Chicago WPA Directs Egg Purchases From Midwest Markets
The Chicago WPA office of distribution will purchase eggs from 11 midwestern states under War Food programs to ease glut conditions. Prices range 31.2 to 33.3 cents per dozen for graded wholesale eggs Nos 1 and 2, with 27 cents per dozen for current receipts bought by special agents. Carload lots dominate, with service charges if eggs are transported in standard or new packing.
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Des Moines
Chicago
WPA
War Food Administration
George B. Steen
Washington
Sheehe
Iowa
Midwestern
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
North Dakota
Michigan
WFA
Federal Agency
Mercantile Exchange
Creameries Told to Collect Butterfat Tax in Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industry commission will send 3 200 notices next Monday to dairies cream stations and milk distributors to collect one cent per pound butterfat tax again this year. The tax on butterfat sold June 1 to 15 funds dairy promotion and advertising. Receipts average about 110 600 dollars annually and this will be the fourth year of the levy.
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Des Moines
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Out of Date Poultry Methods On Many Iowa Farms
Dr. George B. Senior a federal poultry disease specialist told the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Medical society in Cedar Rapids that current methods are obsolete. He urged a two chicks per square foot rule and selling old hens in July and August to reduce disease. The talk urged a 4 point program of breeding feeding management and sanitation. The meeting followed a dinner at the Montrose hotel and was attended by 42 veterinarians from multiple counties.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Medical Society
Cedar Rapids
Montrose Hotel
Carl Spencer
Veterinary Hospital
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clinton
Delaware
Jones
Johnson
Iowa
Linn
Scott
Polk
Poweshiek
Fayette
Washington
Iowa 4 H Girls Will Hold State Convention
Iowa 4 H girls announce a two year gap ends with a state convention July 10 11 and 12 in Des Moines A three member attendance per county including the county president plus one adult leader will attend with county extension home economists and youth extension associates joining. New officers will be chosen after May 20 with county suggestions.
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Ames
Iowa
Poultry Expert Urges Wheat as Partial Feed Substitute
Ames dispatch reports W R Whitfield extension poultry specialist at Iowa State college advises partial replacement of corn or oats with wheat in poultry feed. Tests show wheat can replace half of both corn and oats, or all oats or all corn in mash, but warns against combining too much wheat with both oats and corn due to laxative effects and potential poor growth.
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Ames
Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Whitfield
War Food Administration
Fairfax Elevator Sold to Cedar Rapids Firm
Fairfax elevator operator William Behle announced the sale of his elevator and business to Central Iowa Grain Company of Cedar Rapids. Possession will be given July 1. Behle came to Fairfax in 1915, bought the business in 1926, and plans to retire there. The Cedar Rapids company operates elevators in Cedar Rapids Toledo Grinnell and Marengo.
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Fairfax
William Behle
Central Iowa Grain Company
Cedar Rapids
High Quality Needed To Hold Preference For Dairy Products
Iowa dairymen were urged to keep product quality high to protect the wartime preference for dairy foods and sustain domestic and foreign markets. Dc A Iverson, head of Iowa State College dairy department, warned that this year will be challenging due to labor, truck and tire shortages. He stressed cleaner utensils, milking, and prompt cooling to ensure milk and cream remain market-ready despite reduced transport.
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Ames
Ins
Iowa
Dc. A. Iverson
Iowa State College
Iverson
Trend Toward Earlier Pig Vaccination Reported by USDA
The USDA reports show US swine owners immunize piglets earlier against hog cholera, aiming at about ten weeks old, two weeks after weaning, to improve lifelong immunity and reduce growth disruption while market fattening. Field vets in Iowa Nebraska Illinois Indiana Minnesota and South Dakota note the shift from delaying vaccination to early protection as pig numbers rise.
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USDA
Washington
Middlewest
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Nebraska
Ilinois
Indiana
Minnesota
South Dakota
William M. MacKellar
Dairy Herd Improv Association reports April butterfat average
Special to The Gazette from Marengo Iowa county Dairy Herd Improvement average butterfat for April stands at 29.4 pounds across 385 cows. Lloyd Hagensick heads the local association effort and notes steady milk production trends.
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Marengo
Iowa County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lloyd Hagensick
Associa
April milk production in Iowa falls 4 percent from last year
Iowa dairy reports show April milk output at 591 million pounds, 4 percent below April 1943 but 11 percent above the 10-year average. First four months of 1944 total 2.204 billion pounds, 20 million below 1943 for the same period.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Fire devastates brooder house in Ossian incident
An overheated oil stove caused a fire at the Martin Larson home on Ossian's west edge destroying a brooder house and 85 six weeks old chicks.
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The
Gazette
Ossian
Martin Larson
Drainage Project Survey to Start In Tama County
Fred K Bruene of the county soils district announced surveys on a drainage project along the Iowa river south of Tama will start soon. An agreement for mutual cooperation was drawn up. Richard Wilcox will lead the surveys with Donald Child acting as consultant on erosion control and land use near highways and culvert risers to curb gullies. Farmers on the petition list include Carrie H Meves August J Pagel William Keup Mrs Beryl Carpenter B F Maiden Fannie Hanus Charles Lenhart estate and Charles Butterfield though Butterfield’s land has since sold.
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Fred K. Bruene
County Soils District
Iowa River
Tama
Soils District
County Board of Surs
Richard Wilcox
Soil Conserve
Donald Child
Tama County
County Board of Supervisors
Carrie H. Meves
August J. Pagel
William Keup
Beryl Carpenter
B. F. Maiden
Fannie Hanus
Charles Lenhart
Charles Butterfield
Butterfield
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