County committees to be named for war board meat control
Iowa war boards instruct county committees to include four members a meat retailer a livestock farmer a housewife and a county representative of the USDA. They will issue slaughter permits for local butchers and set monthly quotas starting April 1 1942 under meat restriction orders to stamp out black market meat trade.
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Njhairmen
Usda War Boards
Iowa
Albert J. Loveland
State
Loveland
Anamosa
Washington
Marshalltown
Monticello
Lorenz Lorenzen
James County
Usda War Board
Lorenzen
Jones County
Closing Out Sale With Fertilizer Attachment and Farm Implements
Auction notice for Ray Hartung holdings near Lisbon listing farm machinery including John Deere equipment, Oliver plows, corn sheller, cream separator, wagons, disc harrows, and 380 bushels of yellow corn plus 300 bushels of seed oats. Geese and chickens offered, harnesses and household goods, with sale conducted by W. E. Challis Auctioneers and Mt. Vermilion Bank and Trust Co. clerk.
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John Deere
Harrow
Oliver
Jaeight
Rhode Islands
EFC
Ray Hartung
W. E. Challis
Lisbon
Mt. Vermem Bank and Trust Co
Fewer Early Lambs But They Thrive Says USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture predicted fewer early lambs in principal producing states this year due to fewer breeding ewes. Despite smaller numbers, lambing is earlier in some states and growth is better overall, possibly boosting the volume of lambs marketed before July 1.
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United States Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
Corn Harvest Rounds Up In Favorable Weather
Special to The Gate Troy Mills reports belated corn picking resumed last week as farmers finished harvesting amid continuing favorable weather. Corn shredding occurred on farms with firm ground allowing hauling.
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Troy Mills
Earl Smith Opposes Parity Revision Split in Farm Bureau
Earl C. Smith vice-president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Illinois Farm Bureau president spoke at an Illinois Agricultural Association meeting urging opposition to the Pace bill. He backed current parity standards arguing the proposed change to include farm labor costs would shift to a cost-of-production basis and invite wage demands from organized labor.
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Chicago
Earl C. Smith
American Farm Bureau Federation
Organized Agriculture
Smith
Edward A. O'Neal
Farmers Union
Springfield
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau Federation
Two Farms Sell At Record Rates In Tama County
Special to The Gazette. Edwin Ewoldt paid $200 an acre for 160 of 480 acres on the Albert Caslavka farm southeast of Traer with possession May 1. Caslavka keeps 320 acres with no buildings. Henry Knoop sold 120 acres near Clutier to H. N. Mason for $175 an acre with immediate possession.
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Traer
Albert Caslavka
Caslavka
Edwin Ewoldt
Tama County
Ewoldt
Gazette
Clutier
Henry Knoop
H. N. Mason
Moore farm of 160 acres changes hands near Centerdale
On March 1 the Moore farm of 160 acres southeast of Centerdale sold to W. L. Waters of West Liberty for 24250 dollars. Fifty years earlier Edwin Moore Jr bought it from Aaron Smith for 10000 dollars. He moved corn to meet interest payments and hauled 50 wagonloads at about 40 bushels per trip. Edwin Jr later ran Shorthorn cattle, moved to West Branch, and the farm was rented to W. G. Enlow for 16 years, then leased this year to Edward Walker.
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West Branch
Moore
Centerdale
W. L. Waters
West Liberty
Edwin Moore, Jr
Aaron Smith
Mr. Moore
W. G. Enlow
Enlow
Edward Walker
Farmer Sells Unimproved Eighty Near Buckingham
Ed Hayes, a Buckingham area farmer, sold an unimproved eighty to Mrs. Ruth Powell Sands for 100 dollars an acre with possession passing at once. Hayes kept 1160 acres with buildings and Sands reportedly bought as an investment.
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Buckingham
Ed Hayes
Ruth Powell Sands
Hayes
Sands
Cultured Cream Dominates Sour Cream Market Among U.S. Dealers
A large share of milk dealers in the United States market sour cream as cultured cream, reflecting a broad industry labeling trend and consumer-facing branding across markets.
Feed ceiling sparks reaction from CBoT chief and economists
R F A P R O Brien president of the Chicago Board of Trade calls the corn price ceiling a terrible mistake and warns it will chill corn planting and trading. Ames economists Ted Schultz Rex Beresford Carl Malone Geoffrey Shepherd weigh tighter feed markets, imports, and potential shifts in livestock buying amid the new ceiling.
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P R. O'Brien
Chicago Board of Trade
United Press
CPA
Mr. O'Brien
Chicago
Ted Schultz
Ames
the Gazette
Schultz
New York
United States
Minnesota
Rex Beresford
Gazette
Beresford
Shell
Carl Malone
Schedule Hog Price Ceiling Hearing in Washington
DES MOINES IA. Public hearings on hog price ceilings will be held in Washington DC next Wednesday, announced A J Loveland state AAA chairman. Iowa hog producers or their groups may attend in person to testify. those unable to attend may write or wire to Secretary Wickard to present their testimony to the OPA.
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DES Moines
INS
Washington
D. C
A. J. Loveland
AAA
OPA
Loveland
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Veal Calves Lead Walker Auction Prices
Veal calves topped at 17.00 a hundredweight at the Walker Livestock Exchange auction Thursday. Roughly sixty head were offered with other top prices including 17.15 a cwt for feeding cattle, 56.00 a head for brood sows, 14.20 a cwt for stocker and feeder cattle, and 150.00 a head for cows.
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The
Walker
Walker Livestock Exchange
Record Egg Lay in Feb
Iowa February egg production set records with 315 million eggs and hens at 31.78 million. Production per 100 layers reached 991, and total 1942 egg output topped 3.6 billion. Milk output also reached a February high, driven by more dairy cows and higher per cow production. Butterfat averaged 52 cents per pound, with favorable feeding ratio.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Towa
Hog Marketing in Alberta 1940 Reaches 658189 Head
In the first 30 weeks of 1940 Alberta Canada marketed 658 189 hogs. The report notes heavy slaughter and strong demand as farmers move pigs to market amid the early wartime era.
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Alberta
Canada
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Riverside Feed Mill
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West Union
Earl Smith
Ed O’ Neal
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Geese
Victor
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Mr. O’brien
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