Prolonged Civilian Meat Shortage Predicted
Chicago reports warn civilians face long meat shortages as three inch steaks and roasts vanish from markets. Four causes cited include record low February stocks, reduced production, military demand, and widespread black market activity. Weekly meat availability may fall to 151 million pounds in Q2 1945, with broader impacts on restaurants and lunch stands nationwide.
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Chicago
The
American Meat Institute
Meat Institute
Coming Farm Auctions and Local Dispersals Listed
March 16 17 Iowa State An gus association show and sale at pawkeys Downs Cedar Rap ids March 20 George L Fraseur Holstein dispersal Tipton were running out of meat by noon rush hour and a Raleigh chef said we are learning to make tasty dishes from offcuts such as chicken livers brains lungs and hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Angus Association
Pawkeys Downs
Cedar Rapids
Raleigh, N. C
District Caonfab on Cattle Grub Program Set for March 21
County extension directors and associates along with 4-H leaders from 15 eastern Iowa counties attend a district livestock conservation program at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids on March 21 from 10 a m to 4 p m. Awards totaling 100 appear for the winning demonstration team the outstanding grub control program and the top 4 H member. The program features talks on bruise losses in meats poultry diseases avian tuberculosis in swine and a review of phenothiazine treatment for nodular worms in sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Robson
Linn County Club
Extension Service
County Farm Bureaus
Iowa Packers
Wilson and Company
Wayne Jackson
Livestock Service
C. D. Lee
Ames
H. E. Kingman
Chicago
Kingman
C. W. McDonald
Wilson
Albert Lea
Robson
Prices for Good Horses Stronger At Cedar Rapids
A total of 267 head of horses and mules were sold at the Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids. Well broken horses brought 90 to 125 dollars, 10 to 15 dollars higher than two weeks prior, while thin and off types brought 35 to 65 dollars. Top lot was 6 year old sorrel mares at 350 dollars. top draft horse 157.50 and a spotted saddle horse 200. A May 1 saddle horse sale was announced and buyers from Missouri and other distant areas already entered horses and saddlers for sale.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Tony Schmitz
George Basker
Exchange
North English
W. J. Kelly
Springville
George Schatz
West Union
Schmitz and
Basker
Missouri
Pete
OPA Officials to Meet with Feeders in Cedar Rapids
Walter D. Kline, Des Moines district OPA director, cannot attend the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce cattle feeders meeting but will be represented by C. G. Turner. Turner, with Harry Mellor and William Plymar, seeks farmer input on beef cattle price problems and plans to carry proposals to Washington. The meeting, called by Orval Quaas of Marion, aims to forge recommendations from eastern Town counties feeders.
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Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
OPA
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
C. G. Turner
Turner
Harry Mellor
William Plymar
OPA Price
Kline
Washington
Orval Quaas
Marion
Linn County
Lice and grub control boosts dairy returns
It costs only a few cents to rid cows of lice and grubs but the un thrifty condition resulting from failure to do so may cut milk returns by many dollars.
Fraseur Holstein Dispersal Auction March 20 1945 Tipton farm sale
Owing to shortage of help and sons in service a public auction will be held Tuesday March 20 1945 at 12 30 PM at the farm on the north edge of Tipton on paved highway. The sale lists 23 pure bred Holstein cattle many registered with calfhood vaccination records and show cows including Pabst bull lineage and multiple heifers and cows with high milk fat tests. Also offered are 12 extra choice Duroc gilts 3 Chester White sows and farm machinery including a Case tandem digger and Massey Harris binder with silo filler and a Woods threshing outfit plus hay and a stock trailer. Consigned by a friend.
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Fraseur Holstein
Tipton
Pabst
Belmont Cato
Bonnie
Ted
All American Bull
Papat
al Is Frees
Mabel
Helfer
Pabst Bull
Waterloo
Papst Bull
Cedar Rapids
Papst
King Bessie
Papst Ball
Maytags
Farrow
Chester
Avril
Avery
Massey Harris
Gehl
Local Tipton Auction Under Way With Bank Clerk
George L. Fraseur owner W E Chaliis and Glen Plattenberger as auctioneers with Tipton State Bank Clerk oversee a forthcoming sale.
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W. E. Chaliis
Glen Plattenberger
Tipton State Bank
Service Life offers $1 month Sickness Accident policy
Omaha Nebraska offers Service Life Insurance Company policy paying up to 100 monthly for disability plus hospital and cash benefits. No medical exam, ages 15 to 69, 10 days free examination. Mail order with Dept. 76 Omaha 2 Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Reliable Service Life Insurance Company
Service Life Insurance Company
Dept
Omaha 2
Nebr
Soybean Future Tied to World Economy and Policies
Howard Roach of Plainfield, president of the American Soybean Association, told Cedar Rapids Farmers' Club the future of Iowa soybeans hinges on world trade and postwar policies. He noted oil imports, potential substitutes in Asia, and demand shifts, urging careful variety selection and clean, row planting to maximize returns versus corn.
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Iowa
Howard Roach
Plainfield
American Soybean Association
Cedar Rapids
Orient
Manchuria
Roach
Soybean Association
Illinois
Farm Bureau membership hits 2075 in 24 year high
Vinton Lewis Graeser, Bent on county Farm Bureau president, reports membership at 2075 the largest in 24 years. Eighteen of the twenty townships have reached or exceeded their goals.
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Vinton
Lewis Graeser
Benton County Farm Bureau
How To Hold FALSE TEETH
Advertises PASTEETH powder to secure false teeth with an alkaline non acid formula. Claims firm, comfortable bite with no taste or gooey feel and says it prevents denture odor. Promotion urges purchase at drug stores.
Kraschel Alleges Farm Labor Gap From Uneven Draft Deferments
In Iowa, uneven draft deferments hit farm labor as counties differ on acceptances. Nelson G. Kraschel, former governor and Farm Credit official, urged uniformity or risk of broader deferments to balance farm needs. Brig. Gen. Grahl said steps are being taken to fix county disparities amid 25 000 under 26 undergoing pre induction exams.
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Omaha
Iowa
Nelson G
Kraschel
State War Board
Selective Service
Farm Credit Administration
Charles H. Grahl
Des Moines
Shelby
Linn Dairy Breeding Assn Holds Meeting
The Linn County Cooperative Artificial Dairy Breeding association held its annual Cedar Rapids meeting with re-elected directors A. R. Pearson R. B. Condit and J. W. Carnahan of Springville. Irvin Scott of Marion elected to replace Delbert Mayberry who resigned to help Dr. J. W. Pirie with insemination work. The group reports 325 dairymen and 3055 cows enrolled and a cash balance of 928.08 with no debt. President C. L. Knight outlined a new management contract with Dr. Pirie under which three Holstein and three Guernsey bulls are provided and a per cow fee of 4, plus 5 for member services from other bulls owned by Pirie.
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Linn County Cooperative Artificial Dairy Breeding Association
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Pearson
R. B. Condit
J. W. Carnahan
Springville
Irvin Scott
Marion
Delbert Mayberry
Anamosa
J. W. Pirie
Dr. Pirie
C. L. Knight
Association
Guernsey
Jersey
Belle Plaine 80 Sells for 185 Per Acre
Alfred Holst of Keystone bought the 80 acre Ehrenstein homestead six miles northeast of Belle Plaine from Willie Ehrenstein for 185 dollars per acre. Possession will be given April 1.
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Belle Plaine
Keystone
Alfred Holst
Ehrenstein
Willie Ehrenstein
First Fruits of Bees Harvested Early by Roosevelt Honeybees
Roosevelt high school science teacher and apiarist S. M. Pattee reports honey bees brought in pollen from soft maple forsythia and red clover as the season begins. He notes pollen supports brood rearing and hive growth and that pollen transfer aids fruit and seed production.
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S. M. Pattee
Roosevelt High School
Pattee
Eighteen Nations Back FAO Constitution Set up
The United Nations interim commission on food and agriculture reports eighteen nations have accepted the FAO constitution, with only twenty needed to activate it. Nations include Australia, Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines, Poland, and the United Kingdom. The United States awaits action as Congress is urged to consider the measure.
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Washington
United Nations Interim Commission On Food and Agriculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO
L. B. Pearson
Australia
Belgium
China
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Mexico
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Norway
Philippines
Poland
United Kingdom
United States
Roosevelt
Bretton Woods
Congress
Greeley Creamery to Be Honored for Production
Greeley business men sponsor a Daily Day on March 27 to honor the local creamery for producing more than one million pounds of butter in 1944. It is the first Delaware County creamery to reach that volume. A pot luck dinner will be served at noon.
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Greeley
Delaware County
Canada shifts from wheat to feed grain for 1945 crop
Canadian agricultural officials urge replacing wheat acreage with barley and oats for feed as wheat stocks and UK beef pork commitments rise. The 1945 46 plan keeps guaranteed prices for oats 45 cents and barley 60 cents with 10 and 15 cent advance payments, raising top grade minimums to 55 and 75 cents respectively.
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Usda Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
United Kingdom
Ft. William
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Dominion
Fort William
Nebraska corn salvage program advances with 3 percent still unharvested
Nebraska's effort to move wet corn to temporary storage is well along, but three percent of the bumper 1944 crop remains unhusked. Some oats have been seeded, and if weather stays favorable planting will begin next week in southern counties. Winter wheat and rye greening reports arrive as eastern roads dry after frost.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Rotation Pastures Enable Clean Ground Livestock System
The text explains that rotating pastures allows a clean ground system for livestock production by managing grazing areas and improving soil health. It suggests pasture rotation as a method to maintain hygiene and productivity in livestock farming.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Gazette
Walter Bach
Edward Dennis
Lawrence Brogan
Brogan
Troy Mills
George L. Fraseur
Holstein Dispersal
A. F
Tony) Schmitz van Horne, Is
Dial
GEO, B. Easker
Chi-Namel Paint Store
Third Ave
GER
MUNCH
Darlene
Bessie
Elonora
Calved
OLD Seal Plan
Denver
Denve Ana
M. Feder & Sons Iron and Steel
F Ave
Linn Dairy Breeding Assn
Greeley Creamery
Kacena
Second Avenue
Corot
Simmons
Nurse
Kingsley
Grand Rapids
Fifth Avenue SE
Canada
Peterman
Peterman’s
Universal Electric
Checker Electric Supply
First Street
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