Imports of Cattle from Mexico Banned
The United States barred Mexican cattle from entering the country for the second time in a year. Inspector Redmond in Presidio received Washington’s urgent order to stop inspections along the Texas border. The ban cites no stated reason, but reports claim deadly foot and mouth disease in Mexican herds near Vera Cruz and Mexico City. Nearly 5,000 head crossed last week, with further shipments expected before year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Amador
LPASO
Tex
INS
United States
John Redmond
Bureau of Animal Industry
Presidio
Douglas, Ariz
Washington
Mexico
Reenond
Texas- Mexco
Redmond
Vera Cruz
Pueblo
Mexico City
Brazil
Juarez
el Paso
Quarantine Ties Mexico Cattle Ban to Foot and Mouth Defense
Rex Conn notes the June 17 quarantine on Mexican cattle may bolster disease defense as Brahma bulls from Brazil entered Central American countries. He cites endemic foot and mouth disease in Brazil and Argentina and considers broader biosecurity implications amid rising cattle trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
Mexico
Brazil
Argentine
Quarantine plan targets Brazilian cattle to curb disease risk
USDA work warns that Brahma cattle imports from Brazil threaten US disease control as foot and mouth disease could spread from Central America. A Swan Island quarantine station aims to hold cattle 60 days before landing, with Mexico Guatemala and Honduras pledging to halt imports until it is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Mexico
Swan Island
Caribbean Sea
Honduras
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Complete Closing Out Sale on Woitishek Farm at Ely Area
Louis Furchtenicht h announces a complete closing out sale on the Woitishek farm located three miles east and four miles south of Ely and six miles north of Upon, Illinois on Tuesday, Deg 31, 1946 at 1 pm. The sale includes 809 cattle with multiple breeds and calves, 40 head of hogs, 30 Barred Rock pullets, poultry equipment, alfalfa hay and corn, 900 bales of hay in barn, 3,000 bushels of ear corn, and an extensive array of power machinery and equipment including a John Deere Model A tractor, disc plows, cultivators, planters, wagons, and tools. Louis Furchtenicht is the owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
David Bradley
John Deere
Rodrick
Victor Endgate
Witte
Myres
Briggs & Stratton Motor
National Milker
Ely
Upon
Guernsey
A. C
Case & Ft
McCormick Deering
McCormick Deering Corn
Louis Furchtenicht
Art Satterlee
Independence
Highway
Sr 102
Berkshire
Hampshire
Carling
Farrow
Blohforkshire
Wolstein
J. Deere
J. Ters
G. A. Or
Selly
McCorm-Deering
Jerseys
Scotch Grove
Poland
Allis Chalmers
Oliver
Mc Deering
David Bradley Hammermill
Deering
Jamesway
U S Canada to Supply Bulk of World Wheat
Minneapolis The world must look to the United States and Canada to meet export grain and flour demand in the present crop year, says Cargill in its monthly crop bulletin. Argentina and Australia can help, with drought trimming Australian wheat to 120 million bushels from 150. Argentine crop at 218 million, up from 144 last year, leaving an exportable supply near 100 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
United States
Canada
Cargill Company
Argentina
Australia
Drouth
Cargill
Neighbors Harvest Corn as Lenicka Near Operation
Neighbors gathered at Joe Lenicka farm five miles southeast of here to harvest the corn crop. Lenicka is in the hospital awaiting an operation with assistance from Mike Machula Marion Jameson Charles Lehr George Marek Harrison Oxley Ned Dunn Lester Scott Vernon Barrett Bud Lenicka and Frank and John Suchomel all of the neighborhood and Frank Suchomel of Center Point. Decorah-Holstein breeders of Winneshiek county plan their annual meeting in Decorah on Tuesday January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Lenicka
Here
Lenicka
Mike Machula
Marion Jameson
Charles Lehr
George Marek
Harrison Oxley
Ned Dunn
Lester Scott
Vernon Barrett
Bud Lenicka
Frank and
John Suchomel
Center Point
Minnesota Solon Proposes Including Farm Labor in Parity
Rep. H. Carl Anderson of Minnesota urges Congress to add farm labor costs to the parity formula and to pledge government price support at a permanent 90 percent of parity. He says labor costs would lift farm purchasing power and sustain industry, noting current programs exclude labor costs and could raise support by about 10 percent if included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Washington
ULP
H. Carl Anderson
R-Minn
Congress
Anderson
Agriculture Department
Decorah Livestock Sales Reach About 2 Million Dollars
Decorah buyers and sales organizations estimate about $2,000,000 in livestock marketed in Decorah in 1946. The price range rose from 1945 but fewer animals were sold. October had the peak run, and January marketings are expected to surpass November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau Adds 200 New Members
Decorah reports Winneshiek Farm Bureau enrollment for 1947 near 1250 with 200 new members. Erlin Lomen, enrollment drive chairman, says the county should easily reach the 1600 member target as several townships remain wamreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B
Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau
Erlin Lomen
Changes Seen In Road Fund Distribution
Iowa lawmakers expect major shifts in farm to market road funds as the 52nd general assembly opens. A United Press survey shows 87 percent favor extending the present plan and basing funds on need. The state moves to distribute $3,979,710 in federal farm to market aid over three years, with debates on equalizing across counties and rural areas. Opinions vary from opposition to state-led expansion to calls for all weather roads to improve rural schools and Town areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
52Nd
General Assembly
United Press
State Highway Commission
51St General Assembly
State Supreme Court
The
Commission
Coming Farm Auctions Advertised In The Gazette
A sequence of farm auctions and public sales listed by date from December 30 to January 28. Locations span Lisbon Palo Hopkinton Independence Rowley Ely Springville Williamsburg Tiffin Tipton Olin Keystone Fairfax Central City Anamosa and more. Names include Earl K Smith Lloyd Hopker Howard Blanchard Robi Wright Weiher and others amid sow and gilt sale mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl K. Smith
Lisbon
Lloyd Hopker
Mi. N
Palo
Howard Blanchard
Hopkinton
Lester J. Merfeld
Independence
Barclay Heald
Whittier
Frank Staskal
Fairfax
Bernard Pratt
Alburnett
Clayton Sherrill
Wyoming
Edward Rehak
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Silver
Central City
Lillian Reif
John Robinson
Tipton
Chester Thompson
van Horne
Bill Slimmer
Anamosa
L. H. Possehl
Blairstown
E. L. Olsen
Springville
E. W. Stickley
Carl Eden
A. Monk
Louis Albertson
Keystone
Ney Jurgensen
Labor Dept Defines Area of Production in Agriculture
Regional Director Walter W. King announced a new definition of area of production for processing and handling agricultural products. Exemptions from minimum wage or overtime may apply to workers in establishments located in open country or rural communities that in the prior month received 95 percent of commodities from normal rural sources of supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
INS
Walter W. King
U.S. Department of Labor
Open country distance rules for agricultural operations
The regulation defines open country or rural areas and sets product specific distance limits. Ginning cotton 10 miles, fruits and vegetables 15 miles, storage of cotton and other specified operations 20 miles, compressing and certain warehousing for cotton tobacco grain soybeans poultry eggs 50 miles. Enforcements start March 1, 1947.
Minn Hog Men Plan 10 Percent Spring Crop Rise
Minnesota hog producers expect a 10 percent rise in sows to farrow next spring from 1946 levels. A survey by the state livestock reporting service and the post office department projects a 6 percent gain in total pigs if average litter size holds. The 1946 pig crop totaled 5,208,000, the smallest since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
Farrow
Federal Livestock Reporting Service
Reporting Service
Post Office Department
Top cow sells for 345 at local cattle auction
In Columbus Junction four miles south of town Monday, the top cow brought 345 dollars at the David Hull Holstein and Guernsey auction. The first three cows sold totaled 1,000 dollars and the entire lot averaged over 200 dollars per head. Summer calves sold up to 120 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
David Hull Holstein and Guernsey
Here
Rural Electric Administration funds Decorah coop project
Congressman Henry O. Talle announced Hawkeye Tri-county Electric Cooperative will receive 290000 dollars from the Rural Electric Administration to build 194 miles of new power lines. The grant supports rural electrification efforts and expands service in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Henry O. Talle
Hawkeye
FASTEETH Improves Denture Fit and Odor Control
An advertorial note promotes FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates. It claims teeth stay firmly in place, no sliding or rocking, no gummy taste, and a non sour alkaline formula. It also claims to reduce denture breath and is available at drug stores.
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Challis & Silver
Mon
Lloyd Hepker
Tony Schmitz
Elmer Haertcher
Palo Savings Bank
R. H. Bush
Marengo
Iowa County Soil District
E. B. Warner
North English
Warner
R. G. Owen
J. J. Kelly
Truman Faas
Willis Brown
F. R. Plank
Ray R. Kelley
Lloyd Bickford
F. G
Don Turner
Bush
Tropical America
U. S
8. H. Work
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Rio Grande
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville First Trust & Savings Bank
Wood's Bros. Thresher
Hinmon
Enterprise Lard Press
Wickendall
Fay Miller
Security State Bank
U.S
Decorah — Holstein Breeders
Winneshiek County
Kent
Hoosier
Wisi
TS & Feed CO
Muscatine, IA
James B. Cooney
Robi
Wright Weiher
Rowley
Charles W. Draker
Emil Gettleman
Clarence
Alfred James
Williamsburg
Art Colony
Tiffin
Harden Bros
S of
Sam Alexander
Olin
Ed Zabokitsky
Walker
Byron Wetzel
Henry Ruser
Bennett
Carlton Dudley
Fred Hefflefinger
Lewis M. Schliemann
Herman Hass
Wilson Baughman
Arthur Hildebrand
Prairieburg
Labor Dept
Rea
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
Tur Tag
Sunshine Food Market
15Th St
1St Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ojka
16Th Ave
ARKET
Loin
Super Meat Market
First ST. S.E
Stempfle
K Ave
First Street
Pee Brork
ST. SW
Don's Grocery
ETI Trio
BBBB
Gatsup
Texas
Monarch
Quickmeal
Swan Soap
Twa Tare
Folger’s
Swift’s Cleanser
Heinz
Ti Factory
South Vi
Fctiow
Tigrses
Canning
U. Challis
Glenn Pinttenberser
Wetioneers
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