Seed Shipments Shift As 1940 Crop Movements Lag Behind 1939
The agricultural marketing service reports slower movement of red clover sweetclover timothy and mixed results for alsike clover and alfalfa. Stocks on Jan 1 1941 mostly rose for alsike clover and alfalfa while red clover sweetclover and timothy stocks fell. Prices paid to growers declined across the 1940 crop versus 1939 and the five year average.
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Eree
Michigan
Wisconsin
Towa
Indiana
Ohio
Illiois
Iowa
Illinois
Idaho
Colorado
South Dakota
Finois
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Texas
Timothy
Minnesota
Missouri
Public Auction of Horses and Farm Machinery
The Farmers Implement Co. of Cedar Rapids will auction horses, one 5-yr-old roan Shorthorn cow, and a large lot of used farm machinery including discs, planters, plows, shellers, spreaders, and separators. Sale at Holshiser filling station near Cedar Rapids on March 19 1941 at 1 o clock. Many items unlisted may be added.
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Farmers Implement Co
John Deere
Cedar Rapids
Edcewood
Lon Palo Road
Holshiser
Hayes Corn
Hammer
Oliver
Fordson
J.H.C
Waterloo Boy
N.C
Ohio
Sandwich
John Deere Nealer
E. Challis
Auet
Lisbon
Peeples Savings Bank
Kidney trouble ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Ot Capsules
An old advertisement urges relief of night urination and kidney bladder symptoms by using a 35 cent Gold Medal Haarlem Ot Capsules. It claims to flush poisons and acid, ease backache and cramps, and requires insisting on the original product with no substitutes.
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Haarlem
Corn Loans Rise to One Million Bushels Daily
The Commodity Credit Corporation said corn moved into government loan at about one million bushels per day for the week ending March 18, 1941. Total 1940 corn on that date stood at 79,326,079 bushels valued at $48,327,490.95, compared with 72,120,843 a week prior. Seventeen loans were repaid, totaling 16,317 bushels, with Iowa loans at 45,303 for 45,332,104 bushels valued at $27,651,948.10.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Inan
Iowa
Close culling of laying flock to save feed and labor
The plan calls for regular monthly culling from late winter onward to cut feed use and labor while improving flock health by removing disease carriers.
Wheat Market Rise Amid Lend Lease Hints and Weather
Kansas City reports week ending March 14 saw wheat futures jump 4 to 5 cents at peak on lend lease prospects and higher commodity prices. May, July and September futures closed at 78, 75 4, and 75 34 cents respectively as profit-taking trimmed gains. Winter wheat prospects stay steady with satisfactory outlook, while eastern red wheat areas see limited profitable redemption. Weather and spring seeding progress influence sentiment across regions.
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Kansas City
Agricultural Marketing Service
Red Wheat
Ohio Valley
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Wheat loan repayments surge under 1940 CCC program
Substantial repayments of 1940 wheat loans have occurred through March 11 1941 totaling 6 059 692 bushels valued at 3 676 140 08. Wheat delivered on maturity of notes reached 782 416 bushels. Loans were made on 278 052 884 bushels with Dec 31 1940 closing date. In Iowa repayments covered 32 loans totaling 13 148 farm storage and 6 311 warehouse storage bushels for 13 618 40 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Three Rules For Planting Spring Nursery Stock
ISU horticulturist S W Edgecombe lists three planting steps for spring nursery stock. Plant early when soil is workable. Mix one to three gallons of soaked peat into soil around each plant. Mulch base with straw or manure to suppress grass.
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Ames
S. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Edgecombe
Forum Draws Sixty In Northeast Iowa Meeting
Sixty representatives of Junior Chamber of Commerce groups and Iowa Rural Young Peoples groups in northeastern Iowa attended a Sunday forum in Oelwein. Walter Wilcox Iowa State College agricultural economist spoke on the Triple A program and its relation to farmer and city businessman. Dr W P Mortensen of Wisconsin spoke on the price spread between what the farmer receives and what the businessman charges. One hundred thirty attended the evening banquet with Arthur Brayton of Des Moines as speaker.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Rural Young Peoples
Iowa
Walter Wilcox
Iowa State College
W. P. Mortensen
Wisconsin University
Arthur Brayton
Des Moines
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on March 21 1941 the instrument purporting to be the last will of Annie Machula will come for probate in the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk. Fred W Hann Attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Annie Machula Jate
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W Lundquist
Fred W Hann
World Hog Numbers Decline in 1940 Across Nations
Preliminary estimates show a worldwide drop in hog numbers in 1940. U S hogs fell from 60 207 000 to 52 983 000 by Jan 1 1941 while Canada rose to 6 117 000. Britain’s empire and other countries show varied changes amid price shifts and subsidy talks.
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Washington
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Toronto
New Zealand
Australia
Argentina
Brazil
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Austria
Sudetenland
Danube Basin
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4728
Pattern 4728 is available in women's sizes 34 to 48. Size 36 requires 35 yards of 35 inch fabric and 5s yard contrast. Send 15 cents to Pattern Department The Cedar Rapids Gazette 243 West 17th Street New York NY. Additional 10 cents updates Pattern Book.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Calmar Creamery Pays 35c For Top Butterfat
Calmar Creamery paid 34 and 35 cents for butterfat in February. The plant received 34,953 pounds of butterfat and manufactured 43,163 pounds of butter. Local dairies cut milk price to 8 cents a quart and cream to 25 cents a quart. Fresh eggs sell for 14 to 18 cents a dozen.
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Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Range Fire at West Liberty Farm Home
West Liberty firefighters respond to Harold Walthers farm four miles east of town after Sunday's 9 am kitchen range ignites floor under it. Fire put out before fire truck arrives.
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West Liberty Farm
The
West Liberty
Harold Walthers
Here
Mule Team Brings $230 At Local Sale
At the annual horse and mule and used machinery sale in Columbus Junction, a span of seven year old mules sold for 230 dollars, a 9 and 10 year old pair brought 165 dollars, a matched team of 2 year old mares sold for 202.50, and single horses ranged from 85 to 110 dollars. Ninety head were sold.
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Columbus Junction
Gillette Sees Farm Program Failing to Solve Defense Pressures
Senator Guy M. Gillette disputed AAA head R M Evans, arguing defense needs strain farmers as foreign markets shrink. He warned higher payrolls raise farm costs and consumer prices, narrowing producer gains, urging expanded production control and marketing quotas. Iowa leaders echoed demand for stable industries and new outlets for farm products.
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Ray Anderson
Washington, D. C
Guy M. Gillette
AAA
R. M. Evans
Gillette
Harriett Elliott
National Defense Council
the Gazette
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Herring
Soul Conservation Call to Aid New Farmers
A reflective note urges neighbors to extend farm hands and neighborly help to new farmers moving nearby. The message emphasizes shared stewardship of land and community cooperation as seasons turn.
Agricultural labs seen forging new outlets for exports
Jacobsen notes agricultural research laboratories created under the agricultural conservation act could develop new outlets to offset the loss of foreign markets. He mentions a lab at Peoria as an example.
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Jacobsen
Jaccobbsen
Peoria
Iowa Pathologist Urges Early Planting Of Oats
Ames Iowa AP C Reddy Iowa State college plant pathologist urges seed oats treatment and early sowing. He says each day of delay after the best planting date costs nearly one bushel per acre. Marion and Hancock should be treated. Boone and Control show no benefit. Evidence from 1939 1940 Kanawha Conesville tests supports the practices.
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Ames
Iowa
Reddy
Iowa State College
Marion
Hancock
Boone
Kanawha and
Conesville Experiment Association
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