Soybean Processing Plant at Martelle Showcased
The Cooperative Elevator plant at Martelle is described with Ruby Hart conducting a moisture test on soybean meal. Willard Ellison, plant foreman, stands by the expeller while Virus Boxwell aids cracking. Oil moves from filter press to a weighed tank and later to a tank car. meal is sold locally with 20 percent reserved for government disposition.
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Cooperative Elevator Company
Martelle
Ruby Hart
Willard Ellison
Forman
Allen Mitchell
Less Lardy Postwar Hog Is Sought
Special to The Gazette discusses Iowa breeders at Ames working under Dr. J L Lush and Dr. W A Craft to create leaner meatier hogs for postwar markets. They propose a 225 pound hog about 49 to 42 inches long with 14 to 15 inch back depth and 11 to 12 inch shoulder width, arguing lard will face competition from oils and foreign pork demand after the war.
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Ames
Iowa
J. L. Lush
W. A. Craft
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Europe
London
British Dominions
Continental
United States
Coming Farm Auctions Near Tipton and Surrounding Areas
A sequence of farm auctions slated across Iowa towns from late December to January. Listings include closing-out sales for Goldsberry Mounce Est., T. L. Small Est., Camille Seys, Wm. R. Andresen, J. W. Carbee, R. F. Avery Dairy, H. J. Wiemann Holsteins, John Huss, Jerome Mulherin, Mrs. Albert Ebert, Chris Gadke, George Bowers, and J. S. Milligan. Locations span Center Point, Tipton, Walker, Tama, Burlington, Alburnett, Stanwood, Clarence, Marion, and Cedar Rapids with several near-miles benchmarks.
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Wm. R. Andresen
Tipton
J. W. Carbee
Mt. Vernon
R. F. Avery Dairy
Tama
H. J. Wiemann
Burlington
Delaware farms to gain MV REA electric service
About fifty farms in Delaware county will receive electric service from the Maquoketa Valley REA. A contractor will connect lines across three counties with Jones county work finished and Dubuque nearing completion.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Maquoketa
1943 Weather Ideal for Corn Says Reed
Des Moines AP reports Iowa's 1943 weather favored corn growth with 94 percent frost safety. Excess May rain delayed planting in the south, but a warm wet summer created a tropical Iowa season and robust crops. Floods along the Missouri border originated in the Dakotas and Montana, causing bottom-land damage estimated up to 2 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Missouri River
Henry County
Keokuk County
Contin
FENCE DRIFT AND NEIGHBORHOOD MEMORIES IN OLD FARM COMMUNITY
A reflective note recalls a neighbor who whistled while milking and the calm of old winters. The writer cherishes shared hardship, laments changes in the barn layout, and notes neighbors' resilience as families move on. A plan to continue a protein set aside order beyond January aims to improve feed distribution.
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Berger
Fleming Commissioned Ensign in the Navy
Des Moines native Roger W Fleming a research director for the Iowa Farm Bureau for five years left Des Moines for Lawrence Kansas to become assistant paymaster with the rank of ensign in the U S Navy His duties in Lawrence will be temporary and he has orders to report to Harvard University for supply corps training on June 9 Mrs Fleming and daughter Barbara will remain in Des Moines temporarily
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Gazette
Des Moines
Roger W. Fleming
Iowa Farm Bureau
Lawrence
Kan
United States Navy
Fleming
Tama County
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
Buy War Bonds Public Sale Near Center Point
Tae Sovins tae rented on e arm for fisted hence S the plow firmites Soothe ace 2 Walker on highway No. 154 four miles south of Center Point on Tuesday December 28. T L Main and Nellie Saylor owners.
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Tae Sovins
Tae
Fisted
Firmites
Walker
WFA Man Outlines 3 Key Agriculture Problems
Des Moines AP Walter C. Berger, chief of the feed and livestock branch of the Food Production Administration, lists three major agricultural issues. He cites processing a record hog flow, balancing livestock with feed, and achieving equal distribution of scarce feeds. He expects hog packing to stay high through early 1944 and hopes to cut 1944 hog production to 105 million head, near 1942 levels.
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Des Moines
Walter C. Berger
Feed and Livestock
The
Food Production Administration
War Food Administration
Berger
Standard Bred Chicks Offer for 4-H in Dubuque
Dubuque county poultry association will supply 50 standard baby chicks to each 4 H club member for 1944 projects. Applications may be sent anytime and recipients will be chosen by a committee from the poultry association, County Agent Frank Kerrigan said Saturday.
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Dubuque
Closing Out Sale on Farm Near Tipton and Clarence
Property owner Wm. R. Andresen holds a complete closing-out sale at his farm 4%% miles NE of Tipton and 7 miles SW of Clarence on Wednesday December 29 at 11 o clock. Items include 19 head cattle Holstein Guernsey two-year-olds bulls heifers and steers. 10% head hogs yearling sows all due April. extensive farm machinery from Oliver and John Deere lines. chickens brooders incubators milk equipment and related farm gear. Auction by Witter Colby with Bennett State Bank as clerk. Novice terms. Phone 10716.
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Tipton
Guernsey
Poland
China
Oliver
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Rock Island
Cultipacker
Jamesway
Ene
Ned Hich
Pennsylvania
Senath Prairie
Wm. R. Andresen
Witter Colby
Mechanicsville Bennett State Bank
Clarence
Sonnemaker Farm
Stanwood
Olin
Deere
Deering- McCormick
Caresias Zenith
Albert Ebert
John F
Clarence Savings Bank
Lewis Moore
Wald
Plymouth Rock
New Hampshire
V. C. Case
Twin City
Cos Eder
Timothy Nee
Harmony Point Ladies Aid
UBUAL
Chris Gadke
Olinia
Union Trust A Pa
Beck Creek
Roam
Melvin Reowser
Closing Out Sale Head of Horses and Dairy Cattle
A farm sale listing 9 head of cattle including Guernsey Jersey cows with calves, a springer, and a yearling, plus equipment such as a cream separator and carts. Items described with weights about 1496 lbs per horse, and a team ready to run. Owner names J. W. Carsee, W. Fr. Chalts, contact Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust Co. Area unspecified.
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Guernsey-Jersey
Calve Marck
J. W. Carsee
W. Fr. Chalts
Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust Ce
Top November Butterfat Nets 55 Cents at Monona
Patrons of the Monona Union Farmer's creamery received 55 cents a pound net for sweet cream butterfat delivered in November. Grade No. 1 butterfat sold for 53 cents a pound net. A total of 48,915 pounds of butter was manufactured from 39,274 pounds of butterfat.
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Monona
Monona Union Farmer’s Creamery
Reasons for Egg Slump
Ralph Baker of the poultry extension service in Ames cites several factors behind the egg price slump. He notes higher receipts at Midwest markets, larger shell egg stocks, and temporary demand boosts from meat rationing changes, with prices stabilized by support programs and anticipated government orders.
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the Gazette
Ames
Ralph Baker
Poultry Extension Service
St Ames
Mid- West
Baker
Iowa
Ames Poultryman
War Food Administration
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Goldsberry Mounce Est
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Center Point
T. L. Small
Tipton, Main & Saylor
Camille Seys
John Huss
Alburnett
H. J. Huss
Jerome Mulherin
George Bowers
Marion
J. S. Milligan
Cedar Rapids
REA
West Union
Brooder Houses
Economy LuMber CO
First Street
John H. Chapman
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Saae
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Indies
Eas Evoes
Teeree
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R. F. Avery
Navy
T. L. Main
Nellie Saylor
Vg, Macally Ah Stee Riess Batesse
Maplete
Harrow
John F. Boling
Henry Walters
Oxford Harteader
Barrow
Emerson
Ameer
John Real Seelon
Bain Ioeet
Ae Jerome Mulherin
Stanweed, Cierk
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