AAA Expenditures Up To March 1 1935 totals 887 million
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports total expenditures up to March 1 1935 of 887 512 255 including 630 606 952 in rental and benefit payments to farmers and 214 651 202 for surplus removal and conservation purchases. The report breaks down by commodity state and program with substantial figures for cotton wheat tobacco corn-hogs sugar hog purchases and dairy products among others.
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AAA
D.C
Agricultural Ajustment Administration
Comptroller
Pacific Northwest
Rice Trust Fund
Jones-Connally
Bankhead
Kerr-Smith
FENCE DRIFT AND MEAT PRICES IN IOWA COUNTIES
A 1935 report lists totals paid in eastern Iowa counties through February 28, including Allamakee Benton Black Hawk Buchanan Cedar Clinton Delaware Dubuque Fayette Grundy Iowa Jackson Johnson Jones Keokuk Linn Louisa Marshall Muscatine Poweshiek Scott Tama Washington Winneshiek with figures ranging from the hundreds of thousands to several hundred thousand dollars.
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Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Grundy
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Marshall
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Scott
Tama
Washington
Winneshick
Castalia Maple Season Yields Superior Syrup Quality
Castalia area farmers Caldow Brothers and Ed Green report their spring maple sugar and syrup operations north of Castalia produced superior quality syrup this season compared with last year.
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Castalia
Caldow Brothers
Ed Green
Dean Kildee to speak at East Central VeterinaryDinner
Ames dean of the agricultural division will give an illustrated talk on Breeds of Horses at the April dinner meeting of the East Central Linn county Veterinary association at Hotel Montrose. The program includes case reports by Dr. Glenn and talks on association activities, chick breeding, and obstetrics with several veterinarians presenting. An executive board meeting precedes the dinner with planning for the annual clinic.
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H H Kildee
Ames
East Central
Linn County
E. L. Wentz
van Horne
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
Radloff
Keystone
J. J. Strandberg
Belle Plaine
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Benton County Group
R. E. Elson
Vinton
Strandberg
First Third-Pay Checks Received In Buchanan
Special to The Gazette reports that Buchanan county received seventy nine third payment corn hog checks totaling 7508.50 dollars. Distribution began Saturday and these are the first third payments to arrive.
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Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County
Imports of Grain Light Last Week
The federal bureau of agricultural economics reports imports of grain were at a seasonal low with one car of 158000 bushels Argentine corn arriving at Los Angeles. May and June shipments of Argentine corn stayed available at 79 to 80 cents a bushel to American ports. Argentine corn prices varied by delivery terms and location, with related quotations for oats also noted across Atlantic and Gulf ports.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Los Angeles
C.i.f
Atlantic
Chicago
Texas
Fort Worth
Gulf
F.o.b
New York
Galveston
Horse dies after leg injury in field work
Clarence farmer Fred Luikart lost a work horse valued at 165 dollars when a companion horse severed an artery above the hoof with a sharpened disc during field work. The animal stumbled backward into the disc as they turned, despite being rushed to the barn and a veterinarian being summoned, the horse died from bleeding.
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the Gazette
Clarence
Fred Luikart
Horses Top at 125 Dollars in Edgewood Auction
Forty eight Montana horses sold at Edgewood auction with 38 head bringing top price of 125 dollars. Buyer Ashley Ferguson of Masonville purchased six head.
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the Gazette
Edgewood
Montana
Ashley Ferguson
Masonville
West Branch C T A Averages 26 Pounds Butterfat In March
West Liberty and Independence summarize March yields for cow testing associations. West Branch reports 424 cows and 583 pounds of milk with 26 pounds butterfat. high herd average 1180 pounds milk and 38.1 butterfat from nine Holsteins. Independence notes 431 cows 723 pounds milk 25.8 butterfat. Arvid Manguson leads with 1192 pounds milk and 46.6 butterfat from nine Holsteins.
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West Branch
West Liberty
Test Association
Oscar T. Strand
Ralph Branson
A. M. Spencer
Downey
John W. Welz
Iowa City
Independence
Wapsie
R. A. Nelson
Clinton Man To Speak At Linn Holiday Meeting
The April meeting of the Farmers Holiday association is set for Tuesday evening at Memorial hall Marion. Willard Lee of Clinton will speak, announced by Art Hoover of Springville, president.
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Clinton
Linn
Farmers Holiday Association
Memorial Hall
Marion
Art Hoover
Springville
Willard Lee
Riverside farms rise with new structures after fire
Louis V. Schnoebelm begins a six room modern house on the Riverside farm area while Frank C. Veggy awards a contract for a 32 by 48 barn on nearby property.
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Riverside
Louis V. Schnoebelm
Frank C. Veggy
History of Iowa Liquor Laws From 1835 to Prohibition End
A readable survey traces Iowa liquor policy from early settlement taverns through the temperance movement, local option battles, the mulci law, and statewide prohibition, to repeal in 1934 and state control of liquor sales. It notes key figures, places, and dates across generations of policy shifts.
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Pyong
Robert Tues
Phas
Keokuk
Iowa
Sons of Temperance
Womans Christian Temperance Union
Iowa State Brewers Association
Prohibition Party
Eden Foster
Clineton
Supreme Court
Iowa City
Muscatine
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
State University
United States
Debate on Best Ways to Promote Temperance
Discussion outlines advocate education law reform and community action to curb alcohol use. Proponents argue moral suasion and public health messaging, while critics urge balanced policy and individual choice with evidence from historical temperance campaigns.
Iowa Farmers Begin General Field Work As Snow Melts
Snow remnants recede in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota while field work resumes. Southern Iowa sees seeding of small grain nearing completion though oats and corn plantings face higher seed costs and possible chinch bug risk. Central and northern regions show delayed start due to late snow melt and soggy fields as shredders clear ground for disc and seeder.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Des Moines
Buchanan
Delaware
Fayette
Buckhorn And Randalia Butterfat Commands 35c
Maquoketa patrons of the Buckhorn creamery received an average of thirty five cents a pound for March butter fat. Creamery butter sold for thirty nine cents a pound at Maquoketa stores Saturday. Checks over one hundred dollars were issued to several producers including Hans Jorgensen Baldwin 190.64 Frank Becker Oxford Junction 173.32 A J Wirth Elwood 149.28 Walrod and Bousselat DeWitt 154.03 Hans Skott Jr and Son Buckhorn 137.44 Peter B. Petersen Delmar 130.17 P W Pithan Lost Nation 109.82 G O Bowman Buckhorn 109.30 Theodore Morehead Baldwin 108.25 Harold Klahn Lost Nation 103.64.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
Buckhorn Creamery
Hans Jorgensen
Baldwin
Frank Becker
Oxford Junction
A. J. Wirth
Elwood
Walrod
Bousselat
DeWitt
Hans Skott, Jr
Son
Buckhorn
Peter B. Petersen
Delmar
P. W Pithan
Lost Nation
Randalia Creamery Pays 35 Cents a Pound Butterfat
Randalia creamery paid patrons thirty five cents a pound for first half of March butterfat, according to buttermaker J. W. Rizer.
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Randalia
Randalia Creamery
J. W. Rizer
New Agent in Cedar to Begin April 15
Morrell Seeds, newly employed county agent in Cedar, said Monday he expects to begin work at Tipton on April 15 succeeding Emmett Gardner who goes to Iowa City as agent in Johnson. Seeds, born near Mediapolis, has Iowa State and Kansas training, taught in multiple counties, and is active in veterans and fraternal organizations.
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Morrell Seeds
Cedar
Tipton
Emmett Gardner
Iowa City
Johnson
Mr. Seeds
Mediapolis
Des Moines
Ames
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Oklahoma
Iowa
Strawberry Point
Wapello County
Olin
Winfield
Leeds
Chautauqua
Marine
The
American Legion
Sigourney
Howard C. Willett
Keokuk
Pocahontas
C. R. Bowers
Rural Rehabilitation Administration
Edgewood Farmer Escapes Loss With Seed Testing
Edgewood farmer D. E. Rhines avoided a costly sowing of oats after testing his seed revealed the variety he preferred would not germinate. The finding underscores the value of the ragdoll method used to check seed viability.
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Edgewood
D. E. Rhines
Jesup World's Fair profits praised at school benefit
Proceeds from the Jesup World's Fair hosted Thursday by the vocational agricultural and home making classes of Jesup high school totaled 97 dollars with 60 dollars cleared. The program was directed by Marshall F. Grosscup vocational agricultural teacher and Dorothy Martin home making instructor.
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Jesup
Jesup High School
Marshall F. Grosscup
Dorothy Martin
Linn County 4-H Beef Projects Reach Ninety Heads In Feedlot
Club Agent Harold Ingle reports twelve purebred heifers entered by seven Linn County youth as 1935 4-H projects, bringing beef calves on feed to ninety. Members include Muriel Dean and Harold Thomas of Alburnett, Russell and Robert Orcutt of Coggon, Virgil Smyth of Marion, and Carl Rockwood of Alburnett with various breeds. Enrollments in sow and litter, baby beef and purebred beef heifer projects have closed, with May 1 deadlines for most other 4-H projects and May 15 for dairy calves and July 1 for colts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ingle
Linn County
Muriel
Dean
Harold Thomas
Alburnett
Russell
Robert Orcutt
Coggon
Virgil Smyth
Marion
Carl Rockwood
John and
Billie Henderson
Marvin Pearson
Robert Williams
Springville
Beef Feeders In Cedar County To Meet April 25
TIPTON Howard Thompson of Cedar Rapids representing the Chicago Producers and Rex Beres ford of the Ames extension service will address Cedar county beef feeders April 25 evening on general livestock conditions of stocker and feeder cattle and range country feeding problems.
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Tipton—Howard Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension Service
Cedar County
Olive Tablets bring relief for constipation enjoy pleasant results
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a natural laxative alternative to calomel for chronic constipation. Safe for daily use, they are sugar coated olive colored tabs that aid normal bowel action and freshen breath with a pleasant effect. Prices range 15c 30c 60c.
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Edwards
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California
E. L. Suchert
Gazelle
Dean Kildee
H. H. Kildee
Unit Six
John Ely Briggs
Ted Dat
Duburque
Metronist
George C. Haddock
Old Capitol
Jesup World's Fair
Aby Maiden
Mase
Ironing Board Wash Basket Supply Rinso
Third Avenue
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