Cedar Rapids hosts district talk on contract feeding system
Iowa farmers, county agents and bankers met in Cedar Rapids to discuss a possible contract feeding system for cattle and lambs. Leaders urged careful contracts, outlined steps for diligence, and noted nine district conferences will be held statewide amid cautious finance and market projections.
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Cedar Rapids
I. W. Arthur
Agricultural Economics Extension Service
Ames
Rex Beresford
Iowa
Beresford
Atihir
Town State College
Fence Drift Weather Note Confuses Dates
A garbled weather diary entry mixes August and September dates with misspelled terms. It mentions rain and a forecast that may require time to verify, reflecting a misprint or hurried transcription.
20 Acre Tract in Clinton Sold for 125 Per Acre
George Ott sold twenty acres one mile south of Wheatland to Fred Mess for 125 an acre. John Mess bought forty acres five miles southwest of Wheatland from Fred Knable for 2,000. L A Andrews receiver for the Toronto Savings Bank sold eighty acres three miles south of Wheatland to Henry Schwede for 3,000.
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Wheatland
George Ott
Fred Mess
John Mess
Fred Knable
L. A. Andrews
Toronto Savings Bank
Henry Schwede
Farm Price Index Rises Five Points In One Month
U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a five point gain in the farm price index from June 15 to July 15. Hog prices surged about 50 percent while cattle rose 19 percent eggs 13 percent and cotton 11 percent. Small grains fell. The index stood at 57 percent of the pre war average, with declines in prices farmers pay and in hired labor wages offsetting some weakness. The hog corn ratio stood at 14.1 July 15 vs 9.6 June 15.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Kendall Builds New Barn After Fire At Delmar Farm
Special to The Gazette Maquoketa A W Kendalls supervises the construction of a new barn on his farm southeast of Delmar to replace the one destroyed by fire. Lincoln Jurgenson of Delmar is the contractor.
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Maquoketa
A. W Kendalls
Delmar
Lincoln Jurgenson
Truck Movement Upsets Government Livestock Estimates
Trucking disrupted federal forecasts at Union Stock Yards Chicago with many more cattle hogs and lambs arriving by truck than rail-based estimates predicted. July livestock receipts at major markets declined year over year while prices fluctuated with heat and shipping shifts.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Government Graded Beef Totals 183 Million Pounds for Year
The government graded and stamped 183,784,399 pounds of beef for quality in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1932, up 77.5 percent from 103,518,300 pounds the prior year. The voluntary service is funded by packers and wholesalers, driven by consumer demand, with monthly gradings now exceeding 20 million pounds.
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the Gazette
Washington, DC
Ainsworth Farmer Critiques School Taxes and State Aid
Dewey Stephens, owner of 440 acres near Ainsworth born in 1874, discusses Iowa school funding. He cites a 60 mill school levy, $700 in taxes, a $20,000 annual budget, $80,000 total cost for a 1922 school building, and bond payments. He calls for state-backed insurance, reduced curricula in hard times, and reform of representation and salaries.
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Dewey Stephens
Ainsworth
Farmer Ponders Labor Costs and Prohibition in Straight Talk
The speaker argues farm labor costs have risen postwar while crop values drop, blaming trade and unions. He questions the value of media, politics, and prohibition, urges common sense and fair pay, and calls for thrift, reform, and shared prosperity on the farm.
Poultry Exposition Highlighted At Wapsie Valley Fair
CENTRAL CITY The Wapsie Valley fair opens August 16 and runs to August 20 with Verne Phelps in charge of the poultry show. Classes include chickens turkeys geese and ducks plus rabbits. Livestock will focus on 4 H with no open cattle sheep or hog classes. An open horse class and a horse show July 18 feature are planned with prizes for draft horses and ponies.
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Central City
Verne
Phelps
H. N. Rockwood
Fair Association
Morse Code Used to Milk the Cows at Florida Station
Gainesville story details John Wilson, campus electrician, wiring a telegraph ticker to a milking machine pulsator after a spring failure. By tapping the ticker at 45 to 48 cycles per minute, the device milked thirty cows until a replacement part arrived from New York.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida Experiment Station
New York
John Wilson
Campus Electrician
Rainfall Boosts Iowa Corn Outlook After Heat Wave
Heavy weekend showers cooled a damaging heat wave impact on Iowa crops. Keokuk and Creston saw 4.16 inches, Marshalltown 3 inches, Ottumwa 1.35, with other towns reporting over an inch. Temperatures ranged from 59 to 87 as rains spread statewide and further precipitation was forecast.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Keokuk
Creston
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Boone
Albia
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Estherville
Spontaneous Combustion Destroys Farm Barn in Shellsburg
A hay and feed barn on the Frank Hatfield farm burned Saturday morning in Shellsburg. Fire officials say spontaneous combustion sparked the blaze. Two calves, farm machinery, and harnesses were lost. the loss is partly insured.
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Shellsburgh
Frank Hatfield
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