First corn hog bonus checks sent to Marion county farmers
The first U S corn and hog bonus payment totaling 35585 20 was delivered by mail and by truck to Marion county farmers including Harry Town of Knoxville Des Moines sent 269 early payment checks for 188 contracts while 6950 was paid to C C Converse and Rat Over. About 13625 20 went to corn and 21760 to hog reductions. More payments are expected as contracts are reviewed and approved by the agricultural adjustment administration officials.
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Noxville
United States
Harry Town
Marion County
Knoxville
Des Moines
R. M. Evans
State Corn and
Evans
Fae Veen Ee Alin
Narion County
Washington
A. Black
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Iowa
de Daca County
New Mexico
Scott County
Scrapie Pheyremstract
Rh 5
Ae Bee
Middlewestern
Gaetta
Toledo de Tama County
Pavia
State Board of Review
Cattle Sale Shipped by Seven Carloads at Iowa City
Seven carloads of cattle were sold in an Iowa City consignment auction. Prices ranged from about 22 to 450 dollars for various lots. Auctioneer notes heavy demand and strong bids, with some bidders traveling long distances.
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Towa
Garvette
Towa City
Ciere Ravan
Owners Have Better Homes Than Tenants In Iowa Farms
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa farm owners show higher housing quality than tenants in a CWA rural housing survey across ten counties. Among 8 298 owners and 10 491 non owners, owner homes more often have piped water hot and cold baths and indoor plumbing. Tenants rely more on well water and have fewer improvements like furnaces and better exterior repairs.
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Ames
CWA
Iowa
Margaret Reid
Department of Economics
Iowa State College
Desac O
Bureau of Home Economics
United States
Detacement of Agriculture
Ames Extension Service
Division of Home Economics
Benton Davis
Fayette Madison Mitchell Scott Sheller
Sioux Storv and
Webster
Iowa Holds Vast Corn Stocks in Government Loans
A Chicago dispatch reports the U S Department of Agriculture found about one fourth of the nation's corn in Iowa on April 1 with 203 000 000 bushels on Iowa farms and 124 000 000 under seal for government loans. The total U S stocks were 834 337 000 bushels, with Illinois next largest. Market trends through August may affect how much corn is released.
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Iowa
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Ajedoa
Ilinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Colorado
Illinois
Randalia Wins Grain Judging Meet in Fayette
Randalia edged Fayette team to win the grain judging meet at Fayette this week. Team members included Paul Harrison James Hampton and Frank Hoebie. Judges noted Beales Turh and Inman among the officials as the county event judged crops and quality.
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Randalia
Fayette
Amtaua Fayette
Ryoonpee Deane da
Omembers
Paul Warrison
James Ham'ton
Hoebie
Mme‘sin’ Hartman Lawrence Turh
Lawrence Inman
Ham Booth Reports Keen Demand For Horses
Horse market notes indicate strong buyer interest and high prices as buyers seek quality stock. Dealers from Marion and nearby areas report steady demand for sound mares and fine geldings, with prices trending up on desirable breeds and conditions.
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Ham” Booth
4-H beef calves fed in Iowa totals 4584 head
Oldsen reports 4584 baby beef calves on feed across 92 counties in Iowa and 466 purebred beef heifers in 55 counties. The summary lists county totals for both categories, including Benton 61 and 6 and Keokuk 93 and 7, with other counties showing varied counts.
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Oldsen
Ames
Carl A Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa
Clayton
Black Mask Vo
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Tama
Benton
Tina
Jones
Tackson
Poweshiek
Town
Johnson
Cevnar
Clinton
Afasentine
AR Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Mean Thief Strikes Homestead Farm at Manchester
John River 18 a son of Charlies L River loses 50 of 150 prized chickens from a pen as he helps on the farm after his father's death from a heart attack. The theft cuts a major livelihood source while he balances Lenox College studies and farm duties.
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Manchester
Charlies
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Orprenton
Rivers Flack
Calf in Stewart herd backed by high production records
Maynard Iowa report highlights a Holstein heifer calf and dam with top production lineage. The dam Miss Fabes Pauline Sunbeam holds Iowa and national junior and three year old butterfat records, while sire De Cremco Calamity Posch links to a cow with 1300 pounds butter. Pauline produced 783 pounds fat as junior two, 993 pounds as three, and tests near 4 percent. The calf is to be tested again after freshening. Maytag sire All-American junior yearling brings $16000 sale history.
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Iowa
Paul Stewart
Miss Fabes
Pauline Sunbeam
Stewart
United States
Newton
Pauline
Maytag
Heifer
Detroit Creamery Company
Advance In Lamb And Beef Seen As Hope For Hog Prices
Hog prices remain weak with receipts up 16 percent and poor consumer demand. optimism centers on rising lamb and beef prices lifting overall market despite tax and high corn prices. best dressed hogs sell 330 to 365 dollars in interior yards with heavier weights 315 to 355 dollars. packing sows 270 to 300 dollars, extreme weights 250 dollars.
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Des Moines
A Good Fish Story from Whittier
Special to The Gazette reports a gold fish owned by William Bedell north of Whittier survived a bonfire. He carried water to extinguish embers one evening and the next morning found the fish near the dead fire unharmed and returned to its tank, swimming normally.
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Gazette
Whittier
William Bedell
Iowans Show Rising Interest In Homestead Projects
Paul C. Taft of Iowa State College reports growing demand for subsistence homesteads with applications from Marshalltown Cedar Rapids and eight other cities. Granger hosts Iowa’s only homestead trial 225 acres as survey work proceeds aided by ISU landscape architecture and architectural engineering teams.
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Ames
Paul C. Taft
Iowa State College
Taft
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Clinton
Muscatine
Oelwein
Sioux City
Des Moines
Iowa
Taff
Granger
CWA
Iowa State
Department of Interior
Department of Architectural Engineering
Timothy plowed up near Millersburg after winter kill
New seeding of timothy from last fall had to be plowed up on farms around Millersburg due to poor stand from winter kill. Soybeans are replacing the crop. Oats winter wheat and early gardens are coming up despite continued dry weather. Rhubarb is through the ground but growing slowly. trees and fruit trees are slow to leaf out.
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Millersburg
Winds Damaged Up To Ten Percent Of Iowa Spring Grain
Des Moines AP wind and dust storms damaged up to about 10 percent of spring seeded grain in northern and western Iowa. Much grain blown onto roads or pastures or covered with foreign soil. Weather Bureau chief Charles D Reed said no acreage survey exists but estimated the impact. Replanting oats remains possible though late. barley fields may still be reseeded.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Charles
D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
Reed
Tractor Accident Leaves Man With Leg Fracture
Lew Leibsch suffered a broken leg while plowing on the Whit Hawley farm when his foot became caught between tractor levers on Thursday. An X ray at Vinton confirmed the fracture and his leg was placed in a cast before returning to his daughter Mrs. Whit Hawley for care.
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Porbana Lew Leibsch
Whit Hawley
Vinton
Little Pigs Change The Tune To Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Belle Plaine reports seven piglets fled the kitchen when a fire alarm rang at Floyd Lawrence home. The animals squealed and escaped with minor property damage from lost piglets.
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Belle Plaine
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
Floyd Lawrence
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