Farm Groups Seek To End Subsidies
United Press reports major farm organizations plan a persistent fight to end food and agriculture subsidies by late 1946. They may urge congress to defeat extension of price control and subsidy laws while noting higher wages and inflation limit policy options. Leaders seek a definite subsidy timeline by law and oppose partial restoration of controls.
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United Press
Ashington
Congress
Truman
Clinton P. Anderson
Notice to Subscribers About Address Changes
Notice to Subscribers requests subscribers provide both old and new addresses and route numbers or specify if the change is within town when updating delivery details.
Officers Named By Littleport Creamery Annual Meeting
Littleport Farmers Creamery officers were elected at the annual meeting. Ray Tieden was named president Roy Reugins vice president J J Wiley secretary Ed Habert treasurer and Adam Thein director. The plant produced 360426 pounds of butter from 290383 pounds of butterfat an increase of 50000 pounds. Cream purchases totaled 985561 pounds with an average test of .2946. Butter fetched 4643 cents per pound while sweet cream cost 55 cents per unit.
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Littleport
Littleport Farmers Creamery Company
Ray Tieden
Roy Reugins
J. J. Wiley
Ed Habert
Adam Thein
Sale Notice for Farm Implements Livestock Near Fairfax
Auction to be held one mile south and ten miles east of Fairfax or nine miles southwest of Cedar Rapids. ROAN HORSES ages seven and eight, mare and gelding, work team with harness. 68 Hereford steers around 900 pounds Nebraska origin on feed 60 days. Machinery includes 115 ft McDeering disc two McDeering plows endgate feeder four row John Deere planter 24 ft harrow with folding drawbar John Deere hammermill McDeering 6 ft oil. Hay and grain 400 bales mixed clover timothy 3000 bushels corn loose straw.
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Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
John Deere
Farm Leaders Confer with Sec. Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson met with 30 farm leaders in Washington to discuss reducing livestock numbers due to grain shortages. Aides reported no decisions. options include forced liquidation versus equitable distribution, with potential price changes and controls on feed movement.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Midwest
P. QO. Wilson
National Livestock Producers Association
Farm Auction Schedule Appears for February Dates
A sequence of upcoming farm auctions and public sales listed by location and date. The notices cover buyers and sellers including E G Dunn Edaburn and Naxera Irvin Gressley Theodel and Charles Lefebure estate Stewart Silver and Roy A Cook Geo Machula Wilbur Newman John Allen Earl Peyton and many more with positions relative to Van Horne Central City Solon Marengo Linn Cedar Rapids Center Point Walker Troy Mills and Fairfax.
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Charles Grovert
van Horne
E. G. Dunn
Central City
Edaburn
Tipton
Theodel
Charles Lefebure
Fairfax
Stewart Silver
Mgr
Roy A. Cook
Independence
Geo. Machula
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur Newman
Center Point
John Allen
Walker
Earl Peyton
Troy Mills
Dairy Fed demands end to price controls and subsidies
The National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation urged competition to supply feed and called for elimination of all dairy subsidies and price ceilings, signaling industry pushback against current pricing supports.
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National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Dairy farmers call for end of price controls and subsidies
Delegates of organized dairy farmers in the National Cooperative Milk Producers federation told Congressmen that subsidies and price controls should be abolished. They charged that OPA price control on dairy products is failing, butter black markets are widespread, and prices are disordered, forcing dispersal of dairy herds.
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Washington
INS
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Milk Producers
OPA
Ed O'Neal
Des Moines
Reformatory herd sets 421 lb butterfat average
Anamosa The purebred Holstein herd at the Men's Reformatory completed a production record for 56 cows in 318 days on three time milking. The herd averaged 12,912 pounds of milk and 421 pounds of butterfat.
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Anamosa
Birks Farm Sale Prices Hay And Straw
Washington hay sold at 50 cents a bale and straw at 58 cents a bale at the Cy Birks farm sale two miles southeast of here on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Timothy Hay
Cy Birks
Here
4-H Conference At Cedar Rapids March 1
Eastern Iowa 4-H livestock conservation conference to be held March 1 at Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids sponsored by the state 4-H club department and Wilson and company live stock service. Activities include an 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. demonstration contest and a noon luncheon with awards.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State
Livestock Service Department
Wilson and Company
J. Morris Christy
Packing Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College
State Livestock Conservation Committee
G. A. Lineweaver
Harold Gunderson
Ames
Harry E. Palmer
Fire destroys Kansas State veterinary hospital in Manhattan
Fire swept the three story veterinary medicine hospital on the Kansas State University campus Tuesday night. Officials said the loss ran to about 100000 dollars after three hours of fighting by city fire crews, college firefighters, and Fort Riley troops.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
College Fire Station
Fort Riley Army Post
West Union Farm Loan meeting set for Feb 27
The West Union National Farm Loan association will hold its annual meeting at Bethel Presbyterian church on Wednesday February 27 with a neon luncheon. Guest speaker will be E N Van Horne president of the Federal Land Bank Omaha.
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West Union
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Donald T. Day
Oelwein
E. N. van Horne
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Shucks Let's Talk It Over Farm campaign urged to boost feed crops
A nationwide drive led by the Triple A and extension service calls for maximum feed and grain production this year to avert shortages as grain is diverted to food. The piece notes Iowa's meat and fat output importance and warns subsidies risk masking true prices while urging continued farm aid beyond June 30. It cites Roger Corbett on statesmanship over strikes and recalls Henry J. Allen's reflections on Lincoln era policy.
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Triple-A
Extension Service
Iowa
Roger Corbett
A Farm Bureau Federation
Michigan
The
Farmers Union
Coggon Evening School Diploma Recipients Named
The sixth annual adult evening school at Coggon high school vocational department awarded diplomas to 26 women and 12 men for regular attendance. Enrollments totaled 58 men and 63 women. Diplomas went to Leroy Kinley Richard Ammeter Herbert Schade Albert Waterhouse Calvin Waterhouse James O'Brien and Louis Kester. Thirty young farmers completed the part time course.
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Coggon
Coggon High School
Leroy Kinley
Richard Ammeter
Herbert Schade
Albert Waterhouse
Calvin Waterhouse
James O’brien
Louis Kester
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National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Littleport Creamery
Hampshire
Theoder Lefebvre
Charles Lefebvre
Tony Schmitz, van Horne
John Krall
Mentiion
Wm. Doss
Louis O'Brian
Frank Vavracek
John Wieboldt
Joe Scheely
W. J. Henderson
Geo. Gardeman
Chas. Hartgrave
Ray Spaight
Milton Schultz
Ernest Seboldt
L. B. Johnson
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Schmitz
George B. Basker
cSt
Gazette
Winneshiek Triple-A
AAA
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Julius Jacobson
Leo Herrold
Lynn B. Crawford
Sec. Anderson
Kadena
Second Avenue
Farm Loan Assn. Meeting
Sissi
Prestone
Firestone
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Lincoln
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Anthropist
Colelege
Abraham Lincoln
Denver Denalka
Denver
Ist
St. SW
Redly Kilowatt
Iowa Electric
Electang Light Stand Power Company
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