Angus Fall Show and Sale Tops Picked in Iowa
Champion bull Bandolier Elberon 7th shown by J E Kemp Marion takes top honors at Hawk Eye Downs Cedar Rapids. Reserve goes to Glenside Be Boy 10th by Robinson brothers Masonville. Female champion Jane heifer Kalarama Barbara shown by Robert Kelso Allerton. Judge J B McCorkle of Columbus Ohio. Sale managers and class winners listed with breeders across Iowa. Approximately 100 breeders and buyers attended the sale banquet at Montrose hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association
Hawkeye Downs
J. E. Kump
Marion
Robinson Brothers
Masonville
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Kemp
Glenside
J. B. McCorkle
Columbus
Ohio
Angus
Ohio State University
Jim Stephenson
Reinbeck
I. E. Kemp
Roy M. Koster
Gladbrook
Ray
Guilford Hall
Cepstoese
Eugene Harvey
E. ‘Bulls
Ernest Breniman
Henry Schmuecker
Johnson Brothers
Mallory
Arnold
Jayemale
Robert Kelso
Allerton
Breniman
Montrose Hotel
DeWitt Mallory
Hampton
Association
Roy Koster
R. S. Stephenson
Jack Halsey
Des Moines
Clair Mason
Marshalltown
Halter
Ida Grove
Marengo Creamery Sold to Wellsburg Man
Bergeson owner of the Marengo Farmers Creamery for eight years sold the plant to Cecil Hilsam of Wellsburg. Hilsam, a Iowa State dairy graduate with 15 years creamery experience, becomes buttermaker at Wellsburg and will take possession October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Bergeson
Marengo Farmers Creamery
Cecil Hilsam
Wellsburg
Iowa State College
Butter Set Aside Suspended Until Next Spring
The War Food Administration announced a suspension of the butter set aside from Sept 30 until next spring while civilian supplies remain tight. Civilians will receive about 80 of every 100 pounds. 15 goes to the armed forces and 5 to the Russian army. Government purchases in 1944 are forecast at 285 million pounds, down from 464 million in 1943 due to carryover stocks and renewed civilian demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Ten Ears in a Cluster on Calmar Farm
Special report notes ten small ears of corn in a single cluster found on the John Shimke farm near Calmar. The piece adds that two or three ears growing together are not uncommon in such patterns.
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Gazette
Decorah
John Shimke
Calmar
15 Percent Cut In Iowa Laying Flocks Urged
DES MOINES AP Iowa poultry raisers should cut their 1945 flocks of laying hens by up to 15 percent due to changing wartime needs and a large national egg stockpile Walter C Berger head of the War Food Administration said at the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association annual conference He cited a 46 percent rise in Iowa egg production from 1939 to 1943 versus 39 percent nationally and noted WFA purchases of dried Iowa eggs totaling 18 million pounds last year with nearly 24 million pounds committed to date support for postwar demand also justifies production reductions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Walter C. Berger
Office of Production of the
War Feed Administration
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Ger
Berger
WFA
C. W. Kitchen
Eputy
Office of Distribution
Postwar relief food aid and US poultry limits
A fragment notes that American egg products and poultry will not form a substantial portion of food supplies used for European postwar relief, signaling shifts in priority for aid distribution and agriculture policy after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Big Rat Population Rise Hits Iowa Farms Says Entomologist
Ames Iowa farmers face a rising rat problem the extension entomologist Harold Gunderson reports the pest population estimated at 11 million war time neglect and poor garbage and dumps blamed for the surge. He notes rats waste grain cost per person twenty dollars nationwide and Iowa loses forty million bushels of corn locally urging farmers to use poison baits to protect feed and cattle stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
United States Department of Agriculture
Gunderson
Grau Re-elected President At Iowa Rural Electric Cooperatives
O J Grau of Storm Lake was re-elected president of the Iowa Rural Electric Cooperatives association at its third annual convention in Des Moines. H V Baker of Mount Pleasant was named vice-president and Julius A Lensch of Harlan secretary treasurer. A G Moffett of Mount Ayr was elected to the board, with Grau also re-elected to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
O. J. Grau
Storm Lake
Iowa Rural Electric Cooperatives Association
H. V. Baker
Mount Pleasant
Julius A. Lensch
Harlan
A. G. Moffett
Mount Ayr
Grau
Independence Canning Plant Closes for Season
The Independence canning plant shut down Thursday after canning between 47 000 and 48 000 cases of sweet corn this year. A large portion of the harvest will be allocated to the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Coming Farm Auctions Near Marion and Surrounding Areas
A sequence of farm auctions conducted by various sellers in Iowa towns including Marion Dyersville Troy Mills Van Horne Walker Amana Mechanicsville Ryan and Watkins. Dates run Sept 25 to Oct 13 with multiple Duroc and public sale events and closing out estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Butterfield Place
Trey Mills
Aes
Walker Cot
Smeeth Meuth
Semeeth Meuth
Rewala
John
Fred Weber
M. J. McCalley
Fy. W. Lindahl
Walker North Line Bank
Walter
South Eleventh Street
Marion
Gregor F. Vaske Duroc
Dyersville
Troy Mills
Joe Koslik
van Horne
Forrest L. McCalley Duree
Walker
Frank Bys and Sons Duree
Amana
Charles Rogers
Brandon
Harold Kouba
Alburnett
Edward F. Walshire
Mechanicsville
Roscoe P. Wilson Duroe
Ryan
Carey Brothers Duroe
Watkins
Brandon Purchases 80 Acre Farm Near Brandon
John Bearbower buys the Alfred Peterson 80 acre farm four miles north of Brandon for 125 dollars per acre. Possession will be given in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
John Bearbower
Alfred Peterson
Two Farms Sold in Ossian Community
Ossian notes two farm sales this week. John O Meyer sold a 220 acre farm north of here to Paul Kuhn of Ft Atkinson for 125 dollars per acre with possession March 1. Alonzo Harvey sold 134 acres east of Ossian to Leonard Wagner and Theodore Uhlenhake for 100 and 110 dollars per acre respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Ossian Territory
John O. Meyer
Here
Paul Kuhn
Ft. Atkinson
Alonzo Harvey
Leonard Wagner
Theodore Uhlenhake
Clermont Farmer Buys Two Nordhus Farms Totaling 210 Acres
George Larson acquires both Andrew Nordhus farms one mile west of Clermont in a 210 acre deal for 18000 dollars. Arthur S. Coe expands holdings by purchasing Lars Larson farm at the east edge of Clermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
George Larson
Andrew Nordhus
Here
Arthur S. Coe
Lars Larson
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Tops
Duroc
Garage Et Watkins
Carey Bros
Marenssg
Wit
Breke
Gras
Chester
Mack Marraar
Wittig
Ead
Seth
Weiss
Tony
Eit Ars
Mae Cas Soule
Gal van der Winn
el Joe Kozlik
Marengo Creamery
SUI
Merle E. Garmoe
D. D
Third Street
DIAL
REA Cooperatives Re-elect
Sojka
16Th Ave
Muscatine Jersey
Ibs
del Monte Corn
Uncle Sam T
Uncle Sam
Old Federal Building
Sixteenth Ave
Marion, Iowa
Joe Starks
FOO
First Street
Libby
Sunkist
T Springrith Creamery Co
Ben
Miracle Whip
Jor Bebe
del Monte
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