Corn Planting Progresses Between Rains in Iowa
Special to The Gazette Des Moines reports corn planting advancing between showers with potential finish near normal dates. Past years show 2-4 percent per day, half acreage by May 15, remainder by June 5 to 10. Replanting in many counties, soybeans behind in the northern third, and weather conditions delaying progress. Strawberries ripening in the southeast. haying slow due to cold, wet weather.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Hursh, prominent farm leader, dies suddenly
A. E. Hursh, 59, longtime head of Iowa Farm Bureau activities and county agricultural groups, died of a heart attack at his Marengo home. Born in New Jersey, he moved to Marengo in 1908 after farming in Canada and held multiple Farm Bureau roles including president and secretary. Surviving are his wife, a California daughter, three sons in the armed forces, two sisters, five brothers, and two half-sisters. funeral plans were pending.
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Marengo
A. E. Hursh
Here
New Jersey
Hursh
Canada
Iowa County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
Cedar Rapids
Weather affects planting pace and hay harvest timing
Parts of the region report delayed corn and soybean planting. In these sections, hay making will be rushed to fit in close behind planting operations, signaling a tight seasonal window for farm work.
Postwar Uses for Dried Eggs Sought By USDA Scientists
USDA scientists explore postwar markets for dried eggs noting wartime expansion from 16 plants in 1941 to 121 by 1944 and production rising from 7.49 million to 326.74 million pounds. They survey household use and prepared flour mixes and study ice cream uses with varying ratios of fresh and dried yolks and whole eggs.
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USDA
United States
Wfas O.ce
Chatter on Fly Control Aims at Farm Savings and Silo
Iowa State Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson urges a comprehensive farm fly control program. Measures include manure management, fly traps, kerosene baths, window screens, darkened barns, and regular sprays with cleanup burns of dead flies. Cedar Rapids bank reports 372% farm mortgage rate. Murray Center builds 40 foot silo near Oxford using old silo timbers.
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Cormon House
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College Extension
Murray Center
Oxford
Iowa Dairy Output in 1944 Falls From 1943 Volumes
Iowa dairy production in 1944 totaled 6.726 billion pounds of milk with 4.875 billion pounds used for creamery butter valued at 96.9 million. Total dairy value reached 14.359 million, down from 1943 by 12.16 million. Butter output totaled 211.96 million pounds, cheese 11.86 million pounds, and milk marketed 973.8 million pounds.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Roy Sours
State Department of Agriculture
Towa
France orders tractors to rebuild its farms
France will need at least 150000 tractors to restore its agricultural economy and 13000 orders have already been placed in the United States. Henri Grandjeans, head of the agricultural machinery division of the French ministry of agriculture, said Tuesday.
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France
New York
United States
Henri Grandjeans
Agricultural Machinery Division
Ministry of Agriculture
Meat and farm output set wartime records and postwar fears
The USDA notes 1944 meat production and lard output hit high levels, with per hog lard near 34.4 pounds and total lard fat at 3 215 million pounds, while civilian consumption ran 2 037 million pounds. Wartime controls keep home slaughter permitted with quotas and require permits by July 1. Land prices rise 85 percent of 1916 20 gains, US farm real estate at 126 percent of 1910 14 level, with Pacific coast states seeing unique trends.
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WFA
OPA
Des Moines
ISE
USDA
United States
Pacific Coast
Good Pasture Cuts Cost of Raising Hogs
Ames based findings show good pasture can trim 10 to 30 percent of grain and protein feed costs in hog production. An acre of hog pasture may equal 1,000 bushels of corn and 500 pounds of tankage in feed value. Trials indicate alfalfa pasture replaces substantial protein, corn, and hay, with an added value from harvested alfalfa, and pasture pigs reach market weights earlier, offering potential savings and faster gains.
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Ames
E. L. Quaife
C. C. Culbertson
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa State College
Regional land value indices surpass 1920 levels in many states
The passage reports regional land value indices above the 1920 peak with figures for New England to Mountain regions. It notes Iowa and Minnesota showing strong current indices near 107 and 115 percent of base, respectively, while contrasting with 213 percent in 1920. Minnesota and Iowa remain tied to prior corn belt boom figures.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
South Atlantic
Mountain
Iowa
Minnesota
Fence Drift Caught in the Scoven Sire
Local item notes a citation or incident titled Fence Drift caught in the scoven sire with attribution to R B C. The fragment references a narrow, unclear event and preserves the names as printed.
A Place on Earth by Myrtle Hassell
A concise poem noting a woman confined by rural life dreaming of distant land. It contrasts a coral island of sunlit soil six by three feet with the farm’s loam, declaring alien soil dearer yet feared for its lack of watering or tending by her.
Alfalfa Pasture Could Replace Protein for Pigs, ISU Tests
Tests at Iowa State College indicate when corn prices are low versus protein feeds, alfalfa pasture may replace protein supplements for pigs weighing 65 pounds or more. Slightly more corn is needed, but savings on protein feed offset the extra corn cost, making it a viable alternative.
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Iowa State College
Pigs Weigh In On Protein and Forage Choices
The Ames men report hogs reach target weights using alfalfa with red clover and rape. Sweet clover and rest due grass provide early season forage, with fall returns limited by pest and dry season issues.
Dairy Tax Plan Sets June Collections for Iowa
DES MOINES AP Arrangements were completed to join dairy farmers in Iowa and other states next month to raise funds for national dairy research and education. The plan proposes a tax of ten cents per hundredweight on milk produced, payable in the first 13 days of December, with historical context noting Iowa has taxed dairy since 1839.
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Des Moines
Wester
Towa
Percy
C. R. Schoby
Revie
Att Vernen Cer plant ne near completion in area
Readable fragment notes the cer plant near completion in the locality with some replante ing remaining to finish the project.
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