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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1942

Page

4

Tama Oats Outyields Elsewhere in Iowa Four-Year Test

Iowa State College reports Tama oats led yields in most regions over four years, with Boone strong in southeast fields. Northeast and east central Iowa showed Tama near top, while detailed county results highlight Tama, Marion, Boone, Vanguard, Gopher, Iowa 105, Columbia and Hancock performance across Louisa, Clayton, Allamakee, Benton and Muscatine counties.

Iowa State College Louisa Des Moines Lee Monroe Wapello Boone Tama Marion Iowa Columbia Gopher Hancock Town Benton Marshall Cedar Muscatine Grundy Mitchell Clayton, Worth Chickasaw Allamakee Vanguard Sac Towa Clayton—Boone Benton—Iowa Tiuwa Pancock Marlon Marton Tows Golumbia Galunablay Tana Sone Ph Towa Boone Ze Senne Inc Towa Tama Columbias Zoynaia

Weather gloom and hogs mark Iowa farm notices

In a rainy spell farmers in southeast and east central Iowa face late ripening oats corn and soybeans with warnings of a dry fall. Hog production worsens yard wallows as Earl Elijah farm photos show dirt scooped to fill pits. Butter supplies may tighten as the federal agency seeks 1,000,000 pounds of 90 score butter for northwest ports.

Clarence Irvin Kintzel Mr. Elijah Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation Northwest

Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Across Iowa This Week

Iowa City Sales Co. hosts livestock sale on Tuesday September 8. Gilbert Haman sells horses and cattle on Thursday September 10, three miles south of Tiffin. Oscar C Sevig and Olson Bros. offer Herefords four miles north of Walford on Sevig farm Friday September 11. Anamosa livestock auction joins Saturday September 12 with Iowa City Sales Co. Also Monday September 14 purebred Jerseys by A M Spencer at West Branch, and Tuesday September 15 Guernseys by Thos Armstrong five miles northwest of Mt Vernon near Iowa City.

Lowa City Thos, Armstrong Guernseys Mt Vernon Iowa City Sales Co

Hog Ailments to Be Stressed in Session

The September meeting of the East Central Veterinary Medical society in Cedar Rapids will focus on hog diseases notably erysipelas with experts R. M. Hofford and J. W. Giffee leading. Enteric dog diseases discussed by F M Wilson and C. H Banks. Artifical insemination topics presented by J. B. Bryant, L. F. Barrett, and M. H Wallinga. An executive board brief precedes dinner.

East Central Veterinary Medical Society Cedar Rapids R. M. Hofford Joe W. Giffee United States F M. Wilson Mechanicsville C. H Banks Tipton

Acres farmer Henry Hood on war, inflation and politics

In a Cedar Rapids interview Henry J. Hood, owner of 120 acres near Whittier, discusses war aims, inflation, land prices, labor shortages, tractor needs, and views on Roosevelt, Jacobsen versus Talle, and the AAA. He notes personal health, family farming roots, and a long-running What's What Out On The Acres feature.

Henry J. Hood Whittier Gazette Cedar Rapids

Corn Needs Two to Three Weeks Warm Weather at Decorah

Special to The Gazette Decorah reports cool nights slowed corn maturity but has made satisfactory progress. Estimates vary two to three weeks of warm weather needed to make a big crop. Soybeans require more time than corn. Silo filling has not started.

Gazette Decorah

Government loans show 42 317 000 bushels corn under loan

The U S D A reported at month end August 42 317 000 bushels of corn under government loan. Wheat under loan or owned totaled 389 167 000 bushels of which 92 167 000 were 1942 crop and the rest old wheat largely held by the commodity credit corporation.

U.S.D.A Commodity Credit Corporation

Sharp Shrink In Surplus Butter Is Predicted

Private estimates today forecast official data due Sept. 14 showing U S cold storage butter holdings as of Sept 1 will be about 48 million pounds less than a year earlier. Butter in storage at 35 markets by end of August had dropped noticeably.

United States

Fairs This Week Across Eastern Iowa Circuits

Eastern Iowa county fairs and livestock shows fill the week with events led by Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress September 7 to 13, Allamakee county fair in Waukon September 8 to 11, and Quad County show in Clinton September 11 to 12.

Iowa Waterloo Allamakee Waukon Clinton

Farmland Sales Near Marengo and Monmouth

Marengo area 140 acre Gorsch estate farm sold to Henry Gorsch for 20800 dollars. Monmouth region two Yarolim farms totaling 550 acres sold to Fred C Voelkers for about 36 dollars per acre. possession begins March 1. Sale managed by J G Dykema for Equitable Life, brokers A C Roberts and John L Jones.

Marengo Augusta Gorsch Henry Gorsch Monmouth Fred C. Voelkers Dillon Bickford James F Bickford Voelkers J. G. Dykema Manchester Equitable Life Assurance Society United States John L. Jones Maquoketa Real Estate Brokers

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