What’s What Out on the Acres interview with J P Gunderson
Rex Conn profiles J P Gunderson a 57 year old Linn county Iowa farmer owner of 240 acres near Coggon. He describes his life from Denmark birth to rural work changes wartime and postwar plans including cattle feeding acreage crops and dream of house remodeling after the war.
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J. P. Gunderson
Coggon
Rex Conn
Linn County
Mr. Gunderson
Denmark
Central City
Farm Bureau and Grange Protest WLB Action
Washington farmers leaders from the Farm Bureau and Grange protested the War Labor Board delay denying testimony on the little steel formula hearings. They warned that any general wage raise would raise prices and inflation, affecting farm costs and price ceilings. Albert S. Gess and Edward A. ONeal urged that agriculture has a vital stake and higher wages would trigger new price ceilings.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Albert S. Gess
National Grange
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
WLB
Phenothiazine Saves Millions For Stockmen
A 1938 discovery makes phenothiazine a kelp for livestock parasites. U S Department report notes research cost around 10 000 with annual value over 10 million. Kentucky sheep experts estimate 1 million in avoided losses yearly. Drug effective against stomach and intestinal worms in cattle horses sheep swine and delousing in chickens. Various administration methods including capsules feed drenches syringes and wettable forms. Proper dosage depends on species age condition and parasite load. Veterinary supervision advised to minimize risks.
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Washington
United States Departments
Kentucky
USDA
Calf slaughter records and economic factors in 1944 markets
A 1944 calf slaughter surge is nearing a record pace with August totals the largest on record, driven by high dairy prices and weak demand for beef calves. The USDA BA E notes calf crops and butterfat prices explain most shifts, while range conditions and fat calf demand push prices higher and feeder interest lower. The article also discusses ostracism in ancient Athens and hints at modern election influences from voter aversion to pets and facial hair.
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Usda Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bae
INCE
Texas
Washington
Plutarch
Athens
Aristides
Themistocles
Aristides the
4-H Champion Steer Sets Record At Ak-Sar-Ben Auction
George the grand champion steer of the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H show sold for 4.45 a pound to John Nixon. Weighing 1120 pounds, the steer earned 4988 for 18 year old owner Meyer, a new Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H record. Reserve champion Angus from Roger Clause Grand Junction Iowa went for 1 a pound. Blackstone Hotel Omaha bought the 960 pound animal.
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Omaha
George
John Nixon
We Meyer
Angus
Roger Clause
Grand Junction
Iowa
Blackstone
Cattle Shipping Moves 1787 Head Into Traer Rail
Fifty three carloads of feeding cattle totaling 1,787 head have been shipped to Traer by rail this fall. Roy Cooper of Traer has received 42 carloads.
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TRAER
Roy Cooper
Veterinarians to Meet at Cedar Rapids Convention
The thirty first annual Eastern Iowa association meeting opens Tuesday in Cedar Rapids with lectures by Dr. L Schrivner Maplecrest Turkey Farms and Dr. C C Franks on equine practice, plus Dr. L A Merillat on professional matters. W L Boyd discusses cattle diseases and insemination. Dr G E Hawthorne Dr C C Franks and Dr R M Hoaford cover swine health and diagnosis. Round table discussions follow each presentation.
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Eastern Iowa
Rapids
R. E. Elson
Vintan
Eastern Iowa Association
Elson
L. Schrivner
Maplecrest Turkey Farms
Weilman
C. C. Franks
L. A. Merillat
Chicago
Journal of
The
American Veterinary Association
Cliff D. Carpenter
WFA
Feed and Livestock Committee
Coming farm auctions in October across Iowa
A sequence of farm sales scheduled from October 9 to 17 lists buyers, animals and estates. Auctions include Hampshire hog, Duroc and Chester White sales, land and executor sales, with locations near Watkins Lisbon Alburnett Mt. Vernon Cedar Rapids Urbana and other midwestern towns. Various estates and farms will host sales at garages farms and public grounds.
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John Bading
Clarence Suepple
Son Hampshire
E. C. Forest Farm
Mt. Vernon
H. A. Stoner
Cedar Rapids
McGregor Farm Auction Headlines Mixed Lively Pigs Cows
At the E. A. Halverson farm sale seven miles southwest of McGregor thirty eight feeder pigs sold for 16.59 dollars each. Grade cows topped at 84 dollars. Hens brought one dollar and pullets one cent. A used tractor hit 39.50, a hay loader 96.50, oats 0.71 a bushel, mixed hay 9.50 a ton, and ten acres of corn 30 an acre.
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McCgregor
E. A. Halverson
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Airport
Guernsey
Jersey
Hart Parr
H. A. Stoner
Wilbur Colby
Audt
Mechanicsville
Iowa
United State Bank
Dysart Farm Sold for 56000. Tenant to Continue
Dysart two miles south of town. The 280 acre Dysart farm formerly owned by Will Wieben and the late E. P. Hecht was bought by Robert L. Wilsem, a Dysart merchant, for 56000. LeRoy Lorenzen will continue as tenant. Deal arranged through Moeller brothers real estate. Deibert Ewoldt purchased an 80 acre unimproved tract south west of Dysart from P. B. Caslavka.
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Dysart
Will Wieben
Traer
E. P. Hecht
Robert L. Wilsem
LeRoy Lorenzen
Moeller Brothers Real Estate
Deibert Ewoldt
Here
P. B. Caslavka
Farmer Buys 131 Acre Halvor Sando Farm Near Waukon
Adolph Mathis, a farmer east of Waukon, purchases the 131 acre Halvor Sando farm in Paint Creek township for 6200 dollars and intends to operate it as a stock farm. The Ava Investment company sells a 215 acre Lycurgus area farm to John and Earl Beard of Dorchester, adjoining the new buyers’ pasture land.
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Waukon
Adolph Mathis
Here
Halvor Sando
Paint Creek Township
Ava Investment Company
Lycurgus
John and
Earl Beardmore
Dorchester
Edgewood House, Acreage Sold for 2500 Dollars
Ralph Hyde of Strawberry Point buys the Eli Hindal property near Edgewood for 2500 dollars. Possession transfer scheduled for March 1.
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Edgewood
Ralph Hyde
Strawberry Point
Eli Hindal
Soybeans marketed at Farmers Elevator reach 500 bushels
About 500 bushels of new crop soybeans have been marketed at the Farmers Elevator here. The average moisture test is about 14 percent.
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TRAER
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Springville
Red
W. J. Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Kansas City
Iowa City
Europe
Hoover
Dewey
Farm Bureau and Grange
Frank Zieser
Highway 150
Walker
Walkeron
Folk Township
Beatonounty
M. J. McCalley
Ralph Remer
Urbans Bark
Keown
Donnelly
Ané
Rowley
Leslie Wen
Drone
Jenny
Coren
Chester
Walnot
Blanch Donnelly
J. McCalley
Audtioneer
F. W. Lindael
Walker North Linn Bank
Hampshire
Watkins
Walt Challis
Lisbon
Harry Hartz
Marengo
Robert Buelow
Bellevue Farm
Aberdeen-Angus Sale
Williamsburg, Iowa
Aberdeen
Edinburg
M.W
John V. Driscoll
Wil
Envoy
Erin
Williamsburg
North English
Leslie C. Oliver
Bert Hanson
W. H. Cooper
Hedrick
Ak-Sar-Ben
R. C. Wilson
Springville, Iowa
Uncle Tom Cabins
Highway 30
Henry Lang
W. E. Challis
Glenn Plattenberger
First Trust and Savings Bank
Hestein
Poland
China
MacCormick Deering
Ann
Cent Travel
W. F. Mitchell
Rufus Sister
America
John Deere Raulic
the “Industrious Farmer" Equipment Co
Monticello, Iowa
Severn Farm Supply
U. S. Army
Independence
Jesup
Brandon
John Deere
Cern
Claude A. Hopkins
Farmers State Savings Bank
Monning
Bert E. Miller Duroc
Carey Brothers Duroc
Eastern
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Hawkeye Downs
Uncle Tom
Leslie C. Oliver Aberdeen
J. B. Seehusen
Chester White Sale
Center Junction
Urbana
M. A. Hall
Alburnett
Diamond Leu
Miss Fayne Black Diamond Creator
Istanal
McComnick-Deering
McCormick-Deering
Deering
Alburnett Evangelical
J. Weir
Alburnett State Bank
Geo. Price
E. C. Forest Barn
Clarence J. Sueppel
Col. Wait Challis
Solon
Vernon Bank and Trust Co
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