USDA Says Signs Point To Good 1947 Crop Year
The Agriculture Department reports farmers are in a strong position for the 1947 crop year with indicators pointing to an excellent producing season. Winter wheat prospects are bumper and soil moisture is mostly satisfactory nationwide except in parts of the Southwest. Citrus, milk, and eggs production figures for 1946-47 and February show higher yields and year over year gains in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Asissouri
Kansas
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Senator Eastland seeks extension of price support period
Senator Eastland of Mississippi introduced legislation to extend price support for basic agricultural commodities to January 1, 1950. An aide said the measure would continue the program two full crop years, adjusting the support price to the greater of 90 percent of parity or the 12 month average parity before the marketing year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
Geen
Rustlers Plague Colorado Ranches
Colorado Governor Lee Knous seeks interstate help from Oklahoma and Kansas to stop cattle rustling. Sheriff Joe Denett reports calves stolen across the border in closed trucks, with cattle and sheep losses noted in Baca and Prowers counties. Bent County says the last rustler band was caught six years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
INS
Colorado
Lee Knous
Oklahoma
Kansas
Joe Denett
Baca County
Nett
Knous
John Hodson
Prowers County
Bent County
Prowers
Baca
L. E. Brookshire
Sheep Feeders Learn Colorado Tests at Iowa Day
Farmers attending the first Iowa Sheep Feeders Day at Iowa State College March 20 will hear Colorado experiments on adding 2 percent sulphur to fattening lambs grain to cut overeating deaths. A. L. Esplin of the Colorado agricultural experiment station will speak on self feeding and live carcass grading demonstrations. Allan Kline of the Iowa Farm Bureau and William Haas of Swift and Company also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Colorado
A. L. Esplin
Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station
C. W. McDonald
Esplin
Allan Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
William Haas
Swift and Company
McDonald Plans Luncheon for Visiting Farmers at Noon
McDonald announced a lunch for visiting farmers at noon and asked attendees to drop their plans in a car to ensure reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Cattlemen Told To Prepare for New Conditions
ALBUQUERQUE Beef Tuesday Company warned at the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association convention that high prices cannot last. Six-point program urged: avoid speculation, reduce disease losses, boost livestock research, improve industry methods, raise product quality, and promote meat consumption to support nutrition and living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ucers
Albuquerque, XN. M
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Wilson
Farm Bureau Surpasses Iowa Membership Goal
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation announced it has exceeded its 1947 membership target of 115,000, reaching over 116,000 members. Sixty-two counties hit or surpassed their quotas, with about 30 more expected to do so soon, marking the highest membership in the organization's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Parks Resigns Beef Assn Post in Iowa
DES MOINES The executive committee of the Iowa Beef Producers Association announced the resignation of Garold L Parks, association field representative for the last year, effective April 1. His successor is not yet announced. Parks will join Sunset Knoll Farm in Ames to breed Angus cattle Duroc hogs and Hampshire sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Garold L. Parks
Parks
Sunset Knoll Farm
Ames
Hampshire
Dodge Sows Sold For 290.97 By Colesburg Dealer
Colesburg Glen Dodge sold two sows weighing 1130 pounds to local stock buyer F C Brown last week. At 25.75 dollars per hundred, the sale netted 290.97 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
Glen Dodge
F. C. Brown
Dodge
Eleven Firms Exhibit At Rural Housing Institute
Cedar Rapids firms will display at the Rural Housing Institute opening Wednesday morning at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Exhibitors include J. W. Darragh Plumbing and Heating Craemer's Sears Roebuck and Company Standard Glass and Paint Company The Gazette building department and others. The two day program features authorities on building problems with emphasis on farm home construction. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids Chamber agricultural bureau Iowa State college extension service and county Farm Bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Rural Housing Institute
Member of Commerce
Robert Peck
J. W. Darragh Plumbing
Cedar Rapids Skelgas Service
Craemer’s
Newman’s
Prastia Jewelers
Sears Roebuck and Company
Steel Fabricated Buildings, Inc
Standard Glass and Paint Company
Hoppel and Sons Implement Company
Frank Friedl
Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipments Rise in 1947
Williamsburg Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association reported livestock valued at 1 720 015 76 for last year, up 456 170 76 from 1946. Shipments totaled 30 938 hogs 1 967 cattle and 1 618 sheep. hogs up 6 500 and sheep up 200 while cattle fell 650. Manager Robert Elwood has led the organization 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association
Robert Elwood
Elwood
Association
Coming Farm Auctions Spread Across Iowa in March
Auction notices list events in Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine and Stanwood with breeds including Polled Shorthorn Brown Swiss and Hampshire hogs. Key sales include Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids March 12 and March 13 May Meadows Belle Plaine March 15 Ward Williams Cedar Rapids area March 15 Lester A Falcon Central City March 15 Joe Kinney Oxford March 17 J M Tudor Stanwood March 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Shorthorn Assn
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Andy Merritt
Walker
May Meadows Brown
Belle Plaine
Ward Williams
Lester A. Falcon
Central City
Hampshire
Joe Kinney
Oxford
J. M. Tudor
Stanwood
Town Officials Invited to Eastern Iowa Veterinary Meet
Mayors and councilmen from eastern Iowa towns are invited to attend the East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Society monthly dinner at the Roosevelt hotel Thursday evening. The program centers on municipal health problems with speakers Dr. I. A. Merchant of Iowa State College Dr. F. E. Brutsman of Traer Dr. James D. Ramsey of Tipton and Dr. Robert W. Finch of Marengo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Society
Roosevelt Hotel
I. A. Merchant
Iowa State College
F. E. Brutsman
Traer
James D. Ramsey
Tipton
Robert W. Finch
Marengo
Poweshiek DHIA Report Highlights February Cattle Milk Output
Poweshiek county DHIA records show 341 cows on test with 77 dry. They averaged 674 pounds of milk and 26.7 pounds of fat in February. The report notes the involvement of Kenneth Dieterich and the Brooklyn dairy operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Dhia
Kenneth Dieterich Hel
Iowa Egg Output Dips in Layers But Records Fall
Iowa farmers produced 384 million eggs in February, the third largest February total on record after 1944 and 1946. Layers numbered 30.36 million, the February low since 1942, though the lay rate reached a February high of 1266 eggs per 100 layers, aided by better breeding equipment and feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl
Gauger Named Floyd Extension Director
Charles City AP reports C. J. Gauger age 33 appointed Floyd county extension director effective July 1. He succeeds W. H. Brown resigning to take a similar post in Carroll county. Gauger, a war veteran and Iowa State College graduate, was born at McGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
C. J. Gauger
Floyd County
W. H. Brown
Carroll County
Gauger
Iowa State College
McGregor
Also Mentioned on This Page
USDA
May Meadows
Belle Plaine Sales
Becker Roofing
Fourteenth Ave
Beef Assn
G. L. Parks
Williamsburg Shipping Assn
Hercules
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
9Th Ave
3Rd ST
the Gazette
Poweshiek Dhia
Floyd
Beverly Cattle Company
Buckle
Chippewa
Endicott Johnson
Statler
Weinbrenner
Shoe Department
Third Street
Smicrai
A Merchants National
Merchants National Bank
The
Federal Devestt Insurance Corporatios
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!