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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1945
Page
6
Government storage stocks show total meat on hand February 1 at 615.7 million pounds, the lowest since 1916. Pork leads the decline with 406.4 million pounds in storage, while beef and other meats also show decreases amid heavy military needs and civilian sacrifices.
Sale on February 20 at noon features 13 head of cattle including Brown Swiss and Holstein cows and calves, 4 work horses, 32 feeding shorts, 700 bales mixed hay and alfalfa, 200 bushels corn, and assorted machinery and miscellany from a farm leaving service. Located six miles east and half mile south of Cosgom or two and a half miles north of Prairieburg on an all weather road. Terms to be announced by Fred Butschi, owner. clerk Nor Bank, Coggan.
January feed conditions improved for dairymen with higher prices for feedstuffs and butterfat. Bran, soybean meal, gluten seed, cotton seed meal, and linseed meal rose well above the 10 year average, while butterfat averaged 69 cents with government payments. Cows received more feed per day and more concentrates per 100 pounds of milk, signaling expanded feeding despite some cost increases.
A closing out sale will be held Monday February 15 at noon on the I H Pundt farm 3 miles southeast of Watkins and 4 4 miles north east of Marenes. The sale includes horses cows hogs hay grain farm machinery and miscellaneous items with cash or arranged terms. Proceeds benefit Arthur Pundt owner and Harry Hartz auctioneers.
In 1943 and the February 1 10 year average of 38 pounds, the number of hens and pullets on farms is smaller than last year. January farm flocks averaged 417,939,000 layers, down 7 percent from a year ago and the smallest January total since 1942. Pullets not yet laying on Feb 1 totaled 28,120,000, 26 percent below a year earlier. Layers and potential layers on farms Feb 1 totaled 9 percent less than a year ago, with crop correspondents forecasting 4 percent fewer baby chicks to be purchased this year than in 1944, signaling reduced spring feed needs.
Ames professor Frank Robotka of the department of economics and sociology and the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station is invited for three months to Brookings Institution in Washington DC to assist in an Agriculture economics project. Dr E G Nourse extended the invitation. Robotka will use library facilities and discuss findings with Brookings staff. Studies to be published by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. He left Ames Thursday and will return about May 1.
DES MOINES The Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association finished its first fully managed year handling 1,172,896 pounds of wool with average patron payments of 41.65 cents per pound. Declines in 1944 tonnage were offset by warehouse savings and higher costs, while causes included fewer Iowa sheep, fewer fed lambs, and changes in dealer buying. Directors reelected included Don Pullin, L H Jones, J Ws Wilson, Clarence Tracht, Paul Frederick, Charles Sexton, LeRoy Getting, and Hugh Steddam.
Des Moines AP The AAA announced War Food Administration dairy production payment rates for Iowa for the last three quarters of 1945. Second quarter rates: whole milk 25 cents per cwt and butterfat 10 cents per lb. Third quarter: milk 35 cents and butterfat 10 cents. Fourth quarter: milk 60 cents and butterfat 16 cents.
Cedar county National Farm Loan Association held its annual meeting in Tipton attended by about 150 members and guests. E. N. Van Horne, president of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, reviewed 1944 accomplishments and dividend resumption, rate stabilization, and fee discontinuation. He said the bank can meet postwar needs. Directors reelected included Glen F. Agne for a 3 year term. other directors are Eddie A. Bell, Dick Koch, Lindon C. Larson and Earl Elijah. Eddie A. Bell presided.
Wapello Porty neighbors of Mrs Clyde Eubanks who lost her husband on September 14 worked Saturday and Monday at her farm home gathering 30 acres of corn. Women prepare dinner in the Oscar Bjork home. Ames First in a series of Brown Swiss meetings by canton districts began Friday with Cedar Rapids as the first meeting per Iowa State College dairyman Elmer Hansen.
Des Moines report on the Iowa Poultry and Allied Industries council meeting as lawmakers Good and Shepard propose a poultry assessment over 500 dollars. The group favors equal tax treatment with other livestock and notes egg grading plans and feed inspection funding proposals. A new poultry building at Iowa State College also flagged in Ames plans. Hugh Gordon presided.
A National Federation of Grain Cooperatives spokesman urged redefining the area of production under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act to allow any county area where 90 percent of a farm's commodities come from local farms. Charles E. Nie man testified in Washington at a labor department hearing following a Supreme Court ruling invalidating the prior definition. The session focused on grain seeds dry beans and dried peas with further hearings planned for processors in March.
Advertising listings show numerous farm auctions and closing outs across Iowa towns including Mt Vernon Newhall Belle Plaine Williamsburg Chelsea Watkins Coggan Marion Vinton Clarence Alburnett Shellsburg Springville and surrounding areas with breeders like Chester white Berkshire and other livestock lines scheduled between February 17 and 26. Notable sellers include Merle and Gladys Kep ler John Strosahl Leo Boddicker Albert Klenk James Stadler Arthur Pundt Leona Kirk Art Rathje and Fred Jones with various distances listed from towns.
January 1945 milk output in Iowa is estimated at 503 million pounds, the same as last year, with about 1,437,000 milk cows, 30,000 fewer than the prior high. Production per cow remains to be noted as figures are compiled.
Dairy farmers report January production near 350 pounds at a high level, second to a 512 million pound record set in 1943. Milk cow numbers dip slightly but overall output holds. Winter feed prospects improve with ample corn, yet skilled labor shortages hinder large dairies, limiting current dairy conditions.
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