Bill to curb direct livestock buying in Congress proposal
Senator Guy A. Gillette of Iowa sponsors a bill to outlaw direct purchasing by packers for slaughter within six months of enactment. The measure targets the packers and stockyards system, seeks posted stockyards within three miles of plants, and aims to restore competition and fair prices for producers. The bill would form a subcommittee to hear packers and producers, with strong industry opposition anticipated.
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Congress
Packer
Secretary of Agriculture
Crile Jette
Iowa
Gillette
Gillette Bill
Secretary of Agriculculture
Packers and Stockyards
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
United States Livestock Association
Fence Drift in Iowa Barnyards Sparks Debate Under Galleste Bill
FENCE DRIFT caught in the roven wire by R FLA. Senator Cillette's push to ban ster direct marketing stirs meat producing regions. Only four yards in Iowa meet Galleste bill posting rules: Cedar Rapids Nowa City Maquoketa Webster City.
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R.fla
Cillette
Iowa
Sioux City
Secretary of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
Nowa City
Maquoketa
Webster City
AAA Head Reports 1939 Farm Program Totals and 1940 Enrollment
R M Evans administrator of the AAA releases figures in the seventh annual report covering July 1 1939 to June 30 1940. 1939 saw 5 756 000 farmers cooperate while over 66 00 000 were enrolled for 1940. 78 percent of US cropland on participating farms. Conservation payments and price adjustments totaled 709 053 000.
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Spretal
Washington
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
United States
26 Initiated Into F. F. A. Chapter At Columbus Junction
Muscatine high school Future Farmers of America chapter initiates 26 local boys as green hands at Columbus Junction. R. L. Hibbs and Minor Alsip named honorary members. Marvin Jedele Smith will serve as adviser. The Incal team won a basketball game 21 to 18 following the meeting.
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Columbus Junction
Muscatine High School
Future Farmers Club
F. F A
R. L. Hibbs
Alsip
Marvin Jedele Smith
Fhighes
Clayton county 4-H elects Tommy Smith president
Tommy Smith of near Volga City was elected president of the Clayton county 4-H clubs at the annual meeting in Elkader. Other officers named were Filmer German as vice president Kenneth Elvers as secretary and treasurer and Robert Baskerville as historian. Smith has guided county grand champions in beef project work and previously served in calf club and livestock judging team roles.
Jersey cow calves twice in nineteen weeks shocks farm adviser
Morrison county farm adviser FIT Shuman reports a Jersey cow on Stralow's farm that calved two normal calves within 19 weeks, a feat described as extraordinary with no similar record noted by University of Illinois geneticist Dr Elmer Roberts. The cow's first calf weighed 65 pounds and both offspring were healthy, prompting record attention from local students and farmers.
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Shuman
Elmer Roberts
University of
Anamosa Farmer Sells 106 Head at Chicago Auction
Victor Glenn Jones, a county farmer, sold 106 head of mixed hogs at Chicago on Tuesday. The hogs averaged 322 pounds and brought $745 per hundredweight.
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Spee
Anamosa
Victor Glenn Jones
Chicago
Clarence-Melvin Bowser Sells Steers and Heifers Near Clarence
Farmer Clarence Melvin Bowser in Cedar County sold a small lot of steers and heifers in Chicago. Steers brought 1075 dollars and heifers 1025 dollars.
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Clarence
Melvin Bowser
Cedar County
Chicago
Note Givers Organize in Tama County
One hundred and forty Tama county farmers met in Traer to form a county organization to negotiate settlement of notes owed the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives. The bank holds notes totaling more than 150000 across involved counties and has demanded payment. A 1 percent assessment was approved to cover costs.
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TRAER
Tama County
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Ottumwa
Bank For Cooperatives
Don Hayes
Toledo
Gary Elmer Parmley
Gilman
Chaiman
Joe Mathern
William Garretson
Mathern
Linn 4-H Leaders Enjoy Get Acquainted Tea
Linn county girls 4-H club leaders and assistants gathered at the YWCA for a two hour social to foster friendships and kick off a busier year of work for 14 clubs. About 20 leaders attended the event which concluded with tea. county committee members listed include Mrs Arlo Stinger chairing with members Mrs William Fallis Mrs Chif ford Henderson Mrs Robert Sloan Mrs Donald Ashby and Mrs A J Nelson.
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Linn County Girls
WCA
Linn
County Club Committee
Arlo Stinger
Mount Vernon
William Fallis
Fairfax
Chifford Henderson
Robert Sloan
Marion
Donald Ashby
Coggan
A. J. Nelson
Walker
Steers Bring $12 at Chicago Sale
Jones county farmer Mike Paulsen sold 971-pound yearling steers in Chicago for 12 dollars per hundredweight and a 1260-pound cow at 825 dollars per hundredweight, reported by The Gazette Anamosa.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
Mike Paulsen
Jones County
Chicago
NYA Aids Mattress Project In Iowa County
NYA sewing room in Marengo works 17 youths in two shifts to stitch 1200 yards of ticking for surplus cotton mattresses. Supervisor Mrs. Bernice Groff guides the group with Mer Valle Rinehart at the sewing machine. Four mattress centers operate in Iowa County with shipments from Texas supplying 6000 pounds of cotton for 120 mattresses. A new center opens in Mechanicsville led by Mrs. Harold Fischer, while Tipton center under Mrs Roy Fulwider averages 22 mattresses weekly.
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Marengo
Iowa County
NYA
Bernice Groff
Mervalle Rinehart
Williamsburg
North English
Ladina
Texas
Tipton
Cedar County
Mechanicsvile
Harold Fischer
Roy Fulwider
Ames Foresees Cheese Boom After War Disrupts Europe
The aftermath of war in Europe is expected to push Americans toward cheese eating and boost the Ames dairy industry. With European cheese imports cut off, inquiries flood Iowa State College about making fancy cheeses. Experts note Iowa Blue and Rochefort type cheeses can be produced domestically using refined methods developed years ago, with Town State college holding the patent for Iowa Blue.
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Ames (Ap
Europe
Ames Dairy Industry
America
United States
Dairy Industry
Iowa State
M. Mortensen
Town State College
Iowa dairy experiments push high grade cheese against imports
Current demand for cheese is high and production methods spread, with two other cheese types also released. Experts say efficient production will lower prices through competition, making dairy interest a strong defense against European cheese imports. Cheddar cannot be made economically in Iowa, as cream yields more butter and skim milk profits from hog feeding, while fancy cheeses suit the region and command higher prices.
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Iowa
Cedar County 4-H Elects New Officers for 1941
Cedar county 4 H livestock club selects Allen Schneider of London as president for 1941 with Robert Joslin as vice president Richard Anderson of West Branch as secretary treasurer Port Stonerook of Clarence as historian and news reporter Cheerio 4 H club names Florence Small president with Jane Linn vice president Florence Peden secretary treasurer Shirley WilJet historian and Patty Maxson reporter
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Cedar County
4-H Livestock Club
Allen Schneider
London
Robert Joslin
Richard Anderson
West Branch
Port Stonerook
Clarence
Florence Small
Jane Linn
Florence Peden
Shirley Wil Jet
Patty Maxson
Stanwood farmer sells hogs and Angus cattle in Chicago
Stanwood farmer Floyd Spear delivered a sale near Stanwood Cedar county on Tuesday in Chicago. He sold hogs averaging 249 pounds at 760 dollars per hundredweight and Angus steers averaging 1,176 pounds at 12.65 dollars per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Stanwood
Floyd Spear
Cedar County
Chicago
Capper Hatches Install 42 Incubators at Clermont Hatchery
Elgin business owner Charles Capper proprietor of Capper hatcheries installs 42 new incubators and eight used models at his Clermont facility to expand production.
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ELGIN
Charles Capper
Capper
Clermont Hatchery
FSA Supervisors Meet from East Iowa Counties in Cedar Rapids
Nine farm security administration supervisors and four home supervisors from 17 eastern Iowa counties gathered in Cedar Rapids on administrative details and summer plans. George Hetkens of Ames and Harold Dodds of Cedar Rapids met the group. Counties represented included Clayton, Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Tama, Benton, Linn, Iowa, Jackson, Clinton Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Panchick, Muscatine, Scott and Marshall.
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Farm Security Administration
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
George Hetkens
Ames
FSA
Harold Dodds
Clayton
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jackson
Clinton Cedar
Johnson Jones
Panchick
Muscatine
Scott and
Marshall
Field Seeds Cheaper on Feb 15 1941 Despite Some Increases
Agricultural Marketing Service reports lower prices for 17 field seeds from mid February 1940 to 1941 per 100 pounds with several items up for the year and a few unchanged. Advances include white clover and rape while declines cover red clover alsike alfalfa and other staples with varied per bushel readings in Iowa.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Canada
Iowa
Kentucky
Sudan
Allamakee DHIA Plans Annual Meeting April 3
Gerald Sleva announced the Allamakee Dairy Herd Improvement association No 1 annual meeting will be held in WAUKON on April 3. The group will start its new year May 1 and will conduct officer elections. Raymond Kinzie will report on the past year’s work.
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Waukon
Gerald Sleva
Allamakee Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1
Raymond Kinzie
Soul Conservation
A country woman narrator reflects on farming wisdom as a farmer tests seed with a rag doll corn tester. She notes many farmers sow culled seed and expect to harvest blooms, drawing a moral about contentment and effort in agriculture.
Inspection Of All Corn Under Seal In Iowa Begun
The triple-A county committees began inspecting shelled corn under seal and held by the commodity credit corporation across Iowa. The aim is to prevent loss and remove moist or mouldy areas, with ear corn on farms inspected only if quality is questioned. Farmers are urged to notify local committeemen if they doubt their grain’s condition.
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DFS
INS
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Guy W. Smith
Triple-A
Smith
Iowa extends sealing period for high moisture corn 1940 crop
Des Moines Iowa SAA committee extends the sealing deadline to June 30 for corn with high moisture content to be delivered in fall 1941. Farmers must declare intent to the county AAA by April 1. After April 1 CCC loan rejections rise for moisture above 17 34 percent while after May 1 corn above 15 percent becomes unacceptable. Loans before April 1 allowed moisture up to 20 percent. Farmers may seal their 1940 corn by September 30 for 1942 delivery.
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Des Moines
Iowa Saa
H. I. Dieterich
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
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NYA Aids Mattress Project
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