Amana Hen House Converts Old Wool Warehouse
Leonard Rettig of Middle Amana converted an Amana starch factory and later wool warehouse into a hen house. He houses 1,000 White Leghorns on two floors with 4,000 square feet of space and started poultry last May with 1,500 day-old chicks. Egg production reached 64 percent by January. Feeders were built from plans obtained at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amana
Iowa
Amana Woolen Mills
Leonard Rettig
Middle Amana
Ames Economist Urges War Policy Shift on Milk
Ray Anderson reports that DC Brownlee an Ames economist argues in a forthcoming pamphlet that 1943 milk output will fall short by about 20 billion pounds. He proposes diverting milk from butter to processed products and expanding margarine production to substitute for butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
DC. H. Brownlee
Ames
Wartime Dairy Policy Reforms Proposal Addresses 1943 Shortages
A government plan outlines shifting dairy resources to essential uses, easing butter production limits, and reorganizing milk distribution. It urges price adjustments, deferments tied to whole milk output, subsidies for equipment, sanitary standards reform, and pooling or zoning deliveries to reduce route duplication.
Hemp Mill Site Sold at $165 An Acre near Traer
Robert Lyon of the USDA war board announced the government will buy 46 acres of Peter Weaver land one mile east of Traer for a hemp mill site. The price reported to Mr. Weaver is $165 per acre, part of several idle hemp mill sites with Commodity Credit Corporation options.
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TRAER
Robert Lyon
Usda War Board
Tama County
Peter Weaver
Weaver
Commodity Credit Corporation
Minnesota Trials Concern Hybridizing of Hogs and Sheep
Bulletin 364 from the University of Minnesota agricultural experiment station reports five experiments on hog and sheep hybridizing. The summary says this is a first step and the next phase will cross bred lines to probe vigor and performance within and between breeds.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Minnesota
OPA Order Protested by Potato Shippers
Grand Forks North Dakota shipments of seed potatoes were suspended in a protest against an Office of Price Administration tagging rule. Shippers claim the regulation is unworkable and impossible to implement. the agent requires seller name and address, lot number, and seed only declaration, a task shippers say cannot be completed. The protest was sent to Washington for action.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Iowa Creamery section meeting set for March 31 in Waukon
Members of Section 1 of the Iowa Creamery association will hold their next meeting March 31 at Waukon. The report notes the gathering aims to discuss cooperative business and dairy operations in the region.
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Waukon
Iowa
Faith and March Hope in a Country Almanac
A fragment from a country woman’s reflection on enduring late March weather. She notes sodden yards impassable roads and sudden freezes yet spots hints of green and swelling buds. The tone blends resilience with practical tasks like greasing harness and setting up the disc.
Meats In Lockers Not Affected By Ration Rules
Albert Guggedahl of Des Moines, secretary of the national and Iowa locker associations, says meats stored in lockers or home canned meats are not subject to initial rationing. After March 29, lockers will require ration coupons for bought meats. Farmers may store their own slaughtered meat without coupons. Non farmer locker buyers may gain authorization for large purchases under a future point system.
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OPA
Albert Guggedah
Des Moines
National Locker Association
Iowa Locker Association
the Gazette
Guggedahl
Locker Association
Guggedah
Dysart
Joe Kucera
Traer
Eric McElhinney
Kucera
McElhinney
Calf Loss Eliminated by Cod Liver Oil Feeding
Norbert Kash contester for the Garnaville Herd Improvement association reported that Hartwick and Sons near McGregor saved all calves since starting cod liver oil three years ago. They previously lost three or four calves each year. Feeding occurs in winter months in the barn with about one tablespoon per calf per feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Norbert Kash
Garnaville Herd Improvement Association
T. E. Hartwick and Sons
Kask
Hartwick and Sons
Cedar Rapids buyer purchases Baldwin dairy herd at 165 per head
Cedar Rapids dairyman Dr. B B Brog buys part of the Fred Baldwin herd near Mt. Vernon. Baldwin reportedly sold due to lack of help. The purchase price was about 165 dollars per head.
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MT. Vernon
B. B. Broghammer
Cedar Rapids
Fred Baldwin
Baldwin
More Cattle and Lambs Than Year Ago Into Iowa
A USDA report shows February feeder cattle and calves into Iowa at 34 012 head vs 30 982 year ago. January February Iowa total 79 620 head. Sheep and lambs February 56 669 vs 20 737 last year. First two months 100 009 head. Seven state totals compare February 159 174 vs 150 385 last year. Data from stockyard and veterinarians reports.
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U.S.D.A
Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Seven States
Ag Commissioners Form Anti New Deal Political Assn
Five state agriculture commissioners and two cotton farmers announced the formation of the National Farm Committee to publicize farmers rights and oppose New Deal policies. The Texas based group aims to back congressional candidates who will secure a square deal for food producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Farm Committee
Congress
Ralph W. Moore
Texas
Moore
J. E. McDow
Fortenberry
Saleen Tex
E. H. Everson
South Dakota
Nathan Mayo
Florida
Math Dahl
North
Agricul
Themes Announced For Chemurgic Meet In Chicago
The National Farm Chemurgic council sets its annual meeting at the Drake hotel in Chicago on March 24 25 with themes Rubber 24 Alcohol At War for the evening March 24 and fibers and plastics forenoon March 25 fats and oils forest products aft ernoon March 25 and new crops for war and peace the evening of March 25.
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Chicago
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Drake Hotel
Chance Reported WPB May Allow Small Bean Plants
D E. Edison secretary of the Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa says WPB may grant priorities through the Commodity Credit Corporation for soybean processing plants. Elevators should prepare a detailed letter to Washington outlining power, demand, soybean production within 15 miles, livestock, freight savings, storage, equipment, and local outlets for meal.
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FT. Dodge
WPB
D. E. Edison
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Edison
United States Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmers Grain Dealers
Two Cows With 50 Tons Of Milk to Their Credit
Independence state hospital owns two Holstein cows that set lifetime production records exceeding 100 600 pounds of milk per animal. One cow produced 114 283 pounds of milk and 3 889 pounds of fat in six milking periods. the other 10 523 pounds of milk and 3 970 pounds of butterfat in five periods. Both records were achieved under supervision of Iowa State College of Agriculture with the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
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Independence
Holistein-Friesian Association of America
Iswa State College of Agriculture
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Iowa dairymen plan herd increases despite labor gaps
A survey of 537 Iowa dairymen shows 56 percent plan herd expansion this year, with 14 percent reducing size and 30 percent maintaining last year. Smaller herds grow more, labor shortages threaten large operations, and three-fourths use milking machines. DYSART hemp Turner invention notes.
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Ames
Contest Association
Iowa
J. M. Cowden
Armed Services
Mr. Cowden
Cowden
Stocker Steers Lead Cedar Rapids Sale Prices
Good stocker steers ranged from 13.25 to 15.00 per hundredweight with 14.00 paid freely at the Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids. Warmed up steers 13.50 to 14.50, off colored 13 down to 11. Cows and calves varied from 10.59 to 32.50 for killers, heifers 13 to 13.75.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
FFA Convention Planned April 16-17 At Des Moines
H. T. Hall announced the fifteenth annual Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America convention at Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines. It will be streamlined with attendance limited to two delegates per chartered chapter and features speaker Willard Visek from Lincoln Nebraska plus discussions on Iowa Farmer degree and 1943-44 planning and war efforts.
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Des Moines
H. T. Hall
Iowa
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Hotel Kirkwood
Willard Visek
National Organization
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa Farmer
Rowley Creamery Pays 54 Cents for Top Butterfat
Rowley Creamery, via secretary Joe McGrath, reports butterfat payments for the last half of February. Grade 1 yields 54 cents per pound, grade 2 53 cents, and grade 3 52 cents, matching the first half of February.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
Concentrates Pay Dividends for Boone Poultry Flock
A farmer in Boone Iowa reports 250 pullets hatched last March laid two dozen eggs on December 9 1942. After using Big Gain 32 Poultry Concentrate supplied by Baird Grain Company the flock produced eleven dozen eggs. The notice is part of a series of similar reports from satisfied customers.
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Boone
Iowa
Baird Grain Company
Iowa Livestock Council opposes OPA price ceilings as hogs threaten market
Iowa Livestock council censures OPA price ceiling threats, warning they lower pork production. A resolution to Congress and officials cites uncertainty among hog producers, fear of May and June farrowings, and argues ceilings hinder efficient allocation and fair prices. Wayland Hopley reelected president. council includes beef, dairy, hog, sheep, horse and mule groups.
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Des Moines
OPA
Iowa Livestock Council
Iowa
Washington
Lowa
Wickard
Wayland Hopley
Atlantic
William Yungelas
Webster City
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
Dairy
March 22 Meeting in Maquoketa for Organization Talks
Holstein breeders from Jackson and Clinton counties will meet in Maquoketa on March 22 to discuss forming an association. The session aims to organize local breeders and outline goals for cooperative efforts in the region.
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Maquoketa
Jackson
Clinton Counties
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Walker Livestock Exchange
E. Cohn & Sons
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J. D. Hayes Photo
Traer and
Nat's Deafness Survey
N Institute
Merchants Bank
West Union
Livestock Council
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