Artificial Retting Hemp Advance Moves Iowa Mills
The War Hemp Industries confirms a new bacterial retting method cut from weeks to 24 36 hours. Iowa plants at Boone and Humboldt start trial runs. nine other plants follow in order. Studies from Ames advise April to May sowing, drilling over broadcasting, high nitrogen fertilization, and harvest by September for best hemp yields.
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Nay Anderson
Prep E. Butcher
Chicago
War Hemp Industries, Inc
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rex Conn
Des Moines
Warren Bissell
Grundy Center
Butcher
Boone
Gazette
Hemp Industries
Boone and Humboldt
Defense Plants Corporation
Iowa
Juneau
Wis
Boone and
Humboldt
Algona
Britt
Eagle Grove
Traer
Mason City
Rockford
Iowa Falls
Hampton
Tracr
Ames
Wight
Story County
Borevar
Grain price policy urged to boost soybean acres
Grundy county Farm Bureau legislative committee proposes setting soybean price at 24% of corn rather than $1.94 to divert corn acreage to beans. A soil conservation payment of 2 per acre is suggested for contour planted beans. Farmers urged to contact local Triple-A boards and Congress.
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Grundy Center
Phillip P. McLean
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Grundy County
Washington
McLean
Soil Saving Plans Proposed for Jackson County Farmers
Jackson County soil conservation district outlines spring plans including contouring liming fertilizer hayseed harvesting gulley control and tiling. Ed Stout warns farmers to add lime superphosphate and other methods. Special contour farming meetings set in townships with local training. War Food Production meetings to present complete program in March 2011.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County Soil Conservation District
Jackson County
Ed Stout
AAA
The
Conservation Commission
Louisa County Beef Producers Set Meeting at Columbus Junction
Louisa Cattlemen announce their annual meeting to be held Wednesday evening at Columbus Junction. G W Morris president says Rex Beresford of Ames will be principal speaker and discussion leader. Officers will be elected.
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Wapello
G. W. Morris
Louisa County Beef Producers Association
Columbus Junction
Rex Beresford
Ames
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Woven Wire
Triple A officials at Des Moines petitioned Washington to divide 1944 hemp acreage among 11 communities with decorticating mills rather than four. The aim is to keep all mills operating this year to reduce the risk of dismantling seven, as they cost about 300000 dollars each and could be used for hemp or other crops.
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Iowa
Triple-A
Des Moines
Washington
Grain feed units drop 80 pounds this year
The Wisconsin Farm Administration report shows feed grains per livestock unit this year are 80 pounds less than last year. Total feed grain supplies Jan 1 to year end total about 2,750,000 tons, 4 percent below 1943. Farm livestock units up 7 percent, corn feeds down 2,000,000 tons, oats 720,000 tons lower, barley 100,000 tons lower, rye up 200,000 tons, grain sorghums unchanged.
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WFA
$100 Averages Hit Seehusen Chester White Auction
Forty seven head of bred pigs sold for an average of 100 at the J. B. Seehusen Chester White auction near Center Junction. Top price 280 paid by Joseph Madden of Maryville for a spring gilt, with several other high sellers including A E Holt forth of Fenton and W A Dennis and Son of Windfall. Penned buyers came from seven states beyond Iowa.
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The
Gazette
Center Junction
J. B. Seehusen Chester
W. A. Dennis and Son
Windfall
Ind
Earl Tatge
Chester White
Luzerne
Tatge
Warren Connor
Glidden
Dale Donaven
Ames
Iowa
Lucas county breeders hold first bred sow sale
Chariton Iowa AP reports the first annual Lucas county purebred swine producers association bred sow sale drew about 200 attendees with an average price of 81.50 dollars for 42 purebred sows.
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Chariton
Lucas County
170 Pigs Saved From Sows on Randalia Farm
WEST UNION J F Ingels farmer southeast of Randalia and Fayette County Farm Bureau president saved 170 pigs from 21 early farrowing sows, an average of over eight per litter. He uses a small shelter eight inches high in a corner of the pens where piglets rest, relying on animal heat.
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West Union
J. F. Ingels
Randalia
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Ingels
Auctioneers warned on price ceiling violations in Iowa
DES MOINES AP Formal warning against future violation of price ceilings set by the Office of Price Administration has been issued to two Iowa auctioneers, marking the first use of this enforcement method. Walter Kline of Des Moines said violations after a warning may bring court action to suspend licenses up to one year. Bayless of Mason City and Brown of Iowa Falls were named for alleged tractor auction price ceiling breaches.
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Des Moines
Office of Price Administration
Iowa
Walter Kline
Des Moinee
OPA
Monay
Ora Bayless
Mason City
J. W. Brown
Iowa Falls
Kline
Bayless and
Brown
OPA Probes Bayless for Overpriced Tractors and Cultivator
The OPA accuses Bayless of selling two used tractors at auctions for $12.85 above the ceiling on each unit. He allegedly sold a used cultivator with no ceiling price to the top bidder, who would gain an option to buy a tractor at the OPA ceiling. The cultivator sold for $290.
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OPA
Bayless
Kline
Farm Auction Highlights Across Iowa in February
A regional notice lists multiple farm auctions and estate closings across Iowa from Feb 22 to Feb 25. Sows, hogs, horses, and estates are scheduled near Marion Cedar Rapids Stanwood Muscatine Solon Anamosa Anamosa Lisbon Blairstown Viola and other towns with distances noted.
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Iowa Co
Duroc
Homestead
W. B. Carpenter
Marion
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Spear and Crist
Stanwood
Dale Edwards Horse
Tipton
Kline and Wood
Mechanicsville
C. W. van Note
Knotek and
Timm Duroc
Muscatine
Leonard Slofer
Solon
Loyal Byerly
Anamosa
Howard A. Knapp
Alburnett
Ben Groff
Blairstown
John McNamara
Howard Knapp
Donald Donegan
Lisbon
J. W. Clark
Viola
Bid auction disputes over price controlled equipment
Kline alleges Brown sold a three year old cultivator for 225 dollars and a used cultivator for 435 dollars with buyers given an option to purchase at ceiling price. He cites auction practices by bidders drawing lots or boards selecting the most urgent need as methods.
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Kline
Brown
OPA
County Agricultural War Board
Oats From Canada Boost U S Grain Totals
A weekly USDA report shows 489000 bushels of oats imported from Canadian ports in the week ended February 10, lifting the season total to 26011000 bushels. Barley imports for the same week amounted to 71000 bushels, with the season total reaching 15986000 bushels.
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WFA
United States
Canada
Farm Labor Parley Planned Thursday in Chicago
Farm leaders from 12 midwestern states gather with Washington officials for a three day Chicago conference to plan recruitment of 4,000,000 supplementary workers. War Food administration says about half must come from urban areas. State extension directors and farm labor supervisors accompany delegates from Indiana Illinois Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Missouri Nebraska Ohio North Dakota South Dakota and Kansas.
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Chicago
INL
Washington, D. C
War Food Administration
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
400 Month-Old Chicks Raise Hatchery Hope Near Dysart
Mrs. Ray Thomas north of Dysart reports she now has 400 baby chicks more than a month old, signaling early fry expectations for the season and expanding her small-scale poultry operation.
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Gazette
Dysart
Ray Thomas North
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Louisa Cattlemen
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