Farmer buys 978 acres in four farms for 122871
J Farmer of Independence purchases 978 acres across four farms for 122871 dollars. Leases will transfer with immediate possession. Farms include 160 acres near Marion, 200 near Springville, 320 near Alburnett, and 298 near Martelle with tenants Guy Austin Lee Armstrong Gilbert De Sotel Harold Graves and Tony Allers.
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J. Farmer
Rapnessman
Springville
Jones County
Martelle
Tony Allers
Luzerne Farmer Sells 114 Acre Farm Near Luzerne
Elmer Tiedemann sold his 114 acre farm located one and a half miles southeast of Luzerne to Rolland Bruch of Blairstown for 19000 dollars. Possession passes January 1 1944. P G Young of the Benton County State Bank at Blairstown handled the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzerne
Elmer Tiedemann
Rolland Bruch
Blairstown
P. G. Young
Benton County State Bank
Lena Tangeman Farm Sold Near Blairstown for 135 Per Acre
The 158 acre Lena Tangeman farm, five miles northwest of Blairstown and tenanted by William Schendlich for 17 years, sold last week to Simon Parr for 135 dollars an acre. Parr, tenant on the J. E. Schlue farm, plans to hire a man on the bought property with possession to be given January 1, 1944. P. G. Young of Blairstown. source indicates sale details.
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Blairstown
Lena Tangeman
William Schendlich
Simon Parr
Parr
J. E. Schlue
P. G. Young
Traer Agents Report Farm Sale in Tama County
Traer real estate agents Traer-Conant and King report the sale of the 160 acre Welby Dixon farm in Howard township Tama county to Vera Hale of Traer and her sister Mrs Arthur Smith of north of Garwin for 10250 dollars total at 10250 per acre 44. Post will be given March 1 44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer — Conant and King
Traer Real Estate
Welby-Dixon
Howard Township
Tama County
Vera Hale
Traer
Arthur Smith
North of Garwin
Kraschel Reports 750 Million Loaned By FCA In Decade
Oma ha AP Farmers in Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming used FCA facilities for a decade totaling over 750 million dollars in federal funds. General Agent Nelson G Kraschel issued the report on FCA's tenth anniversary citing 50.6 million to national farm loan associations and 25,000 farmers aided by short-term loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
Farm Credit Administration
Nelgon G. Kraschel
FCA
Eighth Farm Credit District
Kraschel
National Farm Loan
Farmers’ Cooperative and Purchas
Omaha Bank of Cooperatives
Farmer Injured When Team Runs Away Near Onslow
Adolph Stamp of Onslow two miles east was severely injured while driving a plow and drag. The rear team frightened, unseated him and threw him to the ground, causing broken ribs and other injuries. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Anamosa for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Adolph Stamp
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Enlistment for Farm Work in Linn County
A local call for volunteers to supply emergency farm labor for military and Allies. The form asks for name sex age availability times and consent to prevailing wages, listing tasks such as general farm work haying threshing detasseling picking corn husking and silo filling.
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Linn County
Emergency farm labor drive to aid Linn county crops
Young Men's bureau in Cedar Rapids launches a voluntary program to recruit emergency farm hands for Linn county and nearby counties. Booths will sign up workers, with wages at prevailing farm rates, and deferment rules apply for essential agricultural workers.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Linn County Farm Bureau
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
War Effort Committee
Anderson
Linn County
Producers urge global cooperative network at UN food talks
Delegates from more than 30 countries at the United Nations food conference urged creation of an international agency to help farmers form producer marketing cooperatives. Murray D. Lincoln of the United States called for cross‑border cooperative trade to expand access and profits, while rural cooperative banks were also proposed for farmer credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin
Hot Springs
International Agricultural Authority
Murray D. Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Cooperative League of America
Scandinavia
Iowa Creamery Operators to Meet in Oelwein June 3
Alpha Section No 11 of the Iowa Creamery Operators Association will hold a meeting in Oelwein on June 3 with J F and the treasurer reporting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
Oelwein
J. F
Soul Conservation Four Horse Team Footwork Slow Drag
A country woman describes the labor of driving a four horse team to the field. The team’s powerful pull causes the man to lean back, resulting in a peculiar jerky stride that resembles a movie cartoon and leaves his toes blistered after a long day behind the drag.
Cattle Grub Control Tests Show Short Term Gains
Iowa entomologists report tests treating cattle for grub control yield definite benefits. In trials near Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Waterloo and other packers about 500 head showed treated cattle gaining more on identical rations and higher carcass grades with less hide damage. Long term goals focus on fewer heel flies and grub free cattle in future years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Ames Extension Service
Wilson and Company
Cedar Pans
Cedar Rapids
Wes Trachta
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Harold Gunderson
Ames Extension
Beating Cattle Grubs Raises Food and War Efforts
In spring and early summer, reduced grub populations lead to more beef per feed unit. Widespread control keeps neighborhoods grub-free, boosting beef, milk, and leather for wartime needs. U.S. losses exceed 50 million annually. demonstrations show dusting cattle with a quart jar device or using high pressure sprayers for larger herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa
Manchester Ag Boys Plan Twelve Month Program
Manchester vocational agriculture instructor H. Magdefrau announced a 12 month plan for the boys. Projects include chicken and dairy work and a target to market 32 tons of pork in 1943. Monthly F F A meetings will occur this summer and industrial arts shop work at the high school will run in June and July, per Louis Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
W. H. Magdefrau
Vocational Ag Department
Magdefrau
Louis Anderson
Effective use of imported rotenone powders for tick and grub control
Rotenone powders kill grubs in cattle hides and work as sprays washes or dusts but are imported and may be scarce due to shipping limitations. They are recommended for treating large herds only.
Eastern Iowa farmers push seedbed work despite muddy fields
Farmers endure long days with heedlights and rearlights to prepare seedbeds and plant corn in eastern Iowa as week ends. Much ground remains muddy and unfit for work with early corn replants and possible crop shifts. Some 1942 corn fields still unharvested due to bottomland conditions and recent family misfortune saw neighbors finish the task. Small grain and pasture progress with warmer weather.
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Iowa
Marion
Replanting After Corn Rotting Frost Damage in Blairstown Area
Farmers near Blairstown replant corn after rot from earlier sprouting. H J Garling northeast of town replants 40 acres. Oats show good stands except in low, flooded spots. All small garden crops late and some frost damaged.
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Blairstown
H. J. Garling
Farmers report mixed field conditions near Aurora
Schweitzer reports 120 acres of corn up and cultivated with a perfect stand planted May 4. Some fields rot in cold wet weather so replanting occurs. Poor oat stands are being plowed for other crops. Planting delays persist with some fields inaccessible. pastures improve and gardens and fruit trees show strong growth with abundant blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Dale Schweitzer
Feed Mixers Say Livestock Numbers Are Too High
CHICAGO AP Representatives of the feed industry told the American Feed Manufacturers association that the administration has provided too large a share of meat in Allied food shipments. J A McConnell of Ithaca read the council report noting shortages of protein feed from wartime diet aims and predicting livestock liquidation unless allocations are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Feed Manufacturers Association
Association
Feed Industry Council
J. A. McConnell
Ithaca
N. Y
McConnell
Billion for FSA Demanded by Natl Farmers Union
The National Farmers Union urged Congress to fund wartime food production contracts and to establish the Farm Security Administration permanently with $1 billion in production loan authorizations for small farmers. It also called for $5 million to aid a veterans tenant purchase program and restoration of Roosevelt era agricultural budget requests including commodity loans and school lunch programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Farmers Union
Congress
Senate Agriculture Pn Ame
Farm Security Administration
Roosevelt
Stocker Steers Lead Cedar Rapids Live Stock Auction
Demand strong at the Iowa Live stock exchange in Cedar Rapids with stocker steers averaging 14.25 per cwt and most offerings 13.75 to 14.75. Warmed-up steers about 50 cents higher. off colored kinds 11 to 12.25. Cows and calves 12.75. Bulls 13 to 13.5. Packer and cutter ranges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Land boom warned as remedies urged by Murray
William G. Murray of Ames warns that farm land prices risk a rapid rise and calls for controls on loans taxes and a permit system. He cites absentee ownership boom psychology and postwar uncertainty and urges credit limits and higher taxes to curb speculation and indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
INS
William G. Murray
Iowa
Murray
Decorah Locker to Close Account OPA Regulations
Decorah market operators Holmberg and Erickson notify customers their locker service will close July 1 due to new OPA rules they deem impossible to meet. The notice cites regulatory compliance as the reason for closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Decorah
Holmberg and Erickson
Riverside Priest to Be Ordained by Davenport Bishop
The Rev. Omer Kiefer of Riverside will be ordained a priest by Bishop Henry P. Rohiman of Davenport at a solemn pontifical mass in St. Marys church at 10 a.m. Thursday. He will celebrate his first solemn high mass there next Sunday with attending Fathers Horan Neuzil and Feeney among others.
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Riverside
Omer Kiefer
Henry P. Rohiman
Davenport
St. Mary’s Church
Kiefer
Seine
Nanard Jacobmeier
P O’reilly
Martin Horan
E. W. Neuzil
Walter Boeckman
John Schmitz
L. C. Sterck
Thomas Feeney
Father Kiefer
St. Mary’s School
St. Ambrose College
The
Sulpician Seminary
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Powell-Brewer Wedding Linked Ensign Powell in Winthrop
Announcement reports the marriage of Ensign Charles Powell son of Mr and Mrs Thomas C Powell Winthrop to Barbara Lee Brewer of Kansas City Mo in Kansas City on May 22. The Rev Earle B Jewell Episcopal rector officiated Powell is an aeronautics instructor at Ottumwa. A second item notes St John Lutheran Marengo will host a three weeks Bible and catechism school beginning Monday led by Rev Theodore Rottmann pastor.
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Winthrop
Ensign Charles Powell
Thomas C. Powell
Barbara Lee Brewer
Kansas City
Earle B. Jewell
Episcopal
Ensign Powell
Ottumwa
Marengo
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Theodore Rottmann
UdGa Tablets Offer Money Back Guarantee for Ulcer Pains
Sufferers with stomach or ulcer pains indigestion gas pains heartburn burning bloat and other excess acid symptoms are advised to try UdGa Tablets. A 25 cent box is available from druggists with a simple promise first dose must convince or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Cole
Million and a Half Leave U.S. Farms Last Year
The report notes that about 1.5 million workers departed from farming jobs nationwide in the previous year. It highlights shifts in agricultural labor patterns and potential impacts on crop production and rural communities.
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United States
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Middlewest
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U. S. Employment Service
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McAllister
H. P. Price
Linn County Selective Service Board Three
Price
Agricultural Authority
E. Cohn & Sons
St. SW
D. Siegel
Iowa Loan CO. Vera , Mer
A. B. Steele
Siegel Loan Office
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