Iowa farms outstripped nation during war years
Iowa’s war food production from 1941 to 1945 jumped. cash receipts from livestock and livestock products rose 131 percent, $517.8 million above US pace. Hog, chicken, beef, milk, egg, corn and soybean outputs surged, with per farm gains: hogs 164 head, chickens 280, beef 1,640 pounds yearly, milk 2,900 pounds, eggs 603 dozen yearly, corn 651 bushels, soybeans 4 times prewar. Overall, Iowa farms produced far more per farm with fewer workers, marking a major wartime agricultural achievement.
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RR. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
OWA
Iowa
United States
Iown
Towa
USDA forecasts fewer chickens and more eggs in 1947
The USDA expects 1947 to begin with 6 to 10 percent fewer layers than 1946 due to a heavy ceiling and fewer chickens raised for replacement. Thousands of less productive hens were removed, but egg supplies should stay higher year over year because storage stocks are large and armed forces demand falls. Egg prices likely lower than last year, while feed costs rise amid a record corn and wheat crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Patty Henkes Tops Clayton County Beef Show Honors
Patty Henkes, a 12 year old 4-H girl from Farmersburg township, won the grand champion 4-H baby beef steer at Clayton County Fair weighing about 1100 pounds, with her Hereford reserve also earning top honors. Wilma Witter from McGregor took champion Guernsey Keifer in dairy, plus champion showman. Other breed champions included Norbert Henning, Lowell Lange, and Phillip Olmsted. Blue ribbons in the girls 4-H style review went to Delores Eiffert, Inda Grady, and Anne Engelhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Henkes
Farmersburg
Clayton County
Patty
Farley Henkes
Wilma Witter
McGregor
Wilma
D. R. Witter
Stanley Meyer
Norbert Henning
Garnaville
Lowell Lange
Monona
Phillip Olmsted
Bennet Lange
Kenneth Troester
Bobby Wright
National
Walter Merriman
Ed Garaghty
Delores Eiffert
Inda Grady
Ae Engelhardt
Mary Lou
Severna Johnson
Eager Hands Club
Jolly Workers
Eager Hands Clubs
Three Farm Tours Planned for Sept 3 in Iowa Counties
Three farm tours for Benton Grundy and Jones counties farmers were announced by the district farm specialist of Iowa State college and local extension directors. The Sept 3 tour will visit the Jack Armstrong farm in Jones county near Martelle with a soil conservation and livestock program started last year. Other tours will include Jens Thuesen farm in Jones county with an intensive livestock program and Robert Frazenberg farm in Benton county known for its cropping and livestock systems.
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Ames
Benton
Grundy
Jones Counties
Iowa State College
Jack Armstrong
Jones County
Martelle
Jens Thuesen
Robert Frazenberg
Benton County
McClurg grows odd spud splits color half and half
PaloRoy McClurg reports an odd Early Triumph potato dug this week showing a tuber exactly half pink Triumph skin and half white Cobbler skin with a straight line dividing the two halves.
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McClurg
the Gazette
Palo
Roy McClurg
Cool Weather Could Trim Corn Crop In 1946
Grant Dillman reports that cool dry conditions across the Corn Belt may lower the 1946 corn crop. The Agriculture Department has reduced its August forecast by 55 million bushels while predicting a record overall crop.
Potatoes Spoiled in Iowa Fields Without Market
In northern Iowa farmers dig potatoes and pile them in fields as buyers are scarce. Government buys at support price but storage is limited. Potatoes near Clear Lake Britt Crystal Lake Emmetsburg and Armstrong mostly unsold, not loaded for transport. Some surplus has gone to alcohol plants, but market now saturated.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Office of the Production and Marketing Administration
Clear Lake
Britt
Crystal Lake
Emmetsburg
Armstrong
Muscatine
Omaha
Bachman Displays Champion Bull at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines AP F J Bachman of Clarence showed the grand champion bull in the Milking Shorthorn breed at the Iowa State fair, adding to his prior junior championship. Clampitt Farm of New Providence exhibited the senior champion and the grand.
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Des Moines
F. J. Bachman
Clarence
Clampitt Farm
New Providence
Ceiling Increase Means 650 Million for Farmers
The difference between Secretary Andersons recommended cattle and hog price ceilings and the old OPA limits could deliver up to 650 million dollars to farmers over the next year, with most funds flowing to Corn Belt states. The analysis projects net farm price gains of about 1.55 per hundred pounds for hogs and 2.25 for cattle and calves, assuming markets near ceiling levels. Leading hog and cattle states include Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, Michigan, and California.
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Morris Cleavenger
Ashington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
OPA
Agriculture Department
CPA
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Nebraska
Michigan
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
California
Milking Short Horn, Brown Swiss, and Holstein winners named
Milking Short Horn females crown champions with grand and senior titles awarded to Mark Fruin of El Paso Illinois for the grand Red Polled bull and Yalehurst of Peoria Illinois for the junior. Curtiss Candy Company Chicago sweeps Brown Swiss bulls while Bernard Monson Gowrie exhibits the junior female. J W Ovitz Sycamore shows the grand Brown Swiss female, also senior, and Curtiss Co Holstein grand and senior. Maytag Dairy Farm Newton presents the junior. Open sheep shearer Lawrence Moore Ottumwa, 51, wins state fair open class and $30 with Everett Looman Waterloo second, $10 to John Van Der Nord Pella, $8 to Teddy Sprouse Bloomfield. each shaves three sheep.
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Mark Fruin
el Paso
Ill
Yalehurst
Peoria
Curtiss Candy Company
Chicago
Bernard Monson
Gowrie
J. W. Ovitz
Sycamore
Waterloo
Moore
Looman
John van der Nord
Pella
Teddy R. Sprouse
Bloomfield
van der Nord
Sprouse
Clarence Elevator Opens
The newly constructed elevator in Clarence, owned and operated by the Clarence Cooperative, opened for business Friday. The first load of shelled corn was hauled from the Ed Harmon farm and trucked by local driver George Harness. The facility holds about 30,000 bushels of grain.
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Clarence
Clarence Cooperative Company
Ed Harmon
George Harness
Ak-Sar-Ben to Dedicate 4-H Building in Oct
Ak-Sar-Ben will dedicate its new 175 thousand dollar 4-H administration building on October 1 during the 19th annual Ak-Sar-Ben livestock and horse show. The show starts September 30 with a 4-H baby beef event and continues through the following Sunday. The building provides sleeping and shower facilities for exhibitors near their animals.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Appointment of Executrix in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on August 15 1946 Hay appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Freada diurghisus deceased of Linn County Iowa All persons indebted to the estate should pay immediately Those having claims must file them duly authenticated with the Clerk of Linn County District Court WILMAINWILLER Executrix Fred W Hann attorney.
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State of
Towa
Linn County
Hay
Freada Diurghisus
Iowa
Wilmainwiller
Fred W. Hann
Clarence 80 Sold at 300 Per Acre
Glenn Kelly sold 80 acres north west of here to Lester Kelly and Melvin Hasselbusch for 300 dollars per acre. The tract is part of a 160 acre farm owned by Glenn Kelly and is well improved.
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Clarence
Glenn Kelly
Here
Lester Kelly
Melvin Hasselbusch
Farm Prices Rise Five Points In July August
Washington AP reports the agriculture department noting farm prices rose five points from mid July to mid August led by record cattle hogs and lambs. The August 19 index stood at 249 percent of the 1909 14 base, up from 244 a month earlier and 204 a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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BR. K. Bliss
State Free Ure Co
Grover Hahn
Clayton County Fair
Clayton Fair
Anil
Sean
Grant Dillman
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Western Plains
Rocky Mountains
Commodity Credit Corporation
Stran-Steel “Quonsets
Denniston & Partridge Co
Blairstown
Norway
Wanpello
Perry Ankeny
Newton
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Bachman
Hazel
Zoass CO
Whreeling
W. VA
Ak-Sar-Ben
Buker Esbarp
Texsunm Citrus Exchange
Weslaco, Texay
Soikaa
16Th Ave
Jiyresh
Wilson’s
Lee
Raley le
Chase & Sanborn
Ay Camay
Camay Soap
Dror
Michigan Fruit Sponsors, Inc
Benton Harbor, Mich
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