Exports Authorized for Wheat to Eleven Countries
The Agriculture Department authorized 288 300 long tons of wheat and wheat flour equivalent for January shipments to eleven countries in Europe, North Africa and South America. Up to 234 000 tons will be wheat with the rest flour, bought on the open market. CCC will ship 172 000 tons to France and French North Africa to complete contracts.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Europe
North Africa
South America
Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
France
French North Africa
UNRRA
Army
CCC
Cherry Trees Need Winter Protection
H E Nichols Iowa State College extension horticulturist urges cherry tree owners to protect their trees this winter to guard future production. Bark on south and southwest sides may thaw on warm winter days then freeze at night, killing tissue. wrapping trunks with white paper or whitewash can help. Nichols also suggests treatments for trees four to twenty years old.
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Gazette
Ames
H. E. Nichols
Iowa State College
Nichols
Winer Nichols
Moving auction on Bill Roach place near Center Point road
Public sale planned Friday December 28 at 1:00 PM listing items from a Farmall tractor to a McD 18 inch cultivator and various farm implements plus house furnishings and about 35 acres of corn. Auction conducted by P C Lassen acting as clerk for First Trust and Savings Bank.
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Bill Roach
McLeod Springs
Center Point
Atthape
Farm Auction Notices Through Early January
Central Iowa buyers are informed of a string of farm auctions and closing-out sales scheduled from Thursday December 27 through Thursday January 10. Listings include bidders near Stanwood Coggan Coggon Marion Cedar Rapids Linn County Lisbon and other locales with multiple farms and breeders associations involved.
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M. K. Keseberg
Stanwood
Ted Reinke
Coggon
Hugh Soden
L. O. Koster
Marion
W. EF. Brown
Glass Rd
Cedar Rapids
A. E
Glen Miller
Linn County
Jesse Travis
Glen D. McCall
Keystone East Central
Iowa
Hereford Breeders Assn
Davenport
Theo Kahler
Emil F. Paulsen
Graham and Fowler
L. D. Starry
Schott and Carpenter
Lisbon
W. H. Goodrow
Construction tip for windward tree protection troughs
A trough or V shape is placed on the south or southwest side of the tree extending from ground level to the lower branches. Secure the boards just enough to prevent them from blowing away in wind.
Lansing Toy Works gives turkeys to 300 employees
Lansing Toy Works owner Leo Hufschmidt provides a Christmas dinner for all 300 employees. Anderson Produce of Waukon dressed the turkeys for the holiday treat.
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Lansing Toy Works
Gazette
Lansing
Leo Hufschmidt
Anderson Produce Company
Waukon
Horses and cattle top Clayton Worley sale near Columbus Junction
Eleven head of horses sold from 45 to 110 dollars per head at the Clayton Worley sale three miles northwest of Columbus Junction. Cattle brought 95 to 130 dollars, yearlings 85, brood sows 55, and 125 pound feeding pigs 25 to 30 per head.
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Columbus Junction
Clayton Worley
Here
Candidates Named for State 4-H Club Offices
Nine candidates were named for 1946 state boys 4-H club offices to be chosen at the Iowa State College short course December 27 to 29. Delegates from local clubs and county leaders will elect a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and historian. The event resumes after a wartime lapse and is expected to draw about 1,000 boys and leaders.
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Iawa State College
Ames
Ray Dankenbring
Waterloo
Rex Boatman
Peterson
Maynard Lang
Brooklyn
Burton Collier
Durant
Frederic Knop
Charter Oak
Navy
Iowa State College
Virgil Ashland
Clear Lake
Ted Omtredt
Fonda
George Leland
Robert Smith
State Center
Durwood Lyon
Toledo
Dale Hendrickson
Gray
Dwight Lewis
Villisca
Maurice Core
Indianola
Frederick Cobler
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State
H. H. Kildee
R. K. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Service
Ray Cunningham
M.C.A
Robert Schwyart
Navy Chaplains Corps
Great Lakes
Ill
Allan B Kline
Iowa Farm
Traditional Mistetoe Feed for Cattle in Texas
The mistletoe, a Christmas staple, grows on southern oaks and mesquite and is gathered in Oklahoma for shipment to markets. Ranchers in Texas use mistletoe as winter feed when forage is scarce, while other bunches go to Christmas markets.
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Texas
Unitedotates Forest Service
Oklahoma
Forest Service
Floyd Johnson sale reports prices for livestock and hay
Milkcows brought 115 to 125 dollars with some cows, heifers 91.50, calves 18 to 25 dollars at Floyd Johnson sale ten miles north west of Columbus Junction. Stock cows sold to 98 dollars brood sows 38 to 40 feeding pigs 28 to 30 chickens 140 dollars each. Ten tons alfalfa hay 14 dollars per ton corn 1.09 oats 0.69 per bushel. Auctioneers were Klotz and Duncan.
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Columbus Junction
Floyd Johnson
Here
Klotz and
Duncan
Bells of Christmas and Peaceful Hope Poem
A reflective Christmas verse by G. A. C. laments war and celebrates a world turning from conflict toward unity. It imagines Christmas trees, united homes, silent guns, and the timeless message of peace and Good Will to Men.
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Mamma
Grannie
Treating Fence Posts Extends Life Depends on Wood Type
Iowa State College forester Richard Campbell says creosote treatment can greatly extend life for less durable woods, potentially four to five times the normal span. Untreated ash lasts about seven years, while treated ash reaches 25 years. Osage orange is 25 years untreated and about 47 with treatment.
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Gazette
Ames
Richard Campbell
Iowa State College
Smith Buys Mottet Farm at Gladwin
Wesley Smith purchases the 158 acre Louis Mottet farm three and one half miles northwest of Gladwin for 15000 dollars. The property abuts Smiths 325 acre farm. G N Duncan Agency of Columbus Junction handles the sale. Mottet buys an 80 acre Johnson county farm and will move March 1.
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Gladwin — Wesley Smith
Louis Mottet
Here
Smith
G N. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Mottet
Johnson County
One fifth of Nebraska is in weed districts
Lincoln Neb ten million acres about one fifth of the state is in weed eradication districts under the Nebraska weed law. European bindweed is the most serious weed in most areas. District officers enforce control and landowners pay their share of the cost.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Corn Protein Varies With Soil Fertility Says Purdue Study
Purdue University findings by Dr. D. M Doty show soil fertility and weather heavily influence corn protein content. On poor land near Lafayette protein was 9.9 percent, rising to 12.3 percent with nitrogen fertilizer. Phosphorus and potash increased yield but did not raise grain potash content. heredity was less influential than environment.
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Lafayette
Ind
D. M Doty
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
Purdue University
Doty
State FFA Advisory Council Meets Friday
In Des Moines the state advisory council of the Future Farmers of America will convene December 28 and 29 to plan the 1946 victory centennial convention reorganize district and state contests and establish new chapters. Executive committee members attending are David Walker Monticello Jack Long Sac City and Robert Havener Harvey with Dr Barton Morgan head of the Iowa State College vocational education department also attending.
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Des Moines
The
Future Farmers of America
David Walker
Monticello
Jack Long
Sac City
Robert Havener
Harvey
Barton Morgan
Vocational Education Department of
Iowa
Itate College
Soil Building Payments For Allamakee Farmers 1946
Allamakee county farmers will receive 89400 dollars for soil building practices in 1946 per the county AAA office. This amount exceeds the 1943-44 allotment by 4461 dollars.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Brief Income Tax Facts for Farmers
Q A farm tax Q A prepared by IRS specialists outlines treatment of sold livestock gains or losses after depreciation. It explains reporting income for landlords and tenants on stock crop shares as a partnership with Form 1065 and individual returns. hail and fire insurance on crops is income.
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Internal Revenue Office
National Farm Institute Sets 1946 Meeting Dates
Des Moines will host the National Farm Institute February 15 and 16 with the theme The Peace time Challenge to Agriculture. The program includes formal addresses and open forum discussions. Chairman Kirk Fox says participation will include farmers and representatives from labor and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
National Farm Institute
Kirk Fox
Institute
Fox
Earliest Use of Mineral Salts Boosted Crops at Gresham College
The first known instance of using mineral salts to increase crop yield dates to 1660 at Gresham College in England.
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Gresham College
England
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