What’s What Out on the Acres Interview with J F Bowers
J F Bowers, 68, owner operator of a 100 acre dairy farm near Lisbon, discusses milk prices, subsidies, and farm practices. He milks 24 Guernseys, raises hay and silage, feeds grains, and sells milk to Mt Vernon dairy for 70 cents per pound butter fat plus government subsidies. He sees Europe underproducing, expects a two to three year fair price period, supports the Triple A, and plans to vote Gillette for senator while favoring Roosevelt for president and Gillette’s farm product uses program. He also notes a small flock of chickens and 300 chicks raised this year.
Vernon Berkshire Breeder Wins Henkel Trophy Again
Mr and Mrs Milo Walrab of MT VERNON have earned the Henkel trophy for outstanding Berkshire hog production for the second year. The award will be presented at the Chicago fat stock show in December. Their Berkshire show and sale circuit produced top ratings and champ stock at Indianapolis Spencer and Cedar Rapids with sale records including a Spencer champion sow selling for 400 dollars a boar for 600 and another boar for 360 while Indianapolis champion sow sold for 300.
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MT Vernon
Milo Walrab
Chicago
Indianapolis
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Meat Purchases to Remain Large in War Food Policy
Lee Marshall of the War Food Administration told the American Meat Institute that meat purchases will stay large through fall and winter to meet lend-lease needs. He said stockpiling is avoided, inventories are checked, and three types of food may be marketed to prevent a surplus.
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Chicago
Germany
Lee Marshall
War Food Administration
American Meat Institute
WFA
Russia
United States
Marshall
Clared Marshall
Feed Men Told To Expect Comeback In Cattle Feeding
DES MOINES AP dairy cattle numbers rise by 2 percent this year yet US milk output is expected to drop 1 percent in 1944. Dr. Gus Bohstedt of Wisconsin warned at the Iowa feed school and postwar conference that demand and production shifts will affect the feed industry. More than 250 Iowa feed industry men attended the one day meeting sponsored by the Western Grain and Feed association and the Feed Institute of Iowa.
Iowa Cattle Feeding Expected to Reach Backdrop in Fall
A dry summer drives milk production down in southern and eastern states. Prof Rex Beresford of Iowa State College forecasts a cattle feeding comeback in Iowa this fall. He adds the nation will rely more on beef next year as corn supplies rise and pork and lamb outputs shrink due to smaller pig crops and lighter weights.
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Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Iowa
Beresford
Central City Farmer Hurt by Calf in Barn Incident
John Allender, a farmer east of Central City, broke his ankle Monday when a calf knocked him down in the barn. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids for treatment.
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Central City
John Allender
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Farm Auction Schedule Listings for Sept to Oct
A sequence of farm auctions listed with dates September 27 to October 13. Duroc and Chester White sales include Frank Bys and sons, Roscoe P. Wilson, K F Aikin, Albert Stuart, Carey brothers, plus multiple closing out land and Hampshire Hog sales. Locations span Amana Brandon Alburnett Mechan icsville Covington Rowley Ryan Newhall Vinton Monticello Watkins Central City Sarage and more.
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Frank Bys and Sons
Duroc
Amana
Charles Rogers
Brandon
Harold Kouba
Alburnett
Edward F. Walshire
Mechanicsville
Charles Benner
Covington
Guy E. Spragg
Rowley
Postwar Pork: Breeding for Quality Hog Type Demands Attention
Hog producers face wartime price effects shaping postwar demand as buyers pay ceiling prices for good hogs. Experts foresee a medium-type hog with long body, deep sides, short hams as optimal, rejecting extreme thick or long-legged forms. Breeders urge careful selecting boars and sows to yield top-quality hogs by fall and winter 1945, with better feed efficiency and lower costs.
Duroc Jersey Sale Sees Top Boar At 150
DYERSVILLE The Great Vaske Duroc Jersey sale near here Monday averaged over 70 dollars a head with a top boar at 150 dollars. The sale moved 84 head including 48 boars averaging 77 dollars and 38 gilts at 67 dollars. The first ten boars sold netted more than 1,000 dollars.
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Dyersville
Vaske Duroc
Jersey
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Roosevelt
Lisbon
J. F. Bowers
Rex Conn
Mr. Bowers
Guernseys
Europe
Dewey
Hickenlooper
Gillette
Farmer
Hampshire
Watkins
Maren Robert Buelow
TIN Gans
Mr. Vernon
Berkshire
WEA
Rexconn
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Major
HoopLe
Sason
Jason
Mistah Major
BY Williams
Tra
Shaw-Box
E. Colin & Sons
ST. S.W
Corn Belt
Beverly Cattle Company
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
WMT
Beverly Cattle
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