cedar Falls
Independence
Billion Bus. of Wheat Expected For 1946 Harvest
Washington based Agriculture Department spokesmen predicted a 1946 wheat crop exceeding one billion bushels. The forecast, pending weather and pest factors, calls for 751 million winter and 257 million spring wheat, with planting expanding across Texas Oklahoma Kansas New Mexico Missouri Nebraska.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
All Department
Department
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
New Mexico
Missouri
DDT Dust Shields Gladiolus Bulbs From Thrips
Stored gladiolus bulbs are coated with a dust containing slightly over one percent DDT to guard against damage from gladiolus thrips. The treatment aims to protect the bulbs during storage and handling.
First Shipment Of Mercy Wheat Heads East From Minnesota
Fiorello LaGuardia UN RRA director urged 2,500 Minnesota and North Dakota wheat growers to ship about 26,000 bushels of mercy wheat to Europe. He outlined UNRRA goals of 110 million bushels by May 25 and 50 million from the Red River valley in 30 days, stressing the 90 day critical period and food over money.
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Climax
Minn
INS
Mercy
Europe
Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
Midwest
LaGuardia
New York
Minnesota
North Dakota
Anderson
How Counties Got Their Names
Jones County formed in August 1838 honors General George Wallace Jones who helped create the Iowa Territory as a delegate from the Michigan and Wisconsin territories. Born in Vincennes Indiana on April 12 1804 he later served in the Black Hawk War and became one of Iowa’s first U.S. Senators. He earned rail and land grant successes aiding western railroad routes to Dubuque and other towns.
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Jones County
George Wallace Jones
Michigan Territory
Wisconsin Territory
Iowa
Jones
Wisconsin
Vincennes
Ind
John Rice Jones
Mary Barger
Pennsylvania
St. Louis Grammar
Transylvania University
Kentucky
Illinois Central Railroad
Dubuque
Galena
Ill
Lyons
Davenport
Burlington
Missouri
First Tama County Man Licenses a Jeep
Owen Devick of north of Traer becomes the first Tama county resident to license a jeep. His Willys jeep is built for farm work and costs 1410 dollars, usable as a tractor pickup or auto.
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Traer
Owen Devick
North of
Tama County
Devick
Willys
Farmer William Cole Warns of Livestock Losses
William Cole, a 3 renter of 280 acres near Garrison, says the 30 cent government bonus plan will cut livestock production. He reports 65 cattle on feed with 33 calves and 32 thousand pound steers, plans to finish calves on grass, move others to July market, and has reduced hogs to 16 sows farrowing this spring from a usual 200.
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Earl Rasmussen
Elberon
William Cole
Garrison
Farmer Warns on Corn Costs and Livestock Feeds
Fred Wauters, a 33 year old renter of 240 acres near Belle Plaine, says high corn prices threaten his operation. He notes feeding 20 steers and 30 sows farrowing this spring and reflects on recent purchases at 92 cents per bushel, warning livestock marketing could rise if feed values stay high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wauters
Belle Plaine
Fred
Victor
Calf Vaccination Aids Brucellosis Control
Vaccinating calves aged four to eight months is identified as a recognized aid in controlling brucellosis, highlighting a preventive measure for disease management.
Farm Leaders Protest Proposed Freight Rate Increase
Thirty five town farm group leaders met in Des Moines to demand a hearing before any rate hike. Allan Kline of the Iowa Farm Bureau warned a 25 percent nationwide freight rise would cost Iowa shippers millions of dollars and push up food prices if approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Railroads proposed the rates take effect after one day of publication between now and May 15.
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Kline
Neighbors Help Plow 75 Acres At Ahmann Farm
Twelve volunteers arrived Tuesday to plow 75 acres at Joseph Ahmann's farm, completing the task in six hours. Mrs. Ahmann had died on March 18. Neighbors, including Forrest Reid and Raymond Gaffney, aided while neighborhood women fed two meals and papered two rooms in the house.
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Gazette
Winthrop
Joseph Ahmann
Mr. Ahmann
Forrest Reid
Raymond Gaffney
Kark Keegan
George Lindsay
Harold Wulfekuhle
George Orvel
Charles Decker
Glen Nickerson
Ed Johnson
John Fuller
Leo Brophy
Wayne Gaffney
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