Railways extend livestock pickup to farms around Manchester area
The Illinois Central and Great Western extended farm pickup service to livestock within ten miles of Manchester with plans by North Western and Milwaukee lines for May 6 and May 11. The program, funded by shipping costs from farm to stockyards, shows 17.3 percent more carloads and 33.5 percent more decks from Dec 20 to Apr 6 versus last year, with 28.1 percent more gross revenue and 5.3 percent higher net revenue.
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Great Western
North Western
The
Milwaukee
Illinois Central
Manchester
Chicago
Oneida
Iowa
Central
Paralta
Greeley
Calmar
Rock Island
F. S. Brooks
General Livestock
Burlington
Santa Fe
Waterloo
M. J. Flicker
Flicker
Oats Up In South Iowa County and Spring Farm Updates
In North English area oats are emerging as farmers plant more this spring. Strawberry beds are being set out by more growers than in years past. Mrs. Joe King near North English reports 500 five week old chicks and 24 of 120 goslings hatched on her farm.
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Joe King
Watkins
Vinton
Poland
John Deere
Buick
Joseph Becker & Son
Joseph H
Tony Schmidt
A. J. Schmuecker
Edgewood Farmers Hold Potatoes Amid Surplus
Edgewood area farmers still carry a large potato stock with prices from forty cents a bushel to seventy five cents per hundred pounds. E J Thurn, five miles north of Edgewood, prefers using surplus potatoes for hog feed but is limited by his corn hog allotment restricting the number of pigs he can raise.
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Edgewood
E. J. Thurn
Series of cattle powwows scheduled in Iowa
Howard Thompson announced a 35 meeting tour in Iowa for beef producers to unveil a Chicago Producers Commission survey of cattle on feed as of April 1. The study covers 5335 carloads with regional declines and marketing intentions through September, starting April 22 at Mount Pleasant.
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Howard Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Cedar
Johnson
Towa
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Fayette
Clayton
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Thompson
Mount Pleasant
Mr. Thompson
Rex Beresford
Ames
Farmer uses barn interior to cut building costs
MECHANICSVILLE—Alvin G. Davidson farm builds a 40 by 64 foot barn near Mechanicsville with hollow tile foundation and redwood upper structure. Interior layout saves time and labor with a cross hay chute, twelve dairy cows, six horses, stock cattle, a 2000 bushel granary, and a milk separator room. Davidson farms 200 acres with no extra help.
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Mechanicsville
Alvin G. Davidson
David
Davidson
Farmer Frosty Tenley Snares Coons and Foxes in Moonlit Hunts
Stanwood on farms and timber lore features Forrest Frosty Tenley a 30 year old coon and fox hunter. He farms 80 acres with relatives on 160 adjoining, trails foxes across snow and corn seasons, and once followed a fox twenty five miles near Ward before catching it west of Tipton.
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Gazette
Stanwood
Forrest “Frosty” Tenley
Tenley
Red Oak Grove
Ward
Tipton
Mr. Tenley
Farm wages at 94 percent of prewar level in April
The federal bureau reports farm wages on April 1 at 94 percent of prewar, the highest for that date since 1932, with an average daily wage of 1.34 dollars and a wide regional spread from 70 cents to 2.55. Demand remains weak while supply shortfalls push up rates, as farmers economize due to labor shortages.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Bureau
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Schedule Highlights
Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists Monday plow adjustment and field demonstrations at Pete Bremer Jr. farm and H A W Koch farm at 9:30 and 1:30 pm plus achievement day at Mrs P H Karch farm home. Monroec Township meeting at Toddville High School in the evening. Tuesday events include plow adjustments at Roscoe Blinks and J Earl Smith farms with an evening Washington township meeting at C H Paul farm. Friday features county home project achievement day at the Presbyterian church in Marion at 10 am.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Pete Bremer, Jr
H. A. W. Koch
Maine
P. H. Karch
Monroe Township
Toddville
Roscoe Blinks
J Earl Smith
Washington Township Farm Bureau
C. H. Paul
Presbyterian Church
Marion
Shucks Let’s Talk It Over Easter Health Message
Easter season brings hopeful imagery and calls for daily milk and dairy consumption. The piece notes low wages in the Philippines where oil is produced and urges Iowa families to eat dairy for vitamins minerals and fats.
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Philippines
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industry War on Butter Substitutes
W. M. Reed urges Iowa patrons to favor dairy products over oleomargarine citing dairy as a major employer and source of wealth. He notes rising oleomargarine sales, imports, and the absence of local manufacturing, arguing for supporting home dairy labor and economics.
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Iowa
W. M. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Judges Chosen for Clinton County Farm Festival Show
Clinton County agent M D Lacy announces the second annual farm festival and club show set for August 7 to 9 with judges named for each class. Carl Oldsen of Iowa Beef Producers judges baby beef and pure bred heifers, Floyd Johnston of Ames judges dairy calves, P S Shearer of Ames judges pig colt and sheep, and Mrs Sarah Porter Ellis judges 4 H club exhibits and women displays.
When and Where Linn Farmers May Obtain Their Checks
Linn County distribution of third payment corn hog checks totals 177703.09 with 200 more awaiting. Distribution runs 8 am to 5 pm at listed township halls and federal buildings in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns through April 29. County Agent George E. Dillon notes headquarters at Cedar Rapids received 35746.53 since Friday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
George E. Dillon
The
Control Association
Central City
Jackson
Boulder
Buffalo
Maine
Fairfax
College and Putnam
Federal Building
Clinton
Fayette
Monroe
Otter Creek
Grant
Washington
Spring Grove
City Hall
Center Point
Bertram
Linn
Franklin
Mount Vernon
Brown
Marion
Legion Hall
Bees Move From Alabama to Iowa Hives With Wire Netting
West Union report describes a shipment of six Italian bee colonies from Alabama to Schatz and Son apiaries. Each hive housed about 10 000 bees and was delivered in wire netting enclosures. Several bees clung to the netting during transport despite handling and feeding through the mesh by hive bees.
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the Gazette
West Union
Alabama
George P. Schatz
Steers and Cattle Sales Report From Stanwood-W A Tenley
Stanwood W A Tenley and Son sold Hereford steers averaging 1 050 pounds at 12 00 per cwt in Chicago and mixed Angus yearlings. Ten steers averaging 1 110 pounds brought 12 50 per cwt. Nine heifers averaging 825 pounds sold at 11 25 per cwt. Steers on feed 135 days.
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Gazette
Stanwood
W. A. Tenley and Son
Chicago
Speculators Rule Market on Butter
The article discusses how butter prices are driven by market maneuvers rather than supply and demand. It notes longs and shorts squeezing each other, storeage holders boosting foreign butter to unload domestic stocks, and bearish storeage tactics as imports rise. It cites 31 to 32 cents a pound for imported butter and current New York import totals, including two carloads of Canadian butter.
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New York
AAA
New Zealand
Holland
Denmark
Gaezette
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Fox
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Frosty” Tenley
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