Benton County Leads Nation In Early Payment Contracts
Benton county reports 1,300 early payment contracts for corn and hog production, more than any other county in the United States. Contracts will go to Washington for approval, with Benton expecting over 1 million dollars in total payments and about 250.9 million dollars in initial cash releases to producers by May.
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AAA
Vere
United States
Kane Township
Benton County
Herman Pranzenberg
Keystone
Benton
Iowa
Franzenberg
W A. Geiger
Washington
State Board of Review
Des Moines
Geiger
Remedy Promised for Many Sufferers Through Local Ad
An advertisement touts Gry-Cas as a universal cure for dizziness headaches and malaisef claiming hundreds have found relief after other medicines failed. The lengthy copy urges readers to contact pharmacies in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns to obtain the product and restore health.
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al Mans M
Amazne Venetalie
Outlook for Wheat Prices Tied to World Developments
Government analysis says U S wheat prices depend on world markets and crop outcomes. Chicago futures sit about 20 cents above Liverpool with potential declines or gains tied to the 1934 crop and policy, while U S exports may rise despite reduced acreage. Farm stocks April 1 are the lowest since 1928, with total visible supplies at 211.779 million bushels.
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United States
Chicago
Liverpool
Great Britain
Tipton Nurserymen Report 25 Per Cent Increase In Orders
Special to The Garrett Tipton nurserymen report a 25 percent rise in orders this year over last season. Demand spans fruit trees shrubs and perennials for lawns and gardens. Field prep lags. few tractors used. horses in use. cattle seen in paddocks. Limestone demand exceeds supply from Gerber pits. potatoes planted on good soil grow well.
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Garettr Tipton
Tipton
Bowie
Jack Switzich
Gerber
Budgets Proposed For Production Borrowers
Farmers and producers plan production budgets to guide Mid season credit loans. Harald J Kouebs, secretary treasurer of the Bekoder Production Credit, explains borrowers may borrow a set amount and draw money as needed to cover livestock and crop costs. The system aims to prevent over borrowing and ensure funds are available when required.
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FI Kader
Harald J Kouebs
Bekoder Production Credit Associ Wet
Kevo
Hemp Growers Burn Crops Amid Contract Dispute
Mechanicsville reports two hemp growers, Harry Shrope and O P Dill, set forty and twenty six acres on fire respectively after failing to receive payment or a scutcher from the Wood Fiber corporation of Chicago. Five others delivered hemp but await disposition as promoters from Algona arrange a partial purchase and delivery within 225 miles. The company cites contract terms and permit issues as the dispute unfolds.
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Mechanicsville
Wood Fiber Corporation of
Chicago
Harry Shrope
O P Dill
Fiber Corporation
Algona
Acme
Val DeWald
Des Moines
Waterloo
Moline
Elmore
Minn
Iowa
Poultrymen Report Eggs 4 1 2c Higher Than A Year Ago
Ames March report of the Ames extension service shows a slight March decline in production from the prior two years. With 42 flocks and 11,505 birds, average flock size was 274, producing 14.5 eggs per bird. Market egg price averaged 14.1 cents per dozen, up from 9.6 last year, boosting market receipts to 1169.33 dollars and total receipts to 2340.19 dollars for March. Expenses rose to 1.48 dollars per hen, while gross profit per hen edged to 0.32 dollars. Top ten high producers averaged 249 birds per flock and 103 eggs per hen with a 0.02 dollar gross margin per hen.
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Spreial
AMES
Ames Extension Service
Mocs
Cedar county farmers eyed for $1.15 million bonus total
The Gazette Tipton reports expected one year payments in Cedar county exceed 850000 for hot reductions and over 300000 for corn, totaling 1150000. In Decorah Winneshiek county corn crop to date funds reach 3327885 with 1920 bushels sealed last week by 121 farmers.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Cinatte Decorah Winneshick County
Mid- Inc
La Porte Cannery to Pack Asparagus This Spring
La Porte City reports its canning plant will pack fifty eight acres of asparagus this spring under Superintendent Leo Lutz. About twenty five workers will operate inside plus twenty for cutting, with growers Beinfang Bowns and Nies contributing acres. After asparagus, the factory will can tomatoes. a total of 225 acres have been contracted.
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LA Porte City
Canning Company
Leo Lutz
E. C. Beinfang
Grundy Center
Glen Bow
Awards Presented 4-H Club Members At Iowa County Fete
About 300 club members and parents attended the Iowa county 4 H club spring party in Williamsburg. Regina Steele presented the awards to 4 H clubs of Iowa county and many members received medals and certificates for achievements in livestock, clothing judging, demos, dairy work, beef feeding, and memory book projects.
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Williamsburg
Iowa County
Regina Steele
Marengo Township
Pauline Rathjen
Mildred Peters
Mildred Maisbach
Marjory Langlas
Sumner Township
R. W Ashby
Troy Goal Getters
Washington Press-On
Jolly Sunbeams
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ames Extension Service
Sumner
Chicago Producers Commission
Arnold Trimpe
Iowa Township
Everett Dillon
Dayton
Gwendolyn Sherman
Honey Creek
Iowan County Farm Bureau
Mae Misel
Ella Mise
Vesta Schumacher
Mildred Misbach
Albert Wallace Arthur Wallace
Alan Schafbach
Melvin Shaull
James Paul Talbot
Marlo Matthes
Esther Heitshusen
Charles Hoffmaster
Norma Helgeson
Rains Cut Potato Stand In Virginia And South Carolina
The Gazette reports poor growing conditions in North Carolina and southern Virginia reduce the intermediate potato crop despite a 25 percent acreage rise over last year. Heavy rains after planting have hurt stands, possibly lowering overall production versus 1933, affecting early Midwest markets where East Coast tubers compete with Western supplies. The same issue notes an upcoming Philadelphia exchange trial for canned foods including tomatoes corn peas and snap beans, trading in 1000 case lots of twenty four No 2 cans.
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Gazette
New York City
North Carolina
Virginia
Middle West
Philadelphia
Terminal Co-ops Cut Livestock Commission Rates
Shippers to the Chicago market will pay about 25 percent more in commissions opting for old line firms than for two terminal cooperatives. The Farmers Union and The Producers have cut commissions 20 to 30 percent effective now, while old line firms face a temporary injunction delaying new rates. A hog carload selling fee drops from 13 to 15 dollars under old rates to 11 to 12 dollars with the cooperatives.
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Chicago
Chicago Producers
Farmers Union
Wallace
Producers
Farm Bureau
300 Chicks Die In Brooder Fire Near Vinton
Fire at Leslie Shaw farm southwestern of Vinton destroys a brooder house and about 300 baby chicks. High winds threaten adjacent buildings as Vinton firefighters battle the blaze around midnight. No insurance coverage reported. loss only a few hundred dollars.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Leslie Shaw
Clarence Foster
Riverside Park
500 Corn Hog Record Books Issued In Cedar
More than 500 corn hog contract signers attended three farm record meetings in Clarence Cedar Bluffs and Bennett last Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. They received record books to keep farm records to comply with corn hog contracts. County Agent Emmett C Gardner and James Reeve, county chairman of the cornhog control association, reported on Cedar county progress.
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Tipton
Clarence Cedar Bluffs
Bennett
Emmett C Gardner James Reeve
Cornhog Control Association
Cedar County
Whittier Hopes Rain For Crops And Homes
Farmers gardeners and housekeepers in Whittier urge rain to save oats sprouting in dry soil and to ease garden work as wind and dust hinder. Home use also depends on rain since cisterns and some wells are dry.
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Gazette
Whittier
Refinanced Farm Mortgages In Four States Reach 112 302 809
News from Washington reports that farm mortgage loans in Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming were refinanced to 112 302 809 dollars in the ten months ending March 31 1934 through the Omaha Federal Land Bank and the land bank commissioner. Total loans during the period were 122 507 600 with distributions to creditors including commercial banks and insurers and 41 2 percent to other holders.
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Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
National Farm Loan Associations
Demonstration trees set out in Cedar County
Ames extension forester G R Ramsey led the wind break demonstration at the Carl Mitzner farm west of Tipton. One hundred forty trees from Iowa State College at Ames were planted by Mr Mitzner to establish the wind break.
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Tipton
G. R. Ramsey
Ames
Carl Mitzner
Iowa State College
Mitzner
Washington county debt conciliation committee hears five cases
The Washington county farm debt conciliation committee chaired by William Griffin of Riverside and including Hilton Rabenold Ainsworth A. J. Johnson T. A. Michels and Lewis H. Rinner heard five cases last week. Hearings were private and involved both creditors and debtors.
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Washington
Washington County Farm Debt Conciliation Committee
William Griffin
Riverside
Hilton Rabenold
Ainsworth
A. J. Johnson
Brighton
T. A. Michels
Lewis H. Rinner
Noble
March farm income totals 417 million dollars
Farmers earned 417 million dollars in March. Of this, 408 million came from selling farm products and 9 million from AAA rental and benefits. First quarter income reached 1.312 billion with 97 million from AAA.
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AAA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Bureau
The
Postville Butter Tops Sectional Contest With 94 Score
At a Sec tion No 1 Iowa Buttermak ers meeting in Littleport four teen samples were judged Ed Riser of Postville won with a 94 per cent score Fred Gernand of Volga City received a complimentary 94 per cent from fellow judges Mrs Vern Schultz of McGregor won the ladies contest C H Kolsrud of Manchester led the men with 21 points off a lively meeting followed by supper for about eighty attendees
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Littleport
Iowa Buttermakers Association
Ed Riser
Postville
Fred Gernand
Volga City
Vern Schultz
McGregor
C. H. Kolsrud
Manchester
Linn Test Assn No 2 Averages 29.6 Butterfat In April
The Linn Test Association No. 2 reports 405 cows, 49 dry, averaging 622 pounds of milk and 29.6 pounds of butterfat in April. Huston and McKinnon of Cedar Rapids led with nine cows at 849 pounds milk and 41.8 butterfat. E. C. Forest of Mount Vernon ranked second with 18 animals at 1,148 pounds milk and 41.7 butterfat. High cow owner Robert Gensicke produced 76.5 pounds butterfat. second high was in the Forest herd with 73.2 pounds.
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Linn Test Association
Huston and McKinnon
Cedar Rapids
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
Robert Gensicke
the &. Co
Very Dry Winter Restores Plowed Cobs in North English
North English reports an extremely dry winter with last heavy rain May 19 of the prior year. Only a trace fell in April, nearly an inch fell March 31, and creeks run low. Corn cobs plowed under about a year ago now reappear dry enough to make cob pipes. Cows are turned on rye and bluegrass pastures due to hay shortages and high prices.
Maynard Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Maynard Co operative Creamery patrons received twenty seven cents a pound for March butterfat. Approximately sixty percent of patrons sold all or part of their skim milk. Skim milk brought a total of three hundred seventy three dollars to patrons in March.
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Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
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