Food Price Pressure Clashes With Gov't Policy
Ashington AP reports official proposals for higher butter and meat prices collide with hold the line on food costs. An 18 cent butter rise by May 1 aims to spur production while meat price ceilings face pressure amid looming strikes. Subsidies may extend beyond June 30 to curb civilian price hikes as shortages persist and demand grows. Meat packers seek higher returns to cover wage demands.
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Ashington
Anderson
Agriculture Department
For Sale Quiet Farmland Porced on Ray Blaine Farm
A short notice lists sale of minor corn in the field on Ray Blaine farm with hay in the barn four horses and some machinery. Inquiries directed to Paul Huston or J Keith Noll at The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids. It mentions 342% Farm Mortgages by The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids and discusses agricultural product marketing to minimize losses, citing H R Boyts at a banquet with the film Do Unto Animals and listing common causes of bruising and carcass loss.
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Ray Blaine
Palisades Road
Paul Huston
J. Keith Noll
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
The
Peoples Savings
Bank of
Linn
H. R. Boyts
Sioux City
National Livestock and Meat Board
Jones County
Boyts
Hke
New Law Needed For Little Sioux Drainage Project
Des Moines AP reports that Iowa must pass new legislation to authorize using 4.28 million dollars from the federal government for watershed improvements. Clyde Spry of the state soil conservation committee notes the attorney general’s informal ruling and that staff will help push the measure with the next legislature. A Cherokee meeting of the temporary board will January 11 to advance legislation to form a drainage district across 12 Iowa counties.
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Des Moines
Little Sioux
Clyde Spry
State Soil Conservation Committee
Spry
Cherokee
Iowa
Tax-supported project costs in district proposal
The proposal outlines a district authorized to levy taxes for a project with total construction costs of 1,627,120 dollars. Of this, 368,000 dollars would be funded by taxation and the rest by farmers and others through labor and materials. Annual maintenance is 1,118,744 dollars, with 20,000 dollars to be raised by taxation and the remainder borne by farmers as direct contributions.
Packers Begin Tapering Off Chicago Buying
CHICAGO AP Packing houses cut livestock purchases for long distance hauls as CIO United Packinghouse Workers calls a strike for January 16. By week end stock ready for shipping and butchering, and many plants expected to be closed or reduced activity. shippers told to defer arrivals by Saturday.
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Chicago
Cio-United Packinghouse
New Lettuce Variety Slobolt Thrives in Iowa Trials
A new heat resistant lettuce, Ames Slobolt, developed by Dr. Ross C. Thompson of the Beltsville bureau, performed well in central Iowa trials. Seed planted April 12 matured by May 26, remained tender through July 24, with no seed stalks. Plants 10 to 12 inches apart reached 15 inches in diameter and up to two pounds. Horticulturist Larry Grove notes high quality, promising home garden use where head lettuce struggles. Seed catalogs will list Slobolt in 1946 with general availability in 1947.
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Associated Press
Ames
Ross C. Thompson
Bureau of Plant Industry
Beltsville
Iowa
Larry Grove
Iowa State College Horticu
Meat Output Last Week Shows Rise in Production
The Agriculture Department reported that federally inspected packing plants produced 301 million pounds of meat last week, up from 240 million the prior week but down from 309 million in the same 1945 week.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Columbus Junction FFA Elects Officers and Projects
Columbus Junction Future Farmers of America elects DeWayne Finke as president Robert Greene as vice president Bud Hanft as secretary Louis Harbison as treasurer and Rollin Smith as reporter. The chapter has two gifts cared for by Thomas Woodruff and Rollin Smith containing nine baby beeves 11 ewes 12 purebred sows and litters six market litters a purebred Angus heifer a dairy heifer 25 ducks and two bantams.
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Columbus Junction
Future Farmers Chapter
DeWayne Finke
Robert Greene
Bud Hanft
Louis Harbison
Rollin Smith
Thomas Woodruff
Speaker Leads Panel on Corn Borer Conference
H. D. Hughes, an agronomy professor at Iowa State College, will head a panel on the impact of the corn borer on hybrid corn production during the first afternoon of a two day Cedar Rapids conference set for January 16-17. The panel includes corn breeders from six major hybrid firms such as Karl J. Jarvis Johnson Pioneer S. N. Smith Ames Michael Leonard J. R. Holbert Funk Brothers R. R. St. John Tuscola Til DeKalb J. S. Van Wert Hampton Farmers and J. R. McNeiley Maquoketa.
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H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College
Cedar Rapids
Karl J. Jarvis
Johnson
Pioneer
S. N. Smith
Ames
Michael Leonard
J. R. Holbert
Bloomington
Ill
Funk Brothers
R. R. St. John
Tuscola
Til
DeKalb
J. S. Van_ Wert
Hampton
Farmers
J. R. McNeiley
Maquoketa
Fire Destroys Barn at Tipton
A large barn on the F. W. Spear farm five miles northeast of Tipton burned Monday night. Five cattle hay grain and machinery were destroyed. Premises were in charge of William Nissen. Charles Patton and Mr and Mrs Patton were en route to California. Cause unknown. Tipton fire department prevented spread to adjoining buildings.
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Tipton
F. W. Spear
Charles Patton
Luana Creamery Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Officers elected at the Luana Farmers Cooperative Creamery annual meeting include Willis Lampker as president Lloyd Pearson as vice president C A Riveland as treasurer and Arno Miller and Fred Schrader as directors.
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Luana
Luana Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association
Willis Lampker
Lloyd Pearson
C. A. Riveland
Arno Miller
Fred Schrader
New Wrappers Help To Keep Foods Fresh
Akron AP reports a wartime substitute for refrigeration using thin film wraps. Companies like Goodyear, Goodrich, Aluminum Company of America, and DuPont are developing natural rubber, all synthetic, aluminum, cellophane and plastic wrappers. Films control moisture and gases to extend freshness for fruits, vegetables, meats and fish during air transport and grocery distribution.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Research Laboratory
Goodrich Company
Aluminum Company of America
DuPont
Chemical
Breeders Cooperatives to Hold Annual Meeting
On February 5 Winneshiek Breeders cooperative will meet at the community building at the fair grounds. Officers will be elected and reports on artificial insemination work and new information will be presented.
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Breeding Assn
Decorah
Winneshiek Breeders Cooperative
Fair Ground
Beekeepers Stress Pollination Value at Postwar Meeting
Beekeepers from across the nation gather at Hotel Severin in Indianapolis January 15 to 17 for the first postwar meeting. They will focus on the pollination service of honeybees rather than honey production, aiming to boost cooperation between growers and beekeepers and increase fruit, vegetables, and legume seed crops to meet future needs. Glen O. Jones, Atlantic, secretary treasurer of the National Federation of State Beekeepers Associations, notes the emphasis shift and broad interest to beekeepers, horticulturists, agronomists, seed growers, and farmers.
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Atlantic
SNS
Hotel Severin
Indianapolis
Glen O. Jones
National Federation of State Beekeepers Associations
Jones
National Federation
Hoosier Ton Litter Contest Winner Named
LAFAYETTE Indiana William Wichman of Daviess county is named winner of the E J Barker trophy for 1945, awarded by the Indiana Livestock Breeders association to the farmer with the heaviest average pork per litter. Wichman raised 79 pigs from eight litters at 175 days average 2407 pounds per litter. Contenders included Warren Holsapple Lawrence county with 74 pigs from seven litters at 2395 pounds per litter and John A Randall Madison county with 122 pigs from 12 litters at 9360 pounds per litter. Seven contestants posted averages over a ton per litter.
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Lafayette
Ind
William Wichman
Daviess County
E J. Barker
Indiana Livestock Breeders’ Association
Wichman
Warren Holsapple
Lawrence County
John A. Randall
Madison County
New Locker Plant Opens in Rowley
Special to The Gazette reports R. E. Deerr opens a new locker plant in Rowley. The cement block building measures 34 by 54 feet and contains lockers, a warehouse, and an office. J. E. Boelter joins Deerr in operating the facility with 254 of 285 lockers already engaged.
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Rowley
R. E. Deerr
J. E. Boelter
Deerr
Anderson Will Speak at Nat s Farm Institute
Clinton P. Anderson, secretary of agriculture, will address the National Farm Institute in Des Moines on February 15, the luncheon session of the two day meeting. He will discuss price policies for farm products and outline postwar agriculture plans. Other speakers include Edward A. O Neal James Patton and a National Grange representative.
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Des Moines
Clinton P. Anderson
Iowa
Truman
National Farm Institute
Anderson
Institute
Kirk Fox
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau __ federation
James Patton
National Farmers Union
National Grange
Farm program outlines from two organizations planned
Sir John Orr, head of the International Food and Agriculture organization, is set to speak Friday evening February 15. The National Farm Institute, revived by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee after wartime bans, will host public sessions at the Fort Des Moines hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Orr
International Food and Agriculture Organization
National Farm Institute
Agricultural Committee
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Fort Des Moines
Iowa City Holstein Cow Sets 307 Day Milk Record
A Holstein cow owned by H J Dane of Iowa City completed a 307 day production run producing 14 390 pounds of milk and 515 pounds of butterfat at four years old with twice daily milking.
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Iowa City
H J. Dane
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