Farmers Union Head Calls for People's Peace
Denver dispatch reports James G. Patton president of the National Farmers Union urged members to back a "people's peace" at the postwar convention. He warned that fear and inaction threaten rural democracy and civilization, outlining goals such as a $300 monthly living standard for family type farmers, soil conservation guarantees, TVA style river valley development, universal health care, federal education aid, and access to surplus war materials.
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Denver
INS
National Farmers Union
Patton
Union
TVA
Reconversion Topic For National Farm Institute in Feb
Des Moines reports the eighth annual National Farm Institute will be held February 16 and 17 with the theme The Farmers Part in Reconversion. Sponsored by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce agricultural department, the institute aims to improve national understanding among business agriculture and labor. It is a forum without members officers dues or resolutions and is politically impartial.
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Des Moines
National Farm Institute
Agricultural Department of the
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Contoured corn yields 7.1 bu over checked plots
Special to the Gazette reports contour planted corn showing higher yields with an increase of 7.1 bushels per acre over standard planting in tested plots. This finding highlights potential gains from contour farming practices in corn production.
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Eleader
Coming Farm Auctions
A sequence of farm auctions listed with dates and locations across Iowa towns. Vendors include Wiese, Bowne Holstein, Mulherin, Harness, Woode, Stewart and Tylee, Reed, Jurgensen, Fowler, Krug, Kuba and Smith, Ricklefs, Franson, Ehda, Spear, Bramer, Kimm, Siebels, Drips, Buckner and Hale, Lehmann, Wigger, Robbins, Feyerabend, Wilson. Entries note closing out or public sale near Marion, Anamosa, Mont Vernon, and other locales from Nov to Jan.
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Orlyn Wiese
Luzerne
Ben Bowne Holstein
Batavia
W. P. Mulherin
Victor
John S. Harness
Mechanicsville
Ernest Woode
Tipton
Stewart and Tylee
Marion
Marion Reed
Central City
Henry Jurgensen
Chester White
Olin
W. L. Fowler
Arthur Krug
Cedar Rapids
Kuba
Smith
Henry Ricklefs
Scotch Grove
Kenneth Franson
Coggan
Carl Ehda
Everett Spear
Anamosa
Fred Bramer
Mt. Vernon
Edward L. Kimm
Norway
J. H. Siebels
George L. Drips
Martelle
Buckner and Hale
Emmet Lehmann
John Wigger
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Leo Feyerabend
A. L. Wilson
Springville
Contouring Boosts Yields in Clayton County Tests
The Clayton county soil district reports contouring increases yields on five farms. Contoured fields show reduced soil loss and a yield advantage of 6.3 bushels in 1942 and 5.1 bushels in 1943.
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Clayton County
Lorenzens Win Jones County Corn Yield Contest Top Honors
Louis Lorenzen and sons of Olin won top honors in the Jones county 10 acre corn yield contest with 137.7 bushels per acre from a 56 acre field formerly bluegrass pasture. The Lorenzens expect about 30,000 bushels from 347 acres this year and feed about 20 cattle loads, plus 1,100 hogs. Other high yields included Louis Buresh 129.9, William Reade 123.4, and O. J. Armstrong 120.6 bushels per acre. Twenty four of 35 fields exceeded 100 bushels per acre. The contest was sponsored by the Jones county Farm Bureau, Triple-A, soil district and vocational agriculture teachers.
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Anamosa
Louis Lorenzen and Sons of
Olin
Jones County
Lorenzens
Louis Buresh
Oxford Junction
William Reade
Onslow
O. J. Armstrong
Martelle
Jones County Farm Bureau
Triple-A, Soil District
Valcational Agriculture
Wilbur Colby Named Auditor at Union Trust Bank Clerk
Wilbur Colby of Mechanicsville appointed auditor for Union Trust & Saving Bank Stanwood. Colby listed as clerk and contact details show 10F10 phone extension.
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Bebee & Colby
Citizens Saving Bank
Anamosa
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Union Trust & Saving Bank
Stanwood
Mt. Vernon
Auctions in Mechanicsville and Springville Highlighted
Wilbur Colby auctioneer in Mechanicsville and O J Emmons clerk in Springville are listed for an upcoming sale. Phone contact 10F10 appears in the notice.
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Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Limited Corn For Cattle In Ames Test
Iowa State College conducts a trial on cattle feeding to assess limited corn as roughage supplement for 48 native Iowa feeder cattle. Six groups of eight animals each will test full silage without corn, full corn, and incremental corn additions over five to six months, with results released at the Cattle Feeders day in spring.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa State College
C. C. Culbertson
Culbertson
Glacier Priest Proclaims Alaska Ready For Ten Million Families
Chicago based Glacier Priest Father Bernard Hubbard asserts Alaska can support 10 million farming families now thanks to air transport and the Alcan highway. He says Alaska is a new frontier with farming, mining and resources to exploit, and that postwar soldiers and war workers will settle and buy land there.
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Chicago
Ins
Alaska
Bernard R. Hubbard
S.J
Father Hubbard
Chicks Down 24 Percent So Far This Year
Washington reports October chick output by commercial hatcheries fell about one third from 1943, with nationwide reductions. Demand for chicks for broiler production remains strong while hatching egg supply lags. October output was 26,272,000 versus 39,456,000 in 1943 and 23,611,000 on the 1938-42 average. Through ten months in 1944 total output reached 1,173,567,000, down from 1,544,078,000 the prior year, a 24 percent drop.
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Washington
Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Aurora farmer buys 100 acres near Lamont estate
MANCHESTER L Korten kamp of Aurora purchased the 100 acre Carr estate farm near Lamont for 13000 dollars. Fred Yossi of Manchester made the sale. The improvements are better than average.
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Aurora
Lamont
Manchester
L. Kortenkamp
Carr
Fred Yossi
Pickers Off Ration List The War Food Administration Ends Corn Pickers
Washington war food officials terminated rationing of corn pickers, the last item on the farm machinery list. All other items had been removed on September 28.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Export Subsidy Policy Marks a U S Policy Shift
The article reviews the new export subsidy plan for cotton, wheat, and wheat flour as a shift in U S agricultural policy. It notes past debates, anticipated reactions from farm groups, and potential fiscal duration through June 30, 1945 with Congress expected to decide on extensions. It also contrasts historical reliance on production controls with this approach and highlights expected shifts in farm population and wartime labor dynamics.
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United States
U. S
Congress
Coolidge
Henry Wallace
Corn Loan Rates Seen Higher for 1944 Iowa Crop
DES MOINES AP The state Agricultural Adjustment agency estimated that Iowa corn loan rates for the 1944 crop would run 87 to 94 cents per bushel, up to six cents higher than last year. The estimate follows a War Food Administration decision in Washington tying the 1944 rate to 90 percent of parity versus 85 percent for 1943.
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DES Moines
State Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Iowa
War Food Administration
Washington
WFA
Crust on Grain Signals Insect Infestation Warning
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson warns farmers that a damp crust on stored grain signals possible insect activity in corn oats and other small grains. Inspect crusted areas break up crust fumigate with carbon disulfide cautiously and monitor for survivors in coming months.
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the Gazette
Ames
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Gunderson
Oneida Grange Officers Re-elected for 1945
Oneida Grange re elected officers at a recent meeting. J A Rector master Walter Appleby overseer Mrs Ethel Purvis lecturer Carl Fensterman steward Charles Ryan assistant steward Mrs Walter Appleby chaplain Hubert Cocking treasurer Mrs Lawrence Gienapp secretary George B Cox gatekeeper Mrs J A Rector Ceres Mrs Wesley Carrothers Pomona Mrs L M Ryan Flora Mrs Charles Ryan lady assistant steward L M Ryan Lawrence Gienapp Harold Joslyn executive committee Installation set for the Dec 14 meeting.
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Oneida
Oneida Grange
J. A. Rector
Walter Appleby
Ethel Purvis
Carl Fensterman
Charles Ryan
Hubert Cocking
Lawrence Gienapp
George B.cox
Ceres
Wesley Carrothers
Pomona
L. M. Ryan
Flora
Harold Joslyn
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John Deere
A.C. Combine
Ames Test
Glacier Priest
Linn
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
the Bank
Danube
Farm Bloc
Farm Bureau
Grange
U. S. Treasury
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Grass
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Cea
Swan
Conpon
Med. Swan
Pars Depe
Gatto’s
Springville Creamery Co
OLD Federal Building
Sixteenth Avenue
Wheaties
Jack Sprat
Prunes
Michigan Navy
Nabisco
Lewis Lye
Texas Marsh
Florida Juice
Golden Pascal Celery
Omar ' Frour
Ib Bae
Perfex
Salsoda
Armand and Hammer
Colorado
Jonathan
Idaho Baker Potatoes
Nancy Hall
Qache
Peck
Chandler Grocery
15Th Street NW
L. D. Dickey
Marion, Iowa
Drapela Grocery
Mt. Vernon Ave
M. M. Dvorak
Mason Food Market
E Ave. NW
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