Markets Little Affected By Outbreak Of Hostilities
War did not greatly alter New York produce prices in the first week of hostilities. Butter and eggs held steady amid ample supplies. no panic to sell or urge to speculate. Night trading may shift to daytime due to possible blackouts. live poultry demand declined while dressed poultry grew, with better sales for onions potatoes cabbage and turnips in colder weather.
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New York
York City
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Fence Drift Catches Attention in Garden Aid Shipment
Seventeen tons of garden seeds and fifty tons of fertilizer have been shipped to the Farm Women of England. Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Ackworth reports to The Gazette farm editor. distribution will be managed by the Women's Institute of Great Britain.
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Farm Women
England
Farmreau Federation
United States
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Gazette
The
Women's Institute of Great Britain
Soil Conservation Fits Into Food For Freedom Drive
Edmund Ruff of National area advocates soil and moisture conservation to boost Food for Freedom production. He terraces about two thirds of his farm with contour strips and plans a six year rotation of corn oats and four years alfalfa for improved hog pasture, aided by SCS technicians.
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The
Gazette
Eleader
Edmund Ruff
National
County Scs
Ruff
Uff
SCS
Complete Slosing Out Sale at Len Wieneke Farm
Quitting farming owner Adolph R. Kula runs a public auction at the Len Wieneke farm near Central City. Auction begins 11:00 a.m. with 12 Guernsey cows and heifers, 7 purebred Hereford hogs, 166 Rhode Island Red pullets, household goods, farm machinery, hay and grain, and usable farm equipment. Lunch on grounds. terms usual. Mont State Bank clerk.
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Len Wieneke
Central City
Guernsey
Rhode Island
Krehier
Lewis W Wool Rus
Axum Rus
Cak
Columbia
Adolph R. Kula
Mite and
Lassen
Auets
Mont State Bank
Holsteins Net $216 Average At Amboy Auction
Sixty Holsteins including calves and heifers sold for an average of 216 at Amboy Newfoundland to settle the W. A. Green estate. A five year old cow led the sale at 500. Eight head brought 2700 with Paul S. Dougherty of Crestwood Kentucky purchasing. Iowa buyers listed include Clem Westermeier Earlville Horace Dodds Danville Arnold Kraft Davenport and Herbert Wiemann Burlington.
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Amboy
W. A. Green
Mr. Green
Howard “Hod” Green
Cedar Rapids
Paul S. Dougherty
Crestwood
Iowa
Clem A. Westermeier
Earlville
Horace W. Dodds
Danville
Arnold L. Kraft
Davenport
Herbert J. Wiemann
Burlington
CCC Loans On Barley And Wheat Announced
The Agriculture Department reports through Dec 6 1941 the CCC made 21 995 loans on 15 938 and 754 bushels of 1941 barley across 20 states and 487 973 loans on 331 849 807 bushels of 1941 wheat totaling 325 982 119 dollars. Barley loans average 40 cents per bushel with 14 900 000 bushels stored on farm. Iowa accounts for 7 107 bushels on farm and 1 481 in warehouse totaling 3 706 dollars. Wheat loans cover 102 704 199 bushels on farms and 229 145 617 in public warehouses. Iowa wheat loans total 2 994 for 795 383 19 dollars, with 35 803 bushels farm stored and 734 623 bushels in warehouse storage.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture Today
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Towa
Mystery of Iowa Corn Cobs Mill Drives Curiosity Across States
Iowa corn cobs are ground at Northwestern Milling in Iowa with two men in charge but little is known about the purpose. Rumors say the ground product will be shipped to plants on the coasts and in the Midwest for use in nitro cellulose and possibly wartime gunpowder or shell manufacture.
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Onawa
Northwestern Milling Company
Iowa
California
Glendale
Calif
Francis Wilkinson
Missouri Valley
Joes
Guinan
Day
Midwest
Wilkinson
O. R. Sweeney
Chemical Engineering
Iowa State College
D. D. Mosses
DuPont
Sweeney
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Standards Laboratories
Ames
More Farm Workers on Dec 1 Than Year Earlier
Washington reports that 9,349,000 people worked in agriculture on December 1, slightly above November figures. Hiring of 2,233,090 workers marked the largest December 1 figure since 1935, with November declines the smallest since records began in 1925.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Eee
Defense Plans Call For Garden On Every Farm
National defense garden conference in Washington on December 19 and 20 will launch a 1942 garden campaign urged by Secretary Wickard and Paul V. McNutt. The plan promotes farm, home fruit, and community gardens to boost vitamin rich foods, with 1,300,000 additional farm gardens targeted in 1942 and a nationwide goal of a garden on every farm.
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Washington
DD. C
National Defense Garden
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Defense Health and Welfare Services
Paul V. McNutt
Department of Agriculture Garden Committee
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
United States
Food For Freedom
Wickard
Hand Amputated After Iowa City Picker Accident
Robert a farmer near Iowa City suffered a crushed right hand in a corn picking accident. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors amputated his hand above the wrist.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Robert “Nz
Nineteen 4-H Baby Beef Members Enrolled in Delaware
Manchester Delaware county reports nineteen 4-H boys and girls enrolled in the 1942 baby beef project. Enrollment closes January 1. Members include William Harder Ruth Harder Jim Cramer Virgil Wessel Claude Hunt Frank Orr Norman Appleby Marvin Schulte Raymond Schulte Melvin Lockwood William Meisgeier John Billmeyer Francis Fangmen Dean Wenger Joe McMahon Milton Retz Daniel Robinson Homer Brockmeyer Paul Robinson.
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Manchester
Delaware County
William Harder
Ruth Harder
Jim Cramer
Virgil Wessel
Claude Hunt
Frank Orr
Norman Appleby
Marvin Schulte
Raymond Schulte
Melvin Lockwood
William Meisgeier
John J. Billmeyer
Francis Fangmen
Dean Wenger
Joe McMahon
Milton Retz
Daniel Robinson
Homer W. Brockmeyer
Paul Robinson
Complete Closing Out Public Sale Southeast of Vinton
Auction begins at 16 56 p m with many cattle including 18 Angus cows 7 years old 3 years old 2 black Angus calves 19 Angus calves weighing 300 to 400 pounds plus shorthorn and Jersey cows. Also hogs poultry grain and farm machinery including Massey Harris tractor plows corn planter corn mower and cream separator. George Koster will oversee with Schmite and State Bank.
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Bath
Jersey
Guernsey
Rhode Island
Hampshire
Massey-Harris
Jane Deere Landers
Minneapolis
International
Barrow
John Deere
George Koster Schmite
State Bank
Wool Prices Advance in Boston as War Orders Rise
Boston reports wool prices rising for the third straight month amid large army orders and high mill consumption. Projections note raw wool ceilings to be set near week ended December 6, with imports likely from the 1941-42 Southern clips as domestic 1942 output lags. World production in 12 Southern Hemisphere countries totals about 2.35 billion pounds, with exports shifted toward the UK and US due to wartime trade.
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the Gazette
Boston
United States
Office of Price Administration
EF Cutarine International
Farm Auction Notices From Various Iowa Locales
A multistation list shows farm auctions and closings across Iowa towns including Walker Freeman near Dec 17, Fairfax East of, Central City southeast of, Vinton southeast, Tipton west, Anamosa southwest, Lisbon northeast, Amana near Center Point, and Tipton area. Names include J F, Sanders, Tambiina and Drowhy, Elkins, Koster, Floyd Reed, Frank Moss, Elmer Becker, L E Morningstar, Za bokinsky and Son, Frank Lenoch, Tracht and Son.
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Mi. E. Walker
Wm. Freeman
Mi. N
J. F
Ae Leora Arne
Center Point
Tracht & Son
N.E
Tipton
Cotton Planters Approve 1942 Marketing Quotas
Farmers in a Saturday referendum approved rigid marketing quotas for the 1942 cotton crop. With over a third of votes counted the control program led 356,604 to 15,775.
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Washington
4 H Officers Elected in Linn County 1942
Four H clubs in Linn County elected officers at their annual party Saturday evening. Genevieve Kosch and Wayne Ford were named officers, with Jeanette Hagerman Marion girls vice president Edith Gensicke Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer Kirley Carver Marion historian Mac Towers Marion boys vice president Jack Girl Marion secretary Eli Shada Springville treasurer Howard Fischer Mt Vernon historian. The program featured greetings from 1941 county club representatives Lois Frederick and rold Thomas a stunt by the Whittier Willing Workers club and a Pal on band second.
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Bpecal
Gazette
Springville
Linn County
Genevieve Kosch
Wayne Ford
Jeanette Hagerman
Marion
Edith Gensicke
Cedar Rapids
Jis
Kirley Carver
Mac Towers
Jack Girl
Eli Shada
Howard Fischer
Mt. Vernon
Dents
Lois Frederick
Rold Thomas
Whittier Willing Workers Club
Barbara Lieberknecht
Vinton 4-H elects Benton county officers for 1942
Raphael Kelly of Van Horne was elected Benton county 4-H boys president for 1942 at the annual 4-H banquet. George Raseke Luzerne was named vice-president Karel Urice Vinton secretary and Austin Brandt La Porte City treasurer. Rev A N Rogness Ames served as principal. Otis Tuttle county Farm Bureau Oren Thompson and Robert Schneider spoke.
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Vinton
Raphael Kelly
van Horne
Benton County
George Raseke
Luzerne
Karel Urice
Austin Brandt
la Porte City
A. N. Rogness
Ames
Otis Tuttle
Ee County Farm Bureau
Oren Thompson
Robert Schneider
14-Pound Lemon Grown in Solon Featured by Local Grower
A Solon gardener, Mrs. Charles Pertlicek, produced a one and a half pound lemon in Iowa. The fruit grew outside through summer and was moved indoors as cold set in. The largely green lemon was picked on Sunday.
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Solon
Iowa
Charles Pertlicek
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