Butter Sales Rise as Prices Fall Across Nation
Government data show lower butter prices boost consumption while margarine use falls. Butter per capita may reach 106 pounds this year, up from 101, with margarine output down 12 percent and butter up 10 percent. The 10 cent tax on yellow margarine has surged buyers, while uncolored margarine purchases decline. The House debates repealing taxes on oleo but bans colored margarine shipments across state lines, a move opposed by margarine makers who warn it would halt sales in 18 states.
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Plashington (Lp
Agriculture Department
House
District of Columbia
Values Rise at Cedar Rapids Third Spring Horse Sale
Two hundred forty two head sold at the Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids as bidding stayed brisk and prices climbed above prior sales. Eastern buyers took five carloads while top teams drew $235 and a well trained stock horse brought $175. A pair of matched mule spans sold for $330 and $305.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Brooklyn Junior Farm Bureau to stage three plays
Poweshiek Junior Farm Bureau members will present an annual one act play night Friday in the Brooklyn high school auditorium. Three plays feature member casts and showcase local talent.
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Brooklyn
Poweshiek Junior Farm Bureau
Brooklyn High School
Shallow Trench Adds Three Acres To Decker Farm
Carl Decker in Lamont has expanded his cropland by three acres by deepening a shallow pond drainage ditch. The 36 hour tractor project drained the pond, widened the trench to eight to ten feet, and left a dry field ready for spring seeding kept in sod. Conservationist Earl Lyons notes several similar low cost drainage projects planned in Buchanan county.
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Gazette
Carl Decker
Buchanan Soils District
Decker Farm
Lamont
Decker
Buchanan Soil District
Soil Conservation Men
Earl Lyons
Buchanan County
DDT Debate and Farm Debt Trends Highlight Iowa News
The article notes safer use of methoxy DDT as a substitute amid legal questions from the Pure Food and Drug Division. It reports Harold Gunderson’s Iowa City remarks, with scientists divided on DDT risks, and USDA data showing farm debt drops after WWII. It also urges safety during cleanup week April 11 to 16, citing Iowa figures on farm accidents and the need for careful work around homesteads.
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Harold Gunderson
Iowa City
Pure Food and Drug Division
Gunderson Sal
Iowa Farm Safety Committee
Iowa
Linn County
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Wardle
Value prize East Frisian bull recovers after operation
Hamburg AP reports a valuable East Frisian bull, badly ill, recovered following surgery in which a veterinarian removed a Nazi party button from the animal’s stomach.
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Hamburg
Williams brothers relocate to farm near Fairfax and hog-raising tips
The Williams brothers from Williamsburg moved March 1 to a farm near Fairfax and are known for Minnesota No. 1 and No. 2 bogs. Swine expert E. L. Quaife recommends rotating three pasture lots with oats, rape, and alfalfa or clover plus electric fencing.
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Williams Brothers
Ralph
Lloyd
Williamsburg
Bertram
Fairfax
Williams Boys
Minnesota
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Quaife
Iowa farmer Injures leg in tractor axle mishap
An Iowa farmer sidelined for ten days during the busy spring season after his machine shed was cluttered and he struck his leg on a tractor axle. Wardle urges crews to clean up the workspace to prevent future injuries and lost time.
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Iowa
Wardle Sai
European Wheat Crop Expected To Drop In 1949
The Agriculture Department reports European nations likely will miss 1949 bread grain acreage goals with winter wheat areas shrinking in the United Kingdom Ireland Portugal Sweden Yugoslavia and Greece while increases occur in the Low Countries Denmark Poland and Hungary France and Italy show stable levels. Western Europe sees a mild open winter with below average rainfall and mixed moisture relief from March rains. In the Soviet Union fall 1948 winter wheat and rye acreage rose about 8 percent from 1947 with Ukraine up roughly 16 million acres.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United Kingdom
Eire
Portugal
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Denmark
Poland
Hungary
France
Italy
Europe
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Beardsley To Attend Independence Dairy Day
Gov. William Beardsley will be guest of honor at Independence Dairy Day on June 14 at Buchanan County Fairgrounds. Committee chaired by W. J. Campbell outlined plans with state officials and Iowa State College dairy specialists attending. A Dairy Queen contest will be held with Jay Partridge heading selection. 4-H, FFA and rural youth groups receive concessions. Next committee meeting set for April 21.
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Independence
Willam Beardsley
Buchanan County Fairground
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Campbell
Harry Linn
Frank Barker
Iowa Dairy Doivision
B. W. Patsey
Iowa State College
C. A. Iverson
A. W. Rudnick
Floyd Arnold
Extension Service
Jay Partridge
FFA
Tekippe Buys Family Farm in Calmar
Paul Tekippe has purchased the 165 acre farm he lives on from his father W. J. Tekippe for about 16000 dollars. The deal leaves Paul as the owner of the property in Calmar and continues the family stewardship of the land.
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Calmar — Paul Tekippe
W. J. Tekippe
Coming Srructions Auction So Noon Sale Don Hartz and Sons
March 31 closing at 12 noon for a sale of livestock hay grain and machinery. Don Hartz and Sons advertise the event one mile west of Maynard.
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Don Hartz and Sons
Maynard
Iowa Cattle and Lamb Inshipments Down in 1948
Iowa cattle feeders shipped 1,022,233 head in 1948 up from 1947 but below the 10-year average. Direct shipments were led by Nebraska with Sioux City as a key central market. Feeder lamb imports fell to the drought-year low, 30 percent under the 10-year average, with Wyoming Montana and Texas supplying most direct lambs and Omaha central markets handling lamb sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Nebraska
Sioux City
Wyoming
Montana
Texas
Omaha
Thayer Man Oversees Rare Sex Tuples in Ewe Birth
Lincoln ewe owned by Kenneth George near Thayer produced a rare litter of sex tuplet lambs Tuesday. The ewe was part of a lot George received Monday from a Chillicothe Missouri farmer, marking an unusual multiple birth.
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Thayer, Kan
Ins
Kenneth George
Near
Thayer
George
Chillicothe
Columbus Junction Cannery Sets Tomato Price for 1949
Columbus Junction cannery announces a 23 per ton price for tomatoes for the 1949 season. Manager Kenneth McCoy stated the rate on Wednesday.
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Columbus Junction
Kenneth McCoy
Decorah to Host Talk on Long Range Prosperity
Carl Malone Iowa State College economist will discuss long range prosperity at a Friday meeting in the Winneshiek hotel Decorah. The event aims to illuminate future economic prospects and regional development for attendees.
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Decorah
Carl Malone
Iowa State College
Winneshiek Hotel
New Agriculture Teacher Named At Columbus Jct
William H. Baltisberger of Marshalltown named vocational agriculture instructor at Columbus Junction. He graduated from Iowa State College earlier this month and succeeds Don Buxton who resigned to become a farm manager. Baltisberger served in the army air corps during World War II and was a prisoner of war in Germany for a year.
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Columbus Junction
William H. Baltisberger
Marshalltown
Iowa State College
Baltisberger
Don Buxton
Army Air Corps
Germany
FFA Sub-District Winners Named Across Local Chapters
West Branch Tipton and West Liberty Future Farmer chapters led the sub-district FFA contest in West Branch with three gold awards each. Lisbon earned two golds and Muscatine one. placings included Tipton Lis bon West Liberty gold in Secretary’s books and DeWitt West Branch silver, with West Liberty gold and DeWitt West Branch silver in Treasurer’s books.
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Tipton
Lisbon
DeWitt
West Liberty
West Branch
Muscatine
Tipston
Future Farmer
Home Economist to Lead Frozen Foods Training Friday
Clermont County home economist Virginia Vaupel will conduct a training school on frozen foods Friday at the Almer Amundson home.
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Clermont—County
Virginia Vaupel
Almer Amundson
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George B. Basker
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Newhall
Center Point
California
5Th Ave
Handy Food Market
16Th Ave
J ST
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Sawyer
Kenmore Food Shop
Morrell
Sts. Bos
Wilson
Laurel
Cello
Florida Juice
Oleo
del Monte
Brach
Gibson
Gibson Tractor Sales
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5Th Street
Gedar Rapids
Beardsley
Ssructions
Tomato Price
Ria
NTT
Columbus
William Baltisberger
Sol
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9Th Avenue
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