Wet Corn Losses Prompt Farmers to Inspect Grain
AAA head Rex Conn reports Linn county officials urge farmers to test high moisture corn and act to prevent spoilage as weather warms. Cedar Rapids area grain dealers note moisture levels over 20 percent. delays in marketing stem from weather road conditions and price ceiling uncertainty.
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John F Wager
Linn County
Triple-A
Cedar Rapids
Ray Pollock
Walford
Pollock
Cedar Rapids Plant Runs At Sixty Percent Capacity
Penick and Ford in Cedar Rapids operates at about 60 percent capacity due to corn shortages. Manager Guy E Hillier says the plant processes 30 000 bushels per day on a five day week instead of 35 000 on a seven day week. War Food Administration set aside order not yet increasing receipts. plant has enough corn to finish this week and possibly part of next. It is one of five WFA designated plants to receive corn under the order.
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Fairfax
War Food Administration
WFA
Iowa
Poweshiek
Tama
Grundy
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Guy E. Hillier
March Winds and Brother Boyd Angles in Fable
The piece blends a child’s view of March winds with a verse about a small boy named Sonny. It describes wind that huffs during school time and lifts a kite before it tangles in a tree. Velma Gray Sunderman signs off with a folk tone.
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March
Farmers urged to send high moisture corn to commercial channels
Hillier urged farmers to move high moisture corn into commercial channels while cool and sweet to supply materials needed by war industries. The firms mentioned include Anheuser Busch of St. Louis Clinton company Clinton, Corn Products Refining of Chicago and Commercial Solvents of Peoria.
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Anheuser Busch, Inc
St. Louis
Clinton Company
Clinton
Corn Products Refining Company of
Chicago
Commercial Solvents
Peoria
Hillier
Cows Bring Top of $151 at Columbus Jet Sale
Dairy cows sold at 110 to 151 dollars at the Columbus Junction livestock sale last week. Young Angus bulls brought around 100 dollars. feeder shoats moved at 13 to 14 dollars per hundredweight. Bred cows brought 43 to 58 dollars each while Hereford and Angus calves and yearlings sold for 13.35 to 14 dollars.
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Columbus Junction
78 Year-Old Farmer Struck by Train Near Hudson Creamery
Eagle Center story. William E Steimel 78-year-old farmer suffered a fractured arm cuts and bruises when his car was struck by a freight train as he was returning from the Hudson creamery. He was taken to a Waterloo hospital.
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the Gazette
Eagle Center
William E. Steimel
Here
Hudson Creamery
Steimel
Waterloo
Cedar Women to Meet in Cedar County
Dr. L L Dunning ton of Iowa City will speak to Cedar county rural women on April 11. Mrs Louis Thordsen county chairman of the Farm Bureau women's committee announced the event.
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Tipton
L. L. Dunnington
Iowa City
Cedar County
Louis Thordsen
Chaiman
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Hidden Rice Method Promises Free Rupture Relief Info
An eye opening reveal in a safe rupture protection system offers a no cost no obligation explanation. Send name and address to William B Rice Inc Dept 355 1 Adams NY for details of a new method said to ease discomfort without hard pads or straps.
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William
Rice, Inc
Adams
N Y
Aaberg Named By National Farm Bureau
iH. G. Aaberg of Ames is named livestock marketing specialist for the American Farm Bureau Federation. He will begin May 1 and works under a 15 member livestock committee. Aaberg has Iowa experience including county agent work and as Iowa representative for the Chicago Producers Commission.
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Chicago
Herman C. Aaberg
Ames
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
Aaberg
Farm Bureau Committee
O'Neal
Nebraska
Texas
Winnebago
Sioux
Iowa
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Talle Pleads for Egg Price Support Measures
Rep H D Talle of Iowa renewed his call for government price support for eggs after a telegram from Iowa said egg prices tumbled to 23 cents. He introduced a joint resolution urging the Agriculture secretary to fulfill producer commitments under the 1941 CCC act for non basic commodities.
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Washington
INS
H. D. Talle
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rural Banks Increase Bond Holdings Amid Declining Loans
Iowa rural banks show a 48 percent rise in government bond holdings from June to December 1943 as deposits surge and loan disbursements fall. Economist Wallace Wright warns this growth signals inflation risks while banks retain ample reserves to fund short term production credit for farmers.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Wallace Wright
Iowa State College
Wright
Cow Sale At Martelle Farm Auction
A local farmer announces a public auction of an entire herd of grade Guernsey cattle due to a shortfall of help. The sale will be held at the farm located one mile north and one and a half miles east of Martelle on Stravel Road.
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Martelle
Stravel Road
Guernsey Cattle Herd and Farm Equipment for Sale
47 head Guernsey cattle with 15 fresh cows 5 milkers and 7 two year olds to freshen in fall and early summer plus calves yearlings and a registered bull. Entire herd tested and Bangs vaccinated. Milking machine cream separator posts and farm gear included. Sale features a sorrel gelding and other equipment. Sale to highest bidder. inspection welcome.
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Guernsey
McCormick-Deeing
Big Rise in Canadian Grain and Feed Imports
The Commerce Department reports 1942-43 imports of Canadian grains, grain preparations, feeds and fodder at 64 million dollars, up from 27 million the prior year. Oats and barley imports rose sharply, while full-duty wheat fell. other wheat and flour imports declined. Figures were withheld for security reasons and will be released six months after each period.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Great Plains Crop Outlook Improves Across Southwest
Snow and rain over the last two months bring moisture to the drought hit Great Plains. Oklahoma reports wonderful moisture and very good prospects with a likely excellent wheat crop. Fort Worth sources note improved crop conditions across Texas as spring arrives.
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Chicago
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Uhlmann Grain Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Farm Auction Schedule For Late March In Iowa
Coming farm auctions list three events in central Iowa. On March 29 an 80 acre farm near Ely is offered. March 30 features Harold Healey cow sale near Marlette and Ivan L Notbohm closing out near Vinton. April 1 includes the Stahle estate sale at Solon.
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Pisarik
Ely
Harold Healey
Martelle
Ivan L. Notbohm
Vinton
Stahle
Solon
Weather notes report good moisture statewide in Nebraska
Territory moisture remains favorable with ample rainfall through winter. Hastings reports heavy snowmelt soaking the ground, though it is too early to determine wheat sprout and growth prospects for the new plant in the area.
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Nebraska
Hastings
Farmhouse Burns on Lynn Fulton Farm Northeast of Here
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the house on the Lynn Fulton farm northeast of town Saturday. Rowley fire department was called to the scene.
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Rowley
Lynn Fulton Farm
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Gazette Farm Editor
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Temas
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Williams
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Eer
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Ike
Velma Gray Sunderman
Columbus Jet
CEDAR
G. Aaberg
Rummells Electric CO
St. SW
Talle
Ive Rebee
Anamosa Citizens Savings Bank
Anamosa
Optometrist
Merle E. Garmoe
Third Street SE
Dial
Beverly Cattle Company
WMT
Carters Pills
Second
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Bull Durham Tobacco
Tabu Cologne
SeBe
Arrid Deodorant
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Tooshay
Elmo
LIP Tvo
Chen YU Lipstick
Hind
Beauty Bargain
MAZDA
Ciro
Ise
Phillips
Krems Tonic
Dawn
DuBarry
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