Shortage of Fats and Oils Looms for 1942 War Needs
Iowa State economist Carl Malone told 350 extension workers that fats and oils shortages will deepen due to wartime shipping cuts. He warned 700 million pounds short this fall and 1.5 billion by July 1, 1943, with limited remedies from soybeans, peanuts, and crushers. He cited potential butter and hog marketing strains and fertilizer potash shortages as further obstacles.
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Carl Malone
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
NMES
Ames Agricultural
Malone
Washington
Oriental War Area
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Colby's Livestock Auction Catalog of Sale Items
Colby's Livestock Auction lists tan cattle including 25 cattle 5s ewes and 100 hogs. Black calves white face calves white-face yearling steers and Shorthorn yearlings among good Western ewes bred to native buck. Also 17 wood native owes. Horses ready for selling by Jan 27. 200 cattle available for direct fat cattle buyers. Butcher wattle veal calves and market hogs.
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Wood Place
Government in all business up to its neck
Butter prices show price control influence with imports from Argentina in New York markets and government buying in New York and Chicago. The writer notes heavy government involvement in market action, suggesting the state effects on price movements and supply.
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New York
Chicago
Farmer predicts limited fertilizer supply and flat prices
Malone warns phosphate and nitrogen shortages will constrain crops this year. He cites a Washington consensus that agricultural prices will not rise significantly, noting that advances have already occurred and future trend will curb further increases.
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Malone
Washington
Farmer Committees To Study War Problems In Iowa
R K Bliss announces two Iowa farmer committees to study wartime agricultural issues. The wartime group is chaired by Elmer A Bass with members Hursh Shaw Wilson Perrin Kline and Ralph Smith. The postwar committee is chaired by Robert Kier with Morris Felter Rothlisberger Dean and Mrs Sayre among others.
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AMES
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Ames Extension Service
Elmer A. Bass
Emerson
A. Everitt Hursh
Marengo
JC. Shaw
Wesley
R. M. Wilson
Sac City
N. E. Perrin
Mapleton
Allan Kline
Vinton
Ralph Smith
Newton
Robert Kier
Spencer
Lewis Morris
Grimes
Victor Felter
Indianola
W. S. Rothlisberger
Elgin
Earl Dean
Mason City
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Patsey to Speak at Volga Farmers Creamery Meeting
The Volga Farmers Creamery association holds its annual meeting on February 4 with dinner at 11 15. B W Patsey district food and dairy inspector will be principal speaker. Richard McWilliams county agent in Clayton will show films titled When the Cows Come Home.
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Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
B. W. Patsey
Argentine Butter Arrives In Volume Reports US Dairy Markets
A USDA market review notes Argentine butter moved in large volume in New York City last week with best prices around 34 to 44 cents. Eastern distribution widened and touched medium grade domestic markets as forward buying for top quality persisted into March.
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New York
U.S.D.A
New York City
Record Bean Harvest Aims to Fuel Soldiers
The United States plans an all time dry edible bean harvest of 2 040 000 000 pounds with a 2 600 000 acre goal to feed soldiers as the 1942 output would be 9 percent above 1941 and 44 percent above 1935 39 averages. White beans total 9 600 000 bags and pinto 4 500 000 bags within the 20 400 000 100 pound bags. Roy F Henderson notes beans are wartime essentials with expanding military demand.
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Washington
INS
Uncle Sam
Department of Agriculture
Roy F. Henderson
Agriculture Marketing
Tama 4-H'ers Win $1,069 In Premiums In 1941
Special to The Gazette reports Tama county 4-H enrollments totaled 112 in 1941 under agent Merritt Canady. Members raised 119 baby beef calves and 186 lambs, fed 30 dairy heifers and 880 chickens, plus 21 pork projects, with 80 girls in clothing. Audrey Verba of Truer earned top state fair recognition. Doris McCreary of Gladbrook marked a blue ribbon health girl at the state fair for the second year.
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Toledo
Merritt Canady
Tama
Benton
Tama County
Audrey Verba
Truer
Doris McCreary
Gladbrook
Sheep And Wool Growers Annual At Des Moines
DES MOINES The Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association will hold its annual meeting at Hotel Kirkwood on Feb 24 at 10 am. Secretary Charles Sexton announced that directors will be elected, yearly reports heard, and plans for the 1942 season discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Tama County Farm Bureau Reaches 550 Members
Five hundred fifty farmers have joined the Tama county Farm Bureau this year, as the organization pursues a 785 member target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau
Farm price ceilings tied to urban wages under O Mahoney plan
Washington report notes that the O Mahoney amendment would link farm price ceilings to urban wage rates while not raising farm prices. Farm groups claim the measure protects farmers and prevents inflation by using a wage index with limited weight.
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O’mahoney
Washington
America
Horse Farmers Reflect On Portents Of Snowbound Fields
A country woman recalls helping horses return to a barn as heavy footed shaggy colts trod through freezing snow. She contrasts tractors with horses, praising their power and beauty amid winter scenes.
Food Aid to Britain Under Lend-Lease Tops 2.65 Billion Pounds
Agricultural department reports more than 2.65 billion pounds of food and farm products shipped to Britain under lend-lease through December 1 1941. Total cost since last April about 300 million dollars, with November shipments exceeding 50 million dollars. Animal proteins dairy poultry and meat led by volume, with canned fruits vegetables cereals and other items making up the rest. Roy Hendrickson, administrator of agricultural marketing, says program continues despite Pacific War and funds additional purchases for England Russia and territories under separate authority.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Pacific
Roy F. Hendrickson
England
Russia
Eight Finalists In Grain Dealers Speaking Tourney
Eight Iowa farm youths named by Oscar Helmne as finalists in the Farmers Grain Dealers association public speaking contest at Des Moines January 21 and 22. Winners receive 15 jewel gold wrist watches and cash prizes. state winners to be announced Thursday.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Des Moines
Oscar Helmne
Marcus
Audrey Christensen
Superior
Robert Wolf
Sheldon
James Moline
Manson
Chester Randolph
Ankeny
Lorrine Knutson
Decorah
Gordon Hansen
Cedar Falls
Ruth Lauterbach
Alden
Glenn Miner
Clarion
Petersen Elected President Of Wyoming Shipping Assn
Special to The Gaedere reports Fred Petersen was chosen president at the annual meeting in Wyoming. Louis Kouba became secretary and Raymond Denniston manager. directors include Lyle Marshall Henry Hansen and Paul Levsen. Denniston said 56 cattle and hog loads were shipped in 1941.
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Gaedere, Wyoming
Fred Petersen
Wyoming Shipping Association
Louis Kouba
Raymond Denniston
Lyle Marshall
Henry Hansen
Paul Levsen
Denniston
Association
U S Army Corps Insignia Featured in Puzzle Grid
A vintage puzzle reference lists military insignia and crosswords with clues and answers. It includes terms like Pacify, Rhode Island, Saint, and various musical notes, along with vertical and horizontal word pairings.
Farmers Face Rubber And Auto Limits For Farm Output
Congressman Thomas E. Martin warned that federal controls on rubber and auto sales threaten farm efficiency as manpower shifts to war plants and armed forces. He pointed to 642 abandoned Iowa rail towns and said farms rely on automobiles and tires to plant tend and harvest crops and move them to market.
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George Stimpson
Washington
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
House Committee On
Martin
Iowa
Experienced Men Need Not Apply for Amateurs Only
A Farm and Home week contest at Iowa State College on February 13 limits entry to county teams of three bona fide farm operators aged 21 or older who have not judged at fairs or shows. Medal winners from prior contests are ineligible. nine gold medals awarded across high team, high man, and top judges per livestock kind. Entries close February 7.
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Ames
Iowa Farmers
Iowa State College
A .B. Caine
West Liberty Farm Night School to Close Thursday
Farm night classes at West Liberty will end Thursday evenings with a 6 30 p.m. covered dish dinner followed by an evening program. Miss Alverda James homemaking instructor and Fred Maltas agricultural instructor have led the evening school sessions.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Alverda James
Fred Maltas
Farm Auction Schedule Across Iowa Starts Jan 20
A sequence of public farm sales and closings listed by date and location across Cedar Rapids Center Point Mt. Vernon Tipton Springville Oelwein and surrounding areas. Key sellers include John Magnusson Jas B Mack Lee Evans Cook Hoggin Calby Moyer Orr Jerry Zach Harry Beckner John O Connell spanning January 20 to February 11.
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John Magnusson
Cedar Rapids
Jas. B
J. P. Mack
Center Point
Lee Evans
Mt. Vernon
Cook
Tipton
Jerry Zach
Harry Beck
Holstein cows fetch high prices at Heitshusen sale near Williamsburg
In Williamsburg area at the Herman Heitshusen sale three and a half miles northeast of town grading Holstein cows topped at 207 dollars and averaged 154 dollars and 50 cents. Proceeds cover the dairy changes as sons enter defense jobs. Bert Hanson handled the bidding and D J Lewis served as clerk.
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Williamsburg
Herman Heitshusen
Heitshusen
Bert Hanson
D. J. Lewis
Butterfat Averages 39.64 Cents At Decorah 1941
Decorah ice cave creamery reports 1941 butterfat average 39.64 cents per pound. Total butter 1,159,986 pounds from 950,844 pounds butterfat and 3,849,993 pounds cream delivered. Butter sales 1,161,990 pounds. local use 190,482 and exports 971,508. Receipts total 402,133.66 with bond sale for new drying plant. Directors reelected: Arthur Ellingson Anand Bleka Rocksvold Almer Wheatman. Holdovers named Henry Ruen Torkel Martinson John Jaustad Martin Larson Ben Eggle Otto Neste F. O. Smorstad C W Sherwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Decorah Farmers Ice Cave Creamery Company
Arthur Ellingson
Anand Bleka
PA. Rocksvold
Almer Wheatman
Chicago Editor To Speak At Ames Ag Banquet
C Lloyd Burlingham of Chicago has been chosen as speaker for the Iowa State college agricultural banquet. Burlingham, NL secretary of the National Dairy association and ISU graduate, is editor of a breed publication and appears on a Chicago radio agricultural program.
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Ames
C. Lloyd Burlingham
Chicago
National Dairy Association
Iowa State College
Burlingham
Iown State
Wool use restricted to 80 percent of 1941 rate in 1942
The Office of Production Management announces a wool conservation plan limiting first quarter 1942 consumption to 80 percent of the first-half 1941 rate. Civilian use may be cut to 40–50 percent of 1941 levels to preserve military supplies.
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Office of Production Management
Washington
Milk Mixture Claims Fast Ulcer Pain Relief
A patent style advertisement touts Lurin a milk based mixture for stomach ulcers gas pains indigestion and heartburn claiming fast relief. It urges readers to buy a bottle from druggists with a money back satisfaction guarantee and simple instructions mix two teaspoonfuls in milk.
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Ray Anderson
Colby
Wilbur Colby
Audt
Mechanicsville
Kr.fpa
Patsey
Suliet
Las
Jake
Tsadecoy
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
American National Live Stock Association
America Pork Producers Associated
American Soybean Association
Central Live Stock Cooperative Association of St. Paul
Farmers Guild
National Association of Commissioners
Secretaries
Albert S. Goss
The
Grange
Soul Conservation
Williams
OP Willame
Wyoming Shipping Assa
U. S. Army Corps
U.S. Army Corps
Sih
PTA
Beverage
Certified Public Accountant
Hiets
Fia
Ar Art A&p Stores
Taney
Rata
Ames Ag
Office of Price Administration
Boston
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