Frost to Kill About One Fifth of Iowa Corn This Week
Federal Meteorologist Charles Reed predicted about 20 percent of Iowa corn will be frosted with killing frost likely between September 26 and 28. He cited cooler September conditions and noted 24 percent of corn was safe as of September 10, with late planting behind normal. Soybeans share the frost risk as oats and flax threshing nears completion in northwest Iowa.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles OD. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Fire Destroys Clothing in Volga City Farm Closet
Fire of undetermined origin was found Friday in an upstairs closet at the R. L. Wilson farm home on the east edge of Volga City. A quantity of clothing and other items were damaged. The family extinguished the blaze.
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Volga City
R. L. Wilson
Liberty Ship to Be Named for Reed in New England
The liberty ship Frank P. Reed will be christened at the New England Shipbuilding plant in South Portland Maine on Thursday. Mrs J T Bessie Wright a yard welder will sponsor the vessel. Reed was state boys 4 H club leader at Iowa State College Ames from 1917 to his death in 1942 and earlier oversaw Osceola schools.
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South Portland
Frank P. Reed
Iowa 4-H Club
New England Shipbuilding Corporation
J. T. Bessie Wright
Cornish
Iowa State College
Ames
Drake University Law School
Reed
Osceola
Iowa
Extensive Role Seen For Soybeans in Food Relief Program
In Urbana Illinois the American grown soybean is slated for an extensive role in postwar European food relief. Donald S Payne of the War Food administration noted progress mixing soya products with wheat flour for bread and outlined future items such as soups blends with pea flour dehydrated vegetables quick cook stews cereal concentrates and porridges containing soybeans.
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Urbana
Ill
American Soybean Association
Donald S Payne
War Food Administration
Office of Distribution
Ram Truck Tour Sells Purebred Rams Across Iowa Stops
Dewey Jontz and C. W. McDonald reported brisk sales of seven Shropshire and seven Hampshire rams at Iowa City with prices from 35 to 50 dollars. Purchasers at Marengo included White, Buhrman, Lortz, and others as the ram truck plans a southeast refill and future stops in Tipton and Washington.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Joe Raim
Solon
C. W. McDonald
Ames
Dewey Jontz
Des Moines
Iowa Sheep Association
Marengo
Extension Service
The
County Farm Bureaus
Iowa State College Extension
Shropshire
Hampshire
Jontz
McDonald
Iowa
Tipton
Washington
L. S. White
Belle Plaine
Henry Buhrman
T. J. Lortz
Williamsburg
Amana Society
Homestead
E. W. Vermace
Hartwick
Carl Maas
South Amana
Ed Grace
Oxford
Arthur Lorack
Riverside
Joseph Mouchka
Fairfax
Francis Schneider
Tiffin
G. L. Ran~shaw
North Liberty
John Shay
George S. Denham
Gabriel Dvorsky
Clarence Decatur
Grinnell
Charles Sexton
Altoona
Paul Fredericks
Orient
Wiliam Beck
Iowa State College Extension Service
Ottumwa
Osage
Decorah
Waukon
Elkader
West Union
Iowa Farm Bureau names seven to livestock committee
DES MOINES UP The Iowa Farm Bureau federation announced seven members for the new livestock committee Howard Hill chairing Minburn Leroy Getting Sanborn B W Lathrop Have lock Folmer Hansen Cedar Falls Lyle Sutton Delhi Richard Stephens Crawfordsville Fred Day Afton The group met to outline the livestock department program H S Nicol is director of the department and moved to Des Moines after taking over duties July 15
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau Livestock Committee
Howard Hill
Minburn
Leroy Getting
Sanborn
B. W. Lathrop
Havelock
Folmer Hansen
Cedar Falls
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Fred Day
Afton
Livestock Department
Iowa Farm Bureau Livestock Department
H. S. Nicol
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Cedar Rapids
Nicol
Farm Auction Schedule Across Four Counties
Four public sales announce upcoming auctions in September. Zack McArthur hosts a sale two miles west of Fairfax on Thursday September 14. A E Pearson follows Saturday September 16 three miles south of Central City. Earl Miller closes out at 4725 Center Point Road NE. Joseph Rozek estate sale Thursday September 21 three miles southeast of Swisher.
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Zack McArthur
Fairfax
A. E. Pearson
Central City
Earl Miller
Center Point Road
Joseph Rozek
Swisher
Remove Stock from Pastures in Sept Says Agronomist
Agronomist Maurice L. Peterson of Iowa State College urges removing livestock in mid September unless permanent pastures will be renovated in spring. This lets fall growth accumulate for winter. If renovation is planned, graze closely in fall to ease seedbed prep for clovers.
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Ntial
The
Gazette
Ames
Maurice L. Peterson
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Peterson
Ways to Save More Fall Pigs Listed By Swine Council
Five steps from the Wartime Swine Industry council aim to increase fall pig livability. Rollie Pemberton notes warm dry sanitary quarters and no drafts, abundant early feeding, clean earth access, vaccination against erysipelas and hog cholera, isolation for new swine, and disposing of runts to save feed. Poultry must be kept out to prevent tuberculosis spread.
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Des Moines
INS
Swine Industry Council
Rollie Pemberton
Council
City gardens yield 115000 tons of food for city
New York City's 450000 victory gardeners in Civilian Defense Volunteer work report growing about 115000 tons of food this summer, enough to fill 30 miles of freight cars.
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New York
Victory
Henry B. Guthrie, Jr
Civilian Defense Volunteer Organization
Contour farming urged to cut soil loss and fuel use
An Iowa farmer in Linn County demonstrates contour farming to reduce soil erosion and conserve moisture. The piece argues lines following the terrain around hills save fuel and wear on equipment and suggests training workers to adopt level lines. A nearby center Point farm shows Jerseys in a clover field with a mower cutting hay.
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Linn
Riley Slocum Farm
Center Point
Milk Yield in Iowa Falls From August Record High
Iowa milk production for January through August 1944 is estimated at 5.005 billion pounds, 125 million less than 1943 and 42 million less than 1942 for the same period. August output is about 625 million pounds with 1.454 million cows milking, though labor shortages are curbing peak production. Pasture conditions are strong overall, slight declines in some central regions due to July rainfall, but recovering with recent rains.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Dairy Feed Payments Made for July and August
Linn county Triple-A office begins dairy feed payments for July and August at six cents per pound butterfat and 35 cents per hundred pounds of milk. Henry J. Hood, AAA committeeman, said payments for prior production have expired and urged dairymen to submit or mail cream stubs for return and signature before draft issuance.
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Linn County
Triple-A
Henry J. Hood
AAA
Hood
Home Economist Lorraine Guernsey to Lead Winneshiek County
Miss Lorraine Guernsey, county home economist in Keokuk County for two years, will assume the same position in Winneshiek County on Sept. 20. Farm Bureau president Willard Torgin announced. A Hancock native, she is a Woden High School graduate and attended Waldorf College a year before completing home economics at Iowa State College. She was a 4-H club member for four years.
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Decorah
Lorraine Guernsey
Keokuk Coupyy
Sigourney
Winneshiek County
Willard Torgrim
Farm Bureau
Hancock County
Guernsey Terrace
Woden High School
Waldorf College
Forest City
Iowa State College
Alburnett Elevator To Open Thursday
Official opening of the new farmers elevator in Alburnett will be observed Thursday. The fire-proof structure replaces the building burned last September. Refreshments served between two and five p.m. The company was organized by area farmers in 1913 and M. M. Strait has managed for over 25 years. Officers include E. R. Balderston president Sam Stirm vice president Elmer Moore secretary W. E. Quaas treasurer and directors Frank Frederick Hubert Blackford Don Maxon Arthur Gravel H. N. Rockwood.
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Alburnett
M. M. Strait
E. R. Balderston
Sam Stirm
Elmer Moore
W. E. Quaas
Public Sale of Cattle Machinery Near Center Point and Toddville
A public sale is announced for Saturday September 16 starting at 10 A M three miles south of Center Point four miles northwest of Toddville one mile west of paved highway 140. The offering includes four head of cattle two cows milkers and two heifers plus three mares a weight list and farm machinery including a Rock Island spreader McCormick mower Oliver corn planter and more. A E Pearson owner Glenn Hoglan Auct Fidon Dennison Clk
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Center Point
Toddville
Wlolstein
Guernsey
Rock Island
McCormick Mower
Oliver
Deere
Concord
A. E. Pearson
Glenn Hoglan
Fidon Dennison
Clk
Hazleton Farm Sold At 150 Per Acre
OELWEIN Clarence Marcy bought the 160 acre John Nelson farm southeast of Hazleton for 150 dollars an acre. The deal was arranged by Smith brothers, Oelwein real estate brokers.
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Oelwein
Clarence Marcy
John Nelson
Hazleton
Smith Brothers
Oelwein Real Estate Brokers
Butter Production Drops Across Major States in Week
The USDA reports U S creamery butter production for the week ending Sept 7 at 27 6 million pounds a 1 percent drop from the prior week. Compared with 1943, output is 7 percent lower with declines of 2 percent in Iowa 6 percent in Minnesota and 8 percent in Wisconsin. Year over year Minnesota and Iowa down 9 percent while Wisconsin is 23 percent lower.
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DES Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Price Controls Favored by Ohio Grange Leader
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the Ohio state Grange, told Grange leaders in Columbus that retaining some price controls on manufactured goods will be necessary to avoid agricultural depression and a low national mood.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Grance
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