Increased Sows Flood Iowa Markets Amid Corn Deterioration
Government reports show a surge of bred sows and piggy sows into Iowa interior markets as corn deterioration drives higher prices. Cedar Rapids buyers note sows entering from across the state with seven percent carrying large pig bags, signaling a reduced fall farrow and tighter pork supplies ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Nach Hachrvar
Sumigia Aveorsy
Wilson Company
Cedar Rapids
Nash
Iowna
Chicago
Omaha
Sioux City
Iowa
Minnesota
Two Rigs Thresh in Same Barnyard
Two threshing rigs worked in the same barnyard as the operation continued. Local observers reported equipment noise and activity around the grain stacks, with no injuries noted and the timeline focusing on the morning harvest actions near the farmyard.
Lowden Creamery Pays 34.5 Cents For Butterfat
Special to The Gazette reports Lowden Creamery paid 34.5 cents per pound of butterfat for June butterfat. Production reached 675 pounds of cream, 21 880 pounds of another product, and total 26 870 pounds processed. Local stores and markets show strong eastern demand with patrons including William Kahl and Alfred Breese among top buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Cocrata Creas
Ocal
Wiliam Kahl
Alfred Breese
Kelding
Wheatland
Wotan Wenndt
Credit Agency Sets Small Grain Loan Values in Iowa
The Production Credit corporation of Omaha says it will offer loans on Iowa small grains at 20 cents for oats 30 cents for barley 35 cents for rye and 50 cents for wheat. Loans, not restricted to drought counties, will be available statewide through 17 Iowa production credit associations. Loans carry 5 percent interest and require satisfactory financial statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INL
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
State Agricultural Department
Iowa
Foreign butter arrives in New York from Latvia and other nations
A special correspondent reports New York received two thousand casks of Latvian butter on July 29 with other consignments from Holland Cuba and Latvia. Prices in New York and London varied with c.i.f. offers from 21.5 to 22 cents per pound and London quotes around 22 to 23 cents. Demand and shipments from Siberia Estonia Lithuania and Latvia continue as production declines due to heat.
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New York City
New York
Holland
Cuba
Latvia
C.i.f
London
Copenhagen
New Zealand
Estonia
United States
C.it
South America
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Eastern Iowa Fared Better in Drought via Air Mass Vectors
Weather discussion with Charles Reed explains eastern Iowa's relatively milder drought impact in 1934 and again recently due to Great Lakes influence and the path of Polar Continental and Tropical Marine air masses. Air mass movement, not streams or hills, governs rainfall chances, though many factors remain misunderstood.
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Fireen
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Federal Weather and Crop Reporting Bureau
Great Lakes
Greenland
Arctic
American Meteorological Secretry
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Schata
Anda Beach
Turester
Heat on Chicago market over sow docking sparks debate
Farmers urge central markets to end 40 pound deductions for sows with pigs, arguing current practice lowers prices by about 2 dollars per 200 pound sow. They accuse buyers of resisting direct marketing while failing to fix own issues. Central market operators face pressure to reform and gain credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Iowa
Chicago
Omaha
Pet
Drought Affects Acres Near Mechanicsville Interview
Interview with Frank Thomson, a cash renter of 480 acres near Mechanicsville, born 1884, discusses hybrid corn, drought damage up to 60 percent on rolling fields, and better resilience on black soils. He votes Republican but calls for party housecleaning, critiques the AAA, and weighs Roosevelt versus Landon with focus on farm policies and relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thomson
Mechanicsville
Poland
Traer Man Hired as Tester for Linn C T A No 2
Robert Beckman, dairy leader near Mount Vernon and Linn County Cow Test Assn No 2 president, announced Ern est Nation of Traer will start as tester for the association replacing Robert Sucher. Nation previously was herd man for R C Wood near Traer. Membership spans Cedar Rapids area Mount Vernon Cedar County.
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Mount Vernon
Robert Beckman
Linn County
Ernest Nation
Traer
Robert Sucher
Nation
Sucher
Boone County
R. C. Wood
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Linn C T A 2 averages 21 4 butterfat in July
In July the Linn County Cow Test association No 2 tested 479 cows, 72 dry, across 23 herds. The average butterfat was 21.4 pounds. G O Graver’s high herd of 7 grade Guernseys produced 915 pounds milk and 39.3 pounds butterfat. High cow was a purebred Holstein from the Averill and Benda herd in Ely, yielding 619 pounds butterfat for the month.
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Linn County
Hubert Teig
G. O. Graver
Averill and
Benda
Ely
Timothy Seed Crop Outlook Drives Iowa Farm Talk
The Farm Editor notes Iowa timothy seed this year may be one sixth to one tenth of 1935, with 300 to 500 carloads expected. Carryover is large, so spring seeding should remain adequate. Clover prospects vary by county with northeast hopeful, while grasshopper damage hurts Clayton county. Corn conditions improve but need rain. silos demand rising, one full silo reported in Clayton county.
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Henry Kling
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hull
Allamakee
Fred O'Riley
Waukon
Minnesota
Roy Combs
Elkader
Clayton County
Johnson
Kalona
Washington
Kling
Idaho
Clayton County Caylara
Elader
Outlook Figures 50 Percent Normal Corn for Buchanan County
Special to The Gazette Independence reports the current corn crop in Buchanan County is estimated at 50 percent of normal, with daily rainfall needed to prevent further losses. The average county corn yield is 33.6 bushels per acre. oats are normal in quality, threshing nears completion, pastures are gone, and soybeans look good with ample feed and roughage expected.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Judge Nichols and tenant sell 1200 bushels of corn
Judge Clarence Nichols and his tenant W C Hansen sold 1200 bushels of corn to the Farmers Grain and Cooperative company for one dollar a bushel. Hansen operates the Nichols farm eight miles northwest of Vinton.
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Vinton
Clarence Nichols
W. C. Hansen
Farmers Grain and Co-operative Company
Hansen
Nichols
Oats and Barley Yields Reported Around Clarence
One of the area’s highest oat yields was eighty three bushels per acre by William Schroeder southeast of Clarence. Barley yields were strong with Lloyd Hockman at fifty three bushels per acre northeast of town and Earl Elijah a few miles southwest threshing sixty acres at thirty eight bushels per acre. Elijah sold barley at eighty five cents per bushel.
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Clarence
William Schroeder
Lloyd Hockman
Here
Earl Elijah
Elijah
Local Iowa County Farm Notes Reflect Busy Harvest
North English reports Cledith Seaton of Millersburg selling 100 bushels of corn to a Missouri trucker for 105 dollars on Wednesday evening. Oats were being harvested near Marengo at 41 cents per bushel. Charles A Grimm southwest of Millersburg sold field corn roasting ears at 2 cents each. Corn was planted in April after oat seeding as all balers in Iowa county work this week.
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Cledith Seaton
Millersburg
Missouri
Marengo
Charles A. Grimm
Iowa County
Threshing Nears End at Spencers Grove Oat Yields High
The Gazet reports threshing is nearly finished at Spencers Grove with oat yields ranging from 20 to 51 bushels per acre. Observers note favorable conditions and strong grain quality across fields surveyed.
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Spencers Grove
Tassel Growth on Viola Farmears Two Inches
Tassel growth of corn on the Dillon Atherton farm near Viola Friday measured two inches. Ear shoot grew half an inch and leaf growth one and a quarter inches. High temperature reached 88 degrees with an average of 68 degrees.
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Gazette
Dillon Atherton
Viola
Grain Prices Show Low Market Activity
The report notes keted sold for about 32 cents per bushel with limited trading and subdued demand in the market.
Hawkeye threshing yields 20 to 50 bush els per acre
Harvest in progress with oats described as high quality. Reports indicate fields producing from twenty to fifty bushels per acre under the Hawkeye region conditions.
Threshing Nearly Done In Area With Bumper Oat Yield
The Luana district reports threshing near completion as oat yields range from 20 to 50 bushels per acre across fields.
Crop Yields Reported Around Lowden Fields
Henry F. Licht near Lowden harvested 1 963 bushels of oats from 30 acres and 810 bushels from 10 acres. Carl Gehrls north of Lowden averaged 65 bushels per acre.
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Lowden
Henry F. Licht
Carl Gehrls
Dysart Grain Yields Report Record Bushelage
Farms report high yields with DYSART-Grain outstanding in quality and color. George McNamee’s field yields 60 bushels per acre while O. J. Haywood’s barley reaches 30 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McNamee
O. J. Haywood
Central City Growers Record Oat Yield At 80 Bushels Per Acre
Mayer and Rice harvested 5414 bushels from 55 acres of oats. A 15 acre field produced 80 bushels per acre, setting a record for that field size.
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Mayer and
Rice
4-H Achievement Day Set for Central City Fair Aug 6
Linn county 4-H girls clubs announce their annual Achievement Day at Central City Fair on August 6 starting 10 a.m. Sixteen clubs exhibit quick breads cakes cookies and oven products and record books while ten clubs send demonstration teams and four teen clubs field judging teams. Livestock show runs Aug 5 with numerous entries and auction slated Aug 7.
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Linn County
Helen Macek
Helen Berdecny
Indian Creek Bluebirds
Eleanor Lorence
Lillian Pelisek
Whittier Gleaners
Lida May Hallworth
Reva Heald
Boulder Builders
Gladys McFarlin
Mildred Kinley
Jackson
Pauline Ford
Verda Henderson
Shirley Carver
Evelyn Fillmore
Dorothy Quass
Ruth Marie Hense
Linn’s
Virginia Rhinehart
Alice Stewart
Mina Wright
Mary Schultz
Buffalo Bees
Neva Eiben
Florence O’deen
Be Natural Club
Frances Hill
Margaret Mary McEnany
Boulder
Fern Mangold
Madge Carr
Buffalo Busy Bees
Margaret Ann Frasher
Betty Anderson
C Square F Square
Hollis Booth
Irene Placar
Happy Hands
Virginia Maxson
Hazel Hand
Marjorie Allbee
Myra Jane Scott
Julia Bena
Florence Bena
Ula Mae Wilson
Mary Shakespears
Linn's Best
Evelyn Brennman
Edith Hagerman
Mary Jane Davis
Alice Wallace
Merry Lous
Mary Ford
Alberta Neal
Sunny Susies
Gertrude Fisher
Charlotte Lillie
Twinhola
Audrey Denison
Jean Street
Whittier
Margaret Williams
Dorothy Mae Hoge
Farm Bureau
Linn
Fairgrounds
Johnson Farm Bureau Women Study Dress Course
Johnson county Farm Bureau women plan a clothing project titled Being Well Dressed with a year of lessons on smart dress garment fit buying trends and ready to wear. Home makers meetings run November 10 to 13 and training schools on four lessons occur January 5 to 8 February 16 to 19 April 6 to 9 and May 18 to 21 across townships.
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the Gazette
Lone Tree
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Home Makers
Linn County to be Mapped From Air
Linn County will be aerially mapped for soil conservation checks with Jones and Cedar counties as part of an eastern Iowa survey. John Wagner was authorized to contract for aerial photography. estimated total cost 8060.16 dollars versus 11824.08 by ground methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
John Wagner
Central City
County Conservation Committee
Jones
Cedar
Warren Bissell
Iowa
Ralph Smith
State Committee
Bissell
Linn County
Washington
Louisa County Fair Adds Gate Fees at Columbus Junction
The Louisa county fair near Columbus Junction Aug. 18-21 offers about 2500 in cash premiums. For the first time in years a per person gate charge will apply at the outer gate. Cars incur charges but teams will be admitted free. Officials include W. H. Hull president A G Lowe vice president E H Wiegner secretary J E Henson treasurer W H Hull in charge of privileges and David Hull marshal.
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Columbus Junction
W. H. Hull
A. G. Lowe
E. H. Wiegner
J. E. Henson
David Hull
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Davenport
Harding
Landon
AAA
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United State
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Dickinson
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Democratic Party
Traer Man
Linn C.T.A
Farm Editor
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