Linn County forms feed advisory committee for oil seed meal
John F. Wag er announces a Linn county AAA committee to supervise the 20 percent oil seed meal set aside for the War Food Administration. Members Henry Hood George Banner Lee O Connell W M Reed will work with state and county committees to allocate meal via purchase certificates and dealers to assist small processors and farmers needing protein supplements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
John F. Wager
Linn Triple-A
Henry J. Hood
Springville
George Banner
Martelie
Lee O’connell
Cedar Rapids
W. M. Reed
Marion
War Food Administration
County Aaa
State Aaa
WFA
A. J. Loveland
AAA
Wager
Triple- A
Wagor
Cedar County 4-H Boys to Elect Officers Friday
The Cedar county 4-H club will hold its annual officer election in Tipton on Friday. Club projects and the district meeting at Cedar Rapids will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar County
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Bookkeeping tenants in Illinois report strong 1942 farm returns
Farm management specialists at the University of Illinois report 825 farm records for 1942 showing 390 bookkeeping tenants with an average net return of 5297 after expenses and 5 percent machinery and supplies investment, on an average 260 acres and 17011 in product value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
College of Agriculture
University of
Illinois
Corn and livestock auction at E. J. Sandra estate sale
Eight hundred bushels of corn sold for $1 a bushel near Volga City. Oats brought 75 cents, mixed hay $9 per ton. Seventeen pigs bid to $25 each. Ten Poland China sows at $40. Ten grade cows averaged $80, calves up to $35.50. A team of horses brought $175, a hay rack $37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga City
E. J. Sandra
Poland
China
Auction at Heuvelman Farm Details Livestock and Crops
Purebred Holstein cows sold at 70 to 111 dollars each at Henry Heuvelman farm three miles east of Lone Tree. Broad sows 35 to 40, fall pigs 18, 170 New Hampshire pullets 1.25, corn at ceiling price, 100 bushels oats 0.78, 12 tons clover hay 10 a ton. Farm machinery sold at ceiling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Henry Heuvelman
New Hampshire
Sewing Machine Care Demonstrations Planned in Cedar County
Miss Laura Heddleson announces home demonstrations on tin care repair and re conditioning of sewing machines at Mrs. Otto Schneider's London home on Jan. 5 and at Mrs. Curtis Frymeyer's Wilton Junction home on Jan. 23 Cedar county home economist said today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Schneider
London
Curtis Frymeyer
Wilton Junction
Laura Heddleson
Cedar County
Lets Talk It Over on Egg Prices and Farm Finance
The column analyzes egg price volatility and farm financing postwar. It cites rising production, government stockpiles, and dehydrated eggs as factors driving a drop in shell egg prices.Recommendations urge cautious land buying, prudent mortgages, and advisor systems for soldiers returning after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Snyder
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Snyder
OPA
Ednard A. Salter, JR
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Wisconsin
Sheep killed and crippled by dog near Brandon
George Peck, a farmer near Brandon, reported that several of his sheep were killed and others crippled by a dog Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
George Peck
Silk and Nylon for Troop Landings Through War Bonds
The Treasury urges use of War Bonds and Stamps to fund parachute drops for distant fighting troops. It notes that silk fineries and substitutes are shifting from market to meet safe landing needs while casualties rise for our armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury Department
14 Head of Cattle and Two Horses for Sale
Ten head of choice milk cows with six fresh and a good milk flow. One purebred Holstein cow with papers from a Reformatory herd. Four more cows from that lineage eligible for registration. One Holstein bull calf nine months old, two yearling heifer calves, one young bull calf. Two horses include a gray mare six years old and a white mare one year old, both good workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale Ormby Fores
Walker Livestock Exchange
Corn Totals 3,469,000,000 Bushels In 1944 Supply
War Food Administration reports 1943 crop plus Oct 1 carryover total 3,469,000,600 bushels for 1944 as livestock demand rises. 1942 Oct 1 carryover was 3,667,000,000 bushels and 1943 crop short of 1942 by 106,000,000 bushels. No marketing quotas planned for the 1944 corn crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
War Food Administration
WFA
Fairmont Leases Selby Poultry Properties
Selby Poultry of Webster City Iowa leased all properties to Fairmont Creamery of Omaha including plants at Hartley Corning Jefferson Britt Fenton and Webster City 65 buying stations and hatcheries in Webster City and Jefferson The deal makes Selby a commission company handling poultry and eggs in carload lots with offices in Webster City Chicago and New York H A Selby is president and GM The firm built its Webster City plant 14 years ago and has a 250000 capitalization The move is among the largest such transactions in recent years with a view toward expanding demand in agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Selby Poultry Company
Fairmont Creamery Company
Omaha
Selby
Hartley
Corning
Jefferson
Britt, Fenton
Iowa
Selby Company
Chicago
New York
H. A. Selby
Farm Auctions Near Tipton and Marion Calendar
A sequence of farm sales listings with closing out notices from multiple bidders and locations. Auctions include Wm R Andresen Mt Vernon Tama Burlington Alburnett Morley Stanwood Clarence Tipton and Pedar Rapids with dates from Dec 29 to Jan 12 and distances from town centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. R. Andresen
Tipton
J. W. Carbee
Mt. Vernon
R. F.avery Dairy
Tama
H. J. Wiemann
Burlington
H. J. Huss
Alburnett
William J. Bailey
Plowing Doesn’t Kill Clover Weevil Warns Entomologist
Ames Iowa farmers were told by Harold Gunderson extension entomologist that the clover root weevil survives plowing and can harm soybeans or other legume seed planted a year after clover. Seedings of red clover have seen the pest. non leguminous crops may be planted on first-year clover sod. No chemical control exists, infestation dies out, and legumes may be sown a year after plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Ames Extension
Gunderson
Jerome Mulherin's Closing Out Sale on Dec 31
Closing out sale featuring a team of choice 5 year brood mares 8 high class dairy cows 55 purebred Duroc brood sows hay and grain sale location 1144 miles southwest of Stan wood Iowa then south at Rock Creek on an oiled road W E Challis Lisbon phone 130
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Iowa
Rock Creek
Team of Choice
Governor Hickenlooper to Speak at Victory Garden Parley
DES MOINES Governor Bourke Hickenlooper will speak at a January 5 luncheon during the victory garden conference arranged by Ames extension and state defense in cooperation with the USDA war board and local agricultural groups. National institute president Paul C. Stark and several Iowa leaders will also address panels and a city garden organization discussion led by B F Nowack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
State Victory Garden
Ames Extension, Service
State Defense Commission
Usda War Board
Iowa Horticultural Society
Federated Garden Club
Paul C. Stark
Louisiana
National Victory Garden Institute
A. J. Leveland
P. Mabel Nelson
Ames
State Nutrition Council
H. K. Bennett
State Department of Public Instruction
Paul Taff
L. C. Grove
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Conie Foote
Ames Extension Agricultural Service
B. S. Pickett
Department of Agriculture
R. K. Bliss
Ames Extension Service
B. F. Nowack
Citizen’s Service Corps
Huss Estate Closing Sale Near Alburnett
H J Huss closes out sale offering hundreds of farm and household items at 5 miles northeast of Alburnett. Livestock includes four Belgian mares, a sorrel and a black gelding, plus Guernsey and Holstein cattle and spotted Poland hams. Farm machinery, feed, hay, corn, oats, beans, and bevy of poultry gear, barn equipment, and household goods will be sold. Cash terms. sale by Challis Aud. with First National Bank of Marion as clerk. Local Ladies Aid serves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Otea
N. E. Alburnett
McDeering
Oliver
Deere
H.C
McDeern
Deering
New Idea
Keystone
Peoria
White Rock
Potter’s
Rogers Crossing
Jamesway Electric
Jamesway
Jamesway Steel
General Electric
Hobart M
Washington
Alburnett
H. J. Huss
Challis
Lisbon
First National Bank of Marion
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Martha
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SEA Cow
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Tropics
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McCormick-Deering
John Deere Corn Planter No
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WMT
Fairmont Leases
Selby Properties
Louis J. Schaefer
W. E. Challis
First Trust & Savings Bank
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd ST
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Arrid
Phillips
Zerbst
Jerome Mulherin
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