Cattle Marketing Now Shows July Peak for All Sales
The Chicago Producers Cattle Marketing survey of 10,500 feeders indicates July will have the heaviest overall cattle sales, with September dominating fed steers. It projects a 9 percent rise in six month marketings versus last year, notes high prices but fragile demand, and outlines April through September distribution by class and by weight. Five meetings in eastern Iowa will discuss the survey within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Chicago Producers
Iowa
Elvira
Clinton County
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tipton
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Vinton
Benton County
Fence Drift Quip of the Week
A brief quip notes aTheme about charts and forks linking to economics and farming. It presents a witty line comparing charts to an economist and four tined forks to a farmer.
Washington County Farmers Schedule Three Meetings This Week
Special to The Gazette. Washington Three meetings for Washington county farmers are set this week. The Mississippi Valley Farm Business association meets 8 p.m. Tuesday with H B Howell for analysis of 1938 records. Wednesday covers a sheep and wool growers session to plan a lamb grading demonstration and use of the portable dipping tank. Thursday features a 4 H girls leader training school led by Mrs Nelle Thompson of Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington County
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
H. B. Howell
Fieldman
Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers
Nelle Thompson
Ames
Corn stocks rise as farm and market totals surge in April
The weekly grain market review from the federal bureau of agricultural economics shows farm corn stocks on April 1 at 1,204,229,000 bushels, up from a year earlier, with 237,000,000 bushels sealed for government loans. Market stocks are about the same as last year, while disappearance January through March totals about 600,000,000 bushels. Export volume lags. European wheat prices and Argentine corn influence trade. Damaged early plantings in Oklahoma frost, with assorted quotes for corn and wheat at Missouri, Kansas, and Kansas City markets.
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Grain Market Review
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
United States
Liverpool
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Ames 4-H Dairy Club Completes Projects in 1938
2,182 dairy club members finished projects in 1938, a higher completion rate than 1937. John S. Quist, assistant state club leader, announced that 98 of Iowa's 99 counties ran dairy calf projects with 2,515 enrollees and 2,182 completing them.
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Dairy Club
Ames
John S. Quist
Ames Extension Service
Extension Service
County Farm Bureaus
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa
Ames Dairy Husbandry
Dairy calf project boosts values as 4-H renews spring auctions
Iowa 4-H dairy calf program reports growth across first to third year clubs. Members completed work with 1 284 calves across divisions, values rising from 22.20 to 60.91 per head for first year stock and from 60.49 to 81.57 for second year purebreds. Third year saw 356 calves start at 73.35 and end at 78.65. Premiums totaled 15 639. Quist notes profits need careful cost accounting.
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Quist
Iowa
Flagtail Spermophile of Iowa Aims for Insects and Grain
In Muscatine County the thirteen striped flagtail or spermophile thrives in Iowa pastures. Though a seed eater, he consumes many insects and is hunted by predators. he spends five months underground each year, waking in spring with a distinctive whistle.
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Iowa
Muscatine County
Flagtail
Mrs. Flagtail
Linn County AAA Benefit Payments Reach 216860
John E. Dunn, treasurer of the Linn county AAA committee, reported on Monday that 15,051 checks totaling 216,860.84 have been received as benefit payments for 1938 compliance with the program. About 500 checks remain to come for Linn farmers.
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John E. Dunn
Linn County
AAA Committee
Linn
Dunn
Ed Hotle Named to State Planning Committee Seat
Special to The Gazette Washington Ed Hotle president of the Washington county Farm Bureau has been named to represent county agricultural land use committees in the seventh district on the state planning committee.
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Gazette
Washington
Ed Hotle
Washington County Farm Bureau
Winners in F F A Oratory Announced
Twenty eight Iowa farm youths earned top honors from district FFA contests. Public speaking district winners include Manly, Waverly, Odebolt, George, Tipton, Marengo, Montezuma, Shenandoah, Dana and Waukee. Extemporaneous winners include Osage, Jesup, George, Montezuma, College Springs, West Des Moines and Pella. Parliamentary procedure teams from Waverly Sac City College Springs and Marengo pinked district titles. Contests were held April 1 to 15.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Future Farmers of America
Northeast
Jake Basgall
Manly
Harold Lageschulte
Waverly
Howard Samuelson
Odebolt
Raymond Lamiers
George
Lester Dark
Tipton
Don Langlas
Marengo
Rea
Gordon Braley
Montezuma
Bob Whitehill
Shenandoah
Orville Cooper
Corning
Dean Wolf
Dana
College Springs
Carroll Conn
Dalton Sturtridge
West Des Moines
Willis Diamaman
Pella
Lavern Iserman
Louis Ingham
Lester Juhl
Roy Davidson
Wayne Thisking
Duane Wylam
Sac City
Clarence Brown, Jr
Loren Hechtner
Herschel Heath
Raymond Rodgers
Hallett Conger
Kenneth Driftmier
Jerry Harlan
Delmar Harlen
John Burch
Don Barney
Ogden
FFA
Sign Up Before May 1 Or No Corn Loan Says Klein
Des Moines report says applications for 1939 federal corn and wheat loans require written declarations to comply with the 1939 farm program before May 1 1939. O D Klein committee chair notes eligibility hinges on early applications for conservation or price adjustment payments and county farm inspections must be requested before deadline.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
O. D. Klein
Lein
Klein
Entries Flood 1939 Iowa Corn Yield Contest
The Gazette reports 1 214 entries in the 1939 Iowa corn yield test, announced by Joe L. Robinson secretary of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association. This marks a gain of 104 entries from the previous year.
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Beccial
Ames
Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Orchard Demonstration At True Farm Tuesday Near Edgewood
Edgewood area will host an orchard improvement demonstration at the Mabel M. True fruit farm. L. C. Grove of the Ames extension horticulturist will lead the session with Grover Hahn Clayton county agent noting it starts at 10 a.m. and covers grafting spraying pruning and planting techniques.
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Edgewood
L. C. Grove
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Mabel M. True
Grover Hahn
Clayton County
Thornburg Urges Strict Seed Labeling in Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture Mark G. Thornburg orders inspectors to rigorously check all seeds sold in the state for proper labeling. Labels must show purity variety germination weed content and any noxious weed seed. The report mentions Hawkesbury a wilt resistant cantaloupe variety.
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Des Moines
Mark G. Thornburg
Low Farm Prices and AAA Shift Crop Distribution
The report notes lower prices for major crops and AAA rules driving wide changes in farming. Southern states move from cotton and corn to livestock and feed crops, with lespedeza replacing alfalfa in Indiana and flax expanding in the north. Beef and pork production rise, while northern farmers boost flax and truck crops for urban markets. southern garden plots grow for home use. cotton remains key in Georgia as tobacco, corn, and peanuts rise in prominence.
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Chicago
AAA
Deep South
South
Indiana
Alabama Extension Service
North
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
R. A. Wasson
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service Agronomist
Georgia
Alabama
Tri state power coop to fund Genoa Wis steam plant
Three Iowa co-ops join Minnesota and Wisconsin members in the Tri state Power cooperative with a 1 500 000 allotment to build a Genoa Wis steam generating plant and transmission lines. Allamakee Clayton REA Osage Howard County REA receive grants for miles and members served. REA estimates show major savings from wholesale power costs and improved reliability.
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Postville
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tri-state
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Genoa
Wis
LaCrosse
Allamakee-Clayton
Postsville
Cooperative Electric Company of
Osage
Howard County Rea
Cresco
Alla makee-Clayton Co-Op
Howard County Co-Op
Osage Coop
Fayette County
Howard County
Winneshiek
REA
Beekeeping Short Course Planned in Ames May 18 19
Special to The Gazette Ames hosts the annual honey producers short course on May 18 and 19 with George H Rea of Cornell University Ithaca New York as guest speaker He will discuss New York state orchard pollination and the educational program among beekeepers there.
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Ames
George H. Rea
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
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Olin
Jack Clements
Cedar Rapids
Piper
Clements
J. C. Janko Jersey Cattle
Swisher
Goofy
Gerald Hell
Gerald
Williams
State Planning
F. F. A. Oratory
Parliamentarians
True Farm
Thornburg
J. M. Welch
Rigiey
J. C. Landenberger
Optometrist
Third Street
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