Hog receipts at 12 markets fall 52 percent in nine months
Receipts of salable hogs at 12 principal markets for October to June totaled 48 percent of the prior year. June numbers were 795 580 head versus 2 076 673 a year earlier. Weights rose with barrows and gilts averaging 285 pounds, while prices increased from 12.99 to 14.51 per hundred for barrows and gilts and sows at 13.78. Cattle runs and feeder costs also shifted in June.
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USDA
Office of Marketing Services
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Paul
Farm policy clash and meat safety notes in July issues
The column discusses OPA slaughter quotas and subsidies for cattle at good and choice grades, proposes restoring prewar feeder-grade quotas, and cites USDA totals for 1944 slaughter and inspection. It also covers Farm Safety Week July 22 28, highlighting farm accident risks and the need for safety meetings.
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United States
Barnyard Chatter on Hay Making and Farm Improvements
Richard Wager of Central City uses windrower and tractor buck rake to harvest hay and barnyard windlass to handle forks. Guy Martin sold as a stag weighing 910 pounds for 118.30 after buying a Poland China boat for 35. Clipping weeds boosts pasture. clip when buds form and remove heavy growth to protect grass. Peoples Savings Bank offers 314% farm mortgages at 60% of appraised value for 10 years in Linn and nearby counties.
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Richard Wager
Central City
Guy Martin
The
Peoples Savings Bank
Linn
Adequate Wheat Storage Ready At Kansas City
Kansas City on July 3 1944 faced a potential market strain but officials reported no glut in grain terminals. A storage capacity of 30 million bushels awaited wheat arrivals from Oklahoma and southern Kansas as 1733 cars arrived and 187 were counted by the Board of Trade secretary Walter R. Scott.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kansas City Board of Trade
Walter R. Scott
Board of Trade
Oklahoma
Milk output report from Clayton-Delaware DHIA
In June the 464 cows on test produced an average 864 pounds of milk and 34.4 pounds of butterfat per herd. Twenty six cows were dry. Supervisor George Nusebaum reports Earl Sampson of Greeley had the high herd with 961 pounds of milk and 48.1 pounds of butterfat.
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Manchester
Clayton-Delaware Dhia
George Nusebaum
Earl Sampson
Greeley
France’s War Strain on Farms Halts Production Pace
A International News Service survey outlines sharp declines in 1945 French agricultural output due to wartime destruction of equipment and livestock. Shortages of tractors gasoline and harnesses plus mined fields and airfields curb farming, with 25 percent wheat drop and massive livestock losses amid ongoing negotiations with the Allies for return of requisitioned animals.
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Paris
INS
France
International News Service
Independence Day and the farmer legacy in American history
The Fourth of July tradition gains meaning from colonial farmers who fought at Lexington and who made up most Revolutionary War soldiers. The Declaration signers included leading farmers like Thomas Jefferson, underscoring a long farmer heritage in defending unalienable rights.
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Lexington
Thomas Jefferson
War Tides Threaten Return of Horses to France and Germany
French planners seek the return of thoroughbred and draft horses captured or bought by Germans during the war. They estimate at least 200000 draft horses are urgently needed to rebuild agriculture and cavalry support.
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France
Germany
Extra Care Needed To Avoid Shipping Losses In Summer
The Chicago Producers commission association offers tips to reduce livestock shipping losses in hot months. Key points include light grain feeding before shipping, using wet sand bedding instead of straw or sawdust, avoiding overloading, loading slowly, and not beating or bruising animals. Partition off each species of livestock to reduce stress.
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Chicago Producers Commission Association
Iowa Corn Behind Schedule Across Much of State
Iowa farmers face delayed corn growth with two week lag in many regions due to excessive moisture and cool spells. Some upland areas show rapid development while waterlogged zones hinder emergence. Winter wheat losses occur along the Missouri River border. haymaking progresses with balers aiding harvest amid poor curing weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Missouri River Border Counties
Crop outlook and weather damage pace modest harvest
In hay regions the number of balers is roughly one per 1,000 acres. Fruit growers revise down apples and other tree fruits from prior low outlooks. Reports of wind and hail damage to crops are frequent and lingering.
Strawberries: Mow Leaves Burn and Space Plants for Next Year
Urbana, Ill. A. S. Colby of the University of Illinois urges burning finished leaves to curb pests like the leaf roller and leaf spot. Remove crowded old plants, keep best young plants about one foot apart, and space new runners to 4 to 8 inches. Work soil around mother plants and apply some plant food.
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Urbana
A. S. Colby
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Planting and care tips for strawberry beds
The article advises using well rotted manure or a good commercial fertilizer, worked in wet around each plant and brushed off on crowns. Professor Colby recommends up to 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre, or two pounds per 100 square feet, with watering if dry. A Bordeaux spray and lead arsenate is suggested to control diseases and should be applied after new runner growth begins. Multiple cultivations and boeings are needed to sustain growth into September before winter dormancy.
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Colby
Schoby Re elected Iowa Dairy Commission Chair
C R Schoby of Bode was re elected chairman of the Iowa Dairy Industry commission at the end of a two day meeting in Des Moines. Scott Ellis of Dallas Center was named first vice chairman and Fulmer Hanson of Cedar Falls second vice chairman. Frank Barker serves as secretary. Other members include Frank Holland Milton A B Hawkins Cascade Willard T orgin Decorah Marvin McLain Brooklyn Harry Reese Prescott and George Ruth Onawa.
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Des Moines
C. Rj Schoby
Bode
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Scott Ellis
Dallas Center
Fulmer Hanson
Cedar Falls
Frank Barker
Frank Holland
Milton
A. B. Hawkins
Cascade
Willard Torgrim
Decorah
Marvin McLain
Brooklyn
Harry Reese
Prescott
George Ruth
Onawa
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Life Buoy Soap
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Briardale Ilk
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Iowa Dairy Commission
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