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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1946
Page
4
Iowa State college economist Earl O Heady argues that future growth hinges on greater capital use rather than more labor. Invest in labor saving machinery livestock fertilizer and conservation. individual farmers may expand operations but the statewide answer is larger capital investment.
Elgin Officers of the Elgin Cooperative company re elected at the organization's annual meeting Saturday were E L Bauder president Harold Opland vice president Hilder Gilbertson secretary treasurer Max Medberry manager Roy Knight assistant manager George Metzger hog buyer
Two hundred forty six head of horses and mules sold at the Midway Sales pavilion on Thursday. A pair of sorrel geldings aged six and seven, weighing about 4 000 pounds, brought 255 dollars. Heavy draft mares and geldings sold for 230 dollars, light weight mares 210 dollars, and sorrel geldings 200 dollars.
Minnesota dairy expert Dr. W E Peterson explains cows like Susie are neurotic due to human interaction. Maladjusted social order and mistreatment or pampering raise anxiety and reduce milk output. Changing milkers improved one cow by 62 percent. another cow Esmerelda needed firm leadership to cooperate. Preventive understanding of cows matters.
Linn County Iowa February 19 1946 proceedings show the board meeting with Supervisors Seevell Beeson and Petty present. minutes approved. tax compromises authorized for Howard L Van Alst. real estate deed sale approved to Kenneth L Ries and Leona Ries for 6000. highway project report approved. various claims allowed and paid from County Fund Jail and other funds. adjournment to February 26 1946.
Iowa State College wildlife specialist Ellis Hicks describes the killdeer, its spring arrival around March 10, habitat preferences, nesting in open ground with camouflaged four-egg nests, its distraction display to protect the nest, diet of insects, and detailed plumage and physical characteristics of the male and female.
Farm sale prices remained high at season end. At the Irvin Gressley farm auction top cow brought 154, summer calves 70, broad sows 43 and oats 81 cents. Milk cows sold 140 to 200, a cow with calf 205, Hampshire gifts 58. Peter White farm sale stock cows 173, spring calves 80.
In Boston the Commodity Credit Corporation price reductions spurred demand for pulled wools while greasy domestic wools sold below expectations. Short wools saw top makers absent from the market as commission buyers pursued sorting and scouring foreign wools. Foreign Montevideo wools stayed active as price spreads narrowed. Domestic wools appraised for CCC totaled 1,757,000 pounds for the week ending Feb 21, with cumulative appraisals at 341,785,223 pounds.
Iowa City Johnson county Farm Bureau celebrated reaching the 1946 goal of 1 000 members with a Saturday night party in the community building. The 250 new members were specially invited guests.
Elkader The Elkader Co-op will hold its annual meeting at the opera house on Thursday March 7. Officers will be elected during the business session starting at 10 a.m. A noon dinner will be served at the Evangelical church.
A list of upcoming farm auctions includes dairy sales near Anamosa and Newhall, closing out sales near Springville and Coggan, a horse sale in Ridgeway, a land sale near Williamsburg, public sales near Springville, and a closing out sale in Fairfax. Key organizers include R H Lincoln Frank Randall H E Howden Mrs James Welsh E L Hill Franck and Boddicker A W McArthur Zack McArthur.
Five Winneshiek farms altered ownership last week per county recorder James Hepburn. Transfers include 80 acres in Frankville Township Pfister to Clarence Peterson for 13000 dollars, 160 acres in Calmar Po lansky to James Humpal for 14000, 144 acres in Pleasant Township Finholt to Wesley Kratz for 12500, 80 acres in Hesper Goldberg to Henning Rotvold for 5200, and 80 acres from QO A Lee to G C Russell for 4500.
Washington AP. Ceiling price increases for grain were announced, easing congressional criticism of the OPA but leaving doubts about a 1.854 million dollar deficiency appropriation for enforcement. Senator Thomas praised the moves as overdue and said they lessen concerns over a grain black market. The raises range from three to four cents per bushel for wheat corn barley oats and rye and take effect Monday. A final note ties livestock earnings to legume and grass cover on 15 to 25 percent of tillable land.
Durward Lyon Toledo, Ames-Durward Lyon Toledo, Iowa 4-H club president, will represent national 4-H boys at a Washington breakfast tied to National 4-H Club week. Jane Chilcoat of Maryland will join him to present the 4-H view while leaders discuss guideposts and ways to strengthen 4-H work. The event, hosted by the national committee, includes 125 business, congressional and ag officials and aims to spotlight 4-H achievements as Iowa plans active club work ahead.
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Manchester Emerson Wolfe of the Soil Conservation service will present an illustrated talk on European farming methods to the public on Wednesday evening March 6 under the Chamber of Commerce. Maynard Schnittjer, Delhi soil conservation chairman, will discuss farming progress here. Sheep with jaws of unequal length are not as good meat and wool producers as normal sheep.
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