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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1943
Page
2
Livestock prices hinge on meat rationing and coupon supply as a Chicago conference gathers input from producers. The American Meat Institute plans talks on price ceilings with packers favoring ceilings and OPA potential allocation, while cattle supplies rise and demand remains high.
Des Moines reports a complete accord in administering Iowa farm labor efforts. A J Loveland announces expansion of mobilization and placement led by the Iowa State extension service with help from the U S Employment Service and Farm Security Administration. Volunteers at local offices will assist in recruiting and placing workers as needed.
Des Moines A report for delivery at the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association meeting notes 1 277 026 pounds of wool sold in 1942 for 3 389 members. The volume rose 53 percent from 1941 with the largest consignment at 36 596 pounds from C E Brower of South English and the biggest county shipment at 61 304 pounds from O Brien.
Farmers in Decorah Winneshiek County have received 452 781 88 in parity payments since January 1 and have cashed 2 437 checks in the period.
VINTON Ray Sorensen of Des Moines, director of young people's activities for the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, will speak at a Benton county young married group meeting in Vinton Wednesday evening, County Agent Don Groves announced Saturday.
Cecil Johnson of Aurora drove 226 red western lambs to market on Friday. The average weight was 87 pounds and they sold for 16 dollars and 65 cents per hundredweight.
Chester C Davis resumes a Washington post after a year and a half away from national defense advisory work. He will lead food production and distribution in the agriculture department and may assume secretary duties. He joins pressure on crop goals livestock ceilings parity, and agency coordination amid spring farm work and labor recruitment.
The Commodity Credit Corporation said contracts were executed with Defense Plant Corporation for seven hemp plant facilities in Iowa at about 351 000 dollars each. Plants will be at Algona Humboldt Boone Eagle Grove Mason City Traer and Rockford with four more in Britt Hampton Iowa Falls Grundy Center awaiting DPC action. Construction bids open April 13. War Hemp Industries will operate the plants as part of the 1943 hemp program to grow 185 000 acres for rope and cordage.
Charles O. Falkenwald, 41, director of the REA's application and loans division, died suddenly in St. Louis last Thursday. He joined the REA in 1935 and was a key figure for rural electrification in Iowa.
Ed Petersen of Jones county marketed 75 Hampshire-Poland China hogs at Chicago on Friday. The drove averaged 224 pounds and brought 15.90 dollars per hundredweight, within five cents of the day’s top price.
Commerce notes list upcoming sales from the Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids to Iowa City Sales Co at 2 miles north of Viola closing out items, plus Mrs Ruby M Kehne real estate auction at Tipton and Walker Livestock Exchange sale near Oxford with Joe Kinney selling livestock.
Washington AP reports a one cent per pound increase for asparagus grown for canning this year. The USDA and OPA set higher ceilings to help farmers cover rising harvesting costs, with state war boards meeting growers and canners to set 1943 contract prices. About half the 1943 crop is reserved for the armed forces.
Albert Seedorff was chosen president of the Aurora Farmers Creamery association at a Friday directors meeting in Aurora. Otto Martin was named vice president and Albert Hahn secretary. LeRoy Waskow was rehired as buttermaker.
Iowa farmers are projected to meet 1943 canning crop assignments but some plant operators fear peas tomatoes beans and corn yield may lag behind. A J Loveland, state USDA war board chair, urges full canning plant operation and notes incentives including minimum prices and non recourse production loans to secure necessary acreage. County committees work with plants to reach remaining targets.
Internal Revenue Bureau figures show February oleomargarine sales at 53,501,740 pounds, up 66 percent from last year's February. January and February totals reach 110,276,340 pounds, 64 percent higher than the previous year, with colored oleomargarine at 240,240 pounds in February, up from 42,568 pounds in 1942.
Columbus Canning company contracts tomatoes for the 1943 season at 22 dollars per ton. This rate is 450 dollars higher than the amount paid last year.
Floyd Robson 50 of Marion has joined the Linn County Farm Bureau as assistant to County Agent Rex Conn Cedar Rapids. Described as temporary, the post was seen as permanent pending finance committee approval. The 4 H clubs in Linn likely to bear major responsibility. Robson farmed 15 years near Marion and was active in Farm Bureau work. He quit farming January 19.
Hereford milk cows sold for 155 dollars at the Midway Sales Company pavilion in Columbus Junction. Shorthorn cows brought 127 dollars, Hereford calves 90 to 100, and various cattle trades ranged from 12.50 to 15.25 per hundredweight with top prices for springers and bulls. Auctioneers were H M Duncan and Paul Klotz of Columbus Junction and EH Dunlap of Wapello.
Special to The Gazette WAUKON a purebred Short horn bull sold for 230 dollars at the Aaron Inger sale held Wednesday thirteen miles southeast of Waukon. Cows brought up to 42 dollars, work horses 56 dollars, sows 49 dollars. A binder 262.50, corn binder 162, corn planter 140, threshing machine 536, mower 115, tractor 255, side delivery rake 170, milking machine without engine 375. Hay ranged 10 to 1350 dollars per ton. D J Ryan auctioneer and John Meier clerk.
Scotch Grove farmer Ed Zirkelbach received a gold Master Corn Grower medal from the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association. His corn yielded an average of 125.08 bushels per acre, well ahead of the runner up at 105.07 bushels.
Adams County farmers voted to establish a soil conservation district in Corning. The referendum passed 167 to 6. Paul Flowers, Harry Reese and Leslie Putnam were elected district commissioners.
DES MOINES Iowa price ceilings cover all sales of shelled ear and snapped corn. Farm to farm trades cannot exceed the track ceiling at the nearest elevator. For car corn the minimum is 68 pounds per bushel. Seed corn popcorn grain sorghums sweet corn broom corn and corn for canning are exempt. Sales to local feed mixers commercial users or truckers may not exceed the local elevator ceiling less two cents per bushel.
The Office of Price Administration ruled that prize winning animals from 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America are not subject to wholesale meat price ceilings. The decision follows Midwest requests and covers wholesale prices only, as retail ceilings would need a separate ruling.
The War Production Board in Des Moines said rules on materials for new farm buildings public utilities electric wiring and farm machinery have been liberalized and processing sped up. Farmers must first file needs with the county war board for WPB approval. livestock on the farm determines approval. Electric wiring and equipment are available though farm dwellings remain excluded.
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