Corn Hog Signers In U S Exceed 850000 Contracts
AP reports early tallies show more than 850000 corn and hog contracts signed before Monday midnight as farmers join AAA reduction program. State totals favor the Midwest with Nebraska Minnesota and Kansas showing gains while Iowa Illinois Missouri vary.
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Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Midwest
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Timois
Indiana
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Michigan
Arkansas
Oon
Carolina
Georgia
Closing Out Sale April Gib 1935 Nearby Walford
Auction listing for April closing out sale near Walford Iowa offers various farm items and household goods. Items include a brooder house barrow mower mower planter engines tools scales stoves lumber and several vehicles with Frank Houser as proprietor and A T. Nena as auctioneer in Amana Iowa area. contact Route 4 Cellar Rapids.
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Walford
Blackhawk
Ford
Frank Houser
Amana
T. Nena
Cellar Rapids
Fairfax State Savings
FENCE DRIFT found in troven wire letter from Antarctica
Thrill of the month centers on a letter from Tom Poulter postmarked Little America January 30 1935 Antarctica. It bears a 3 cent stamp with polar expedition trails. The letter written January 23 left Little America January 30 reached San Francisco March 25 and Cedar Rapids April 2 with penguin cachet cancel.
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Tom Poulter
Little America
Antarctica
U. S
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
Iowa corn hog contracts reach about 145000 for 1935
Des Moines reports roughly 145000 Iowa farmers signed 1935 corn hog contracts by Tuesday. State committee secretary Ralph Smith cites a Monday midnight deadline and expects total contracts near last year's 175250 yet short by about 30000, attributing the dip to more use of combined contracts.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Ralph Smith
State
Smith
Tipton
Cedar County
One of Iowa's last rail fences moved to Waubeek
An antique rail fence near Guttenberg will be moved after a deal with Fred Meyer. Cedar Rapids buyers will transport about fifteen rods of hardwood rails to Waubeek where the fence will be rebuilt as an enclosure for a summer cottage overlooking the Wapsie river.
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Iowa
Guttenberg
Cedar Rapids
Fred Meyer
Meyer
Waubeek
Wapsie River
Mr. Meyer
Wiechmann Named Head Of Emergency Soil Erosion Camps
P C Wiechmann of Bethany Missouri has been named director of the emergency conservation soil erosion camps in Iowa succeeding G B MacDonald head of the Ames forestry department. He received the appointment from J G Lindly director of soil erosion service Washington D C. The division moved from the interior to agriculture department. He had been field secretary for a farmers association in Mahaska Wapello Monroe and Appanoose counties and later assistant director of the federal soil erosion control demonstrational project at Bethany. He said no change in personnel or in the nature of the emergency conservation work in Iowa by CCC workers is planned.
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Gate Ames
Paul c .Wiechmann
Bethany
Iowa
G. B. MacDonald
Ames Forestry Department
Wiechmann
J.G. Lindly
Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Mahaska
Wapello
Monroe
Appanoose
Weichmann
CCC
Baled straw brings 12 a ton at Postville
Chester Perry hauled seven tons of baled straw and three tons of baled hay from east of Postville to town. Straw sold for 12 a ton and hay for 16 as it was loaded for transfer to Brickner Feed in Decorah.
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Postville
Chester Perry
Brickner Feed Company
Decorah
Winneshiek County signs hit 1749 contracts for 1935 project
The Corn and Hog Control Association headquarters in Decorah reported 1,749 Winneshiek County signers for 1935 contracts. This amounts to 889 percent of the 1,967 contracts signed in 1934.
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Decorah—Corn and Hog Control Association
Winneshiek
Surplus Fodder To Be Distributed In Drought Area
Waterloo Iowa Monday announced left over forage under contract totaling 5100 tons in Iowa and nearly 5000 tons in other states will be taken up by the conservation service and distributed to feeders in drought and dust storm areas Rush orders indicate no immediate relief from new pastures Shipments will go to feeders unable to buy under the direction of Harry Hopkins and field men of the commodities division of the AAA Plager leaves Wednesday for Indiana to confer with Purdue officials and then Iowa Minnesota field men at Waterloo
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Waterloo
L. W. Plager
Iowa
The
Conservation Service
Harry Hopkins
Commodities Division
AAA
Plager
Indiana
Ohio
Purdue University
Minnesota
Windbreaks mature in five years says forester
Ames Iowa farmers learn shelterbelt trees properly cared for will begin to provide some protection after five years with full protection after ten to twelve seasons. evergreen species are essential for winter wind breaks and require careful planting, spacing, and maintenance including weed control and moisture conservation.
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Ames
Lowa
Guy R. Ramsey
Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Junior Farmers Form Cedar County Unit In Tipton
George Cary of Tipton was elected president of the Cedar County Junior Farm Bureau at the organization meeting Saturday evening. Melvin Bowser of Mechanicsville was elected vice president, Wallace Wingert of Tipton secretary-treasurer, Neva Gardner of Tipton publicity chairmen, and Harry Dodds Jr of Tipton fifth member of the executive committee. Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday each month. The register will be open for charter members at the next meeting April 16 at 7:30 pm in Tipton, after which a two thirds vote will be needed for membership.
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Tipton
George Cary
Cedar County
Farm youth form Poweshiek County Junior Farm Bureau
About sixty rural young people aged twenty to thirty gathered Friday to organize the Poweshiek County Junior Farm Bureau with temporary officers elected. George Strayer of Hudson Iowa state Jr Farm Bureau president spoke, calling it one of the largest meetings of its kind in the state. Permanent officers include Horace Davidson president Pauline Lang vice president Floyd McIlrath secretary treasurer George Norden and Everett Connell. Meetings will be open forum style every two weeks with educational and recreational programs planned including music and drama.
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Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Floyd Mcllrath
George Norden
Everett Connell
Field Work Begun in Many Localities Near West Branch
West Branch area farmers report sod plowing and stalk land discing with some seeding underway. Milt Marks planted potatoes in late March. Walter Stanley east of West Branch sowed wheat. Glenn Speight near Oasis sowed clover seed. Several farmers postponed oats due to ground ice. Grass growth is good and livestock are being turned to pasture.
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West Branch
Milt Marks
Walter Stanley
Glenn Speight
Oasis
Hazleton and Rowley Farm Work Update
Hazleton area farmers husking leftover corn and shredding fodder for $15 a ton amid good soil moisture and strong pasture prospects. In Rowley the spring program advances with discing and oats sown by early planters George Conrad Guy Pratt and Peter Thedens near Rowley.
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Hazleton
Rowley
George Conrad
Guy Pratt
Peter Thedens
Farmers Begin Oats Sowing and Orchard Pruning Amid Chin c h Bug Reports
In Washington Missouri region farmers start sowing oats and doing repairs. They report more chinch bugs emerging from winter quarters while pruning orchards and setting fence posts.
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the Gazette
Washington
March milk and butterfat yields from Linn and Mahaska cow tests
The Linn County No 3 Cow Test Association averaged 598 pounds of milk and 24.1 pounds of butterfat across 273 cows. The W L Smith herd led with 1161 pounds milk and 39.8 butterfat. Cow No 7 from Stevens and Evans' Guernsey herd produced 1370 pounds milk and 61.7 butterfat.
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Linn Cow Test Association
W. L. Smith
C. F. Maier
Smith
Delta
Stevens and Evans
Ottumwa
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Warren Cadwallader
Alex Johnson
Munterville
Cedar county farmer sells hogs on Chicago market
W C Muirhead of Cedar county sold forty six hogs Friday averaging 222 pounds at nine dollars per hundredweight on the Chicago market. The sale contrasts with 1932 top hog prices and shows the farmer earning nearly 90 percent more than a prior sixty head sale.
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Tipton
W. C. Muirhead
Cedar County
Chicago
Muirhead
Farm Auction Notices List for April Weekend
Auction highlights include Frank C Russell chasing ont sale three miles south Springs te on Thursday April 4 and Frans Houser closing ont sale two miles southalfani on Saturday April 7.
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Frank C. Russell
South Springs
Frans Houser
Southalfani
Wallace Orders Minor Changes In Grain Standards
Secretary Henry A. Wallace promulgates amendments to U S grain standards effective July 1 1935 to fix inconsistencies simplify inspection and improve inter market uniformity Changes include definitions for moisture wheat damaged kernels cereal oats smutty oats and fine seeds plus updated foreign material limits from 2 to 3 percent in grade No 2 and 3 to 4 percent in grade No 3 The cereal oats definition pivots on kernel size and sieve passage to avoid misgrading oats due to fine seeds
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United States
Sriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Farms Sell At 100 Dollars An Acre Near Ladora
In Ladora district, James Mathes bought the Adam Keil farm of 80 acres at 100 dollars per acre and the J M Smith farm of 273 acres at 60 dollars per acre. Prices for livestock and grain were strong with horses selling for 193 dollars a team and wheat at 88 cents a bushel. In Wellman, W H Miller and Eli King bought the P M Swartzendruber 100 acre farm for 10 000 cash with possession set for March 1 1936.
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L.adora
James Mathes
Adam Keil
Keil
Esie
Cor
Washington
W. H. Miller
Eli King
P. M. Swartzendruber
Wellman
Fry Trades for 100 Head Hereford Feeders
Kenneth Fry of Blairstown returned from Kansas City with a shipment of 100 Hereford feeder cattle from western ranges. The cattle are in good flesh and even in size, and Fry plans to keep them on dry feed.
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Blairstown
Kenneth Fry
Kansas City
Mr. Fry
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