Hog Men Meet In Chicago To Plan Swine Industry
A two day conference on April 3-4 in Chicago gathers swine breeders, feeders, market men, packers, veterinarians, college and USDA swine specialists, press and farm editors to craft a national program. The goals include better breeding, feed conservation, disease loss reduction, and improved management for profits and quicker victory. Dr. Cliff D. Carpenter notes the aim to efficiently use feed grains in livestock production.
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Chicago
Cliff D. Carpenter
War Food Administration
USDA
Carpenter
Livestock Group Backs Price Controls Opposes Subsidies
The joint livestock committee of 130 producer organizations from 20 states urged Congress to extend for one year a price control act with retail ceilings and rationing. They oppose subsidy payments and call for a single agency to administer the act with clearly defined powers and federal court jurisdiction for complaints.
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Chicago
Joint Livestock Committee
Saturday Night
Congress
Colt Brings 238.50 for Red Cross at Decorah
A Decorah sale featured a 3 year old sorrel colt donated by Ed Mund Hegtvedt of Pleasant Township. The colt was sold and resold for a total of 238.50 with J A Headington of Freeport the final buyer paying 45. The Headingtons mourned the loss of their son James B Headington in the Pacific more than a year ago. The article adds a note on corn rootworm control and crop rotation.
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Gazette
Decorah
Edmund Hegtvedt
Pleasant Township
Red Cross
J. A. Headington
Freeport
Headingtons
James B. Headington
Pacific
Farm labor surge drives draft deferments under 26
Washington AP reports more than 300,000 men moved from war industries back to farming in six months, boosting farm deferments. Total farm workers deferred under 26 reach 1,689,000 while overall nonfarm deferments total 3,204,000 as selective service speeds up drafts for nonagricultural jobs. Major General Hershey ordered tighter farm deferment controls, with uncertain results.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Service boards promise minimal disruption to draft quotas
Lt Col H O Schwabacher, eighth region director, told a Minnesota Iowa Nebraska North and South Dakota meeting that selective service will exhaust 2-A and 2-B classifications before using 2-C agricultural deferments to reach draft quotas. Local boards aim to limit changes in classifications while meeting manpower needs.
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Minneapolis
Selective Service Boards
H. O Schwabacher
Selective Service
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Lisbon Voc A g Judging Team Takes Third Place
Lisbon high school's vocational agriculture team earned third in the national judging contest sponsored by Holstein-Friesian World breed publication. Members are Don Henik Kenneth Hoffman Kenneth Reyhons and John Williams. This marks the second straight year Lisbon garnered national honors.
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Lisbon
Holstein-Friesian World
Vocational Agriculture Department
Lisbon High School
Don Henik
Kenneth Hoffman
Kenneth Reyhons
John Williams
Harold Hoffman
Seace
Linn county beekeeper meeting on spring practices
Linn county beekeepers will gather at the Farm Bureau office Tuesday evening to discuss spring management and apiary problems. Floyd Robson acting Linn county agent announces F. B. Paddock of Ames state apiarist will be in charge.
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Linn County
Farm Bureau
Floyd Robson
F. B. Paddock
Ames
State
Shucks Let’s Talk It Over The Triple A Side
A farm opinion piece defends county Triple-A committees amid Washington coercion charges over farm program enrollment. It explains voluntary participation, goals set by War Food Administration, and the roles of county AAA committees in production, rationing, and draft deferment considerations. It cautions against misreading committee efforts as coercion.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Supreme Court
War Food Administration
Triple-A
Township Aaa
AAA
OPA
Triple- A
Usda War Board
Selective Service
Usda War Boards
Butter Purchase Plan Set for April Shortfall to War Needs
Government butter purchases will resume April 1 for the first time since September. A 10 percent output set aside will be bought solely by U S armed forces and war services, with the full 13 million pounds allocated to military use. The War Food Administration plans no buys in April and expects civilian butter supplies to be at least as large as March.
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War Food Administration
United States Armed Forces
War Services
Veterans Administration
War Shipping Administration
WFA
United States
Butter Industry Advisory Committee
Farm Near Iowa City Sells At 225 Per Acre
W F Main of Cedar Rapids sold his 206% acre farm two miles east of Iowa City to W S Morrison of Garwin for 225 dollars an acre. The well improved property changed hands last week with possession given at once, subject to a lease to F A Smith.
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Iowa City
W. F. Main
Cedar Rapids
W. S. Morrison
Garwin
F. A. Smith
Iowa Farm Prices Mirror World War I Pattern
Iowa farm prices rise in this war follow the World War I pattern. A report from the Iowa Farm Economist shows February 15 price levels for Iowa farmers nearly equal to those on February 15, 1919. Costs for feed and goods bought by farmers also climbed, though not as rapidly as prior war-era prices.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa Farm Economist
Price Controls and Hog Market Shifts Between Wars
The article compares price trends for Iowa farmers across wars noting a 64 percent price rise in the last war versus 37 percent now. Hog prices and slaughter volumes show distinct changes with federal controls differing between wars. It discusses feed stock use, corn ceiling adjustments, and wheat price changes amid tighter feed supplies.
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Iowa
Senator Capper urges rush on farm machinery and draft relief
Senator Arthur Capper urged the government to speed up farm machinery production and protect farmers from the draft while prioritizing American agriculture. He argued that aiding liberated European countries should not come at the expense of U S farm needs and warned against weakening the agricultural program.
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Washington
INS
Arthur Capper
R-Kan
Capper
Farm Auction Schedule for late March and early April
Iowa Livestock Exchange horse sale in Cedar Rapids on March 28. Pisar ik 80 Acre farm near Ely on March 29. Harold Healey cow sale and Ivan L. Notbohm closing out near Vinton on March 30. Stahle estate sale in Solon on April 1.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Pisarik
Ely
Harold Healey
Martelle
Ivan L. Notbohm
Vinton
Stahle
Solon
Kansan Warns of Crop Shortages Impending Global Crisis
The Kansan warns that a small wheat or corn crop this year could trigger a national or world catastrophe. The piece urges keeping farmers on farms and directing machinery to American farms and global needs, while Capper criticizes federal bureaucracy and denies manpower shortages.
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Sam
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