Slump in Egg Production Hits Local Markets
The farm editor notes a rapid drop in egg receipts across Cedar Rapids area stores and wholesale dealers. Retailers report exhausted shelves as managers struggle to secure eggs for the Eat More Eggs campaign. Linn County Produce also warns of a seasonal decline, with buyers stocking up less and hens being culled to cut losses.
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Sur
Ar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Sailor
W. D. Potter
Linn County Produce Company
Marion
Corn Detasselers Pay Rates Set for 1944 Work
Special to The Gazette reports in Iowa county during 1944 detasselers will receive 55 cents an hour with 75 cents hourly rate on Sundays. No overtime premium is provided. A 10 cent per hour bonus applies to workers who stay on as long as their services are needed and have satisfactory performance.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Economists Predict 60 Percent Rise in Postwar Farm Output
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard told Kansas City district Farm Credit officials that government economists believe American farmers could boost food production by as much as 60 percent over prewar levels within six years under favorable conditions. He noted current wartime gains average about 32 percent and stressed the private sector must align consumption with output while maintaining a sound farm credit system. he also cited many farmers using wartime earnings to reduce old debts.
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Kansas City
Claude R. Wickard
District Board of Governors
Farm Credit Administration
Wickard
Senators Call for Investigation of Meat Policies
A group of 21 senators urged an inquiry into the meat and livestock industries arguing the sector is in a deplorable state of confusion due to bureaucratic orders. The effort led by Senator Wherry aims to probe production, processing, distribution, and marketing, extending to agencies and industry players.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Director of Economic Stabilization
Meat storage stocks stay high in Chicago market report
June 1 cold storage meat holdings totaled 1,163,799 pounds, the heaviest for the date since 1920, though about 45 million pounds under a month earlier. Beef led declines, pork held steady, lamb and mutton dipped, and lard plus k fat stock remained down from a month before, with about three fourths of total owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Chicago
Ers
Commodity Credit Corporation
Potatoes Can Be Protected From Disease
Ames report urges potato growers to guard against late blight by thorough spraying. Extension botanist E. P. Sylvester cautions wet weather increases risk, notes recent wisconsin appearance and potential Iowa spread within ten days. Weekly to ten day sprays with Bordeaux mixture or copper lime dust advised, with pressure and equipment guidance for effective coverage.
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Ames
E. P. Slywester
Iowa State College
Wisconsin
Iowa
Sylvester
Colorado
Preventing Late Blight Spread Through Cleanliness
To avoid late blight disease destroy all old potatoes cull piles and volunteer plants from all sources. Clean premises thoroughly bury old potatoes deeply and destroy supply bases likely to spread blight to nearby cultivated plants.
Swine Council Urges Hog Raisers to Plan Production Wisely
DES MOINES AP The war time swine industry council urged hog raisers to plan production for the balance of 1944 reasonably wisely and patriotically. Farmers were warned some have reduced plans below government goals risking unmet quotas for armed forces lend lease and home use. The council urged farmers to survey feed and facilities and plan to produce as many hogs as they can feed and care for properly within those limits.
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Des Moines
Swine Industry Council
War Food Administration
Berens Buys 112 Acres Near Edgewood for 3714 Per Acre
Otto H. Berens, insurance agent, purchases 112 acres in Elk township between Edgewood and Elkport from Than Hammond for 37 an acre. Buildings described as fair condition. 75 acres tillable. Possession to be given March 1, 1945.
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Edgewood
Otto H. Berens
Elk Township
Here
Elkport
Than Hammond
Fall Outlook for Dairy Products
The War Food Administration said the fall outlook for fluid milk and dairy products is good though butter and evaporated milk may be scarcer for civilians. Tom G. Stitts noted nearly all national milk production in the recent flush period was used as fluid milk or for essential dairy products.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
National
Tom G. Stitts
WFA
Dairy and Poultry Branch
Sheep Dipping Urged After Shearing in Iowa Flocks
Soon after shearing both ewes and lambs should be dipped to control ticks, a common external parasite of sheep in Iowa.
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Iowa
Highland Clearance Amid War Preparations In Scotland
Scottish farmers remove families and assets to clear land for a battle training school. Over 200 horses and 2000 cattle, thousands of sheep, grain, potatoes, and hay moved. Local workers, Women’s Land Army and Home Guards aided evacuation, completed on schedule, as communities anticipate returning home after the war.
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Olation
Women’s Land Army
Home Guards
Evacuation and Loss of Farm Life in Northern Scotland
The piece likens leaving a farm to uprooting a home with cattle crops barns and gear, noting the emotional toll of moving goods and animals to a bare new dwelling. It recalls evacuating nearly 100 farms in northern Scotland under military necessity within a month.
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Scotland
Droste Receives War Bond Award for Dairy Calf Work
Bremer county 19 year old 4 H club worker John F. Droste will receive a $25 war bond from Standard Oil for outstanding agricultural achievement. Droste has a notable record in breeding and showing dairy calves and the presentation will be broadcast by KXEL at noon Saturday.
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Waverly
John F. Droste
Bremer County
Standard Oil Company
John
Droste
KXEL
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