Eastern Iowa cattle feeders demand action on beef prices
About 75 feeders from eight eastern Iowa counties met in Cedar Rapids to oppose a July 2 plan cutting live cattle ceilings and to push for separate grade subsidies and readjusted OPA schedules. They reorganized the Eastern Iowa group, elected leaders, and urged federal agencies to evaluate cattle feeding functions to boost beef output while avoiding losses to feeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
O. E. Quaas
Marion
Linn County Cattle Feeders Association
Old Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders Association
Eastern Town Association
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Hazel Johnson
H. J. Ross
Elijah
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Cattle Feeders
Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders Association
Fence Drift in Cedar Rapids Cattle Meeting Warns of Shortages
In Cedar Rapids a meeting of forty five cattle feeders notes 4 828 cattle on feed versus 7 197 typical. They predict rising meat prices and a 50 cent per hundred cut July 2 while cattle shrink and eggs may shortage per WEA forecast.
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WFA
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
WEA
Mebbe
Group redirected to proper agencies in Washington
The group will be directed to the proper government agencies in Washington and pressed by the Des Moines district OPA office for action.
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Elijah, Tuttle
Howard Schnittjer
Delhi
W. L. Jargo
Andover
H. E. Levsen
Olin
C. G. Turner
H. E. Mellor
William Plymar
Des Moines
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Turner
Kline
Washington
Newell Farm at Wyoming Sells for 150 Per Acre
Otto Newell sells his 120 acre Wyoming farm two miles southwest of here to Mr and Mrs Melvin Sievers for 150 dollars per acre. The property is well improved with a modern house. Possession is to be given April 1 with Newell moving to town.
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Wyoming
Otto Newell
Here
Melvin Sievers
Newell
Marengo Canning Plant Manager Resigns to Move to Story City
MARENGO H L Paulson, manager of the J LeRoy Farmer canning plant, resigns effective March 15 to move to Story City and run the local canning plant there. Howard Ziegler of Anamosa will replace him, bringing 12 years in canning at New Boston Illinois and work at the Anamosa state reformatory. The Marengo plant will contract about 1700 acres of sweet corn this year.
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Marengo
H. L. Paulson
J. LeRoy Farmer
Story City
Howard Ziegler
Anamosa
New Boston
State Reformatory
Predicted Egg Shortage Surprises Public and Officials
Government forecasters warned of a looming nationwide egg shortage as supplies failed to meet demand in 13 metropolitan markets. War Food Administration notes production may drop eight to ten percent while civilian use climbs to record levels amid high prices.
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Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
War Supplies Corporation
Autit Gmeiner
Washington
WFA
Holstein Dispersal Auction In Tipton
George L. Fraseur announces a March 20 Holstein cattle dispersal in Tipton as advertised in The Gazette. Auction details target buyers and bidders in the farming community.
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George L. Fraseur
Holstein Dispersal
Tipton
Conferences Set for Extension Program Meetings
The first of ten district conferences of extension program committees will be held in Boone on Friday. Idaho State college extension supervisors will join county program committees and workers to coordinate with the extension service. Other conferences are scheduled for Toledo Ottumwa March 19 Muscatine Creston March 20 Elkader Atlantic March 21 Charles City Cherokee March 22 and Emmetsburg March 23.
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Ames
Boone
Iowa State College
Iowa State College Extension Service
Toledo
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Creston
Elkader
Atlantic
Charles City
Cherokee
Emmetsburg
Hog meat production and consumption projections for 1945
Government figures estimate that dressed hogs for January to April 1945 will be about 34 percent lower than the same period in 1944. Estimates of pork production for 1945 indicate civilian per capita consumption will fall by about 18 pounds compared with 1944.
Storage meat stock at new low on March 1
Washington AP reports War Food Administration data show American meat in cold storage at 592 million pounds on March 1, the lowest level since 1936, down 19 million pounds from the prior record.
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New Low Mar
Washington
War Food Administration
Soil Treatments Increase Feeding Value of Oats
University of Illinois experiments show oats on land treated with limestone manure rock phosphate and red clover in rotation yield higher protein and mineral phosphorus. Treated oats reach 14.7 percent protein versus 12.1 percent, with 470 pounds protein per 100 bushels and 14 pounds mineral phosphorus versus 387 and 10 from untreated plots. Oat straw on treated land provides 3.2 a ton with sufficient mineral phosphorus, while untreated straw has 1.6 pounds per ton.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
H. J. Snider
Soil Experiment Fields
College of Agriculture
Chelsea Feeder Tops Chicago Heifer Market Record
Walter Rich of Chelsea led the Chicago heifer sale with 20 Herefords averaging 1 091 pounds sold at 17 dollars per hundredweight. The sale tied the March record for the month.
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Chelsea
Walter Rich
Chicago
Better Get Seed Potatoes Early Fitch Warns
Iowa Seed potato prices are forecast at 5 to 6 dollars per hundred pounds as supplies shrink. C L Fitch of Iowa State College notes limited stock and urges early purchase. Iowa grown Cobblers gain favor over Red River, with Triumph White Warba Red Warba Sebago also produced. War approved Early Ohio varieties possible. Sebago is late and somewhat scab resistant. Seed potatoes sold in Iowa must bear official yellow war approved or blue certified tags.
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Ames
Iowa
C. L. Fitch
Iowa State College
Red River
Fitch
Angus Show and Sale Opens at Hawkeye Downs
The Iowa Aberdeen Angus Breeders association opened its spring show and sale at Hawkeye Downs with 62 bulls and 68 females cataloged. J C McCorkle of Columbus Ohio judged all sale animals as DeWitt Mallory and Herbert Cline praised quality and predicted another strong sale. A meat cutting demonstration by Vern Olmstead of the National Livestock and Meat Board highlighted the dinner program at the Montrose hotel.
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Iowa
Aberdeen~ Angus Breeders Association
Hawkeye Downs
J. C. McCorkle
Columbus
Ohio
DeWitt Mallory
Hampton
Herbert Cline
Bussey
Montrose Hotel
Vern Olmstead
National Livestock and Meat Board
Cascade Ed Reiter Sells 1280-Pound Steers at Chicago
Cascade Ed Reiter of Cascade sold a load of 1 280 pound steers in Chicago on Wednesday at 17 25 per hundredweight.
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Cascade
Ed Reiter
Chicago
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