Decline In Cattle On Feed In 1943 Corn Belt
War Food Administration reports show cattle on feed in the corn belt on Jan 1 down about 16 percent from 1942 records. Eight state shipments July–December totaled 1,713,966 head, vs 1,891,926. December shipments 162,391 vs 223,163. Iowa feeders moved 757,900 head in H2 1943, down from 838,203. December 64,764 vs 88,822. Eight states fed sheep and lambs totaled 3,166,421 head in H2 1943, up slightly from 3,118,480 in H2 1942. December 140,838 vs 201,771. Iowa sheep and lamb feeders shipped 832,990 in H2 1943, up from 786,766. December 32,565 vs 55,372.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Corn Belt
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Formula Price Set at 1.07 A Bushel
The Linn county agricultural conservation committee received a Des Moines Office of Price Administration letter declaring Cedar Rapids and nearby areas will use 1.07 dollars per bushel as the formula price for No. 2 corn. Discounts apply for delivery or farm pickup and payment timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Office of Price Administration
Des Moines
Decorah Creamery Develops Dried Buttermilk Product
Decorah farmers creamery introduces dried buttermilk for human consumption. On Wednesday 3,000 pounds shipped to a food products company in Albert Lea Minnesota. Last year the plant produced powdered milk for stock feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Decorah Farmers Creamery
Albert Lea
Minn
Fence Drift and a Ten Dollar Debt
A fragmentary verse about a man who owes ten dollars and offers to forget half the debt. The speaker agrees, seeing it as fair and relieving the burden without selling livestock. The couplet hints at generosity and mutual concession in a casual exchange.
Farms Still Short of Labor Says Johnston
Ames Iowa Farmers face a 1944 labor bottleneck with 316000 workers on farms but 7000 fewer than last year. Johnston notes the need to divert munitions workers to food production, train inexperienced labor, and mobilize town reserves to extend farm operations for the crop campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Ames
Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College
Luana Farmers Cooperative elects new officers at annual meeting
Emil Lembke was elected president of the Luana Farmers Cooperative society. William Doerring was elected vice president, C. Adrian Riveland secretary treasurer, and Lawrence Schultz and Paul F. Krueger named directors at the annual meeting held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luana
Emil Lembke
Luana Farmers Cooperative Society
William Doerring
C. Adrian Riveland
Lawrence Schultz
Paul F. Krueger
Auction Set For January 17 1944 Family Farm Sale
Public sale will begin at 11 oclock at the Cornell College Farm five miles north of Mount Vernon and four southwest of Martelle. Hundreds of livestock and farm implements listed including Guernsey cows Jersey cattle hogs horses and draft machinery plus household goods and corn. Rolls Bowman owner auctioneer Challis and the Peoples Bank of Cedar Rapids named as clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Martelle
Linn Grove Church
Concord
Crounds
Rollie Bowman
W. E. Challis
Lisbon
Peoples Bank of Cedar Rapids
Differential Price Ceilings Urged by Small Yards Owners
Chicago meeting led by OPA price executive Charles M. Elkin ton gathered hog producers and packers to discuss adjustments to ceiling rules. Small yard owners urged a differential between yard and packing plant prices, noting many yards are nonfunctional as farmers sell to packers direct. Packets denied widespread evasion of ceilings while allocations of hogs were discussed for after heavier receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Chicago
Charles M. Elkinton
OPA
Washington
Pressure on Hog Markets Amid Continued Producer Marketing
Producers pressed hog sales this week despite appeals to hold back. Interior trade showed little change with sows weaker by 10 to 15 cents from last week. Top held at 13.50, good hogs 13.20 to 13.45, sow peak 11.80, bulk 11.75, weekly receipts 262,300 head, below last week’s five day total but above year-ago levels.
Harry Linn to Speak at Lisbon Banquet January 17
Lisbon will host the annual Lisbon adult night school banquet on January 17 with Harry Linn secretary of agriculture as speaker. Grover Miehe announces a yearly membership of 42 with an average attendance of 38 at the night school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Harry Linn
Grover Miehe
Meat supply for 1944 expected at 17.1 billion pounds
The 1944 civilian meat availability is projected at 17.1 billion pounds, or about 133 pounds per person. The figure reflects government forecasts of production and distribution for the year.
Bootlegging Of Corn To Be Investigated
OPA enforcement attorney T J Keenan announced a seven member team will review corn sales in 43 Iowa and Nebraska counties after a Chicago report of west coast bootlegging. Robert B Organ will lead the probe with national enforcement plans discussed in Chicago meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
T. J. Keenan
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Keenan
Robert B. Organ
Organ
Washington
Middlewest
Monett Corn Sales Declared Illegal By OPA
The Office of Price Administration said many corn sales listing Monett Missouri as the top trading center were illegal under pricing rules. An apparent delivery misrepresentation caused inflated local sales, tied to a believed typo of 1.1912 dollars per bushel versus Chicago’s 1.16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Monett
Chicago
Buchanan REA Sets Annual Meeting February First
Independence reports the sixth annual meeting of the Buchanan County Rural Electric cooperative on February 1. The event includes board director elections and officer reports as the cooperative serves 1151 members with 542 miles of rural distribution lines across Buchanan Fayette Black Hawk Bremer and Benton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
Buchanan
Fayette
Black Hawk
Bremer
Benton
Comprehensive Farm Auction Offers Cattle Hogs Machinery and More
Household line includes a man’s bicycle and gas stove. The sale lists 2 horses, 19 Holstein and Guernsey cows, 5 two-year-old heifers, 6 young calves, 69 hogs with cholera immunization, and various farm machinery and supplies. Clerks: W M Bennett and Hall & Segerstrom, Challis Audt. Sale conducted by owners Challis, Audt. and Lisbo contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
C.T.A
T.B
Bangs
Hall & Segerstrom
Challis, Audt
W. M. Bennett
Lisbo
Veat Institute Head Opposes Pork Rationing Repeal
OTTUMWA RP T Henry Foster president Morrell packing and AI MI chairman denounces moves to lift pork rationing as unwarranted meddling. He says packers can process hogs now and removal would not boost production. OPA may use bonus stamps to handle oversupply, ensuring no spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
T. Henry Foster
Morrell Packing Company
American Meat Institute
Foster
OPA
East Iowa Veterinary Convention Planned Oct 10 11
Dr. R E Elson of Vinton announced the thirty first annual Eastern Iowa Veterinary association convention set for October 10 and 11 at a Cedar Rapids Montrose hotel. The session included committee appointments for 1944 and a dinner lecture by Dr. R M Hofford on swine disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Iowa
C. R
R .E. Elson
Vinton
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
East Central Veterinary Association
Gedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Association
Hotel
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Elson
Eastern Iowa
R. M. Hofferd
Hofferd
F. J. Crow
Iowa City
Joe W. Giffee
C. H. Banks
Tipton
Increased Selling Of Livestock Urged By Grain Analysts
Grain analysts urged heavy marketing of hogs cattle chickens and other farm animals in the coming months as grain production lags animal population. Wheat use for feed should be curtailed to leave enough for human food, with corn disappearance last quarter of 1943 at a record 1 1223 billion bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Millers’ National Federation
Uhlmann Grain Company
Mark Pickell
Meat production soars to record 1943 high
Production of all meats exceeds 24 billion pounds in 1943, the highest on record and nearly half again as large as the prewar average. This reflects wartime demand and expanded agricultural output.
240 Acre Farm For Sale Near Norway Iowa
240 acre farm available March 1st possession located on a gravel road two miles north and one percent miles east of Norway Iowa near Highline. Adequately improved with good water pump to a supply tank cedar windbreak on west and north about 225 acres of cropland and balance pasture. Reasonable down payment and long easy loan terms offered by W H Ray at 618 Guaranty Bank Bldg Cedar Rapids IA or Fred S Kissinger at 704 Register and Tribune Building Des Moines IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Highline
Cedar Windbreak
W. H. Ray
Guaranty Bank
Cedar Rapids
Fred S. Kissinger
Register and Tribune Building
Des Moines
Linn Institute premier exhibitor Arnold Bader shines
Arnold Bader topped the Linn county farmers' institute with firsts in hybrid corn oats and potatoes and thirds in soybeans and stored vegetables. Other firsts included Bert McGrew H W Grimes Frank Kluber A C Knupp and Cliff Knight. Highlighted talks and plans for Friday featured college figures and 4 H and family living discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hampton
Russell Joyce
George Joyce
Institute
Alice B. Salter
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Howard L. Roach
Plainfield
American Soybean Association
Alma A. Ture
Whittier Community Association
National Livestock Ass’n in Session in Denver
Cattlemen from the west gather for the American National Livestock Association’s 47th annual convention in Denver. President Frank S. Boice of Sonoita Arizona warns of an upcoming severe beef shortage, critiques price ceilings and subsidies, and urges the Office of Price Administration to craft a tougher control policy, chiding the lack of practical stock grower input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
West
American National Liestock Association
Frank S. Boice
Sonoita
Ariz
OPA
Clermont Valley Creamery elects officers at annual meeting
L. H. Appelman was reelected chairman for the eleventh year of the Clermont Valley Creamery company at the annual meeting Monday. Marlin Amundson was elected vice chairman and Clifford Kittleson secretary. Merle Gunderson and William B. Miller are directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
L. H. Appelman
Clermont Valley Creamery Company
Marlin Amundson
Clifford Kittleson
Merle Gunderson
William B. Miller
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa in January Sales
A sequence of farm auctions scheduled mid January in Iowa lists multiple closings. Pete and Hunter near Walford, Leo Van eurney near Spion, Frank Senesh near Spion, Rollie Bowman near Mt. Vernon, Iowa Live-Exchange at Cedar Rapids, Joe Fila near Troy Mills, and several more including John M. Van Note, W. J. Lembaugh, Joe Donohoe, Hall and Segerstrom, J. R. Bowersox, and Lynch and Hasselbusch. Dates span Jan 15 through Jan 25 with locations around Cedar Rapids, Mt. Vernon, Clarence, Oxford, Swisher, Marion, and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete and
Hunter
Leo Vaneurney
Walford
Frank Senesh Sale
Spion
Rollie Bowman
Mt. Vernon
Iowa Live- Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Joe Fila
Troy Mills
Iowa State Duroc
John M. van Note
W. J. Lembaugh
Clarence
Joe Donohoe
Oxford
Hall and
Segerstrom
J. R. Bowers
Decision on Decorah Fair Left Up to Directors
At the Winneshiek county fair association annual meeting the stock holders voted to hold a fair again in 1944 but left the final decision to the board of directors. Arthur Ellingson Frank Bernatz Decorah and Anton Elsbernd Fort Atkinson were elected directors for three years and officers Ellingson Haugen Brown Ronan were reelected. Other directors are G Rasettter S Baker and D Ahern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Farm livestock slaughter payments rise to 1943 total
Cash paid to farmers for livestock slaughtered under federal inspection in 1943 reached 4 040 839 000 dollars, up 581 537 000 from 1942, reflecting extended wartime meat programs and higher demand.
AAA Expenditure Totals for 1942-43 In War Year Volume
A United States agriculture department release through the Office of War Information shows AAA spending for the year ended June 30, 1943 at 638,709,513 dollars. It includes 373,212,215 for agriculture conservation payments and 197,481,080 for parity payments. More than 84 percent of US crop land was covered by the 1942 conservation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of War Information
United States
Cows Top at 157 in Sale Near North Liberty
Cows topped at 157 dollars at the Albert Coch ran sale one and three fourths miles south of North Liberty on Wednesday. A riding horse brought 200 dollars, a 4 year old horse 80 dollars, shoats 11.50, sheep 12.50 a head, straw 60 cents a bale, hay loader 25 dollars, chickens 1.05 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Liberty
Albert Cochran
Even I Rees estate sale log reads like a country auction
In Columbus Junction the Even I Rees estate sale sold 300 bushels of seed oats at 1.03 a bushel. Timber and feed priced by bale and type. two seven year old horses brought 85 and 86 dollars. Livestock includes cows, sows, calves, gilts with varied prices. Equipment listed includes tractor, cultipacker, stock cutter, endgate feeder, cultivator with ceiling price noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Even I. Rees
Here
Quiet title suit over North 115 feet of Lot 31
In Linn County Iowa Wes and Florence Prenosil sue Archie Blaine and Home Owners Loan Corp for ownership in fee simple of the North 115 feet of Lot 31 in the SE quarter of Section 9 Township 83 Range 7. Plaintiffs seek to quiet title and bar all claims. Count II seeks $297.95 against Archie Blaine for a second mortgage alleged fraud and invalid. Defendants are ordered to appear in Cedar Rapids on the specified date or a default and judgment will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Wes Prenosil
Florence Prenosil
Archie Blaine
Home Owners Loan Corp
Iowa
Township Eighty
Cedar Rounds
Yessler, Liddle & Fahey
John J. Hann
American Building
Cedar Rapids
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Decorah Creamery
R.F.A
Labor Survey
Co-Op
Yellow Jersey
St. Lambert Jersey
David Bradley
John Deere
Williams
Seati
Buchanan Rea
Northwestern
J. E. Kobi
Emerson
New Hampshire
Nod
Queensbury
Alley Cat
Veat Institute
William Ferris
Arnold Bader
Linn Institute
National ‘Livestock Ass’n
Creamery
AAA
California
Texas
Silver Fox
Advertie
St. Joseph
Uncle Sam
Sam
First Street
Rathe’s
Blackhawk
California Juice Oranges
FOODS
Oran
Gatte’s
Springville Creamery Co
Libby
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