Record Poultry? Livestock Show Sets New Wealth High
Estimates for prize livestock at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver rose to as much as four million dollars as the event nears closure. Top sales included 20 Short horns at $28 per hundred to Joseph Winkler of Castle Rock Colorado, and 20 Herefords at $25 per hundred to Martin Shaffer of York Pennsylvania.
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Denver
INS
Joseph Winkler
Castle Rock
Colo
William D. Sidley
Encampment
Wyo
Martin Shaffer
York
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Woven Wire
Heavy below freezing cold Thursday ends the longest cold spell since 1936 for Linn, Jones and Jackson counties. Early snow covers unused feed, feeding season remains not half over, and farmers fear dwindling roughage as hay prices rise amid winter drain on feed reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Jones
Jackson County
Booming Demand Tightens Chicago Feed Market
Chicago market reports a widespread shortage across feed items with sun cured alfalfa meal as the only ample option. Millfeeds and oil feeds are scarce as demand for cornfeeds gluten feeds and gluten meal remains high, while distillers dried grains up but brewers dried grains down. Tankage and meat scraps production trims, yet demand stays strong with ceiling prices in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
WFA
Office of Marketing Services
Public cattle and farm equipment sale listing details
A public sale offers 17 head of Hereford cows and calves at side, 33 hogs and shoals, about 800 bushels seed corn, and a large lot of machinery. Items include a Farmall tractor, a No. 22 McCormick-Deering combine, corn planters, binders, mowers, a hammermill, and other farm implements with various ages and conditions. Sale includes cattle to calve in summer and assorted tools and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge Road Victory
Aide
McCormick-Deering
Ydea
Dairy Official Says Draft Will Cut Production
Urban and national milk output faces cuts as selective service rules bite dairying demands more manpower. Owen M. Richards of the American Dairy Association warned at a state conference that hundreds of thousands of farmers could be drafted, jeopardizing milk and butter supplies and raising fears over feeding soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
Owen M. Richards
American Dairy Association
Richards
Course for DHIA Supervisors Opens At Ames
Iowa State college will host a two week training course for Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association supervisors starting February 5. Applications are due by February 1, with vacancies statewide filled from attendees. Participants pay only board and room. salaries for open positions range from 100 to 125 dollars monthly plus boards and room. Trainees must be high school graduates and have an interest in dairying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Hilton Boynton
Seeds in grain seed carry noxious weeds
Seeds of such noxious weeds as Canada thistle, quack grass and mustards often occur in small grain seed.
Farm Auction Listings Across Iowa Several Closing Outs
A sequence of farm sale notices and auctions in Iowa catalogued with dates from January 20 to February 19. Listings cover state Poland China and Hereford shows, Berkshire and Duroc consignments, dairy cow sales, and multiple public closings at various towns including Cedar Rapids Traer Traer, Vinton Linn County and Amtr. Observe venue details such as All-Iowa fair grounds Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs and specific mile markers near towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland China Association
Cedar Rapids
Harold Wehrman
Berkshire
Belle Plaine
Traer
Phlip
Hemolar
Behrns
Harland Smith
Shueyville
Walter Knutson
Troy Mills
L. C. Bouquet
Rockford Road
Joe Noeller
Shellsburg
Henry J. Glandorf
Vinton
Elmer F. Burr
Alburnett
M. A. Maxwell
Joe Lenicek
Fairfax
W. J. Rupperle
E. Marion
J. C. Holbert
William Vick
Linn
A. T
Record 132 calves entered in Johnson County 4-H baby beef
Johnson County 4-H reports a new enrollment record with 132 calves entered by 73 members for baby beef. County Extension Director Emmet Gardner notes average annual enrollment over the last 15 years is about 65 calves.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmet Gardner
Delivery for Onion Seedlings Best At Planting Time
URBANA Illinois Seedsmen and dealers should order freshly pulled sweet Spanish onion seedlings for transplanting in home gardens from early April to early May depending on location. Seedlings are shipped from Texas and other states with pulling and packing continuing until the crop is shipped. Most growers finish pulling by late March and adjust packing to meet Illinois planting windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Ill
Lee Somers
Illinois University Extension Horticulturist
Texas
Illinois
Somers
Swine Council Calls 11 Percent Spring Pig Increase
Des Moines report states Wartime Swine Industry council urges an 11 percent rise in spring pig production over 1944, noting 1945 plans exceed farmer expectations. Executive Secretary Rollie Pemberton cites prior cuts and urges re survey, better sanitation and feeding, and one more sow per farm to raise farrowings. Authorities promise 90 percent parity for at least two years postwar.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Swine Industry Council
Rollie Pemberton
Matched Team of Mares Bring $270 at Volga City
A well matched team of green broken four year old chestnut mares sold for 270 dollars at the H. L. Taylor closing out sale just east of Volga City Tuesday. A suckling colt brought 41 dollars with Holstein cows at 114, open heifers 56, feeder pigs 27.50, corn 98 cents, loose hay 19 a ton, baled hay 80 cents per bale, straw 70 cents a bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Volga City
H. L. Taylor
Here
Hawkins to Speak at Farm Loan Banquet in West Union
Dr. Don P. Hawkins of Upper Iowa University will deliver the keynote at the National Farm Loan Association annual banquet and meeting in West Union on February 17.
Corbett to Speak at Farm Institute on February Seventh
Tipton-J. Q. Corbett of Breckenridge Texas will address cattle feeders sessions of the annual farm institute here February 7. Christy vocational agriculture instructor said Corbett is a native Texan who runs up to 5000 head of cattle yearly and is known as a speaker presenting the range cattleman view of current livestock conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
J. Q. Corbett
Breckenridge
Texas
J. Morris Christy
Corbett
Christy
Packers Sponsor 4 H Grub Control Program in Iowa
Iowa meat packers in seven locations sponsor awards for 4 H cattle grub control projects. About 100 dollars in prizes per district will go to clubs and counties with top grub control work and to top individual or team demonstrations. The program ends with Livestock Conservation Day in late March emphasizing losses from bruises TB in swine and worms in sheep.
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Ames—Meat Packers
Iowa
G. A. Lineweaver
Decker Packing Company
Mason City
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
Iowa Packing Company
Des Moines
Sioux City
Omaha
National REA Group Rejects Change to USDA Control
The National Rural Electrification Cooperatives Association closed its three day San Antonio convention with war time unity and rejected a proposal to shift REA oversight from the Agriculture Department. The resolutions committee urged against change during war while endorsing the Lucas bill to fund 585 million dollars for extending rural electrification to 1.3 million farms postwar. Osceola Electric’s William Robert won the Stanon W. Hertz award. E Stoneman was re elected president with E D H Farrow named vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
National Rural Electrification Cooperatives Association
Rural Electrification Administration
Department of Agriculture
M. Edman
Alvarado
Minn
Edman
NRECA
Lucas
Stanon W. Hertz
William Robert
Osceola Electric Cooperative
Sibley
Iowa
E. Stoneman
Platteville
Wis
E. D. H. Farrow
Itasca
Families Buy Meat With Red Stamps From Farmer Books
The OPA says families may use up to 18 red stamps from each stamp book before the general validation date. This indicates broad use of ration stamps for meat purchases as shortages persist.
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OPA
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Dan D. Casement
Manhattan
Kan
Crowther and Son
Sanford, Cole
Woodlawn Farms
Creston
Nebraska
California
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Curtis Candy Company
Edellyn Peerless Mercury
Prince Peter III
Merryvale Farms
Grandview
Gregg
Toad
Shellsbure
McCormick
Hays
General Electric
Joe Noeller Y Sehmitz
Blate” Bank of Vinton
MAjOr _Hoople
Pike
TL Furnish
Major 244
Ryder- Kyu
Bly
DR. Jekyll
MR. Hyde
Abe
BY Williams
Duble
PNM
Saale
Uncle Sam
Marvin Jones
Sahara
C. R. Fuel CO
Norwich
Carney
Janes
M. J. Raftis
Mer
2Nd Ave. S.E
Merchants National Bank
Swine Council
Hawkins
Moone
Osscco Drug Company
Wisconsin
Farm Service Dept
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
the Bank
Texan
Tipton Institute
Packers
National Rea Group
USDA
Peterman
Gert Peterman
H. O. Smith
Star Jewelry Co
Second Street SE
Yager
Yager's
Romeos
Horace E. Basley
MGR
Shoe Department
SFIS
Ene
Iso
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