Dairy Subsidy Totals for Allamakee County in October
In Allamakee county 1431 dairy farmers received 9571 dollars in subsidy payments for milk and cream produced during October. AAA chair Michael F. Burke says November and December subsidies will be paid together in January. October parity checks totaled 78773.80 dollars for 1358 farmers, with 1942 parity already in payment planning for 1943. Fifty million quarts of fresh milk reach consumers daily via stores or home delivery.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Michael F. Burke
Allameee County
AAA
Revised Ames Pamphlet Due This Month
Iowa State College officials predict the oleo pamphlet on dairying will be revised and republished in January. President Charles E. Finley ordered the revision after dairy men protested a section seen as favorable to oleomargarine. A committee rewrites to add points not covered, with careful speed slowing completion.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Iowa
Finley
240 Acre Farm For Sale Near Norway Iowa
For sale a 240 acre farm with March 1st possession on a gravel road two miles north and 1% miles east of Norway. About 225 acres cropland and balance pasture with good water pump and cedar windbreak. Reasonable down payment and long easy terms on balance. See W H Roy Cedar Rapids IA or Fred S Kissinger 704 Register and Tribune Building Des Moines IA.
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Norway, la
Highline
Cedar Windbreak
W. H. Roy
Cedar Rapids
Fred S. Kissinger
Register and Tribune
Des Moines
Fence Drift and Weather Angsts in Chickens News
The piece humorously notes women wearing shoes with exposed toes in cold weather, wondering how they manage the chill. It reflects a light, observational tone on daily life and fashion amid harsh conditions.
Iowa Leads in Butter and Poultry Shipments to Chicago
The Chicago FDA report shows Iowa as the top butter supplier to Chicago in December with 2,177,251 pounds and leading in dressed poultry with 3,948,576 pounds. Minnesota and Wisconsin follow in butter, while Minnesota and South Dakota rank high in poultry. Eggs and cheese totals are given with Wisconsin as top egg shipper and Iowa contributing little cheese.
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Chicago
Iowa
FDA
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Gardner Named Temporary Extension Associate in Dairy Husbandry
Donald E. Gardner of Des Moines was named temporary extension associate in dairy husbandry at Ames to succeed Floyd Arnold who resigned to take a similar post in Maryland.
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Floyd Arnold
The
Gazette
Ames
Donald E. Gardner
Des Moines
Maryland
Auction Presents Horses Cattle Machinery and Household Goods
Closing out sale features sorrel Belgian mares and a tall sorrel colt with a black Jenny mule, plus 3 head of cattle and hogs. Machinery includes tractors, a corn planter, mower, hay loader, threshing machine, and tools. Also offered are harnesses, oats, hay, beans, silage, chickens, and a full household goods collection. Larry Gouchee owner. W E Challis auctioneer. Lisbon, Ja. Lisbon Bank & Trust Co. Clerk.
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Barrow
John Deere
Goodyear
Larry Gouchee
W. E. Challis
Llsbon
Lisbon Bank & Trust Co
Alfalfa hay tops farm sale prices in Iowa listings
Special to The Gazette reports bid prices across several rural sales counties. Alfalfa hay sold at 1.1734 a bale near North Liberty, with clover 1.15 and straw 66 cents. cattle milkers and sows also sold between 60 and 182 dollars, corn around 99.4 cents a bushel, and miscellaneous farm goods at auction ceilings. Multiple towns including Lowden Riverside Ainsworth and Columbus Junction note prices on cows, pigs, horses, machinery, and hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Liberty
Robert P Adams
Guernsey
Sale of farm stock and fodder near Winfield reports prices
At the W. L. Grape farm three and a half miles east of Winfield a sale fetched $50 and $58 for two horses aged eight and nine. Sixteen Holstein cows and heifers brought $65 to $100, 55 Spotted Poland China pigs sold for $17 to $19.50, four tons of loose hay brought $875, 300 bales of mixed hay at 60 cents each, 50 bales threshed oats straw at 40 cents, 750 bushels oats at 75 cents, and 1,000 bushels corn at ceiling price.
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Gaz
Ainsworth
Twinam Farm
Here
Guernsey
Paul Klotz
H. M Duncan
Columbus Junction
Winfield
W. L
Stallion Purchase Trip Heads Through Delaware County
C. T. Gould of Iland Falls Maine and his son Leonard O Gould of Chester New Jersey traveled through Manchester this week buying a carload of stallions in Delaware and adjoining counties. F. H. Schenke of Greeley and William Munson of Manchester aided in finding the horses.
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Manchester
C. T. Gould
Iland Falls
Leonard O Gould
Chester
Delaware
F. H. Schenke
Greeley
William Munson
Railway Ag Man To Speak Twice in Linn Next Week
Howard J. Gramlich of Chicago general agricultural agent for the North Western railway and since Jan 1 for C St P M O will address the Farmers club lunch eon program next Tuesday at Cedar Rapids. His theme Gazing Around the Corner. Next Thursday Gramlich speaks again in Linn county at the Whittier Farmers institute with the topic Yesterday Today and Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Gramlich
Chicago
North Western Railway
Farmers’ Club
Cedar Rapids
Gramlich
Linn County
Whittier Farmers’ Institute
Whittier
Fayette C T A dairy herd averages butterfat in December
Fayette No 1 and No 31 Dairy Herd Improvement associations report December butterfat averages for 430 cows at 26.1 pounds with 93 dry. In Fayette associations 2 and 4 the 430 cows averaged 23.8 pounds butterfat. high herd 45 pounds from 11 cows. The high individual cow 86.2 pounds butterfat.
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Fayette
Fayette No 1
Sam Alshouse
Carl Lueder
West Union
Leo Wendland
Irving Deering
Postville
War Bonds appeal by Samoan boatswain at Page
A boatswain's mate in Page urges defense bond investment with patriotic pride. He notes veterans know idle money harms the war effort and urges the public to buy more War Bonds to support victory. The message reflects U S Treasury Department promotions encouraging citizen savings for national war needs.
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Page
United States
U.S. Treasury Department
Upcoming Farm Auctions Across Iowa in January
A schedule of farm and livestock auctions across multiple Iowa locations from January 8 to January 19. Notable listings include Anamosa, Shanka and Kloubek, Waubeek, Marengo, Shellsburg, Stanwood, Cedar Rapids, Lisbon, Alburnett, Clarence, Walford, and Cedar Rapids horse and Duroc sales.
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Anamosa Livestock
Shanka
Kloubek
Waubeek
Theophil Meyer
Marengo
Fry
Shellsburg
F. T. Challis
Stanwood
Wilber Lentz
Cedar Rapids
James Jilovec
Salon
J. S. Milligan
Larry Goudice
Lisbon
Vernon Weeden
Coggan
Lanning
Notbohm
Alburnett
Walford
Iowa Livestock Exchange
John M. van Note
Co op Council Reaffirms Stand on Inflation Control
Chicago report says the National Council of Farmers' Cooperatives at its sixteenth annual convention adopted four resolutions on price control inflation control consumer subsidies and taxes. It endorsed production driven price policy to meet consumer demand at fair prices and urged a war savings plan and a strong tax program including extended sales tax. It warned against confusing subsidies with parity prices and opposed new tax bill requiring cooperatives to file annual reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Council of Farmers’ Cooperatives
Council
Bernice Gross Named State 4-H Home Management Associate
Mrs Bernice J Gross was named extension associate in home management at Ames by Director R K Bliss of the agricultural extension service. She becomes home efficiency specialist on the 4 H club staff, previously serving as home management adviser at Iowa State College and as home management supervisor for the Farm Security administration in Lucas County and as home economics instructor in Philo Math Oregon.
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Ames
Bernice J. Gross
R. K. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Service
Linn County Supervisors Approve 1944 Appointments and Grants
Linn County Iowa January 4 1944 board proceedings approve janitors clerks and office staff for 1944. Accept 1943 farm bureau report and grant 5000 dollars 1944 appropriation with quarterly warrants. Also adopt settlement offer of 50 dollars in Mildred Anderson case and authorize various financial actions and reports.
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Board OF Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Linnis
Cedar Rapids
Seevell
Petty
Beeson
Thomas McAllen
Court House
Vance Newhouse
Arthur E. Barrett
W. C.adams
Guy Mikesell
Earl Batley
Lottie Melichar
F .E. Buckner
HO A. Gillette
D. A. Peterson
Hilda Bucy
Helen Jayne
Elinor Sweltzer
Ida Hampton
Lucy Silver
Nash
Mabel Holton
Alta Hageman
Margaret Garretson
Velma Houser
Mildred Anderson
Independence
Towa
Linn
County
Scevell
Joseph W Carberry
Joseph W. Carberry
de Nanent
Linn County Farm Bureau
Linn County Soldiers’ Relief Commission
County Superintendent of Schools of the Improvement of Instruction Fund
Jontz Reports 1943 Activities of Iowa Sheep Association
Dewey Jontz, secretary since the Iowa Sheep Association began on July 1 1943, outlined half year actions including a state ram show and auction August 28 at Ames where 101 purebred rams sold averaging 62.40 with top 200 to stock owners in seven states. The association, a division of the Iowa department of agriculture, formed by merging three sheep groups, also promoted quality rams, 4 H clubs, parasite control, breed associations, and breeder sales. Late in the year southeast Iowa breeders formed a group and held a bred ewe sale averaging 53 on 71 head with a top 340, second highest in America for 1943, with sheep going to six states besides Iowa.
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Dewey Jontz
Iowa Sheep Association
Ames
Iowa
Jontz
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Iowa Sheep Breeders’ Association
Iowa Lamb Feeders’ Association
Creston
West Union
America
Rowley Creamery Pays 55 Cents for Top Butterfat
Rowley cooperative creamery patrons received pay for butterfat delivered in the first half of December. Prices were 55 cents for Grade One, 54 cents for Grade Two, and 53 cents for Grade Three per pound, per Joe McGrath secretary. During the last half of November butterfat commanded 55 cents 4 cents and 53 cents respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Rowley Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
More Rail Cars Needed To Haul Farm Machinery
The Midwest shippers advisory board forecast 4.8 percent more freight cars needed next year to handle heavier shipments. They expect farm machinery loadings to rise 130 percent and fertilizers 50 percent, with car supply currently adequate for the increases.
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Chicago
Midwest Shippers Advisory Board
Middlewest
Soils District Meeting In Tama Planned Jan 21
A Tama county soil conservation district meeting is set for the evening of January 21 in Toledo to elect a commissioner to succeed E. P. Skrable of Elberon. Nominating petitions have been filed for four candidates: Skrable Elberon, Glen Lovig Gilman, William J Kremenak Toledo, and R G Stoakes Tracr.
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Toledo
Tama County Land Owners
Soil Conservation District
E. P. Skrable
Elberon
State Soil Conservation Committee
Mr. Skrable
Glen Lovig
Gilman
William J Kremenak
R. G. Stoakes
Tracr
Cedar Rapids man buys Monticello implement business
Harold A. Sovern of Cedar Rapids and Waterloo has purchased an implement business at Monticello and took possession on January 1. Sovern is the son of Elmer E. Sovern of Cedar Rapids and previously managed a tire business in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Sovern
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Monticello
Mr. Sovern
Elmer E. Sovern
Interior Hog Markets Still Uncongested
Interior hog markets in early 1944 faced pressure from post year end holds while terminal markets showed embargo congestion. St Paul and Omaha received large holds, Chicago and St Louis saw notable carryovers, with five day interior receipts at 267 400 head. Prices for barrows and gilts were mostly steady, sows fell 10 to 20 cents, top sows at 12 dollars with many light sows 11 75 to 11 90 in Iowa.
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Iowa
Minnesota
St. Paul
Omaha
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Sioux City
Towa
Tractor Auction Draws 121 Bids at $840 in Springfield
Tallula seller Allen Brown offered a tractor for 840 dollars. A total of 101640 dollars by 121 bidders poured in, with the winner drawn by hat. The remaining 120 bidders received their money back.
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Springfield
Allen Brown
Tallula
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Farmine
Mt. Vernon
Rugs, Ltd
Iike News
First Street
Coop Butter
Lowden
Herman Wiebel
Riverside
Albert Navy Farm
Albert Taylor
Railway Ag
Fayette C.T.A
Co-op Council
ereon H. OR. _Churchill
Patte of the Peace
Rapids
WE. Bell
Brown Township
C. E. Drummond
Marion Township
George Thomas
Rapids Township
lAmbulance Service Co
Ainsworth Bertha
Ambulance Service Co
Toy Butters Store
Darragh
John Frank J
Linn County Abstract Co
Linn County War Finance
Mercy Hospital
Margaret
Nure
Parrott
Matt
Treas Stationery
Robertson Products Co
Theo
Schmidt Typewriter Exchange
Ofc
Suchomel
T F
Smith James H
Des
Co. L. Beeson
M Vesely
Geo. W. Hegarty
Clarence
Ween Foods
Coos
Rowley Creamery
Tama
Uncle Sam
Texas
Gatto’s
Springville Creamery Co
Calif
Aes
OLD Federal
Marion
16Th Ave. SW
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