Governors Appeal For Dairy In Farm Bill
Governors from six Midwest states led by Indiana and Wisconsin appealed to President Roosevelt to include dairy products in the farm relief bill. They urged equal treatment with other farm commodities and mortgage relief measures. A separate report warned of a broad agrarian revolt with milk poured into hog troughs and grain stored as protests spread through Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa.
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Hicago
Roosevelt
Congress
McNult
Indiana
Horner
Ilinois
Herring
Iowa
Schmedeman
Wisconsin
Olson
Minnesota
Comstock
Michigan
Senate
House
Leo T. Crowley
T. H. Arnes
Gov. Oleon
Chicago
League For Justice To Agriculture
Arthur E. Holt
Carl R. Hutchinson
League
Holt
Northwest
Walter Singler
John Bosch
Farmers voice new deal demands and strike threat
The report notes farmers in Minnesota and Iowa organizing for status and security in the social order. Sam Bennett of United Farmers and Wallace Short outline plans for a general strike to begin May 13 if farm legislation by May 3 fails to guarantee cost of production.
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Minnesota
Sam Bennett
United Farmers
Iowa
Wallace MI Short
Iowa Livestock Exchange Sale This Week Attracts Buyers
Iowa Livestock Exchange invites sellers with horses to consign this week promising top prices. The sale starts at 11 a.m. for hogs and cattle with horses auctioned at 1 p.m. Contact Fagan and Schmitz Auds, Jack Clements, Mer at phone 7963-Res or 2-2057.
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West
Fagan and Schmitz
Auds
Jack Clements
Mer
Grain market rise boosts potential rural wealth
Chicago report notes farmers gained over 150 million dollars in five weeks as grain prices surged. Drought and frost reduce winter wheat outlook to 334 million bushels as of April 1. Higher prices lift values for corn and wheat holdings. rye and barley also rise with beer demand.
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Waroly F. Basnville
Chicago
Grain Farmers of America
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Chicago Board of Trade
Benton county hires Poweshiek agent Geiger
Vinton W A Bill Geiger of Brooklyn is employed as Benton county agent by the Farm Bureau board at their April session. He replaces W J Norris who resigns to become farm manager for an insurance firm in twenty four western Iowa counties with headquarters at Atlantic. Norris starts April 17. Geiger to assume duties May 1. Geiger is finishing eight and a half years as Poweshiek county agent. A successor for Brooklyn will be named at a Poweshiek Farm Bureau meeting soon. A reception for Geiger and a farewell for Norris are planned at Van Horne Wednesday during the Benton county 4 H club party.
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Vinton
W. A
Bill” Geiger
Brooklyn
Benton County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Mrr. Geiger
W. J. Norris
Iowa
Atlantic
Norris
Geiger
Mr. Geiger
Poweshieck
Poweshiek Farm Bureau Directors
Gladys Adams Reemployed by Linn County Farm Bureau
Miss Gladys Adams, home demonstration agent in Linn county since April 1929, was re employed for the fourth consecutive year at a Linn county Farm Bureau board meeting. Her programs show growth in women’s project work with 183 attendees in clothing and several emergency projects. Eleven of nineteen active 4 H clubs were organized by Adams, with two more soon.
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Gladys Adams
Linn County
Linn County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Adams
Miss Adams
Veterinarians To Meet At Cedar Rapids Thursday
The Linn County Veterinary Association holds its monthly dinner at 6 30 pm Thursday in Hotel Montrose. Speakers include Dr A R Menary on baby pig anemia, Dr John B Bryant on skin issues in sucklings, Dr J W W Grimith on rearing orphan sucklings, Dr C H Waite on novel issues, Dr Sta Dunn Atkins on caesarean sections, and Dr F M Wilson on related topics.
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Linn County Veterinary Association
Hotel Montrose
Ro MM Hofford
Kenneth Bogaard
Ro Menary
Cedar Rapids
John B Bryant
Mount Vernon
J W W Grimith
C H Waite
Stanwood
Scouts
Sta Dunn Atkins
Caesaria Section
F. M. Wilson
Mechanrest Alle
Elgin-Brainard Co-op names new manager and secretary
Special to The Gazette reports Elgin Misra township resident Max Medberry has been hired as manager and secretary of the Elgin Brainard Co operative Company to succeed Harv Wenger who recently resigned to enter the livestock business at West Union Ernest Bauder serves as company president.
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Elgin
Max Medberry
Misra
Elgin-Brainard Co-operative
Harv Wenger
Inestock Buvie
West Union Ernest
Bauder
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets to prevent periodic pain with a few days of pre treatment. It promises relief without narcotics or side effects and suggests regular use for stubborn cases, noting a new 50 cent size package is available at druggists.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Manchester Farmer Praises Mule Power On 320 Acre Farm
Special to The Gazette from Manchester reports C. J. Hockaday farm operator Carl Hartman favors mules over horses for cost and steadier work. He keeps eight mules on 320 acres, noting mules eat half as much as horses and can outwork a horse.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Carl Hartman
C. J. Hockaday
Mr. Hartman
Hartman Place
Morley farm woman reports 340 chicks from two incubators
Morley resident Mrs Charles Seeger reports a batch of 340 White Leghorns hatched from 410 eggs set in two incubators. Nearby, Mrs Addie Taft south of Anamosa records 140 chicks.
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Morley
Charles Seeger
Addie Taft
Anamosa
Land Utilization Committees Named At State College
Eight Iowa State College committees led by H H Kildee study land inventories and classification rural finance and taxes farming systems and community factors influencing land use and will prepare material for a potential state land utilization commission or for a soils program through current agencies.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Central Committee
H. H. Kildee
Dean Kildee
Commission On
P. E. Brown
H. D. Hughes
Murl McDonald
W. G. Murray
Millard Peck
Q. C. Ayres
G. B. MacDonald
Paul Miller
Hybrid Potato With Vitamin A To Be Tested In Iowa
Iowa will host tests of a new yellow fleshed potato variety known as U S D A Seedling 44428. The hybrid from northern and South American stock shows high vitamin A content and strong yields, with earlier trials in Maine and suitability noted in northern states. Tests cover Florida Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maryland Michigan North Carolina North Dakota Rhode Island and South Dakota.
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Washington
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Maine
Department
C. F. Clark
Bureau of Plant Industry
F. J. Stevenson
William Stuart
Bureau
Green Mountain
New Yorker
Florida
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
North Carolina
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Sow And Eight Pigs Sell For $23 At Farm Auction
Special to The Gazett Littleton A Sow with eight pigs sold for 23 at Glen Melrose sale one and a half miles east of Littleton Thirteen shoats 880 each and three sows 1250 a head A boat sold for 6 horses topped at 91 a black mare and horse 76 Two Holstein cows 2250 a head one red cow 20 Oats 1312 cents a bushel hay 265 a ton A corn hindar 15 and a wagon 15
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Gazett
Littleton
Glen Melrose
Season Delay Hits Oelwein Area After Rains
Heavy rain and hail delayed spring seeding near Oelwein. Vern Logan and Bert Swartz had some small grain in while others were ready to start Monday. Hail damaged buildings northwest of town. Ground remains in good condition and sod plowing has begun. The season is about ten days late.
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Oelwein
Vern Logan
Bert Swartz
Percheron Mare Sold for $125 to Leahy Brothers
Samuel Holmes sells a 4-year-old purebred Percheron mare to Leahy Brothers for 125 dollars. The event appears in RANDALIA with emphasis on the seller and buyer and the price.
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Randalia
Samuel Holmes
Leahy Brothers
Iowa Ranks Eighth in Cows Tested for Production
Iowa on Jan 1 ranked eighth among ten major dairy states for the percentage of cows in cow test associations and fourth for total associations. Iowa had 1,503,000 milk cows with 19,805 enrolled in 1,143 herds across 60 associations, about 1.3 percent of all cows in the state. California led tests with 59,151 cows. national totals showed 358,501 cows in 881 associations across 46 states, a 12 percent drop from the previous year.
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Ames
Iowa
California
Tall Corn
United States
Middle West
North Central States
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Minnesota
ALL BRAN claimed to relieve seven weeks of constipation
An unsolicited Kellogg advertising letter praises ALL BRAN for relieving constipation with a daily two tablespoonful regimen. It cites Mrs. Louise Johnson of Denver and describes use with meals or in cooking, noting benefits from bulk and vitamin B and advising medical consultation if not relieved. Kellogg details origin in Battle Creek and grocery availability.
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Louise Johnson
Forest Street
Denver
Colorado
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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Eversbady
Kaybee
Sloond Ave
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USL Battery
ASI
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ORIN
16Th Ave
S. 6Th St
Marion Phone
Second Ave
Third St
R. F.C
Pearl
Proctor & Gamble
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Sunkist Oranges
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Amana
Maxwell House
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Young Beef
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