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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1944
Page
6
Washington officials from the War Food Administration urge vigilance as public optimism over food supply grows. They warn that relaxed rationing could curb future production and storage limits may create shortages, despite Secretary Wickard’s upbeat outlook.
Extension workers from 11 eastern Iowa counties met in Cedar Rapids for a two day conference with Iowa State College extension officials. Discussions cover program planning economic trends farm labor program and 4-H club development. Speakers include Murl McDonald E F Graff Mrs N May Larson Dutch Elder Carl Malone and G A Lineweaver.
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Iowa farm families toil long hours to catch up with delayed field work on the food front. A Chelsea area farmer reports extreme fatigue from tending planters and wiring ends while Benton county farm women describe 16 to 18 hour days as men work through the night to finish plowing.
Iowa creamery butter output for the week ending May 11 rose 5 percent from the prior week, while U S production matched the national gain at 35 100 000 pounds. Compared with the 1943 week, Iowa butter was 18 percent lower. Milk production in April reached 10.2 billion pounds, up 4 percent from March and near April last year. Cold weather kept pasture growth slow in many areas.
Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports corn planting about 38 percent below normal or 10 days late in the Des Moines region. In the upper Des Moines and upper Raccoon valleys progress leads at 25 to 30 percent complete while overall field work is hampered by soggy soils and labor shortages.
Farmers should remove male birds at the end of hatching to ensure better egg quality. The instruction emphasizes early disposal to optimize production.
DES MOINES April egg output hits a record 6.878 billion eggs as 394.494 million hens lay 16.8 eggs each on average. Government buys shell eggs at 27 cents a dozen. much goes to storage and Allied needs. Total four month production tallies 23.521 billion eggs.
The Cole farm four miles southeast of Greeley sold in two transactions reported by A H Aukerman for Equitable Life. Henry Wieferich Jr of Dyersville bought 174.3 acres at 121 per acre. Clarence J Drees of Earlville bought 55.3 acres at 100 per acre. Immediate possession given, lease to Louie Wooldridge.
Brattleboro Iowa delegates head to the Holstein Friesian association of America annual meeting in Columbus Ohio June 6 and 7 Orville L Hamer Waterloo Ernest M Wright Waterloo Fred Pieplow Aurora M M Campbell Newton and A J Hansen Cedar Falls named as official representatives
Advertises recruitment of men and women with hearing loss for a simple test claiming to restore hearing through a home method. Promotes ear drops and ear care products available at local stores.
Four national farm organizations urged changes in the price control law to let organizations as well as individuals challenge price ceilings in court. They criticized OPA for arbitrariness and endorsed Wherry amendments to strengthen minimum returns on farm products. Rep Burdick called for a national agricultural relations act giving farmers a voice in collective bargaining with buyers.
Des Moines AP says all eggs offered to the government before last Friday were shipped out of Iowa. War Food Administration supervisor George B. Sheehe cites hot weather forcing urgent shipment. Run of the nest eggs paid 27 cents a dozen statewide except Waverly and Plainfield at 26 cents. Thirty four cars of eggs awaited shipment in southwest Iowa.
A group of agricultural leaders and dirt farmers will meet national regional and district OPA officials in Des Moines next Monday to form an agricultural OPA advisory council for the Des Moines district of 64 counties. Acting Director Walter D. Kline said it will be the second such council in the nation and aims to advise on farm problems from rationing and price controls.
Attendees signaled plans to attend a meeting with representatives from major farm organizations. Howard Hill and W. B. Hamilton of the Iowa Farm Bureau, Donald Van Vleet and Edward Roelofs of the Farmers Union, Ralph W. Smith of the Iowa Grange, and R. K. Bliss of Iowa State College Extension lead the delegations. Rae E. Walters and H. H. Williamson from OPA are among the federal and regional officials expected.
Agriculture adviser to the national administrator G. E. Roelofs, agriculture adviser to the regional administrator, and Acting District Director Kline are identified in the handed down notes. The text lists senior staff positions and their respective officials.
An embargo on hog shipments to St. Louis National Stockyards was renewed effective at noon Tuesday. The embargo applies to hogs not in transit when the order takes effect.
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