One Third of State Needs Rain Badly
Iowa corn progress varied with heat and a prolonged dry spell. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports one third of the state still needs rain, with some fields too tall to cultivate and others just beginning detasseling. Rainfall ended a dry spell in parts but erosion and flood damage occurred in northwest counties. Soybeans, oats, winter wheat, hay, pastures, and cucumber crops show mixed results as harvests begin.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Little Sioux Valley
Sioux City
Harrison
Monona
Detasseling Underway On 74 Acre Lee Stinger Farm
Detasseling began Tuesday afternoon on a 74 acre hybrid corn field at the Lee Stinger farm. Sixty workers, all girls, are employed with supervision by an Anamosa woman.
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MT Vernon
Lee Stinger
AAA Seed Harvest Payments Improved Under 1944 AAA
State AAA notes removal of acreage limit to qualify for 3.50 per acre seed payments as part of the 1945 plan. Farmers may harvest as much as available and receive the per acre rate plus poundage payments of 3.5 cents per pound for red clover and 2.14 cents per pound for alfalfa and alsike. About 60 percent of a $12.5 million fund will cover these seed payments beginning July 1, 1944.
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AAA
State Committee
Farm Machinery Output Up and Ration List Reduced
Washington report notes higher farm machinery production allows reducing rationed types from 31 to 19 after July 20. Continued high output is expected to maintain near 1940 production for the next year. Items still rationed include combines corn binders corn pickers manure spreaders mowers and tractors. In Mt Vernon Vincent Wolrab, 4, cut both hands in a hay pulley accident on his family farm and was hospitalized.
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Washington
War Food Administration
MT. Vernon
Vincent Wolrab
Milo Wolrab
Wolrab
Iowa City
Governor to Address Linn County 4-H Meeting
Governor B B Hickenlooper will speak at the Linn county 4-H achievement show at Hawkeye Downs on Thursday evening August 24. He will crown the Linn county 4-H food production queen from 20 club nominees based on contribution to food production and leadership. Nominees and parents will dine with The Gazette on August 23, and the 4-H girls will honor the governor by initiating him as an honorary member of Linn county 4-H.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Linn County
Hawkeye Downs
D. D Offringa
Offringa
Corn Stocks on Iowa Farms Least Since '37
Iowa farmers held 173,735,000 bushels of corn on July 1, 1944, about 8 million above the ten year average and 62 million below last year’s level. The July carryover is 29 percent of 1943’s record crop, the lowest since 1936-37. Oats carryover is 34,962,000 bushels, near the ten year average, while soybeans total 3,540,000 bushels, the largest July farm storage on record.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Wounded Veteran To Speak at Monticello Rally
Ssgt. Allen F Anderson of Watertown Wisconsin will be among speakers at a Jones county fairgrounds rally July 20. The para trooper veteran, wounded in Sicily, receives care at Schick hospital Clinton. The program features other army navy speakers to urge help for harvesting and processing canning crops. Andy Woolfries of Cedar Rapids will discuss Royal Navy service in the British Isles. The event is sponsored by the War Manpower Commission and local civic groups.
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Monticello
Allen F Anderson
Watertown
Wis
Jones County Fairgrounds
M. W. Sliter
Cedar War Manpower Commission Office
Sgt. Anderson
Sicily
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Army
Navy
Jones County
Sliter
Andy Woolfries
Cedar Rapids
British Isles
Royal Navy
War Manpower Commission
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Digestion Aid
An old style ad claims poor digestion causes headaches and irritability. It asserts Nature produces digestive juice daily and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase flow within 30 minutes, urging readers to buy for 10 or 25 cents at any drugstore.
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Nature
Carter
$15,000 Paid For 240 Acres At Edgewood
Special to The Gazette Edgewood Mr and Mrs Jesse E Gleason of Edgewood bought a 240 acre farm three miles east on highway 10 from Spahn and Rose Lumber for 15000 The farm has 160 acres cultivated and the rest pasture possession given subject to a lease to Gordon Tibbett The Kerna han Land company of Oelwein handled the deal Walker Fred Weber sold his 80 acre farm 314 miles east of Walker to Everett Joyce Possession will be given March 1.
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Edgewood
Jesse E. Gleason
Here
Highway 10
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
Gordon Tibbett
Kernahan Land Company
Oelwein
Walker
Fred Weber
Everett Joyce
Farms change hands near here in two sales
Special to The Gazette. Mrs. Ryan Maraguete recently sold her 120 acre farm two miles east of here to Peter Lahr for 15000. Albert Zumbach bought the 127 acre Kate Sullivan farm six miles east of here for 100 an acre. Both farms are well improved.
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Ryan
Maraguete Drummy
Here
Peter Lahr
Albert Zumbach
Kate Sullivan
Barnyard Chatter on Steers and Weeds Clipping Advice
F. W. Schiele of Bennett on the Chicago market with 60 head of fat steers. Farmers urged timely weed clipping to promote pasture growth and ensure grazing. Guidance covers clipping height, weed bud formation, and avoiding heavy stubs. Tips include dairy herd management in heat, shading, water, and using low-cost farm loans at The Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids.
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F. W. Schiele
Bennett
Chicago
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
OPA Sets 1944 Potato Prices and July Adjustments
OPA announced nationwide prices for the 1944 potato crop and set July levels for sweet potatoes. White potato prices stay near 1943 levels while sweet potatoes average about ten cents per pound. July shipping point prices rise 20 cents per hundredweight in Nebraska and 30 cents in Maryland North Carolina Virginia. Prices in July range from $3 to $2.50 per hundredweight depending on state.
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Washington
INS
OPA
Iubor
Nebraska
Kansas
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
Vermont
Utah
Idaho
Arm Broken by Pulley Injures Local Farmer
Lavern McCollister a farmer west of Toledo suffered a broken arm Monday when his arm was caught in a pulley during chicken feed grinding. He required medical attention and was treated for injuries.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Lavern McCollister
Here
Johnson 4-H Clubs Lead in Bond Sales
Johnson county 4-H girls clubs won the banner award at the state convention as 89 counties reported bond and stamp sales. John son County raised 507,139.33 dollars toward a state goal later doubled and exceeded with a final total of 1,792,724.05 dollars. Mahaska Webster Cass Muscatine Pocahontas counties also earned honors for strong records in the program.
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Ames
Johnson County
Iowa
Mahaska
Webster
Cass
Muscatine
Pocahontas
Iowa Milk Output Falls From Last Year in June
Iowa dairy herds produced 737 million pounds of milk in June, 37 million below last June’s record. Output is the lowest for June since 1940, though May production reached 748 million. Labor tightness and feed conditions reduced milk per cow, while cow numbers held near 1943 levels. For the first half of 1944, dairy conditions face ongoing challenges.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M Carl
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl
Milk output and pasture conditions across the state
Milk production is estimated at 3.689 billion pounds for the period, below last year’s first half record of 3.770 billion. Pasture condition on July 1 stood at 98 percent, down one point from June 1 but the highest July 1 reading since 1919 except 1942, with pastures generally good to excellent statewide.
Limited Embargo on Chicago Wheat Shipments
CHICAGO UP An embargo blocks all wheat shipments into Chicago except from Indiana and Illinois effective at midnight Tuesday. J S Brown permit agent Interstate Spring insuite says a permit system prevents abnormal wheat buildup as public elevator space is nearly full. Illinois Indiana growers may ship without a permit others must apply and may face delays.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
J. S. Brown
Brown
Pepto-Bismol Promoted as Soothing Stomach Aid
An advertisement touts Pepto-Bismol as a non-laxative stomach remedy for after meals distress gas and heartburn. It claims physicians endorse it and notes it tastes good to children and is a Norwich product.
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Norwich
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