Corn-Hog Budget Debates Prompt Secretaries Move
Budget talks propose paying county secretaries to resign or serve as county agents in the corn and hog program. The plan, backed by AAA officials, would fund secretaries through county money, while agents trained under federal guidelines would lead the effort across counties amid calls for centralized control.
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Budart
Federal Department
William MeaArthur
Atlancs
MioActt
Roteas Tee
AAA
Aay
Coar
State Committee
Farm Bureau
Washington
New York Receipts Reflect Iowa Poultry and Butter Shifts
Iowa shipped larger quantities of dressed poultry to New York in Q1 than a year ago while butter receipts were the lightest for several years. Iowa dressed poultry reached 8 354 624 pounds and butter 18 805 206 pounds. Prices look firmer though trade groups fear production curtailments. Eggs in storage remain strong with steady demand for storage. Hospitals oppose controlled milk markets amid rising prices and regulatory conflict. Bee losses worry eastern fruit growers after severe freezes.
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New York City
Iowa
New York
Chicago
AAA
West Union Herds Set March Butterfat Averages
The article reports dairy herds in Fayette county March butterfat averages. Kerr’s Clermont herd led with 437 pounds from nineteen purebreds plus grades, while West Union area herds including Walter Dullards and others posted 388 pounds. Clermont and nearby farms contributed notable yields across Holstein stock and related classifications.
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G D
Grimes West Union
Max Grafenberg
Cravette
WFST
Fayette
Cta
K J Kerr
Clermont
Walter Dullards
West Union
Hich
HC Sebroecer
Election notice for Retail Solid Fuel Industry Division 1h members
Notice to all Retail Solid Fuel Industry members in Division 1h Town states no candidates for the Divisional authority will be elected by member vote. Only members of the industry engaged in selling and detaching solid fuel or related services may vote. Detail packets and ballot information are available by request.
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Tawa Notree
Bath
Sand Industis
Pivisscan
Oseilnc
Sowing Of More Legumes Urged By Mes Crops Expert
Prof Hensen of farm crops at Iowa State argues Iowa lacks enough legumes to feed livestock. He promotes larger legume acreage and diverse pasture crops to cut feed costs, improve fertility, and sustain dairy cows with adequate pasture.
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West Union Iap
Hensen
Iowa
Stue Coene
Iowna
Tawa
Haiti
Heneay
Meeping Sumianer
Palo Gmer
Gardening tips from Delaware extension service brief
Gardening suggestions offered in Delaware discuss growing peppers cantaloupes and raspberries with guidance from the extension service. The note mentions Buck Creek school and afternoon sessions with a focus on fruiting plants and timing for spring planting.
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Delaware
Cinzette Manchester
Som Eerdens
Aberes
Tesco
Buck Creek
Expert sexes baby chicks at Elgin
Wagoyn Japan expert Toyosaku Sugano becomes Iowa's first chick sexing specialist. The photograph shows him at an Elgin hatchery Sunday sorting chicks, handling 5,000 birds in a day. He works Sundays in Elgin and the rest of the week in Wisconsin, marking his first chicks segregated at Elgin on April 1.
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Wisconsin
Indicted egg dealer used mails to defraud shippers
Ralph Thompson alias Nelson led a nationwide egg swindle by sending 8000 double post cards posing as National Heel Supply Company to farmers. Cards claimed higher prices, inducing shipments and inflated profits of 8 to 15 dollars per case. Thompson confessed to federal agents after arrest in Jersey City.
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Jersey City
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Garrett Cottier
National Heel Supply Company
Erie Pa
Express
William P Maloney
Frank E Shea
New Jersey
Federal
St Louis Co Op Reports 16059 Carloads In 1933 Growth
The St Louis Producers marketing group reports 16059 carloads in 1933, just shy of the 1928 record, with stockmen saving about twenty percent on commissions and receiving patronage refunds. Morgan County Shipping leads volume with 412 carloads. King Potato of Texas ships 532 carloads. The co op, a non stock organization, entered the St Louis market in 1922 and has grown yearly. Lime shipments from Dubuque total seventeen carloads, offering a price advantage of thirty cents per ton.
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Bper
King Potate
Texas
Morgan County Shipping Service
Producers
Natonal Livestock Marketing Association
St Lows
Livestock Returns Rise for Iowa Farmers in Q1 1934
Iowa farmers received about 63.9 million dollars more for livestock in the first quarter of 1934 than in the same period in 1933. Packer payments totaled roughly 269 million dollars versus 206 million, with cattle calves swine and sheep all showing gains. Processing taxes on hogs amounted to about 42 million dollars, to be refunded or used under the corn hog program.
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Waterloo
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Iowa
John W. Rath
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Institute of American Meat Packers
Rath
Rat
Cattle on Feed Down 15 to 35 Percent in Corn Belt
The Chicago Producers Commission reports 15 to 35 percent fewer cattle on feed in the corn belt than a year ago. Yearling share shifts to 51 percent in 1931 through 58 percent in 1934, with medium and heavy weights varying over the period. March receipts total 1,522 cars, boosting overall business 305 percent from March last year.
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Chicago
Corn Belt
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Chicago Producers
Manchester Creamery Pays 27 Cents for Butterfat
A Manchester Co operative Creamery shipment of 14400 pounds of butter was sent Saturday to eastern markets, bringing two week totals to 28480 pounds. An additional 5760 pounds were consumed locally by patrons. Butterfat paid 27 cents per pound for the two week period in March.
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Manchester
Manchester Co-operative Creamery Company
Central City livestock buyers ship cattle and horses to Illinois
Sperial to The Gazette reports Central City buyers Filloone and Ellison recently shipped a truckload of cows and a truckload of good horses to Elgin II. In the last three months they have shipped more than 225 head of good horses to Illinois from this Town area.
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Central City
Filloone
Ellison
Elgin II
Illinois
Ruling Keeps Contracted Acres From Harvest in 1934
Washington relayed guidance through the State Corn and Hog committee at Des Moines clarifying that contracted acres may not be planted to oats soybeans or any crop for Warv est use this year There is no change in admin rulings on crops for contracted lands Amended language notes oats used as pasture or hay do not count as feed crops under paragraph 3 C and that soybeans cowpeas field peas and other annual legumes are not feed crops under 3 C
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Contor Board
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Control Board
AAA
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Jas
Washington
State Corn and Hor Committee
Des Moines
George Dillon
Linn County Committee
New Barn To Rise On Manchester Farm
D A Anderson, seven miles southwest of Manchester, will excavate immediately for a half basement barn 32 by 56 feet to replace a 40 by 60 foot barn burned March 16. The new structure will have a gable roof, cement floor, cupola, 14 foot corner posts, 20 steel stanchions, and acetylene lighting. The fire destroyed the barn and its contents, injuring 54 head of pure bred Shorthorn cattle with losses around 6000 dollars. Insurance partly covered damages. the herd loss was about 1142 dollars. The herd will be restocked once suitable quarters are ready.
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Manchester
D. A. Anderson
Anderson
Hough Sells Farm for 62.50 Acre Near Maynard
State representative H B Hough sold his 160 acre farm near Maynard to Zella L Dean of Oelwein for 62.50 an acre. Dean also bought Houghs livestock share. The dairy operation is run by Louis Barnes with a modern barn and up to date equipment. The fields are level with rich black soil in the region.
Washington C T A Averages 32 9 Lbs Butterfat In March
The Washington County Test association reports 258 cows on test averaged 32.9 pounds of butterfat in March. E P Hayes herd led with 41.3 pounds. Fleig and Son and Hayes appear among the top producers with cows producing 69.6 67.5 and 66.5 pounds respectively.
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John R. Wallace
Oars
Hentys Morse
Gazette
Washington
Washington County Test Association
Robert Brasch
E. P. Hayes
W. W. Fleig and Son
Ellis R. Zook
Iowa Sends First Corn Hog Contracts to Washington
Des Moines AP reports the first of Iowa’s corn hog contracts were mailed to Washington for the initial installment in the cooperation program to reduce corn acreage and hog production. The Iowa corn hog board approved 193 early pay contracts from Marion County and forwarded them to the secretary of agriculture. Marion County farmers have signed 1,800 contracts, but only those with riders agreeing to accept possible adjustments by local authorities were forwarded.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Corn-Hog Board of Review
Marion County
Secretary of Agriculture
Seidell to Address Linn Veterinary Meeting in Cedar Rapids
G H Williams of Omaha speaks on What the Practitioner Should Know About the Serum Virus Code at Linn County Veterinary dinner meeting at Hotel Montehose Cedar Rapids at 6 30 p m State Veterinarian H A Seidell to attend and address. Dr P V Neuzil Blairstown speaks on The Town General Sales Tax as it Applies to the Practitioner Technical program includes Swine Diseases by Dr J H Odgers DeWitt Equine Practice by Dr E A Rolston Princeton Cattle Practice by Dr Frank M Wilson Mechanicsville Poultry Practice by Dr C J Heckard Wheatland.
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G. H. Williams
Omaha
Linn County Veterinary Association
Cedar County Veterinary Association
J H. Odgers
DeWitt
E. A. Rolston
Princeton
Frank M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
C. J. Heckard
Wheatland
CCC Camps Plant 1 300 000 Seedlings to Fight Erosion
Ames, Iowa—CCC workers begin a mass planting drive using 1 300 000 black locust saplings to curb soil erosion along the Mississippi watershed. Forester S T Runkel notes planned limited planting as part of Iowa’s three step program with dams and vegetation to slow runoff and reduce flood hazards.
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Ames
Iowa
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
S.T Runkel
Runkel
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