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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1943
Page
3
Rep Fred C Gilchrist argues for parity for farmers citing cornflakes cost as 13440 dollars per bushel while the farmer earns about 80 to 85 cents. He says corn oil could cover packaging costs and urges trade deals not to undermine parity. He contends parity costs taxpayers but not consumers.
The Department of Agriculture reports 1942 output of cattle hogs and sheep reached 41.3 billion pounds, up 13 percent from 1941 and 32 percent above the 1931-49 average. Total income from meat animals rose to 5.154 billion, 48 percent higher than 1941, with record live weights and high prices driving gains.
Petie Greiner, an 11 year old living east of Lisbon, helps his father P. L. Greiner and hired men on a 320 acre farm. With 160 acres of corn planned, the boy handles horses and tractors and plows furrows as neatly as seasoned hands this summer.
Washington reports outline 80 cents daily plus food clothing medical care and housing for Axis enlisted POWs brought to the U S for farm work. officers may be paid $20 to $40 monthly if working, with Geneva rules guiding assignments. Enlisted POWs receive 10 cents daily when not employed. Germany Italy and possibly Japan pay allied prisoners. Roosevelt discussed with Churchill how to deploy Tunisia captures among about 175000.
In the Iowa Livestock Exchange sale at Cedar Rapids stocker steers sold from 13.50 to 15.00 per hundredweight with 800 to 1000 pound animals at 13.25 to 14.50. Beef cows mostly 11.50 to 12.50, cutters to fair killers 10.50 to 11.25. Stock cows and heifers 10.50 to 11, stock heifers 12 to 13.25. Bulls 11 to 13, heavy bulls 12.25 to 13. Yea rates 14.50 to 15.50 for top calves. Heavy feeding shoals 13.90 to 14.50. packersows 13 to 13.25.
The Office of Price Administration relaxes meat rationing for farm consumption. Farmers may eat meat from cattle slaughtered on their own farms without surrendering red ration points, while city farmers still pay stamps. A bunkhouse employer can now use rationed foods to feed workers without institutional registration.
Ma rengo chapter of Future Farmers of America elected Dean Kinzenbaw president. Other officers chosen include Raymond Trimpe as vice president Gerald Maas as secretary Wesley Heller as treasurer Robert Formanek as reporter and Charles Myers as watchdog.
Eileenmere 501st, a year-old Angus bull, sold for $15,000 in Pleasant Plains Illinois to the Fowler McCormicks with four females for their Barrington herd. The American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association calls the price a new record for purebred beef cattle at that age.
Iowa farmers preferred subsidies to higher prices for consumers. The Wallaces’ Farmer survey found 53 percent favored subsidies, 23 percent backed higher consumer prices, and 25 percent were undecided. Farmers largely oppose the farm bloc on key issues, with mixed views on deferments, Farm Security, and wheat sales.
Decorah donors William Beard and sons contribute a purebred Belgian stallion colt to be sold for Red Cross relief at the Pearson pavilion on May 19.
Iowa supervises 13 of 14 dried egg plants under the state department of agriculture for lend-lease production. Supervisors ensure processing and product standards, sampling materials for a Chicago laboratory. One plant operates under military oversight and ships entirely to the army. Eleven plants already run, three more to begin.
Washington officials say essential farm equipment makers may gain ceiling price adjustments if output faces threats. Farmers would pay higher prices for machinery when ceilings rise, though the CPA argues this would not raise overall cost of living.
A farmer reports long use of Big Gain hog feed reduces home grown grain consumption by about 50 percent while keeping hogs healthy and worm free. He claims all his hogs are fed Big Gain and expresses strong satisfaction with the results.
The Office of Price Administration issued an order to ensure continued production of equipment vital to the war effort. The directive aims to stabilize supply chains and support military needs during the conflict.
Farmers work day and night to ready fields for planting as spring work runs 10 days to two weeks later than last year. Potatoes and gardens show promise though warmer days are still needed for growth.
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