Corn About As Far Along As Last Year
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed weekly crop bulletin reports Iowa corn will mature into a bumper crop after a warm, sunny, windy spell with moderate rain. Compared with 1943 week, little difference in advance. July temps spurred rapid progress after cool spells. frost risk by Sept 1 remained high. soybeans and haying also advancing. fall plowing continues as ground dries.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Farm Auction Notices Across Cedar Rapids Area
The notice lists auctions for the Charles H. Graham estate 107 acre farm near Palo, Kramer Bros. sale east of Cedar Rapids, Alta Holton closing out sale near Marengo, plus Knuth sale at Vinton and Cox sale near Rowley. Leabhart and Anderson host purebred Corridale sheep sale near Tipton.
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Charles H. Graham
Palo
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Kramer Bros
Alta Holton
Marengo
E. J. Knnth
Vinton
A. C. Cox
Rowley
Leabhart and Anderson
Corriedale
Tipton
Corn Crib Destroyed By Fire Near Tipton
Tipton Iowa area firefighters responded to a blaze at the George Heick farm seven miles southeast of Tipton. A double corn crib, a corn elevator, and a driveway picker were destroyed. About two thirds of 2000 bushels of car corn were saved by scooping from the structure. Cause under investigation.
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Tipton
George Heick
Cheese Set-Aside Cut by War Food Administration
The War Food Administration reduces cheddar cheese set aside to 50 percent for September, down from 60 percent in the previous four months. Civilian cheddar cheese supply expected at about 36 million pounds, roughly 8 million pounds more than September last year when the 60 percent set aside applied.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
WFA
Reduction in Farm Income Is Forecast
Urbana Illinois The chief economic effect of victory in Europe will be a sharp contraction in government spending now at a rate over 90 billion dollars yearly about 60 percent borrowed according to L J Norton chief in agricultural marketing University of Illinois College of Agriculture. He warns that reduced spending will cut employment labor earnings national income and farm prices and incomes possibly lowering 1945 farm income below 1944.
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Urbana
Europe
L. J. Norton
University of Illinois College of Agriculture
Norton
Entire closing out sale posts Friday start time and items
An auction notice lists a Friday September 8 sale starting at 12 30 PM featuring livestock including a black mare nine years old and a sorrel four years old head of choice cattle with twenty registered Guernsey cattle and various calves and bulls, plus twenty five hogs, hay and grain, and an array of farm machinery from Allis Chalmers tractors to John Deere equipment. Lunch served by Methodist Ladies of Rowley with auctioneers C B Hawkins and Son and Rowley Savings Bank clerk.
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NEAD
Guernsey
Poland
China
Harn
Allis-Chalmers
Dane
McCormick
J. Deere
John Deere
H. C
Methodist Ladies of
Rowley
A. C. Cox
C. B. Hawkins
New Home Economist Named in Muscatine
Miss Ella Jean Woods of Waterman Illinois is appointed county extension home economist for Muscatine County by Ernest W Hoopes Farm Bureau president. She will begin Sept 20 after graduating from Iowa State College this year and has 4 H club experience and emergency food preservation work in Clinton County in 1943. She follows Miss Frances Byrnes who left for the University of Alaska extension service at Fairbanks.
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West Liberty
Ella Jean Woods
Waterman
Ill
Muscatine County
Ernest W. Hoopes
County Farm Bureau
Miss Woods
Iowa State College
Clinton County
Illinois
Frances Byrnes
University of Alaska At
Fairbanks
Wartime Prices and Postwar Farm Outlook
Norton warns farm income may settle at 100 to 110 billion dollars nationally, with farm product sales around 12 to 14 billion. He notes wartime price supports below peak and predicts potential calls for broader production controls if demand weakens after exports decline. War price levels rarely persist into peacetime.
Manchester votes to form soil district in Delaware county
A county wide referendum in Manchester Delaware county approved establishing a soil conservation district with 287 votes for and 23 against. Commissioners elected at the same poll include Clifton Klaus Colesburg William Haeussler Ryan and Maynard Schnittjer.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Clifton
Klaus
Colesburg
William Haeussler
Ryan
Maynard Schnittjer
Bloomfield Firm Again Balks at State Dairy Tax
The L. E. Goode Produce company of Bloomfield, tied to retiring State Senator Dewey E. Goode, again fails to remit the state 1 cent per pound butterfat tax. It is among 21 delinquents totaling about 2500 dollars. most others are expected to pay soon. The tax funds dairy promotion and Iowa dairy product advertising.Goode has long avoided payment while contesting related cream grading law, a dispute that led to a 1943 court outcome.
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DES Moines
L. E. Goode Produce Company
Bloomfield
Dewey E. Goode
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Frank Barker
Goode
Iowa
Goode Company
Barker
Davis County
Linn AAA Sees Strong Clover Seed Harvest in Linn County
Linn AAA chairman John F Wagor predicts a bumper clover seed harvest in Linn county this fall with yields ranging from light to good. He notes AAA payments of 3.50 dollars per acre for legume seed and 3.5 cents per pound of cleaned seed make harvesting even light yields profitable amid an expected seed shortage next year.
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Linn
John F. Wagor
Linn Aaa
Wagor
AAA
Livestock Salt Needs Highlighted in Pasture Advice
An agricultural note emphasizes salt intake as essential for livestock health and thriving pastures. It underscores salt as a key mineral for cattle and sheep.
Shanda Appointed Tama Club Agent
Melvin Shanda of Belle Plaine was named Tama county extension associate in rural youth activities by Tama officials. A discharged army veteran from April 1943 and a Iowa State College graduate, he was active in Future Farmers and an outstanding athlete. He succeeds George Boehnke of Toledo who resigned to become county extension director Roy Richinson of Spirit Lake.
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Tha
Toledo
Melvin Shanda
Belle Plaine
Tama County
Tama_ county Farm Bureau
Shanda
Army
Iowa State College
Future Farmers’ Association
George Boehnke
Roy Richinson
Spiritake
Two Agronomy Field Days Scheduled Soon
Two agronomy field days are planned this month. Albia hosts the Southern Iowa Pasture Improvement farm field day on Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. Ames hosts a second day at Iowa State College on Sept. 16 with tours of about 100 new experimental hybrids and demonstrations of inbred lines used in seed production.
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Ames
INS
Southern
Iowa
Albia
Iowa State College
New Elevator Manager Named at Tama Benton Grain
DYSART B H Knudtson of Roland is the new manager of the Tama Benton Grain company elevator, replacing Ed Kiekebusch who resigned to move to a farm.
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Dysart
B. H. Knudtson
Roland
Tama-Benton Grain Company
Ed Kiekebusch
New Farm Gadgets Designed to Speed Agricultural Work
Los Angeles AP reports after 14 years of testing engineers at Food Machinery Corp unveiled postwar speed haymaker that cuts and dries hay without sun curing. They claim it preserves vitamins boosting dairy milk and rabbit reproduction. Also highlighted are a speed sprayer and a speed potato harvester with dramatic productivity.
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Los Angeles
Food Machinery Corporation
Trial Sale of Surplus War Materials in Ohio
A guinea pig auction of surplus Defense Plant Corporation property will be held in Ashland Ohio on Sept 8 announced by the DPC and the War Food Administration. The sale aims to move miscellaneous used tools equipment and supplies no longer serviceable through normal trade channels. Items include hand tools shovels wheelbarrows rubber boots tarpaulins and other construction site remnants from defense plant work.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Ashland
Ohio
DPC
War Food Administration
Defense Plant
Land Auction Near Lowden Sells In Two Tracts
Mrs Louis Gade buys 120 acre Hartwig estate farm six miles southwest of Lowden for 190 dollars per acre. The adjoining 40 acres of the same estate sold to H F Licht for 225 dollars per acre.
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Lowden
Louis Gade
Here
Hartwig
H. FP. Licht
H. F. Licht
Calmar farmer buys 192 acre Schneberger farm for 24000
Carl Hageman purchases the Henry and Leo Schneberger 192 acre farm southwest of Calmar for 24000 dollars. The sale includes 12 head of cattle and farm machinery and the property is described as well improved.
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Calmar
Carl Hageman
Henry and
Leo Schneberger
Farm Transfers and Sales Noted Near Edgewood Arlington
Maynard Mrs Kathryn Rummel sells 80 acre farm north of here to Marion Rummel near Arlington for 120 dollars per acre with possession February 1. Mrs Rummel to hold farm sale October 3. Edgewood Frank and Dan Wiley purchase 160 acre John Thurn farm seven miles north with possession March 1. About 100 acres cultivated, rest permanent pasture. Cornstover too low in nutrients for dairy cattle forage.
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Maynard
Kathryn Rummel
Here
Marion Rummel
Arlington
Rummel
Edgewood
Frank
Dan Wiley
John Thurn
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
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A. F
Tony) Schmitz van Horne
Geo. B
Berkshire
Hawkeye Downs
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Pwrt Berkshire Association & Egies
Williams
Independence
Rock Road
Sarnyard
Chatter
Kenneth Wagoner
Cdca
Reed C. Workman
Stanwood
K. W. Stouder
New Home Economist
Muscatine
M. Feder & Sons
Iron and Steel Scrap
F Ave
Goodfiyear
Tama
WIESE
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Goodzyear Service
the Big Shoe Store
Second Ave
Lawa Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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