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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
16
AMES Iowa. Don Birdsell 16 of Postville will represent Iowa in the national 4-H soil conservation contest Ed Gabel state boys 4-H club leader announced Tuesday Birdsell is Winneshiek county 4-H boys club secretary and has been a baby beef club member for five years.
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Des Moines AP reports the executive council approved the sale of four state education board farms totaling 519 acres. The parcels include 200 acres near Oxford for 15000 dollars, 160 near George for 14000 dollars, 118 near Iowa City for 17110 dollars, and 41 near Oxford for 40000 dollars. The council also authorized a 15000 dollar appropriation to rebuild a barn at the Town school for the deaf in Council Bluffs, destroyed by fire on September 9.
Richard Brownell, a farmer two miles northwest of Wyoming, was injured Friday morning when run over by a tractor. His right ankle bones were crushed and both legs badly bruised. He was treated locally.
A series of farm auctions listed with dates from November 29 to January 3. Numerous closings out and public auctions are noted across Iowa towns including Coggan Marion Anamosa Shellsburg Norway Olin Anamosa Springville Martelle Tipton Marion Solon Newhall Coggon Mechanicsville Viola and Springville.
A man was trapped when a tractor rolled over as he pulled down a tree. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Anamosa for treatment as authorities assess the scene. Stalk fields are described as poor pastures for dairy herds in the area.
Lloyd Hayman of Morse sold his 505 acre farm adjoining Morse, once the Andrews farm, to Willis W. Mercer of Iowa City for about 50000. Possession transfers March 1, and the Iowa Land Company of Iowa City handled the transaction. 122 acres near St Lucas sold to William Franzen at 75 per acre from the Hackman estate.
Leland C. Miller of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Western Grain and Feed Dealers association at its annual conven tion in Des Moines. Other officers include Stanley Eales vice president A E Sargent treasurer and Mark G Thornburg secretary. Directors named were High Hales D R Dillaway Herman Jensen Jim Olsen and H A Evans. Bowden of Washington warned that congressional backing of administration policies could bring high farm prices and tighter production controls. the group adopted resolutions urging stricter enforcement of price rules and expanded state chemist laboratory services to assess vitamin content in feed.
Louis Bromfield urged postwar peace makers to tackle land ownership and soil conservation. He warned feeding Europe would be spotty with France leading, Russia planning to spend 10 billion dollars on U S farm machinery, and America facing land restoration and industrial insecurity to provide ownership opportunities. He said surplus agricultural output could be used in industrial production.
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