All Iowa Fair Hosts Futurity for Duroc Breeders
Duroc breeders plan exhib it at the All Iowa pig congress new open swine show. fair manager Andy Hanson says $100 added to futurity nomination fees for Duroc and other breeds. Entries open Aug 15 with classes for Poland Chinas Spotted Polands Durocs Chester Whites Hampshires and Berkshires. Judge is R L Pemberton with Wilbur Plager supervising.
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Andy Hanson
Hanson
E. E. Enockson and Son
Williamsburg
Gerald Nevins
Iowa
Ciy
E W. Thomas
Iowa City
Howard Berry
Frank Bos
Amana
Carey Brothers
Marengy
Earl W. Gibson
Aurora White Laren
Chester
Wilbur Plager
Des Moines
Iowa Swine Producers Association
J Morris Christy
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Pemberton
Peoria, NL
American Hampshire Registry
Severe hailstorm strikes near Millersburg region
A severe hailstorm damaged an area about five miles wide and ten miles long near Millersburg on Tuesday evening, according to a special report. Local reports describe extensive hail impact in the Miller sburg vicinity.
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the Gazette
Millersburg
Livestock Prices Show Wide Gains Since November 1947
Chicago AP reports livestock prices have among the broadest gains since November 1947 while grain and other farm commodities mostly declined. President Truman asks Congress for power to set price ceilings at November 1947 levels or nearest period, with specifics on commodities unclear.
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Chicago
Truman
Congress
Futures Market In Apples Set To Open Aug 16
Chicago mercantile officials announced the first organized futures market in apples will open August 16 at the exchange. Washington State Delicious and Winesaps will be the base grades with initial trading in October 1948 and January 1949 for Delicious and December 1948 and February 1949 for Winesaps. Fluctuations will be one cent per box per contract of 800 boxes.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Mercantile
Exchange
Washington State
Four Billion Bushel Corn Crop Possible Says Farmers
Farmers optimistic as weather and rains push corn toward a record crop. They note conditions could yield about four billion bushels, roughly a quarter more than prior highs, though hail and wind pockets will cause localized losses. Farmers see this crop as a potential inflation counterweight and favor supply expansion over price controls.
Chopped Hay Fire Hits Farm Near Wyoming
A spontaneous combustion blaze started Thursday at the Russell Anderson farm four miles west of Wyoming. A corner of the barn caught fire but the Wyoming fire department controlled it with chemicals and no hay needed removal.
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Wyoming
Russell Anderson
Wyoming Fire Department
Allamakee Farmer Hurt In Fall from Oats Bin
Walter Fell, a Ludlow Township farmer, is hospitalized in Postville with a crushed vertebra and internal injuries after a harvest accident on his farm. He fell from an oats bin while at the elevator in his granary.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Walter Fell
Ludlow Township
Postville Hospital
Wall Named FAO Director of Information
Duncan Wall was appointed as the new director of Information for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Washington. The announcement confirms his leadership role and agency duties continuing in the FAO system.
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Wall
FAO
Washington
Duncan Wall
The
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Linn County Board Sets Payment for Claim and Appointments
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors accepted a 335000 full payment offer for a claim and approved related disbursements. They also approved the resignation of a clerk and appointed Rose Malefizek and Martyro Mah to the County Treasurer’s office, with salaries set. The minutes note audits, official bonds, and continuations of various county services and payrolls through July 27, 1948.
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Joma
Ying
Petty
Fice
Torluss
Beeree
Seevell
Cedar Pid Horsemen's Club
Aestern Lowa
Weil
Euservise Petty Rt Repo
Arthur Axmear
Siatrict
Fle
Beevet
Sipervisor
Petry
Allie Rowray
Rose Maleferizek
Martyro
Sulis
Company T S. Fing
Geevel
Perty
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Brody
Beeves
Uty County
Fn Towing Realy von Wae
Edortec A. Membera
Lann Unt
Linn County Auditorie
Mike Eicher
Mike Etcher
Clay
Government announces 1948 corn price support program
The U S department of agriculture will back 1948 crop corn at 90 percent of Oct 1 1948 parity about 1.60 per bushel. Loans via CCC Dec 1 1948 to Jun 30 1949 cover on farm stored corn except areas with armyworm infestation where loans end Mar 31 1949. Purchase agreements run Dec 1 1948 to Jun 30 1949 in all loan areas.
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U S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Commodity Credit, Corporation
State Production and Marketing Administration
Judges Named For Gadget Show At National Field Day
Judges for the National Farm Field Day gadget contest were announced Thursday. Rex Conn Gazette farm editor Louie Hanken Jones corn farm bureau president and Ray Happel Cedar Rapids implement dealer will judge home made farm inventions vying for $360 prize money. Over 500 farm people from ten eastern Iowa counties are organizing exhibits and grassland demonstrations at the event site ten miles east of Anamosa on U S Highway 64.
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Anamosa
Rex Conn
Gazette Farm
Louie Hanken
Jones Corn Farm Bureau
Ray Happel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Jones County
Russell Anderson
Art Lincoln
U. S. Highway 64
Ossian Area Men Shock 42 Acres of Oats in Hour
Ossian residents shocked 42 acres of oats in one hour and 15 minutes on the Norton Lofstuen farm northeast of Ossian. Mr Lofstuen was reported ill and hospitalized in Iowa City.
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The
Gazette
Ossian
Norton Lofstuen
Mr. Lofstuen
Iowa City
Morley Farm Barley Field Yields 713 Bushels
A 15 percent acre field of barley on the H. D. Smith farm one mile north of Morley produced 713 bushels. Charlie Seeger at the town’s edge reports Clinton oats at 80 bushels per acre.
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Morley
H. D. Smith
Charlie Seeger
Record Crop Jams Storage At Terminals
Prosperity floods the farm as U S grain crops may exceed 6 billion bushels with no storage space. Kansas City terminal officials report wheat and oats overloads while embargoes and CCC buying fail to ease the glut. Corn and sorghums threaten record yields, intensifying the storage crisis nationwide.
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Theis
Clayton Fair at National to Be Held Next Week
The Clayton County fair in Iowa will run Friday through Sunday August 6 7 and 8. The event features the Clayton county 4 H achievement show, with secretary Art Seeland noting a record 4 H exhibit is expected.
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National
Clayton County
Iowa
Art Seeland
Hanson to Discuss All-Iowa Fair on Lets Talk It Over
Andy Hanson manager of the All Iowa fair will be Rex Conn's guest on Lets Talk It Over a KCRG farm interview Sunday at 8 am. They will discuss Hawkeye Downs new buildings and equipment and fair preparations nearing opening in two weeks.
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Andy Hanson
Rex Conn
KCRG
Hawkeye Downs
Oats Suggested For Summer Dairy Rations
Iowa State extension agent Robert Fincham says oats offer a cooler summer feed for dairy cows with less heat from carbohydrates. A proposed ration blends 400 lb corn and cob meal, 400 lb ground oats, and 100 lb high protein meal, plus guidance on amounts per milk yield. For calves, he recommends hulled oats with ground shelled corn and bran and high protein feed.
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Ames
Iowa
Robert Fincham
Iowa State College Extension An
Fincham
Spray Must Hit Grasshoppers To Be Effective
SHENANDOAH INS Extension Entomologist Harold Gunderson says spraying cornfields to prevent grasshopper damage is not practical. He notes the spray must reach the grasshoppers directly and there is no reliable way to predict their next meal or keep sprays potent for long.
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Shenandoah
INS
Harold Gunderson
What's What Out on the Acres
Rex Conn interviews Harold Carlson, 40, owner of 160 acres five miles northwest of Atkins. Carlson discusses hay chopping, moisture needs, silage use, labor, 42 cattle on feed in about 60 days, and possible fall cattle purchases in Kansas City. He raises 225 spring pigs and notes mixed political habits with leaning toward Democrats or Wallace for the fall.
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Harold Carlson
Atkins
Cherylyn
Hayfield
Kansas City
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