Livestock Leaders See Davis Appointment as Farm Aid
Chicago observers hail President Roosevelt's choice of Chester C. Davis as head of food production and distribution in the Agriculture Department. They say the move eases Wickard’s heavy load, steadies policy amid farm unrest, and could calm Congress as pressure on meat prices grows.
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Davis
Wickard
Chicago
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Department of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
Chester Davis
P. O. Wilson
National Livestock Producers Association
United States
Mame
Justice Byrnes
Judge Jones
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
AAA
Henry Wallace
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt - Hopkins-Wallace
Iowa
Midwest States
James Byrnes
Administration of Food Production and Distribution
Triple-A
Secretary of Agriculture
Interior hog market hits new 20 year high in Des Moines
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT reports demand broad through the week with interior hog prices rising to a new 20 year high of 15.30 dollars on Monday and Thursday. Weekly receipts totaled 141000 head with market sentiment improving as rationing and slaughter permit plans move forward.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Ames woman to aid Cedar Rapids victory garden push
Mrs Dorothy Baltz Hamilton of Ames named food preservation specialist to work with groups and educators in promoting victory gardens poultry and food preservation in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas Rex Conn Linn county agent announced Hamilton a 1940 Iowa State College dietetics graduate will assist Miss Margaret Stewart Linn county home economist starting April 1 Her husband is in military service.
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Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Baltz Hamilton
Ames
Rex Conn
Hamilton
Margaret Stewart
Linn County
Conn
Iowa State College
Chicago
Westfield
Sioux City
Quaife Recommends Restricted Protein Plans for Swine
Iowa State College extension swine expert Quaife outlines target mixes to meet USDA protein limits. He proposes 8 lb meat and bone meal and 65 lb soybean meal per 100 lb feed for light hogs, with adjustments for heavier animals, and notes possible substitutions and complete grain blends.
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Ames
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Quaife
Steer Market Still Rising in Chicago Trade
The steer market advanced this week with most steers up 25 cents from last week and some at $17.60 for strictly choice offerings, the highest since the last war. Long fed cattle dominated the sales, with ranges $14.75 to $16.75, and occasional above $17 for top lots. Heifers rose 15 to 25 cents, with near‑choice loads at $15.50 to $16.25, and bulls and cows also climbing to record highs amid strong demand from Eastern shippers and buyers. Replacement cattle sellings stayed high as Corn Belt feeders showed broad demand despite high costs.
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Chicago
Farmers Urged to Drench Sheep for Nodule Worms Now
Iowa State College extension veterinarian Dr. K W Stouder urged sheep raisers to drench ewes and lambs with phenothiazine before turning them out. The dose is one half ounce per lamb and one ounce per mature sheep, with immediate administration to prevent spring pasture contamination by nodule worms.
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Ames
K. W. Stouder
Iowa State College Extension
Stouder
Postville Creamery Pays Top Butterfat Rates
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery reports February prices for butterfat at 55 cents a pound for sweet cream and 53 cents for grade No 1 butterfat. Last February paid 40 and 38 cents. The month yielded 64,140 pounds of butter from 51,721.6 pounds of butterfat.
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Postville
Harry N. Turner
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Rural electrification pioneer Charles O Falkenwald dies at 41
ST LOUIS AP Charles O Falkenwald 41 chief of the application and loans division of the rural electrification administration and a pioneer in rural electrification in the United States died here Thursday.
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ST. Louis
Charles O. Falkenwald
Rural Electrification Administration
United States
Bankhead and Pace Bills Opposed by Farm Union Head
Donald W. Van Vleet president of the Iowa Farmers Union urged Iowa congressmen to oppose the Bankhead and Pace bills as inflationary. He warned the parity change would raise consumer food costs 16 to 17 percent, sparking wages gains and an inflation spiral that could hurt Iowa farmers. He urged lawmakers to change their minds and backing.
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Des Moines
INS
Donald W. van Vleet
Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa
Pace
van Vleet
Series of Victory Garden Meetings at Manchester
A series of discussion meetings on planning garden layout and dates of first and successive plantings will begin next Monday evening at Manchester. Similar meetings will be held at Delhi next Tuesday evening and at Earlville Thursday night.
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Manchester
Delhi
Earlville
Earl Ryan-Earl New to Speak at Victory Garden Meeting
Earl Ryan New of Manchester Delaware County Victory Garden Chairman will speak at a victory garden meeting here next Friday evening.
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Ryan—Earl New
Manchester
Delaware County
Victory Garden
Helps You Overcome FALSE TEETH Advertisement
An advertisement promotes PASTEETH an improved anxaline ion acid powder to stiffen and cushion loose false teeth. It claims quicker comfort and a soothing cool feel, suggesting four pills or doses to apply for better fit and ease.
Moeller Agency Reports 80 Acre Dysart Farm Sale
Dysart real estate firm Moeller Brothers reports the sale of an unimproved 80 acre farm three miles southwest of Dysart to Charles Krafka for 150 dollars an acre. The land, owned by Mrs. William Skersick of Cedar Rapids, had been farmed for years by Roland Degner.
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Geszelle
Dysart
Moeller Brothers Real Estate
Charles Krafka
William Skersick
Cedar Rapids
Roland Degner
Farmers to supply nation with drugs and spices
CHICAGO AP. An American farmer may soon meet national needs for drugs and spices, not just food for the war effort. John Sokol of Chicago urged that every spice seed and herb imported can be grown in the western hemisphere. Prof. Aurie of Ohio State noted drugs previously imported will be produced by farmers, except digitalis.
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Chicago
John Sokol
National Farm
Chemurghc Council
Alex Urie
Ohio State University
Pacific Coast
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