Iowa farm outlook and calendar notes from 1947 sale hints
The column reviews farm price indices and projections for 1947, noting a downward shift from 287 to 278 percent of prewar levels for Iowa prices received while costs hold steadier. It highlights dairy declines, meat trends, and soybean seed prices, plus calendar items for Elmer Pinney Jr. and the Frieden sale near West Union and Migin. It also cautions on land prices, fertilizer demand, and a hopeful but cautious farm economy outlook.
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Elmer Pinney, Jr
Catholic Cemetery
West Union
Elmer
Alvina Frieden
Migin
Iowa
United States
For Sale Plain Feed Sacks At Capers Hatchery Elgin
For sale plain feed sacks priced at $1.25 per dozen. Capper s Hatchery located in Elgin offers these sacks for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman's Hardware
Wm. Lereh
Elgin
Capper’s Hatchery
Allen Bentley Named Youth Assistant for Clayton Co
Allen S Bentley, 24, of Ames, was hired as youth assistant at a Farm Bureau executive board meeting, after recommendation by Iowa State College officials. He earned a BS in Dairy Husbandry and held a high scholastic rating, with Alpha Zeta membership and roles with the Iowa Agriculturalist and campus activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Farm ‘Bureau Executive Board
Bentleyji
Iowa State College
Alpha Zeta
Agricultural Honorary Fraternity
The
Iowa Agriculturalist
Elgin News Recaps Local Visits and Obits
Elgin residents share visits with Carl Hellum of Tyler and relatives. Mrs Betty Russell announces a new son Arthur born Friday. Walter Germann hosts visit with spouses and kin near Clermont. Retired court reporter M C Grier ends 53 years in the 14th district. Estella McLaughlin dies in Glendon fire, Orden nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hellum
Tyler, Minn
John Hellum
Betty (Heins) Russell
Pirate Arthur
Ray Heine
A. M. Weibel
Elgin
M. C. Grier
Emmetsburg
14Th
Grier
Estella McLaughlin
Glendon
Orden
High Priced Pork Marks Record Market Day
Fred Rothlisberger reported hog buyers paid 25.00 per hundred Saturday and 24.75 Monday, with the market described as the high in his many farming years. He notes continued pork consumption supports a strong price outlook for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rothlisberger
Paket
Farmers Battle Corn Borer and Prices Hit April Forecast
The piece notes plowing cornstalks before mid May as the major defense against overwintered corn borers and cites the Chicken of Tomorrow program as a management effort to improve poultry meat. It forecasts a potential farm price drop similar to postwar slumps, with contour farming boosting yields by about 10 percent and a possible price dip in April or May.
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Fred Messerli
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Oklahom
Music Box
Ave Jon Theater
Turnbull Automatic Regulator Electrics
Ater
Jack
Heinen
R. P. Strauch
Elgin Echo Shop
R. G. Gilbertson
Douglas Street
Bloomington
Llinois
Joe Dinan
Dial
St. Peter's Hall
Clermont
Toom
Metifek Lofisgard
Gunder
McCormick-Deering
Wm. E. Boyle
Selier
Chas. Erickson
Farmersburg
Westinghouse
Alfred Buckdasher
Francis Horan Clermont
Echo of Tices
Errol Flynn
Eleanor Parker
Avalon Theater
Marvin Flack
Pimner Frieden
Paragon
R. P. Styfuck
Creighton Conner
Penfield
H. Brackin
Clarence Bush
Elgin Backsmith Shop
Federal Land Bank Loan
D. B. Peasley
Na' Ignal. Farm. Loan Association
Echo Offigs
Vivian ‘Blaine
Harry James
Ted Neuwean
Echo Office
Kalamazoo Kitch
Schagr
Echo
Abe Ly
Rae
Postville
Waukon
Sunderman
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Gssian
Cahill
Meryl
Eleader
Jack Sinclair
Lansing
Butch
Allen Victory Range
John Metzger
Melbert Meyer
Allen Bentley
Clayton Co
John Luchsinger
Walter Germann
Anna Schuphach
Monofi
Everett
Ray Weithorn
John Falk
Ida Christen
Betty and
George
Dorell Mitts
Chag. OiNeill
Dorothy Hallum
Kenneth Hellum
John Hellium
John Tillotson Elgin
Taam AU
United States Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Cal
LEO V. Boleyn
West Union Rendering Works
Elgein
Elgin, Iowa
Moorman
Moorman Mfg. Co
Pleasant Valley
Union
Grand Meadow
Ted Neumann
Towa
O'Neill
Teh
Schori
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