No Demand for Hand Corn Huskers Reported by Iowa Office
Iowa employment offices report no calls for hand corn huskers as October weather favors field work and mechanical pickers. Some regions see activity. others lack requests for huskers, with farmers shifting to machine picking and seasonal labor adjustments.
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States Employment Office
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones
Cedar
Benton
Iowa
Heusinkveld
D. Heusinkveld
United
Charles City
Waterloo
Clinton
Des Moines
Dubuque
Davenport
78 an Acre At Auction Near North English
A 90 acre farm in the Charles Markwell estate one half mile northeast of North English was sold at auction for 78 dollars an acre. Buyer was Cecil Markwell, son of Charles Markwell.
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North English
Charles Markwell
Cecil Markwell
Girls 4-H Workers to Meet in Tipton October 29
Mrs Edith Barker state leader of girls 4 H club work will meet with the Cedar county 4 H committee leaders and county officers in Hotel Tipton Thursday to discuss adjustments in the 1943 club program Miss Laura Heddleson home demonstration agent announced today Miss Nelle Thompson Ames 4 H nutritionist will conduct two subject matter training schools the first scheduled for December 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Edith Barker
Ames
Cedar County
Laura Heddleson
Nelle Thompson
Much Construction in Wyoming Community
The Commodity Credit Corporation completed six grain bins each holding 3,000 bushels. Construction on farms includes multiple barns corn cribs cattle sheds machine sheds feeding floors hog houses and a poultry house. Nails were used only in roofs and floors. sides were log cabin style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Minna Hansen
E. L. Dodge
Mathiad Broderson
Ben Fedderson
Herman Brunscheen
Ed Dozark
Pegorick Brothers
A. G. Ro
Cane threshing on Bowersox farm near Shueyville
Popped cane was being threshed for seed on Tuesday afternoon at the James Bowersox farm one half mile north of Shueyville. Sorghum mill operator Bill Novotny notes typical yields of 30 to 35 bushels per acre as threshing proceeds with Red Orange and Black Amber cane varieties. The operation runs with standard small grain separation procedures and careful handling of heavier stalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowersox
Shueyville
Bill Novotny
Mr Bowersox
Baling Wire Reclaimed From Used Wire Reuse
AMA hay market review notes a University of California machine to reclaim baling wire. Simple, cheap, and portable, it can straighten and reuse wire by redrawing it to near original length, potentially saving farmers money though no commercial production exists yet.
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AMA Hay Market
Kansas City
University of California, College of Agriculture
AMA
Farmer Injured While Operating Corn Picker
Cedar Valley farmer Louis Geertz suffered severe lacerations of the right arm and hand when his glove caught in a corn picker Saturday. His arm was badly gashed below the elbow, the index and third fingers were amputated, and the second finger broken.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
Louis Geertz
Cedar Valley
Elevator fall wounds Williamsburg man near corn crib
Jude Meyer, a Williamsburg resident, suffered a broken back Monday afternoon after falling more than 15 feet while adjusting an elevator at his corn crib. He was hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
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the Gazette
Williamsburg
Jude Meyer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Cedar Home Project Schools Begin Nov 3
Cedar county will hold home economics training for farm women throughout the year. Miss Laura Heddleson, home demonstration agent, announced the program to improve business affairs and farm management. The first school is Nov 3 for Iowa township women at Mrs Rebben's. Nov 6 sessions cover Fremont Springdale and Gower townships in West Branch town hall.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Laura Heddleson
Iowa Township
John Rebben
Fremont
Springdale
Gower
West Branch
Heavy Wheat Stocks Stored In Iowa
Iowa's division of agricultural economies reports 4,170,000 bushels of wheat stored in Iowa mills and elevators as of October 1. The estimate excludes certain stocks and CCC-held grain but shows the largest nine year level, driven by shipments and storage of feed wheat under CCC agreements. Nationwide interior stocks are also at a nine year peak, with totals surpassing prior highs and the 1934–40 averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
AMA
Bureau of the Census
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
United States
Steers Top Market at 17.15 in Chicago Sale
Charles and Theodor Lefebvre of Fairfax sold steers averaging 1,275 pounds at Chicago Monday with top price of 17.15 per hundredweight. Market trends show strong demand for feeder cattle among buyers. Shipments highlighted by Lefebvre herd drew attention for size and uniformity.
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Fairfax
Charles and
Theodor Lefebvre
Chicago
Winthrop Farmer Lands Nebraska Calf Carload
Roy Halford of Winthrop, a local farmer, received a carload of Hereford calves purchased in Nebraska, shipped to his farm south of Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Roy Halford
Nebraska
Ames Cow Testers Conference Series Opens in Des Moines
The first of eight Iowa conferences for cow testers begins Thursday in Des Moines. Ames extension dairymen Floyd Arnold and Arthur Porter lead the meetings which run from 1 p.m. to noon the next day and move to Sheldon Algona Charles City Postville Washington Cedar Rapids and Waterloo through November 2 to 13 with wartime problems on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Des Moines
Floyd Arnold
Arthur Porter
Ames Extension Dairymen
Sheldon
Algona
Charles City
Postville
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Sudan Seed Output Lowest In Six Years
The crop reporting board forecasts 39,673,000 pounds of thresher run sudan grass seed this year, down sharply from 92,395,000 in 1941 and far below the 10 year average. Acreage dropped 54 percent to 105,300 acres with yield at 377 pounds per acre. Carryover seed totals about 7,000,000 pounds on farms and 18,652,000 pounds with dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Crop Reporting Board
Oelwein Rotarians Hear Loveland and Farm Leader
A. J. Loveland, state Triple-A chairman and state U S D A War board head, spoke to Oelwein Rotarians and Fayette County farmer guests at the Mealey hotel. M C Wangsness, county agent, also spoke as part of the farm program led by Fred Gremmels and toastmaster Charles Chamber.
First Iowa TP loan farmer calls for program expansion
John Foubert of North English, owner of 145 acres, was the first Iowa recipient of a tenant purchase loan from the Farm Security Administration. He borrowed 9,650 dollars to buy and improve the farm, and reports annual payments around 417 dollars.
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Iowa
John F. Foubert
North English
Millersburg
Foubert
Farm Security Administration
Farm Auction Notice Mixed with Alfalfa Yield Report
An item lists a farm auction set for Friday October 30 by Huhn and Miller featuring dairy cows at Brooklyn Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. The owner asks tileability of a 139 acre tract with 40 acres alfalfa. Yield details note one 10 acre field produced 33 loads from first cutting and three cuttings at about 55 tons in total.
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Huhn and Miller
Brooklyn
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Counties Lead Nation in Farm Product Value
The 1940 census of agriculture shows 14 Iowa counties among the top 100 in value of farm products. Pottawattamie leads Iowa at 11,955,645, with other counties like Sioux 10,895,181 and Linn 7,946,179 also high. Los Angeles tops the nation with 46,920,780 and the U.S. total is 7,813,644,567.
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Washington
Iowa
United States
Pottawattamie
Sioux
Kossuth
Woodbury
Plymouth
Benton
Cherokee
Clinton
Webster
Tama
Linn
Wright
Franklin
Marshall
Los Angeles
California
Merchants His Cattle and Hog Breeding Farm Report
An Iowa agricultural item notes reland Merchant of Vinton receiving Texas yearling steers and 56 heifers in his feed lot. C E McClintock of Vinton uses fall gilts for spring litters. The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids promotes Cattle Feeder Loans through the Farm Service Dept. W R Whitfield of Iowa State College urges 26 percent protein supplement for pullets, with eight foot feeders for 50 hens. Alvin Meyer of LaPorte City plans a December sale of 25 head of steers feeding through corn stalks.
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Reland Merchant of
Vinton
C. E. McClintock
Farm Service Dept
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College
Whitfield
Alvin Meyer
LaPorte City
FALSE TEETH ADS PROMISE FIRM FIT AND COMFORT
An advertisement touts FASTEETH as a powder that keeps denture plates secure while eating talking laughing and sneezing. It claims no bitter aftertaste no nausea and an alkaline formula to reduce denture odor and breath. US drugstores carry the product.
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Ray Anderson
S. E. Decker
Decker
Livestock Exchange
Owa
A. F
Tony
Lehmax
George B. Easker
Bowersox Farm
Cedar Home Project
VU. S. Stocks
Martha
Meelng
Chicago Bears
Nodr
Sudan
AAA
Erring
Wilson
Herring
Marengo
John Foubert
New Zealand
Anzacs
ICTAI
Royal Military College
Lorenzo
Royal Horse Artillery
Nevada City
Compass Point
By Williams
King Features Syndicate
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