ACE OF Commodity Credit board acts on frosted beans disposal
The ACE OF Commodity Credit corporation announced a decision on disposing frosted beans affecting the eastern Iowa soybean trade. Processors report green beans in soybeans cause rapid souring and storage space shortages intensify, with elevators limiting intake until CCC merchandising and storage decisions are made.
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ACE OF Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Chicago
Board of Trade
Commodity Credit’ Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States Department of Agriculture
Triple-A
United States
Weather and livestock market notes and farm condition hints
The column discusses hog market pace amid weather patterns and price expectations. It notes a late September freeze affecting field yields with soybeans reported unusually high up to fifty bushels per acre. It observes Iowa dairy cows testing low butterfat in June with possible pasture impact.
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Iowa
Apple yields 25 bushels from Wolf River tree near Cedar Rapids
A. A. Wagner reports a Wolf River apple tree near Cedar Rapids produced 25 bushels this harvest. The apple weighs 1.75 pounds and measures 17 inches around. The tree, in the Jom Fox Jr. orchard 10 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids, was planted 65 years ago and is good for another 35 to 40 years.
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A. A Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Jom Fox, Jr
Wagner
Repairmen Told to Seek Help at Nearest WPB Office
WPB director Donald Nelson advised Congressman W S Jacobsen that farm machinery repairmen should contact the nearest WPB field office for priority issues. He noted welding rod shortages have slowed war production but said steps are being taken to improve supplies by January or February and urged craft ingenuity when possible. A formal priority system remains in place for welders needing materials.
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the Gazette
Washington
Donald Nelson
WPB
W S Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Iowa
Nelson
General Industrial Equipment Branch
War Production Board
German farmer predicts war end next year in Iowa interview
John Haecke, 50 50 share renter of 440 acres near Cascade Iowa born 1899 near Bremen Germany and naturalized citizen discusses inflation 1920s Germany fundraising for cattle hogs and corn markets his views on taxation ceilings and war bonds his voting plan and life in the United States since 1937.
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John Haecke
Cascade
Bremen
Germany
United States
Alfalfa Seed Crop Down 1942 Forecast Drops 9 Percent
The department of agriculture reports a 25 percent decline in alfalfa seed acreage offset by a 22 percent rise in yield per acre, predicting 1942 production of 947,600 bushels, the smallest in six years. Carryovers, prices, and acreage figures are detailed along with weather impacts and insect losses.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Soybean Flakes For Breakfast Food Suggested at Ames
Ames researchers propose toasted soybean flakes as a breakfast food to help prevent protein shortages this winter. Lionel K. Arnold notes solvent-extracted soybean meal is 40 percent protein with low starch and 1 percent oil, while 85 percent more soybeans were planted in 1942 than the previous year.
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AMES
Lionel K. Arnold
Ames Research Chemical Engineer
Arnold
Pacific Islands
Coming Farm Auctions in Iowa City Area and Surrounding Towns
A sequence of farm auctions across central Iowa listed from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Iowa City Sales Co. and individuals including P. O. Devol Wm H Petersen August Miller and Nemecek Est. announce sales of livestock real estate machinery and personal property near Troy Mills Garrison Olin Ely Martelle Cedar Rapids Anamosa Walker and other points.
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Iowa City Sales Co
P. O. Devol
Troy Mills
Wm. H. Petersen
Garrison
August Miller
Hazleton
Milo V. Wolrab
Berkshires
Mt. Vernon
Ienry Jurgensen
Chester Whites
Olin
Nemecek
Ely
Ray C. Peet
Martelle
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Mary C
Woodfin Farm
Walker
Sixty Dollars an Acre Sold for 80 Acres Near Independence
The Equitable Assurance Society sold an unimproved 80 acre tract five miles northeast of Independence to William T Groskurth of Independence for $60 an acre. Possession passes next March. Howard Hand operated the land this year. J L Holland of Independence handled the sale. A H Aukerman of Manchester, field representative for Equitable, reported the transaction.
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Independence
Equitable Assurance Society of the
United States
William T Groskurth
Howard Hand
J. L. Holland
Independence Real
A H. Aukerman
Manchester
Equitable Company
U S Army Vehicle Puzzle Answers
Crossword style clues list entries for horizontal and vertical words including military vehicle and various terms. The page presents numbered hints with definitions such as 51st isacar money petrol and cross references like Father genus of plants and wing.
Boars \(Average $65\) Highlight Amana Society Sale
Homestead Homestead unit of the Amana Society farms held a Hampshire auction with boars averaging $65 and gilts at $50. At Oxford Junction, a Hereford bull sold for $152 during a closing out sale at Mrs Fred Fritz farm.
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Hampshire
Amana Society Farms
Oxford Junction
Fred Fritz
Lisbon Night School Officers Elected
LISBON S. F. Emerson of Lisbon was elected president of the Lisbon night school recently. Other officers elected were Roy Bowman, Mt. Vernon, vice president and George Hernik, Mt. Vernon, secretary and treasurer.
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Lisbon
S. F. Emerson
Roy Bowman
Mt. Vernon
George Hernik
Sand Springs Creamery pays 53 cents for September butterfat
Patrons at the Sand Springs creamery received 53 cents per pound for September butterfat, up 10 cents from September 1941 when the price was 43 cents.
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Sand Springs
The
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