Prices Received Index Reaches 180 in Iowa October Peak
The Iowa Department of Agriculture reports the prices received index rose to 180 in mid October, the highest since October 1920, led by gains in hogs beef cattle eggs and butterfat while corn fell to 69 cents. The dairy, livestock, and poultry outlooks from Ames suggest prices may ease for hogs lambs and some cattle, with butterfat and egg prices likely to stay firm or rise until spring, barring rationing.
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State Department of Agriculture
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Ames
Department of Agriculture
Towa
Farm Auction Schedule For Iowa Area This Week
Saturday events include Anamosa livestock auction and Iowa City Sales Company livestock sale. Tuesday lists Iowa City sale and Wednesday features Mrs John J Novotny household goods near Shueyville.
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Anamosa
Iowa City Sales Co
John J. Novotny
Shueyville
Columbus Junction FFA Initiates Ten Members
Columbus Junction FFA initiated ten new members at the high school Monday evening. Arthur Evans, vocational agriculture teacher, reported plans to raise second year members to the Future Farmer degree.
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Columbus Junction
Future Farmers of America
Arthur Evans
Future Farmer
1943 Officers Named by Allamakee Farm Bureau
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Officers elected at the annual Allamakee County Farm Bureau meeting with 350 attending were John Rooster president Horace Clark vice president Clarence Kerndt secretary Owen Pigott treasurer Mrs James Barlow women's home project chairman Mrs Arthur Larson home project vice chairman Mrs James Pigott girls 4 H club chairman Mrs Don Lamborn girls 4 H vice chairman John Livesind boy s 4 H club chairman and Walter Hagen boys 4 H vice chairman.
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Waukon
Allamakee County Farm Bureau
John Rooster
Horace Clark
Clarence Kerndt
Owen Pigott
James Barlow
Arthur Larson
James Pigott
Don Lamborn
John Livesind
John Livesind, Boy's 4-H Club
Walter Hagen
Boys’ 4-H
Farmer sells 40 acre farm near Troy Mills
George Cook sold a 40 acre farm one and a half miles south of Troy Mills to Clarence Evers of Coggon for 75 dollars an acre. The sale sets a per acre price of 75 dollars for the forty acres.
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Walker
George Cook
Troy Mills
Clarence Evers
Coggon
Post War Farming To Be Big Business Says Iowa Prof
Prof Walter Loehwing head of the botany department at the University of Iowa predicted post war farming would be large scale business not a way of life. He cited high yields per acre reduced costs and increased mechanization along with subsidy and competition. He noted hybrid corn polypoid varieties and wider travel raise public health concerns requiring immunity and quarantine on a larger scale.
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Iowa City
Walter F. Loehwing
University of Iowa
Town and Country Cooperation in Fire Fighting Revealed
Ames Iowa towns cooperate to fight farm fires cutting losses and insurance costs. A Farm Economist report notes 80 percent of Iowa towns helped rural firefighters in 1941. Four main plans emerge including farmer groups contracting with town departments and township taxes funding rural equipment.
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Ames
Iowa
Farm Economist
W. H. Stacy
Extension Rural
Harold H Beaty
Iowa State College
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Good
Cattle Tops at 106 in Decorah-Area Sale Reports
Cows sold from 75 to 106 dollars at the Olaves Berge sale near Decorah on Monday while sheep reached 14.50 dollars. Bleka Brothers sale on Tuesday saw cows 80 to 100 dollars, a horse sell for 123 dollars, a manure spreader 136 dollars, corn 83 cents and feed at 53 cents a bushel.
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Decorah
Olaves Berge
Bleka Brothers
Soul Conservation musings by a country woman
A reflective column from a country woman urges continuing efforts toward a better social order. She proposes starting soon and extending into another month before November, noting much work remains and inviting hopeful optimism.
Trio of Nutrition Experiments Started At Ames
Miss Pearl Swanson a foods and nutrition professor at Ames leads three nutrition studies. She tests egg processing methods to boost nutritive value in a booming industry. She compares heat and cold effects on protein foods and evaluates a low cost federal diet for growth and health. The third study uses the big freeze of 1940 as a starting point to develop frost resistant apples rich in vitamin C.
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Gazette
AMES
Miss Pearl Swanson
Miss Swanson
Ames Home Economist
Federal Bureau of Home Economics
Iowa
Market Movement Of Soybeans Slowed By Lack Of Space
CHICAGO AP reports soybean movement slowed by elevator and storage shortages at crushing plants. Embargoes on delivery points reduced processor demand while government price stabilization limited forward buying. Terminal elevators lack government handling contracts. weekly car arrivals fell to 321 from 713, mostly direct to industries.
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Chicago
Cattle Prices Drift on Mixed Week in Chicago Market
Cattle prices varied as demand stayed broad for choice steers reaching five-year peaks while plainer grades fell. Top steer bids hit $17.40 with many sales at $16 to $17 and above. heifers to $16 and above. cows and bulls mixed with canners and cutters lower on average. Calves and stockers showed steady to weak trends amid moderate receipts and ongoing replacement demand.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Corn Yields 100 Bushels To Acre Near Cotter
COTTER Corn on the W P Roberts farm near Cotter is yielding 100 bushels to the acre. A number of farmers are using mechanical pickers this year. WALKER Farmers in this vicinity are cribbing corn. The crop is good and well matured. Many mechanical pickers are in the fields.
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W. P. Roberts
What’s What Out on the Acres Farm Interview
Interview with Herman Franzenburg a 200 acre farmer near Keystone discusses price control parity and farm programs. He favors AAA soil conservation REA and selective FSA loans while warning on OPA price rules and labor pressures.
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Herman Franzenburg
Keystone
Ames Students To Be Available For Farm Labor
Ames-Lowell Carver, Ames student employment secretary, said Iowa State students may register for farm employment and be on call for corn hand picking wagon driving mechanical picking and soybean harvesting. Authorities will excuse students for short farm work periods and on days with no classes. Excuses for home farm work may be granted due to a looming statewide labor shortage, though it has not yet been felt in Iowa.
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Ames
Lowell Carver
Iowa State
Carver
Iowa
October Hog Run Shrinks in Iowa and Minnesota
The Farm Editor reports interior hog marketings for October at 723000 head, down from 816000 in 1941 and 796000 in 1940, marking a 10 percent year over year decline though October remains the third largest on record. Prices stayed steady after a Thursday drop tied to upcoming pork price ceilings effective November 2.
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HE Livestock Marketing News Service
Des Moines Today
Iowa
Minnesota
Young exhibitor enters fat steers for Chicago show
Willard Haak Jr aged 14 from Linn county has entered two fat steers a Hereford and an Angus for the junior livestock show in Chicago December 2 to 5.
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Willard Haak, Jr
Linn County
Marion
Chicago
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