Dodd Outlines Objectives of AAA in 1945
Washington reports N E Dodd outlines the 1945 agricultural conservation program. It aims to sustain wartime production while expanding long term soil erosion control and soil-building practices. The plan emphasizes lime and phosphate use, forestry, cover crops, erosion control, and pasture improvement with adoption varying by state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd
AAA
Washington
N. E. Dodd
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
State Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Station
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West Branch Farmers Shipping Assn Holds First Annual Meeting
The Farmers Shipping Association of West Branch held its first annual meeting. Last year it shipped 71 loads of stock, earning $213,000 in receipts for shippers. Officers elected: W. B. Anderson president. Ed Anderson secretary and treasurer. directors included Floyd Byers Glenn Hoffman L. C. Larson J. L. Siler J. C. Barnhart. I. S. Larson manager. August Petersen assistant manager.
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West Branch
The
Farmers Shipping Association
W. B. Anderson
Ed Anderson
Floyd Byers
Glenn Hoffman
L. C. Larson
J. L. Siler
J. C. Barnhart
I. S. Larson
August Petersen
Luana Farm Sale Fetches High Prices
A Luana area auction at the R. C. Huebner farm saw a 22 year old grain drill bring 162.50 while other items fetched strong sums. A purebred Brown Swiss cow sold for 195, grade 1 Holstein cows for 147, Brown Swiss heifers 75, a pair of horses 202, and a disc 215.
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Luana
R. C. Huebner
Here
Shueyville
Solon
Prince Dandoller
Eric Bandoller
Brookdale
Brookdale Viola
Calved
John Deere
Hayes
Oxford
David Bradley
Tenant families build strong farm records in Iowa program
A Williamsburg gathering highlighted the success of ten of Iowa county's 13 tenant-purchase families in 1944. They reported high cash incomes, mortgage repayments, and efficient production. The article notes wartime boosts, plans to expand the program, and comparisons to FHA-style private capital financing. It also discusses livestock sales and upcoming Hereford and other breed sales at Hawkeye Downs.
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FSA
Alreaay
Iowa County
Williamsburg
FHA
Meat Production Up 29 Percent in Week Ended Jan 13
War Food administration reports 379 million pounds of meat produced in federally inspected plants for the week ending January 13, up 29 percent from the prior week’s 294 million pounds and 16 percent below the year ago 450 million pounds.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Purebred Poland China Low Sale at Hawkeye Downs Iowa
The Iowa Poland China Breeders Assn announces a purebred Poland China low sale at Hawkeye Downs All Iowa Fair Grounds on Saturday January 20 1945 at 1 PM. Top herds will consign breeding stock including champions from breeding shows and barrows with strong feeding records. The sale aims to supply seed stock for breeders 4 H members farmers and stockmen with H M Meneough as sale manager and Duncan Johnston and Duncan Auds listed among organizers.
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Hawkeye Downs
Poland
China
Iowa Fair Grounds
Iowa
N. Duncan
Johnston
Duncan
H. M. Meneough
Grimes
Towa
Lemke Criticizes Hershey Over Farm Draft Rule
Rep Lemke accuses War Food administrator Marvin Jones of misrepresenting the impact of farm labor rules on food production. House farm bloc members planned further questions to Hershey and drafted a statement urging clarification of the draft directive affecting deferred farm workers under 26 and the Tydings amendment.
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Lemke
Hershey
Washington
INS
R-N.d
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
Farm Bloc
Jones
Congress
New AG Courses Aimed at War Veterans at Iowa State
Iowa State college offers two year general farming courses for non high school graduates, designed to aid war veterans in gaining immediate agricultural employment. Dean H H Kildee said the program provides a flexible schedule with courses in dairy production horticulture and poultry work for veterans seeking quick farm work.
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Ames
INS
Iowa State College
Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Division of Agriculture
Kildee
Coggon Evening School Studies Land Valuation Methods
Henry E. Stalcup, extension assistant in land economics, will speak Thursday on Production Methods of Valuing Land and Points in Buying and Selling Farms at the evening school class. Virgil Corey, vocational agriculture teacher, sponsors the event. The women's meeting will cover Making Dress Forms.
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Coggon
Henry E. Stalcup
Virgil Corey
Coggan High School
Sheep Breeders to Hold Annual Sale in Oskaloosa
Mahaska Purebred Sheep Breeders association plans its annual breden sale next Tuesday in Oskaloosa. The event, first of its kind in Iowa, is led by committee head Dewey Jontz and features Hampshire Shropshire Oxford Cheviot and Southdown breeds. A prior rat control demonstration reduced 3 000 to 4 000 rats on a Green county farm after rodents contaminated 3 000 bushels of corn.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska Purebred Sheep Breeders Association
Iowa
Dewey Jontz
Iowa State Sheep Association
Hampshire
Shropshire
Oxford
Cheviot
Green County
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Across Iowa
The Gazette lists farm auctions from Jan 18 to Feb 19 across multiple Iowa locations. Listings include Wm Kopf closing out near Norway, Harold Wehrman Berkshire sale at Belle Plaine, J C Holbert Hereford show at Cedar Rapids fairgrounds, and countywide consignments in Cedar Rapids Lisbon Am ber Homestead Prairieburg Anamosa and surrounding towns.
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Wm. Kopf
Norway
Fred Hopp
Williamsburg
Nightingale & Edgerly
Central City
Poland
Walter Knutson
Troy Mills
L. O. Bouquet
Rockford Road
Cedar Rapids
Henry J. Glandorf
Vinton
Elmer F. Burr
Alburnett
M. A. Maxwell
Joe Lenicek
Fairfax
W. J. Rupperle
E. Marion
J. C. Holbert
All-Ieowa Fair Grounds
William Vick
Linn County
A. T. Bena
John Strosahl
Anamosa
Price Ceilings Set for Feeder Pigs Over 140 Lbs
DES MOINES AP price specialist H R Mellor warns feeder pigs over 140 pounds fall under price ceilings. Ceiling prices range from 14.20 to 14.35 per hundredweight in the district. Auctions report sales above ceilings as buyers sometimes back down from settlements to evade the price act.
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Des Moines
H. R. Mellor
Office of Price Administration
Mellor
Ventilation a Problem on Eastern Iowa Hog and Poultry Farms
Veterinary practitioners warn of widespread ventilation issues on eastern Iowa farms during extreme cold. The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin notes remedies such as straw lofts to dry walls and bedding, citing recent outbreaks including hog cholera and rabies in horses and cattle across numerous towns.
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Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Riceville
Elma
Garrison
Keystone
Dyersville
Manchester
Onslow
Scotch Grove
Farson
Batavia
Fairfield
Wilton
Teed’s Grove
Miles
Preston
Garwin
Charlotte
Plainview
Dixon
West Branch
Vinton
Waukon
Maynard
Lamont
Muscatine
Bennett
Waterloo
West Point
Maquoketa
Swine Box
Center Point
Zwingle
Traer
Nashua
Anamosa
Cascade
Heavy Postwar Need For Animal Products Seen by USDA Man
Howard R. Tolley, chief of the USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics, says postwar nutrition and soil conservation demand high meat and dairy consumption. He notes severe dietary deficiencies across income levels and that improvement since the war’s start is limited.
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USDA
Chicago
Howard R. Tolley
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Breeder's Gazette
United States
Tolley
Fence Drift and Spring Garden Dreams
A whimsical note on seed catalogs arriving as spring nears. The writer imagines lush, fruit rich gardens but notes limited space at home leading to a small, makeshift patch on a neglected lot. The tone blends humor with a hopeful if impractical garden fantasy.
Postwar farm policy urges retire of certain crops and more grass
The farm economist argues to retire vultured crops after the war and switch to pasture. Postwar soil depletion crops should shrink. Tolley links livestock prosperity to overall industrial employment. Meat and poultry demand could differ by 4.9 billion pounds between full and low mood. Bulls cause more farm injuries than cars, with tame bulls often turning deadly when handlers fall.
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Tolley
Regular milking regularity boosts dairy yields say Iowa expert
Harvey Lund of Stanwood milks 60 steers 60 heifers and cares for hogs while citing dairy routine. Iowa State College Extension dairyman Arthur R Porter urges exact 12 hour milking intervals and gradual time shifts to maintain high efficiency and steady production. Debt and mortgage options at The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids offer 60 percent financing on Linn county farm land.
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Harvey Lund
Stanwood
Arthur R. Porter
Iowa State College Extension Dairyman
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Linn
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J. ©. Holbert
Washington, Iowa
Jr Paning
Farlor
Twigges
Kyuk- Kyuk
Amos
BY Williams
Uruguay
Carnation Yankee Doodle
Godrouble
Denver
Hawkeye
Duroc Breeders Sale
Homestead, A
Harold Shedenheim
Edward Lehn
Parnell E. E. Enochson
Williamsburg Carey Bros
Marengo Frank Bys and Son
Amana
Goodyear
Goodzyear
Second Avenue SE
Sheep Assn
M. Feder & Sons Iron and Steel Scrap
Ave. NE
Harland Smith
George FE
Parlock
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Fogarty Farm
Monticello
Prairieburs
Gazette Sunday
John van Buren
W. F. Mitchell
Kacena
Second Avenue
Timothy Atrow
Little Genius
McCormick-Deering
McCormick- Deering
Geforce E. Parlzek
J. Ll. Krall
Ternalley
Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rabeids
Geo. B
Belle Plaine
G. H. Shaw
Audt
Harold Wehrman
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