Plan for Livestock Price Ceilings Drafted by OPA Moved to Wickard
The Office of Price Administration drafted a livestock ceiling plan requiring approval from Secretary Claude R Wickard before implementation. Wickard tentatively backed the idea with a condition of a practical marketing plan, aiming to delay meat rationing and aid shortage areas. Henderson argued farm parity should be adjusted by Congress and urged cooperation to curb inflation.
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Peary (Lp
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Leon Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard Wickard
Wickard
Henderson
Norfolk
Auction Week Schedule in Iowa Listings
Saturday August 22 Forrest L MecCalley Duroc Jersey boat and pill sale at Walker Anamosa Livestock Auction Iowa City Livestock sale. Monday August 24 Neustel and Carpenter closing out 52 miles NW of Alburnett. Tuesday August 25 Austin Armstrong dispersion sale 6 miles W of Mt Vernon Iowa City. Wednesday August 26 Frank Kempy Est closing out 4 miles NE of Lisbon.
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Forrest L. MecCalley
Duroc-Jersey
Walker
Anamosa
Iowa City
Neustel and Carpenter
Alburnett
Austin Armstrong
Mt Vernon
Frank Kempy
Lisbon
Crop yields and farming notes from Webster Vicinity
Timothy Webster reports threshing is finished with 150 pounds to the acre. Clover filling and many farmers will harvest seed. Alfalfa is being stored this week. Corn yields are strong with some fields reaching 100 bushels per acre. Several farmers are spreading lime.
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Webster
Timothy
Surplus Exchange Promotes Canning in Delaware County
Mrs Paul Munson of Manchester announces a fruit and vegetable exchange program for canning to promote food for freedom. She lists 15 township cooperators for buyers sellers and traders to contact within Delaware county.
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Surplus Fruit-Vegetable Exchange
Delaware
Manchester
Paul Munson
Delaware County
Munson
Crossbred Is Champion at Clinton County 4-H Livestock Show
A 910 pound crossbred Shorthorn Angus steer shown by Leo Duer Jr of Charlotte was grand champion baby beef at Clinton County 4-H livestock show. Reserve grand champ was an Angus by Robert Schmidt of Delmar. 89 beef calves entered. Judge Carl Oldson of Ames. Herefords led by Jack Wilkinson. Fawn Camp and Joel Olson won in various Hereford classes. Pigs: Leo Boysen won a market pen of three. Kenneth Bachus topped the market lamb? Wait. (Note: This item summarizes multiple divisions and winners including pigs and litter prizes.)
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the Gazette
Dewitt
Clinton County
Leo Duer, Jr
Charlotte
Robert Schmidt
Delmar
Carl Oldson
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Jack Wilkinson
Fawn Camp
Joel,Olson
Grand Mound
Schmidt
John Mommsen, Jr
Miles
Angus Duer
Order Buyers Set Pace This Week in Cattle Market
Eastern order buyers and large packers on shipper accounts set the price base in the steer market with activity at 147.50 per hundredweight and up. Top weekly price reached 16.65 for 1318 pound western Nebraska steers, with 16 to 16.40 paid for 1100 to 1400 pound cattle.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Nebraska
Light Week for Interior Hogs in Iowa and Minnesota
Receipts of hogs on interior markets remained light this week in Iowa and southern Minnesota with a steady price level. Friday's 17 000 head run lifted five day totals to 105 900, below last week's 109 600 and a year ago 134 200.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa County 4-H Names Health Champions
Barbara Tompkins 14 of Marengo wins 4-H girls health champion at Iowa county fair. William Lockridge 16 of North English named boys health champion. Mary Jean Goodman 16 of Millersburg earns health improvement champion for dental and foot care.
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Marengo
Barbara Tompkins
Ben Tompkins
Iowa County
William Lockridge
Q. W. Lockridge
North English
William
Mary Jean Goodman
Alfred Goodman
Millersburg
Mary Jean
Fence Drift in Unwoven Wire Report
Weather dominates local scene as heat returns and corn crops surge. Observer R F A notes fierceness of the day while highlighting farming stakes and regional impact in the agricultural area.
Borer Invasion Possible
Clinton county entomologists Carl Drake and George Decker scouted sweet corn and field corn for possible European corn borer invasion of Iowa. All Mississippi river counties are being scouted as a wet season aids pest increase and infestations reach Illinois counties north of East St Louis and into Wisconsin, with prior containment east of a quarantine line in Indiana.
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Clinton
Carl Drake
George Decker
Ames
Clinton County
Iowa
Mississippi River
Illinois
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Iadiana
Farms Change Hands in Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
The George P. Witwer company reports Homer Boies bought an 80 acre farm south of Keystone for 212 50 an acre. Olive Kemp sold 160 acres southeast of Waubeek to P S Hememway for 60 an acre. Connell estate farm east of Monona sold to W B Bernhard for 12000 with possession March 1, 1943. Fred Wardenburg 40 acre east of Williamsburg sold at 154 per acre. Bert Hanson acted as auctioneer.
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George P. Witwer Company
Cedar Rapids
Homer Boies
van Horne
Keystone
Karl Winslow
Witwer Company
Waubeek
Olive Kemp
P S. Hememway
Lisbon
Monona
Connell
W. B. Bernhard
Williamsburg
Fred Wardenburg
Bert Hanson
Corp. John Hanson
Miami Beach
Fla
Deadline Aug 31 For Wheat Insurance In Iowa
Iowa wheat farmers face an August 31 deadline to apply for federal crop insurance. AAA representatives will contact farmers in a statewide drive to enroll about 10 000 wheat producers for the 1943 bumper crop. Lester Vos, state crop insurance supervisor, announced the outreach plan on Friday.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
AAA
Lester Vos
Rowley Creamery Pays 45c for Top Butterfat
Rowley cooperative creamery patrons receive July butterfat payments with Grade No. one at 45 cents, No. two at 44 cents, and No. three at 43 cents. Earlier in July rates were 43, 42, and 41 cents.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
Linn County Dairy Calf Entrants Headed to Waterloo Show
Grover Miche announced 11 dairy calves from six Linn County boys will compete in the Waterloo Cattle Congress dairy calf show September 7 through 13. Harold Thomas of Alburnett leads with three Milking Shorthorn heifers. E A Allbee Jr of Mt. Vernon has two. Walter McArthur of Springville one. Richard Luse of Cedar Rapids one Milking Shorthorn calf. Willard Haak Jr of Marion shows a Holstein calf and a yearling. RC Hagerman of Marion has a Jersey calf and a yearling. Harald Thomas also plans to show an open class senior yearling Milking Shorthorn bull, bull calf, 3-year-old heifer and two 2-year-old Milking Shorthorn heifers.
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Grover Miche
Linn County
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Harold Thomas
Alburnett
E. A. Allbee, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Walter McArthur
Springville
Richard Luse
Cedar Rapids
Willard Haak
Johnson County 4-H dairy judging team named
Iowa City participants Charles Jennings and John Anderson join Avery Col ony of Oxford and Frank Colony of North Liberty for Waterlow dairy cattle congress judging on September 1.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Waterlow
Charles Jennings
Austin Colony
Oxford
John Anderson
Frank Colony
North Liberty
Angus Wins in Winneshiek at County Fair
Decorah Iowa Winneshiek county fair 4 H livestock show grand champion baby beef is an Angus exhibited by Harold Langland of Spring Grove Minn Hereford shown by Tinderholt Brothers Ossian Shorthorn entry Carleton Hexom Waukon topped Shorthorn class Hexom also second with an Angus Wayne Sunday Decorah second Hereford and Kesslie Trudeking Waukon second Shorthorn Forty steers exhibited Judge Carl Oldsen Ames secretary of Iowa Beef Producers association.
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Decorah
Harold Langland
Winneshiek Farm
Spring Grove
Minn
Winneshiek
Tinderholt Brothers
Ossian
Carleton Hexom
Waukon
Wayne Sunday
Carl Oldsen
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Something to Croak About Des Moines Frogs Surge
The Iowa Conservation Commission reports a bumper frog crop alongside corn and soybeans due to plentiful slough water. Frogs are abundant across marsh and prairie lands, especially in Okoboji Spirit Lake region as frogs migrate to lakes after frost. An illegal 1938 shipment seized by officers contained 7 350 dozen pairs of frog legs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Sowed sale brings 93.34 dollars per hundredweight
A yearling sow weighing 735 pounds was sold to a Manchester buyer Thursday by Roy J Duffey for 1270 dollars per hundredweight, totaling 93.34 dollars.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Roy J Duffey
TVA Director Pictured in U S Power Development Drama
A diagram lists clues for a crossword style puzzle featuring David with connections to the TVA and U S power development themes. The grid items span definitions from heaven to electricity, with several abbreviations and dotted references embedded.
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U. S. Power Development
David
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Tony
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Dan
U. S
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