Iowa farmers see price index rise to 189 in December report
Interior Hog Sales in 1943 is recorded by ESLIE M. Carl, statistician in Des Moines, noting Iowa's prices received index climbs to 189 percent of the 1909 14 base from Nov 15 to Dec 15, up 11 points since Dec 15 1942. The report covers price changes in corn wheat oats hogs cattle lambs eggs and other farm commodities as of Dec 15 with on farm prices listed for corn 1 a bushel wheat 1 47 oats 73 cents barley 1 07 soybeans 1 80 flax 2 83 hogs 13 per cwt beef cattle 13 10 lambs 12 60 chickens 22 6 c per lb eggs 38 8 cents per dozen butterfat 52 cents.
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Eslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Iowa
Carl
Fence Drift Memoir of the Old Year Poem
A reflective verse recounts time as a pack carried through the year. The speaker recalls youth, strength, and the gifts given to others, now acknowledging time as the sole treasure kept. The poem frames the passing year as a personal ledger and loss.
Hog market receipts users 1943 Iowa Minnesota hogs record high
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota sold 11,527,700 hogs in 1943, a record interior total. Receipts were 11,108,400 in 1942. Terminal yard gains faced processing limitations, with 75 to 80 percent of hogs weighing 200 to 270 pounds and only 4 to 6 percent in the 270 to 300 class. Total open market hogs through Dec 25 rose 27.6 percent from year prior.
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Livestock News
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Austin
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Paul
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Local Closing Out Auctions by Area Names
A sequence of dates and listings shows auction closings led by individuals such as Mrs. Albert Ebert Chris Gadke and George Bowers. Locations include Marion Urbana North Liberty Mt. Vernon and Cedar Rapids with notes of closing out at various mile marks north west or north east of towns.
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Albert Ebert
Clarence
C. A. Peterson
Marion
Chris Gadke
Tipton
Carl Fernow
E. D. McCannnon
Urbana
George Bowers
Zell Butterfield
Robert P. Adams
North Liberty
Louis J. Schaefer
Mt. Vernon
J. S. Milligan
Cedar Rapids
Cow Calves Twice In Two Months
Special to The Gazette from Oxford Junction reports a Hereford cow owned by Fred Barto three miles northeast of town dropped a calf two months ago and then another last Tuesday. The October calf was fostered by another animal after the owner found the cow not milking. When the cow freshened again the calf began to receive milk.
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the Gazette
Oxford Junction
Ford
Fred Barto
Market Prices for Livestock and Commodities This Week
The report lists hay at 13.70 per ton, horses 89 per head, mules 106, dairy cows 109, wool 0.43 per pound, wholesale milk 2.70 per hundred weight. Prices reflect regional wholesale values for buyers and sellers.
Farm price indexes rise to near record December level
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports December farm price levels reached 197 percent of the 1909 14 average, the highest for December except 1918 19. The 1943 annual average price is 188 percent of base, with major groups mostly above 1942. Mid December parity shows corn 111 cents, wheat 143, soybeans 181, hogs 1280, beef 1140, butterfat 51 cents, milk 340, eggs 449 cents per dozen.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Larson Rehired as Decorah Creamery Buttermaker
Special to The Gazette reports Nels Larson, former buttermaker for Decorah Farmers creamery eleven years before 1942, has been rehired after acting as buttermaker for the last month. He also heads the milk department, a position held for two years.
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Decorah
Nels Larson
Decorah Farmers Creamery
Larson
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation and Staffing Changes
Buchanan county Farm Bureau board rehired John B. Clough as county extension director and Lavonne Barske as office assistant. Also notices amendments to Towa Electric Light and Power Company articles changing capital stock numbers and rebaselining capital figures as approved by state Secretary of State.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau Board
John B. Clough
Lavonne Barske
Towa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa
Sutherland Dows
C. & Woodward
Pemberton Reviews Pork Production Strategies in 1944
In 1942 the government urged higher pork output for 1943 with a price floor, while shortages triggered weight limits and a 1944 cut to pork production to conserve feed. The piece urges swine growers to focus on seed stock, sanitation, dry warm housing, and balanced rations to maximize pigs per litter and profits in 1944, citing R L Pemberton in Des Moines.
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KR. L. Pemberton
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Firm To Offer Turkey Insurance in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa state insurance department approved reorganizing Midland Mutual Insurance of Waterloo into Pilgrim Mutual Insurance in Cedar Rapids. The reactivated auto casualty mutual will insure turkeys with Honeymead Products providing 50000 to aid the move. Officials expect inland marine coverage for turkey losses and disease risk with tentative rates. Glenn Andreas of Honeymead leads the reorganized mutual, M A Lathrop serves as secretary.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa State Insurance Department
Waterloo Insurance Mutual
Cedar Rapids
Midland Mutual Insurance Association of Waterloo
Pilgrim Mutual Insurance Company
Iowa
Honeymead Products Company
Insurance Department
Turkey
Inland Marine
Glenn Andreas
Honeymead
Reorganized Mutual
M. A. Lathrop
Hendrickson to Quit FDA for UNRRA Job
Roy F. Hendrickson longtime FDA director since 1942 and former St Ansgar Iowa resident will resign early next month to lead UNRRA agricultural rehabilitation programs in Axis liberated countries. He previously served six years in the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Roy F. Hendrickson
St. Ansgar
Food Distribution Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Fidiay
Hendrickson
FDA
Department of Agriculture
UNRRA
Beekeepers Organized in Buchanan County
Independence hosts a special meeting led by County Extension Director J. B. Clough to form a Buchanan County beekeepers association. Floyd Done of Independence is named president with T. H. Barrett, Jesup, as secretary and treasurer, plus directors F. P. Mc Cunniff Fairbank C. R. Slater Aurora and Claud Hermann Walker.
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Independence
Buchanan County
J. B. Clough
Floyd Done
T. H. Barrett
Jesup
E. F. Timson
F. P. McCunniff
Fairbank
C. R. Slater
Aurora
Claud Hermann
Walker
Linn County Board of Supervisors December 28 1943 Proceedings
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in regular adjourned session December 28 1943 after approving minutes from December 21 1943 and authorizing road improvement plans. They adopted several resolutions including drainage district assessments 3 and 7 assessments totalling 493.50 and 120.00 and appointed a Board of Apportionment for secondary road districts. Transfers between funds and appropriations from domestic animal and other funds were approved and county treasurer and auditor directives issued. Claims allowed list covers relief provisions medical and maintenance costs, with numerous named vendors and individuals. A notice of appointment of executrix and administrator with will annexed for the estate of Hertha A. Stae thelin appears, with Peoples Savings Bank as administrator and A G Keyes as attorney.
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Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa
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Seegell
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College Township
Dennison Eldon
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Ccutrix
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