Townsend Declares Labor Shortage Won't Stop Farmers
Ohio Farm Bureau Convention hears Clifford Townsend, director in Washington, say labor supply is a defense era issue. He outlines education campaigns, production management roles, and local coordination with selective service, WPA and OPM to conserve manpower and train workers for farm needs.
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Volumbus
Clifford Ownsend
Office of Agricultural Defense Relations
Washington
Ohio Farm Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Townsend
Office of Production Management
Defense
Department
Selective Service System
Bureau of Employment Security
WPA
OPM
Selective Service
Federal Security Agency
Steers Sold in Chicago Market At $13 Cwt
Cleo Yoder, formerly west of Iowa City, sold a car load of Angus steers on the Chicago market this week for 13 dollars per hundredweight.
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Bere
Gazette
Owa
Cleo Yoder
Iowa City
Angus
Chicago
Average Cost Of Killer Steers Hits $11.60
The week's market shows killer steers averaging $11.60, a season high, with prices reaching $12.90 in Chicago. Feeder trade faded due to tight supplies while buyers shifted to strictly choice calves and yearlings. cows and bulls held steadier, and the calf trade weakened late.
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Chicago
Record Output of Canned Vegetables Requested
Washington officials told growers and canners a record output of canned vegetables is needed next year to ensure ample supplies for the United States and lend lease nations. Roy F Hendrickson outlined goals at a conference with 100 delegates: canned tomatoes 44 million cases, snap beans 14 million, peas 42 million, and corn 25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Roy F Hendrickson
Champ Bird Sells For 72 At Turkey Show
Ernie Fliegel of the Minneapolis 620 club paid a new high when he bought the grand champion broad fledged hen for 72 dollars at the 12th annual Northern States turkey show in Alexandria Minnesota. The Sunnyslope farms of North Platte Nebraska raised the champion. Reserve champions included Bronze hen from Allen turkey farm Radium Minnesota Narraganset hen George Gilbertson Garfield Minnesota White Holland hen Clarence Mairs Lisbon North Carolina Bourbon Red hen Otto Thicke Beardsley Minnesota black young hen Oakdale turkey farm Kensington Minnesota. A White Rock hen raised by Harvey Gebo Minneapolis was named best chicken.
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Alexandria
Minn
Ernie Fliegel
Minneapolis 620 Club
Sunnyslope Farms
North Platte
Neb
Allen Turkey Farm
Radium
Narraganset
George Gilbertson
Garfield
Ohio Grange Master Walter F Kirk Dies From Accident
Walter F Kirk, 61, longtime head of the Ohio State Grange and a National Grange leader, died from injuries suffered in an automobile crash near Westerville Wednesday night. He had chaired agricultural, legislative and foreign affairs committees for eight years.
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Ohio Grange
Columbus
Walter F Kirk
Ohio State Grange
National Grange
Westerville
Gunder Cheese Factory Rebuild In Record Time
Stockholders and cheesemaker Marcus Hanson rebuilt after the blaze in seven weeks and a day turning out cheese at a new 32 by 52 foot facility on the same site. The project, funded by farmers and Hanson, cost about $6,000 with equipment bought by Hanson. Patrons, Hanson, and his son Earl helped clear debris as a contract for a new building and orders for equipment were arranged.
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Speems
Gunder Farmers
Marcus Hanson
Hanson
Earl
Farm Auction Listings Through December Near Monticello and Cedar Rapids
A sequence of farm and estate auctions listed by date from November 29 to December 9 across Iowa locations including Tama Cattle Co Anamosa John Ram melsberg Atkins Wong and Bartels Monticello Low den Walker Anamosa Martello Monticello Marion Tip ton Newhall Clarence Oxford Jct Cedar Rapids Springville detailing sale closings and public sales by various firms and individuals with distances from towns.
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Tama Cattle Co
Anamosa
John Rammelsberg
Atkins, Wong and Bartels
Monticello
L. J. Sander
Lowden
Mary C. Woodfin
Walker
Grabbe and
Kennebeck
McPherson
Martello
A. T. Fairbanks
Louis White
Marion
Chas
Dice
Tipton
R. M. McGranahan
Newhall
Preston & Son
Ryan
John Masonbank
Clarence
Benisciek & Son
Oxford Jct
Ludvig Petrak
Mi. W
Cedar Rapids
Henry Dehn
Healy & Butler
Springville
Soybean hay brings $5.40 a ton at Manchester sale
Special to The Gazette Manchester nine miles south of town, at the Austin B. Power farm sale, soybean hay sold for $5.40 a ton in the field, mixed hay $8.85 a ton, corn fodder 56 cents per shock, baled hay $29.50 per four tons, Guernsey cows averaged $70 a head, yearling heifer prices varied, gilts and feeders $19.60 each, threshing machine $400, ten-foot power grain binder $201, auc tioneer Cecil Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Austin B. Power
Guernsey
Cecil Ryan
Five Johnson 4-Hers To Show At Chicago
Five Johnson county 4 H exhibitors shipped livestock from here Wednesday for the International Livestock exposition in Chicago. County Agent Emmett C Gardner announced the names Dale Burr Lone Tree John Fay Oxford Dean Williams John Griffith Imelda Miltner Iowa City.
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Ite
Iowa TV
Johnson County
Chicago
Emmett C. Gardner
Dale Burr
Lone Tree
John Fay
Oxford
Dean Williams
John Griffith
Imelda Miltner
Iowa City
Monona Creamery Pays 40c For Top Butterfat
Special to The Gazette reports Union Farmers' Creamery Company paid 40 cent for sweet cream butterfat and 39 cent for grade one butterfat in October. Total cash net payments reached $18,479.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Union Farmers’ Creamery Company
Weighty Cedar County Steers Fetch Top Price in Chicago Sale
Mechanicville reports Howard Rhoades, Cedar county farmer, sold 18 head of 1 225 pound steers in Chicago bidding $1275 per hundredweight securing top for their weight.
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Sprcival
Gazette
Mechanicsville
Howard Rhoades
Cedar County
Chicago
Illinois Farm Bureau Convention Attendance Cut
The Illinois Agricultural Association faces a lean turnout as late harvests and bad weather limit attendance to about 2 200 for the 27th annual convention in Springfield. President Earl C. Smith urges a moratorium on strikes during the defense emergency and calls for national unity amid debates over Roosevelt’s foreign policy.
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Springfield
Illinois Agricultural Association
Talmadge DeFrees
Smithboro
I. A A
Illinois
Roosevelt
Earl C. Smith
Association
America
Smith
County Treasurer To Address Farm Night School
Keokuk County treasurer John J. Wilson will speak at Sigourney’s final farmers’ evening school on Monday and explain the use of tax money. Two new school board members will be elected to replace Bert Luers and Ralph Chilton. The annual banquet at Memorial hall on Dec 10 marks the end of 13 weekly classes.
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Sigourney
John J. Wilson
Keokuk County
Sigourney Farmers
Bert Luers
Keota
Ralph Chilton
Hayesville
Memorial Hall
Neighbors Help Crain After Operation In Iowa City
Neighbors of Edgar Crain who recently had surgery in Iowa City assist by husking 12 acres of corn on Thursday. Helpers include Perry and Clinton Fagle Milo Zach Paul Sattizahn Joe Butters Gene Pederson Lauren Sullivan Harley Nielsen Clarence Nielsen George Schmidt Lewis Hare Walter Hare Kyle Hare Vern Donlea George Theden and Walter Crain. A basket dinner was served at noon by local women.
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Rowley
Edgar Crain
Iowa City
Perry
Clinton Fagle
Milo Zach
Paul Sattizahn
Joe Butters
Gene Pederson
Lauren Sullivan
Harley
Clarence Nielson
George Schmidt
Lewis
Walter
Kyle Hare
Vern Donlea
George Kress
Glen Cottrell
Theo Miller
Floyd Sayles
George Theden
Walter Crain
Loyd
Lynn Williams
Farm Sale Dissolving Partnership Auction Notice
A farm sale to dissolve the partnership of Chris Ben ischek and Son will offer all personal property to the highest bidder at the farm near Richard Beniachek. Includes livestock, hay, grain, farm machinery, and misc items with terms to be announced. Lutheran Ladies Aid will serve lunch. Auctioneers John Boling and Frank Shimanek.
Farmers worry over potential overproduction amid defense drive
East Iowa farmers meeting in Cedar Rapids during the Cedar Valley Farm Business association tenth anniversary expressed concern that farmers may produce too little danger or too much food in the defense era. Panelists cited the association�s role in boosting income and family welfare and urged debt repayment to brace for hard times. New directors elected include Glenn Lovig, Art Schwiebert, W. D. Mc Laughlin, Kenneth Fry, Roy Bowman, and Melvin Haessler.
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Cedar Rapids
East Iowa
Carl Malone
Ames
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
H. W. Miller
Vinton
C. A McLaughlin
Monticello
Herman Franzenburg
Keystone
Raymond Joseph
Hopkinton
Roy Bowman
Iowa
Glenn Lovig
Gilman
Art Schwiebert
Victor
W. D. McLaughlin
Montice
Association
Max Wortman
Anamosa
Jones
James J. Wallace
Leland Gillbaugh
Washington, D. C
Extension Farm Management Service
Livestock Key to Iowa Farmers September Income
Iowa livestock and livestock products contributed 62,663,000 of 76,721,000 in September cash income, per the department of agriculture. Crops added 13,626,000 and government payments reached 432,000.
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Washington
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Public Sale Listings Farm Stock Machinery and Household Goods
Auction notice for a mixed sale listing horses cattle hay seed and straw various farm machinery including tractors plows planters cultivators and a corn binder. Also includes household goods tools building materials fencing posts and feed quantities. Private sale of feed before December 15. Terms cash. R M McGranahan owner Tony Schmitz auctioneer George Baxter clerk.
New Hybrids Developed by Ames agronomist
G F Sprague, USDA corn breeder at Ames, announced six new Iowa Hybrids 3088 303 306 4059 3110 and 4060 with stronger stalks and fewer ear drops than 939 and 942. He notes hybrids 303 306 and 4059 may replace 939 942 and outlines new testing methods including outlying test fields to better reflect northern and western Iowa performance.
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Ames
G. F. Sprague
Usda Agronomist
Iowa
Sprague
Heaviest Steers Sold at Chicago for 12 1/4
Knotch Brothers of Riverside area sold 30 head of 1 304 pound steers at Chicago markets this week at 12 1 4 per hundredweight. The deal highlights western Iowa cattle pricing amid seasonal demand.
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Riverside
Knotch Brothers
Chicago
John Hasenrank Auctioneers at Clarence Savings Bank
John Hasenrank serves as auctioneer with John F Bolinx and Clarence Savings Bank acting as clerk in a local financial proceedings. The notice outlines a sale event and involvement of the bank and auction firm in the transaction.
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JOHN _HASENRANK
John F. Bolinx
Clarence Savings Bank
Story Book Town of Favorite Tales
A whimsical verse describes Story Book Town along Blueberry Lane by Cranberry hill where familiar nursery figures and characters gather in playful scenes. The poem by Wilda Falmer evokes timeless stories and cherished joys.
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Blueberry Lane
Big Cranberry Hill
Jack
Jim
Wilda Falmer
O Neal Warns Of Driving Farm Prices Out Of Balance
Springfield Illinois Friday speech by O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urges maintaining economic balance between agriculture and industry. He warns against inflationary price pressure and calls for resolution of troublesome labor issues to preserve domestic unity and security.
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Springfield
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Agricultural Association
Complete closing out sale on Clarence area farm
I will hold a complete closing out sale on my farm 24 miles north of Clarence on a gravel road Monday December selling to begin at 11:00. The auction includes horses two 1500-pound animals, cattle from the Decker herd including Holsteins and Guernseys, two Shorthorns, five Holsteins, an Angus bull, hogs with 25 spring gilts and 35 shoats, 230 chickens including 1150 White Leghorn pullets and yearling hens, grain and hay 100 bushels of 103 percent oats and 10 bushels of old oats, 8 tons mixed clover and timothy hay, 2 bushels timothy seed, 1500 bushels yellow corn, farm machinery from John Deere and McCormick Deering, a 30 foot elevator, Rock Island hay loader, Farmall tractor, various implements. Lunch by Henry Elston. Owner Wenry Dehne. Auctioneer John F Boling. Clarence Savings Bank Clerk.
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Chris Benischek
Duroc
Jersey
Massey Harris
Oliver
Oxford Hay
Hoosier
Sattley Corn Planters
Potato Planters
Emerson
McCormick
Bart Robinson
Watts
McCormick-Deering
Boas
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Chris and
Richard Benischle
John Boling
Frank Shimanek
Samson
John Deere
McCormick Deering
McDonald
DeLaval Electric
Wieream
Fanning
Butzsant
Henry Peters
Clarence
Chester
Poland
A.C. Farmall
Rocksland
New Idea
Ilke
Janesville
Emerson Gang
Deering
Newton
O.K
South Prairie Aid Society
John Deere Keamn
Rock Island
Deere
Bradley
Henry Elston
Wenry Dehne
John F. Boling
Clarence Sayings Bank
Tipton
Guernsey
Hull
Hampshire
Abova
Mt. Zion Church
Chas. Dice
Hn F. Boling
Walters
Towa
Pasture Contestants Listed for Cedar Rapids Clinic Dinner
Charles Penningroth chairman of the Cedar Rapids Chamber pasture clinic committee announced eastern Iowa contestants who will attend the December 12 clinic dinner. Listed are contestants from Benton, Cedar, Delaware, Johnson, Linn, Poweshiek, Tama counties including Grovert Newhall Belle Plaine Tow Norway Tuttle Norway Werning Newhall Dice West Liberty Johnson Mechanicsville Meier Clarence Von Muenster Stanwood Adams Monticello Mayberry Martello McColm Anamosa Waggoner Olin Col ony North Liberty Hunter Iowa City Lacina West Branch Thomas Iowa City Wagner West Liberty Borghart Cedar Rapids Bures Cedar Rapids Smith Marion Van Note Palo Zeller Marion Decatur Grinnell Kleiss Brooklyn Mc Lennan Hartwick Timm Grinnell Breaken ridge Dinsdale Steiert Toledo.
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Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Clarence
Hy von Muenster
Stanwood
Delaware County
Swindle Brothers
Masonville
Jones County
Henry Adams
Monticello
Delbert Mayberry
Martello
Reuel McColm
Anamosa
Stanley Waggoner
Olin
Johnson County
Frank A. Colony
Oxford
J. C. Fuhrmeister
North Liberty
Sam A. Hunter
Iowa City
James Lacina
West Branch
A. B. Thomas
Kenneth Wagner
West Liberty
Linn
George Borghart
Francis Bures
Robert Smith
Marion
Glenn van Note
Palo
Mervin Zeller
Poweshick
Clarence Decatur
Grinnell
Herbert Kleiss
Brooklyn
Waldo McLennan
Hartwick
Fred Timm
Tama County
W. J. Breakenridge
Dinsdale
Donald H. Steiert
Toledo
Beef Studies Highlighted at Livestock Expo Exhibition
In Chicago the USDA food-for-freedom display at the International Livestock Exposition features a record of performance studies with beef cattle. Other exhibits cover swine sanitation the electric pig brooder and the role of protein feeds vitamins and minerals in livestock production.
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Chicago
U.S.D.A
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Ohio Farm Bureau Convention
Agricultural Defense Relations
Clifford Townsend
Tony Schmitz
van. Horne, Iowa
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Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Champ Bird
Johnson
Monona Creamery
Illinois Farm Bureau Convention
Road No
R.M. McGranahan
George Baxker
District Court
Sravel Road
Frieda Sander
Herbert H. Sander
Louis J. Sander
Auc
W .H. Witte
Soul Conservation
Santa Claus
Raggedy Anne
Tom Thumb
Red Riding Hood
Boy Blue
Peter Rabbit
O’neal
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