Prospects For Increased Food Shipments In 1947
In Washington officials from Agriculture and State say prospects are good for boosting U S food shipments to Germany Italy Austria France and other needy nations The supply position is strong with a big wheat crop but transportation limits remain the main barrier to larger exports Groceries totals show a rising trend through early 1947 with planned monthly grain shipments around one and a half million tons despite adverse European weather and German farm shortages.
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INS
Agriculture and
State Department
U.S
Germany
Italy
Austria
France
Agriculture Department
United States
Washington
Lucius D Clay
Clay
Sir Brian Robertson
Europe
PMA Officials Optimistic On Iowa Corn Crop Outlook
Des Moines AP report notes PMA chairman A J Loveland says corn planting could reach 2,000,000 acres daily if weather improves. Seed quality described as the best ever, with 75 percent in the ground if conditions stay right for the rest of the week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. J. Loveland
State Production-marketing Administration
Loveland
PMA
Southern Iowa growers lag in planting progress
As of early in the week, planting in the north was about one week behind schedule while the southern area trailed by three weeks, according to Loveland. The note highlights a wider delay for grain farmers in the southern region compared to the north.
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Iowa
Loveland
Car Hits Cattle on Cedar County Road
Two cows and a steer owned by D C Lynch of West Branch were injured when struck by Harold Kessler a Mount Vernon garage operator near St Josephs church Cedar Valley west of Tipton about 530 Saturday night. No one was injured. Lynch reportedly drove the cattle from a pasture and all three animals were slaughtered. Damage to the automobile was about 150 dollars.
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Tipton
D. C. Lynch
West Branch
Harold Kessler
Mount Vernon
St. Joseph’s Church
Cedar Valley
Lynch
Germans Face Poor Crop in Russian Zone
Berlin officials report a bleak harvest outlook for the German Russian zone. Severe winter cold and floods cut farmlands, with Telegraf forecasting only half the normal bread grain and crop yields, worse than 1945 levels. The 1946 harvest figures show significant declines versus 1938 across bread grains barley potatoes and vegetables.
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Berlin
Germany
Telegraf
Seeding Delays Hit Winneshiek County Crops
In Winneshiek County ten percent of oats remain unsown as of Monday and forty percent of corn land awaits preparation. Unseeded oat patches lie mostly in the north, with little corn planting attempted. Early oats show but pastures stay backward due to cold. Ice formed on hog troughs after four nights near freezing. Sheep shearing is two weeks late.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Swine Experts to Speak at West Liberty Meeting
E. L. Quaife Iowa State college extension swine specialist and Dr. L. N. Hazel of Iowa experiment station will speak Monday at a meeting sponsored by the West Liberty Swine Improvement Association. Dr. Hazel will discuss inbreeding work by the USDA regional swine research project.
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West Liberty
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
L. N. Hazel
Iowa Experiment Station
West Liberty Swine Improvement Association
Hazel
USDA
Linn Creameries Hasten Quality Improvement Plan
Linn county creameries and dairy plants launch a quality improvement campaign after a Cedar Rapids meeting with twenty representatives from ten plants forming an organization committee. They plan to hire a fieldman to work with creameries and farms to lift production methods and product quality while enforcing state and federal standards.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Federal
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State Department of Agriculture
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Wapsie Valley Creamery Company
Brownlee
State Department
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Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy
F. W. Orr
Wapsie Valley
L. M. Lane
Norway Creamery
Don F. Granner
Newhall Creamery
Arnold Jensen
Shellsburg Creamery
Willard Chadima
Iowa Farm Products Company
W. C. Boland
Springville Creamery
W. O. Schonauear
Solon Creamery
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Coggan Creamery
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Amber Creamery
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Fred Ross
C. C. Plummer
Wes Warnock
John McDonnell
The
Coggon Creamery
Iowa County 4-H Show Superintendents Named
Iowa County 4-H Achievement Show Aug 7 9 lists superintendents for Beef Merlin Falls North English Dairy Kenneth Dane Williamsburg Sheep and Swine Ed Kinsey Marengo General Superintendent Club Agent L H Sawyer County Extension Director Howard Hamilton Tipton invited to judge Livestock entries Farm club projects to be shown at Marengo sale barn Girls 4-H club show to be at the high school under Alverda James
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Marengo
Iowa County
Merlin Falls
North English
Kenneth Dane
Williamsburg
Ed Kinsey
L. H. Sawyer
Howard Hamilton
Tipton
Marengo Sale Barn
Alverda James
Clyde breeders elect new Iowa Clydesdale leaders
Charles Wilhoit of Batavia became president of the Iowa Clydesdale Association. Richard Axmear of What Cheer and Archie Minish of Central City were named vice-presidents.
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Charles Wilhoit
Batavia
Iowa _ Clydesdale Association
Richard Axmear
What Cheer
Archie Minish
Central City
Dutch minister urges stabilized food prices at Hague conference
The Hague speakers urged international stabilization of food prices. Mansholt said farmers will raise production only if prices are stabilized. The conference drew 200 delegates and observers, including nine US farm group representatives.
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the Hague
Ins
Netherlands
Sicco L. Mansholt
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
United States
Farmer Suffers Broken Leg in Tractor Upheaval
James Miller, a young farmer three miles southeast of Martelle, was pinned when his tractor overturned. A passing trucker Glenn Brewer freed him after the seat and dirt were removed. Miller was taken to Anamosa hospital.
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The
Gazette
Martelle
James Miller
Here
Glenn Brewer
Miller
Anamosa Hospital
West Union approves grand stand for fayette county fair
The Gazette reports government permission to build an all steel grand stand for the Fayette county fair in West Union. Directors say materials are on hand and the project will be completed by August.
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West Union
Fayette County
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