Prices Halt FSA Tenant Land Loans in Iowa
Approximately one third of Iowa Farm Security administration funds for tenant land purchases remained unused as land prices rose. In the year to June 30, only 83 loans totaling 727,548 were approved from 1,075,565 allocated. 348,017 went unspent. Officials cited inflation and strict lending standards, with the outlook for this year limited and only four appraisals requested since July 1.
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DES Moines
Farm Security Administration
Iowa
Charles Doty
FSA
Doty
Reed
Senate Seeks Jeep Access for Farmers After War
The Senate approved an amendment to the surplus property bill, directing the surplus property board to make jeeps available for farm use. Allocation among states would be based on equal thirds for population highway mileage and area, with Sen. William Langer predicting high demand from farmers.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Surplus
William Langer
R-N.d
Hereford Steer Wins Cedar County 4-H Show Senior
A 1,110 pound Hereford steer shown by Norman Pedersen of West Branch won the Cedar County fair 4-H baby beef championship. Reserve champion was a 930 pound Angus exhibited by Jimmy Armstrong of Mechanicsville. Other top placings included various Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn classes with participants from West Branch, Tipton, Stanwood, Mechanicsville and Attalissa. Open hog show featured Berkshires by the Martin brothers, with local breeders presenting sheep entries from Stanwood and Tipton.
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Cedar County Fair
Norman Pedersen
West Branch
Jimmy Armstrong
Mechanicsville
Carl Oldsen
Ames
Aberdeen-Angus Association
Tipton
Angus
Pedersen
Bob Schneider
London
Roger Smith
Stanwood
Ervin Larson
Heavy
Jimmy Icnakepe
Bob Severin
Lowen
Ronald Armstrong
Jack Willer
Richard Pelzer
Attalissa
Paul Pelzer
James Barnhart
Barnhart
Billy Busching
Harold Wiese
Bennett
Loren Wiese
Severin
H. Wiese
L. Wiese
Martin Brothers
Walton League Starts Gully Cleanup Project
Anamosa Izaak Walton league volunteers will clean a gully on the Joe Byerly farm east of Anamosa this week. Orris Randolph of the soil conservation service leads two groups scheduled for Thursday and Saturday. It is the league’s first such project.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Izaak Walton League
Joe Byerly
Orris Randolph
The
Soil Conservation Service
League
Heavy Barn Fire Destroys Ello Meyer Farm Outbuildings
A barn on the Eldo Meyer farm four and one half miles southeast of Elkader was destroyed by a Friday afternoon fire of unknown origin. The blaze consumed grain and machinery, with an estimated loss of seven thousand dollars, partly insured.
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Elkader
Eldo Meyer
Here
FENCE DRIFT Tells Alaska Farming Tales in Iowa Visit
Sanford Kerr of Cedar Rapids, a world traveler, described sub arctic summers in the Matanuska valley. He recalled 12 to 14 inch dahlias at Palmer fairs in 1936 and showed an Alaskan corn ear as a souvenir. He noted cool nights in the forties and urged Iowa farmers to hope for luck with weather for six more weeks.
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Sanford Kerr
Cedar Rapids
Matanuska
Alaska
Palmer
Mr. Kerr
Iowa
Nebraska Senator calls for probe of OPA beef policy
Senator Wherry of Nebraska urged the Senate to authorize an investigation into the OPA beef program. He warned civilians may have little edible beef for 1945 and blamed OPA and other agencies for disrupting the industry. He urged action to move cattle into feedlots and restore a stable beef supply.
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Nebraska
Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Congressional Record
Office of Price Administration
Congressmen Fear New Inventions May Boost Food Surplus
Washington voices concern over postwar farm machinery like mechanical cotton picker and rice combines. Officials warn about eight to ten million extra acres if horse and mule numbers drop by 1950. Rep. Wolcott says new markets needed. Rep. Murdock backs chemurgy to use surplus foods and fibers.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Agriculture Department
Special House
Sherman E. Johnson
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Wolcott
R-Mich
House
Murdock
D-Ariz
America
Farm Bureau Leaders Hear Stanley Nicol in Des Moines
Stanley Nicol of Des Moines spoke at the Iowa Farm Bureau summer meeting which opened with over 400 members. Nicol is director of the federation’s newly organized livestock department as rural education advocates pressed for more state funding and higher teachers’ salaries.
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DES Moines
Stanley Nicol
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Nicol
Livestock Department
Federation
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Sayre
Women’s Committee
State School Code Commission
Postville threshing yields reported by John Schultz
Special to The Gazette notes an average yield of 67 bushels per acre on the John Harnack farm near Postville. Field results include 14 acres at 73 bushels, 6 acres at 67, and 19 acres at 53 bushels.
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Postville
John Schultz
John Harnack
Farm for Sale 140 Acres North of Walker Iowa
A 140 acre farm on Rock Road one half mile north of Walker offers 107 acres tilled, two thirds lime free, with a long owner tenure and this year's rental. Feature list includes a 78 by 28 house, multiple barns and sheds, scales, bins, chicken and hog facilities, stout fencing, wired electricity, and strong detailing of outbuildings. Asking price is 120 dollars per acre. contact John J Leaven at 711 Masson Ave San Bruno California.
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Rock Road
Walker
Iowa
Iimed
John Deere Wason
John J. Leaven
Masson Ave
San Bruno
California
Farm Auction Notices Near Shellsburg and Luzerne
Rollie and Orville Fish hold a public sale five miles north of Shellsburg on Wednesday August 30. Johnny Kern disperses Holsteins one mile southeast of Luzerne on Tuesday September 12.
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Jake Fish
Shellsburg
Urbana
Rock Road
Farrow
Rollie and Orville Fish
Johnny Kern Holstein
Luzerne
WFA Sees Nation Ending War With Food Surplus
War Food Administration head Marvin Jones testified before a House committee that the United States will end the war with a food surplus and surplus weapons. He urged Congress to grant additional authority and funds to dispose of extra supplies and to support price programs while promoting maximum production for postwar recovery. He noted postwar farm issues include releasing government stockpiles and selling surplus commodities abroad at world prices.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Congressional
House
Jones
Congress
Linn Auction Sells 30 Baby Beeves at Cedar Rapids Show
Thirty head of 4-H baby beeves averaged 20.44 per hundredweight at Linn county achievement show closing at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Top price 30 per cwt paid by A L Killian for grand champion Hereford shown by John Roberts Marion. Proceeds from baked goods by 4-H girls totaled 47.70 for local club treasuries.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Killian
John Roberts
Marion
Central City
Wilson and Company
Willard Haak, Jr
Jack Scott
Chicago
Gifford Hood
Springville
Dice Brothers
Emmett Kemp
Harold Stewart
Stewart
Jack Bach
Walker
Me Too Store
Harold Woods
Coggan
Dale Holst
Rosalyn Shonka
Honeymead Company
Leo Frederick
Lisbon
Frederick
Joe Dietz
Elks Club
Melvin Henderson
Oh Ward
Harmony
Bert Moor
Roosevelt Hotel
Edna Kemp
Armstrong Clothing Company
Glenn Mulherin
Don Ward
First Trust and Savings Bank
the Gazette
Walter Simon
Margaret Stewart
Treasuries
Benton 4-H Achievement Show Opens at County Fair
The Benton county 4 H achievement show runs Aug 30 to Sept 1 at the fair grounds. Exhibits include 80 baby beef cattle 24 dairy heifers 14 litters of purebred pigs 5 market litters 7 market pigs and 9 market lambs shown by 77 exhibitors. Livestock judging is set for Thursday along with 16 girls 4 H clubs in clothing and foods and 13 demonstration teams in the county contest. A 4 H style review is planned Thursday afternoon.
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Winton
Benton County
Tenth Annual Horse Show at Wyoming Friday
Preparations are completed for the tenth annual horse show in Wyoming Friday. Early entries promise one of the best shows yet, per association president Tom Eichhorn. Free attractions, a midway and other entertainment accompany the horse show.
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Wyoming
Tom Eichhorn
Association
Stanley Girls Win At West Union Fair
Betty Reed and Jeannine Gustafson of Stanley won first in Fayette county fair demonstration with Drink Your Milk and Like It. Because they are too young for state competition, two other blue ribbon teams will compete at Postville for a Waterloo berth. teams from Hawkeye Clermont and Betshel Windsor clubs also placed well.
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West Union
Betty Reed
Jeannine Gustafson
Stanley
Scott Township
Fayette County
Postville
Waterloo
Mary
Marjorie Belschner
Hawkeye
Bethel-Windsor
Dorothy
Marjorie Kerr
Clermont
Pat van Wert
Hampton
Booth
Union
Windsor
Putnam
E. J. Weigle
Decorah
Angus Is Champion At Washington Show
The Washington county 4 H achievement show crowned champion baby beef with a 960 pound Angus shown by Bertha Flading of Wellman. Reserve went to Clement Thomann of Riverside with a 1000 pound Shorthorn. Champion market pig by Harold Maas. reserve by Robert Chabal. both Durocs. Champion pen of four barrows was a Duroc pen owned by Deane Rinner shown by club members. Purebred swine first place winners include Duroc boar Bertha Flading, Duroc gilt Bill Norman, Duroc litter Jerry Gardner, Poland China entries Richard Holmes, Hampshire entries Roger Holmes, Billy Litwiller. Twelve baby beeves sold for an average 17 12 per hundredweight. average weight 910 pounds.
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Washington
Washington County
Bertha Flading
Wellman
Clement Thomann
Riverside
Harold Maas
Robert Chabal
Deane Rinner
Deane
Armed Services
SCS Man at Anamosa to Teach Vocational Agriculture
Warren W. Kester of the Soil Conservation service at Anamosa will teach vocational agriculture in local schools and also conduct an adult night school, announced by Superintendent G B Kinser.
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Anamosa
Warren W. Kester
Soil Conservation Service
G. B. Kinser
Kester
Lightning kills livestock near Hopkinton
During a Tuesday storm Peter Achen a Hopkinton area farmer lost seven steers and a cow to a lightning strike.
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Hopkinton
Peter Achen
High Production Record by State Herds
Des Moines reports 980 dairy cows across 14 state Board of Control institutions averaged 11,790 pounds of milk and 410.01 pounds of butterfat per head for the year ending June 30. Highest individual cow produced 20,887 pounds of milk and 713 pounds of butterfat. The Mt. Pleasant hospital herd led with 610 cows over 10,000 pounds, while the Ft. Madison penitentiary herd averaged 14,443 pounds of milk and 5232 pounds of butterfat per head.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
R McCreery
Alburnett
Iowa State College
McCreery
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
State Penitentiary
Ft. Madison
White Grubs Will Be Troublesome in 1945
Harold Gunderson Iowa State College entomologist warns 1945 will be a heavy white grub year with large grubs causing serious damage to corn. He notes white grubs have a 3 year life cycle and urges mold prevention by tilling and weed control now, plus plowing pastures to curb sod webworms and other pests.
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Ames
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Straka tops Chicago market with 22 steers averaging 1399 lb
Joe Straka of Oxford Junction led the Chicago cattle market Monday with 22 steers averaging 1,399 pounds each, selling at 18.25 dollars per hundredweight.
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Oxford Junction
Joe Straka
Chicago
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