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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1948
Page
7
Anamosa. Robert Peet has completed a 30 by 42 double corn crib west of Anamosa, designed to be rat proof. The bins are lined with quarter inch mesh from floor to top, mesh secured to studs, and siding nailed over it. The high foundation and blocked openings deter rodents. Capacity cited as 7,500.
Peet outlines a new barn addition with 5 500 bushel overhead bins for oats ear corn and shelled corn plus a 400 bushel ground ear corn hopper and a shelled corn bin A cross drive elevator is included to load wagons directly from the bins The Jones county feeder expects the structure to reduce weather and rodent losses and help pay for itself through storage savings and streamlined feeding and hauling to the feedlot.
Iowa counties plan to send blue ribbon wom en's choruses to Omaha for the National Recreation Congress sessions. Eleven of 29 choruses in the Iowa Farm Sports Festival at Ames earned an A ranking and qualify. The winning groups include Webster Dallas Wright Franklin Poweshiek Humboldt Union Delaware Monona Cedar and Muscatine. In district titles, Delaware replaced Black Hawk in district 1 and Tama beat Linn in district 6. remaining district titlists are Kossuth Plymouth Sac Webster Des Moines Warren and West Pottawattamie.
Fayette county AAA chairman L. D. Hitch reports ten commodity loans completed on 1948 farm stored oats totaling 11,262 bushels worth 7,770.78 dollars at 69 cents per bushel. One warehouse loan and one Iowa warehouse loan were issued with values not parity based. Prospects for more 1948 corn loans look favorable as parity nears, with storage space a concern and plans pushed for crib construction.
John Amdahl of Osian was named chairman of the Winneshiek county Farm Bureau resolutions committee by County President H H Sersland. Other members include Leo Humnker Roman Gehling George Brom Calmar Jens Shuros Dorchester Leonard Soukup Ridgeway Vernon Curtis Cresco Mrs Arthur Allen Postville Mrs Roger Durland Calmar and Mrs John Mellick Decorah. The committee will state the policy on state and national issues including schools roads taxation permanent farm program rural electrification adult education work and related subjects.
A special meeting of the Cedar county Farm Bureau at the Tipton Methodist church begins at 10 30 am on Sept 23. President Louis Thordsen says the forum will consider a dues increase recommended by the bureau board. Kenneth Thatcher of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation will speak. Special music by Cedar county rural women's chorus.
Des Moines Iowa soil district commissioners plan their second annual convention at the Hotel Savery on October 6 and 7 with a banquet feature scheduled for October.
Members of the Eastern Iowa Aberdeen Angus Association will hold a picnic on September 26 at the Mississippi Valley fairgrounds in Davenport starting at 10 a.m. The program includes a discussion of the 1949 spring sale and state association plans, followed by a visit to the Otto Nobis farm to inspect show string and calf prospects. officials will discuss future development and herd selection.
The Iowa Farm Bureau official resolutions committee will meet in Des Moines on Friday to outline the 1949 program and review key Iowa agriculture issues. The gathering will also map future meetings and begin drafting the 1949 resolutions with members including Richard Stephens and H. Foresman among others.
Interview with Robert Hite, 37, owner of 160 acres near Marion. He discusses painting, fall hogs and cattle, pig numbers from 11 sows, storage plans for a 1500 bushel corn crib, and the dry, thirsty wood needing paint as the season for corn harvest approaches.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, September 20. The Ball Clinic offers a free book explaining a specialized treatment for rheumatism and arthritis using mineral waters and baths. No obligation to request the book, which argues drugs provide only temporary relief and outlines a path to freedom from rheumatism. Write to The Ball Clinic, Dept. 1402, Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
A reader panel discusses 1940s politics. Conversation covers party loyalties, Stassen and Wallace impressions, farm policy, prices, war talk, and the Berlin issue, with wary views on Republican platform prospects and international tensions.
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