Iowa Cattle On Feed Up 12 Percent From Last Year
United States Department of Agriculture figures show Iowa has 12 percent more cattle on feed than a year ago as the corn belt overall posts a 10 percent rise. Wisconsin and Kansas report declines, and market activity is expected heavy from August 1 to October 1 with shipper movement and storage changes noted.
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Iowa
Nion Stockyards
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Kansas
Pork and meat stocks fall from year to year in March report
A government stock report shows April 1 pork in U S packing plants and storage at 610 138 000 pounds, 23 percent below last year and 29 percent under the five year average. Lard holdings drop 41 percent year over year to 61 713 000 pounds while beef frozen and related products stand at 33 702 000 pounds, about half the five year average. Decreases extend to frozen poultry dairy products and eggs compared with a year earlier and averages.
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Ovis
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Ground begins to work fairly well in Iowa farms
Des Moines and outlying towns report ground starting to loosen as damp conditions persist. Farmers push seeding and sod disintegration with oats and alfalfa amid forecasts of frost and rain, noting germination above ninety five percent and a generally favorable spring in sections like Morley Tipton Clarence and Walford.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D Reed
Reed
Burlington
Clarinda
Inwood
Albia
Morley
Charles Seeger
J J. Merritt
Wills Boots
Carl Tjaden
Brokaw and Sons
T. L. Miler
Fred Kaufman
Gazette
Tipton
Clarence
Walford
Anamosa Cow Test Association March Milk and Butterfat Averages
Anamosa Cow Test Association reports March yields with 762 pounds of milk and 27.2 pounds of butterfat per cow. J E Johnson's high herd of 15 Holsteins averaged 373 pounds of butterfat. The Mens Reformatory herd averaged 357 pounds of butterfat. Several herds exceeded 400 pounds of butterfat per cow. Local breeders and firms listed include Prentice and Streeter, W Finn and Son, and JOM Beer.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Cow Test Association
J . E Johnson
Mens
Secorg
Beta
Prentice
Streecer
Finn and Son
JOM Beer
Mohot
Horses at Auction at Monticello Auction Notice
Coers Tier offers a large batch of Nebraska horses at head Fuer farm one mile north of Monticello. About 500 horses, all broken and gentle, ready for work or riding. Auction to be held in Monticello in the near future, with teams and drivers among the lot.
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Coers Tier
Aed
Nebraska
Head Fuer Farm
Der
Monticello
Tracver
Gants
Million And Half Cases Of Eggs Are Stored In March
Chicago AP reports March storage moved 1,658,000 cases, a record-like figure only exceeded twice in five years. Total eggs in storage on April 1 reached 1,821,000 cases, with butter at 9.252 million pounds and frozen totals for eggs cheese poultry also down year over year.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Economist Finds Back-To-The-Land Movement Slackened
The back to the land trend is easing says T B Manny of the bureau of agricultural economics. City unemployment and relief efforts in urban areas slow farm settlement while suburban garden projects and limited farm availability deter movement. Fewer young adults leave cities as families return and older savers grow smaller farms, reducing demand for labor on rural homesteads.
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Goezette
Washington, DC
T B Manny
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Manny
Linn Farm Women Exhibit At Marion
Five Linn County townships earned summa cum laude at the Farm Bureau Achievement Day in Marion with 275 attendees at the Presbyterian church. Exhibits from Maine Brown North Marion Washington and Bertram scored 100 percent, while several other townships showcased clothing projects and dress clinics.
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Mary Brickley
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Presbyterian Church
Marion
Maine
Brown
North Marion
Washington
Bertram
Jackson
South Marion
Spring Grove
College
Franklin
Linn
N. May Larson
The
Ames Extension Service
C. C. Post
A. W. McArthur
Maine Township
Faye French
Lester Falcon
Grace Wright
Franklin Township
Farm Folklore Emphasizes Families In Agriculture
City folk gain dawning understanding as rural families are praised as agriculture’s main asset. Mrs. Richardson cites Roosevelt’s Albany interview and notes enduring farm vitality despite opposing forces. Training day features agent talks, chorus, and diplomas for five scattered training schools and cooperators.
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United States
Richardson
Roosevelt
Albany
Stella Forrest
George E. Dillon
Gladys Adams
Clare Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Sows Bring Fifteen Dollars Top At Lisbon Market Auction
Lisbon market sale at the Meyer barn saw sows bid up to 14 dollars per head and feeder shoats 450 to 5 dollars. Winterings brought 375 dollars, cows 30 dollars, Hereford calves 450 per hundredweight, burr oak posts 19 to 12 and a half cents each, and home grown potatoes 45 to 55 cents a bushel. Attendance was light due to field work. W F E Chaths of Lisbon served as auctioneer.
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Lisbon
Meyer
Popcorn Supplies Reported Ample for Current and Next Year
Washington reports pop corn supplies are more than ample to meet demand for this year and next, with growers holding substantially larger stocks than normal. Packers and dealers show near to below normal stocks, while production rose in Kansas and other states offset declines in Iowa and Nebraska. Demand and prices fell as general business conditions worsened and yearly sales declined from 1930 and 1929 levels.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Manchester Co operative creamery ships butter to eastern markets
The Manchester Co operative creamery reported shipping 40 000 pounds of butter in the last three weeks to eastern markets with a premium of one fourth cent over New York extras. Saturday shipments included 2764 pound tubs, 205 tubs on April 1, and 200 on March 25 totaling 38 168 pounds.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Manchester Co-operative Creamery
New York
Consignment Sale at Animosa Fair Grounds on Apr 15
Auction includes fifteen head of stock horses two registered Percheron stallions mares and geldings with weights listed plus ten cattle head including yearlings fat cows calves at side two Shorthorn bulls one Chester White and one Duroc boar a truck of feeders 2000 feet of lumber 2600 lbs seed potatoes and farm machinery Beebe auctioneer D L Brickley manager
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D. L. Brickley
Benton Folk Honor Agents and 4-Hers in County Event
Benton county farm folk honored two agents and seven 4-H club members at a party and send-off for retiring agent W J Norris who will move to Atlantic. New agent W A Geiger of Brooklyn will succeed Norris May 1. Honorees include Opal Hagen Dorothy Plagmann Lois Ruth McGranahan Allan Schroeder James Mowbray Harold Wallace and Robert Van Nice.
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The
Gazette
van Horne
Benton County
W. A. Geiger
Brooklyn
W. J. Norris
Vinton
Norris
Atlantic
Opal Hagen
Dorothy Plagmann
Blairstown
Lois Ruth McGranahan
Shellsburg
Allan Schroeder
Belle Plaine
James Mowbray
Garrison
Harold Wallace
Robert van Nice
Miss Hagen
Plagmann
McGranahan
LeRoy Luckles
Henry Grunewald
Schroeder
Mowbray
Wallace
van Nice
Legislation Talks Planned in Iowa County April Meetings
County Agent D. H. Zentmire will hold a series of meetings in Iowa county in late April to discuss changes in agricultural laws enacted by the Iowa General Assembly and the national Congress. The sessions aim to review potential effects on farmers and crop practices.
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Marengo
Iowa County
D. H. Zentmire
Iowa General Assembly
National Congress
Logarithms and hogs stir senate over farm bill
Washington witnesses a lively debate as the farm bill’s domestic allotment is explained with a logarithmic equation. Senators brand it mathematics and necromancy while questioning if the topic remains hogs and prices.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Mordecai Ezekiel
Brain Trust
Mordecai
Wheeler
Long
Vandenburg
Rep
Mich
Corn husking at T. L. Goeldner farm underway
Workers on the T. L. Goeldner cattle farm husked fifteen acres of fodder this week. A number of men were employed to complete the task near Webster.
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T. L. Goeldner
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