Flax and Hog Goals Trouble AAA Leaders
Des Moines AP reports preliminary farmers intention sheets show agricultural leaders worried about flax and hog goals for 1945. A 200000 acre flax target requires aggressive selling in weeks ahead before mid April planting. Harvesting flax is hard when wet, windrows followed by combines. some counties outside the NW flax area show higher goals. Hazen pledges farmers will meet goals despite labor shortages, while many farmers cut spring hog farrowing and dairy cattle due to labor constraints as government orders higher hog production.
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Des Moines
H. E. Hazen
AAA
Farm Auction Notices From Gazette Advertisements
March 12 Caroline Kettering closes out at 144 miles northeast of Lisbon with public sale hosted by Joe Sedlacek at 2%4 miles southeast of Central City. March 14 J E Owens public sale four miles southwest of Palo. March 16 17 Iowa State Angus association show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids.
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Caroline Kettering
Lisbon
Joe Sedlacek
Central City
J. E. Owens
Palo
Iowa State Angus Association
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Liberated Lands Face Serious Food Scarcity Fears
Special to The Gazette surveys postwar nutrition risks in Europe under liberation. J. R. Bowring, ex Iowa State economist with UNRRA, warns fats oils and milk will be scarce in Poland Greece Norway as disorganized transport and hoarding curb distribution.
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Ames
J. R. Bowring
Iowa State College
Washington
United Nations Relief Rehabilitation Administration
Poland
Greece
Norway
Bowring
Iowa Farm Economist
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Germany
Boxcar Shortage Holds Spotlight In Feed Trade
Kansas City reports in early March that the feed industry faces acute distribution problems due to a severe boxcar shortage. Mills and processors receive only 20 to 25 percent of needs as grain and by products run low, with wintry weather boosting dry-lot feeding and demand. Meat point values rise in March, signaling tighter meat supplies, higher livestock prices, and more feeding. Wholesale feed prices stay firm with an index at 166.1, slightly up from last year.
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Kansas City
War Foods Administration
OPA
Domestic Wool Sales Slow in February
Boston reports show domestic wools sold at a slower pace in February than in January and December. Most activity involved taking up lots with year start options. new selling included fleece baths wool and direct Texas 12 month wools. Domestic medium wools were in strong demand though supply was limited. Foreign purchases were constrained by shipment delays. spot foreign wools were scarce prompting delivery on earlier domestic purchases for March consumption.
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Boston
WFA
Texas
North Cedar Artificial Breeding Assn Elects Officers
At the association’s second annual meeting Edgar Lange was reelected president Alfred Meyer became vice-president Marvin Schilling secretary and Leonard Schaefer treasurer Hugo Rix and others form the board of directors The year reports 150 members and 1100 dairy cows Dr S G Paul Clarence veterinarian spoke A Maynard Holstein cow produced 13867 pounds milk and 509 pounds butterfat in 365 days on twice daily milking.
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Clarence
North Cedar Artificial Breeding Association
Edgar Lange
Alfred Meyer
Marvin Schilling
Leonard Schaefer
Hugo Rix
S. G. Paul
Maynard
Carl Miehe and Son
Pasture Mixtures Outperform Bluegrass in Illinois Tests
University of Illinois experiments over six years show bluegrass yields 3000 to 4000 pounds per acre, while mixtures of bluegrass rye bromegrass alfalfa and sudan grass soybean reach 6000 pounds or more. Rye sudan soybean and fertilizer boosted yields. unfertilized bluegrass produced only 1200 to 1500 pounds per acre.
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Gazette Urbana
University of Illinois Agricultural
W. B. Nevens
Nevens
Illinois Station
Mrs Wherry to Speak at Fayette Achievement Day
Elizabeth C. Wherry of Wyoming author of Country Air in Wallace's Farmer will be guest speaker at Fayette county rural women's annual achievement day March 16. The program closes the winter series led by County Home Economist Virginia Vaupel with speakers Will King Mrs John Steffens Earl Stannard Louis Kiel M C Wangsness J F Ingels and an Ames extension representative.
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Gazette
West Union
Elizabeth C. Wherry
Wyoming
Wallace’s Farmer
Fayette County
Fayette
Virginia Vaupel
Will King
Stanley
John Steffens
Earl Stannard
Louis Kiel
M. C. Wangsness
J. F. Ingels
Randalia
Ames
Plenty of Space Needed by Tree And Small Fruits
H E Nichols extension horticulturist at Town State college stresses wide spacing for fruit plantings. Apple trees 36 to 40 feet apart, pears and cherries 26 to 25 feet, plums and peaches 15 to 18 feet, with caution against crowding near windbreaks. Small fruits need room too. raspberries 8 feet between rows, 3 feet between plants. blackberries 4 feet, grapes 8 to 10 feet between rows and 8 to 10 feet between vines. strawberries four feet between rows and 18 inches between plants.
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The
Gazette
H. E. Nichols
Town State College
Nichols
Mohair Production Up in Leading States
The department of agriculture estimates 1944 Mohair production at 20,581,000 pounds across seven leading states. This is 385,000 pounds more than 1943, up two percent, and 14 percent above the 10-year 1933-42 average.
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Department of Agriculture
February Hog Kill Drops to 41 Month Low in War Era
February slaughter of hogs in federally inspected plants fell to the lowest level in 41 months, with total meat processing in the month among the lightest since the U S entered the war. Hog kills for February totaled 3,267,348, down about 2 million from January and 59 percent below last year’s February high. Cattle calf and sheep slaughter also declined, leaving year-to-date totals under last year despite slight gains in cattle, calves, and sheep.
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Guernsey
Poland
China Bonn
Gazette
Interior Town
Minnesota
Adolph Ahrens
Walter Wieditz
Wilson and Company
Chicago
United States
Jwho
Hog slaughters under federal inspection fall to five month low
From October to February, about 23.71 million hogs were killed under federal inspection. The figure marks the smallest five month total for the period since 1939-40 and is 32 percent below the prior year’s record of 34.69 million hogs.
ODT Sees Hope of Moving Old Grain Before 1945 Harvest
Washington officials estimate about one billion bushels of grain on Midwest farms can be moved before the 1945 harvest despite rail congestion. The Great Lakes will open on April 1, offering bulk movement, while rail rerouting may aid transport. Senators Reed and others push for faster clearance of corn and wheat, as defense officials warn the transport system remains critically stressed.
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Washington
Midwest
ODT
Great Lakes
Reed
R-Kan
War Food
Defense Transportation
WFA
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