Final 1945 farm goals set by War Food Administration
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones outlined final 1945 agricultural production goals. Total crop acreage targets reach 363.6 million acres with increases in flaxseed sugar beets clover seed and certain crops while legume and soybean acres hold at 1944 levels. Cattle slaughter planned at 35 million head and spring pig numbers rise to 57.6 million with sow farrow targets set at 9.57 million. Price support on hogs extended to March 31 1946.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
WFA
Jones
Agricultural goals set for 1945 crops and milk output
The spring pig marketing begins in 1945 while national goals assign 67,731,000 acres to wheat, 99,098,000 acres to corn and note 1944 plantings of 65,454,000, 98,722,000 acres respectively. Milk production is projected to rise.
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WFA
Auction sale of real estate and personal property overview
Farm auction near Cedar Rapids offers two parcels totaling about 56.85 acres with electric buildings, silos, and barns plus 120 acres for Farm Number 2. Real estate to be sold cash with 10 percent earnest on contract. balance by March 1 1915 after court approval. Personal property includes 24 head Holstein cattle machinery tools hay feed and a work team. Estate of A T Bena Olaf Bena First Trust and Saving Bank guardian. Wilbur Colby and P C Lassen auctioneers.
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Rance
Linn County
Lows
Bertram Rock Road
Ranke
Jin
Linn
Towa
McCormick-Deering
A. T. Bena
Olga Bena First Trust and Saving Bank
Guardian
Wilbur Colby
P. C. Lassen
Boarding House Hoopla Is Backlash In Backwoods
A rowdy scene emerges as residents scold a clever prankster at the boarding house. The exchange features sharp jabs about brains and jokes with a muddled plan to invent a portable foxhole while a laughing crowd fumes at the antics.
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Pike
Farm officials set 1945 production goals for eggs and chickens
The War Food Administration increased the 1945 egg goal to 4.35 billion dozen and kept chicken goals at 745.8 million, asserting wartime needs drive higher pack and processing targets while pledging continued strong farm achievement despite labor and supply challenges.
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WFA
Jones
Poland Breeders List 40-Head Sale at Hawkeye Downs
Thirty five bred sows and five outstanding fall boars are consigned by 26 Iowa breeders to the Poland China Breeders Association sale at Hawkeye Downs Saturday. Consignors donate part of each animal’s price to breed promotion funds supporting state breeding shows 4-H and related projects. Auctioneers are H S Duncan Harry Duncan and Johnston.
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Iowa
Poland
China Breeders’ Association
Hawkeye Downs
H. M. Mencough
Grimes
Association For Breed Promotion
Mencough
Proomote
H. S. Duncan
Harry Duncan
Johnston
Lacey Steer Captures Open and Junior Steer Crowns
Lacey Steer 18, of Kansas Illinois, wins open and junior steer grand championships at the National Western stock show in Denver with his 965‑pound T O Model. He also recently took junior and open reserve championships at the Chicago Fat Livestock show. The 4 H member plans to join the armed forces after returning home.
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Denver
Richard Lacey
Kansas
Ill
Chicago
INS
T. Richard Lacey
Lacey
Perry Workley
Columbian
Blanchard
Colo
Don Harkness
Arvada
Rosebud
Kurt Farm
Edson
Kan
Lois Dalton
Eaton
Aberdeen Angus
Columbia Ranch
Safeway
Emmett Lyman
Maize
Otto Fulscher
Holyoke
Robert Macy
Center
Notice for Sewer Age Improvements at Cedar Rapids Airport
City of Cedar Rapids calls for sealed proposals for sanitary sewer and sewage treatment plant at the Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport located seven miles southwest of the city. Bids due February 5 1945 at 10:00 a.m. Public opening and award follow. Each bid must include a 10 percent certified check. The city may reject any or all bids. Maude M Krebs City Clerk. Published January 15 16 1945.
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Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
City of
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Iowa
BNC Peere Lens
Maude M, Krebs
Auction Notice Near Anamosa Prairieburg Area
Eight miles northwest of Anamosa and six miles south of Prairieburg an auction lists 30 Holstein cows and springing heifers 20 Hampshire gilts in December bred a Conde milking machine and Barred and White Rocks poultry with Wm Mitchell as auctioneer indicating a rural sale of livestock and equipment.
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Anamosa
Prairieburg
Hampshire
Conde
Wm. Mitchell
Farm Auction Listings Part Timeframe Schedule
A dense compact list of farm auctions and sales with dates in January and February. Names include Howard Francis Wm Kopf Fred Hopp estate Nightingale Ed Gerly Harland Smith Walter Knutson L O Bouquet Henry J Glandorf Elmer F Burr M A Maxwell Joe Lenicek W J Rupperle J C Holbert William Vick A T Bena Bert E Miller Albert Martin Sons Helgens Bros W E Powers John Strosahl with sale locations Cedar Rapids, Linn county, Am ber, Lisbon, Anamosa, Alburnett, Shueyville, Fairfax, Vinton, Marion, Cedar Feb 2. Bidders note dairy cows Hampshire Poland China Hereford show and sale listings.
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Howard Francis
Robins
Wm. Kopf
Norway
Fred Hopp
Williamsburg
Nightingale & Edgerly
Central City
Poland
Troy Mills
L. O. Bouquet
Rockford Road
Cedar Rapids
Henry J. Glandorf
Vinton
Elmer F. Burr
Alburnett
M. A. Maxwell
Joe Lenicek
Fairfax
A. T. Bena Estate
Bert E. Miller
Duroc
Lisbon
Albert Martin Sons
Hampshire
Hawkeye Downs
Helgens Bros
China
Amber
W. E. Powers
John Strosahl
Anamosa
Federal Judge Rules Hatchery Executives Are Farm Workers
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ruled that Rucker's Imperial Breeding Farm Inc Ottumwa Iowa is entitled to a refund of about 2000 in social security taxes paid on executives and certain employees. The case held that officers and staff performing agricultural labor duties were exempt from social security taxes. The government contended only those connected with actual poultry hatching were exempt. The court upheld the hatchery's position.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Rucker
Imperial Breeding Farm, Inc
Ottumwa
E. H. Birmingham
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Congress
Meat Stocks Hit Low at Start of 1945
January 1 storage figures show all meat stocks at their smallest since 1936 with pork at the second lowest on record for the date. Government buying continues heavy for armed forces and Allies, signaling potential rationing through 1945. CCC pork ownership included, lard and beef levels declined from December, while veal and mutton rose slightly. New items in the monthly report add canned meat and sausage room products, with fish also listed.
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Chicago
CCC
Farm Bureau warns of lower output and rationing from draft
Minnesota Farm Bureau members fear a sharp drop in farm production as more men aged 18 to 25 are drafted. Ole A. Flant says key agricultural workers may be drafted indiscriminately, risking insufficient food for war needs and prompting drastic rationing. R. B. Corbett cites a bureau survey supporting concern.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
Ole A. Flant
Fisher
Minn
Federation
Flant
Polk County
R. B. Corbett
Chicago
National Farm Bureau
Fertility of US soil cited as nation’s key asset
A speaker warns that the United States uses 1,200,000 tons of phosphate materials annually but needs 3,400,000 tons to maintain soil fertility. He argues soil quality is the nation’s essential asset and that declining fertility lowers living standards.
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United States
Sheep and Lambs on Feed Edge Higher Than Year Ago
Washington reports January 1 sheep and lambs on feed for market at 6,630,000 head, about 1.5 percent above 1944 and below the 1943 record of 6,979,000. In the 11 corn belt states the on feed total is 4,108,000 head, up about four percent from last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Cedar Mapless Love
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Paul Bunyan
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BY Williams
Lacey Steer
Nobis Angus
Otto G. Nobis
Davenport
Tim and Lewis Pierce
Creston
Iowa Hereford Association
J. C
Holbert
Washington, Iowa
Beverly Cattle Company
WMT
Beverly Cattle Company O Miles Southwest
the Gazette
F. B
Dr. Caldwell
First Street
Trindl
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd St
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