Budget Drafters Weigh Cut In 1942 Crop Benefit Payments
Officials forecast a sizable reduction in 1942 crop benefit payments potentially exceeding 200 million dollars. Prices for farm products have surged about 45 percent from a year earlier, with further increases expected this winter and in spring. The budget proposal next January may trim parity payments and sugar program funds, while cotton parity may be dropped if prices stay above parity.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Penningroth Reelected Cedar County Farm Bureau Leader
Penningroth of Tipton was reelected president of Cedar County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting. Ray Severin of London named vice president, Vernon Dice of West Liberty secretary, James M. Reeve treasurer, with officers and chairs listed. About 150 attended as Mrs. Raymond Sayre spoke on The Farmer and the National Emergency and long-time members were honored.
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Tipton
BG. Penningroth
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Ray Severin
London
Vernon Dice
West Liberty
James M. Reeve
B. G. Penningroth
Roy Joslin
Clarence
Hugo Rix
Bennett
Ed Crist
Stanwood
Alvin Stonerook
Raymond Sayre
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Howard A. Hamilton
Albn Gaul
L. D. Burgess
Paul Busching
Olin
F. E. Horr
Fred Koch
Edith Willer Eiler
Arnold Mente
Arry Severin
Elmer Daut
Wilton Junction
Elmer Denkman
Ralph Wilson
Carl Schnabel
Charles von Muenster
Cedar County
High herd in September at Iowa County DHIA
Fred Gingerich of Marengo led September with 15 Guernseys all milking averaging 37.7 pounds butterfat. The top cow was a purebred Holstein from High Amana producing 60.9 pounds butterfat.
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Marengo
Fred Gingerich
Iowa County
Dhia No. 1
High Amana
Public sale of Orin Rice property near Alburnett
Public sale for the late Orin Rice includes 800 bushels of corn 200 bushels of oats 42 bales of straw 26 acres of corn in field and assorted farm machinery plus household furnishings to be held Saturday October 11 at 1 pm seven miles north and one mile west of Alburnett Auctioneers M J McCalley Geo Price and the Alburnett State Bank clerk with admistrator M M Strait acting as administrator
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Orin Rice
Alburnett
John Deere
M. M. Strait
Admi
Alburnett State Bank
Geo. Price
M. J. McCalley
Aucts
Johnson County
W. H. Bowersox
District Court
Shueyville
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Carrington
Clinton
Rowersox
James BK. Bowersox
Emil W. Smykil
M. Bowersox
E. Challis
Lisbon
Iowa
Soul Conservation in a Country Setting
A quiet night frames a southern scene where orange sheath opens to reveal scarlet berries. Vine tendrils bend under weight and waxy leaves curl around the fruit as a catbird pauses to sample a berry and ponder its hue and glow.
Rains Delay Husking and Harvest Across Iowa
Des Moines reports heavy rains and soft fields delayed corn husking and hybrid seed corn harvest, with moisture content rising. September brought 7.77 inches of rain, with Creston and Inwood recording extreme totals. sugar beet and soy bean harvests also delayed while winter wheat seeds germinated well.
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Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Charles D. Reed
Bureau
Reed
Weather Bureau
Inwood
Northwest County
Creston
Union County
July Farm Income For Town Sees 40 Percent Rise
The Agriculture Department reports town farm income in July reached 74.221 million dollars, up 40 percent from 1940. Crop values total 10.721 million, livestock and products 63.271 million, and government payments 0.229 million. Seven month 1941 totals rise to 467.873 million versus 339.661 million in 1940.
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Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture Today
Towa
Neighbors Helped in Rhines Farm Corn Cut
Eighteen men from the threshing ring led by D. E. Rhines gathered at the Rhines farm on Saturday to harvest corn while Rhines recovers from surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines. Participants included John Smith Bert Pogue Seward Southwick Everett Hamlett Clifford Rhines Frank Peet Gordon Tibbot Doyle Kauffman August Meyer Harold Davis Russell Smock Melvin Jencks Frank Digman Lynn Levey Emmet Shaw Jack Miller and Jim Hawkins.
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Edgewood
D. E. Rhines
Rhines Farm
Mr. Rhines
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
John Smith
Bert Pogue
Seward Southwick
Everett Hamlett
Clifford Rhines
Frank Peet
Gordon
Joe Tibbott
Doyle Kauffman
August Meyer
Harold Davis
Russell Smock
Melvin Jencks
Frank Digman
Lynn Levey
Emmet Shaw
Jack Miller
Jim Hawkins
Middle Amana completes silo filling with sugar cane silage
The Middle Amana farm department finished filling silos on Tuesday. This year part of the silage was produced from sugar cane and cut in the same manner as regular silage.
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Middle Amana
Wheat Penalty Modified In Bill Passed By House
The House passed a bill to relieve wheat farmers who exceed acreage allotments but have total crops below the allotment. The measure uses normal yield instead of acreage basis to compute excess, replacing the 49 cent penalty per bushel. Representative Walter Pierce described the change as basing on bushelage rather than theoretical land yield.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Walter Pierce
Oregon
Iowans Owe June Butterfat Tax Remains Unpaid
The Iowa Dairy Industries Commission sent a second delinquent notice to about 300 butterfat buyers who did not pay the 1 cent a pound tax from June 1 to June 15, 1941. A final notice will go out before November 1, with unpaid accounts to be turned over to the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa Dairy Industries Commission
Iowa
Frank Galer
Commission
Attorney General's Office
Sen
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Chick Kline Joins Royal Air Force
VINTON Mr and Mrs Allan Kline farmers near Vinton have learned their son Charles Chick Kline has joined the Royal Air Force and is in Windsor Canada for preliminary training. He finished Vinton high school and attended Iowa State College at Ames where he learned to fly before leaving to take a flying course in Houston Texas.
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Gazette
Vinton
Allan Kline
Charles
Chick” Kline
Royal Air Force
Windsor
Canada
Vinton High School
Kline
Iowa State College
Ames
Houston
Texas
Slight Decline Reported In Butter Production
Butter production in the United States for the week ending Oct 2 fell 0.6 percent from the prior week but rose 4 percent from the year-ago period. The West North Central area including Iowa dropped 19 percent week to week yet rose 4.2 percent year over year, and accounted for 48 percent of national output.
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Des Moines
INS
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
Iowa
Hale area farm transfers at 45 an acre
The A. A. Cole estate farm of 140 acres near Hale, formerly Hannah Green farm, was sold to Max Andresen of Oxford Junction for 45 dollars an acre. Possession is March 1, 1942, with Mayfield living on the farm.
Husking Meet in Johnson County Set for Oct 20
Iowa City announced the Johnson county cornhusking contest will be held Oct. 20. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner said chairmen are A. B. Thomas of Iowa City John OConnor of Lone Tree and Joe G. Raim of Solon. Site not yet chosen.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmett C. Gardner
A. B. Thomas
John O’connor
Lone Tree
Joe G. Raim
Solon
Fayette County Cornhusking Contest Date Set
County Agent Paul McElroy announced a tentative October 25 date for the Fayette county corn husking contest. Doras Latham of Oelwein will defend his title as the first nine entrants compete to challenge him for the championship. E D James Ray Teague W M Perry and McElroy named to plan the event.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Paul McElroy
Farm
Bureau Board
E. D. James
Ray Teague
W. M. Perry
Mr. McElroy
Doras Latham
Oelwein
Latham
Buchanan county corn husking contest set for Waldemeier farm
Independence officials announce the annual corn husking contest will be held October 25 at the Waldemeier farm, three miles north of Independence. Homer Soules chairs the arrangements, with J. B. Elliott as the farm tenant. A 28 acre hybrid corn field is prepared, estimated to yield 75 to 80 bushels an acre.
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Independence
Buchanan County
New High In Food Supplies Predicted For Next Year
Secretary Wickard projected the United States and Axis agriculture will push farm supplies to a new all time high next year under the lend lease bill. He said one third of the 1 billion dollar aid would go to pork and dairy products while 70 cents of each dollar would reach farmers. He noted Britain would face restricted diets but aimed at a safe minimum rather than luxury.
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Washington
Congress
Wickard
United States
Axis
House Appropriations Committee
Britain
Coming Farm Auctions October Schedule Preview
A sequence of farm animal sales listed by date and location includes Herman J. Martin Duroc Jersey sale near Tipton on Oct 9, J. B. Seehusen Chester White at Center Junction, Beverly Cattle Co. near Cedar Rapids, and additional entries through Oct 30. Notable sales cover Duroc Jersey, Chester White, Poland China, Hampshire, and Berkshire breeds with venues in Mt. Vernon, Cedar Rapids, Watkins, Lisbon, Alburnett, Homestead, Walker, Swisher, Olin, and more. Auctioneers include E C Forest, Roscoe Wilson, Carey Bros., M M Strait, and others.
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Herman J. Martin Duroc-Jersey
Tipton
J. B. Seehusen
Chester
Carey Bros. Duroc
Watkins
Woods and Sow
Berkshire
Mechanicsville
M. M. Strait
Alburnett
Amana Society
Homestead
Bert Miler Duroc
Lisbon
Clarence J. Sueppel
Hampshire
Forrest L. McCalley Duroc
Jersey
Walker
W. H. Bowersox
Swisher
Henry Jurgensen
Olin
Debate Over War Costs And Fairness To Taxpayers
Rep Johnson of West Virginia pressed on whether money collected by Britain would be fair to U.S. taxpayers. Wickard replied that Americans want the war supported and space for liberty, acknowledging costs in material and money.
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Rep. Johnson
D. W. Va
Wickard
Johnson
Duroc Boars Average $76.40 In Iowa Falls Sale
Twenty five Duroc boars sold for an average of $76.40 at Iowa Falls High School annual auction run by vocational agriculture students. Top price reached $175 paid by B. Bynum of Dermotts Arkansas. Bert Miller purchased a top lot, while Willard Klein and Klein consigned six boats from one litter for $575 total.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa Falls High School
B. Bynum
Dermotts
Ark
Bert Miller
Willard Klein
Farmer Suffered Severe Hand Injury in Sawing Accident
Elmer Hansen a farmer near Waukon caught his left hand in a wood sawing machine on the Henry Fossum farm in Paint Creek township. The back of the hand was mangled and two fingers were amputated.
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Waukon
Elmer Hansen
Henry Fossum
Paint Creek Township
Springville man shows herd of eighteen Shorthorn steers
O B Hampton of Springville has carried his 18 head of common Shorthorn steers through the summer on pasture.
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O. B. Hampton
Springville
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H. G. Penningroth
Eastern Yiowa Veterinary Association
Montrose Hotel
C. M. Ecklund
University of Minnesota
L. A. Merillat
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Chicago
J. G. Hardenbergh
Soul Conservation
First Street
S. S. Holub
George Stimpson
Chick Kline
C. B. Clements
Nebraska Sand Hill
Iowa Livestock Exchange
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
George B. Easker
Hale
Buchanan
U.S
Miller
Farm East Side
Lisbon Col
Duroc Barrows
Guy Pettit
Walt Challis
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Mangles
Bert Miller Barn
Guttenburg
Pike’s Peak
McGregor
Marquette Heights
Lansing
Fish Hatchery
Ice Cave
Niagara
Chimney Rock
Pulpit Rock
Decorah
Bily Bros
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Festina
Leslie Oliver
Williamsburg
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Marion
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