Cedar Rapids Co op Starts Drying Skimmilk For Government Plant
The Cedar Rapids cooperative dairy began production of dried skimmilk for lend lease with a $50,000 plant financed by an Omaha bank loan. The unit operates at 350 pounds per hour, using a process that concentrates skim milk to less than 2 percent moisture and yields powder for shipment under government orders.
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Iowa
Co-Op
Cedar Rapids
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Uncle Sam
Ray “Ankinson
To the Lad Overseas Dear Son Poem
A wartime letter to a son overseas expresses family concern and support. The sender asks about safety and location, pledges efforts at home to aid the war, and closes with encouragement to persevere. A postscript humorously reflects on comfort items and misused Confucius quotes.
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Son
Superior scores on butter in state contest
Three entries earned superior ratings at the state educational butter scoring contest in Oelwein. Edwin H. Behnke Westgate T W Reida Brooklyn and M J Mikkalson Plymouth delivered superior scores. Eleven entries were excellent and 17 very good with multiple named communes and presenters listed.
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Oelwein
Edwin H. Behnke
Westgate
T. W. Reida
Brooklyn
M. J. Mikkalson
Plymouth
Albert Harms
Ocelwein
Don Neuman
West Union
E. E. Kelley
Emmetsburg
Walter R. Waskow
Waucoma
J. Chamberlin
West Bend
W. A Schroeder
Randalia
C. F. Fischer
Hawkeye
A. Schrandt
F. W. Rustan
Floyd Primus
Greene
Francis Giblin
Ossian
Emmett Mosbach
Ruthven
Ed. Andreasen
Manly
George He
Williamsburg
J. A. Anderson
J. M. Moore
Wayne Mullnix
Wheat Grower Sued for Exceeding AAA Quota
In Omaha the United States filed a federal suit against Allen Prickett a farmer near Arapahoe Nebraska alleging he planted 77 acres for wheat in 1941 and produced 320 bushels over his 39.3 acre quota. The government seeks a 156.80 penalty at 49 cents per bushel.
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Omaha
Nebraska
United States
Joseph T. Votava
Allen Prickett
Arapahoe
Prickett
Big Gain Chick Starter and Developing Mash Promote Faster Growth
Growers seek thriftier flocks and quicker production with Big Gain Chick Starter and Big Gain Developing Mash. The ads emphasize faster development and earlier production to meet higher production goals.
Jerseys bring top prices at Allen Spencer estate sale
The West Branch dispersal at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids sold 21 head including six heifers and four yearlings averaging 269.56 with total 5390. Top price 550 paid by C T and W P Stover for a 2 year old. Second top 500 for a 3 year old. A 3 star bull sold to Bonn Terre Farming and Cattle Co. Other buyers paid 980 for five head, 1040 for three cows and a heifer. Afterward Charlies C Stotts offered 31 Jerseys average 152 with top 205 to Robert Hanes. Auctions handled by Ivan N Gates.
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Jersey
Allen Spencer
West Branch
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
C. T
W. P. Stover
Chino
Calif
Stover
Bonn Terre Farming and Cattle Company
Bonn Terre
Willard Robinson
State Center
Jones
Brenizer
Clarinda
Spencer
Charlies C. Stotts
Jefferson
Robert Hanes
Davenport
Ivan N. Gates
West Liberty
OPA Fixes Corn Parity to End On-Track Price Gap
Des Moines Iowa corn pricing aligns with national parity as an amendment to OPA rules sets the maximum price for carload shipments at on-track price plus actual transportation costs regardless of destination. Previous shipments could fetch higher net prices after outbound shipping, but now local elevators receive only the on-track price plus transport costs. The change aims to keep large Iowa buyers supplied and applies to sales into basing point cities including Chicago and St Louis.
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Des Moines
Iowa
OPA
Towa
Chicago
St. Louis
AAA Officials Named National AAA Administrators
N E Dodd of Baker Oregon named national AAA administrator succeeding Fred Wallace who moved to the farm labor division of the war food administration. LeRoy K Smith of Nebraska named north central region administrator succeeding Harry Schooler. Smith, Iowa native born near Macedonia, Iowa State College graduate, longtime Nebraska wheat grower and former Nebraska wheat control committee chair. Dodd previously head of AAA western region and a Oregon rancher.
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Des Moines
Washington
N. E. Dodd
Baker
Ore
National Aaa
Fred Wallace
Farm Labor Division
War Food Administration
LeRoy K. Smith
Nebraska
North Central Region
Harry Schooler
Mr. Smith
Macedonia
Iowa State
Ames
Traer Area Land Deals Reported by Agents
Four Tama county parcels changed hands near Traer in a Saturday deal list by Conant and King. Mrs George Stoakes and son bought 164 acres for 160 dollars per acre three miles northeast of Traer with possession next March 1. R P Young purchased a 60 acre unimproved tract west of Traer from Robert C Wood. Fred Valenta acquired 120 acres of the Mochal estate in Carroll township for 13400 with immediate possession. Eighty unimproved Mochal acres were bought by Fred Cizek for 3360.
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TRAER
Tama County
Conant and King
Traer Real Estate
George Stoakes
Robert Stoakes
Charles Dunlavey
Robert C. Wood
R. P. Young
R. P. Young, Jr
Fred Valenta
F. J. Mochal
Carroll Township
Mochal
Fred Cizek
Equitable Life agent reports two farm sales near Anamosa
Manchester broker Maurice Fay arranged the Morrissey farm sale five miles east of Anamosa to Robert I. Edwards of Detroit for about 76 dollars per acre, with possession on March 1, 1944. Adam F. Nonnemacher of Manchester bought the Gemmill farm northwest of Manchester for about 71 dollars an acre, taking possession March 1, 1943.
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Manchester
A. H. Aukerman
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Robert I. Edwards
Detroit
Morrissey
Fred Wroblewski
Anamosa
Edwards
Maurice Fay
Adam F. Nonnemacher
Walter Robinson
Mr. Nonnemacher
Robert G. Harris
Hickenlooper Enters Butter-Oleo Dispute in Iowa Meeting
Des Moines report says Gov. Hickenlooper conferred with Iowa State College leaders over a butter oleomargarine controversy sparked by a school pamphlet. Participants included Town State College President Charles E. Finley, agriculture director George W. Godfrey, and state board of education member W. S. Rupe.
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Des Moines
INS
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Town State College
George W. Godfrey
W. S. Rupe
Memssa
State Board of Educaion
Soul Conservation by a Country Woman
Dandelions box elders and English sparrows appear as common, dirty and impertinent yet worthy of grudging respect. The piece argues their hardy proliferation fits natural selection and balances the wider scheme of life, with a wry comparison to people who keep stuffed shirts in constant raised brows.
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Hardihood
Road Tractors Pull Plows Aid to Flooded Ohio Farms
Ohio highway department diverted 175 tractors and crews from weed cutting to plowing to help farmers. Each county gets about two state tractors with 12 inch or 13 inch plows, rented to farmers at a nominal hourly rate. Local farm labor committee selects recipient farms as rains delay planting and raise farm strain.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio
Hal Sours
Sours
Highway Department
Fed and Warmed Up Cattle Fetch Strong Iowa Sale Prices
At the Cedar Rapids Iowa Livestock Exchange sale fed and warmed-up steers ranged 13.50 to 14.90 per cwt with stocker steers at 13.30 to 14.60. Butcher cows moved 11.50 to 12, fed heifers 13 to 14.50, light stock cows 12 and stock heifers 12.50 to 14, and cutter cows 9.35 to 10.50. Veal calves averaged 15.25. wet sows 13, boars 9 to 9.50, feeding shoats 15 to 16, bred gilts 40 to 50.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Berry Pickers Recruited for Montrose Strawberry Patch
The U S crop corps arrived in Montrose to harvest berries with 70 pickers on a 6 acre patch at Bob Knobbs farm. Fort Madison volunteers and the federal unemployment service organized crews of 30 others in local patches. Wages ranged 3 to 4 cents per quart, growers earning about 7 20 per crate. Plans called for 50 workers from Fort Madison every other day during the season.
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Montrose
United States Crop Corps
Delbert T. Foster
Donnellson
Ft. Madison
Foster
Feed Wheat Resolution Passes House
The House approved without opposition a resolution allowing the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell 50,000,000 bushels of government-held wheat for feeding purposes.
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Washington
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cattle Auction Near Marion Fetches Big Prices
E S Beck cattle feeder northeast of Marion sold 20 head of 977 pound steers at Cedar Rapids for 1450 dollars per hundred, totaling over fourteen dollars per head and bringing solid value in the market Friday.
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E. S. Beck
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Ella Gardner Memorial Loan Fund For 4H Girls
A $1 010.23 gift to establish the Ella Gardner Memorial loan fund at Iowa State College was announced in Ames. The fund supports three $100 loans yearly to former 4-H girls in their sophomore year who have strong 4-H records, financial need, a 2.5 college average, and plan to complete a four year course.
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Ames
Ella Gardner
Iowa State College
Miss Gardner
Genevieve Fisher
Paulus Lange
Student Loan Fund
Edith Barker
Iowa
Iowa State
Owner operated land in Iowa hits record high at 47.3 percent
Iowa secretary of agriculture Harry D. Linn reports 1942 owner operated land at 47.3 percent, up 1.3 points from 1941 and 434,638 more acres. Rented land drops to 52.7 percent as farm numbers fall and average farm size reaches a record 165.9 acres amid war-era land use shifts.
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the Gazette
Harry D. Linn
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Linn
Armed Services and
War Industries
Dubuque
Emmet
Northwest
Black Hawk
Chickasaw
Grundy
Clinton
Too Much Rain Delays Iowa Farm Preparations
The Saturday rain blankets Iowa with heaviest falls in the southwest. Ground remains unplowed in parts of eastern Iowa as more rain looms for Sunday, complicating crop plans. Farmers anticipate turning dry fields to soybeans or catch crops, while corn for fodder may receive attention and cattle feeder buying stalls as fat cattle markets stay high.
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Iowa
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