Complex Problems Hit Food Producers Wary Of Weather
Weather and policy collide with farming. The piece notes 1943 feed grain yields may fall 10 percent from 1942, corn movement hampered by hedging and price ceilings, uncertain subsidies, shifts in ration points, and looming meat and dairy supply concerns. Farmers vow to push production despite hours and pay, with Mechansville reports four pound broilers at four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Farmers Change Hands at $200 An Acre in Linn County
Joe Sinaiko of Cedar Rapids bought 160 acres northeast of Marion from C. A. Wissler at $200 an acre with July possession. Wissler plans an early auction. Estate and Fenton farm sales in Anamosa at $200 per acre to Dasenbrock, both handled by George P. Witwer and company Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sinaiko
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Milling Company
Marion
C. A. Wissler
Wissler
Linn
George P. Witwer
Anamosa
E. A. Fenton
R. E. Dasenbrock
Ryan
Fenton
Catherine MacNamara
Ely
Wiliam J. Buresh
United Benefit Life Insurance Company of
Omaha
Pohorsky
Tait and Wagner Company
Cedar Rapids Realtors
The
Gazette
Toddville
Henry Krause
Melvin McBurney
McBurney
Krause
Buckingham
Equitable Life Assurance Company
United States
John Hinz
Here
Leonard Norris
Leo Meewes
Norris
Dale Whannell
Meewes
Midland Mortgage reports large Iowa land sales totals
F C Waples of Midland Mortgage Co Cedar Rapids said sales since mid May totaled 3 123 acres across 16 farms for 234 430 dollars averaging over 75 dollars an acre. Top price was 160 per acre in Hardin county. lows were 20 per acre in Madison county.
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F. C. Waples
Midland Mortgage Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Steers Fetch $17 Cwt in Chicago Trade
Henry Becker of Manchester Delaware county sold 40 head of feeder steers weighing 1,162 pounds each at Chicago on Wednesday for 17 dollars per hundredweight.
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Manchester
Henry Becker
Delaware County
Chicago
Soil loss in eastern Iowa prompts soil saving drive
In 1943 Iowa farmers face severe topsoil erosion from spring rainfall. County Agent Burns Byram notes fields near Gladstone washed planter marks and lists farmers Bryan Boatman and Asa Thomas inspecting a contoured field. A grass buffer strip on another farm reduced erosion as shown by the dirt being held back.
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Iowa
Burns Byram
Toledo
Gladstone
G. B Carson
Byram
Bryan Boatman
Tama County District
Sml
Asa Thomas
Commercial Club
Boatman
Thomas
Emil Ledvina
Strawberries Doing Well in Eastern Iowa Report
Ames horticulturists led by S Nichols report a normal strawberry crop for eastern Iowa despite rain and cold. They note heavy bloom in eastern Iowa, potential 50 percent production drop near Ames, large berries, some rot from rains, and pests like slugs and leaf rollers. They warn about control options and discuss orchard damage from past freezes.
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AMEE
Harold Gunderson
Gunderson
Tipton Elmer Gehris Sells Hogs at Chicago Market
Cedar county farmer Elmer Gehris sold 62 hogs averaging 277 pounds on Friday in Chicago at 14.10 per hundredweight. He also moved eight 400 pound sows at 13.90 and ten 574 pound sows at 13.60.
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Tipton
Elmer Gehris
Cedar County
Chicago
Feeder Steers Top At $15 In Cedar Rapids Auction
Freshy feeder steers sold at 15.00 per cwt and higher at the Cedar Rapids Livestock exchange auction. Fed and warmed-up steers moved 13.75 to 14.75 per cwt, stockers 13.50 to 14.25, butcher cows around 12.50, and heifers about 13.75. Stock cows and heiferettes 11.25 to 12.25, stock heifers 13 to, cutters 9.25 to 10, canners 6.75 to 8.25 with shelly stock as low as 6.25. Lambs weighed 12.75 to 13.50, lighter bulls 11.50 to 12.50, average calf price 15.50 with some 18 per cwt choice calves. Lights and bolts 8 to 13, bred gilts 13.25 per cwt. No feeder pigs offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Hampshire Type Conference Set for June at U of Illinois
The 1943 Hampshire type conference will be held June 18-19 at the University of Illinois Urbana with a focus on sow farrowing ability and rapid economical gains for hogs. About 500 attendees from 20 states are expected. 120 hogs including show ring winners and seven all American selections will be shown. Barrow classes and purebreds are judged across June 18 and 19 with barrows slaughtered and carcasses evaluated on June 19.
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U. of Illinois
Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Hampshire Swine Registry
Chicago
Maldistribution Not Scarcity Ails Corn in Iowa
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Harry Linn says unequal corn distribution, not overall supply, pressurizes livestock feeders. April 1 stocks totaled 357,190,000 bushels, 53 percent above the ten year average. CCC holdings around 65,000,000 bushels not included. He warns supplies will tighten by year end as hog and livestock numbers grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harry Linn
Iowa
Linn
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
C North
Nothwest
Five sows produce 63 pigs in spring farrow at Monticello
Johnny Tschantz of the Hardscrabble area near Monticello reports five sows farrowed 63 pigs this spring with 56 surviving. The pigs are now three months old.
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Monticello
Johnny Tschantz
Dairy Show Cancelled in Waterloo for 1943
Waterloo dairy events shift with 1943 cancellation of the Dairy Cattle Congress. 4-H dairy heifer and possibly 4-H colt shows are planned for September 4 to 6, sponsored by the Iowa Day association. Hippodrome program and livestock parade remain part of the exposition, while the Belgium horse show is omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
E & Estel
Estes
Towa Day Association
Dany Cats
Belgium
Angus Field Day Set for June 19 Near Donnellson
Donnellson area hosts an Angus field day at the Fox Whitehead farm twelve miles south of town. BJ Barton of the American Aberdeen Breeders Association will lead the demonstration with H H Kildee of Ames and E H Trowbridge of Missouri discussing placings. Carl Oldsen of Ames and the Iowa Beef Producers association will cover purebred heifer clubs. Jesers and Guernseys should be fed one pound of grain per two and a half to three pounds of milk.
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Donnellson
Angus Cate
Fox Whitehead
Barton
American Aberdeen Breeders’ Assocation
Chicago
H H. Kildee
Ames
E H Trowbridge
University of Missouri
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Guernseys
Hughage Ratin
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Ray Anderson
Mechanicsville
Maurice Moffitt
New Hampshire
BIG Gain News
Masog City
Big Gain
West Union
Economy Lumber Company
Tih
Dinsdale
Ernest F. Smoldt
Reinbeck
Roy Strohbehn
Lester Fleming
East
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd ST
C St. SW
Angus Field
Honeymead
Honeymead Products
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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