Iowa’s 1945 War Food Goals Set
About 100 representatives from state and federal ag agencies farm groups and commodity bodies met in Des Moines for a two day conference on Iowa 1945 war food production goals. Washington AAA officials US Department of Agriculture and OPA staff attended. Four committees were formed to revise the tentative goals with chairmen named for crops livestock canning and other crops and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LEX Conn
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
LeRoy K. Smith
Triple-A
North Central
T. B. Walker
John B. Kimberley
Washington Aaa
J. L. Boatman
Usda Extension Service
Budd A. Holt
WFA
Office of Distribution
H. B
Maurice O'Reilly
Iowa Aaa
C. R Elder
Iowa State College Extension
Smith Re-elected State Horticultural Society President
C. C. Smith was re-elected president of the Iowa State Horticultural Society at its annual meeting held at Iowa State College, which closed Friday.
Public sale notice for farm near Luzerne and Belle Plaine
Complete closing out sale announced for a farm sold recently. The sale will be held at the seller’s place located 1.4 miles north of Luzerne, 5 miles northeast of Belle Plaine, 25 miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway 38, then 0.2 miles south, on a gravel road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzerne
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Farm sale ad lists livestock and equipment for auction
Saturday November 25 starting 11 a m at Belle Plaine Iowa. Items include Head of horses bay mare and grey team, 1 head of milk cows Jersey Holstein Shorthorn with fresh cows, hogs vaccination ready shoats, extensive machinery including McDeering tractors plows rakes binders corn planters harrows and more. Also harness poultry dairy supplies hay grain straw and miscellaneous farm items. Terms cash under 80 and credit options with clerk approval. lunch served by Lurch Waren. Proceeds to owner Orlyn Wiese with Les Brown and Tony Schmits acting as clerks for Citizens National Bank Belle Plaine Iowa.
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Bean Ceddinge
McDeering
Meline
MeDeering
King & Hamilton
Harnfss
Hampshire
Tee Chet
Orlyn Wiese
Les Brown
Tony Schmits
van Horne
Iowa
Citizens National Bank
Belle Plaine
Cheney
Walker
Inholstein
Paul Stewart
Poland
Roderick Lean
McCormick
McCormick-Deering
Bradley &In
John Schlotterback Morris Leng
R. W. Remer
Ames leaders elected to multiple Iowa garden and fruit groups
City H L Lantz of Ames becomes vice president succeeding Mrs G A Grant of Indianola. R S Harrick of Des Moines is secretary treasurer for a 26th year. Several officers for Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, Iowa Fruit Growers, and Iowa Beekeepers were reelected or renamed, with officers named in each group and a slate of directors listed.
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H. L. Lantz
Ames
G. A. Grant
Indianola
R. S. Harrick
Des Moines
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa
Iowa Fruit Growers Association
Iowa Beekeepers Association
Gordon L. Elliott
Federated Garden Clubs
Frederic C. Sigler
Gus Rasmussen
Cedar Falls
F. I. Moats
G. K. Whisler
Coon Rapids
Joseph Dvorak
Sioux City
Herrick
Victor Felter
W. R. Richland
Felter
Kime
R. M. Clark
Mitchellville
Wheelock Wilson
Marshalltown
Glenn O. Jones
Atlantic
Beekeepers’ Association
John G. Jessup
Perry
F. B. Paddock
George P. Schatz
West Union
Newman I. Lyle
Sheldon
Joe Hermann
Manchester
R. E. Cook
Renwick
Cattle Price Trends Across Seasons
Grass fat cattle and butcher stock are typically cheapest in autumn as heavy western runs come in. Plain cattle generally reach peak prices in late winter and early spring.
WFA Recommends 2 Percent Spring Pig Crop Rise West of Mississippi
The War Food Administration urges a 2 percent rise in the 1949 spring pig crop mainly in Corn Belt states west of the Mississippi. Highest increases target North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas with smaller gains in Iowa Minnesota and others. Feed supplies drive the plan as 1945 feed relative to animals fed favors western regions amid weather and production trends. Revisions include rises for Minnesota 5 percent Iowa 4 South Dakota 41 Nebraska 32 North Dakota 19 Kansas 31 Montana 4 Idaho 6 Wyoming 33 California 12 and cuts for Ohio Indiana 106 and Illinois 8 percent.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Mississippi River
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
WFA
Missouri River
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
California
Ohio
Indiana
Increased Beef Demand Seen For Spring By Iowa Expert
Rex Beresford Iowa State College extension animal husbandman predicts higher beef demand next spring and summer due to a small fall pig crop. He cites a January 1 1945 cattle inventory likely at least a million head lower than a year earlier after heavy slaughter and notes feeder cattle prices rose July to November though still below last year's level.
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Ames
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College Extension Animal Husbandryman
Beresford
Brandon Boy Entered in Chicago Market Show
Donald Mitchell will exhibit a Hereford steer of his own raising in the Junior Livestock Feeding contest at the Chicago market show early in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Donald Mitchell
Chicago
Barn Hit by Lightning Destroys Farm Contents
Morning Sun reports a barn on Paul Linder's farm near here was struck by lightning Monday night, burning twenty tons of hay three hundred bushels of soybeans and other goods, destroying all stored contents.
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Paul Linder
Friday through December 13 farm auctions announced around multiple towns
A sequence of closing out sales lists auctions across Iowa towns from Monticello to Marion. Otto Hubbard Mina Gilchrist John Schiotter and many others post public sales with directions and dates from November 24 to December 13. Auctions cover farms near Monticello Walker Cheney Luzerne Mechanicsville Tipton Marion Central City Olin Cedar Rapids Coggin Norway Anamosa Anamosa and Springville areas.
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Otto Hubbard
Monticello
Mina Gilchrist
Walker
John Schiotterback
Cheney
Orlyn Wiese
Luzerne
Ben Bowne
Batavia
W. P. Mulherin
Victor
John
Harness
Mechanicsville
Ernest Woode
Tipton
Stewart and Tylee
Marion
Marion Reed
Central City
Farm Bureau Honors Buchanan's Young Married Group
DES MOINES INS The young married folks group of Buchanan county was honored by the Iowa Farm Bureau young people's department for the best all around program in the last year. Tama county earned a banner award for the highest percentage of 4 H club members from Farm Bureau families. The old 13 to 1 ratio gauge for hog profitability is still used by many farmers, though some fare better.
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Des Moines
INS
Buchanan County
Young People's Department of the
Iowa Farm Bureau
Tama County
Department
Farm Bureau
Market Need More Service Not Control Says GLF Expert
Des Moines reports H. E. Babcock of Ithaca urged farmers at the Farm Bureau livestock and food conference to shift from attempting to regulate prices to increasing marketing service. He listed assembly processing packaging transport financing and retailing as key services and cited GLF progress in moving members products to consumers including eggs in New York City and several canning plants and a pilot dairy packing plant.
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Des Moines
H. E. Babcock
Ithaca, N. Y
GLF Cooperative
Farm Bureau Livestock and Food Conference
GLF
New York
New York City
GFL
Upstate
Columbus Junction Man Hart in Corn Picker Mishap
Hugh Morris a farmer and stock raiser six miles west of Columbus Junction sustained a badly crushed right arm while operating a corn picker on his farm Monday He is at Washington County Hospital doctors hope the arm may be saved
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Columbus Junction
Hugh Morris
Here
Washington County Hospital
Auction Notice Covers Horses Cattle Machinery and Household Goods
Marion Reed owner sells on Monday Nov 27 at 12 30 PM with a large mixed catalog including a 16 year old bay mare and a 6 year old gray mare, Holstein and Guernsey cows, feeder pigs and breeding ewes, grain straw hay, rubber tired slop cart, mower, harrow, disc, plow, harness, ladders, chicken brooders, and household items such as range, stoves, radio, piano bench and dining set. Auctioneer Bill Fatkerts. Anaross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cood Worker
Guernsey
Hinmann
Schiller
Berner
Marion Reed
W.W. F. Mitchell
Bill Fatkerts
Anaross
1 000 Head Livestock Entered in Chicago Market Show
Chicago reports nearly 1 000 head of livestock entered for the third annual market show wartime substitute for the International Livestock Exposition. Junior exhibitors from 15 states and Canada, 520 in number, represent 4-H clubs and the Future Farmers of America, with entries up 208 from last year. The Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. sponsors the Dec 2 to 7 event, with B H Heide noting all classes exceed previous expositions.
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Chicago
States
Canada
Future Farmers of America
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
B. H. Heide
Young exhibitors to compete in Chicago market fat stock show
Elgin youths Wenger 16 Gehring 12 and Strong 11 will exhibit at the Chicago market fat stock and carrot competition. Wenger plans to enter a Hereford steer he raised in the Junior Livestock Feeding contest, following a reserve champion finish at Fayette county fair last summer.
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the Gazette
Elgin
Ee Wenger
Marian Gehring
Duane Strong
Chicago
Wenger
Fayette County
CARNYARD CHATTER Farm Financing and Hog Care
Advertisement notes mild weather helps a farm cleanup funded by Peoples Savings Bank in Cedar Rapids offering about 4% Cattle Feeder Loans. Arthur Krug closes out sale Tuesday November 28 on his farm south of Atkins. Emphasizes proper sow feeding for efficient pork production with alfalfa, clover, or soybean hay as key feeds and grain rations by weight, plus a pamphlet on hog production from Iowa State College Extension Service.
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Farm Service Dept
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Krug
Atkins
Iowa
National Defense Program
Extension Service of
Iowa State College
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Gazette
Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
A. E. Hursh
Marengo
Iowa County
Fred O'Riley
Waukon
Allamakee
Eliason
W. L. Jarvis
Muscatine
West Liberty
Ithaca
N. Y
R. B. Corbett
American Farm Bureau Federation
Babcock
Livestock and Food
Corbett
Generel
Coon Mine
M. Feder & Sons
Iron and Steel Scrap
Iowa Livestock Exchange
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
Geo. B. Basker
Holstein
Bangs
T.B
U. S. 34
J. E. Halsey
Ben Bowne, Ottumwa, Lew
Brandon Boy
Henry Jurgensen Chester White
Olin
W. L. Fowler
Kuba and Smith
Henry Rickless
Scotch Grove
Kenneth Franson
Coggon
Carl Edda
Everett Spear
Anamosa
Edward L. Kimm
Norway
Buckner and Hale
Emmet Lehmann
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Leo Feyerabend
Springville
Buchanan
Rex Conn
Farm Bureau Women’s Conference
Second Avenue
Wi Garmer
Wilson & Co
Cenar Ramos
Hby R
V. G
Hart
Anarosa
Renee
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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