Farmers Call Immediate Action On Meat Strike
Linn County Farm Bureau board and livestock committee urge quick recourse to collective bargaining or fact finding to end the meat industry strike. They propose government seizure if negotiations fail and ask President Truman and Secretary Anderson to be notified for urgent consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau Board
Bureau
Livestock Committee
Truman
Anderson
Linn County Farm Bureau Board and Livestock Committee
Harry S. Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Coming Farm Auctions Listed in Gazette Schedule
A Gazette advertisement lists multiple farm auctions with dates from January 24 to February 12. Entries name sellers Tim Balacek, Charles Jones, Frank F. Houser, Dan Rupe, Pauline Mee, Milo Wolrab, Gregor Vaske, H C Keiper, Fruehaus Farms, Martin and Sons, Ernest Goldsmith, Earl Tatge and others. Locations include Hawkeye Downs, Norway, Walker, Monticello, Dyersville, Atkins, Luzenne, Belle Plaine.
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Tim Balacek
Charles Jones
Walker
Frank F. Houser
Norway
Dan Rupe
Central City
Iowa
Stan
Berkshire
Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Duroc
Gregor F. Vaske
Dyersville
H. C. Keiper
Atkins
Fruehaus Farms
Hawkeye Downs
Hampshire
A Martin and Sons
Maron
Ernest Goldsmith
Monticello
Chester White
Earl Tatge
Luzerne
Belle Plaine
Henry County DHIA Leads in December Butterfat
MT PLEASANT The Henry county dairy herd improvement association topped all state groups in butterfat production for December with 32.9 pounds per cow. A. R. Porter of Iowa State College reported that 48 of 50 associations participated, testing 1 079 herds and 19 485 cows, with 754 cows culled for low production and 190 culled for other reasons.
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MT. Pleasant
Henry County Dairy Herd-Improvement Association
A. R. Porter
Iowa State College Extension Dairyman
Henry County Association
Fayette No. 3
Palo Alto
Tama
Grundy
Porter
Association
Hereford Sale To Move Fast Says Holbert
The Iowa Hereford association sale at Hawkeye Downs next week will be one of the fastest moving vendues on record says manager J C Holbert. Two sessions will dispose of 342 head entered by 111 breeders from 44 counties. Females at 7 p m Monday and bulls at 9 a m Tuesday. Judges Albert Mitchell and Sam Marting lead a strong judging panel. Entry fees of 25 per head insure an outstanding show with futurity classes added for summer yearling and senior and junior bull calves.
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Iowa Hereford Association
Hawkeye Downs
J. C. Holbert
Washington
Iowa
Holbert
Hereford Association
Iowa State College
Ames
Clyde Turkington
Albert Mitchell
Albert
New Mexico
Sam Marting
Washington Courthouse
Ohio
Mitchell
Marting
A. W. Thompson
Lincoln
Neb
J. E. Halsey
Des Moines
Clair Mason
Marshalltown
Tom Sherlock
Charles Corkle
Corn Belt
John Rose
Peerson Stockman
Jewetterson
Hereford Journal
Montrose Hotel
Sam Guard
Breeders’ Gazette
Plan Electrification of 5000 Dakota Farms
United Press reports a plan to electrify more than 5000 underelectrified South Dakota farms and rural establishments with REA financed cooperatives. The program aims to build power lines this year as loans exhaust the state's REA allocation for the current fiscal year.
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United Press
South Dakota
REA
Rural Electrification Drive Aims to Reach Thousands of Farms
The REA reported that current funds can support part of the total 9.27 million in loans on that date. Construction will bring lines to over 5 000 farms and rural establishments in the state. Approvals of pending loans and 4 million dollars of unspent wartime funds will raise the total, with 25 farmer cooperatives to carry most postwar work in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
South Dakota
Iowa State Here ford consignment sale and show at Hawkeye Downs
The annual Iowa State Here ford consignment sale and show will be held at Hawkeye Downs on January 28 and 29 with cattle judged Monday January 28. The sale starts 7 30 p m and continues the next day. Mortgages on high grade farms in Linn and nearby counties are offered at 60 percent of appraised value by The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa State
Hawkeye Downs
Linn
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Meat shortage hits supply as weekly figures plummet
Chicago reports a sharp cut in meat output due to a widespread strike. Government bulletins warn consumers to expect rarer beef and to turn to poultry or fish, noting ample fish and shellfish stockpiles and beef production declines across federally inspected plants.
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Chicago
U. S. Department At of Agriculture
U. S
Alaska
Agriculture Department
Doug An
Scotch Grove Farmer Hurt in Truck Mishap
Scotch Grove farmer John Otten is recovering in a Monticello hospital after a loaded truck he was working on backed down a hill and overturned Sunday. He sustained injuries but is listed in stable condition.
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Scotch Grove
John Otten
Monticello
Fence Drift in Woven Wire and Autumn in Iowa Towns
Northeastern Iowa’s fall colors deepen the scene as gray woods cloak in snow. The region’s charm includes small towns tucked in valley hollows, Clermont nestled beside the Turkey River. Friendly residents show a cooperative spirit and honor David B. Henderson with a churchyard memorial gavel statue.
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Iowa
Clermont
Turkey River
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Richardson Named To Iowa Mutual Tornado Board
Mt. Vernon resident Glenn Richardson, secretary of Linn Township Farmers Mutual Insurance, was elected to the board of directors of the Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance association at the 63rd annual Des Moines meeting.
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MT. Vernon
Glenn Richardson
Linn Township Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
Des Moines
Linn Names Oberg To Inspection Post
DES MOINES AP Secretary of Agriculture Harry G Linn announced the appointment of Wilber Oberg Fort Dodge as a dairy specialist effective Feb 1 He will check the milk supply in northwest Iowa to guard the public against the dangers of milk borne diseases Specialists will be named later for other areas.
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Des Moines
Harry G. Linn
Wilber Oberg
Fort Dodge
Linn
Oberg
Iowa
Large herd and farm sale set for Central City area
A wide public auction will auction a graded Holstein herd and farm equipment northwest of Central City, near Troy Mills. The sale Friday features 87 head of cattle plus hogs, grain, hay, and machinery including a DeLaval milking setup and a John Deere binder. Proceeds support the Breeders association and include a dairy herd record overview by a supervisor.
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Central City
Troy Mills
West Prairie
Gladys
Belle
Hazel
Maybelle
Mall of the Shore
Sir Fer
Femme of Lewood
Hampshire
Berkshire
Poland
Oliver Heavy Raydex
Lron McCormick-Deering
John Deere
DeLaval
H.p
McCormick-Deering
Spring Grove Ladies’ Aid
Wesley Waterhouse
W. F. Mitchell
George Price
Auds
Rufus Sisler
noSlerk
State Bank
Coggon
Cle
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Henry County
DHIA
Second Avenue
Gazette
Shropshire
Henry Miller
Newhall
Hereford
Fruehauf Farms
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
E. C. Turkington
Letts
Nerests
Cascade
Joe Herard
Sareryard
Iowa Farm Economist
United States
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Canner & Cutter
12Th Avenue
12Th Street
Tony Schmitz
George B. Basker van Horne
R. B.C
Richardson
Iowa Mutual Tornado Board
Iowa County
Homestead
U. S. Highway Nos
Alton B. Miller
North English
Rudolph Hagen
E. E. Enochson & Sons
Williamsburg
Carey Bros
Marengo
Lewis W. Peterson
Webster
G. H. Shaw
Memphis, Tenn
Bert Hanson
Earl Enochson
Kiddy Kiloweill
OWA Electric Light and Power Company
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