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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1945
Page
5
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones warned civilians may see food shortages due to rising military needs. He urged farmers to sustain high productivity and Americans to plant victory gardens and maximize home canning to ease the impact. He said shortages will be intermittent and not severe if collective efforts continue.
Allan B. Kline Iowa Farm Bureau president will headline the second annual KXEL radio farm forum. The hour long program airs 9 to 10 p m February 23 with guests including R K Bliss A J Loveland Paul Barger Margaret Stewart Malcolm Price E S Estes L F Bacon and a state selective service representative. Harry D Linn is expected to appear.
DES MOINES officials of the Feed Institute of Iowa warn a real poultry meat shortage next summer unless farmers advance early chick buying schedules. They say government reports on 1945 production confuse demand, and hatcheries are booked for April.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged Americans to plant vegetable gardens and maximize home canning this year. He said higher war needs can be met if everyone helps, with city residents assisting farmers in growing and harvesting crops.
Chicago report shows hunger meat output in federally inspected plants dropped last week to 291 million pounds from 296 million, with cattle slaughter at 289000 head and hog slaughter at 834000 head, down 22000 from the prior week.
Iowa FSA committees from Johnson and surrounding counties met in Tipton to establish procedures for certifying guarantees of agricultural loans for World War II veterans under the G I Bill of Rights. Attendees included local FSA members and supervisors from Iowa City Marengo Lone Tree and Holbrook.
A compiled list lists farm auctions and closings across Iowa with buyers, sellers, and sale sites. Entries include W E Powers near Alburnett and Horace Thompson near Vinton along with multiple farms in Mt. Vernon Newhall Anamosa and Clarence February 15 to 26.
S W Wilder of Cedar Rapids Iowa M T Sontag Plainfield Illinois and J G Sumner Sheldon Illinois were reelected as nonmember directors of the Chicago Board of Trade it was announced Wednesday Willard E Hart of Central Soya Company Fort Wayne Indiana was elected to membership in the association.
Notice lists Linn County Iowa on February 13 1945 appointing and qualifying as Executrix of the John W Schafer estate. Creditors urged to file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk and debtors to make immediate payment.
Iowa State College extension engineers offer plans for self feeding hog feeders and a victory hog waterer for summer use. Details include a 10 by 10 by 8 foot feeder with rain cover and mud-free platform. an 8 by 514 foot feeder adaptable to 6 12 or 18 foot sections. waterer supports gravity or pressure systems. Plans cataloged in A E 66 List of Midwest Farm Building Plans.
Columbus Junction resident Everett Orris purchases the Cecil Lowe 160 acre estate four miles northeast. Orris will not move to the farm this year.
Cedar Rapids grocer Witwer, a landowner and operator, bought the 113 acre A W H Lenders estate four miles southeast of Marion on highway 94 with all livestock, feed and equipment. Purchase price not disclosed. The show place developed by the late Mr Lenders housed pure bred Guernsey and Berkshire stock. Witwer plans to convert it into a poultry ranch with livestock moved to other Witwer farms and buildings remodeled for poultry and egg production.
Man ager R L Stallman announced at the Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy company meeting that 1944 sales totaled 1 488 038 78 with milk purchases reaching 37 810 597 pounds and butter output of 665 223 5 pounds. Re elected directors include William F Ceynar and G M Booth. other board members are Dell Van Note John Bodenhofer and George J Young.
The Feb 1 farm labor force reached a record low for that date at 8,051,000 a four percent drop from a year earlier and 11 percent under the prewar average. Officials cited unfavorable weather as a partial cause with no mention of draft impacts. Farm family workers fell by 145,000 and hired laborers by 187,000 from a year before.
An eastern Iowa draft board chairman notes farmers show little ingenuity in deferment requests for sons or hired men. He cites cases where workers with titled positions in industry gain deferments while farmers rely on basic labor, questioning why farmers cannot similarly classify essential roles such as dairy expediter or production vice president to justify deferments.
Fifty three rural Iowa churches will receive community service awards for outstanding programs in 1944. Certificates of merit will be awarded by the Towal agricultural extension service with cooperation from the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship and church leaders. Names include Christian church Coggon Garwin Evangelical and Reformed Monticello Union Presbyterian Lost Nation Sharon Evangelical Kalona South Waterloo Church of the Brethren Zion Evangelical Dysart Washington Prairie Lutheran Decorah First Methodist Alden Ellis Methodist Alden Zion Immanuel Methodist Earlville.
Sweet clover planted last year should be plowed under in spring when about six inches tall to maximize nitrogen contribution. Iowa State specialists note 80 to 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre, comparable to barn manure or ammonium sulfate, with late April ideal and risks from early or late plowing. Seeding with oats on lime-rich land is advised, and clover supports pasture renovation and mixes well with other forage crops.
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