Billion Dollar USDA Bill Aims To Transform Farm Output
House debates a $1.102 billion agriculture bill to finance peacetime farm programs including rural electrification rehab and conservation payments. Secretary Anderson predicts rising production describing the move as an industrial revolution on the land with large loan authorizations and a focus on veterans and school lunch funding.
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Ashington
Agriculture Department
Department
Aulary
Alicluullie
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Iarmers
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Seed oats sought and farm mortgage ad in Chatter
Harold J. Ross seeks Tama or similar seed oats for 70 acres while readers in Linn and adjoining counties are alerted to 34%4% Farm Mortgages offered by The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids. Iowa State Extension warns farmers on rat infestation and control timing, detailing rat numbers, crop damage, and year round management.
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Harold J. Ross
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Peoples Savings Bank
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College Extension
Insecticide benzene hexachloride debated by Congress
Congress heard that benzene hexachloride is seven times more effective against flies than DDT and may combat cotton pests not affected by DDT. However it is extremely toxic to bees, unlike DDT, raising safety concerns amid 1947 agriculture bills.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Allamakee F B Members Reach Quota in Waukon
Allamakee county Farm Bureau membership stood at 1,068 on Monday, surpassing the 1,050 quota, reported by County Organization Director Horace Clark in Waukon.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Horace Clark
Picker accident injures Ot ten at John Sanford farm
Ben H. Ot ten of Scotch Grove suffered a broken finger and a lacerated hand last week in a corn picker accident on the John Sanford farm near Olin.
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Scotch Grove
Ben H. Otten
John Sanford
Olin
State Farm Officials to Study Prices in Washington
State farm commissioners will meet in Washington March 18 20 to study how higher prices affect farm output. Conference called by Tom Linder Georgia agriculture commissioner who argues higher farm prices spur production. He says price centers hurt farmers and must be abolished and that farmers should receive higher prices to cover rising costs. The world needs more farm production to stave off famine in Europe and deprivation at home.
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Washington
Tom Linder
Georgia
Linder
United States
Europe
Butter Shortage Warned by Institute Leader
Chicago AP report says American Butter Institute estimates 50 million pounds in reserves last January 1 but only 15 million pounds on hand, about two days. D. K. Howe, president, urged immediate action and blamed Office of Price Administration policy for discouraging butter production.
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Chicago
American Butter Institute
D. K. Howe
Institute
Omaha
Office of Price Administration
Farm auctions listed with dates and locations
Public sales and dairy auction notices announced for late February through March. A. B. and Hugh Brody near Urbana on Feb 28, Frank Randall near Springville on Mar 6, Clarence Fetherkile at Center Point on Mar 1, and R. H. Lincoln near Anamosa on Mar 5.
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A. B
Hugh Brody
Urbana
Frank Randall
Springville
Clarence Fetherkile
Center Point
Vinton Canning Company Orders Mechanical Corn Pickers
Howard Miller, production manager of the Vinton Canning Company in Iowa, announced the company will buy 10 mechanical corn pickers. Developed by Edwin Schaaf and Edwin Greedy with Iowa State College instructors, the single row picker in 1944 and the double row in 1945 prove safe for corn and harvest as much as 1.5 acres per hour.
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Vinton
Howard Miller
Iowa Canning Company
Anderson, Ia
Edwin Schaaf
Edwin Greedy
Schaaf
Greedy
Iowa State College
Farm Families Plan Home Improvements
Fifty thousand Iowa farm families plan to remodel or build new homes and 340000 plan improvements of grounds and farm buildings. A shortage of basic materials delays much construction though cement is easy to obtain and plumbing fixtures will be adequate by mid year. Costs of supplies and labor are expected to be higher.
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Ames
Iowa
Fannie Gannon
Iowa State College
Farmers join remodeling drive cutting labor needs
A significant number of farmers are expected to participate in the remodeling project themselves, reducing labor demands and easing the overall workload.
Farm sale reports strong cattle prices near here
Guernsey and Shorthorn milk cows sold at 128 to 135 dollars at the Everette L. Fox farm sale four miles north of here Tuesday. Cattle included heifers 118 to 125 dollars and calves 70 to 75 dollars. Sheep 18, fall pigs 16, brood sows 48 to 55 dollars. Hay 50 to 60 cents per bale. straw 55 cents per bale.
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Nichols
Guernsey
Everette L. Fox
Here
Cows Labelled Neurotic by Minnesota Dairy Expert
W. E. Peterson of the University of Minnesota dairy husbandry department told Wisconsin Holstein-Friesian association members that cows are neurotic. He cited university experiments showing most herds contain only two moderately happy cows, a boss cow and the lowest cow, while the rest brood over social status and milk output falls. He suggested unhappy cows may explain butter shortages.
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Richland Center
Wis
Wisconsin
Bossy
W. E. Peterson
University of Minnesota Dairy Husbandry Department
Peterson
Holstein - Friesian Association of Wisconsin
Allamakee Farmers To Raise Clinton Oats
Four farmers in Allamakee county have been chosen by Iowa State College agronomy to receive Clinton oats seed. Each will get 45 bushels to plant this year and must follow rules on planting certification and seed distribution. The farmers are William F. Kumpf Norbert Guider Leonard Hagen and Leo Livingston.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Agronomy Department
Iowa State College
William F. Kumpf
Waterloo
Norbert Guider
Lafayette Township
Leonard Hagen
Paint i Creek
Leo Livington
Taylor Township
Iowa county farmers reach oats quota list
Marengo Farmers in Iowa county who have received their quota of Clinton oats are Milford Langlas Marengo Henry Plagman Conroy Carl Holden Williamsburgh and John Maack Victor.
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Marengo
Iowa
Milford
Langlas
Henry Plagman
Conroy
Carl Holden
Williamsburgh
John Maack
Victor
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Reflects Changing Farms
A crawler-type tractor clears saffron-rooted osage hedge in central Illinois illustrating a shift in farming practices over decades. The piece notes hedges once built by early settlers for fencing, now outmoded and disappearing, though hedge posts remain valued for durability.
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Illinois
Iowa
Plan for Marking Grain Cars Ready
Aksel W. Nielsen of Omaha said a plan to earmark grain cars for Midwest transportation has been developed by the Conway committee. The plan must be approved by the ODT and the ICC and will be announced soon. Nielsen explained cars will be marked to return to the Midwest when unloaded, addressing a shipping shortage worsened by cars not being returned to grain areas.
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Omaha, Neb
Aksel W. Nielsen
Omaha
Conway Committee
War Shipping Board
Omaha Grain Exchange
Nielsen
ODT
ICC
Midwest
Maple Sugar Yields From Sap To Syrup
A maple sugar tree produces about 15 gallons of sap. It takes 45 to 50 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of maple syrup.
Meat price boost deemed inadequate by industry
The American Meat Institute criticized Ches ter Bowles for an inadequate price adjustment that fails to curb the black market, leaves packing firms unable to compete, and promises continuing shortages of ceiling priced meat in legitimate shops.
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Chicago
INS
The
American Meat Institute
Chester Bowles
Institute
Bowles
Farm Values Up 60 Percent in Five Years
Chicago report shows 1945 real estate assessments rose with general market gains and expect further increases in 1946. A survey by the National Association of Assessing Officers found 45 of 50 large cities saw higher values, with farm values nationwide up about 60 percent over five years.
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Chicago
National Association of Assessing Officers
Association
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