Certificates of War Necessity Required of Rural Truckers
Rural truckers who haul farm goods must obtain approved certificates of war necessity if they operate after November 15. Forms have been mailed. county farm transportation committees will assist. Without certification, gasoline tires and repairs are denied. Linn County details include local chair John Wagor and Oct. 22–24 help sessions in Cedar Rapids.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Iowa
U. S. D. A. War Boards
County War Board
County War Transportation Committee
Linn County
John Wagor
Central City
Wagor
Farm Transportation Committee
ORC
First Avenue
First Street East
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Transportation Committee
County Farm Transportation Committee
State Farm Transportation Committee
West Union
Washington
Farmer Alvin Bader Buys 80 Acre Hager Estate Farm
Alvin Bader of La Porte City buys the 80 acre farm from the heirs of M L Hager estate for $6,500. The transaction transfers a rural property held near La Porte City with no other details provided.
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LA Porte City
Alvin Bader
M. L. Hager
Garden Contestant Named Allamakee County Rep
Special to The Gazette Margaret Stabe Wallekon of Allamakee county 4-H club has been named the county representative in the state 4-H garden contest announced by county agent Fred C. O Riley. She secured the state honor through an outstanding 4-H victory garden harvest including 80 bushels of beans carrots radishes spinach eggplants peppers cucumbers beets Chinese cabbage and peas plus 533 quarts and 25 pounds of dried sweet corn and related produce.
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Wallekon
Margaret Stabe
Allamakee
Fred C. O'Riley
Margaret
Boars Bring Averages At Wilton Junction Sale
Thirty spring boars averaged 70 dollars at the Howard J. Lenker sale three and three quarters miles northwest of Wilton Junction. Top price reached 105 dollars with spring gifts averaging 46 dollars and a top of 55 dollars. Auctioneers were H. M. Duncan of Columbus Junction and H. W. Kretschmar of Wilton Junction.
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Wilton Junction
Howard J. Lenker
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
H. W. Kretschmar
Feeder and Fat Cattle Movement at Monticello
Twenty one carloads of feeder cattle arrived at Monticello on Tuesday while eight carloads of finished cattle were shipped out. The previous day ten carloads entered and nine left as fat cattle. Tuesday receipts included six loads averaging about 650 pounds with the remainder heavier cattle in the 800 to 900 pound range.
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Monticello
Farmer on 80 Acres Prefers Horses to Tractors
Interview with George Joyce of Whittier describes life on an 80 acre farm two miles northwest, noting he has never owned a tractor, relies on four horses now three, does most plowing himself, hires a sulky and occasional tractor, and plans to stay farming rather than move to town. He milks five to six cows, sells milk to Cedar Rapids Co op, keeps fifty to sixty hogs, and expects to be farming for years while voting straight Republican.
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George Joyce
Whittier
Center Point
Record hay crop hits 105 million tons in 1942
Kansas City report estimates the 1942 U S hay crop at 105000000 tons an all time high. It surpasses 1940 and 1941 by about 6000000 tons as pastures provide ample feed. Iowa tame hay stands at 6500000 tons including 2915000 tons of alfalfa.
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Kansas City
The
Agricultural Marketing Administration
United States
Iowa
Jones Farm Bureau Urges Women for Mail Haulers
In Anamosa the Jones County Farm Bureau adopted a resolution urging draft of mail clerks and station attendants for farm labor with women replacing them in current jobs. The group also pressed equalizing agricultural deferments, repealing daylight saving, and fair school tax shares. Harold Deischer was elected president. other officers named include Robert Livingstone vice president and Harold Larson secretary.
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Carl Rylander
Davenport
County Agents’ Association
Iowa
H. M. Nichols
Webster City
Paul Barger
Waterloo
G. A. Rosenfeld
Har
Laura Holst
Vinton
State Home Demonstration Agents’ Association
Meta Jane Masters
Fayette
Myrtle Hewitt
Humboldt
Esther Klingebiel
Sioux City
Center
Velma Packer
Boone
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Harold Deischer
Monticello
Farm scrap drive urges war effort in cedar rapids area
A farm yard call urges residents to search the property for scrap iron to aid the war effort. It highlights disposing of old stoves washers and gears to improve the premises and prevent erosion while preparing alfalfa for upcoming hogs. The note mentions a bank in Cedar Rapids.
Weather Aid To Corn Weather Aid To Corn
Unseasonably warm and dry weather with abundant sun aided drying of corn and soybeans last week. Northern counties will sort some crops due to soft ears. harvest focused on seed corn and artificial drying. Soybean combining is under way with many fields yielding well and moisture at 11 to 15 percent in central and northern areas.
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Decker
Rowley Creamery Pays 50c for Top Butterfat
Rowley cooperative creamery pays for butterfat delivered in mid September at 50 cents, 49 cents and 47 cents per pound for grades one two and three. Earlier in August the rates were 48 47 and 46 cents respectively.
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Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Cooperative Creamery
Farm Auction Listings Spread Across October Dates
A sequence of farm auctions is listed from October 15 through October 22 near Lisbon Center Junction Amana Society and Olin. Items include Hampshire boars Duroc Holstein cattle Chester Whites and real estate. Listings note auctioneers Hempy Miller Iowa Sales Co Nemecek Estate and Jurgensen With locations in Lisbon Cedar Rapids Amana Amana Society and Olin.
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Lisbon
Wason
Chesterite
Center Junction
H. G. Manuel and Son
Hampshire Boars
Bert E. Miller
lTewa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Tewa City Sales Co
Amana Society
Hampshire
Boars and Gifts
Homestead
Iowa Sales Co
Henry Jurgensen
Chester Whites
Olin
Nemecek
Ely
Walker Livestock Exchange reports 500000 gross from 196 sales
Walker Livestock Exchange announced a gross business of 500000 from 196 sales since the first auction on January 5 1939. President Thomas H. Wiley said 112 stockholders hold 157 shares, each earning a 10 percent annual dividend with no debts. Carl Hendrickson Cedar Rapids assisted county attorney spoke, Dempsey Jones Cedar Rapids county recorder provided entertainment.
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Walker
Walker Livestock Exchange
Thomas H. Wiley
Wiley
Carl Hendrickson
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Dempsey Jones
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Ray Anderson
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R. K. Bliss
Ames Extension
Allbaugh
Leland G. Allbaugh
Farm Security Administration
John L. Holmes
Office of Personnel
Iowa State
John A. Weig
Department of History and Government
Rylander
Nebraska Sand Hill
Nebraska
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Tony) Schmits
George B. Basker
Shane
Dunde
Broadway
Mack
State Garden
Beverly Cattle Company
Hereford
Cedar
By Williams
AAA
Russell
Farm Bureau
Repubn
Jones Farm Bureau
Ae the Peoples Savings Bank
Rowley Creamery
A Nemecek
Rock
Bae Maker
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College Township
Rock Road
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Jerry Bys
First Trust and Savings Bank
Amana Society Farm Dept
Recovery Clan
Spot News
Earl of Century
Century of Earlham
Homestead Roller
Century Hi. Roller
Homestead Prosperity
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Lawrence
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
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