Meat Shortages Across Nation Cut Demand for Substitutes
The Associated Press reports meat hunger drives Americans to eggs and milk as butter cheese evaporated milk and eggs reserves lag and fall below last year. Forecasts warn of a near stranger diet by August with vegetable fare dominating. Europe faces hunger risk and Britain trims bacon rations while oils and fats tighten. Regional notes cite persistent meat scarcity from Wisconsin to New York and Houston to Oregon, with public pleas for meatless days and looming shortages in lard butter and canned goods.
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Europe
Warren F. Draper
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Britain
J. J. Liewellin
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New England
OPA
Coudn
East
New York City
F. H. Laguardia
WFA
Pittburgh
Armed Services
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Atlanta
Virginia
Richmond
Montana
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Prepare to Fight Chinch Bugs in Southwest Iowa
Ames reports sufficient quantities of anti chinch bug materials are concentrated in the state to combat any outbreak. Dr. Carl J. Drake, state entomologist, said creosote shipments include five cars with deliveries to Logan and Clarinda. The agriculture department holds over 100000 gallons of creosote for use.
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Ames
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Logan
Clarinda
State Department of Agriculture
Potato Insect Control Advice from Iowa Bulletin
Iowa readers advised on controlling potato insects this season. The Iowa State College Extension Bulletin P18 outlines a sulfur dust method using 100 pounds of 325 mesh dusting sulfur and 8 pounds of calcium arsenate. Apply at 25 pounds per acre with calm air for best results.
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Iowa
Colorado
Towa State College Extension
Cattle Tariff Cut Opposed By Ranchers
Denver dispatch reports F E Mollin executive secretary of the American National Livestock Association warns Congress against further tariff cuts. He says such moves could trigger postwar disaster for U S cattle producers due to potential heavy imports from Canada Mexico Cuba and South America. Mollin urges removing the tariff reduction from the bill and has sent production data to western and southern lawmakers.
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Denver
INS
Congress
F. E. Mollin
American National Livestock Association
Mollin
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
South America
Southwest
Florida
Deadline Set for First Quarter Dairy Subsidies May 31
Henry J. Hood Linn Triple-A committeeman warned Dairymen that applications for dairy subsidies on January February and March production must be filed by May 31. Submissions may be mailed or brought with cream stubs or sales evidence to the county Triple-A office. Hood urged cattle feeders to keep fat cattle sale receipts to qualify for the new 50 cents per hundredweight beef subsidy. payment details will come when available.
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Henry J. Hood
Linn Triple-A
Triple-A
Hood
Elkader Holstein Cows Break Fat Records
The Elkader The Holstein association reports yearly records for two purebred cows owned by A A Tieden. One cow produced 587 pounds of fat in 349 days and the other 582 pounds in 358 days on two time milking.
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Elkader
Holstein Association
A. A. Tieden
Corn Planting Progress in Central Iowa
Corn planting advanced in Iowa with about half of central state acreage planted. Central regions report favorable conditions, while northwest shows slow start. Soil prep and erosion control contouring rise in importance as farmers wait for warmer weather and sunshine. Soybeans planted in spots, but focus remains on corn, with small grains needing gains.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
North
WFA Reports April Food Deliveries Rise Sharply
Washington War Food Administration announced that 1,066,982,913 pounds of agricultural commodities were delivered to all claimant agencies in April, marking an increase of 65,646,239 pounds over March. Total deliveries in 1945 reached 3,782,631,882 pounds.
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Washington
INS
War Food Administration
Head of Horses and Cattle and Farm Machinery Auction
A mixed livestock and farm equipment listing details a bay mare six years old and a black work mare among horses, three cows with calves, dry cows, 22 yearling heifers with calves, five yearling replacements, plus sows with piglets. Also listed are 58 bushels corn, 60 bushels oats, hay, and a range of machinery including tractors, plows, binders, wagons, harness, a grain drill, hay equipment, a cream separator, and various shop tools. The sale notes heating in the evening.
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New Idea
J. D
90 County Fairs To Be Held Says Cunningham
Iowa Secretary Lloyd Cunningham says more than 75 county and district fairs have set dates and about 90 are expected to operate this summer and fall. Last year 88 fairs held exhibitions with a 91 fair record. Fairs at Nashua and Donnellson will be held, as the shows are local and do not require extra transportation. The lifting of the horse racing ban could aid fairs that use horse shows as a main attraction.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Lloyd Cunningham
Iowa State Fair Board
Cunningham
Nashua and
Donnellson
Machinery Chief Cause of Iowa Farm Accidents
Des Moines reports Iowa farm fatalities totaled 102 from Aug 1, 1944 to May 15, 1945. Farm machinery was the chief cause, with 33 deaths from machine accidents, 15 from burns, and 9 from falls. Maynard Coe of the National Safety Council urged farm safety week plans for July 22 to 28 as the committee met. Corn pickers noted as the most dangerous machines by duration of use. March had seven deaths, April ten, and seven in the first three weeks of May.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Safety Committee
Maynard Coe
National Safety Council
Coe
Towa
Farm Safety Committee
Farm Briefs Postville Holstein records and Hereford steers sold
In Postville two purebred Holstein cows owned by Paul Behn completed records of 483 pounds of butterfat in 288 days and 423 pounds in 341 days. Olin Louis Lorenzen and sons sold 19 Hereford steers at Chicago for top market. Holley brothers sold 21 Hereford steers at Chicago for 17 dollars per hundredweight.
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Postville
Paul Behn
Olin
Louis Lorenzen and Sons
Chicago
Brooklyn
Holley Brothers
OPA to Crack Down on Meat Black Markets
Washington reports Price Administrator Chester Bowles issued a final warning to meat dealers to avoid black market activity. He cited an enlarged investigating staff and a new meat slaughter quota program as tools to eliminate counterfeit meat stamps, mirroring the crackdown once used against bogus gasoline coupons.
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Washington
Chester Bowies
OPA
21 000 000 Bushels of Corn Sold for Emergency Stockpile
Washington report that over 21 million bushels of corn were sold by farmers to the government under the War Food administration corn purchase program which ended May 1. The program operated in 128 Corn Belt counties over three months with state totals listing Illinois 5,392,783 bushels Iowa 10,214,463 bushels Minnesota 605,159 bushels and Nebraska 4,988,212 bushels.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Milk Compared To Pig Feed Tankage
The text equates one gallon of skim milk with the gallon of tankage used for feeding pigs, framing a unit-for-unit comparison between milk and pig feed ingredients.
75 Acre Farm at Oelwein Sold to Arthur Schneider
Vern Wielas sold his 75 acre farm two miles southeast of Oelwein to Arthur Schneider for $130 Smits brothers Oelwein real estate brokers handled the deal.
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Oelwein
Vern Wielas
Arthur Schneider
Smits Brothers
Rea Wetale Brokers
Machinery to Europe Exports 18 Percent of U.S. Farm Tools
U S foreign economic administration officials said on Tuesday that farm machinery valued at SURH.Cod will have gone to European farms during the 12 months ending June. Exported equipment amounted to 18 percent of total U S production.
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Washington
Foreign Economic Administration
Pra
United States
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