Corn Exports Light At 650000 Bushels
Exports of corn from the United States for the week ended April 8 totaled 650000 bushels, with a season total near 26000000 bushels. United States No 2 yellow corn was quoted at Liverpool 68 34 cents a bushel, while Argentine corn afloat was 73% cents. New Argentine May shipment was at 62% cents, and harvest progresses well in Argentina. Oklahoma planting and Kansas seed bed work were slowed by rains, with much hybrid corn planted in Kansas.
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United States
Liverpool
Oklahoma
Kansas
Hybrids Could Reshape American Farm Production
University of Minnesota economists project a major shift to hybrid corn over the next few years. They estimate potential U.S. corn output could rise by hundreds of millions of bushels, lowering prices and prompting broader agricultural adjustments including livestock feeding, land use, and distribution.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Missouri
North Dakota
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Soul Conservation Crowd Cheers as Sixth Grader Hits Home Run
Tense air and murmurs fill a crowd as a small husky boy swings a polished stick and hits a home run. Spectators cheer loudly while a country woman is noted in the crowd.
Improved Seed Varieties Boost Yields by Up to 25 Percent
The updated plant stock combines higher stalk strength and refined car characteristics to enhance performance. The integrated advantages raise yields as much as 25 percent compared with open pollinated varieties.
Hybrid in Florida grows hybrid seed corn in Iowa link
J H Perrine of Monticello Iowa during winter in Florida produced 320 ears of cross corn for a hybrid seed company at Anamosa Iowa. He used 65 varieties in making the crosses. The 320 ears were shipped to the Iowa company early this month. Perrine grew the corn on the apple custard soil characteristic of this section.
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Pahokee
Fla
J. H. Perrine
Monticello
Florida
Anamosa
Iowa Company
Clinton County REA to Energize Highlines This Week
Clinton County REA director Frank Myatt said two highlines totaling 24.4 miles will be energized within a week. The lines run northeast and southeast of Lost Nation, with 90 miles in Clinton County serving about 250 farm homes.
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Clinton County
Lost Nation
Frank Myatt
$130 An Acre Paid for Dysart Farm
A 154 acre farm southeast of Dysart sold by Mrs. Anna Jebe of Dysart to Wendell Peters of Keystone for 20800 dollars. The price equals 135 dollars an acre with possession to be given March 1 1940.
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Dysart
Anna Jebe
Wendell Peters
Keystone
Sigourney Wins FFA Chapter Contest In District Convention
Sigourney high school FFA chapter won the district convention chapter contest in southeastern Iowa. Bob Noller and Bill Harper were the Sigourney representatives. Tipton and Muscatine tied for second. Moravia finished fourth. First in public speaking tied between Lester Dark of Tipton and Don Langlas of Marengo.
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Sigourney
Sigourney High School
Future Farmers of America
Southeastern Iowa
Bob Noller
Bill Harper
Tipton and
Muscatine
Moravia
Lester Dark
Tipton
Gordon Braley
Montezuma
Gale Aldridge
West Branch
Willard Randels
Marengo
Fairfield
Wayne Fleming
Smith-Hughes Agricultural
Iowa
Des Moines
Photographs Used to Check Texas Farm Acreage Rules
Aerial photos covering about seven tenths of Texas are being used to determine farmers compliance with the national crop acreage adjustment program terms.
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Texas
March 1939 U.S. livestock slaughter hits records under inspection
Government figures show March 1939 livestock slaughter across cattle, hogs, and sheep rising sharply from a year earlier. Sheep and lambs hit a March all time high at 1,473,069 head, hogs reached 3,229,120 head the largest March total since 1933, while cattle and calves totals remained below 1938 levels but above long-term averages.
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Chicago
Tour Of Linn Lot Feeding Projects Friday
A Linn county 4-H feeding tour of eight calf lots is planned for Friday. Rex Beresford will lead the tour with William Harr and the boys and parents attending. Stops include farms near Cedar Rapids Ely Marion Troy Mills Center Point with times from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Linn County
William Harr
Rex Beresford
Beresford
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Keith Carson
Ely
John Clark
Lester Schirm
Mack Towers
Marion
Melvin Levasseur
Eldon Burr
Troy Mills
Howard Gardner
Philip Hand
Center Point
East Central Veterinary Assn To Meet April 13
The East Central Iowa Veterinary Society will hold an April 13 dinner meeting at Hotel Roosevelt in Cedar Rapids. S H McNutt from Ames will discuss diseases of newborn domestic animals, with a panel including J S Potter Iowa City W S O'Brien Ryan C H Banks Tipton F E Rugger Oxford P V Neuzil Blairstown. Films will cover sleeping sickness in horses and rickets in calves.
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East Central Iowa Veterinary Society
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
S. H. McNutt
Veterinary Research Department
Ames
J. S. Potter
Iowa City
W. S. O’brien
Ryan
C. H. Banks
Tipton
F. E. Rugger
Oxford
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
Illinois Swine Feeders' Day Set for April 14 at Urbana
The annual swine feeders day in Illinois is scheduled April 14 at the University of Illinois Urbana. The program feature, announced by W. E. Carroll, chief in hog husbandry, will be a discussion of buying hogs and merchandising pork and pork products by packer representatives.
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the Gazette
Urbana
Illinois
University of Illinois
W. E. Carroll
Packer
Hog Vaccination Instruction in Kalona Planned
Dr. K W Stouder Ames veterinarian will lead a hog vaccination instruction school for Washington county farmers in Kalona on April 17.
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Kalona
K. W. Stouder
Ames
Washington County
Locker Holds Open House at Cent er Junction
Center Junction cooperative locker plant held open house for patrons and others Friday and Saturday with Leo Schollian in charge as butcher and packer.
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The
Gazette
Center Junction
Leo Schollian
Packer
Cattle Intentions Confab Next Week Across Iowa
The Chicago Producers Live Stock Commission association will publish its annual spring survey of cattle marketing intentions and discuss it in Iowa. Meetings are April 18 in Eldridge, an all day tour with cattle outlook in Johnson County starting at 9 a.m. April 19 in Iowa City, and April 19 in Tipton.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Producers Livestock Commission Association
Iowa
Eldridge
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tipton
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Howard J. Gramlich
American Shorthorn Breeders Association
Red House Farm
Amesbury
Wiltshire
England
Garnavillo
CCC
Carp
McGregor
Leroy Schroeder
Garnaville
Highway
Rex L. White
Schroeder
White
Dakotas
South Dakota
FFA
Linn Lot
East Central Veterinary Ass’n
General Motors
Checker Electric Supply, Inc
First Street
DIAL
Balto
Cretonne
Third Avenue
Third Ave
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