Official Warns Food Shortage Will Persist worldwide
Dr. Dennis A. Fitzgerald, secretary-general of the International Emergency Food Council, warned the world faces severe food shortages worsened by a lack of cooperation among its 30 member nations. He said the period before the next harvest will be crisis ridden, with cereals prospects deteriorating since October and only sugar outlook improving due to Cuban crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Seineton
Ins
International Emergency Food Council
Council
Dennis A. Fitzgerald
World-Wide Food Organization
Fence Drift in woven wire blizzard memory
Whew Watta snowstorm. Just like Grandpa’s stories from the 80s. Old timers shoveled their roads since there were no snowplows. Yet some had cars buried in snowdrifts. Regardless, a big storm brings extra farm work.
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Grandpa
Rice Shortages Push Global Demand Upward
The report notes cereal requirements increasing from 34 million tons in October to 38 million tons while export supply estimates fall from 26.5 million tons to 24 million tons highlighting tightening world markets amid shortages.
Benton Soil District reports fifteen farm plans in seven months
Benton county soils district completed fifteen farm plans totaling 2317 acres in its first seven months. The Triple-A noted 3531 acres contoured intertilled crops, 1812 acres small grain on the contour, 222 acres strip cropping, and 437000 sq ft of sodded waterways. Nine contouring demonstrations were held. district technicians assisted by other districts before June operations. Board members are Harold W. Miller chair, Herman Franzenberg, Horace Thompson, George Raabe, Arvid Shogren. Glenn F. Heady is SCS farm planner, aided by Paul Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Soil District
Vinton
Benton County Soils District
Board of Commissioners
Benton County
Extension Service
District Board of Commissioners
Harold W. Miller
Herman Franzenberg
Horace Thompson
George Raabe
Arvid Shogren
Glenn F. Heady
SCS
Paul Murphy
Conservation Aid
Roberts Resigns Iowa County 4-H Post
Lynn Roberts, rural youth associate in an Iowa county for two and a half years, resigns. He will manage a 400 acre farm for Dr. Frank Rose of Albany Missouri, an Aberdeen Angus breeder.
Hog Prices Will Stay Up as Demand Outpaces Supply
CHICAGO AP H M Conway market analyst for the National Livestock Producers Association says hog prices will stay up for about eight months as demand outpaces supply. He expects large hog supplies to appear in about two years and notes better cattle grades will be abundant this spring while 500000 Mexican cattle head are blocked by a government embargo. He also warns of a tight lamb market for late winter and early spring.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Association
National Livestock Producer
Conway
Guernsey
Whitey
Sailly
Mary
Jane
Susan
Brindie
Hampshire
Clarence coop cooperatives net $1.6 million in 1946
Clarence three cooperatives the Dayton Creamery and Locker Company Clarence Shipping Association and Clarence Cooperative Company reported aggregate business of 1 600 000 for 1946 at the annual cooperative day. Edwin Decker was elected to replace Ernest Wulf on the board. Holdover directors listed and William C Radeke serves as manager. Speakers included John Holland of Milton and Marvin McLain of Brooklyn. About 600 people attended.
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Clarence
Dayton Creamery and Locker Company
Clarence Shipping Association
Clarence Cooperative Company
Creamery
Edwin Decker
Ernest Wulf
Jare Richard Meyer
Fred Bachmann
Marvin Goldsmith
William Schroeder, Jr
Melvin Hasselbusch
Norman Bergman
William C
Traer Farmer Plans May Visit to Native Lands
Traer William Alcorn, who moved from Ireland to Traer 22 years ago, will travel by air in May to visit his mother in Ireland and two brothers in Scotland and one in England. He recently held a closing out sale on the Andrew Whannel farm west of Traer and has moved his family to a Buckingham township farm he bought last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAER
William Alcorn
Ireland
Scotland
England
Conesville Man Buys 85 Acre Farm Near Lone Tree
Jake Zimmerman of Conesville purchased the 85 acre James Ramer farm near Lone Tree for 200 dollars per acre. Tenants Mr and Mrs Richard Baker will relocate to a farm near Rochester in Cedar county March 1.
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Gazette
Lone Tree
Jake Zimmerman
Conesville
James Ramer
Here
Richard Baker
Rochester
Cedar County
Upcoming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Week of Feb 1
A Gazette advertised schedule lists farm auctions and public sales across multiple counties from Feb 1 to Feb 20. Entries cover Fruehaus Farms near Cedar Rapids, Shultz at Walford, Kloubec near Swisher, Busching near Stanwood, Keller near Mechanicsville, and many other vendors with distances to towns such as Cedar Rapids, Mt. Vernon, Solon, and Dyersville.
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Hampshire
Fruehaus Farms
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Libal
George Shultz
Walford
Raymond Kloubec
Swisher
Berkshire
Milo Wolrab
Mt. Vernon
Henry F. Busching
Stanwood
Frank Blazicek
Shellsburg
John W. Burhop
Clarence
Duroc
Gregor Vaske
Frank Dosedlo
Solon
Tamworth
Everett Jordan
Earl Wear
Earl Bell
Linn County
Ira Albright
N. Liberty
Henry Boesenberg
Marion
Charles J. Holub
Coggan
Wm. C. Boddicker
Linn
Stallion Show At Waterloo Set For April 10-13
Waterlo o ap reports the first national stallion show will run April 10 through 13 with 100 stallions entered from 20 states. Judges include Prof A L Harvey of Minnesota S W Beech Jr of Tennessee and William Cunningham of Mexico. The Midwest Walking Horse Association will sponsor the largest class lineup north of the Mason Dixon line.
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Waterloo
Joe Dumont
Glenn Brown
A. L. Harvey
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
S. W. Beech, Jr
Lewisburg
Tenn
William Cunningham
Mexico
C. Bown
Midwest Walking Horse Association
Mason-Dixon Line
Workshop Is Needed On Farm Says Hull
Ames Iowa State College agricultural engineer Dale Hull says power machinery replacing old Dobbin on the farm makes a farm workshop increasingly important to maintain tractors and machinery.
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Ames
Dale Hull
Iowa State College
Livestock and farm equipment auction listing heavy with cattle and machinery
An extensive auction notice offers 58 head of cattle including Hereford and Shorthorn cows calving in spring, 14 Angus cows, 18 Hereford spring calves, plus 52 head of feeding stock. Also listed are numerous farm implements and machinery such as John Deere tractors, plows, discs, manure spreader, hay loaders, and brooder equipment. Household items and furniture included. Terms cash, lunch on grounds.
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Springville
Arthur Paul
Hereford
Hertford
Olds
Timothy Bay
Monroe
John Deere
Wisconsin
Hammere
Josh Bowdish
Lattenberger
Challis Sug Emmons
Center Point
Urbana
Urbana-Center Point
Jersey
Guernsey
Hampshire
Farrow
Maine
Minn
Ladies Aid of
Urbana Christian Church
Congress
Morris Long
Urbana Savings Bank
John Deere G.P
John Deere Cultvvator
Hemmer
Jamesway
Madson
Monarch France
Mills County Adopts Unusual Soil Conservation Rider
Mills County Iowa pilots a novel soil conservation rider to lease agreements to align landlord and tenant on soil saving. The plan shares costs and returns for practices such as liming fertilizer green manures contouring and terraces, based on practice life spans. I W Arthur and local agents developed steps for selecting practices calculating unexhausted value and setting contributions.
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Mills County
Iowa
Hadley
Country Gentleman
Mills County Soil Conservation District
Iowa State College
The
Soil Conservation Service
I. W. Arthur
Ames
Mills County Group
Arthur
Equal shares to start soil conservation effort
Arthur and the Mills county group agree that equal contributions will equalize the unused value of the invest while not promising to solve all conservation or farm tenancy problems. They see this as a basis for an immediate start to control soil depletion on rented farms.
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Arthur
Mills County
Allamakee Tract To Be Used for Forest Study
The state conservation commission authorized 1800 acres in Allamakee county for forestry research and experimental studies on tree planting and management. The Ames branch of the Central States forest experiment station will conduct the work under E. G. Champagne of Ames. The program, authorized by Congress, aims to identify best species and methods for reforestation and prevent damage to residual stands.
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Des Moines
INS
State Conservation Commission
Allamakee County
Ames Branch
Central States
Forest Experiment Station
Columbus
Ohio
E. G. Champagne
Ames
Iowa
Frozen Egg Purchase Program Launched by Agriculture Dept
The agriculture department announced a price support program for frozen eggs. Sellers must certify they paid producers at least 33 cents per dozen for all shell eggs purchased for processing, with the 33 cent price in effect through February, March and April.
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Washington (Lp
Agriculture Department
Department
Holstein Association elects local officers in Kalona area
Stan Eash elected president of the Tri County Holstein Association at a recent meeting. Ralph Troyer Kalona becomes vice president, Noah Brenneman Kalona secretary treasurer, Wallace Leash Wellman state director. Anton Heitshusen Williamsburg appointed show manager, Clark Gingerich Wellman salesman, Otis Taylor Delta publicity chairman.
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Wellman
Stanley Eash
Tri- County Holstein Association
Ralph Troyer
Kalona
Noah V. Brenneman
Wallace Leash
Anton Heitshusen
Williamsburg
Clark Gingerich
Otis Taylor
Delta -Publicity
Milk Production Two Percent Above Prewar Output
Atlantic City report from the National Dairy Council meeting notes milk production about two percent above prewar levels for 1947 with outlook for lower retail prices. Demand expansion is forecast due to high birth rates, but cow herd declines limit gains. a long term program to boost efficiency is planned with the Agriculture Department. National Dairy Council includes industry members excluding farmers.
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Atlantic City
N.jj
National Dairy Council
M. H. Brighton
Dairy Industry Committee
Washington
Brighton
Department of Agriculture
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Fitzgerald
IEFC
Allied Combined Food Board
World Food Allocator
Russia
Argentina
Far East
Highway 22
Albert Hershberger
P. M. Swartzendruber
Auct
R. B.C
Merle E. Garmoe
D.D
Third Street
Iowa City Sales Co
Iowa City
Eee
D. J. Gatens & Sons
Sale
Hist
Lisbon
the Gazette
Chalmers Keller
Mechanicsville
C. W. Schumacher
Marengo
Marion Sauer
Olin
Albert Heeenontenes
Kaona
Tom Dowd
Arthur Bezdek
Prairieburg
Kirk
Keith Beatty
John Tritle
Alburnett
Albert W. Martin and Sons
W. M
G. W. Reed
Lester Macon
L. P. Penningroth
Tipton
Rudolph Niebel
Keystone
Ed Ulch
Cliff Young
Morley
W. R. Lenox
Frank Bys and Sons
Homestead
Evert Stickley
Anamosa
W. E. Tuetken
Loren Brereara
Mi. S
Monticello
L. J. Henderson and Henderson Estate
Deal
Gilmore
Troy Mills
Duroo
Bert Miller
Everett Albrecht
Glenn Brokaw
Hull
Plaim
Adams
Solonon
George
Parizex
Oxford, Va
Markitan
Buchanan
Cedar Bluffs
Harrow
Ford-Ferguson
Concord
Dick Hill
General Electric
Hhe New
Chalmers Keller Tipton State Bank
Clerkipton
Chalils & Plattenberser
Allamakee Tract
Holstein
Stempfle
K Ave
Folger’s Coffee
Venice
del Monte
Eley
MATS
First Street
Cudahy
Campbell's Tomato
Heinz Baby Food
Lux
Don’s Grocery
4Th St
Hills’ Coffee
Tyas
Iveirz
Cewea
el Fortron
Sunkist
Dot
Dor
Salerno
Graham
Spic & Span
Wapasie Valley Butter
Ivory
Golden ‘Valley
Gal
Idrett
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