Amana Maintains REA Tie After Loan Payment
Amana societies chose to retain affiliation with the national REA by leaving a $150 balance on a $37 000 loan instead of paying in full. The final payment of 4000 minus 150 was made during a seventh anniversary ceremony where REA official Joseph McCombs awarded the community for food production via electric power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana Society
REA
Society
Rural Electric Cooperative
Amana
National Rea
Charles G. Eich~acker
Joseph H. McCombs
Federal
St. Louis
Society For
McCombs
Louis C. Selzer
Homestead
Food Service
Local Livestock Sales Notices Schedule
Saturday February 26 Lyle Ash lock sale 3 miles southwest of Center Point Anamosa Livestock sale. Monday February 28 Thomas Wesnousky closing out 5 miles west of Curtis B G Ree closing out 5 miles north of Whittier. Friday March 3 J C Hol bert Duroc sale Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Ashlock
Center Point
Anamosa
Thomas Wesnousky
Curtis
B. G. Ree
Whittier
J. C. Holbert Duroc
Ames
Cows Bring Top $200 at Clavus Auen Sale
Decorah buyers paid an average of 152 for 19 cattle at the Clavus Auen sale this week. The highest price reached 200 for a single cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Iowa to receive five carloads of eggs from War Food Admin
The Iowa state board of control will receive five carloads of eggs from the War Food administration, with no cost to the state. Connecticut egg shipments to Iowa were sent in error, as Iowa eggs await shipment. The WFA buys surplus eggs to support parity pricing, and Illinois shipments may also enter Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Board of Control
War Food Administration
WFA
Connecticut
E. G. Wiggins
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Connecticut Poultry Producers Group
Mt. Pleasant
George B. Sheehe
Iowa
Sheehe
Iowa Board of Control
Illinois
Board of Control
D. R. McCreery
Hog Marketing Complicated By Moving Time
Washington reports Rep Gilchrist Ia says March first moving day renews market squeeze for farmers unable to market hogs promptly. He notes a glut as packers face manpower shortages and a two month wait to move hogs to plants while hogs reach weights over 330 pounds and near 13.75 a hundredweight at Chicago. Some receive hardship permission to market out of turn, but many must hold hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gilchrist
R-Ia
Iowa
Chicago
Morris Renamed Head of Louisa Beef Producers
Walter Morris of Grandview was re-elected president of the Louisa county Beef Producers association in Columbus Junction. All other officers and directors were re-elected. Rex Beresford, Ames animal husbandry specialist, was the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Walter Morris
Grandview
Louisa County Beef Producers’ Association
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Husbandry
55.3 Cents Average Price At Central City in '43
CENTRAL CITY An average price of 55.3 cents was paid to producers for 405 825 pounds of butterfat during 1943. B H Johnson, Manager of the Farmers Cooperative creamery, reported at the annual meeting. Buttermake totaled 503 661 pounds with an overrun of 24 24 percent. Earl Batchelder and Guy Hutchins were re elected directors. Election of officers is planned for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
B. H. Johnson
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Earl Batchelder
Guy Hutchins
Fossum Elected President of Waukon Equity Co-op
Henry Fossum was elected president of the Equity Cooperative association at the annual meeting. Lou Sherman was named vice president Ed Schoenthal secretary treasurer and board members were Mrs Hazel Zoll and Ed Schoenthal. William Ashline was reelected manager. The 1943 total sales reached 286163 not including livestock shipping or sales pavilion receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Henry Fossum
Equity Cooperative Association
Lou Sherman
Ed Schoenthal
Hazel Zoll
William Ashline
Closing Out Sale At Curtis Farm Auction
A closing out sale is planned at a Curtis area farm five miles west of Curtis off a main Amana road and forty miles west and two hundred fourteen miles south of Swisher. The auction lists horses cows hogs hay grain machinery household goods and more with sale starting at 12 oclock noon and terms cash. George E. Parizek Auctioneer handles the event for Thomas Wesnovsky owner with Swisher Trust and Savings Bank as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Amana
Swisher
McCormick Deering
Fordson
John Deere
C. A
Ohio
Thomas Wesnovsky
George E._ Parizek
Oxford
Swisher Trust& Savings Bank
New County Agent Appointed at Anamosa
Co. B Jessen a vocational agriculture teacher for five years was hired as Jones County agent to replace James Kearns who has resigned. Jessen will continue teaching until May 15 when he will assume full county agent duties. He will begin serving as part time county agent next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. B. Jessen
Jones
James Kearns
Strawbery Point Farmland Sale and Residence Change
William R. Glass sold 35 acres southeast of Strawbery Point to Mrs. Rich Laity Jr for 7000. Glass bought the Ernest J. Cass residence in Strawbery Point for 5500. Both transfers occur March 15. Mr and Mrs Cass plan to move to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
William R. Glass
Here
Rich Laity, Jr
Ernest J. Cass
Farm Bureau Honors Conns at Cedar Rapids Dinner
More than 400 Farm Bureau members attended a dinner at the C.S.P.S. Cedar Rapids hall Thursday evening honoring Rex Conn and family. Conn has resigned as county agent to become farm editor of The Gazette on Monday. The Conns were presented a silver chest as a parting gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
C.S.P.S
Cedar Rapids
Hall
Rex Conn
Conn
Gazette
Conns
Half Century Postponed at Festina Co op Creamery
Reduced volume cited Friday for the closing of the Festina cooperative creamery after more than 50 years of operation. A majority of patrons shifted to creameries at Calmar Ft. Atkinson Ossian and St Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festina
Calmar
Ft. Atkinson
Ossian
St. Lucas
Farmers Cooperative Exchange to Meet in Central City
The annual meeting of the Farmers Cooperative Exchange is set for March 3 in Central City. Othel L. Wright, secretary of the cooperative, announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Othel L. Wright
Senate panel to press Hershey on farm labor draft limits
The Senate agricultural committee prepared to demand a first hand report from Selective Service Director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey on directives doubling farm labor deferments. Major farm groups warn the change could demoralize 1944 production and may seek legislative action if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Senate Agricultural Committee
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
E. D
Cotton Ed” Smith
D-Sc
Hershey
Gen. Hershey
Smith
Farm Group
Midwest farm workers largely unaffected by new service deferment rules
Lt. Col. J. T. Coatsworth says the tightened selective service standards will defer only a small number of farm workers in 12 Midwest states. He told extension directors and farm labor officials that most workers are already productive and essential enough to qualify for continued deferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
J. T. Coatsworth
Selective Service
Farm deferments tightened as war needs rise
Col. Coatsworth announced new war food administration rules require higher farm production to qualify for deferments. A national minimum of 16 war units per deferment is set, with state directors allowed to raise limits. Deferments reviewed every six months and only workers producing essential crops qualify. He urged every man on farms to work at peak productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col
Coatsworth
Mid- West
Col. Coatsworth
Midwest
Selective Service
Public Farm Sale at Local Auction Marching into February
Public sale announced for a farm 334 miles northeast of North English and southwest of Parnell. Items include horses, cattle, sheep, corn, household goods, and farm machinery from John Kirkpatrick and Son with cash terms. Also separate sale at the same site for former farmer Cobble Johnson’s equipment and tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publile
North English
Parnell
McCormick-Neering
Stewart
John Kirkpatrick
Lloyd Grimm
Aacts
K. G. Lituenberg
Recruiting Nationally for Farm Labor This Year
The need for 4,000,000 temporary or seasonal workers, including women and children, exceeds last year by 500,000 and aims to supplement the regular farm labor force of 8,000,000 across Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North and South Dakota Ohio and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Sale Near Alburnett Nets High Prices for Cattle and Tractor
A large crowd attended the Howard A. Knapp sale near Alburnett with fourteen Guernsey and Jersey cows averaging 177 dollars. The top cow sold for 200 dollars, a team for 278 dollars, and a 15 year old John Deere model D tractor on rubber brought 600 dollars. Auctioneer George Price of Alburnett led the sale with clerks H. F. Lockwood and Earl Brockman of Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alburnett
Howard A. Knapp
Here
Guernsey
Jersey
George Price
H. F. Lockwood
Earl Brockman
Marion
Farmer's Arm Fractured After Hayloft Fall Near Ossian
Henry Larson, a farmer near Ossian, suffered a 15-foot fall from a hayman this week. X rays in Rochester, Minnesota, confirmed a fracture near the shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Henry Larson
Here
Rochester
Minn
Central City Creamery Manager Resigns to Move
B. H. Johnson, operating the Central City creamery since 1931, announced on Friday his resignation effective May 15 at the directors meeting. He plans to move to Storm Lake to run an ice plant he has owned for 2½ years. A Cokato, Minnesota native, Johnson has 28 years in the creamery business. His wife, the bookkeeper, will resign the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
B. H. Johnson
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Johnson
Storm Lake
Cokato
Minn
Manchester Farmer Hurt Falls From Hay Chute
Paul Munson a well known farmer living one mile north of Manchester fell through a hay chute at his farm Wednesday and fractured his left arm near the shoulder He has been taken to St Luke s hospital at Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Hurt
the Gazette
Paul Munson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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REA Food Service
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Liguan Desert
Angloo
Gookbar
Treasury
Timothy
State Board
Morris
Louisa Beef Producers
Fossum
Waukon Equity Co-op
Cc. B. Jessen
Dr. Smith
Térwe
Cargill
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Portland Cement Association
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