OPA Cattle Price Ceilings Explained by Rex Conn
A Cedar Rapids meeting explains OPA price ceilings under the Vinson directive and zone rules. H. R. Mellor outlines an $17.55 ceiling and live-weight based subsidies while producers call for ceilings on feeders and slaughter controls to stabilize markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Conn
OPA
R. R. Randall
Des Moines
H. R. Mellor
Mellor
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Sioux City
War Food Administration
Randall
Harold Ross
Ross
Complete Closing Out Sale Near Mechanicsville
Farmer announces a complete closing out sale on Monday March 5 1945 starting at noon. Sale features horses dairy cattle hogs native sheep shepherd dog and extensive farm machinery tools and miscellaneous farm equipment with many items fresh or nearly new. Sale location given as seven miles northwest of Mechanicsville near Martelie Morley on Rock Road with vaccines noted for stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.W
Mechanicsville
S. BE
Martelie
S. W
Morley
Rock Road
Brown Celding
Guernsey
Farreon
Farrow
Barrow
Keystone
John Deere
McDeerine
Yard gates that swing easy for farm chores
A reader describes practical improvements for farmyard gates. An Iowa example on the W. A. Quaas farm near Coggon uses sturdy gate posts and a lever latch to auto-release, easing chores and gate alignment. The note laments unreliable gates common in rural areas and suggests simple one way, spring or weight assisted designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. A. Quaas
Coggon
713 Veterinarians Practicing in Iowa
Des Moines reports that about 713 veterinarians are practicing in Iowa as war demands strain the workforce. State veterinarian Dr. C. C. Franks says Iowa has roughly 140 fewer practitioners than before the war, with student vets in the army reserve and the last class from Iowa State College, Ames, not yet called to active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
C. C. Franks
Army Reserve Corps
Iowa State College
Ames
Franks
Potassium Shortage Impacts Corn Growth and Lodging
A soil potassium shortage causes marginal firing of corn leaves, pale chaffy ears, and lodging of the plants, indicating nutrient deficiency affecting yield and stand integrity.
Public Sale Near Cedar Rapids and Palo area
Auction lists livestock hogs cattle grain hay and farm machinery to be sold Wednesday March 7 at 12 30 PM ten miles northwest of Cedar Rapids five miles southwest of Palo and one mile east of Atkins. Horses include six head and five mares with weights listed. Hogs include 41 head with ten bred gilts. Cattle feature Guernsey cow heavy springer bulls Shorthorn Holstein and Hereford. Grain and hay total four bushels of corn about 296 bales of clover and timothy hay. Machinery includes two McCormick binders Rock Island hay leader several planters a John Deere 999 and various harnesses and small articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Palo
Atkins
McCocusich
Cead Rock Island
McCormick Deering
John Deere
Veneer Logs Shipped from Mt. Vernon
Three carloads of veneer logs the first from Linn county were loaded at Mt. Vernon for a veneer mill in Escanaba Michigan. Wartime demand makes shipping essential despite high freight rates. logs from Merrill Hoffman farm include elm oak maple basswood ash and hackberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Mt. Vernon
Clair Howard
Cedar Rapids
Escanaba
Mich
Merrill Hoffman
Michigan
Iowa
G. W. Pugsley
Iowa City
Project Forester
United States Forest Service
Pugsley
Ted Williams
Escanaba Veneer
DeHaviland
Wood veneer and logs urged for wartime effort
Pugsley, a forester, notes hackberry used for loading ramps on foreign beaches and says 90 percent of veneer logs come from lake states. He urges farmers to market logs now as top prices are paid, offering free management help across eight counties to woodlot owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Williams
Escanaba, Mich
G. W. Pugsley
Iowa City
United States Forest Service
Lake States
Pugsley
Farm Sale At Waezel Firm Auction Prices Revealed
At the Waezel and Philip Lansing farm sale four miles north of Ossian on Thursday corn sold for 98 cents a bushel, hay at $19 per ton, horses up to $95 and cows to $180. Cattle and equipment included a binder $54, mower $96, spreader $85, cream separator $25, steel wagon $90 and a three section drag $20. Auctioneers Ronan and Ode conducted the sale with A S Andreson as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Waezel and
Philip Lansing
Here
Aetter
Ronan
Ode
A. S. Andreson
Ample Labor To Handle 1945 Iowa Food Crop
Iowa farmers and canning factory operators are assured of sufficient labor to harvest and process the 1945 crop. The pledge came from R. K. Bliss of Iowa State College and George D. Haskell, after a conference on potential labor supply. The planting of canning crops inaugurated the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
George D. Haskell
Special Horse Sale Maquoketa at Summit Street corner
Maquoketa Sales Co offers a horse sale at the corner of Summit Street and Western Avenue in Maquoketa on Friday March 2, 1945 at 12 oclock noon. About 200 horses expected from four eastern states. consignors urged to bring horses by Thursday night for hitching and inspection. All horses sold with guarantee as represented by a hired horse judge. No rejects at the last sale. Auctioneer Wilbur Colby and manager R Kroeger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Sales Co
Summit Street
Western Avenue
Maquoketa
Sale Co
March sales and auctions across Iowa counties
On March 5 to 7 several closing-out and public sale notices appear for farms and livestock near Morley Marion Tipton Walker Atkins Marion and Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs. The month ends with the Iowa State Angus association show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids March 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Siver
Morley
Glenn Vernon
Marion
C. E. Peck & H. Shuleman
Tipton
G. Daugherty
Walker
Drake Brothers
Atkins
Witwer Farms
Iowa State Angus Association
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
War crops vital for armed forces and allies
A wartime Iowa statement urges farmers to contract through the AAA for essential canning crops. It addresses fears about labor shortages for harvesting and processing. The Iowa State College extension service and War Manpower Commission will mobilize labor across communities to meet demand, though civilian canned goods will drop about two thirds from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Agricultural Extension Service of
Iowa State College
War Manpower Commission
Phosphorus Likely Lacking in Iowa Soils
Phosphorus is identified as the fertilizer element most likely to be deficient in Iowa soils. Agricultural experts note its critical role in crop yields and advise soil testing to guide lime and phosphorus applications for optimal fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Olmstead Sees Inevitable Farm Controls After War
Washington AP Vice president Ralph W. Olmstead of the Commodity Credit Corporation told the House appropriations committee that farm price and acreage controls would be unavoidable after Germany’s defeat. He urged raising CCC borrowing power from 3 billion to 5 billion to meet projected postwar surpluses and weakened demand. He listed four reasons including vanishing European market, weaker free food demand, labor release from war plants lowering domestic demand, and large army stockpiles of surplus foodstuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Germany
Ralph W. Olmstead
Commodity Credit Corporation
House Appropriations Committee
CCC
Olmstead
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War Commodities Corporation
WFA
Peoples Savings Bank of
Johns-Manville
DIAL
Tony Schmitz
Peoples Savings Bank
M. Feder & Sons
Iron and Steel Scrap
Kacena
Second Avenue SE
Universal Electric
Brooder
Turkey
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
First St. SE
Wilbur Colby
R. C. Kroeger
Denver
Denve Geesge
First Street
Aesy
Harry Simonsen
Mgr
Iowa Livestock Exchange
A. F
Tony) SCHMITZ _ Dial
van Horne
GEO. B
Earl May
Boone
Tama
Great Red River Valley
BLISS
Kentucky
DIXIE
Earl May’s
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