Trend Reversals in Hog Prices Mark March Shift
The report notes hog prices reversed a 13 year trend with March averages in Chicago and interior markets dipping below winter lows. Chicago hog price near $410 per hundredweight and interior at about $185, while March slaughter rose 31 percent from February but remained below February totals. Cattle and lamb prices also shown: steer average around $9.30 with light receipts, and fat lambs peaking near $10.65, highest since 1939.
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Chicago
Iowa
Minnesota
Maurcn
Wapsie Valley C T A Averages 33 Butterfat
Magnusen’s herd leads Wapsie Valley Cow Testing Association March results with an average 1602 pounds milk and 62.8 butterfat per cow. One cow tops at 76.6 butterfat. 461 cows tested, 42 dry, total 465125 pounds milk and 15214 butterfat. State hospital milks two cows at 1087 and 993 pounds butterfat.
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Magnusen
Troy Mills rock crushing starts at Clarence Carson quarry
Special to The Gazette reports Harry Parson of Troy Mills began rock crushing at the Clarence Carson quarry northeast of Troy Otis Monday. Many farmers in the vicinity plan to lime their farms this spring.
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Troy Mills
Harry Parson
Clarence Carson Rock Quarrs
Troy Otis
Weather Poem Fragment Sparks Seasonal Imagery
Fragmentary verse describes the first thunder and lightning of the season with rain. It muses about delaying oats harvest until more rain comes and the crops advance.
Straw berry Point Auction Sells 180 Acre Ludwig Schmidt Farm
In Straw berry Point Charles E. McCarron bought the Ludwig Schmidt estate 180 acre farm five miles northwest of town at auction. The price was 15850 dollars equaling 88 dollars per acre. The adjoining 240 acre McCarron farm was also noted. John Thiele of Oelwein handled the sale.
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Strawberry Point
Charles E. McCarron
Ludwig Schmidt
McCarron
John Thiele
Oelwein
Cows and Horses Die in Lightning Fueled Barn Fire
Fifteen cows and three horses perished in a barn fire caused by lightning on the William Healey place ten miles east of Waukon. The farm, now owned by Warren Hayes, lost all barn contents including hay and grain. insurance partly covered the loss.
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Waukon
Ellen Hawes
William Healey
Warren Hayes
Fire destroys barn on Freelan Barber farm near DeWitt
A lightning sparked blaze Monday evening at the Freelan Barber farm three miles northwest of DeWitt destroyed a barn. Six cows six calves four sows and 10 tons of hay burned. five horses were saved. Fire crews prevented spread to nearby buildings, though the barn was in excellent repair and only partly insured.
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Dewitt
Freelan Barber Farm
Fire destroys corn and farm buildings near Earlville
A Tuesday early morning blaze seven miles south of Earlville gutted 2400 bushels of corn a scale and damaged an automobile and machinery in a large farm building rented by John Morarity. Loss about 5000 with partial insurance. fire started in a corncrib and spread in a strong wind. Earlville fire department saved the machine shed hog pen and corn crib. farm owned by John Arnold.
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Earlville
John Morarity
John Arnold
Oats Sown and Pastures Reseeded Across Eastern Iowa
Field work began in eastern Iowa with oats sowing and pasture reseeding. In Benton county near Mount Auburn Raymond Gray and his team work oats and grass seed while north of Marion Linn county Vernon Nelson and Bob Kacena prepare old bluegrass pastures for replanting with discing and soil amendments. Farmers expect topsoil to be dry enough to continue by midweek.
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Iowa
Mount Auburn
Benton County
Raymond Gray
Harley Schlarbaum Gray
Marion
Linn County
Vernon C. Nelson
Nelson
Bob Kacena
Kaecena
Soil Conservation Service
Kacena
Fayette County
Soul Conservation and Invading Ideas by a Country Woman
A columnist argues that some people remain smugly self-satisfied and closed to new ideas, denying any potential invasion of thoughts from others. The piece critiques their hardened mindset and lack of openness to external influences.
Hybrid Oats Test Plot Seeded In Louisa On Monday
A hybrid oats test plot was sowed on the LB Hall farm in Elm Grove township Louisa county Monday afternoon. County Agent Lael Moon reports the plot is part of standard community grain trials tested by the Ames experiment station.
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Gazette
LB Hall
Elm Grove Township
Louisa County
Lael Moon
Ames Experiment Station
Meat Demonstration Event Planned for May 10 in Wyoming
Miss Florence Plandke of Chicago will lead a three product meat demonstration focusing on pork. The Jones County Farm Bureau Women organize the event as part of a state and national jard enterprise and pork sales promotion campaign.
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Anamosa
Florence Plandke
Chicago
Wyoming
Clarence Graffi
Jones County Farm Bureau
Rural Life Conference At Fairfield Set For April 11
Fairfield April 11 district rural life conference to discuss conserving human values in rural life. Headline speakers include Dr L E Harper of the University of Iowa and Dr W O Harless, state moderator of Iowa Presbyterians. Other speakers are W A Winterstein Rural Life program director, Rev Fred Moore Rural Life commission chair, Robert C Clark rural youth leader, Ames extension service, and W H Stacy Ames extension sociologist.
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Fairfield
L E Harper
University of Iowa
W O Harless
Presbyterian Churches of Iowa
W A_Winterstein
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
Fred Moore
Rural Life Commission
Iowa-Des Moines Conference Methodist Church
Robert C Clark
Rural Youth Work
Upcoming Farm Auctions Include Cedar Rapids Livestock Sale
A series of farm auctions scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday. Listings include the Livestock Exchange horse sale in Cedar Rapids, Connor partnership dissolution sale 4 miles north of Mount Vernon, Art Maas dispersal sale near Conroy, Beverly Cattle Co. sale 5 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids, and Mary L. Johnson estate farm sale covering 120 acres one mile south of Mechanicsville.
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Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Connor Partnership
Mount Vernon
Art Maas
Conroy
Beverly Cattle Co
Mary L. Johnson
Mi. S
Mechanicsville
Dairy Meetings In Jones County Schools April 26
Anamosa to host dairy meetings for 4-H and F.F.A. members in Jones County schools on April 26. County Agent Carl Smith and instructors including Ernest M. Wright and others will show films on dairying.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Carl Smith
James Kearns
C. B Jessen
Nolan Zugschwerdt
Olin
Frank Walker
Monticello
Ernest M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
Snow Melt Rapid After Four Snowfalls
Considerable snow from four heavy snowfalls within two weeks disappeared Thursday and Friday. The frost penetrated soil in January but little water remained for ice. as a result water from late snows soaked into the ground rather than running off.
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the Gazette
West Union
Letts Girl and Wapello Boy Named 4-H Record Winners
Barbara Lieberknecht of Letts and Kenneth Blasi of Wapello win 4-H record book honors in Louisa county for 1939. Their entries advance to a state contest for trips to the National Club Camp in Washington DC in June. The Lieberknecht girl belongs to the Jolly Workers club in Grandview township and Blasi to the BLG 4-H club in Wapello township led by Fred Stone.
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Wapello
Barbara Lieberknecht
Letts
Kenneth Blasi
Louisa County
National Club
Washington, DC
Iowa
Miss Lieberknecht
Jolly Workers’ Club
Grandview Township
M. Chambers
Gerald Threttins
Wapello Township
Fred Stone
Wapcello
Embree Wins 4-H Records Book Contest in Jones County
Lucille Embree of Mechanicsville is announced winner of the 4-H records book contest in Jones County by Club Agent James Kearns. She has 10 years in club work and belongs to the Rome Tru-Hearts club. Projects covered by her record include several listed.
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Anamosa
Lucille Embree
Mechanicsville
Jones
James Kearns
Rome
Early Spring Farm Work Starts Near Troy Mills
Harold Polk, north of Troy Mills, first to plow in the area, starting Saturday in an old alfalfa field. Others began discing corn stalks early this week, with discs drags and machinery being prepared for spring field work.
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Troy Mills
Harold Polk
Farmers Seeding and Plowing Across Independence County
Special to The Gazette reports Independence County farmers worked Saturday and returned Monday to seed plow and disc. Soil conditions are excellent for seeding and planting is a bit late. The spring pig crop is expected to be normal with brood sows held over about the same as last year.
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Independence
Buchanan County
4-H Club Plans National Camp Attendance for Iowa Youth
A 4-H program includes bread making, home furnishings, clothing, home efficiency, and canning projects along with expense tracking and garden work. A county vice president in 1937-38, she will have her record entered in the state contest to pick four Iowa boys and girls for the 4-H National Club Camp in Washington, D. C. in June.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Devastating Cyclone vs Tornado: Lengthy vs Brief Destruction
A cyclone spans continents over days with damage often overstated after its passage. A tornado, though brief, leaves immediate death and destruction in its wake.
Greeley C T A Averages 23.7 Lbs Butterfat In March
Special to The Gazette Manchester March averages for 521 cows in 29 herds on test show 600 pounds of milk and 237 pounds of butterfat. Wendt and Parker herd of 13 grade Holsteins led with 1 064 pounds of milk and 36.6 pounds butterfat. High cow owned by W F Gienapp produced 1 903 pounds milk and 72.3 pounds butterfat in March.
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Manchester
March
Greeley
Farm Debt Advisor to Address Jones County Meeting
Keith Noll from Cedar Rapids farm security supervisor will attend the Jones County farm debt advisory committee meeting in Anamosa Friday at 1 p.m. He will speak on farm debt relief and available programs for local farmers.
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Anamosa
J Keith Noll
Cedar Rapids
Jones County Farm Debt Advisory Committee
Corn Planted in Anamosa Test Plot
In Anamosa Jones county for the fifth year March planting of corn was reported by Paul N Smith of a hybrid seed company. Stuart N Smith of Ames directs research and says cold resistant corn yields an early crop with potential mid June harvest and soil-building clover between rows.
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Jones County
Paul N Smith
Ana~ Imosa
Truman Stanton
Stuart N. Smith
Ames
Stuart Smith
Sioux City
Smith
Jones Cow Test Assns To Reorganize In April
A R Porter Ames extension dairy specialist will visit Jones county April 3 and 4 to attend reorganization meetings for the two cow test associations. The North Jones group meets Wednesday at 8 pm in Monticello and the South Jones group meets in Anamosa on April 4.
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Spectalo the Gazette
Anamosa
A R Porter
Ames Extension Dairy Specialist
Jones County
North Jones Association
Monticello
South Jones Association
Plans for Anamosa 4-H Rally Day Set
Miss Fannie Buchanan Ames extension rural sociologist will meet with Jones county 4-H leaders officers club reps and county girls club committee in Anamosa on April 6 to plan the county wide 4-H girls rally day the date to be announced later
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Anamosa
Fannie Buchanan
Ames Extension Rural Sociologist
Jones County
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