Iowa Farmers Forecast 15 to 20 Percent Hog Reduction
Iowa State College researchers estimate spring farrowing could drop 15 to 20 percent as surveys show varied farm reductions. They note this is about twice the Agriculture Department figure, while other regions report larger cuts. E L Quaife urges saving pigs to offset losses, citing expected strong meat demand in 1944.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
E. L. Quaife
Ames Extension Service
Cattle feeding curbed by feed shortage and price pressure
War Food administration experts report Southwest cattle feeding down this winter due to tighter feed supplies and lower finished cattle prices. Kansas on feed is 12 percent below last year, 11 major corn belt states down 16 percent, and National Livestock Producers estimates 25 to 30 percent. Lower grade beef may offset gains from lighter, short fed cattle amid a government subsidy influenced price gap and protein feed shortages.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Southwest
Kansas
National Ivestock Producers Association
Meat Packing Industry Doubles Supply to Armed Forces
In 1843 the meat packing industry supplied about sixty four percent more meat to the armed forces than in the previous year, reflecting a significant increase in military provisioning and industrial output.
Iowa 4 H Club State Officers Named
Herbert Hoover of Oska oosa elected state president of Iowa boys 4 H clubs. Theodore Cottrell of Vinton chosen as state 4 H treasurer. Hoover has led in Future Farmers of America and Rural Life work. Cottrell has eight years in club work and placed high in grain judging and poultry judging at the Iowa State fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Oskaoosa
Iowa
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
The
Rural Life Association
Haska
Crop Land Reverts To Swamps From Faulty Drainage
A special report warns Iowa crop land is reverting to swamp due to neglected drainage. C H Van Vlack urges inspection and proper tile spacing to rapidly remove surplus water and restore production, outlining outlet protection, soil texture based drain depth, and careful tile fitting and laying.
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Ames
Iowa
C. H. van Vlack
Iowa State College
Farm Science Reporter
van Vlack
Plan Farm Construction With Seamless Additions
Plan construction steps to enable future additions without disrupting current layouts or aesthetics. Focus on modular design, clear phasing, and minimal on-site disruption while preserving appearance during expansion. Coordinate with contractors and inspections for smooth integration and long term functionality.
Iowa Counties Get Oilseed Meal Allocation for February
Ninety two Iowa counties will receive two carloads each of oilseed meal in February, part of a 5,986 ton state allocation from the War Food administration. Four counties get three carloads, four receive one carload, and the rest two. The mix includes 2724 tons linseed meal and 3262 tons soybean meal, sold at OPA ceiling prices and distributed through dealers to farmers and small users facing shortages.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. J. Loveland
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
War Food Administration
Bremer
Butler
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Hardin
Dallas
State
OPA
AAA and Feed Advisory Committee
60 Tons Soybean Meal for Linn County Feed Dealers
Linn County is allotted 60 tons of soybean meal from Cargill Inc. Cedar Rapids for February under War Food production order No. 9. The feed will be distributed to county feed dealers for sale to farmers through direct distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Triple-A
Cargill Inc
Cedar Rapids
Center Junction Co op reports livestock shipments and finances
At the Shippers' association annual meeting 6 662 head of livestock were shipped last year for a total weight of 460 438 pounds. Gross receipts reached 270 976 17 dollars and net 254 821 26 dollars. Expense per hundredweight was 38 cents. Stanley Waggoner of Olin was elected to succeed Harry Manuel on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Shippers’ Association
Stanley Waggoner
Olin
Harry Manuel
Decorah Farmer Falls From Haymow Injuring Ankle
James L. Stortz a 68 year old farmer near Decorah fell from his haymow Monday evening fracturing both bones in his right ankle He crawled to his house and was hospitalized at Decorah hospital for treatment following the accident.
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Decorah
James L. Stortz
Here
Union Produce elects two new directors Ossian Peck and Frank Schwemerus
Ossian August Peck and Frank Schwemerus were recently elected directors of the Union Produce company. Holdover directors are W R Birdsell Anton Moellers Kent Larson and William Uhlenhake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
August Peck
Frank Schwemerus
Union Produce Company
W. R. Birdsell
Anton Moellers
Kent Larson
William Uhlenhake
Hampshire Gifts Bring High Bids at Hawkeye Downs Auction
Forty nine Hampshire gifts averaged 135 dollars each in the Tow and Elliott sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Top price was 240 dollars paid by Fruehauf Farms of Cedar Rapids for a March 8 gift. Second high 225 dollars paid by A. L. Killian of Cedar Rapids. Auctioneers were A. W. Thompson of Lincoln Nebraska and Tony Schmitz of Van Horne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Elliott
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Fruehauf Farms
A. L. Killian
A. W. Thompson
Lincoln, Neb
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Farm Institute to Discuss War Agriculture Problems in Des Moines
Des Moines will host the seventh national farm institute under the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce with the theme The Farmer Looks Ahead to Peace. Nearly 50 speakers and two foreign representatives will discuss postwar agricultural challenges and transition, with more than 1,000 attendees expected at sessions and panels led by leaders from government, industry, and academic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Seventh
National Farm Institute
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Eric Englund
United States Department of Agriculture
Cheng Poa Nan
Chinese News Service
James L. Palmer
Marshal Field Company
Comn Ctee
B. Jesness
University of Minnesota
R. E. Short
American Farm Bureau
R. M. Evans
Federal Reserve System
Henry C. Taylor
The
Farm Foundation
Morris Sayre
Corn Products Company
F. MacNeece Foster
Deny Canada Farm Machinery Surplus
Senator Wheeler released a memorandum from the Canadian legation denying any Canadian surplus of farm machinery. The memo, forwarded by acting Secretary of State E R Stettinius Jr to Wheeler for the Congressional Record, aims to correct a Montana dealer’s misimpression from a letter by H A Speyer about market prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Legation
Canada
Congressional Record
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Montana
H. A. Speyer
United States
FCA to Handle RACC Loans
County war boards were informed that supervision of RACC production loans will be turned over to Farm Credit Administration personnel. Loans previously handled by a county war board will be recorded in AAA offices, with renewals and new advances reviewed by the AAA chairman as before.
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County War Boards
H. P. MacEvor
Omaha
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Triple-A
Farm Credit Administration
RACC
FCA
County Warld
AAA
Farm Credit Agenue
Tuesay
Machine Repair School Starts in Manchester
A series of 12 weekly farm machinery repair meetings will begin February 24 at the Millan implement shop in Manchester. Instructors are Walter Millam and H. A. Dennis. The class is sponsored by the Manchester high school's vocational agriculture department under the supervision of W. H.
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Manchester
Millan Implement Shop
Walter Millam
H. A. Dennis
Vocational Agriculture Department
Manchester High School
W. H
Linn's New Agent Is Veteran of 21 Years Experience
D. D. Offringa of Waverly was hired by Linn county Farm Bureau directors as county agent to replace Rex Conn who resigns to become farm editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Offringa comes with twenty one years in dairy farming extension and related work and will begin in Cedar Rapids April 1 after resignation approval in Waverly.
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D. D
Dick” Offringa
Waverly
Linn County Farm Bureau
Rex Conn
Conn
Cedar Rapids
Friesland
Holland
Offringa
America
Indianapolis
Ind
Archer
College
Ames
Clinton County
Iowa
Bremer County
Ruth Dannatt
Low Moor
Jeanette
Richard
Heifers Bring $65 at North Liberty Sale
North Liberty report: heifers sold for 65 dollars per head at the William Petrak sale one half mile southeast of North Liberty Tuesday. A Jersey cow brought 33 dollars, a Guernsey bull 83, broader house 56, truck wagon 10.75, 2 wheel trailer 7.50, corn sheller 85, separator 15.
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North Liberty
William Petrak
Livestock and Farm Auction Totals Near Milo D. Fulton Farm
A black mare five years old weighing 1600 pounds sold for 102.50 at the Milo D. Fulton farm six miles northwest of Columbus Junction. Shorthorn Jersey and Guernsey cows fetched 90, fall pigs 8, brood sows 40 to 48, New Hampshire hens 1.65 each, tractor 515, broader house 100.
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Columbus Junction
Milo D. Fulton
Here
Jersey
Guernsey
New Hampshire
Cedar County Farm Loan directors reelected
The Cedar county National Farm Loan association held its annual meeting this week. Eddie Bell Bennett and L. C. Larson of West Branch were re elected directors. Raymond Sayre of Ackworth, director of the Federal Land Bank, addressed the group.
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Tipton
Cedar County National Farm Loan Association
Eddie Bell
Bennett
L. C. Larson
West Branch
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Federal Land Bank
Need Soil Work to Stop Floods
Clyde Spry of the Iowa Soil Conservation committee says flood control must include erosion control. He notes Mississippi valley experience shows levees and dams alone fail without erosion control and urges action before Missouri river plans are approved.
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Des Moines
Clyde Spry
Iowa Soil Conservation Committee
Mississippi Valley
Spry
House Flood Control Committee
Washington
H. H. Bennett
United States Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Dean M. F. Miller
Missouri College of Agriculture
United States
Missouri River Valley
Congress
Missouri
Missouri River
Coming Farm Auctions This Week
A series of farm auctions scheduled from February 19 to February 24 lists sales around Cedar Rapids Center Point Marion Stanwood Mechanicsville Alburnett and Cedar Rapids. Notable items include sow and bred sow auctions hosted by multiple breeders and estate closings.
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J. B. Chester
Ee Junction
Wm. Popek
Cedar Rapids
Milton Houts
Center Point
L. R. Rizmer
N. Brandon
Iowa Co. Durec Bred
Homestead
W. B. Carpenter
Marion
Ioward
Spear and Crist
Stanwood
Kline and Wood
Mechanicsville
C. W. van Note
Howard A. Knapp
Alburnett
Amber creamery reports butterfat price and production for 1942
At the Amber cooperative creamery annual meeting manager John C. Saathoff announced an average of 56 cents per pound paid to producers in 1942. Butterfat totaled 390,269 pounds from 484,144 pounds of butter production, with a 24.05 percent over-run. Directors elected included D. B. Cross and J. E. Johnson, both of Anamosa, with officer elections upcoming.
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AMBER
Amber Cooperative Creamery
John C. Saathoff
D. B. Cross
Anamosa
Ed Heeren
J. E. Johnson
C. B. Jessen
Butterfat Price Set At 55.32 Cents By Silver Springs Creamery
At the annual meeting the Silver Springs creamery reported an average butterfat price of 55.32 cents per pound. The plant produced 415,568 pounds of butter in the year and elected Ole Hendrickson and Frank Moellers as directors for three-year terms. Francis Giblin serves as buttermaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Silver Springs
Ole Hendrickson
Frank Moellers
Francis Giblin
Farmer's Share Of Food Dollar Rises In 1943
The 1943 farmer's share of the consumer's food dollar rose to 53 cents, up four cents from 1942, with costs for a 58 item "food basket" averaging 447 dollars for the year. Prices peaked in May at 475 dollars before a rollback, then fell to 470 in June and 438 in September, ending the year near 440.
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Washington
Agri— Department
Brown Swiss Breeders Meet March 1 in Postville
Northeast Iowa Brown Swiss breeders plan their annual meeting March 1 in Postville with secretary Gerald Steva confirming the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Iowa
Gerald Steva
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Theodore Cottrell
Anamosa Livestock Auction
D. E. Brickley
Mer
Lee Bebee
Rudolph Hagen
Lowa
Keith Enockson
Williamsburg
Fred Nash
Carey Bros
Marengo
Russell Conn
Frank Bys & Sons
Amana
Homestead Inn
148 Junction
Iowa County
Linn County
Center Junction Co-op
Union Produce
Verti
Ostrez
Oster
T May
Hampshires
Duroc
Harold C. Timm
Muscatine
Tima
Knotek
Linn
D. D. Offringa
Spear & Crist
Miller
Champlin's' Leghorns
Champlins
Tom Cochran
Co. H. Champlin Hatcheries
Vinton
Marshalltown
Riverside
14Th Avenue
Featuring
Second Ave
Yle
Hubbard
Woerderhoff
First Avenue
Just
First Avenue NE
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