Missouri River Hog Market Strength Driven by West Coast Demand
Hog prices on the Missouri River strengthened as west coast buyers bid into Omaha, with top quotes near 9 dollars and 8.90 at Omaha for heavy hogs. Chicago and Indianapolis showed weaker or steady tones, while interior Iowa saw small declines. Government pork purchases did not yet lift wholesale pork prices as hoped.
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Omaha
Chicago
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Missouri River
Iowa
Mississippi River
Los Angeles
Leon Henderson
Defense Commodity Price Control
National Defense Park
Woodchuck Found With Tin Can On Head In Wheatland
Emil Kelting, a farmer south of Wheatland, spotted a woodchuck wearing a shiny tin can on its head while checking alfalfa. He punched a hole for air, brought the animal to Wheatland, removed the can, and released the woodchuck.
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The
Gazette
Wheatland
Emil Kelting
Freak chick hatched at Ettledorf hatchery
A freak Ossian A chick hatched recently at the Ettledorf hatchery. It has four legs and walks with ease and is healthy and normal in other respects.
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Ossian
Ettledorf
FENCE DRIFT Demonstration Sparks Pig Farm Precepts
Epworth pork producer Frank Edwards demonstrated one of his Precepts for profitable pigs by kicking litter and scratching a match on the hog house floor. He emphasized keeping pigs dry as a key rule.
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Frank Edwards
Epworth
Buchanan To Have Corn Test Plot For District 6
INDEPENDENCE The state corn yield test plot for District 6 will be in Buchanan county this year announced by county agent Dale Irwin. Site not yet chosen. The plot will cover 8 to 12 acres of uniform land with seed, planting, and harvesting labor supplied. The local farmer will mark, cultivate, provide a team and wagon to haul corn at harvest.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Cedar Rapids sidewalk project links to long street list
City Council adopts Resolution No 1894 prescribing permanent sidewalks along numerous described properties in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa under Ordinance 1966 and 1949 code. Public notice via Cedar Rapids Gazette urges owners to obtain permits before May 12 1941 or have sidewalk built and assessed to their property.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
City of
Linn County
S.W
Jet
Ellis Boulevard
16Th Avenue
3Rd Avenue
Browns Ist
3Rd Avenue S.W
Ard Avenue
G Avenue
Browns
6Th Street
Deans
A Avenue
Dean's
Avenue
13Th Street
Ist Avenue
Deans Srd
12Th Street
Burch Avenue
Hinkley Place
Burch Avenue NW
Puenmiere
Hinkle Ace A
Hinkey Place
Brel Avenue
Hinke Rce
Burch
Burch Avenue N.W
N.W
Nkley Place
Puna N.W
Anne Aheeet
Aia Enue
Aia Enue S.W
Ua Eree O.W
1St Street
Originalngston
Kineston
GOW
Reina Ngston
Rigina Neston
Kingston
Reina Neston
M. Mays
May
Covells
Mays
S.lw
2Nd Street
Youngs
16Th Avenue S.W
Cedar Rapds
K. Hahn
Orchard Demonstrations Led by Ames Expert in Benton County
FIFTY THREE farmers attended four orchard demonstrations in Benton county on Thursday. S. W. Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist led the sessions on hibernal hardy stock planting and pruning. He plans to return next year to show budding of future fruit varieties. Demonstrations were held in the orchards of Fred Hensing John Strawn Everett Wayman and Harold Melhaus. On Friday Edgecombe spoke in Linn county for similar demonstrations.
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Vinton
Benton County
Don Groves
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Edgecombe
Mr. Groves
Fred Hensing
John Strawn
Garrison
Everett Wayman
Dysart
Harold Melhaus
Professor Edgecombe
Linn County
Garnavillo Butter Wins Section One Scoring Contest
In Luana Alvin Thore, son of Garnaville, topped the Iowa Creamery Operators Association Section One educational butter scoring with 93.14. Francis Giblin Ossian and Chris Fischer Tripoli tied for second at 93. Elwin Drahn Monona earned third with 92.1. Women’s judging was won by Mrs Louis Lehman Elgin. Gordon Junker Clermont won the men’s. Section One buttermakers meet at Postville on June 5.
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Luana
Alvin Thoreson
Garnaville
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Butler
Francis Giblin
Ossian
Chris Fischer
Tripoli
Elwin Drahn
Monona
Louis Lehman
Elgin
Gordon Junker
Clermont
Buttermakers
Postville
Pigs Average 44.5 Pounds At 59 Days
Inside Epworth hog house Frank Edwards hosts a weighing day with E L Quaife of Ames and Iowa State experts. Three litters farrowed Feb 23 24 25 yield an average 44.58 pounds at 59 days. Edwards plans to weigh about 2000 pigs this spring as field work continues.
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E L Quaife
Ames
Towa
Professor Quaife
Professor Qualle
Iowa
Frank Edwards
Epworth
Edwards
Ed Hemmer
New Con Test Association Formed In Johnson County
Eldon C. Stussman of Iowa City elected president of Johnson county No. 2 dairy herd improvement association during a Sharon Center meeting. Limited 26 members. Eli L. Miller of Kalona is vice president and Harlan A. Stubbs of Riverside secretary treasurer. Directors Will Brenneman and Ralph Troyer, both Kalona, chosen. Plan to hire a tester and begin testing May 1. West Branch dairy group marks 21st anniversary with John Offringa reemployed as tester. C Earl Smith and Ivan N Gates of West Liberty reelected president and secretary-treasurer respectively. John Coxon of West Branch named vice president. Ralph Branson and Ellis Taylor named directors. Seventeen eastern Iowa associations attend Cedar Rapids spring tester conference.
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Iowa City
Eldon C. Stussman
Johnson County No. 2
Sharon Center
Eli L. Miller
Kalona
Harlan A. Stubbs
Riverside
Will Brenneman
Ralph Troyer
West Branch
John Offringa
United States
Holland
West Branch Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Offringa
C. Earl Smith
West Liberty
Ivan N. Gates
John Coxon
Ralph Branson
Ellis Taylor
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Johnston
Arthur Porter
Ames Dairy
Extension group discusses summer dairy herd management meeting report
Extension division members reviewed summer management for dairy cattle and outlined future association activities. A B Nystrom from Washington DC bureau of dairy industry shared results of the national ear tagging program. Associations represented include Dubuque Greeley South Delaware South Jones Linn No 1 No 2 No 3 Benton No 1 No 2 Iowa Johnson West Branch Scott Washington Henry Lee Des Moines and First Bi monthly (FSA).
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Nystrom
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Dubuque
Greeley
South Delaware
South Jones
Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson
West Branch
Scott
Washington
Henry
Lee- Des Moines
Patriotic Porker To Strut Its Stuff At Veishea
Iowa State College hosts its twentieth Veishea May 8 10 featuring a patriotic porker and a herd of purple pigs in the open house display of the animal husbandry department. The event includes a model farm milk processing exhibits judging team trophies and greenhouse displays. Open houses run Friday May 9 with various demonstrations and student projects showcased.
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Gazette Ames
Iowa State College
Animal Husbandry Department
Agricultural Division
General Agriculture
Iowa State
March Chicks Hit New High in Hatchery Output
March hatchery production reached 193,428,000 chicks, an 18 percent rise from last year and 6 percent above the previous March record. The report notes gains across regions and a shift toward heavy breeds, with record early-April egg set and strong poultry demand boosting storage reductions and prices.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
United States
Soul Conservation. Progression of spring in the country
A country woman notes spring chores and the scent of onions and rhubarb as she tends the garden. She imagines that after the first thaw, anything can happen in homestead life.
National Polled Shorthorn Show To Feature 80 Head
Plans near completion for the first National Polled Shorthorn congress at the Iowa state fairgrounds on May 20 with 80 head including 30 bulls and 50 females from eight states. Judges and consignors vie for engraved trophies and $500 in prizes. banquet May 20 features Dean H H Kildee as speaker.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Krahn
Fire Sweeps Montezuma Farm House Killing 175 Chicks
A fire at the John Blakenship farm seven miles southeast of Montezuma destroyed the brooder house and killed 175 chicks. Firefighters arrived but the blaze was too developed to save the building.
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Montezuma
John Blakenship Farm
Official of Farm Guild Warns of Grief After War Ends
E. K. Kennedy vice president of the National Farmers Guild told the House agriculture committee that American agriculture would suffer a postwar slump and urged HR 1101 to set parity prices for farm products sold domestically. He proposed exports of surpluses at world prices by the secretary of agriculture. Kennedy argued for a system combining production costs with a reasonable profit and folding agriculture into the pricing framework.
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Washington
E. K. Kennedy
National Farmers Guild
House Agriculture Committee
American Agriculture
Europe
Massingale
Okla
Secretary of Agriculture
Pace
Murray
Wis
Congress
Kennedy
United States
Johnson County AAA signups reach 1800 for 1941 program
Iowa City The Gazette reports County Chairman Ine G Raim states 1800 farm producers in Johnson County have signed to cooperate under the 1941 AAA program, noting the figure is higher than the same point last year as the May 1 deadline nears.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Epegis
the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Ine G Raim
Edgewood Creameries Pay 36c For Butterfat
Edgewood Creameries and F. H. Hatch paid patrons 36 cents per pound for sweet cream butterfat and 35 cents for grade one sour cream butterfat received in March, the Gazette reports.
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Sprrin
Edgewood
Farmers Creamers Company
F. H. Hatch
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L. J Storey
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Lo Anderson
Ccc Culbertson
Culbertson
Fremont Isaacs
John Hendricks
West Saberty
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
New Con Test Association
Roscoe
Napoleonis
Robin
Wurke
DAME
Rwilliah
Veishea
Western Electric
Best Telethone Laboratories
Auniphone Company OF
Union Bank Bidg
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Louis H. Sila
Nial
21St Street
Merle
Garmoe
Soul Conservation
Edgewood Creameries
Davis Cleaners
Women's New
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Tee
Ramm Pm
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