Britain Moves To Encourage Livestock Farming For Four Years
Britain pledges a government guaranteed market for milk and meat from all producers for four years through summer 1948 at minimum prices. The plan targets livestock and products which formed 70 percent of farm output, with steps from county to district committees classifying dairies by milk yield and guiding reforms including culling poor cows and boosting home grown feed crops.
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London
Robert Hudson
Britain
United Kingdom
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm auctions scheduled in November and December lists sellers including J S Milligan Clyde Coffman Ralph Turner George Filloon Leonard J Smith Chas Parkey Harry G Powell Ever green Farm John Allender Henry Jurgensen Emmet Lehmann. Locations span Columbus Junction Central City Walker Palo Waubeeck Olin Marion and Troy Mills with sales dates from November 9 to December 6.
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J. S. Milligan
Hunter
Clyde Coffman
Kinross
Ralph Turner
Columbus Junction
George Filloon
Linn County Fair Grounds
Central City
Leonard J. Smith
Walker
Chas. Parkey
Palo
Harry G. Powell
Troy Mills
Evergreen Farm
John Allender
Waubeeck
Henry Jurgensen Chester White
Olin
Emmet Lehmann
Marion
Federal Seed Act Protects The Farmer
The Federal Seed Act, in effect since 1939, governs labeling and quality for interstate seed shipments. It requires labeling of vegetable seeds, noxious weed restrictions, and cooperation between federal and state officials, with seizures and prosecutions for violations. Over 2,000 apparent violations have been investigated since February 1940.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration
United States
Kildee Studies Minn Agricultural Schools
Dean H. H. Kildee of Town State college division of agriculture visits Minnesota as a special consultant to the state board of regents. He and F. D. Farrell will study agricultural educational facilities and needs for the University of Minnesota and visit various agricultural schools in the state.
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AMES
H. H. Kildee
Division of Agriculture
Town State College
Minnesota
Board of Regents
Kildee
F. D. Farrell
Kansas State College
University of Minnesota
Care of Beekeeping Equipment Urged by Extension Apiarist
Ames Iowa beekeepers should repair and store all equipment needed for wintering colonies. F B Paddock extension apiarist at Iowa State college advises that bottoms tops swppers and hive bodies be piled separately. He recommends keeping drawn combs separate from foundation to assemble supers quickly next season. Hive bodies should be stacked into three piles combs with pollen combs with some honey and empty brood combs.
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Ames
Iowa
F. B. Paddock
Iowa State College
Veterinary Society Elects Officers at Cedar Rapids Meeting
The East Central Veterinary Medical Society will elect officers at its monthly dinner at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids Thursday. President Dr N R WagZoner will preside. Dr H E Blester Ames will discuss listeriosis in sheep cattle swine. Dr William Sipple Chicago will speak on Boynton method diagnosing hog cholera. Dr Carl Spencer Cedar Rapids reports on Burlington small animal clinic Nov 2. Drs P V Neuzil Blairstown and J W Giffee Cedar Rapids lead discussions.
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East Central Veterinary Medical Society
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
N. R. Wag- Zoner
H. E. Blester
Ames
Veterinary Research Institute
Iowa State College
William Sipple
Chicago
Boynton
Carl Spencer
Burlington
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
J. W. Giffee
Farm debts and cattle shipment noted in brief
Fred E. Dennie of Winthrop received a shipment of 1 100 pound Hereford steers for his lots for a short feed. The Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids plans farm mortgages up to 60 percent of appraised value on high grade improved farms in Linn and adjoining counties. Here’s a plan worth investigating.
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Fred E. Dennie
Winthrop
Linn
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
AFBF Secretary To Speak At Iowa Farm Bureau Session
Roger Corbett secretary of the American Farm Bureau federation will headline the twenty sixth annual Iowa Farm Bureau convention at Fort Des Moines hotel Des Moines on November 20 21 and 22. Group conferences begin November 20 with a livestock and food conference addressing agriculture. The convention continues November 21 with officer reports and subsidiary company updates followed by a banquet and party. November 22 focuses on business including adoption of resolutions elections and related matters.
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Des Moines
Roger Corbett
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fort Des Moines
Donald B. Groves
Federation
Farm Bureau
Groves
Ready to Use Poultry Gains In Popularity
Fifty six percent more canned and eviscerated poultry was processed in the first nine months of 1944 than in the same period the year before. A. D. Oderkirk of Iowa State College cites war time demand, hospital use, and Allied needs as drivers of expanded production with notes on pricing, inspection, and refrigeration requirements.
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The
Gazette
Ames
A. D. Oderkirk
Iowa State College
Oderkirk
Armed Services
New York
OPA
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McCalley
Rufus Sisler
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
A. F
Tony) Schmitz van Horne
DIAL
Geo. B. Easker
By Williams
Borat
Trwiliams
Peru
Chet Hockaday
Forest Grove
Shorthorn Cattle Sale
Good Rock Road
Alde
Columbus Junction, Iowa
Second Avenue
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Kildee Studies Minn. Agricultural Schools
Ira Bickel
Waubeek
Prairieburg
W. F. Mitchell
H.F. McNiel
M. Feder & Sons
Tron and Steel Scrap
F Ave
Goodyear
Second Avenue SE
GOOD/ZYEAR
Veterinary Society
Norwich
Sgarnyard
Iowa State College Extension
A.F
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ua DY Eee
Freshie
Peter Pen
Carload Sale
SEARS
Atory
Second Ave
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