Wickard Urges Overalls for Farm Hands in World War II Drive
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urged farm workers to seek deferment under the selective service act so they can stay in the fields. He argued most farmers sons and hired men serve best in overalls rather than khaki uniforms to help Britain and fight Nazism. He cited pledges of food aid to Britain through June 30 and warned production goals will be hard as younger men leave farms for defense jobs.
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England
Hitler
United States
Wickard
Conference of Farmers and Nework
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard Wednes
America
Farm Price Rise Claims and Retail Impact Figures
The secretary addresses public concerns on price trends noting farm prices rise from a long low base and explaining retail increases are not solely farm-led. He cites tiny gains for cotton and wheat farmers, a gap between retail prices and consumer income, and pledges for England of milk cheese pork eggs and poultry supplies through June 30.
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England
Auction sale for Frances M Heath widow in Urbana
On September 27 starting at 12 30 PM FT will sell at the northeast edge of Urbana furniture carpenter tools lumber and real estate. Complete six room house furnishings with antiques including a 100 year old walnut bedroom suite and desk set plus numerous Civil War era items. Also offered are many carpentry tools hand saws planes lathes and guaging tools, plus garden tools ladders and a wood shop 16x Si to be moved with six lots in the property. Frances M Heath owner F L Kuhn administrator Schmitz Long Auctioneers Urbana Savings Bank clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jne Heath
Cear Penter
Frances M. Heath
F. L. Kuhn
Admr. Schmitz & Long
Urbana Savings Bank
Le Cron Named Assistant Surplus Marketing Chief
James D. Le Cron, former Des Moines newspaper man, was named assistant administrator of the surplus marketing administration. Announcement came Wednesday from Roy F. Hendrickson, the administrator.
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le Cron
Washington
James D. le Cron
Des Moines, In
Surplus Marketing Administration
Roy F. Hendrickson
Iowa Board Orders Statistics For 1942 Food Drive
Des Moines Iowa AP The Iowa United States department of agriculture defense board on Tuesday assigned the agricultural marketing service the task of producing a statistical breakdown of county by county state agricultural production goals for the 1942 food for freedom campaign.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture Defense Board
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
British Need Eggs Declared by Termohlen at Iowa Poultry Meeting
W D Termohlen of Washington DC head of the USDA poultry division told more than 700 Iowa egg and hatchery men at Des Moines that egg production in the first eight months of 1941 was the highest since 1930, 3 percent above 1940, and 7 percent above the 10 year average, with per hen output also at a record high. He noted fewer layers but higher production rate, 5 percent above 1940 and 1 percent above 1938.
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Des Moines
INS
W. D. Termohlen
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Termohlen
1427 Head Of Dairy Cattle Listed For Waterloo
Waterloo prepares for the Dairy Cattle Congress starting Monday with 1427 head expected from 350 exhibitors across 16 states. E S Estes manager stated the event will be the nation’s largest dairy show. Premiums total 25000 dollars with 375 Holsteins and other breeds represented.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
United States
E. S. Estes
Keokuk County 4-Hers To Vie At Waterloo
Keokuk County 4-Hers travel to Waterloo for the Dairy Cattle Congress. Two dairy heifers from Delta will exhibit a first year Guernsey and a second year Jersey. Delta members lead the dairy judging team and Hedrick participants join the demonstration squad. The group, coached by Albert Bakehouse, has made seven public appearances before about 6,000 people and will demonstrate October 2 at 10 30 a.m.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Robert Reinert
Blue Ribbon Farmers
Mary Ellen Deutschle
Earl Mefford
Hedrick
Albert Bakehouse
Triple A Workers Begin Soybean Storage Survey
Des Moines reports state AAA officials start a storage survey amid a record 1941 Iowa soybean crop. Albert J. Loveland asks county chairmen to report on beans stored on farms, moved off farms, and elevator capacity for temporary and long term storage as national defense demands safe storage.
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Des Moines
Iowa
AAA
Albert J. Loveland
National Defense
Loveland
Marengo Announces Poultry and Dairy Judging Teams
Ralph Gruenwald, Marengo vocational agriculture instructor, named the poultry team Gerald Maas and Keith Merritt and the dairy team Don Schuldt, Raymond Trimpe, Malcolm Sayers, and Ralph Leitzman for the Waterloo congress. The piece notes 11 companies in corn wet milling run 14 factories, 13 of which are in midwestern corn states Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
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Waterloo
Marengo
Ralph Gruenwald
Gerald Maas
Keith Merritt
Don Schuldt
Raymond Trimpe
Malcolm Sayers
Ralph Leitzman
Midwest
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Autumn Forecast From a Farmer's Wife
A farmer’s wife muses on the approach of autumn with vivid imagery of crimson sumac purple asters ripening grapes and corn husks. She laments summer’s passing and celebrates nature’s final splendor as trees flare colors and the season yields to winter.
Maynard Auction Sells Farm Stock and Equipment
Standing corn in field sold for 30 an acre at the Everett Polk sale northwest of Maynard. Hay brought 7.50 a ton and oats 44 cents a bushel. Shoats at 13 each and sows with pigs to 53. A high cow 97 and two old horses 20 each. A tractor and cultivator, used two years, brought 525.
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Maynard
Everett Polk
Fruits and harvest blues in a country woman's note
A Country Woman laments the never ending harvest as peaches grapes apples tomatoes plums and pears flood the pantry. She muses on home canning and preserving while accepting the seasonal bounty with humor and practical patience.
Maynard Farm Sold For 13000 In 160 Acres
The quarter section southwest of Maynard known as the Robert Pongar farm was sold by Maynard Savings Bank to J P Rassmusen of Waverly for 13000. In Decorah a residence and about forty acres of the A L Abbey estate were sold at public auction with E H Ellickson purchasing for 4700, the land mainly along the upper Iowa river in the fifth ward.
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Maynard
Robert Pongar, Sr
Maynard Savings Bank
J. P. Rassmussen
Waverly
Gazette
Decorah
A. L. Abbey
E. H Ellickson
Iowa River
Fifth Ward
Russia Discussed By Night Schoolers At Marengo
A Marengo high school night school session opened with a discussion of Russia Today led by Earl E. Harper from the University of Iowa. Upcoming forums this fall feature topics on world crisis Christian citizens in a world crisis farm prices after the war today's youth and a lecture on the Far East. evening courses include current thought music handicraft live stock health farm management conservation and public speaking with a banquet planned for November 24 by Rev Deane Chapman.
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Gazette
Marengo
Earl E. Harper
University of Iowa
Farmers
Marengo High School
John Vieg
Iowa State College
Otto Schacht
Clifford Gregory
Farm Magazine
Des Moines
Frank Hopkins
Hew Roberts
Iowa City
University of Southwestern Australia
Australia
Far East
Deane Chapman
Tama DHIA Reports August Dairy Averages for 433 Cows
The Tama DHIA August report shows an average milk production of 638 pounds per cow with 24.5 pounds of butterfat for 433 tested cows, including 53 dry cows. W. F. Homolar’s herd of 13 purebred Holsteins led in butterfat at 38.6 pounds per cow, while Roy Hotzel owns the high cow, a grade Guernsey yielding 861 pounds of butterfat.
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Toledo
Tama Dhia
W. F. Homolar
Roy Hotzel
Guernsey
Slight Drop In Butter Production Reported
Creamery butter production in the United States fell 1.3 percent for the week ending Sept. 18, per the USDA. The figure was 1 percent below the same week in 1940, with the West North Central division down 1.5 percent from the prior week but 1.8 percent above the year-ago level.
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Des Moines
INS
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
Cheese Factory Pays 63 Cents For August Butterfat
The Frankville Farmers Cooperative Cheese Factory seven miles north of Postville paid 63 cents a pound for butterfat in August, up from 40 cents in August 1940. Factory secretary Mrs. Daisy Kneeskern reported that August production used 14,015 pounds of fat to make 41,676 pounds of cheese from 425,796 pounds of milk, versus 432,961 pounds of milk and 43,393 pounds of fat the prior year.
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Postville
Frankville
Corn reaches 93 percent safe from frost in Iowa
Iowa weather and crop bureau says corn has matured rapidly and is 93 percent safe from frost. The bulletin notes frost danger is over a third above normal volume, late planting and wet lowlands affect maturity, and reports wind and rain hinder husking. Chinch bugs hit Crawford county and grasshoppers trouble southwest alfalfa. Average weekly temperature was 71 degrees.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Bulletin
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Crawford County
Poultry Association Forms in Louisa for November Show
At a Louisa County Poultry Federation meeting at Ray Durbin’s home Horace Hammer was elected president and Mrs Frank Hudspeth vice president. Other officers include Mrs Arthur Stone secretary treasurer and show superintendent Ray Durbin. The Louisa show runs in Wapello from November 10 to 13 with a White Leghorn meet held in connection.
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Wapello
Louisa County Poultry Federation
Ray Durbin
Horace Hammer
Frank Hudspeth
Arthur Stone
Philip Reutinger
Orval Schmeiser
Ed Wittler
Earl Kreiner
L. E. Weber
Ed Ohlwein
William Weaver
Maurice Thomas
Millard Hi
Andresen Heads Panel on Oleo Laws
About 40 lawmakers including Representative August H Andresen of Minnesota name him to head a congressional steering committee to craft legislation countering government support for oleomargarine as a butter substitute.
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Andresen
Washington
August H Andresen
Minn
Edgewood Butterfat Prices Steady at 41 Cents
Edgewood firms F. H. Hatch Co and Farmers Creamery paid 41 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat and 40 cents for grade No 1 for August. Butter has traded at 40 cents a pound for the past two weeks.
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Edgewood
F. H. Hatch Company
Farmers Creamery Company
Steers Bring $12 Per Cwt In Chicago Market
OLIN Lorenzen Brothers of near Olin Jones County sold 1 419 pound steers at Chicago Monday for 12 dollars per hundredweight.
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Olin — Lorenzen Brothers
Olin
Jones County
Chicago
Barnyard Chatter on Roofs Pigs and Soybean Harvest
Local farm notes from Shueyville and nearby areas describe a new roof at the Leo Johnson farm tenanted by Tom Sarboda, a fine herd of Hampshire-Berkshire crossbreds, and farm sales activity. F. N. Fraseur reports 75 head of 1100 pound steers and 175 head of 650 pound steers and heifers. Soybeans will be harvested soon with advice on soil conservation, fall rye cover crops, lime application, and next spring grass and clover seedings.
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Leo Johnson
Shueyville
Tom Sarboda
Haif
F. N. Fraseur
Tipton
AAA Officers in Johnson County appoint new slate
Ray E. Smalley Johnson county AAA chairman announced that Emmett C. Gardner of Iowa City was named secretary. John B. O'Connor of Lone Tree becomes treasurer, Margaret E Knoedel of Iowa City is assistant treasurer, and Isabel A. Hunter of Iowa City is named fieldwoman.
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Iowa City
Ray E. Smalley
Johnson County
AAA
Emmett C. Gardner
John B. O'Connor
Lone Tree
Margaret E Knoedel
Isabel A. Hunter
Farm Auction Schedule Hits Iowa in Late Sept
A series of farm sales span Sept 25 to Oct 1 across Cedar Rapids Springville Van Horne Tama Urba na Mechanicsville Iowa City Worthington and Cedar Rapids area venues. Notable listings include J H Huskey Alice Mease Beverly Cattle Tama Cattle R E Tanner Lucinda Rate Estate Oxford Sales Co Frances M Heath Everett Williams O J Hess and East Tow Angus Assn. auctions featuring livestock and farm real estate.
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J. H. Huskey
Springville
Alice Mease
van Horne
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapids
Tama Cattle Company
R. E. Tanner and Sons
Marion
Lucinda Rate
Mechanicsville
Oxford Sales Co
Tama Cattle Co
Frances M. Heath
Edge
Urbana
Everett Williams Berkshire
Iowa City
O. J. Hess
Worthington
Towa Angus Assn
Bank Cognizes Soil Practices In Making A Loan
ELKADER The Farmers State bank of St Olaf honors modern soil conservation. A committee recommended approving a loan to Otto Severson to buy a farm. They found contour strip crops reduced erosion and tenant William Hermann had built soil health, deeming risk minor and urging continued erosion control.
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Elkader
Farmers State Bank of St. Olaf
Otto Severson
William Hermann
Art Pearson Fills Silo All By Himself
Whittier area farm woman Mrs. A. R. Art Pearson handles a silo filling solo after a crew shortage. He cut and hauled corn and operated the ensilage cutter with only half a day’s help from Donald Lassen. The 12 by 34 foot silo was partly filled with rain soaked alfalfa, with completion expected later in the week.
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Gazette
Whittier
A. R. Art
Pearson
Donald Lassen
Delmar Farmers Top Steer Price at 12.25 in Chicago
Delmar area farmers in Clinton county sold a load of 1 483 pound steers in Chicago on Monday at 12.25 a hundredweight, the top price for the weight.
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Delmar
Schmidt Brothers
Clinton County
Chicago
Granger to Expand Homesteads by 389 Acres
Granger plans to enlarge homesteads by 389 acres with options already taken. Fred Hanson state FSA project manager announced Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Granger
Fred Hanson
FSA
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