Weather and hog market woes in Iowa and Midwest
A weather favorable to hog feeding pressures hog prices downward despite a larger spring pig crop. Interior hog runs fell to 17 200 head then rose to 28 300 head as Washington cries of market control faded. Observers expect a heavy run when weather shifts and producers respond to local conditions. NEZ ZENISEK and Vivian Yeggy win 25 in war bonds for a 4 H food for freedom contest. records show Zenisek's victory garden produced substantial harvests and canning.
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Iowa
Middlewest
Washington
OPA
Minnesota
Nez Zenisek
Fairfax
Vivian Yeggy
Solon
Extension Service
Sears Roebuck and Company
Beverly George
Janesville
Jean Peters
Gowrie
Subsidy Plan Sought by Iowa Dairy Interests in Washington
Iowa dairy representatives confer in Washington seeking milk price relief. They propose either raising price by one cent per quart or a federal subsidy plan that raises producer price to 3 dollars per hundred pounds while selling to distributors at 40 cents below, with no consumer price change.
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DES Moines
Lowa
Washington
Iowa
Deadline for Terminating Farm Lease in Iowa
Ames agricultural economists explain that under state law a tenant or landlord who wants to terminate a farm lease must give written notice by Oct 31 or risk automatic renewal if no party issues notice before Nov 1. The requirement applies to both sides and affects the second party in the lease.
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AMES
Ames Agricultural Economists
Creamery groups back Iowa road revenue amendment
A joint Mason City convention of the Iowa creamery association the Iowa association of local creameries and the Iowa butter manufacturers association unanimously approved a resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to dedicate all highway revenues to road purposes. The measure previously passed the last two regular sessions and will be on the November 3 ballot.
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Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Creamery Association
Iowa Association of Local Creameries
Iowa Butter Manufacturers Association
Rowley Creamery Pays 52 Cents for Top Butterfat
Patrons of the Rowley cooperative creamery receive pay for butterfat delivered in the last half of September. Prices, per Joe McGrath secretary, were Grade No 1 at 52 cents per pound, Grade No 2 at 51 cents, and Grade No 3 at 50 cents. First half September prices were 50, 49 and 48 cents respectively.
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Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
Two Billion Pounds of Grease Used for Dynamite
A historic note states the U S wastes about two billion pounds of grease and fats each year. It claims this could yield roughly 613 800 tons of glycerine to manufacture dynamite and grease skid surfaces for Axis use.
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U. S
AMA Service Planned to Aid Orderly Hog Marketing
Des Moines reports the Agricultural Marketing Administration will launch a special market news service by November 16 to guide hog marketing. Centered in Chicago with Des Moines as coordinating hub, it will inform producers dealers and truckers about hog receipts capacity and movement, not prices, to prevent bottlenecks across the corn belt.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Federal Market News Service
Chicago
Corn Belt
Iowa
Minnesota
Farm Auction Notices for Oxford and Brooklyn
October auction notices list James Sherlock selling garage equipment near Oxford for Kreinbring on October 28. A second sale on October 30 by Huhn and Miller features dairy cows in Brooklyn.
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James Sherlock
Oxford
Louis D. Kreinbring
Huhn and Miller
Brooklyn
Webster School Dismissed for Corn Husking Vacation
Webster consolidated school ends a week for corn husking. Many high school pupils will assist farmers with husking. One two row picker husked loads Friday. Soybean combining nearing finish with yields of 20 to over 30 bushels per acre. Wooden bins being erected for bean storage.
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The
Webster
Webster Consolidated School
Delta Couple Buys Residence. Farm to Be Vacated
Delta residents Mr and Mrs John Smith west of Delta purchased a Delta property from Mr and Mrs George Heming. They will move from the farm soon as their son Alva Smith, long-time operator of the farm, has been called for military service.
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Delta
John Smith
George Heming
Alva Smith
Bill Reed to Speak at Alamakie County Farm Bureau
WAUKON Iowa Fred O Riley Jr and Lieut Bill Reed of Marion will address the annual Alamakie county Farm Bureau meeting Wednesday evening. Reed, a flying ace with American Volunteer Group in the Orient, will discuss service and aviation. Officers will be elected and reports heard at the session.
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Waukon
Fred O'Riley
Allamakee
Bill Reed
Marion
Flying Tiger
Ace Blaster
Orient
O'Riley
Fred O’riley
Fred
United States
Australia
Farm Bureau
Fayette County Farm Bureau to Meet and 4-H Events Planned
The Fayette County Farm Bureau annual meeting is set for November 5 at the Upper Iowa university gym. Farm Bureau officers will be elected and resolutions read by a committee including Grant Lauer Eldorado L. C. Surfus Maynard and Harry L. Olesen West Union. Boys and girls 4-H officers will be elected, with a 4-H program aired on KXEL from 9 15 to 9 45 p.m. The county 4-H corn show completes the day, with corn club members allowed 10 ear samples for entry on November 4 and 5.
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Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Upper Iowa University
Melvin Wangsness
Farm Bureau
Grant Lauer
Eldorado
L. C. Surfus
Maynard
Harry L. Olesen
West Union
KXEL
Corn Club
Farm Bureau leader to speak at Winneshiek meeting
Allan B. Kline of Vinton vice-president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will address the Winneshiek county Farm Bureau annual meeting in Decorah on the evening of November 5.
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Gazette
Decorah
Allan B. Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Winneshiek County Farm Bureau
Farm Sold Near Dysart at 167 50 Per Acre in 1943
Traer real estate brokers Conant and King report the sale of the C Nelson farm two miles west of Dysart to W J Linderman for 16750 an acre. Possession passes March 1 1943. Farm is well improved with tenant C Nelson jr.
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Traer — Conant and King
Traer Real Estate Brokers
C. Nelson
Dysart
W. J. Linderman
What's What Out on the Acres Interview with Paul McEl
Interview with Paul McEl, owner-operator of 160 acres and cash renter of 40 acres near Greeley. He discusses Holstein dairy farming, labor, butterfat yields, and the impact of labor shortages on dairy operations. He notes 509 pounds butterfat average over three years, warns inexperienced help would drop output, and shares political voting preferences. He mentions 100+ hogs, price-control views, and expects big farms to seek renters as farmland remains in demand. He also comments on labor drafting, farm viability, and the need for experienced milkers.
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Paul McElmeel
Greeley
Dodge
Steele
Kanabec
Minnesota
United States
Sele
Riverside estate sale yields livestock and equipment totals
A Riverside area auction at the William Weber estate saw a team of work horses fetch 145 dollars eight miles southeast of Riverside. Milk cows sold 65 to 97.50 dollars, calves 35 to 44, Hereford bull 110, sows and pigs 55 to 63, summer pigs 25. Tractors and gear brought 395, 50, 36, 30, 7, 48, 40 to 50, 9, 30. Alfalfa hay and oats straw sold. corn 0.75 a bushel, oats 0.55. Paul Klotz of Columbus Junction was the auctioneer.
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Riverside
William Weber
Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
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the Menace
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Rowley Creamery
AMA Service
BY Williams
Martha
Allamakee Farm Bureau
Kline
Traer
C. Nelson, Jr
E. Cohn & Sons
Sh Ave
3Rd St
Holstein Breeder
C.T.A
Wilson
Herring
Jacobsen Or
Taille
Congressman
Hickenlooper
Kraschel
Beverly Cattle Company
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Cedar Rapids
K. W. Huhn
F. A. Miller
Lew Hansen
N. H. McIlrath
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