Agriculture Must Continue Full Production
Des Moines reports Iowa Farm Bureau president Allan B. Kline urged delegates to maintain full production for at least another year, warning the war’s worst part may still come. He stressed high farm income to balance the economy and support labor and industry as postwar peace plans begin now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau
Kline
Farm Bureau
Roger B. Corbett
American Farm Bureau Federation
Corbett
Appanoose Humboldt Get Farm Bureau Awards
DES MOINES AP Appanoose Humboldt and Benton counties won major Farm Bureau banner awards at the 28th annual Iowa Farm Bureau meeting. Appanoose earned four awards for membership quota, growth, and retention in 1944. Humboldt earned two for member percentage and overall program. Benton won for highest county membership. Webster Chickasaw and Lyon also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Appanoose
Humboldt
Benton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Humboldt County
Benton County
Webster, Chickasaw and
Lyon
Farm Auction Listings For Nov Dec In Iowa Area
A compiled schedule of upcoming farm auctions across Iowa counties near Solon Monticello Walker Marion Cedar Rapids Anamosa Norway Norway Coggan Viola Springville and surrounding towns. The notices list closing out sales public sales and dispersed Holstein sales with distances from local towns and exact routes for Nov 22 to Jan 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Krob
Solon
John Janssen
Anamosa
Otto Wubbard
Monticello
Mina Gilchrist
Walker
Orlyn Wiese
Luzerne
Ben Bowne
Batavia
Kenneth Franson
Coggan
Carl Edda
Marion
Everett Spear
Buckner and Hale
Emmet Lehmann
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Leo Feyerabend
County awards highlight Farm Bureau event banquet
Counties Humboldt Black Hawk and Louisa received cash awards for near perfect Farm Bureau board meeting attendance through November 1 1944. Three winners in the annual talk meet were Mack Zarr Ivan Robinson and Gerald Wollenhaupt. Polk county won two awards for largest delegation and best community service program. Benton won second in the latter contest. Wapello earned a prize for most delegates by distance from Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Black Hawk
Louisa
Farm Bureau Board
Junior Farm Bureau
Maek Zarr
Ivan Robinson
Des Moines
Gerald Wollenhaupt
Bridgewater
Polk County
Benton County
Wapello County
FENCE DRIFT recalls memories through smell in Amana
In High Amana the author notes how the sense of smell triggers memories of childhood amid a woods walk. He recalls a fall trip to the Colony to stock winter goods and a butterscotch molasses spill when a clerk knocked loose the corked jug.
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High Amana
Increase in Iowa Cattle Feeding Seen
Des Moines AP reports higher feeder cattle shipments into Iowa this winter with 262000 head purchased from other states in October, a seven percent rise. Feeder purchases for Aug Sept Oct totaled 595000, up 15 percent, as farmers feed soft corn and wrestle with storage, with Nebraska Montana and South Dakota supplying nearly half of arrivals. The trend suggests more cattle to be fed out this winter than last year, depending on November and December conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Nebraska
Montana
South Dakota
Cattle receipts rise in November as pork and sheep show shifts
In November 1943 Iowans received 157000 cattle and Carl expected 200000 more in the current year. The three month sheep receipts from western states totaled 668000, down eight percent from 723000 the previous year. An October rise from 190000 to 207000 and an expected increase in the current month aim to bring totals back to last year’s level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Lyon Re-elected Tama County Farm Bureau President
Robert Lyon of Traer was re-elected president of the Tama county Farm Bureau at the annual meeting. Elected officers included W Rowe Cory as vice president Victor Claussen as secretary John W Roubinek as treasurer Fred K Breune as voting delegate Mrs Wallace McMillan as home project chairman and Harry Bryson as main program speaker representing the Iowa organization directorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Robert Lyon
Traer
Tama County Farm Bureau
W. Rowe Cory
Tama
Victor Claussen
John W. Roubinek
Clutter
Fred K. Breune
Gladbrook
Wallace McMillan
Harry Bryson
Iowa
Farm Bureau federation meeting draws about 300 members
Approximately 300 members attended a Farm Bureau federation gathering. The crowd represented local farmers and allied groups convening to discuss agricultural policy and community issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Federation
Muscatine Farm Bureau Elects Officers
Officers elected at the Muscatine county Farm Bureau meeting include Ernest Hoopes as president James Shepard as vice president Morris Legler as treasurer Walter Coxon as secretary and Mrs Wayne Wetzel as home project chairman Dean H H Kildee of Town State College was the principal speaker Ed Graff district extension supervisor attended as a special guest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaz Pmusc
Muscatine County Farm Bureau
Ernest Hoopes
James Shepard
Morris Legler
Walter Coxon
Wayne Wetzel
Dean H. H. Kildee
Town State College
Ed Graff
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Gazette
Linn County
4-H
Girls’ Club
Martha Kemp
Jeanne Schulte
Fairfax
Fae Carver
Ardis Aller
Alburnett
Boys’ Club
George Minish
Springville
Willis Lillie
Central City
Melvin Henderson
James Pickering
Center Point
George Gilchrist
M. J. McCarley
F. W. Lindahl
Walker North Linnmank
MR. Fitzsimmons
William I
Benton Humboldt
Bori
Henry Jurgensen Chester White
Olin
W. L. Fowler
Arthur Krug
Cedar Rapids
Kuba and Smith
Henry Rickless
Scotch Grove
Edward L. Kimm
Norway
A. L. Wilson
Beverly Cattle Company
WMT
Gvichep
TOUAN
Baloney
OWLS
Alvin
Muscatine Farm Bureau
Wkws
Craftsman
SEARS
Third Ave
Arkansas
Franklin Dinois Furnace
Franklin Dlinois Stoker
Freeman Furnace
Freeman Stoker
Kenwood Fuel CO
J.F. McLaughlin
Dial
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd St
Caldwell Senna
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