Quaife Expects Smaller Spring Hog Litters in Iowa
Iowa extension hog expert Quaife predicted spring farrow litters would be smaller than last year with about 5.9 to 6 pigs per sow. He cited poor weather and weak piglets from winter rations, noting national reports of losses and mixed state results amid drought and cold.
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Quaife
Iowa
Quaife, Ames Extension
Ames
Associated Press
Chicago
University of Illinois
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
W. J. Loeffel
Nebraska University
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Kansas
Milk Cow Sterility Session Led by Dr Walsh in Waterloo
Fifty four practitioners from nineteen counties heard Ames veterinarian Dr Frank E Walsh discuss the histopathology of sterility in milk cows during the Cedar Valley Veterinary Association April meeting in Waterloo. The talk used chalk drawings and concluded Part 1 of a two part lecture with May delivering Part 2.
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Waterloo
Frank E. Walsh
Ames
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
Walsh
Co. E. Juhl
Osage
A. R. Menary
Cedar Rapids
L. T. Scott
Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
C. L. Crider
Blader
R. C. Byrnes
Tracer
U S D A Suspends Kansas City Sales Agency
The Rider Brothers Commission Co a market agency at the Kansas City stockyards is ordered to cease operations and have its registration suspended for one year effective April 18 The action follows discovery that the firm charged buyers in Ohio and Illinois 35 cents per hundredweight above market plus a $15 carload fee and an extra resale commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crider Brothers Commission Company
Kansas City
United States Department of Agriculture
Commission
Ohio
Illinois
FENCE DRIFT AND DIET DEFICIENCIES OUTLINE VIEW
The text notes a forthcoming hue and cry about vitamins and a link between soil minerals and health. Dr. Iverson of Ames Dairy Manufacturing discusses potential connections between lime soil deficiency and soft teeth and phosphorus-related ailments.
Landscaping And Livability Tied Up In 4 H Meeting
John Fitzsimmons told sixteen Linn county 4 H leaders in Cedar Rapids that farmers face two problems to earn a living and to stay on the farm afterward. The rural landscaping expert discussed the livability of the farmstead as part of a home efficiency study and offered ways to improve it.
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John Fitzsimmons
Ames
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fitzsimmons
Veal calves fetch up to $26.50 head at weekly auction
Washington market reports show veal calves selling as high as $26.50 per head in the Monday auction. Hereford steers weighing 600 to 650 pounds brought $56.25 per head, a roan bull sold for $115, and hogs and sheep moved near market prices with broad sows with litters averaging $35.
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Gazette
Washington
East Iowa Planning Groups Meet Wednesday
A district conference of eastern Iowa agricultural planning committees will be held at the Y M C A in Cedar Rapids at 1 p m Wednesday. Attending will be county chairmen farmer representatives county agents and members of the Ames extension service.
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Eastern
Iowa
Agricultural Planning Committees
Cedar Rapids
Ames Extension Service
Plan 4 11 Rally Special in The Gazette
Mrs. Fay Roudabush of the Ames extension service was to meet Tuesday with the Cedar County 4-H club committee to plan the annual rally day program.
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Gazette
Washington
Fay Roudabush
Ames Extension Service
Cedar County
4-H Club
Steers Sold For 1.24 a Cwt At Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids a sale near Newhall saw Stuart feeder cattle transaction Monday with fourteen steers averaging 1,086 pounds fetching 1.24 per hundredweight.
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Newhall
LL. Stuart
Cedar Rapids
Butter contest draws 355 tubs from 17 states
Butter from 17 states enters the national creamery contest in Mason City with 355 tubs split as 146 from Minnesota and 125 from Iowa. The senior division totals 288 tubs and the junior 67. Wednesday features demonstrations by colleges the national dairy council and local creameries under the slogan For Goodness Sake Use Butter.
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Mason City
National Creamery Buttermakers' Association
Minnesota
Iowa
Oregon
Utah
Tennessee
Co. M. Sorenson
Dubuque
H. C. Macy
University of
A M. Helgans
Madison
S. D
National Dairy Council
National Association of Local Creameries
Chemists Announce Industrial Use for Acid in Whey
United States Bureau of Dairy Industry chemists report a cost effective process to produce polymethyl acrylate from lactic acid in whey. The water white flexible material resists sunlight, coats fabrics, papers, and supports molding blends with organic glass. Whey byproduct volume exceeds 6.5 billion pounds annually.
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Gazette
Washington
United States Bureau of Dairy Industry
Lee T. Smith
H. V. Claborn
Bureau
Division of
Dairy Research Laboratories
Dairy Bureau
United States
Patented Nest Improves Egg Cleanliness For Poultry
Edgar Stimson, eight miles north of Malcom, patented a nest with a rubber tilting floor that levels when occupied and tilts to drop eggs into a padded receptacle after the hen exits. Harold Miller, county agent at Brooklyn, notes the device prevents eggs from being soilied, especially in muddy spring yards, and it was showcased in Ames after Stimson and Miller traveled from Chicago.
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Edgar Stimson
Malcom
Stimson
Chicago
Harold Miller
Brooklyn
Ames
Mr. Stimson
Poultry Department
Mr. Miller
Sunrise Morning Reflections On Daily Beginnings
A country woman muses on starting the day at sunrise and the beauty of dawn. She contrasts this with other cultures that begin at sunset or midnight and ponders a life divided into two hour segments.
February 1939 Farm Income Drops Six Percent
Receipts from farm marketing in February 1939 totaled 430 million dollars, down six percent from February 1938. Western, west north central, and north Atlantic states showed gains of one to nine percent.
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Washington
INS
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
West North Central
North Atlantic
803 454 Bushels Of Corn Under Seal In Washington
Washington county AAA chairman Wayne Norman reports 702 cribs of 1938 corn sealed totaling 716 373 bushels with 166 878 sealed since March 15. An additional 97 081 bushels of 1937 corn under seal bring total to 803 454 bushels, with 135 000 bushels of 1937 corn sealed.
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Washington
Wayne Norman
Washington County
AAA Committee
Burning Ground Litter Denounced by Iowa Conservationists
The Iowa conservation commission opposed burning ground litter on farms due to fire risk to buildings and utilities and the loss of wildlife food and cover. They stated fire adds nothing to soil and may reduce soil absorptive capacity through repeated burning.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Conservation Commission
The
Commission
Rowley Creamery Pays 25 For Top Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative creamery paid 25 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat in early March with No 2 at 24 cents and No 3 at 28 cents. Prices rose 2 cents from the previous half of February per pound.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
April Hatchery Chicks Orders Up 24 Percent From Year Earlier
Production of commercial hatchery chicks remains high with a March increase of 18 percent in chicks hatched and 19 percent more eggs set versus last year. Advance orders for April 1 show 24 percent more chicks than the same date a year ago, while turkey poults also rise sharply.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
East North Central States
Pacific Coast States
West North Central States
Pacific Coast
Turkey
Upcoming Farm Auctions This Week
Sale notices list events at Beverly Cattle Company on Thursday April 13, Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids on Friday April 14, and J C Janko Jersey cattle sale three miles east of Swisher on Wednesday April 19.
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Cedar Rapids
No. 218
Swisher
Jersey
Guernsey
Hampshire
Beverly Cattle Company
Iowa Livestock Exchange
J. C. Janko Jersey Cattle
Belle Plaine Leaders Plan Erosion Projects Near Camp
George Raabe was named permanent chairman and Ed Swatosh permanent secretary of an East Central Iowa Soils Improvement subcommittee. The group will arrange erosion control and soil maintenance demonstrations for a CCC camp near Belle Plaine, 10 to 15 miles away, within a watershed area. Members include Calvin Korns, Waldo McLennan, Charles Sherwood, J W Schroeder, L S White, Henry Noyes, Louis Keep, John Schild and Lew Adams.
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Belle Plaine
George Raabe
Ed Swatosh
Iowa Soils Improvement Association
Raabe
CCC
Lester Clapp
Ames
United States Army
Washington
Mr. Clapp
Raabe and
Swatosh
Calvin Korns
Waldo McLennan
Charles Sherwood
J. W. Schroeder
L. S. White
Henry Noyes
Louis Keep
John Schild
Lew Adams
Field Work Becoming General Near Rowley
Farmers in the Rowley vicinity are plowing discing dragging hauling manure and sowing oats. P C Thedens one and one half miles south of here is reported to have sowed 49 acres of oats last week. Country roads have dried and are passable.
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Rowley
P. C Thedens
Steers Sell at 1110 Per Cwt in Chicago Trade
Durant Albert Glazer shipped 37 head of 1 183 pound steers to Chicago Monday where they sold at 1110 a hundredweight, signaling strong feeder demand.
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Durant
Albert Glazer
Chicago
9118.00 An Acre For 160 Near Dysart
Subject to court approval Wallace Taylor of Dysart has bought the Art Meeker 160 acre farm north of Dysart on the Benton Tama county line for 118.50 dollars per acre.
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Dysart
Wallace Taylor
Art Meeker
Benton-Tama County
Nine Oats Varieties Planted In Cedar Test Plot
Tipton area report states a 110 by 15 foot oats test plot on Louis Thordsen farm west of Tipton with nine standard and hybrid varieties sown in Muscatine silt loam soil. Two corn yield plots will follow in Cedar County. Howard Hamilton, county agent, urges producers to submit seed samples to the Farm Bureau by April 29.
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Tipton
Louis Thordsen
Cedar Counsy
Howard Hamilton
Farm Bureau
Poslam offers fast relief for eczema itch and burn
An advertisement urges readers to try Poslam for eczema relief, claiming it penetrates outer skin layers to soothe irritation and speed improvement. It promotes availability at drug stores for 50 cents.
Hog marketing at $7.20 a hundredweight in Chicago
Lost Nation L A Jorgen sen sold 54 hogs weighing 256 pounds each in Chicago on Monday at seven dollars twenty cents per hundredweight.
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L. A
Steers Bring $16.60 As Shipment Sails to Chicago
Alvin Munn shipped nine head of steers to Chicago Monday averaging 1 103 pounds and selling at 10 60 per hundredweight in a Williamsburg sale.
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Williamsburg
Alvin Munn
Chicago
Widows Joy After Natex Relief Ten Years Of Suffering
Martha Kassel a 74 year old resident of Van Horne Benton County reports lasting relief from constipation bloating and sleepless nights after using Natex. She credits the remedy for improving digestion kidney function and nerves and says she would gladly recommend Natex to others. A Natex representative is at Podzimer’s Pharmacy 100 Second Ave SE Opp Post Office daily to explain the product. Natex is sold by leading druggists in Iowa.
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Natex
Martha Kassel
van Horne
Benton Co
Podzimek
Second Ave. SE
Podzimer’s
100 Second Ave. SE
Towa
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RF. A
C A Iverson
Dr. Iverson
East Iowa
Uncle Amos
Alvin
Egad
Williams
J. C. Janko
Isawe
Joseph Kushner & Company
Second Street
Cedar, Rapids
Merle
Garrior
Livestock Exchange
Beverly Yards
Beverly Cattle CO
Cwrcaco
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