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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1945
Page
4
DES MOINES AP Farmers slow to register with rotal ration boards for selling meat. Charles M. Clikeman official says resident farmers who slaughter 6000 pounds or less annually must register as class 3 slaughterers before June 30. Enforceable actions await unregistered operators after that date.
Special to The Gazette reports brucellosis draining pork production as tens of thousands of piglets die before birth. Dr Frank Breed urges urgent combat, noting the disease spreads, causes irregular breeding, and can infect entire herds. Blood testing of breeding stock and removing reactors are advised to protect next season's output.
Illinois horticulture expert VW Kelley advises careful hoe cultivation in spring planted strawberries to destroy weeds and promote rapid growth. He explains that runners form a matted row, guiding spacing and pinching early blooms to favor a larger second year crop. For overbearing varieties some fruit may be allowed in the first season.
Urban a Illinois advice from M D Appleman University of Illinois College of Agriculture urges inoculating soybeans on new or uncertain soils. He notes yield gains up to 10 bushels per acre and urges clean handling, fresh inoculant, proper water amounts, shade for mixing, and reinoculation of leftovers.
The 1V1 fifty-cent beef subsidy plan faces certification and payment uncertainties as Cedar Rapids plant records track carcass grades for eligible cattle. Analysts debate base prices, eligibility, and the need for clear regulations amid heavy mechanization trends in postwar farming.
Urban a Ill crops remove significant limestone elements from soil per H J Snider University of Illinois findings. Hay from alfalfa, red clover and soybeans shows 420 to 520 pounds of lime per four tons. Corn yields 100 bushels per acre remove 3,200 pounds per season. Five year alfalfa and corn fields imply substantial limestone depletion on 20 acres.
U S food supplies remained comparatively strong in wartime with Canada matching and few foes reaching similar per capita levels. The War Food administration reports 1943-44 meat, poultry and fish at 193 pounds per person in the United States, fats and oils around 43 pounds, milk about 469 pounds, and sugar near 98 pounds per capita, highlighting relative European shortfalls.
The House approved by voice vote a bill to strengthen the Federal Land bank system. It would allow land banks to make loans up to 65 percent of farm and building value at four percent, replacing the current average of about 43 percent. The bill also authorizes purchase of commissioner loans at 75 percent of valuation and aims to liquidate that program by July 1, 1946.
Rep. Talle of Iowa urged prompt action in Congress to reestablish the Rural Electrification Administration as an independent agency. He argued farmers who borrow funds rely on a nonpolitical REA and that the agency should be governed on a sound basis, free from political football. His bill to make REA independent sits in the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee.
Wilson of the National Livestock Producers association criticizes the government meat program for adding to confusion in livestock production. He notes that many farmers already face complexities, warning the program could hinder producers and processors while offering little chance for beef output gains.
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