Conference on Farm Building Scheduled in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau and Iowa State College extension service organize a two day Cedar Rapids conference on farm building led by agricultural engineer C. H. Van Vlack. D. D. Offringa J. Keith Noll Glenn Ives and J. Bormann head local arrangements with college specialists and bureau members attending.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Iowa State College Extension Service
College Farm B Compan Va
C. H. van Vlack
D. D. Offringa
J. Keith Noll
Glenn Ives
J. Bormann
Cedar Rapids
The
Agricultural Bureau
College At
Ames
Conn Re-elected by Agricultural Bureau
Rex Conn, Gazette farm editor, was re elected chairman of the agricultural bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce at the bureau annual election. Members voted to sponsor a two day farm building conference in Cedar Rapids March 12 and 13 in cooperation with the bureau.
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Rex Conn
Gazette
Agricultural Bureau of the
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau and Iowa State Extension Work Groups
Linn County Farm Bureau and the Iowa State College Extension Service approved revisions to 4-H show committees and the 4-H club call to streamline activities. The action strengthens collaboration between local agriculture groups and university extension resources.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Iowa State College Extension Service
Farm Labor Expected to Rise in 1947 in Iowa
Iowa State College expert John Fitzsimmons says farm labor may be more abundant in 1947 as farmers seek stable workers who will stay long term. Housing scarcity on farms will be the major challenge, though where housing is available labor should be recruitable.
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Ames
Iowa
John Fitzsimmons
Iowa State College
Fitzsimmons
Twenty-five WWII Vets Enrolled in Keosauqua Farm Training
Twenty-five World War II veterans are enrolled in the on the farm course at the Keosauqua school. Classes begin and run three evenings weekly for 15 weeks. Summer sessions will be two hours once a week. Instructors include Paul Bollinger Merle Fender Craig Morrison Craig Pettit Arthur Secor and Roy Watkins, all agricultural college graduates.
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Keosauqua
Eldon Shriver
Paul Bollinger
Merle Fender
Craig Morrison
Craig Pettit
Arthur Secor
Roy Watkins
Agricultural College
Farmers miss price supports by twelve hours in Truman end note
A wartime price support debate lingers as President Truman ends hostilities at noon. Discussion centers on how the AAA machinery from 1938 will manage wheat corn cotton tobacco rice and peanuts under production crowding and open market options. Entomologists warn grasshoppers from Texas reached Hawaii, a 3000 mile trek, raising pest concerns for the USDA.
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Truman
Steagall
Hitchhiking pests threat to planes and crops
Entomologists monitor hitchhiking pests near Oh n Rodgers field and on airplanes to prevent spread to uninfested areas. The Japanese beetle, confined to the East, could hitchhike to the Pacific coast by air. Inspectors repeatedly recover beetles from lanes leaving eastern ports for clean areas.
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United States
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Pacific Coast
Training Schools For Rural Youth Leaders Begin
The Young People's Assembly of Iowa State College Extension Service and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation start training schools for rural youth leaders in Atlantic Des Moines and Fairfield. Officers and county rural youth members will study program planning duties and receive guidance. evenings feature recreation demonstrations. Attending include G A Lineweaver Pearl Converse A P Parsons and Frank W Ehman from Extension Service and Farm Bureau.
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Atlantic
Des Moines
Fairfield
Young People’s Assembly
Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa State College
Department of Youth Activities
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
G. A. Lineweaver
Pearl Converse
A. P. Parsons
Frank W. Ehman
Spillville Discusses Boys 4-H Club Formation Speaker Vernon Le
A Spillville meeting Monday night will consider organizing a boys 4-H club. Vernon Le, state champion Holstein club member, will speak at the gathering.
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Spillville
Vernon le
Holstein Club
Coming Farm Actions Public Sale notices
A compiled list of farm sale notices with dates from January to February, listing sellers and rough locations across Iowa towns such as Mt. Vernon, Central City, Tipton, Blairstown, Prairieburg, Marengo, Solon, Troy Mills, Alburnett, Olin, Wyoming, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Bertram, and Keystone. Names include Amos LeGuire Sarah Sedlacek Milo Phelps John L Bru sha Barclay Heald Heick L W Martin R B Orcutt Harry Jarard Edward Rehak Mc Bros Leonard Whitney Jchn serli and Son Ashley M McCright Joe Tepley A Monk Louis Albertson Henry Jurgensen.
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Amos LeGuire
Mt. Vernon
Sarah Sedlacek
Central City
Milo Phelps
Tip
John L. Brusha
Walford
Martin Kimm
Blairstown
Baughman
Tipton
Arthur Hildebrand
Prairieburg
L. W. Martin
Marengo
Barclay Heald
Solon
R. B. Orcutt
Troy Mills
Heick
Ben
Bernard Pratt
Alburnett
Harry Jarard
Olin
Clayton Sherrill
Wyoming
Edward Rehak
Cedar Rapids
Stewart
Central
Mc Bros
Leonard Whitney
Jchn Serli
Poll Says Iowa Farmers Plan To Learn To Fly
A Wallace Homemstead poll by Wallaces Farmer Iowa Homestead shows 54 percent of Iowans believe most farmers will own and fly their own planes. Among under 35, 65 percent expect farmer ownership of planes, while 58 percent of those under 30 say they have neighbors who already fly.
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Des Moines
INS
Lowa
Wallaces
Iowa
Wallace-Homestead
Alex
Corn project boosts organ fund for church
WEST BRANCH The Be Lutheran men's club harvested seven acres of corn and earned 401 dollars for a new church organ. They planted on H. A Johnson property and on two church acres, performing plowing and cultivating work. Eight hundred two corm units were sold at one dollar per unit.
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West Branch
Be Lutheran Church
H. A Johnson
Prices Received For Farm Products Down in December
Prices for farm commodities eased in December while the prices paid index rose sharply after price controls ended. The index of prices received fell from 289 to 287 and the prices paid index climbed to 218. The corn-hog ratio stands at 20.7 with butterfat dairy feed at 39.4 and egg poultry at 12.3, marking the most favorable December corn-hog ratio on record.
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Des Moines
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Leslie M. Carl
Garnaville Farmers Supply Opens New Building Near Mill
Garnaville based Farmers Supply Company opened a new building near the mill to house its farm implement business after years of hosting the operation at the site.
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Garnaville
Farmers Supply Company
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