Iowa Grain And Forage Crops Total 24,050,000 Tons This Year
The 1941 Iowa crop total of grain hay and forage reached 24.05 million tons, 6 percent below 1940. Eight major grains totaled 16.086 million tons, down 4 percent from 1940, with corn and oats driving the drop. Flaxseed hit a new all time high, soybeans rose 17 percent to 16.608 million bushels, and small grains suffered heavy winter kill and reduced yields.
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Iowa
Federal
Des Moines
Luly
Lowa
Fence Drift In The Winter Field Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse recalling summer fields and garden scenes with imagery of hay mows, clover, hollyhocks, moonflowers, and a plowman under stars. The speaker notes memories stored for winter and seeks them now as winds blow.
Delaware County Farm Bureau boards forms new leadership
The 1942 Delaware County Farm Bureau directors held an inaugural session in Manchester. Ed Molin, the county agent, planned a Fort Des Moines physical in late December as part of pre service clearance. New officers include Harold J. Bullock as president and Floyd E Ryan as vice president with numerous members listed.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Ed Molin
Delaware
Fort Des Moines
Molin
E. Carruthers
Silver Creek Township
Leslie Gibbs
Coffin's Grove
Edward L. Molin
Bill” Haeussler
Adams Township
Harold J. Bullock
Vinton Carrothers
Prairie Township
Floyd E Ryan
James E Patton
Milo Township
Paul J. McElmeel
Greeley
Home Project
Henry Holthaus
Elk
Art Hugh
Delhi
Ben Helms
South Fork
John Freiburger
North Fork
Don Meisgeier
Richland
Harry Moreland
Bremen
Harold Wilson
Union
Elmer Kehrli
Orren Sampson
Colony
Harvey Merten
Oneida
Warren Winchof
Hopkinton
George Downey
Honey Creek
Freemint Smith
Hazel Green
Willard Robinson
Silver Creek
Alfalfa acreage tops one million tons in 1941 hay update
Age evidence shows beans harvested 72 percent of total acreage in 1941 versus 48 percent in 1940 resulting in a 34 percent rise in bean acreage. All tame hay, though below 1940, remains well above average with alfalfa driving gains.
Jones County Farm Bureau Plans 25th Anniversary
Past presidents of the Jones county Farm Bureau named January 21 as the tentative date for the twenty fifth anniversary celebration. John Bodenhofer, chairman, announced that the Monticello community building was selected as the site for the event.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
John Bodenhofer
Monticello
Tama County Farm Bureau Gains 138 Members
Reported Saturday, the Tama county Farm Bureau membership drive added 138 new members, signaling strong local support for farm organization efforts.
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TRAER
Tama County Farm Bureau
Butter Purchases by DPMA During Week Ends Oct 27
During the week ended Oct 27 DPMA bought butter totaling 3 279 packages. New York City purchases accounted for 1 535 packages of 89 92 score and Chicago purchases 1 744 packages. FSCC dairy totals shown include cheese 161 008 922 pounds evaporated milk 16 578 030 cases and skim milk products with 19 227 070 pounds total.
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DPMA
New York City
Chicago
Agricultural Marketing Service
FSCC
Officers Reelected at Clayton County Farm Service Coop
At the annual meeting of Clayton County Farm Service Co op all officers were reelected. President H N Turner Vice President Art Leeland Secretary Treasurer O H Elwes and Directors A J Walters and Clarence Leitgen. The coop expanded to include Allamakee county adding Arnold Dickman and Walter Hagen to the board. Secretary Treasurer Elvers reported about 8200 available for dividend checks issued ranging from 4 cents to 184 37.
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Eleader
Clayton County Farm Service Company
H. N. Turner
Art Leeland
O H. Elwes
A J. Walters
Clarence Leitgen
Allamakee County
Arnold Dickman
Walter Hagen
Elvers
Farm and Home Week Dates Set in Wisconsin
Madison announces the annual Farm and Home week for Wisconsin farmers runs February 2 to February 6. The program centers on the food for freedom campaign.
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the Gazette
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Oats Bring 64 Cents at Winthrop Farm Sale
Frank Yeoman farm sale near Winthrop saw oats at 64 cents a bushel and corn at 74 cents. Livestock included a Shorthorn bull at 94 dollars, nine cows 54 to 80 dollars, 13 calves 44 to 60 dollars, hens and pullets 74 cents each, hay 12.50 per ton, and farm implements auctioned. Fay Miller served as auctioneer.
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Winthrop
Frank Yeoman
Timothy Hay
Fay Miller
Walter Hill sale at Columbus Junction Auction
Three horses sold for 75 dollars each at the Walter Hill sale twelve miles northwest of Columbus Junction. Milk cows brought 60 to 85 dollars, calves 25 dollars. 39 feeding pens sold for 22 dollars, five tons timothy and clover hay 10 dollars a ton. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H M Duncan of Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Walter Hill
Here
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Postville Creamery Pays 41c For Top Butterfat
Postville Farm ers Cooperative Creamery reports 41 cents per pound for sweet cream butterfat in November. Payout totals $17,754.52 to patrons, down from 1940. Butter production fell as butterfat declined due to poorer pasture and cheese factory sales. Edgewood’s F H Hatch creamery paid 40 to 41 cents per pound for November butterfat.
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Postville
Carl Welzel
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Welzel
Edgewood
F H. Hatch Creamery
Paddock Discusses Bees and Foulbrood Resistance
Special to The Gazette Ames state apiarist F B Paddock notes that breeding foulbrood resistant bees is a long process with about 90 percent effectiveness claimed for current stock. He compares resistant bee programs to hybrid seed corn, urges testing, cautions against overestimating stock, and cites 4350 queens sold in 1941. The Ames short course is set for May 7-8 1942 with county sessions planned in spring.
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Ames
Iowa Beekeepers
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Allamakee 4-Hers Set County Beeve Feeding Record
Allamakee county records 102 baby beeves to be fed next year. County Agent Fred O Riley announced the figure on Monday. Calves are split among Angus Shorthorn and Hereford breeds in roughly equal numbers.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Fred O'Riley
Polling Places Named For Jones soils referendum
Anamosa Martello Olin Oxford Junction Wyoming Onslow and Monticello will host polling stations for the Jones county soils referendum on January 24. Voting hours are 1 p m to 8 30 p m with Earl Elijah of Clarence in charge. Each landowner may vote once and a 65 percent favorable result is required to form the district. Educational meetings about the soils district will occur early in January.
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Anamosa
Jones County
State Soil Conservation Committee
Martello
Olin
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Onslow
Monticello
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Wives to Meet January 16 with Iowa Farm Bureau Chief
Manchester Delaware county will hold a meeting on January 16 with Jimmy Green of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation to discuss wartime production issues and related problems.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Jimmy Green
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Former U S President Puzzle Answers List
A crossword style clue set covering horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to presidents and common words like damage range and meat with given numbers for cross checking. The puzzle asks for fill in the blanks based on standard clues and word lengths.
Farm Auctions Scheduled Across Several Counties
Upcoming sales list multiple farm land and dairy stock auctions from December 30 to January 8. Buyers may bid on land near Palo, Fairfax, Olin, Ely, Lisbon, Belle Plaine, Linn County, Marion and Atkins. Sellers include Sto dola, Sie panek, Chesmore, Whitman, Conner, Martin Bros, Falcon, Baker, Cerveny, Schminke.
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John Stodola
Palo
Leonard Siepanek
Fairfax
Lloyd Chesmore
Olin
John D. Whitman
Springville
F. G. Remington
Ely
John A. Conner
Lisbon
Martin Bros
Belle Plaine
Herman Falcon
Linn County
Chas. Baker
Marion
Frank Cerveny
W. H. Schminke
Atkins
Losey Named Acting Iowa BAE Representative
Losey becomes acting state representative for the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Iowa with headquarters in Ames. He succeeds J. Joe Reed, who moves to Washington as chief of the production section of the office of agricultural defense relations. Reed will aid Clifford Townsend in OADA.
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Ames
Ed Losey
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Losey
J. Joe Reed
Washington, D. C
Office of Agricultural Defense Relations
Reed
Clifford Townsend
OADA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
TVA Cooperators Meeting Set in Decorah for January 6
Winneshiek county TVA cooperators will meet in Decorah on January 6 with E R Duncan Ames extension specialist to review last year’s records and map plans for 1942. County Agent E J Weigle announced Monday.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
TVA
E R. Duncan
Ames Extension
E. J. Weigle
4 H Club Convention Opens in Ames
Ames 4 H club boys and leaders from across Iowa register for the annual short course and convention. About 1 500 participants expected with a noon opening general meeting featuring welcome by Dean M Helser and talks by Dr H J Roddy and R K Bliss. Activities include livestock judging, grain samples, youth study topics on Victory Gardens for 1942 and health growth substances, plus athletic events and an East West 4 H basketball game.
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Ames
Iowa
Dean M . Helser
Town State College
H J. Roddy
R. K. Bliss
4-H
Machine Repairs Sessions Planned In Cedar Jan. 7
County agent Tipton Howard Hamilton announced two machinery repair meetings on January 7 in Cedar county. C. H. Van Vlack of Ames extension engineer will conduct sessions at West Branch in the afternoon and at Tipton in the evening.
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Tipton
Howard Hamilton
Cedar County
C. H. van Vlack
Ames
West Branch
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Lister
Juliet
Mator
Pat
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Clayton
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
Third Street SE
William
Gammy
WEA Service
Ind
TR Williams
Postville Creamery
Paddock
Jones
U. S
Rome
Devoun
Iowa Bae
Cedar
Opticians
America
United States
Canada
First Ave
Roosevelt Hotel
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