350 Attend Cedar Rapids Meeting
Allan B Kline urged farmers to save money to combat inflation and meet wartime production goals during the Linn County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Cedar Rapids. He called for inflation prevention as vital as production and urged attendance at a Des Moines Midwest farmers meeting. Officers were reelected and a taxation program for war expenses was proposed with support for schools and cooperative credit. daylight savings repeal was urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan B Kline
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Buureau
Des Moines
Charles Heller
Linn Farm Bureau
Rex Conn
Heller
Central City
Lloyd Neal
Mt. Vernon
S. F. Emerson
Lisbon
Trvin Scott
Marion
State Resolutions Committee
Des Moines Farm Bureau Convention
Cooperative
Farmer sells 100 acres near Center Point for 9000
Center Point reports the J. R. Lee farm of 100 acres known as the Oliver Heins place, located one mile north of Center Point, was sold for 90 dollars an acre to Ralph Kautz of the Rowley Quasqueton community. Possession passes March 1, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
J. R. Lee
Oliver Heins
Ralph Kautz
Rowley-Quasqueton
Decorah man wins county contour plowing title at Postville
Ralph Hegg of Decorah captured first place and top honors in the county contour plowing match on the Louis Meyer farm near Postville. Winneshiek, Allamakee, and Clayton counties fielded contestants as about 600 spectators watched contests for women operators and mayors, plus boys’ contour plowing.
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Postville
Ely
Ralph Hegg
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Louis Meyer
Winneshick
Allamakee
Clayton
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Bureau
Hegg
Dale Brainard
Allamakee County
Victor Sebastian
Ralph Birdsell
Stanton Klinge
Harold Matt
Clayton County
Roger Harris
Alamakee
Norbert Buchheit
Lorando Embretson
CF. Reineke
W W. Davidson
Elkader
Farm Night School at West Liberty Thursday
West Liberty hosts the second Farm Night School session Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school. Miss Alverda James leads the women’s class studying “Busing Food in Wartime” while Guy A Stockdale teaches the men on “Handling Larger Poultry Flocks.”
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West Liberty
Gaectie West Liberty
Alverda James
Guy A Stockdlale
Farm Operators' Net Income Seen Rise in 1942
The Agriculture Department estimates net income for farm operators will reach 9.785 billion dollars in 1942, up 45 percent from 1941 and over double the 1935-39 average, with government payments included. Net income per person on farms should be 368 dollars, vs 254 in 1941. Cash farm income from marketings is projected at 15 billion dollars, up about 13 percent from 1941.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa in October
Several farm auctions announced for October across Iowa. Listings include cattle and hog sales in Williamsburg, Mt Vernon, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Iowa City, Tipton, Palo, Watkins, Fairfax, Lisbon and Lisbon area with estates and 80 acre farm sale noted.
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S. N. Boland
Guernseys
West Edge
Williamsburg
F. C. Forest and Son
Poland
Chinas
Mt. Vernon
Towa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Iowa City
Livestocck
Herman J. Martin and Sons
Duroc Jerseys
Tipton
L. I. Weis
Palo
Carey Bros. Durocs. Watkins
Town City Sales Co
Guy Voorhies
Duroc
Wesley Chlad
Fairfax
Lisbon
Home Demonstration Agent Named in Johnson County
Miss Leila S. Farley of Grinnell starts duties as Johnson County's new home economics agent. A graduate of Town State college she will oversee local extension programs beginning this Monday.
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Johnson County
Leila S. Farley
Grinnell
Town State College
Land Bank Officials Inspect Iowa Farms
Federal and regional land bank leaders visited Iowa City to inspect local farm land. Attendees included directors from Louisville Omaha and Kansas City farm credit offices along with Iowa City business and rural representatives at a Hotel Jefferson luncheon.
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Iowa City
Federal Land Bank
Louisville
Omaha
Farm Credit Appraisal Department of
Kansas City
Jefferson R
Parity questions from rural parleys with Stephen Smith
Interview with Stephen Smith, 273 acres near Dinsdale, laments farm labor shortages and rising costs. He analyzes parity, compares farm and industrial wages, ponders beans and corn yields, and calls for price floors and ceilings while defending farmers’ wartime production efforts.
Soul Conservation at the Country Road
Two boys on a country road between a farmhouse and a schoolhouse carry a water filled milk cooler while the sixth grader tightens the slack. They hold half-eaten apples as thirsty schoolchildren inside the building prepare to wave two fingers for a drink.
Good Drying Weather for Corn And Soybeans
Iowa reports mostly favorable drying conditions for corn and soybeans last week per a United States Weather Bureau bulletin. Widespread showers from southwest to northwest hindered fields, while frost damage from late September remains uncertain pending future weather. Soya beans were cut for hay or plowed in the northwest, with substantial fall plowing and some late alfalfa harvests in central and southern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
New Flax Variety Breathing Up From Minnesota
The University of Minnesota announces a new flax variety named Bl wing noted for higher quality and yield potential. Researchers describe it as a distinct strain promising advantages over existing flax types.
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University of Minnesota
Fall fertilizer guidance and local farm notes
Barnyard items note Mrs Scott McMahon receives 1725 Texas steers weighing 1100 pounds. Expert fertilizer guidance urges using organics to replace scarce nitrogen while potassium and phosphorus stay ample. Suggestions include composting leaves and garden waste to boost soil and supply nutrients. The Duroe Jersey hog sale drew buyers in northeast Iowa and Keith Noll from Farm Service assists Cedar Rapids bank clerks in eastern central sales.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
J Keith Noll
Farm Service Dept
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
East Central
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F.B. Leader
Ray Anderson
Allan Kline
the Gazette
Joan Reynolds
Reineke
H A Wickler
Postsille
Reinecke
Harvey Anderson
Fayette
Ted Green
Winneshirk County
Bob Gruhn
Irwin Hamann
St Oli
Gazelle
Agriculture Dept
William
Peace Valley
Martha
Rose
Nou
H.D.A
Johnson
Leila
Farley
Land Bank
Iowa Farms
Dinsdale
RS. Stephenson
New Somers
Purdue University
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Ames
FSA
Jim
Inbur
Toused
Lunbor
AAA
Congress
Ohio
K. S. Stepitenson
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alf
Tony) Schmitz
Kettar
George AB. Easher
Scott McMahon
Texas
Roscoe Wilson
Coggon
Towa
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