Piggy Sows Sold For Pork Twice As Much As A Year Ago
Pigs and gilts sold for pork at the Cedar Rapids plant, with twice as many piggy sows and gilts marketed this year as last. Prices held near floor levels in Iowa, with some heavier butchers and sows showing small gains. Interior receipts for the first five days totaled 264,700 head versus 262,300 last week and 208,000 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
Paces
Cedar Rapids
Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Livestock Market Service
Beet Molasses Banned for Livestock Feed
The War Production Board prohibited using beet molasses in mixed livestock feed to conserve reserves amid a 35 percent short crop. About 2,000,000 gallons will be redirected to yeast production. Cane molasses from the Pacific coast and Louisiana will supply the animal feed mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Pacific Coast
Louisiana
Fence Drift Promotes Bond Buying For War Support
The poem urges readers to buy war bonds to support returning service members and fight inflation. It frames bonds as a patriotic duty to honor those who served and protect national strength, urging citizens to show their stance by purchasing bonds.
Professors Association to Probe Ames Academic Freedom
Des Moines AP The American Association of University Professors will investigate charges that academic freedom at Iowa State College is being suppressed. The probe follows a conflict over a pamphlet comparing oleomargarine to butter and a subsequent dairy industry backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
American Association of University Professors
Iowa State College
Ralph Himsted
Donald W. van Vleet
Iowa Farmers Union
van Vleet
State Board of Education
Iowa
T. W. Schultz
BR. J. Bliss
Mural MacDonald
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Officers Named by Co op Creamery at Waterville
A. J. Mathis was elected president of the Farmers Cooperative creamery of Waterville. Ben Kol srud was named vice president with C. V Nelson as treasurer and E. H. Bak kum as secretary. R. H. Wurtzel, Theodore Bakke and John E. Larson elected to the board. 1943 receipts reached $216000 and butter production was 461326 pounds. average butterfat price was 52.68 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
A. J. Mathis
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of
Waterville
Ben Kolsrud
C. V Nelson
E. H. Bakkum
R. H. Wurtzel
Theodore Bakke
John E. Larson
Iowa Farmers Urge FDA To Honor Egg Price Guarantee
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation asks the Food Distribution Administration to uphold the 30 cent a dozen guaranteed price for eggs, warning that without support egg prices fall below guarantees and many farmers may sell laying hens. Howard Hill notes rising costs push farmers to seek action to keep flocks at peak production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Food Distribution Administration
Federation
Iowa
Howard Hill
Poultry Auction in Vineland to Halt March First
The Vineland cooperative egg and poultry auction will stop handling poultry on March 1 for the duration of the OPA, per President John H. Weed. The 13 year old auction reported $250,000 in poultry gross and $2,750,000 in eggs in 1943. the egg side will continue under OPA rationing to ensure wide distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N. J
Vineland Cooperative Egg and Poultry Auction
OPA
John H. Weed
Imported farm workers gain wage and benefit edge
Washington reports foreign laborers from Mexico Jamaica and the Bahamas receive prevailing wages or a 30 cent hourly minimum plus full employment for 75 percent of contracts subsistence housing transportation and medical care under War Food Administration terms and collective bargaining rights not available to most American farm hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Sam
Mexico
Jamaica
Bahamas
United States
War Food Administration
Regional Victory Garden Conference Set for Omaha
Ames R. K. Bliss announces a regional Victory Garden conference to be held in Omaha on January 31 and February 1 for Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Omaha
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Tama county 4-H elects officers at Gladbrook session
Three Tama county 4-H club officers and the county 4-H club agent were pictured left to right Leonard Kubick Traer president Gaylord Lyon Toledo vice president Dean Fleming Reinbeck secretary and George Boehnke Toledo 4-H club agent Rex Weitzell Tama not pictured named treasurer The annual 4-H session in Gladbrook drew 175 attendees Awards recognized Dale Strohbehn Reinbeck baby beef production Durward Lyon Toledo pork production and Dean Fleming meat animal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladbrook
Tama County
Leonard Kubick
Traer
Gaylord Lyon
Toledo
Dean Fleming
Reinbeck
George Boehnke
Rex Weitzell
Tama
Dale Strohbehn
Durward Lyon
Cattle Price Rise Driven by Packer and Buyer Demand
Chicago market shows fat steers and yearlings up 25 to 40 cents with steers averaging 14.25 to 16 and top at 17 for weights 1130 to 1498 pounds. Cows gain 25 to 50 cents while bulls rise. veals steady at 13.50 to 15. An abridged supply of about 20 000 head across seven central markets underpins the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa Farm Union Suggests Uncle Sam Take Over Packers
Iowa Farmers Union urged government control of packing houses to absorb hog surplus. E. E. Roelofs said plants are underutilized and could handle more hogs weekly. suggested government operation during labor strikes. Resolutions backed postwar cooperative expansion and anti taxation of cooperatives, with emphasis on implement trade growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Union
Uncle Sam
DES Moines
Iowa Farmers Union
E. E. Roelofs
Permanent Cooperative Committee
Iowa Farmers Union m
Washington, D. C
Roelofs
Chicago
Notables Scheduled For Farm Home Week Radio Programs
Notables including Marvin Jones war food administrator Eleanor Roosevelt Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper and Mrs Mark Clark are slated to speak during Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College February 7 11. Speakers will appear via transcription with two hours thirty minutes of daily airtime on WOI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Marvin Jones
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State College
R. M. Visquain
Harry Linn
O. W. Johnson
LeGrand
Ray Fisher
Grand Junction
K. J. McDonald
Estherville
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
WOI
Farmers Waukon Creamery Set Annual Meeting Date
WAUKON The Farmers Waukon creamery will hold its annual meeting on January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Waukon Creamery
OWI Sets Milk Goal Shortfall and Ration Outlook
The Office of War Information reports civilian milk use must stay at current levels to avoid extending 112 area quota restrictions. 1944 output is projected at 116.0 billion pounds, 6.0 billion below the wartime target, with gains needed from larger dairy herds and higher per cow production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wshington
Office of War Information
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
War Food Administration
OWI
WFA
Information Agency
Kline Delayed on Trip to England
Allan B. Kline president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation arrived in England delayed after a December departure from Des Moines for a British Isles tour. The Office of War Information sponsored the trip and he planned a two month stay to study British agriculture and discuss U S food production with British farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
England
Federation
Lamb Show Opens at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids
Fifty two junior farmers from multiple Iowa counties exhibited about 1200 lambs at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids for east Iowa's first 4-H lamb feeding show and sale. Lambs were shown in lots of 16 and classified by McDonald Kyner and Humphrey with grades choice good medium and common. The top ten lambs will be selected Saturday and awards announced for high grading pens of 16. Auction planned for Saturday morning.
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Linn
Jones
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Poweshiek
Delaware
Henry
Jackson
Tama
Johnson
Washington
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
East Iowa
Ames extension _ Service
C. W. McDonald
Ames
L. M. Kyner
Waterloo
Walter Humphrey
Delegates Named for 4-H Victory Army Meeting
Winneshiek county 4-H will send leaders Fred Luzum Calmar Archie Anderson Ridgeway Elmar Rosa Ossian Bernard Nash Cresco club boys Vernon Spilte Springfield Alvin Humker Calmar Joseph Huber Ridgeway to Waterloo January 27 and 28. Delegation may be enlarged by clubs not yet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Victory Army
Waterloo
Fred Luzum
Calmar
Archie Anderson
Ridgeway
Elmar Rosa
Ossian
Bernard Nash
Cresco
Vernon Spilte
Springfield
Alvin Humker
Joseph Huber
Coming Farm Auctions This Month Across Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm auctions is listed with dates from January 22 to February 2 across locations including Linden Haglan near Center Point, Alburnett, Marion, North Liberty, Ely, Cedar Rapids, Fairfax and Fairfax area. Names include C J Byer ly, Joseph Jindrich, Frank Weber, Zeller, Fruchauf, Iowa Here n Breeders and Iowa Live Stock Exchange horse sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Haglan
Center Point
C. J. Byerly
Alburnett
Joseph Jindrich
Conroy
Lynch and Hasselbusch
Marion
Frank N. Weber
Frank Zeller
North Liberty
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Emil Pidima
Fairfax
Top Cow Sale Near Columbus Junction Realizes $160 Peak
In Columbus Junction eight miles north, the N. D. Hill sale saw Herefords and Brown Swiss cattle top at 160 dollars. Heifers brought 80 to 90, 108 feeding shoals sold for 12 to 21, horses 70 to 90, 600 bushels of corn at ceiling price, 150 bales alfalfa hay 50 cents each, sheep 12 to 16, tractor at 950, corn picker at 575. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
N. D. Hill
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Deposit in school grounds or fire stations per OCD pickup
Residents told to deposit items in school grounds or fire stations and to call 3-2601. OCD truck will respond if the load justifies a trip.
$200 Average For Swiss Cattle Sale Near Washington
The Fred and Harlan Neuhart farm southwest of Washington sold 26 Brown Swiss cattle at an average of $200 Tuesday. Forty head were sold in total. The top cow brought $275 and the top bull $270.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred and Harlan Neuhart
Jackson AAA 1943 payments total 191,078.99
Maquoketa Jackson county farmers received 1943 payments of 191,078.99 through the AAA committee office with 5,782.18 in dairy subsidies via 1 086 drafts for October. Construction approvals reached 44,302.87 and 373,800 board feet of lumber were allotted for farm repairs. Allocations covered 979 farm implements including 36 pressure cookers and permits for 1,144 pounds of copper wire. Committeemen conducted meetings with 5,081 attendees and 5,468 individuals were contacted personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
AAA Committee
Fire damages Buchanan County fair building
Independence firemen battled a blaze for over an hour damaging the main entrance and ticket office of the Buchanan County fairground. The fire, started by an overheated stove in the east part of the building where trainer J Patten resided, swept near cattle barns. the structure was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County Fairground
J. Patten
B. O. Gates
Buchanan County Fair Association
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