Wherry Presses Conference on Cattle Price Ceilings Clash
Senator Wherry urged an immediate conference among Fiorello La Guardia eastern meat retailers and consumers with cattlemen to discuss live cattle price ceilings. The OPA's live animal ceilings take effect with a 50 cent subsidy increase, while Wherry backs a legislative inquiry into livestock production and marketing. He argues the policy benefits large packers, hurts small slaughterers, and could force a price rollback that jeopardizes beef feeders.
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New York
Fiorello la Guardia
Office of Price Administration
Fred Vinson
Nebraska
OPA
Farmer Reels In A Bumper 27-Acre Corn Crop
Marengo Sgt Nyle Ram sey on furlough from Georgia reports a local farmer harvested 27 acres of corn averaging 30 bushels per acre. The sizable yield highlights rural progress and the wartime agricultural effort.
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Marengo
Nyle Ramsey
Georgia
Fence Drift Catches on Winter Farm Life
In a fourth week of persistent winter cold, farm chores slow as water systems freeze and livestock suffer. Cows dip in milk, pigs cough, hens frost, and fodder shocks freeze. The author notes the difficulty of maintaining morale with subzero temperatures.
Iowa Farm Price Index Drops Four Points in December
Des Moines reports the Iowa general index of prices received by farmers fell to 194 percent of the base, down from 198, on December 15. Hog and beef cattle prices drove the decline while other index segments held steady. feeding ratios fell as feed costs rose and egg prices edged down, signaling tighter livestock output.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crops and Livestock Reporting Service
Corn Belt
Luana Farmers Cooperative elects officers and directors
At the Luana creamery annual meeting on Monday officers were elected with Willis Lampker as president Lloyd Pearson as vice president Cornell Riveland as treasurer and Henry Gisleson and Elmer Mohr as directors Holdover directors include Fred Schrader Henry Wagner Harve Miller and Arno Miller The board also named Howard Easton secretary of the creamery.
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Luana
Luana Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Willis Lampker
Lloyd Pearson
Cornell Riveland
Henry Gisleson
Elmer Mohr
Fred Schrader
Henry Wagner
Harve Miller
Arno Miller
Howard Easton
Luzerne Boy Second in 4-H Fire Prevention Contest
Winners of the 4-H boys 1944 fire prevention program were announced in Ames by G A Lineweaver. Marvin Koeper Rhodes received a 125 scholarship for first place and William Kern Luzerne received a 100 scholarship for second. War bonds and gold medals were awarded to other top competitors and county winners listed.
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G. A Lineweaver
Farm Underwriters’ Association
Marvin Koeper
Rhodes
William Kern
Luzerne
Farmers’ Mutual Reinsurance Association
Donald Gates
Humboldt
Everett Rogers
Carroll
Herbert S. Wassink
Muscatine
Donald Briggs
LaPorte City
Teddy Erickson
Salix
Loren Kneep
LeMars
Carlos Harrison
Malvern
Dean Fleming
Reinbeck
Raymond Ritger
Kamrar
Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1944
The December 26 1944 Linn County Iowa board meeting approved minutes from December 19 1944 and adopted multiple resolutions. Actions include transferring 10560 30 from the Secondary Road Construction Fund to the Maintenance Fund, settling 1930 1931 taxes for Hulls Subdivision, issuing a cigarette sale permit for Midway Cafe, placing a road establishment petition on file, accepting Gladys Leichsenring’s clerk resignation, and listing numerous claims and allowances for county operations. Attest: Otto P Hanzlik County Auditor.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State of Iowa
County of Linn
Board of Supervisors
Seevell
Petty
Beeson
Hull
Oak Hill
Ceder Rapids
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Wilbert E. Fuecen
Monroe
Marion
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Gladys Leichsenring
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CL Beeson
Otto P Hanzlik
New House and Senate Agriculture Leaders Face Wartime Farm Policy
Congress opens with Rep. John W. Flanagan of Virginia and Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma heading agriculture panels. First business centers on the CCC two billion dollar appropriation and farm price stabilization amid wartime and postwar shifts.
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Virginia
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Commodity Credit Corporation
Herefords Sell at High Prices in Columbus Junction Sale
Pure bred Hereford cows brought 98 to 115 dollars at the James McKeever estate and Harry Wince dissolution sale nine miles south of Hereford. Calves 40 to 45 dollars, heifers 70 to 80, sows and pigs 88 to 95, gifts 75 to 80, shoots 16, Timothy and clover hay 16.50 per ton.
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James McKeever
Harry Wince
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Barnyard Chatter on Farmers Plans for 1945
Glenn Healy of Moscow markets a carload of fat lambs while noting Hamp shire hogs and Angus cattle. The Peoples Savings Bank Farm Service Department offers folders covering services in Cedar Rapids. The piece salutes 1944 farming gains and urges resilience as machinery ages and manpower tightens for 1945.
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Moscow
Mr. Healy
Hampshire
Farm Service Department
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Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Farm Auction Listings Appear Across Iowa Sites
A Gazette ad lists numerous farm auctions and closings across Iowa towns. Sellers include Challis, Boland, Wardenburg, Sieveka, Furler, Groth, Busenbark, Techau, Seery, Rosenberry, Westphal, Alberts, Rehak, Thordson Amden, Werman, McCollough, Smith, Burr, Maxwell, Rupperle, Martin & Sons, Helgens Bros, with sale dates from January 4 to February 6 and locations covering Tipton, Williamsburg, Anamosa, Van Horne, Readlyn, Springville, Alburnett, Ely, Solon, East Amana, Olin, Marion, and more. The list reads as a calendar of stock, machinery, and public sales, frequently noting “closing out” or “public sale” actions and distances from nearby towns.
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Tipton
Cliff McDonald
Center Junction
S. N. Boland
Williamsburg
Anton Wardenburg
Garrison
Pete Sieveka
Anamosa
Emil Furler
van Horne
Harry Groth
Readlyn
R. A. Busenbark
Mechanic¢sville
Bohumil Werman
East Amana
Lee McCollough
Springville
Harland Smith
Shueyville
Elmer F. Burr
Alburnett
M. A. Maxwell
Vinton
W. S-Rupperle
E. Marion
Albert Martin Sons
Hampshire
Salee Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Helgens Bros
Poland
China Sale
Amber
Subsidy Payments Through Processors Hit by Packer
Paul C. Smith of Swift & Company criticizes government subsidy payments routed through meat packers amid OPA cattle price ceiling controversy. He says he was not invited to related meetings and notes reports of plans to pay subsidies to packers under certain conditions. He adds the firm urges subsidies be paid directly to producers.
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Paul C. Smith
Swift and Company
OPA
Kansas City
Smith
Local Officials and Clerk Named in Transaction
W. J. Aupperle owner P. C. Lassen W. F. Mitchell Auds H. F. Lockwood Clerk listed in the records of a municipal or property action as the named participants.
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Feeding Cattle Amid War Effort Urges Maximum Beef
The speaker expresses hope that the plan will not discourage cattle feeding as the war demands the greatest possible beef production. The remark reinforces the push for high agricultural output to support wartime needs.
Mexican Corn Crop Largest in 20 Years
Washington reports Mexico's 1944 corn crop at 94.5 million bushels, beating earlier estimates after September storm damage and surpassing 1942 levels. The 1942 harvest was 106 million bushels, the largest since 1924, and current figures suggest adequate supply with a possible reserve despite higher purchasing power. Normal needs run about 80 million bushels.
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Washington
Mexico
Shortage Delays Start of 1945 Farm Census
Washington AP reports manpower shortages hinder the 1945 census of agriculture starting next Monday. About 26,000 full time enumerators were needed, with 230 district supervisors and 44 area supervisors in training. Veterans and service families prioritized. most enumerators are farmers or farm wives who will visit farms for pay per farm.
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Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
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