Benton's Half Million Bushels Reserved For Five East Iowa Counties
In Benton County a 500000 bushel reserve of corn from 1937 1938 1939 crops is set aside for Jones Cedar Jackson Dubuque and Clinton counties. The plan, agreed Friday at Vinton with AAA and agricultural war boards, allows county buyers to purchase via their local AAA groups with tiered January through February prices and trucking costs. The reserve totals about 938400 bushels in 408 bins across Benton, with 500000 planned to stay in county use and the rest to be shipped for industrial needs. Special reports note broader Iowa stockpiles and CCC release for war industry uses including ethanol and acetone production.
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Benton County
Iowa
Jones
Cedar
Jackson
Dubuque
Clinton
Triple-A Committee
Agricultural War Board
Benton
Marl Fry
Lawrence Lorenzen
Triple-A
Hy von Muenster
Charles van Gorder
Louis Walsh
Fred Boussellot
AAA
Vinton
Cheney
Atkins
Belle Plaine
Blairstown
Dysart
Garrison
Keystone
la Porte City
Luzerne
Mount Auburn
Newhall
Norway
Shellsburg
Urbana
van Horne
Walford
and Watkins
Brandon
Benton War Board
Commodity Credit Corporation
Local cattlemen buy government corn in Benton County
Three community cattle feeders Clarence McLaughlin Will McLaughlin and Max Specht purchased five bins totaling 11000 bushels at 75 cents per bushel in Benton County.
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Monticello
Benton County
Clarence McLaughlin
Will McLaughlin
Max Specht
Eighty Acres Near Lost Nation Sell in Executors Sale
An estate sale at Lost Nation sold two eighty acre parcels. Ruth Phelps bought the first for 10,150 dollars at 126.87 dollars per acre, and Fred Burrichter purchased the second for 10,275 dollars at 128.44 dollars per acre.
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Snccineto
Lost Nation
Wilhelmina Ott
Ruth Phelps
Fred Burrichter
Council Members Elected For Calmar Night School
Calmar council members for the coming year were elected by adult evening school members in the final session last week. Women voters include Mrs H A Preus Mrs Edwin Peterson Mrs Julius Kiel Mrs Don Hansen Miss Gladys Erland. Men voters include Peter Smith Ted Hillesland Fred Luzum A J Kuhn Joe Ludvig and N A Klein. Sheriff E W Carlsen spoke on the duties of the FBI.
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Ganette
Calmar
H. A. Preus
Edwin Peterson
Julius Kiel
Don Hansen
Gladys Erland
Peter Smith
Ted Hillesland
Fred Luzum
A. J. Kuhn
Joe Ludvig
N. A. Klein
E. W. Carlsen
Clayton County
FBI
Farm Auction Schedule for Cedar Rapids Area
A sequence of farm sale notices lists auctions near Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon Center Point Tipton Oelwein Springville and nearby towns. Entries include Mrs Chas Nemecek John Manusson Jas Mack Lee Evang Cook Hoggin Moyer Orr Jerry Zach Harry Beckner Jersey dispersal and John OConnell with locations 2 to 7 miles from towns and dates January 19 through February 11.
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Chas. Nemecek
Cedar Rapids
John Marnusson
Jas. B
J. P. Mack
Center Point
Lee Evang
Mt. Vernon
Cook and Hoggin
John Moyer
Springville
Charlie Orr
Tipton
Jerry Zach
Harry Beckner
Oelwein
John O'Connell
Extension Workers To Clear Decks For Action
Iowa extension service workers from agriculture and home economics will meet at Iowa State College January 19 and 20 to plan “clearing the decks for action” in the food for victory drive. Officials including R. K. Bliss and Reuben Brigham will speak on war emergency programs and farm and home outlook.
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Gazette
AMES
Iowa Extension Service
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
Bliss
Carl Malone
Dorothy Simmons
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Reuben Brigham
United States Department of Agriculture
P. C. Taff
Murl MacDonald
Charles E. Finley
Sarah Porter Ellis
State Home
Tion
Floyd Johnston
C. H. van Vilack
S. W. Edgecombe
Alpha Farmers Creamery to Hold Annual Meeting
Alpha Farmers Creamery will hold its annual meeting on January 21 at Alpha. The notice invites members to attend and participate in the proceedings and decisions.
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ALPHA
Alpha Farmers Creamery Company
Pigs For Victory Drive Begin On Messerli Farm
A six pig litter born at the John Messerli farm three miles west of Monticello tops a Jones county 4-H project. Paul Messerli, 15, owns the purebred pigs kept in a calf pen in the cow barn where the temperature stays above 40 degrees, aiding the start of the campaign.
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Monticello
John Messerli
Paul Messerli
Jones County
Messerli
Closing Out and Dissolution Sale Near Cedar Rapids Area
A closing out and dissolution sale is planned at a farm 1 percent miles north of Cedar Rapids on old highway 11, 1 mile east on a gravel road, 4 miles southeast of Center Point. Auction lists bay geldings, cattle, pigs, farm machinery, hay and grain, with a Vanguard oats estimate and 2,300 bushels of corn. Lunch served by Golden Rule Circle.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Golden Rule Circle
Jas. B
J.P Mack
Lassen and Mitchell
A. J Schueler
Alburnett Sinte Bank
City Boys for Farm Labor Scheme under Study
The Agriculture Department investigates using city youths as farm workers to offset draft and defense industry manpower. Officials weigh authority finance and program structure while awaiting a Social Security Agency report. plan remains in study, with farm labor shortages looming as youths avoid deferment.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
National Defense Industries
New York
Agricultural Defense Relations
M. Clifford Townsend
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Agency
Soul Conservation and Farm Labor Draft Idea
A country woman proposes a nationwide volunteer corps to move men from cities to farms. The plan would issue badges for qualified volunteers and set wages by local standards or agreements. Officials favor solving through existing agencies like the Social Security Farm Replacement Service rather than a formal draft.
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Office of Agricultural Defense Relations
Department of Agriculture
Social Security Farm Replacement Service
Farm labor shift to defense industries outlined
The article discusses mobilizing farm men and women into defense work to support wartime needs. It notes farmers' anger at Japs and Nazis, reluctance to stay home, and the challenge of nationwide farm labor plans, suggesting local volunteer efforts and emerging organizations as partial solutions.
Public Sale At M J Hand Farm Near Center Point
Public sale to be held Wednesday January 21 starting at 1 PM at the M J Hand farm 1 mile south of Center Point on Highway 1. Items include horses cattle sheep hogs chickens hay grain machinery and more with all property to be settled for before removal. Auction conducted by Martin Cook and Roggin owners Geo Price and M. J. McCalley with Auds Alburnett State Bank clerk.
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Fublic Sale
M J
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Eam
Guernsey
McCormick
Hayes
John Deere
Sect of Concord
Newt McCormick Deering
Shorry Woods
Martin Cook & Roggin
Geo, Price and M
McCalley
Auds
Alburnett State Bank
Pig Plans Probed by Ames Farmers in 1942 Projection
Ninety one Linn county equity farmers at a Cedar Rapids session with Quaife Stouder and others projected 1461 pig farrowings in spring 1942, up from 1326 last spring. Rex Conn organized the survey showing a 177 percent rise vs 16 percent government target. The group also tackled reducing annual pig losses and improving care feeds and management.
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Linn Equity
E LL
Quaife
K W . Stouder
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Rex Conn
Quaife and
Stouder
Calmar Creamery Pays Top Butterfat Rates in December
Calmar patrons received 39 and 40 cents a pound for December butterfat. The creamery reported 41,334 pounds of butter manufactured from 33,234 pounds of butterfat received during the month.
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Calmar Creamery
Speoial
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Ludemian to Address Calmar Night School on Farm Valuation
H G Ludemian of Waukon will speak at a special meeting of the men’s adult night school in Calmar on Thursday. His topic is Farm Valuation.
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Calmar
H G Ludemian
Waukon
Public Sale Near Cedar Ranide on gravel road
Auction set for Tuesday January 20 at 2406 am near Cedar Ranide. Sale includes a six year old roan sorrel gelding team, Holstein cattle calving in May, May calf at side, Shorthorns giving milk, and a variety of farm machinery from John Deere planters to hayequipment. Abstract list of miscellaneous items, harnesses, and household goods. John Magnusson owner. Toni Schmitz auditor. Fairfax State Bank clerk.
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Cedar Ranide
Geavel Road
White Todse
John Deere
Harrow
Deering
Minnesota
Iard
John Magnusson
Toni Schmitz
Aud
John Krall Fairfax State Bank
No Soaring Expected Farm Prices in 1942 Forecast
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts farm prices will rise about five percent in 1942, with a smaller increase in prices of industrial products. Economists say a rise over five percent would trigger price ceiling controls, while production gains are seen as the main anti inflation factor.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
Bureau
Corn Brings 79 Cents At Local Farm Auction
Corn sold for 79 cents a bushel and oats for 47 cents at the Eldsed Sprague farm sale near Hopkinton. Prices included feeding shoats at 1.25 each, horses up to 80, cows to 140 with ten cows averaging 110. A corn planter brought 94 and a spreader 105.
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Gazettes
Hopkinton
Auction at WI Shellabarger farm near Leits
At the WI Shellabarger farm seven miles north of Leits the sale offered 1100 bushels of corn at 77 to 14 cents a bushel, oats at 35 to 40 cents, baled oats straw at 35 to 40 cents per bale, and baled soybean hay at 34 cents. A five year old mare sold for a fraction above 87 percent, and other horses ranged 80 to 84 dollars per weekling colt 25. Guernsey cows 64 10 59, culve 3n a bull 75 dollars, sheep 8 to 9 dollars, brood sows 40 pike at 835, and 68 feed 4 shoats 1750 to 25 each. Two hundred Tweehowses brought 94 cert apiece, 341 ducks 50 to 55 cents each. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and HOM Duan of Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
WI Shellabarger
SH Pike
Paul Klotz
Hom Duan
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