CCC Books Show Profit on Price Supports Since '33
A government tally shows the Commodity Credit Corporation posted a $135,343,751 profit on price support and related operations from 1933 to mid-1948 after subtracting consumer subsidy losses. Officials note losses on potatoes and profits on cotton, with several adjustments including Eisenhower era aid and reserve losses.
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CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
The
Cy Credit Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
State Milking Shorthorn Sale Averages $436
Waterloo witnessed the Iowa Milking Shorthorn Association sale with 33 head totaling 14305 dollars. Thirty females averaged 436 dollars and three bulls 435 dollars per head. Top cow brought 825 dollars from Ett R Arnold for a Roy Muchmore consign. Top bull sold for 480 dollars to Clampitt Farms. Murray Reeser acted as auctioneer and Walter Kruse joined the ring. Harry Clampitt managed the sale.
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Waterloo
Iowa Milking
Dairy Cattle Congress Ground
Ett R. Arnold
Janesville
Wis
Roy Muchmore
Rowley
Edwin A. Miller
Rock Valley
Clampitt Farms
New Providence
Murray Reeser
Walnut
Walter Kruse
Sheldon
Harry Clampitt
Association
Davidson To Speak at Delaware 4 H Meeting
Stanley Davidson assistant state club leader will be guest speaker at a joint Delaware county 4 H meeting in the Glen Charles hotel. The program starts at 7 p m with a membership drive discussion and plans for a county wide 4 H party.
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Manchester
Stanley Davidson
Delaware County
Glen Charles
Dairymen Attend Linn Produce Meeting in Marion
About 50 Linn county dairymen joined Linn Produce Company at a Marion gathering Tuesday evening. Dan Van Pelt of Hales and Hunter Chicago spoke on raising calves and improving milk cows.
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Linn County
Linn Produce Company
Marion
Dan van Pelt
Hales and Hunter
Chicago
Soil Testing Explained at Heiserman Farm
Farmers near Lamont heard about limestone and fertilizer plans to correct soil deficiencies. Speakers including Walter Fitts and H R Meldrum outlined sampling, lab testing in Ames, and mapping fertilizer needs. Plans target liming and chemical fertilization with six to eight year cycles and retesting, with similar programs planned for Delaware and Clayton counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Schwanz
Lamont
Fred Heiserman
Walter Fitts
Iowa State College Soils Laboratory
H R. Meldrum
W. K. Webster
Jay Partridge
Buchanan County
Ames
Fitts
Webster
Heiserman
Delaware County
Clayton County
Virgil Webster
Soul Conservation Notes From A Sunset Road Arc
An evocative fragment describes driving near a corn field at sunset with sun to the west, causing dizziness from flickering light and shadow. The narrator likens the scene to a flying inspection of a secure army guarding future food supplies.
Fresh coat of paint and farm notes near Quasqueton
J F Hekel paints buildings on his Quasqueton area farm. Peoples Bank and Trust Company offers complete farming banking with offices in Newhall Center Point Cedar Rapids. Harold J McCaw moves March 1 to a farm northeast of Center Point. Corn crops look strong with warnings on late fall drying and crib storage moisture risks to prevent spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Hekel
Quasqueton
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
Center Point
Harold J. McCaw
Marengo
USDA Plans 140 Million Bushels Corn Export to Europe
Agriculture officials discuss shipping 140 million bushels of corn to Europe to rebuild livestock herds and relieve a looming domestic glut. The plan, in talking stage, aims to ease price pressure while supporting the new price program that sets corn at about 1.45 dollars per bushel at the farm gate.
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SS (Up
Agriculture Department
Europe
What’s What Out on the Acres Interview with John Toomey
John Toomey, 38, rents 160 acres near Independence, raises hogs and milk cows. He uses a Scotch bull, reports $90 monthly cream checks, 63 spring pigs, plans to keep pig numbers steady, and expects prices to dip slightly as grain prices fall. He foresees selling 1,200 bushels of corn and sealing beans, favors the Democratic ticket, and credits farm programs, including the Triple A, with his farming career.
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Henry Johnston
Cedar Rapids
Blair’s Ferry
Palo
New Hampshire
Edward Timm
People’s Bank Hypies ¢ Company
J. J. McCalley
Virgil Heins
Farm Public Auction Near Cedar Rapids
Seller has sold the farm and will auction on Saturday October 2 starting at 1 30 PM at the farm just north of Cedar Rapids on highway 150 first farm with white buildings after the second viaduct. Items include fence posts wire feed trucks tools ladders wheelbarrows drags and a Maytag washer plus many more farm and carpentry supplies.
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Ralph Albaugh
Mechanicsville
K. K. Aiwen
Linn Fairgrounds
Central City
George Witwer
Cedar Wway
Highway 150
Ed Pesek
Springville
Chester White
R. E. Williams and Sons
Iowa City
Henry Johnson
Edward A
Cedar Rapids
Clair Mason
Monroe Yoder
W. L. Rowland
W. J. Weeber
Breeding Association Visits Cedar Rapids Barns
About 75 members of the Fayette Artificial Breeding Association toured the Eastern Iowa Artificial Breeding ball barns in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. They lunched with Dr. James Pirie at IC.S.P.S. hall and heard Rex Conn of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Wallace Inman of Wallace's Farmer as guest speakers.
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Robert E. Geiger
Ashington
Rex Conn
KCRG
Kawneer Metal
Davidson
Delaware
Heiserman Farm
Walker
Leo Zeiser
Dubuque
Excel
Aks
Second Ave
Iowa
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
George B, Bask
Soul Conservation
E.C.W
R. E. Williams & Sons
Iowa City, Iowa
USDA
Department
Treasury
Triple-A
John Toomey
Independence
Truman
Democratic Party
Servel
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric
Ac Tae
Kryptok
Second St
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