New Ceilings Make Current Prices Legal
Ames Iowa grain price policy changes raise ceilings to align with market. Iowa State College economist Lauren Soth says the rise may curb inflation and affect livestock production. Cedar Rapids Farmers Club to discuss policy at Roosevelt Hotel luncheon with Chamber reservations.
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Ames
Iowa
Lauren K. Soth
Iowa State College
Seth
Cedar Rapids
Farmers Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles Penningroth
Chamber of Commerce
Black Market in Beef Continues, Says Meat Institute
The American Meat Institute charged that the OPA slaughter control order failed to curb the beef black market. It cited weekly dressed cattle by ten plants at 58 169 for May 4, versus 123 152 a year earlier and 149 908 in 1941, arguing permits do not shut down black market operators.
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Chicago
INS
American Meat Institute
OPA
Potato Etymology Traces to Spanish Diacritic Break
The term potato is an altered form traced to the Spanish pa ta as a linguistic root. This note explains how the English word adopted a syllabic split and underwent later spelling changes.
Continuation of Farm Labor Shortage Seen
Government experts warn farmers cannot expect immediate relief from the farm labor shortage despite war end. Rural population declined from 31.0 million in 1942 to 25.0 million in 1945 and barely rose to 25.52 million in 1946. With VA predicting 57 million new job openings this year, many workers may stay in cities, delaying returns to farms.
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Yatashington
America
Veterans Administration
Jamaica
Bahama
British Honduras
Congress
U. S
Ladino Clover Promises in Iowa Pasture Trials
Ladino clover shows strong potential for seed mixtures in southern and eastern Iowa based on Iowa State College tests. It outperformed biannual white sweet clover, birds foot trefoil, Korean lespedeza, and a sweet clover red clover alsike mix in nine state sections, forming the best stand and vigor in bluegrass pastures and recovering first after grazing. In southern Iowa less fertile soils, birdsfoot trefoil closely matched its growth. lespedeza ranked last, with sweet clover and the mix intermediate.
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Gazette
AMES
Iowa
Iowa State College Agricultural Experiment Station
New Sweet Corn Picker To Be Tested In Texas
A new sweet corn harvester by E. J. Schaaf and E. F. Greedy of Anderson Iowa will undergo final tests in Texas this week. If it meets expectations it could replace hand harvesting. The device cuts stalks, chops to reach ears, drops ears into a chute for wagon loading, and Midwest company plans to produce about 2,500 units in year at its New Haven Indiana plant.
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Omaha
E. J. Schaaf
E. F. Greedy
Anderson
Texas
VV. C. Olsen
McGrath Manufacturing Company
Otoe Products Company
Nebraska City
Neb
Midwest Company
Olsen
New Haven
Ind
Cattle Feeders Day Speakers Set At Iowa State College
Ames farmers will hear a four way discussion on the current cattle feeding scene at the annual Cattle Feeders day on Friday at Iowa State College. Speakers include Preston Richards of the USDA bureau of agricultural economics J C Holbert from Washington Iowa Julius Rohwer of Schleswig and Robert J Eggert of Chicago. Morning will feature results of winter feeding trials led by C C Culbertson.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Preston Richards
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Richards
Corn Belt
J. C. Holbert
Washington
Holbert
Julius Rohwer
Schleswig
Robert J. Eggert
Chicago
American Meat Institute
C. C. Culbertson
Linn County 4-H Better Grooming Contest Set for May 27
The Linn County girls 4-H club will hold the better grooming contest on May 27, officials announced. The event focuses on grooming and appearance standards for 4-H members in the county.
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Linn County
Grain trade limited to liquidation under new government ceilings
Trading in grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continued only for liquidation after the board voted to limit futures. Government ceilings aimed to curb windfall profits and push wheat into relief channels for starving Europeans. Millers at Minneapolis and Chicago debated the new ceilings as shortages loomed. Pillsbury Mills reported its A mill exhausted its wheat supply for the first time in 66 years.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Chicago Board
Kansas City Exc
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Millers’ National Federation
United States
R. H. Shields
Agriculture Department
Production and Marketing Administration
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House Agriculture Committee
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