Packers Halt Hog Buying at Iowa Concentration Yards
Iowa hog buyers halted Tuesday as yards ran over capacity and cooling space, with packers reluctant to take hogs amid War Food Administration and OPA uncertainties. Cedar Rapids saw record livestock runs and price drops as farmers sold hogs amid weather and policy fears.
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Packers
Iowa
Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Wilson ‘and Company
Midwest
Howor
Tarnties
Henry County Cow Sets Butterfat Record in Iowa
The Henry County Home Mt Pleasant received a lifetime production certificate from the Iowa Holstein Breeders Association for a cow that yielded 58 481 pounds of milk and 2007 1 pounds of butterfat in four lactations. The cow averaged over 214 times the state dairy average. A 2 000 pounds butterfat minimum and owner nomination seeded eligibility. Last year 99 Iowa Holstein cows were recognized.
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Waterloo
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
Bill Diamond
State Association
Ames Dairy Husbandry Department
Iowa
Diamond
Linn Lumber Allotment To Be Explained
John Wagor the U S D A war board chairman in Linn county announced a Friday 10 a m session for lumber dealers at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. The meeting will explain the CPA special lumber allotment of 275000 board feet of softwood for building and repairs to boost food production.
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John Wagor
Linn County
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
CPA
Wagor
Women’s Farm Bureau conference attendees discuss rural programs
Tipton Cedar county officials Mrs. Louis Thordsen and Mrs. Willard Light joined Laura Heddleson at the state summer conference of the Farm Bureau Women’s Committee from June 27 to 29. The group debated current agricultural problems and planned next year’s Iowa Rural Women’s program at a Tuesday meeting led by Sarah Porter Ellis.
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Tipton
Women’s Committee
The
Farm Bureau
Louis Thordsen
Cedar County
Willard Light
Lisbon
Laura Heddleson
Iowa
Sarah Porter Ellis
Fence Drift Recalls Marvin Jones as New War Food Chief
The article notes Marvin Jones, a Texan and son of a Jones family, now heads the War Food Administration. It contrasts his role with predecessor Chester Davis, calling Jones a likable figurehead with veteran experience, well groomed and affable, and questions how he will work with farmers.
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Jones
War Food Administration
Marvin Jones
Chester Davis
White House
Farm leaders react to Davis resignation
Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau says the forced resignation of Chester C. Davis signals the administration favors organized labor over food production. He calls for a single experienced administrator to control production and pricing and warns the current policy endangers the food supply.
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Des Moines
Chester C. Davis
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Johnson
Wickard
Davis
One-Man Baler Announced for Family Farms
CHICAGO AP Development of a one man pickup hay baler, a new design to convert large crew work to a one man operation, was announced by a farm equipment maker. Production will start when tools and materials are available. The machine handles both tractor and baler automatically and produces water shed cylindrical bales bound with binder twine.
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Chicago
Riverside Herd Sells Herefords On Chicago Market
Edward Schneider of Riverside sold a load of choice Hereford steers two miles west of town on the Chicago market. The cattle averaged 1,279 pounds and brought 16.85 dollars per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Riverside
Edward Schneider
Here
Chicago
Barn Raising At Maynard Rebuilds Wind-Damaged Farm
A barn raising occurred Saturday June 26 at the George Lowry farm to replace a structure destroyed by a recent wind storm. Jack Judas supervised as the carpenter in charge of the project.
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Maynard
George Lowry Farm
Jack Judas
Plots on Soil Saving Tilled in Clayton
Eight Clayton county farmers established soil saving test plots with corn drilled up and down hill and contour drilled plots. Ole Embretson reports yield checks and soil loss estimates will be made through summer with harvest comparisons planned.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Ole Embretson
Farmersburg
County Soils District Commissioners
Embretson
Alvin Vogt
Edwin Dettman
Rose Matt
Lloyd Kaiser
Farmersburg Township
LeRoy Eberhart
Elmer Allyn
Ray Lange
Alfred Pufahl
Garnaville
Tama
Fayette
Contouring Increases Yields On Sloped Fields
In 1942 contour strip cropping on long slope fields preserved moisture and boosted yields. Mr Embretson notes that despite favorable moisture, results show higher yields from contouring.
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Embretson
$160 an Acre For Eighty
MANCHESTER The George Tischhauser 80 acre farm two miles northeast of Manchester sold this week to William Glass of Dundee by Baum Realty Service for 160 dollars per acre. Possession is set for March 1, 1944. The farm features black loam soil, woven wire fencing, a modern home and electrification near a graveled road by a school.
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Manchester
George Tischhauser
William Glass
Dundee
Baum Realty Service Company
Delaware County
Schoolman Hired As Farm Labor Aid In Cedar County
Tipton announced E. A. Thompson, Tipton high school principal, will serve as temporary farm labor field assistant in Cedar county. He will direct the labor program from the post office building to mobilize all available labor across towns. With hay needs rising, farmers are urged to contact neighbors and arrange help or share work.
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Tipton
E. A. Thompson
Tipton High School
Cedar County
Howard A. Hamilton
Thompson
Hamilton
Knee High at Maynard Crop Update
Knee high corn in Maynard due to heat. Haying active. Oats heads emerging and good quality. Early peas being picked and canned. Strawberries reported excellent quality with good yields in early potatoes.
Nebraska pig crop rises 52 percent over last year
Nebraska's 1943 spring pig crop reached a record high since 1933, 52 percent above the prior year. Agriculture officials in Lincoln reported 4,581,000 spring pigs saved and projected the year’s total at about 6,564,000, the fourth highest on record.
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Lincoln
INS
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Iowa Tops Pulu Sleeping Sickness Cases In Last Year
Dr. John R. Mohler reports in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association that Iowa led the nation with 1 217 cases of infectious horse sleeping sickness last year from a national total of 4 939. He warns that outbreaks are hard to predict and vaccination before exposure offers proven safety where the disease has appeared.
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Chicago
Iowa
John R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Mohler
Yank First Volunteer For British Farm Work
Private Houston Quinn of Atlanta Georgia became the first volunteer to report for duty amid thousands of non farmers aiding Britain’s farm manpower effort. He spent the first eight days of a two week leave on a farm in Bedfordshire County. He was joined by British soldiers, London clerks and school children.
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London
Houston Quinn
Atlanta
Quinn
County Bedfordshire
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing Town Meeting Notice
The Town Council of Palo Linn County Iowa will meet July 6 1943 at 8 p m at the school house. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the 1944 estimated expenditures with a detailed receipts and disbursements statement available at the hearing. William Swallon Town Clerk.
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Palo
Linn County
Iowa
William Swallon
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OPA
War Food Administrator
Fred Vinson
Great Britain and
Holland
Powder Monkey
U.S. Treasury Department
Ree Telge
Linn
Cedar
Aurex Cedar Rapids Co
Higley
D. I. Danluck
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd ST
R.F.A
Mt. Auburn
Traer
Dysart
Neville Flagel
Alvin Bierbaum
Stephen G. Donlon
Fascher Brothers
Boardman Township
Honeymead
Cedar Rap
Schoolman
Yank
Eseae
Saeco
Eseree
Sayman
Peterman
Miles Alka Seltzer
DRUC
Second Street
Bordeaux
Cigs
Absorbine Jr
Kruschen
Puff-Fe
Puff-Ee Jae
Lano Vont
Williams
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