Three Eastern Iowa 4 H Girls Win Awards
Bertha Flading Wellman Ruth Frederick Marion and Zelda Herkelmann Lost Nation will receive $25 war bonds for outstanding work in the state 4 H Food for Victory contest. The girls have long records of service and held multiple local offices in 4 H clubs across Washington Linn and Clinton counties.
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Ames
Iowa
Bertha Flading
Wellman
Ruth Frederick
Marion
Zelda Herkelmann
Lost Nation
Edith Barker
Ee the Rae
Accees Ng
Ene Ag
Washington County
Bertha
Linn County
Ruth
Clinton County
Zelda
Zelda Merkelmann
Red Cross
WEA Extends Set-Aside on Army Beef
The War Food administration expands the beef set-aside to include all slaughtering plants with weekly slaughter of 51 or more cattle producing army style beef. Beginning Dec 4, slaughterers must set aside 60 percent of choice and good and 60 percent of commercial and utility grades meeting army specs. Federal inspection becomes required for beef destined for government purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Fertilizer Supply To Be Smaller Next Year Says Meldrum
H R Meldrum Iowa State College extension agronomist says 1945 fertilizer supplies will be smaller for nitrogen and phosphate while potash will be higher than 1944. Demand will be the heaviest in history and farmers should order now for immediate delivery. Storage and handling tips included.
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Ames
H. R. Meldrum
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Meldrum
Waxy maize yields projected at 55 bushels per acre
Iowa State College reports waxy starch corn in 1944 averaging about 55 bushels an acre. The crop, developed with the US Department of Agriculture, aims to replace tapioca from the Dutch East Indies. Kossuth County leads with 2,082 acres, followed by Calhoun 1,691 and Pocahontas 1,435 acres.
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AMES
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Dutch East Indies
Kossuth
Calhoun
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Hamilton
Carroll
Story
Boone
Closing Out Sale Notice at Frank Wingert Farm
A closing out sale is set for Friday December 15. The farm near Tipton on the Red Star road offers a full line of machinery 33 head of cattle 40 hogs 2500 bushels of corn with seed corn and hay. The property is two miles east of Tipton on the Frank Wingert farm.
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Mt. Auburn
Woodford
NEA
Alde
Vesweres
Helstein
C. Christiansen
Mr. Auburn
Tony Sehmits
van Horne
Bowes
John Deere Corn
Cue Trucks
J Deere
Saas
Rm Hee
Deere
Therestin
Buster Hammer Mill
Burr Crinder
Wasens
Wasen Poets
P Spa
Methodist Ladies Aid of
Tipton
Red Star Road
Frank Wingert
Moisture Content Of Iowa Corn Averages 22.46 Percent
Iowa corn samples from all counties show an average moisture content of 22.46 percent on Nov 20, higher than the 10 year average of 18.8 percent. The dry and wet spots ranged from 16.1 percent in Tarkio Township to 32.2 percent in Fulton Township Webster County.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Tarkio Township
Page County
Fulton Township
Webster County
Fence Drift and Quarter-Blood Wool Debate
A small flock owner protests a national wool pool grading of his consignment. He complains that his wool was labeled quarter-blood though he says he sheared the flock and the wool appears with less blood than the grade implies. The term quarter-blood refers to wool fineness in trade history.
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National Wool Pool
Chicago Fat Stock Show Opens Saturday at Stockyards
Registration is complete for the third wartime Chicago market fat stock show opening Saturday at the Chicago stockyards for a five day run. The exhibition offers a brief reprieve for 5 546 cattle sheep and hogs from 15 states and Canada headed for slaughter after three days of judging and two days of age. T Richard Lasay, 18 year old Kansas Ill 4 H club member.
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Chicago
States
Canada
T. Richard Lasay
Kansas, Ill
Coming Farm Auctions List Dates and Locations
A series of farm auctions listed with dates from December to January. Vendors include Pete Johnson George L Drips Muirhead and Steele Tunks and Chesmore Lawrence Duffy Ben C Christianson C E Voelker Mrs Blanche Lopata Anton Rieder Andrew P Svoboda Louie F Robbins Leo Feyerabend Joseph Louvar H V McCarty and A L Wilson with sites near Vinton Martelle Tipton Center Point Wyom ing Mt Auburn Mechanicsville Cedar Rapids Watkins Amana Viola Shueyville and Springville.
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Pete Johnson
Vinton
George L. Drips
Martelle
Muirhead and Steele
Tiptor
Tunks
Chesmore
Center Point
Lawrence Duffy
Wyoming
Ben C. Christianson
Mt. Auburn
C. E. Voelker
Mechanicsville
Blanche A. Lopata
Cedar Rapids
Anton Rieder
Watkins
Andrew P. Svoboda
Amana
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Leo Feyerabend
Joseph ©. Louvar
Shueyville
H. V. McCarty
Tipton
A. L. Wilson
Springville
Grand champion winner arrives with three Hereford steers
The prior grand champions from the two previous round ups have arrived with three Hereford steers for the junior livestock feeding contest. He has earned over $25,000 in stock shows, prize money, and sales proceeds in the last four years.
Artificial Breeding Boosts Dairy Yield In New Jersey
Dr. J. W. Bartlett of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture reports that a study of 120 artificially bred cows and 120 natural cows shows artificial breeding increases milk output by 9.3 percent and butterfat by 14 percent.
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New Jersey
Chicago
J. W. Bartlett
Department of Animal Husbandry
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
Fuig
Twenty Three Steers Lost In Stampede on Railway
Farmer William J. Gannon of Mingo lost 23 Hereford steers when they stampeded into a westbound freight train on the Great Western railway crossing. More than 20 additional steers were injured as the herd of about 200 moved to pasture and stampeded after some animals turned back.
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Mingo
INS
William J. Gannon
Great Western Railway
Farm income not too high says Hobson
CHICAGO UP The farmer is not getting an undue share of national income despite farm income more than doubling during the war years. Asher Hobson University of Wisconsin agricultural economist notes farm prices below parity for 20 years and purchasing power at 113 as of September 1944. He adds wartime gains came with 36 percent more food produced since 1919 and warns soil fertility depletion threatens postwar restoration costs.
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Chicago
Asher Hobson
University of Wisconsin
Hobson
WFA to Sell 110 000 Cases of Shell Eggs
Chicago AP War Food Administration announces sale of 110000 cases of shell eggs on an invitation to bid basis. E K Riley of the WFA Midwest office says bids will be accepted as submitted if they meet requirements. closing date is December 15, with all bids sent to Washington. The eggs are remaining quantities bought to support producer prices during last spring’s high production period.
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Chicago
E. K. Riley
WFA
Midwest
Washington
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Eastern Iowa
WEA
U. S
U.S
CCC
Hinchman Fund
Waubeek
Ray Anderson
Farm Journal
D. D. Offringa
Linn County Extension Sxent
J. M. Olimpio de Mello
Auburn Lovines iBank
Mt Aufinag
Ohn Deere
Litchfield
Jamesway
van Lawrence Duffy
Ray Mowry
Dakotas
Iowa City
D. J. Gatens Manager
D. J. Gatens & Son
Edmund
U.S.N
Harold
Linn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
the Bank
First Street
Ouvick
Npetett
Sojka
16Th Ave
Pork
Fancy Delicious
Jonathan
Rorthers
Ast
Libby
Jona
Florida
Texas
AVORY
del Monte Creas
OLD Federal Building
Sixteenth Avenue
Taye
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