Cattle and Sheep Movements in Seven Corn Belt States Fall Sharply
A U S D A report shows September feeder cattle and calves into Iowa Ohio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Nebraska totaling 495 639 head versus 803 459 last September with July-September totals at 1 264 etc. Direct shipments and stocker activity from ranch feedlots factor in. Iowa September receipts drop to 165 081 from 237 061 last year. July-September Iowa imports total 288 240 head, down from 491 414 in 1940. Seven states shipped 760 330 head of feeder sheep and lambs in September, below 951 341 last year.
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Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
U. S. D. A Marketing Service
Kansas Leads Beefs Feeders Amid High Prices Amidst Cattle Market Quiet
report notes Kansas as a corn belt outlier with larger scale beef feeding than last year while ranchers in western states hold asking prices high. Many feeder cattle are shipped to Iowa and other high corn regions as fat cattle markets lag. Ranchers and feeders delay purchases, creating a waiting game that curtails feeder cattle and calf trades this season.
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Kansas
Chicago
Iowa
Soul Conservation Gossip in a Country Orchard
A vivid scene of blackbirds gathering in orchard trees and windmill vicinity. Schoolmates off summer break chatter loudly amid fluttering birds, then the flock bursts into flight and circles among maples and groves, repeating the gossip in another area as a country woman observes.
Holstein and Guernsey Champions Named at Memphis Show
Carnation Clipper, owned by Carnation Farms of Carnation Washington, was named grand champion Holstein bull at the national dairy show in Memphis. Iowa's state Holstein herd was judged best. St James Philosopher's Dip per, owned by Mr and Mrs Chauncey McCormick of Naperville, Ill, was chosen grand champion Guernsey female.
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Memphis
Carnation Farms
Carnation, Wash
Iowa
St. James
Chauncey McCormick
Naperville, Sr
Folken Accepts New Post in Utah
Herbert G. Folken assistant state representative for the Bureau of Agricultural Economics at Ames left Wednesday to take a similar position in Logan Utah. Folken has aided county agricultural planning here since 1939 and prior to that spent five years as an agricultural economist in the college extension service.
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Folken
AMES
Herbert G. Folken
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Logan
Utah
College Extension Service
Food for Freedom Drive Begins in Iowa
A statewide survey by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration started in Iowa to gauge farmers plans for 1942 under the Food for Freedom campaign. County committees will ask 211 000 farmers to indicate intended increases in pork beef milk eggs and spring pigs, with goals of 12 16 4 12 and 16 percent respectively. Officials expect results by December 1 but delays from scarce forms and corn husking season may push early work into later in the month.
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WES Movies
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Iowa
Food For Freedom
Agriculture Department
AAA
Albert J. Loveland
Which Side Is Your Bread Buttered On
Iowa readers learn of the oleomargarine butter fight sparked by a new federal standard. Dairy interests seek the product’s extinction while oleo representatives defend its legality and nutrition. Farmers note soybean oil’s rise and the oil content debate.
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Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa
The
Gazette
Nes Moines
IDPA
Napoleon III
Mege-Mouriez
Federal Security Agency
Dairy Record
Hudson
George M. Strayer
Hitler
Oleo
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
C. H. Janssen
National Margarine Institute
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Frank Galer
Carl Rylander Heads Iowa County Agents Ass'n
Carl Rylander of Davenport was elected president of the Iowa County Agents association at the annual conference at Iowa State College. H. M. Nichols of Webster City was named vice-president and George Rosenfeld of Harlan was secretary treasurer. Town Home Demonstration officers were Esther Klingebiel, Sioux City president. Louise Scott, Spencer vice president. Genevieve Colgan, Storm Lake secretary. Bertha Mae Dimmit, Waterloo treasurer. Velma Packer, Boone historian.
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AMES
Carl Rylander
Davenport
Iowa County Agents Association
Iowa State College
H. M. Nichols
Webster City
George Rosenfeld
Harlan
Town Home Demonstration Association
Esther Klingebiel
Sioux City
Louise Scott
Spencer
Genevieve Colgan
Storm Lake
Bertha Mae Dimmit
Waterloo
Velma Packer
Boone
Farm Building Activity Reported Near Onslow
New farm buildings erected in Onslow area include August Jansen cattle and hay barn Frank Johnsen granary and corncrib addi tion to cattle barn John Jansen modern poultry house and three room tenant house D J Wasson corncrib and granary with elevator and cement feed floor Gilman Lozier granary and corn crib with elevator and cement feed floor Lawrence Lorenzen machine shed and Clair Westphal hog house.
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Onslow
August Jansen
Frank Johnsen
John Jansen
D. J. Wasson
Gilman Lozier
Lawrence Lorenzen
Clair Westphal
Future Farmers of America to attend national convention
More than 200 Vocational Agricultural students and FFA members from eastern Iowa will attend the fourteenth National FFA Convention in Kansas City October 18 to 25. Delegations from Sigourney, Brooklyn, Muscatine, Monticello and Centerville join chapters from several towns for livestock shows, judging contests, speakers and award ceremonies, with officer elections set for October 23 and the Star Farmer presentations on Tuesday.
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F.F.A
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
David Noller
Sigourney
Jesup
James Vogel
Burton Amfahr
Francis Upah
M. F. Grosseup
Martin Brandenburg
Henry A. Pothast
Richard L. Ormston
Waverly
H .Ll. Hall
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Kenneth Randolph
Cyril Stamp
Maquoketa
Raymond Holtz
Lawrence Ricken
Monticello
Gene Walker
Donald Stange
Muscatine
Carl Lange
Herbert Hetzler
FVFA
Brooklyn
Centerville
Vocational Ag
FFA
Delaware county dairy herd averages 512 lb milk 21.6 ib fat
During September the 495 cows on test in the Delaware Clayton county Dairy Herd Improvement Association produced an average of 512 pounds milk and 21.6 pounds butterfat. High herd owner Shirley Phelps Edgewood. Purebred Holsteins averaged 1,035 pounds milk and 36 pounds butterfat. Doris the cow topped with 1,608 pounds milk and 627 pounds butterfat.
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Fhe
Colesburg
Delaware- Clayton County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Gustave Studt
Shirley Phelps
Edgewood
Earl McNeal
Doris
Cows Top At $139 In Consignment Sale
Fifteen Holstein cows and heifers consigned to the Winneshiek Co operative weekly sale by Willard Torgim and FB R Lomen sold for 110 to 139 dollars. A purebred Holstein heifer set the top price, Erick Bakke’s Milking Shorthorn bull went for 120 dollars, and Shorthorn calves brought 35 and 40 dollars.
United States Rubber Delivers First Balloon to Army Air Corps
The United States Rubber company said it delivered its first barrage balloon built in Naugatuck Connecticut to the Army Air Corps. The initial ascent occurred at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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New York
United States Rubber Company
United States Army Air Corps
Naugatuck
Conn
Fort Sill
Okla
Gentle Nudge from Ohio Doctor on Relieving Constipation
Promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate liver bile flow and aid digestion. Claims help for sluggish liver and constipation, with prices 15¢ 30¢ 60¢ and availability at all drugstores.
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Dr. Edwards
F M. Edwards
Yugoslav Patriots Roam Hills Defy Axis in Serbia
Reports from London say unrest grows in Yugoslavia with a patriot army in the Drina district using light artillery and motorized units. Mount Romania sees 20,000 troops resisting dive bombing as 700 German officers taken prisoner join local garrisons. A Greeece radio ghost voice interrupts Axis broadcasts, taunting Mussolini and Hitler and mocking food shortages.
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London
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Greece
Drina
Serbia
Yugoslavian
Romania
Free Montenegro
Valjevo
Youth Accused Of Setting His Aged Roommate Afire
In Kalamazoo Michigan 20 year old Robert L Gordon was arraigned on a murder charge for allegedly killing his 60 year old roommate George W Eastman. Gordon reportedly admitted to spraying gasoline on Eastman as he slept and igniting it with a burning match. The two traveling salesmen from Willimantic Connecticut had moved to Kalamazoo a week ago and were staying at the same rooming house.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Robert L. Gordon
George W Eastman
Gordon
Eastman
Willimantic
Conn
Chicago
Kalama- 200
Leader of Gang Accused of Turning In False Fire Alarms
A gang leader faces accusations of orchestrating false fire alarms to disrupt city operations. Prosecutors allege the scheme involved multiple alarms across the district, aiming to create chaos and obscure other crimes.
Urge Quick Action On Gigantic Road Bill
The House roads committee on Tuesday filed a report urging swift congressional approval of a revised road bill authorizing 170 million dollars in highway work nationwide. The measure drops 125 million for strategic highways, a veto objection by President Roosevelt. The bill now funds 150 million for access roads, 10 million for fight strips, and 10 million for surveys.
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Washington
INS
House Roads Committee
Roosevelt
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