Interior Hog Market Shows Decline After Brief Price Rise
Hog prices eased on Thursday after a brief rise driven by light receipts, with interior direct quotes 30 to 55 cents higher than last week and fresh pork markets advancing sharply. Five day receipts totaled 128,100 head, with 212,900 head at 12 major markets. loins led gains with Chicago and New York prices around 18.50. Production expectations shift as high prices curb unfinished hogs and sow liquidation slows.
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Minnesota
Chicago
New York City
Postville farmer displays unusually large local egg
A six ounce egg weighing 7 inch short circumference and 334 inch long circumference is shown in Postville. John Meier, a local farmer, found the egg and it is thought to be the largest in the area.
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The
Gazette
Postville
John Meier
Cedar county farmers sell 72 hogs at Chicago auction
Tipton-Ross and Conway of Cedar county sold 72 hogs weighing 284 pounds each at Chicago on Monday for 6.15 dollars per hundredweight.
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Tipton — Ross and Conway
Cedar County
Chicago
Crop Insurance Head Not Ready To Tackle Corn
Des Moines Iowa farm leaders hear Jess Alton senior administrator of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation urge patience in expanding all risk crop insurance from wheat to corn. He cites data needs and human elements in corn production, warning five years or more to build sufficient records.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Jess Alton
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Alton
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Wheat Belt
United States
Arnavillo Butter Wins Scoring 94 in Section One Contest
Arnavillo Thoreson of Garnaville won the butter judging with 94 points at the Iowa Creamery Operators association meeting in Garnaville. Louis Lehman of Elgin took second with 92. a three-way tie for third included William Marti of Church, Harold Handgartner of McGregor, and Ho A Ffelstuhl of Calmar.
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Church
Alvin Thoreson
Garnaville
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Louis Lehman
Elgin
William Marti
Harold Wandgartner
McGregor
Ho A Ffelstuhl
Calmar
FE J Lee
Cedar Rapids
William Mistele
Waterloo
J. W. Knickerbocker
Cedar Falls
John Brunner
Jefferson
Harold Handgartner
Ht. J. Fjelstuhl
Ed Rizer
E. Nelson
Luana
Buttermaker
Hogs Sold at Cedar Rapids for 6.10 Cwt
Delhi feeder Lale Sutton sold 345 hogs weighing 303 pounds each to a Cedar Rapids packing firm for 6.10 dollars per hundredweight. Sutton had purchased the hogs as feeders in February at an average 130 pounds.
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Cedar Rapids
Spreial
the Gazette
Delhi
Lale Sutton
Mr. Sutton
Relda Schnack Sells 20 Cattle Bags in Chicago Trade
Muscatine county farmer Relda Schnack sold 20 head of 220 pound butcher cattle in Chicago on Wednesday for $6.60 per hundredweight.
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Muscatine
Relda Schnack
Muscatine County
Chicago
Barns City Shelling Pushes Corn Output Above Initial Days
Special to The Crazette report notes shelling of 2 800 bushels on John McMahon farm and 7 000 bushels in the vicinity shipped out. Farmers including Elmer Greene Chris Allely Henry Doonan and Harold Schaffer share shelling at Bill Harry sheller. Larry McBurney of Cedar leads early plantings with six acres of a new cold patent hybrid on Tuesday.
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Barnes City
John McMahon
Mr. McMahan
Elmer Greene
Chris Allely
Henry Doonan
Harold Schaffer
Farming Update Shows Slow Growth Ends Winter Slump
Rain aided pastures lifting growth after a slow spell. Oats and early gardens show growth with cherry trees budding. Raspberry crops were winter killed in many fields. Farmers prepare ground for corn planting and field work continues.
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the Gazette
Blairstown
Garden planting advances with potato and corn prep
Special to The Gazette notes vigorous garden work with most farmers finishing potato planting and others prepping ground for corn. It also cites England forests reporting 1,100 fires yearly causing about $200,000 in damage and that the public bears roughly one third of preventable fires.
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Walford
England
Portrait Puzzle with Art Work and Terms
A crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues about portraits artworks and related terms. It includes references to a work of art, artist Italian painter, period terms, and various body parts objects and measurements.
Hearing set on Lucas fourth soil district May 7
DES MOINES AP The state soil conservation committee will hold a May 7 hearing on Lucas county farmers petition to form a soil conservation district. Lucas becomes the fourth county under the 1939 act. In central Clayton county five townships Wagner Farmersburg Garnav ille Read and Boardman will vote May 7 on forming a district. Incorporation papers filed for Marion county southwest district and Montgomery county district to follow election. Petitions are circulating in Page Fremont Adair Crawford and Taylor counties as reported by secretary Harry Linn.
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Des Moines
State Soil Conservation Committee
Lucas County
Lucas
Clayton County
Wagner
Farmersburg
Garnaville
Read
Boardman
Marion County
Montgomery County
Harry Linn
Page
Fremont
Adair
Crawford
Taylor
Meetings On Tree Planting In Allamakee County
Windbreak and tree planting demonstrations are set for April 30 and May 1 in Allamakee County. George W. Ramsey of Ames will supervise. Sites include Herman Hagen farm Union City township and Carl Kugel Pieper farm Ludlow township. Additional plantings at Leonard Bulman Center township Harold Deter Union City Waterloo edge and Arbe Behrens Post townships. Demonstrations focus on gully erosion control hillside reforestation with several species.
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Waukon
Alamakee
George W. Ramsey
Ames
Extension Forester
Herman Hagen
Union City Township
Carl Kugel-Pieper
Ludlow Township
Leonard Bulman
Center Township
Harold Deter
Union City
Waterloo
Arbe Behrens
Post Township
Hegen
Kugel-Pieper
Homestead
Arnold to Meet May 1 with Allamakee C T A
Floyd Arnold of Ames extension dairyman will attend the Allamakee C T A reorganization meeting in Waukon on May 1 He will lead a round table discussion on dairymen problems including crops other than corn for silage
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Waukon
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Extension Dairyman
Allamakee Con Test Association
Arnold
Nine Rural Chorus Tourneys Planned in Iowa
Ames rural women’s chorus groups will hold elimination tournaments in nine districts from May 16 to June 4. Judges include Arthur Todd of Stephens College. top choirs advance to the state fair summer contest. Last year 71 county choruses with 1739 members participated. more entrants expected.
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Ames
Sarah Porter Ellis
Iowa State College
Indianola
Nevada
Red Oak
Mount Pleasant
Fayette
Iowa City
Mason City
Primghar
Ida Grove
Arthur Todd
Stephens College
Columbia
Fannie Buchanan
Extension Service
Whitfield Warns Against T B In Poultry Flocks
Iowa State College extension poultry specialist W R Whitfield urged Iowa farmers to guard against tuberculosis in flocks. He cited rising infections, with up to 15 percent of flocks affected in some areas, and emphasized clean ground as the key control.
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Ames (Ap
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College Extension
Iowa
Whitfield
Extension Service
Mechanization of Agriculture Warns of Rural Peasantry
The Methodist church general conference in Atlantic City heard a report from the home missions committee warning that mechanized farming is producing peasantry in rural America. It cited the plight of sharecroppers migrants dust bowl tenants and youth banked in towns as urgent concerns.
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Atlantic City
N. J
General Conference of the Methodist Church
America
Church
Committee On Home Missions and
Church Extension
Farmer laments erosion damage on homestead land
A country woman quotes a farmer reflecting on the worn hills and erosion scarred fields of a newly acquired farm. He says restoring productivity will cost half the farm’s price in lime seed fertilizer fencing and years of work.
Missions Board Warns of Growing Social Decay in America
The board cites widespread unemployment and housing shortages among unchurched communities, reports 4 750 000 active criminals with many under two, notes 15 000 000 children unaffiliated with any religion, attacks petty politicians over farm policy, and warns of advancing paganism threatening America’s Christian base.
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United States
Missions Board
America
Lambs Graded and Sold at West Union June 25
Fayette county residents were told by County Agent Paul McElroy that a lamb grading day and sale is planned at West Union on June 25 the first of its kind in the county. C W McDonald Iowa State sheep specialist will perform the grading. The Winneshiek portable dipping tank will be available again this spring with dipping fees 10 cents per head for flocks under 100 and 9 cents for flocks over 100.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Paul McElroy
West Union
C. W. McDonald
Iowa
McElroy
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County Lamb Grading Demo Sale Set
The third annual Winneshick county lamb grading demonstration and sale will be held in Decorah on June 26. C. W. McDonald of Iowa State College and County Agent E. J. Weigle announced the event.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshick County
C. W. McDonald
Iowa State College
E. J. Weigle
Iowa Butterfat Tax Votes in May to Fund Dairy Ads
Iowa farmers begin contributing one cent per pound of marketed butterfat to a state fund starting May 1. About 5,000 tax forms were mailed to creameries milk stations and cheese factories. The levy aims to raise around 100000 this year for continuing dairy advertising campaigns and education. The measure was set up by the 1939 legislature and runs through 1940 unless renewed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
General Assembly
Towa
National Dairy Council
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