Contouring Spreads in Tama Soil Saving Expanded to 3363 Acres
Special to The Gazette reports Tama county in 1943 expanded contour cropping to 3363 acres on 153 farms while strip cropping covered 224 acres on 12 farms and pasture improvement reached 145 acres on six farms. Soil conservation efforts included waterways drainage and earth dam construction, with 42 farms now on SCS agreements as of Jan 1 1944.
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Tama
W. J B. Boatman
Tama County
Boatman
Soil Conservation Service
County Aaa
Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
College
Ames
State Soil Conservation Service
Feeder Cattle Crisis Prompts Congressional Appeal
Iowa cattle feeder Walter Harrison urges Congress to pressure OPA to curb inflation and avert an "awful shortage" of fed cattle. He cites rising labor and equipment costs, higher input prices, and looming supply cuts, warning of dire consequences for beef, dairy, and eggs without swift action.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
Ben F. Jensen
R-Ia
OPA
Walter Harrison
Malvern
Clayton County group maps soil erosion control plan
Ole Embretson of Farmersburg chairs a district plan in Clayton County for 130 farmers to control erosion. The program covers 26,546 acres with 14,569 to be contour, 11,348 to be strip cropped, and 11,000 to be terraced.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Ole Embretson
Farmersburg
WFA Plans Ship Hogs South To Ease Market Glut
At a Des Moines conference Midwest hog producers heard two relief options from Walter Berger of the War Food Administration. He suggested prioritizing hogs over 300 pounds and shipping large numbers of live hogs from congested areas to plants in the south and southeast when capacity allows. Dr. B W Fairbanks of Illinois questioned future hog price guidance after a $12.50 support price is set.
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B. W. Fairbanks
University of Illinois
Butterfat Prices Set at Monona Creamery Report
Union Farmers' creamery in Monona paid 54 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat and 52 cents for No 1 butterfat for the last half of December. A total of 47,869 pounds of butter was manufactured from 38,601 pounds of butterfat, secretary J P Goltz reported.
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Monona
Union Farmers’ Creamery
J P Goltz
Farm sale listing includes horses cattle and equipment
Emil Pidima owner offers February 2 1944 sale starting at 1:00 listing two good work horses four milch cows a shorthorn bull a guernsey heifer and a wide range of farm machinery tools and miscellaneous items. Terms by Tony Schmitz Van Horne IA Fairfax Bank Clerk announces items including tractors plows mowers belts hog equipment and hay feed with grain and straw quantities noted.
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Hood
Rentle
Guernsey
Chevrolet
Moline
van’ Brunt
Hacking Valley
John Deere
McCormick
Deere
Emil Pidima
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
la Fairfax Bank
Barn Burns on Starry Farm Near Olin
Fire on the M r. Starry farm near Olin destroyed a barn and hay contents. Loss estimated at 2500 dollars with some insurance coverage. Fire officials report origin undetermined. Local property owner Berle McConnell family vacated farm nearby.
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Olin
Aurora
George Burnett
Here
Berle McConnell
Swisher Sale Highlights Feed, Cattle Prices
At J. R. Bowersox sale two miles east of Swisher on Friday cows topped at 127.50. Corn and oats each sold for 1 a bushel, horse 110, shoats 13.75 to 15.20, Shorthorn bull 161, bred heifers 65. Swisher cattle market featured general demand across the offerings.
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Swisher
J. R. Bowersox
Farm sale notice near North Liberty and Oxford
Having sold our farm we will sell described property 3 percent mile west of North Liberty and 9 miles east of Oxford on county rock road. Auctions Wednesday January 26 at 1 o'clock. Horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, feed, hay, grain, machinery, and miscellaneous farm items with cash terms. Lunch by Methodist Church. Frank Eller, owner. Hert Glasney & Geo Variteh, Aarón Albright, clerks.
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North Liberty
Oxford
County Rock Road
Ames
Farmall
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
McCormick
Fairbanks-Morse
Iato
Nix
Charter Oak
Ladies of Methodist Church
Frank “Eller
Hert Glasney & Geo
Variteh
Allets
Aaron Albright
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Listed by Date and Location
A sequence of farm animal and equipment auctions announced with dates from January 25 through February 16. Listings include bidders such as Lynch Hasselbusch A F Meyer Webber Zeller Nel derhisar Pratt Bailey Woodward Roy Fruehauf Nere ford Breeders Harold Timm Emil Pidima Rogers Weaver Davis Martin Tow Ellett and others at Marion Stanwood Ely Central City Cedar Rapids Muscatine Alburnett North Liberty Fairfax Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Lynch and
Whittier
Woodward
Central City
Roy and Starvey Fruehauf
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nereford Breeders
Wesley Waterhouse
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Harold C. Timm
Muscatine
Emil Pidima
SE Fairfax
Rogers and Weaver
Alburnett
L. B. Davis
North Liberty
Martin and Sons
Marion
Tow
Flies and Wasps Enlisted for War With Corn Borer
In Chicago the plan to release parasitic flies and wasps next spring aims to curb the European corn borer. Entomologist John Wright collected countless eggs at East Hartford from borer bodies, to be hatched and released to kill borers and propagate their offspring.
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Chicago
T. H. Frison
Illinois Natural History Survey
East Hartford
Conn
John Wright
Wright
Fewer Package Bees Available This Spring
Ames extension apiarist Floyd Paddock says Iowa faces a sharp package bee shortage with about 25 percent fewer bees available than in past years. Demand rose early with many producers sold out through June 1, and supply relies on Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama sources as prices rise with no price ceilings.
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The
Gazette
AMES
Floyd Paddock
Ames Extension Apiarist
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Fence Drift and Rex Conn Reflections on the Gazette Front Page
The article mentions Fence Drift caught in the toven wire and quotes Rex Conn who compares his feelings to a boy at a funeral. Conn describes his reaction after reading the Gazette front page on Sunday.
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Rex Conn
the Gazette
Molasses Imported to Base Grain Situation
The War Food Administration announced a purchase of 800000 tons of blackstrap molasses from Cuba to be used for alcohol production in support of war effort. It is estimated this will divert about 45000000 bushels of grain into feeding and food channels.
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Boatman
E. P. Skrable
Elberon
William Kremenak
Toledo
SCS
War Food Administration
Cuba
Beekeeping Supplies Tighten Amid Price Shifts and Shipping Costs
Beekeepers face higher prices with bees priced around 3.15 rising to 4.50 plus 42 to 50 cents for shipping. Paddock notes kit supplies not as scarce as package bees and government aid supports syrup cans and transport. Some producers moved bees south to Florida. early orders and careful sourcing advised to avoid disease from farm sales.
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Iowa
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