Corn Loan Rates Set Across Iowa by County
Iowa's corn loan rates vary from 70 to 76 cents per bushel with 29 counties at 76 cents. Linn County among 14 counties receiving 75 cents, based on 1921 1940 farm price averages. state average 74.8 cents per bushel equals 85 percent of the September 15 1941 parity price. District conferences follow to coordinate with county committees and conservation material leaders.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Laurel Dieterich
AAA
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Jones
Cedar
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Louisa
Des Moines
Lee
Henry
Jefferson
van Buren
Davis
Wapello
Monroe
Appanoose
Wayne
Lucas
Clarke
Decatur
Union
Ringgold
D= MOINES
Buchanan, Linn
Benton
Johnson
Washington
Keokuk
Mahaska
Marion
Page, Adams
Fremont
Wright
Hamilton
Webster
Humboldt
Kossuth
Emmet
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Dickinson
Dieterich
A. J. Loveland
State Aaa
Arsenal of Defense in a Country Woman's Call
A COUNTRY WOMAN urges wartime home front mobilization with banners, flags, and patriotic displays. She emphasizes long work days for democracy and assigns symbolic tasks to families protecting meat, vegetables, and dairy supplies.
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United States
Arsenal of Defense
Wacker Buys 160 Acre Farm West of Waukon for 13600
Andrew E. Wacker of Monona purchased the 160 acre John J. Howes estate farm west of Waukon for 13600. Decorah reports two farm land sales last week: Henry Jansen buys unimproved property north of Decorah for 2050, and Carl Erickson acquires 120 acres of rough land eight miles east for 4025 with fair improvements.
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Waukon
Andrew E. Wacker
Monona
John J. Howes
Decorah
John Mullaney
Henry Jansen
Joe Rastetter
Carl Erickson
Anton Rude
All Officers Of Fayette Fair Assn Reelected
Special to The Gazette West Union At the Fayette County Agricultural society annual meeting all officers were reelected President J C Probert Vice President L L Bloomfield Secretary Ed Bauder Treasurer C W Grimes Directors H A Kent Grant Lauer Carl Palmer L D Hitch The society reduced indebtedness by 1000 to 4850 and spent 842 on permanent improvements with a year end balance 400 higher than last year Fair dates set for 1942 August 25 to 28.
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West Union
Fayette County Agricultural Society
J. C. Probert
L. L. Bloomfield
Ed Bauder
C. W. Grimes
H. A. Kent
Grant Lauer
Carl Palmer
L. D. Hitch
Cornhusking Progress Plagued By Wet Weather In Iowa
Iowa corn and soybean fields dried enough to support machines though husking runs behind schedule. About two thirds of corn husking done, five percent unmerchantable due to mold and sprouting. central and eastern counties report up to twenty percent damage on low lands. Soybeans show heavy damage from molding sprouting and shattering with high moisture complicating drying and storage. Farmers at Troy Mills rush husking as weather allows with some fields too wet for pickers.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Reed
Northwest
Troy Mills
Ray Carson
Joseph Placar
Holstein Cows Top At $300 Bulls $260 At Waterloo Sale
Waterloo report: top Holstein cow sold for 300 to Jowana Farms Davenport. top bull 260 to William Simonson and Son Hudson. The sale featured two dispersals Grummer herd Luzerne 25 head about 8000 and Ashley Brothers La Porte City 28 head 3765. Dr. Harold Hartman Anamosa bought seven head. Gross around 16000 with 300 attendees.
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the Gazette
Waterloo
Iowa
Cattle Congress
Linartis Farm
South English
Jowana Farms
Davenport
C.T.A
William Simonson and Son
Hudson
Ernest M. Wright
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
Hartman
Farm Bureau Urges Labor, Price Controls for War Aid
At the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention Francis Johnson urged deferring agricultural labor from selective service and prioritizing farm machinery. He called for price controls, pay-as-you-go defense taxes, and maintaining 85 percent parity prices to boost wartime production while warning against diverting resources from agriculture to defense industries.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Terrill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Johnson
OPM
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
1 600 Million Pounds Farm Products Shipped to Britain
In Atlanta Roy F. Hendrickson outlines lend-lease farm aid, noting the government passed 500 million dollars in farm product lend-lease expenditures this year. Through Oct 1 about 1.6 billion pounds of American farm products, mostly concentrated foods, have been shipped to Britain. He cites railcar totals across dairy, pork, fruit and vegetables, fats, grains, and nonfood items, stressing the need for continued American farming effort to sustain British resistance to Hitler.
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Britain
Atlanta
Roy F. Hendrickson
Agriculture Department
Hendrickson
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
New York City
Connecticut State Line
Great International Readjustment Looms Regardless Outcome
The excerpt notes a substantial funds gap of about twenty-two and a half billion out of twenty eight billion, and asserts that irrespective of winner, the nation will confront a major international readjustment.
Butter Output Shows Gains Over Year Earlier
Des Moines reports the marketing service says creamery butter production rose 1 to 2 percent from a year ago despite a 2 percent seasonal dip. The gain is tied to reduced output the week ending Nov 14 1940 caused by a heavy snowstorm restricting cream deliveries.
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Des Moines
INS
Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
West North Central
South Central
Wisconsin
New York
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
Farmer Climbs From Tractor Mishap Near Vinton
Vinton Iowa area farmer Perry J Himmel aged 37 narrowly escaped severe injury when his clothing was torn from his body after snagging on a tractor power takeoff while oiling the machine. He was taken to Vinton hospital in good condition next day. He was working with his brother Darrell on the farm when the accident occurred during bean harvesting.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Perry J. Himmel
Vinton Hospital
Hummel
Darrell
Iowa State crops judging team named for intercollegiate contest
Four agronomy students from Ames are named to the Iowa State crops judging team. Coach C S Dorchester selects Charles Clark Le Claire Warrenester Gray James Parish Decatur Ill and Joe Roewe Laurens for competitions in Kansas City Mo November 24 and in Chicago November 28 29.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Kansas City
Chicago
C. S. Dorchester
Charles Clark
le Claire
Warrenester
Gray
James Parish
Decatur
Ill
Joe Roewe
Laurens
Millions of Farms Joined Soil Conservation Districts
The Agriculture Department reports three million farms in 38 states are now within 619 soil conservation districts covering over 365 million acres. Districts formed since 1937, aiding erosion control, soil moisture conservation, and land use planning with agencies like the Soil Conservation Service and Forest Service. Iowa alone has 15 districts totaling 4,122,410 acres.
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Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Soil Conservation Service
Forest Service
Iowa
Baled alfalfa brings $18.75 ton at South English
At the W. J. and Lester Garrett farm sale Monday baled alfalfa hay brought $18.75 a ton, clover hay $16 and straw $11 a ton. Horses sold up to $76, cows to $111. Yearling calves brought $36 and a ewe sold for 64 4 cents a bushel.
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W. J
Lester Garrett
Young horses sell strong at Henry Windman farm auction
A seven year old matched team brought $205 at Tuesday sale four and a half miles north of Muscatine. Individual horses brought $26 to $50, milk cows $40 to $100, calves $30 to $36, and a Short kepas $87.50. Brood sows sold a.
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Columbus Junction
Henry Windman
Muscatine
Streets & Lynch
Hidcat
State Park
Anamosa
Iowa
First School
Anamesa
Mersey Road
First
Golmg
Cedar Rapids
First Road
Mead OF Livestock
Angus Ball
Jersey
Guernsey
Gerounds
Wlynch
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
John Carville
Abandon Farm Loan Pegging Moves to 85 Percent Parity
The House Agriculture Committee, bowing to Secretary Wickard, drops 100 percent price pegging for farm loans and backs a three year extension at 85 percent parity with cash subsidies covering the remaining 15 percent. If appropriations fall, loan rates rise accordingly. The plan would run five years from Dec 31 and extend the AAA and its payments through 1944. Secretary Wickard opposed 100 percent parity.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Wickard
Fulmer
S. C
House
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Eighty Receive Farm Night School Diplomas At Olin
More than 200 people attended the Olin banquet and graduation exercises for the farm night school. Sixty five women and 15 men received diplomas under Miss Esther M Kidder and Jean Pine. New council officers elected include Mr and Mrs Lee Crain Mrs Douglas Cashman and Roy Stivers.
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Olin
Esther M Kidder
Jean Pine
Lee Crain
Douglas Cashman
Roy Stivers
Farm Auction Schedule for Late November Midwest Iowa
Readable notices list multiple farm and livestock sales across Iowa towns from Ross to Walker. Entries include auctioneers Roy Schatzle James Beecher Penning roth Ruess Anderson Poland and others outlining dates November 20 to December 2 with farm sizes from 89 to 189 acres and locations near North Liberty North Liberty Waubeek In City Stanwood Ryan Springville Anamosa Martello Walker and Cedar Rapids.
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Ross
North Liberty
Roy Schatzle
Waubeek
James Beecher
In. City
Penningroth
Stanwood
Ruess and Anderson
Ryan
Sidney Clarke
Springville
Huerter & Sons
Anamosa
Streets & Lynch
Frank Fagan
Martello
Mary C. Woodfin
Walker
Northeastern Iowa Farm Business Assn Sets Meeting
NE Iowa Farm Business Assn will hold its annual meeting November 25 in West Union. The group includes about 160 farmers across 13 counties with Fayette county the largest membership. A panel on Individual Adjustments to Meet Demands of National Defense will be led by Carl C. Malone and Dorothy Simmons. Dr. Albert G. Hart of Ames will give the principal address on Inflation and Taxation and their effects on the farmer.
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West Union
Northeastern Iowa Farm Business Association
Fayette County
Carl C. Malone
Dorothy Simmons
Ames
Albert G. Hart
Washington, D. C
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Loveland
Ray Anderson
Taylor
Bremer Black Hawk
Tama
Poweshiek
Jasper
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Madison
Adair
Montgomery
Mills
Mitchell
Floyd
Plymouth
Woodbury
Crawford
Carroll
Harrison
Shelby
Audubon
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Cass
Pottawattamie
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Butler
Grundy
Marshall
Ida
Cherokee
O’brien
Sioux
Franklin
Hardin
Story
Boone
Green
Sac
Buena Vista
Clay
Lyon
Osceola
Winnebago
Hancock
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Webster City
New Hampton
Fairfield
Soul Conservation
Fayette Fair Assn
OWA Livestock Exchange
C. B. Clements
Tony) Schmitz
George B. Easker
Wjeeve
Nature
Criti
K. & M. Pharmacy
Pedrimek’s
100 Second Ave. SE
Richard Kunzman
New High
B. Hamilton
Hitler
Quilk
Htalmar Dimclatch
Kansas
Williams
BORA
OR Williams
T. T
U. & Pay, Co
Towa State College
SCS
John Deere
Citizens Savings Bank of
Anareesa
Lee Bebee
Gazette
Hazel Kidd
B Ave. NE
Iowa Farm Business Assn
Barwyard Ieor
Rowley
Earl Zimpfer
H. C. Bonarden
Jesup
Farm Service Department of
Peoples Savings Bank
G. W. Davis
Central City
Winthrop
Mr. Davis
National Defense Program
Iowa State Extension Service
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