Three Eastern Iowa 4-H Girls Win Awards
Bertha Flading Ruth Frederick and Zelda Herkelmann, from Washington Linn and Clinton counties, will receive $25 war bonds for top work in the 1944 Food for Victory contest. Bonds funded by International Harvester with Iowa 4-H leaders. selections based on 4-H records and contributions to war effort.
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Ames
Iowa
Bertha Flading
Washington County
Bertha
Ruth Frederick
Linn County
Ruth
Zelda Herkelmann
Clinton County
Zelda
Zelda Werkelmann
Red Cross
WEA Extends Set Aside on Army Beef
Washington The War Food administration broadens the beef set aside to cover all slaughtering plants with more than 51 cattle weekly producing army style beef. From December 4 any slaughters for a plant or by a slaughterer in a plant exceeding 51 head will require set aside percentages and federal inspection applies to beef needing set aside. Army style beef means dressed steer carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Public cattle and farm sale near Mt. Auburn Ia
A sale will be held at the seller's Mt. Auburn area property four miles north and four miles east on a gravel road Monday December 4 starting at 10 30 a m Many items including 42 registered and high grade cattle with calves at side and soon to calve plus breeding stock and several horses harnesses and 580 head of feeding shoats Machinery includes John Deere and McD equipment several wagons and plows Poultry dairy and hay items listed along with household goods Lunch will be served and a catalog available by writing to Ben Christianson Mt. Auburn Ia or Tony Schmitz Van Horne Ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Auburn
Woodford
Blanchard
Viabopside
Ben
Christianson
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
John Deere
John Deere Corn
End
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Peterson
Deere
Avery
Jews Dairy
Government beef set aside for military use details
Amendment 16 to War Food Order 752 requires slaughterers to set aside 60 percent of U S choice and good and 60 percent of commercial and utility grade carcasses meeting army specs for government purchase. The action does not change set aside percentages and aims for more equitable beef distribution for military use.
Fertilizer Supply To Be Smaller Next Year Says Meldrum
H R Meldrum Iowa State extension agronomist warns 1945 fertilizer supplies may shrink for nitrogen and phosphate while potash should rise above last year. He urges farmers to order now and accept immediate delivery to meet demand, noting storage tips to prevent deterioration and caking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meldrum
Ames
H. R. Meldrum
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Waxy Maize Yields Average 55 Bushels
Yields of waxy starch corn in 1944 are expected to average about 55 bushels per acre. Waxy maize, developed by Iowa State College and the U S department of agriculture, is grown to replace tapioca from the Dutch East Indies. Kossuth 2082 acres, Calhoun 1691, Pocahontas 1435, Humboldt 1413, Hamilton 1364, Carroll 1180, Story 1071, Boone 1041.
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AMES
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Dutch East Indies
Kossuth County
Calhoun
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Hamilton
Carroll
Story
Boone
Closing Out Sale At Tipton Farm On December Fifteenth
H V McCarty announces a closing out sale on Friday December 15 featuring a full line of machinery 38 cattle 40 hogs 2500 bushels of corn seed oats and hay. The sale takes place at the Frank Wingert farm two miles east of Tipton on the old Red Star road.
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Tipton
Red Star Road
Frank Wingert
Tests Show Corn High in Moisture in Iowa
Des Moines report from the Weather Bureau and state agriculture department details November 20 corn samples across Iowa. Average moisture 22.46 percent versus 10-year 18.8. Tarkio Township, Page County driest at 16.1 and Fulton Township Webster County wettest at 32.2.
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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 Catches In Woven Wire Sheep Story
Best fall wool tale centers on a small flock owner who protested a national wool pool grade. He claimed his wool was overshot by the term quarter-blood noting he sheared the flock himself and doubts the wool’s fineness matched the grade.
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National Wool Pool
Chicago Fat Stock Show Opens Saturday
Registration is completed for the third wartime Chicago market fat stock show at the Chicago stockyards. The five day event will judge and auction 5,546 cattle sheep and hogs from 15 states and Canada before slaughter. T Richard Lacey 18 year old Kansas Ill 4 H club member.
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Chicago
States
Canada
T. Richard Lacey
Kansas
Ill
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Regions
A sequence of farm auction listings arranged by date and location across Iowa. Sellers include Pete Johnson George L Drips Muirhead and Steele Tunks and Chesmore Lawrence Duffy Buckner and Hale Emmet Lehmann Ralph J Buline John Wigeer Elmer Broadel Chilmores and Blofield Arthur Knapp Dolph Van Sikle C E Voelker Mrs Blanche Lopata Anton Rieder Andrew P Svoboda Louie F Robbins Leo Feyerabend Joseph O Louvar H V McCarty A L Wilson with dates from December through January and locations including Vinton Martelle Tipton Marion Solon Cedar Rapids Mechanicsville Newhall Shueyville Tipton Springville Amana Viola and other communities.
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Pete Johnson
Vinton
George L. Drips
Martelle
Muirhead
Steele
Tipton
Tunks
Chesmore
Center Point
Lawrence Duffy
Wyoming
Ben C. Christianson
Mt. Auburn
Buckner
Hale
Anamosa
Emmet Lehmann
Marion
Ralph J. Buline
Solon
John Wigeer
Olin
Elmer Broeadel
Newhall
Chilmores
Blofield
Coggan
Arthur Knapp
J Ave
Weing Road
Cedar Rapids
Dolph van Sikle
Springville
C.E. Voelker
Mechanicsville
Blanche A. Lopata
Anton Rieder
Watkins
Andrew P. Svoboda
Amana
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Leo Feyerabend
Grand Champion Ship Winners Arrive With Three Hereford Steers
The reader notes the prior grand champions from the two preceding round ups have arrived with three Hereford steers that he has fed for the junior livestock feeding contest. He has earned over $25,000 in stock shows, prize money, and animal sales in the last four years.
Artificial Breeding Aids Dairy Progress In New Jersey
Dr. J. W. Bartlett of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture told the American Society of Animal Production that 120 artificially bred cows in New Jersey farms produced 9.3 percent more milk and 14 percent more butterfat than naturally bred cows.
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Chicago
J. W. Bartlett
Department of Animal Husbandry
New Jersey State College of Agriculture
Spey
New Jersey
Twenty Three Steers Lost in Stampede Near Mingo
William J. Gannon, a farmer near Mingo, lost 23 Hereford steers when the herd stampeded into a westbound freight train on the Great Western crossing. More than 20 other steers were injured as the herd of about 200 moved to pasture, with several turning back and triggering the stampede.
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Mingo
INS
William J. Gannon
Great Western Railway
Farm Income Not Too High Says Hobson
University of Wisconsin economist Asher Hobson argues farm income has risen during the war but farmers did not gain an undue share of national income. He notes farm purchasing power and parity shifts since 1939 and that 1942 output rose 36 percent over 1919.
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Chicago
Asher Hobson
University of Wisconsin
Hobson
Wartime Farm Income and Soil Depletion Warnings
Hobson warns wartime farm income must fund soil restoration after the war as livestock was raised for market using seeds from prior years and soil fertility has reached danger point in some regions. He says millions will be needed to return soil to prewar status.
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Hobson
WFA Sells 110000 Cases of Shell Eggs
The War Food administration announced approx 110000 cases of shell eggs available to commercial and export buyers on an invitation to bid basis. Bids accepted as received if satisfactory, with closing date Dec 15. Bids to Washington. Eggs were remaining quantities from a price support program last spring.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
E. K. Riley
WFA
Midwest
Washington
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Eastern Iowa
Ces
CCC
Hinchman Fund
Waubeek
Ray Anderson
Farm Journal
D. D. Offringa
J. M. Olimpio de Mello
Piaui
Brazil
WEA
van Werne
Auburn Savings Bank
Towa
Guthrie Farm
Ohn Deere
Litchfield
Jamesway
Ralph Orth
Ray Mowry
U. S
U.S
H. V. McCarty
Frivate Sale
Dakotas
Iowa City
D. J. Gatens Manager
D. J. Gatens & Son
Edmund
U.S.N
Harold
Linn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
the Bank
Sojka
16Th Ave
Pork
Washington State
Fancy Delicious
Jonathan
OLD Federal Building
Sixteenth Avenue
Marnen Towels
Libby
Florida
Texas
Gatto's
Saringeville Creamery Co
Toa Quy
Camay
Irre Vvnar
First Street
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