Dairy Head Warns Output Drop From Low Prices
D T Carlson of Willmar Minnesota, president of the American Dairy Association, warns that federal control of prices and production risks global starvation. He cites falling milk output since 1945, cow slaughter, and ex servicemen leaving farms as signs of a worsening food crisis and urges ending scarcity politics. Officials in Washington discuss higher milk and butter prices to improve supply and distribution.
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Hicago
INS
D. T. Carlson
Willmar, Minn
American Dairy Association
Association
Carlson
America
New England
Middlewest
Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Next Week
A sequence of farm auctions and closing out sales schedules unfolds from March 13 to March 21. Franck and Boddicker hold a dairy sale near Newhall, while C. H. Brunsmann closes out near Prairieburg. A. W. McArthur and Zack McArthur host auctions near Springville and Fairfax. Wilbur Colby runs a sale at Mechanicsville. W J Leibe locates a closing out sale at Marion. Louis and Charles Brosch offer a public auction near Swisher, with Edgewood Dairy and Cedar Rapids hosting a closing out sale.
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Franck and Boddicker
Newhall
C. H. Brunsmann
Prairieburg
A. W. McArthur
Springville
Zack McArthur
Fairfax
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
W. J. Leibe
Marion
Louis and
Charles Brosch
Swisher
Edgewood Dairy
Cedar Rapids
Area dairy price policy paused by OPA amid surge in requests
The Office of Price Administration said a national dairy price and supply problem has led to many price increase applications from across the country. Pending a decision on a general program, regional applications have been suspended.
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OPA
Thousand Expected at Flying Farmers Meet
More than 1,000 Iowa flying farmers were expected to attend the first in a series of annual meetings sponsored by Iowa State college on March 18. Noted speakers include Art Boreman of Des Moines, Ralph Benson of Jefferson, and Forrest Watson of Oklahoma. Harold Gunderson will discuss experimental crop dusting and the use of light aircraft for dusting.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Art Boreman
Des Moines
National Aeronautical Association
Boreman
Ralph ‘ Benson
Jefferson
Forrest Watson
Flying Farmers of Oklahoma
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State Extension
Boone Landowners Back Soil District Vote in Boone County
Boone county landowners approved creating a soil conservation district by a vote of 112 to 7, far surpassing the 65 percent threshold required by law, announcement said Monday.
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Boone Landowners Vote Soil District
Boone (Ap
Boone County
Early Lamb Crop Shows 13 Percent Decline in 1946
The 1946 early spring lamb crop across main states drops 13 percent from 1945, the largest annual decrease since declines began. Factors include fewer breeding ewes and a lower lambing percentage, with Texas and California affected by subsidy timing and feed shortages. Leap year boosts record egg output despite smaller flocks.
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Department of Agriculture
Texas
California
North Pacific
Iowa February Egg Output Sets Record Second High Month
Des Moines reports February egg production estimated at 403 million, the second high February figure on record. Leslie M. Carl, director of the Iowa crop and livestock reporting service, said the figure follows February 1944’s 414 million eggs.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Flowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
PICTURED DISCOVERER OF AN AID TO FLU SUFFERERS
A crossword style clue set lists terms such as bordered exist and mail with many entries like Bamboolike grass and Mohammed priest. It hints at a biographical discovery of a flu aid by a doctor and includes several scholarly term definitions.
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River Island
California F B Hits Ending of Guayule Program
California Farm Bureau federation condemns the federal move to end the 45 million dollar guayule rubber project in California. President Ray B. Wiser calls the plan a waste of government property amid a national rubber shortage and urges Secretary Clinton Anderson to return leased land with guayule shrubs undisturbed.
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Berkley
Calif
INS
California
California Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Ray B. Wiser
Wiser
Clinton Anderson
OPA Blamed For Eastern Feed Pinch
Washington rumors circulate as the house food committee hears that not raising corn prices worsens eastern cattle and poultry feed shortages. H. H. Rathbun of the Dairymen's League warns midwest farmers feed corn to hogs due to price, while New England needs emergency controls to avoid poultry and livestock liquidation within 60 to 90 days. George Putnam urges set-aside orders and CCC resale to protect feed users nationwide.
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Washington
House Food Committee
H. H. Rathbun
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
New York City
Rathbun
New York
George M. Putnam
Concord
N. H
New England
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Contour Corn Project Planned in Poweshiek
A new 4-H contour corn project for five to ten acre plots was announced by Loren Brown, County Extension Director. The Poweshiek County Bankers' Association funds prizes of 25, 15 and 10 dollars for contour layout and care, with plots of ten acres or more entered in the state corn yield contest.
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Brooklyn
Loren Brown
Poweshiek County Bankers’ Association
County
Bankers’ Association
Brown
Fence Drift Sparks Livestock Cut Confusion in Hearing
Oscar Helene of Marcus testifies before the House food committee and Iowa livestock leaders clash over proposed livestock population cuts. Initial remarks imply 25 percent reduction while later wording hints at 75 percent. records were altered to align with earlier statements. Grain shortages loom as debate intensifies.
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House Food Committee
Oscar Heline
Marcus
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Iowa
Washington Dispatches
Helmne
Iowa Boys 4-H Enrollment Rises 18 Percent in 1945
G A Lineweaver reports Iowa boys 4-H enrollment climbed 18 percent in 1945 from 1944, totaling 14,815. Completers rose 21 percent, clubs expanded from 805 to 876, and leaders increased by 196 to 1,378, with a forecast of further gains in 1946 as farm labor loads shift.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
G. A. Lineweaver
Lineweaver
Eighty Pens Entered In Iowa State Spring Hog Show
Eighty pens for the Iowa State Spring Market Hogs show at Hawkeye Downs on March 23 have been received, with about equal adult and junior divisions. Late entries may lift total to 100 pens or more than 300 hogs. Exhibitors will show one hog per class, with potential extras. Special trophies and breed awards are offered by state and breed associations. The program includes a swine clinic and live and carcass demonstrations led by E L Quaife, with soil study noted for drainage planning.
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Iowa State
Hawkeye Downs
J.morris Christy
Christy
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Hampshire
Berkshire
Chester White
Duroc
Poland
Poland-China
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
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