Insurance Company reports 31 Iowa farms sold in July
Life Assurance Society of the United States records 31 farm sales in 16 eastern Iowa counties totaling $330,938 for 3,957 acres. Average price $83.40 per acre. Deals funded by brokers with 26 percent down. cash sales raise average to 39 percent. Delivery and possession by March 1, 1939. Notable lots include 428 acres in Benton and 239 acres in Hardin.
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Life Assurance Society of
United States
Iowa
N P. West
Cedar Rapids
Equitable
Chickasaw
Delaware
Hardin
Muscatine
Louisa
Fayette
Buchanan
Benton
Cedar
Story
Butler
Mahaska
Johnson
Lucas County
Marion
Marion County
Esther Dahms Heads 4-H Girls In Tama County
Esther Dahms of the Loyal Lincoln Lassies club was named president of Tama county 4-H girls clubs at a county committee meeting near Tama at Conants park. Incumbent officers were advanced after Melda Mass could not serve in June. Berneice Diedrickson Irene Schroeder Dorothy Wilkinson and Irene Fehr were named historian vice president secretary and treasurer.
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TRAER
Esther Dahms
Lincoln Lassies Club
Tama County
Conants Park
Melda_ Mass
Grant Township
Berneice Diedrickson
Crystal Sunbeams
Irene Schroeder
Gladbrook
Dorothy Wilkinson
Genes
Land sales total 5160.5 acres. two Cedar Rapids firms sell for 438518
In July two Cedar Rapids companies sold 5160.5 acres for 438518 dollars, averaging 85 dollars per acre. The report frames this as steady land movement and a sign that soil remains a solid investment.
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Cedar Rapids
C T A Averages Near July Peak in West Branch and Independence
Special to The Gazette reports cow testing results from West Branch and Independence. West Branch for July shows 389 cows on test averaging 291 pounds butterfat with the J M Billick herd leading at 1202 pounds milk and 42.4 pounds butterfat. Independence records 385 cows on test with 24.54 pounds butterfat and Wapsie Valley member W J Campbell herd of Jesup topping at 46.2 pounds butterfat and a high individual 80.1 pounds.
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West Branch
L. A. Whitacre
West Liberty
J. S. McBride
Muscatine
Seven Springs Farm
Independence
Wapsie Valley
Glenn Gavin
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Campbell
Farmers Elevator plans $10,000 cold storage locker at Wapello
Directors of the Farmers Elevator company in Wapello propose a $10,000 cold storage locker plant if enough users enroll. Manager M. L. Daily stated today the project hinges on securing sufficient patronage.
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Wapello
Farmers Elevator Company
M. L. Daily
Poultry and Egg Price Outlook Up and Down in 1938 39
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports a likely seasonal fall in chicken prices and a seasonal rise in egg prices through early 1939. Hatch increases push chick numbers 13 percent higher, boosting supply in late 1938 while demand for storage remains weak. Egg stocks to cities remain below last year, but rising prices may lift egg values to 1938 levels. feed ratios stay favorable and dressed poultry receipts in NY rise.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
Bureau
New York
Oats Yield Strong Across Clarence and Nearby Farms
The field near Clarence produced 68 bushels per acre with oats weighing 30.5 pounds per bushel, the best in the community. Nearby Robins reported 55 bushels per acre at 17.12 pounds per dump, with 28 pounds per bushel test, and Schmickle’s eight-acre patch yielded 32 bushels on tangled ground. Threshing continues in Elgin with most oats light. Hoveland reports 42 bushels per acre on a 20-acre field. In Postville, Roy Moon led at 52 bushels per acre oats and 37 barley per acre, with mixed crops and several farmers posting 21 to 41 bushels. Monticello notes 55 bushels per acre on Cartano farm, 46 acres yielding 2,537 bushels. bushel weight 28 pounds.
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Clarence—Albert Ehlers
Robins
R. B. Schmickle
Schmickle
Gazette
Elgin
Louis Hoveland
Postville
Roy Moon
Hall Meyer
Lafe Tague
LeRoy Kruse
Wm. Sebastian
Lloyd Pearson
Roy Pixler
Ed Green
Chester Green
Monticello
Wilbur Cartano
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
One of 90 4-H Beeves in Louisa at Fair
A photo shows Max Hafner with a baby beeve from Letts as part of the Louisa County Fair 4-H livestock exhibit at Columbus Junction August 17 to 20. His sister Louise has already picked her calf for the 1939 show. The 4-H beef calves are valued at 9720 with the overall livestock display at 13375, including other categories.
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Columbus Junction
Max Hafner
Letts
Max
Louise
Bob Spry
Sleeping sickness cases reported in Deep River region
Millersburg area farms report loss of a horse to sleeping sickness and a Deep River veterinarian states twenty cases treated in his territory covering parts of Poweshick and Town counties. Brandon area reports several cases with one death. Elgin records two mild cases, while other communities report higher numbers.
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Millersburg
Poweshick
Town
Brandon
Here
ELGIN
R. A. Crider
Fayette Co op Tests Fees Raise at Annual Meeting
West Union Fayette Cow Test association held its annual meeting at Fred Gremmels farm north of Oelwein. Officers elected: President Harold Downer, Vice President Bob Turney, Secretary Treasurer George Platt, Directors Ralph Bowers Forest Hamlett Fred Gremmels. Morris Swenson was rehired as tester for a fifth year with pay 3.25 for herds under 15 cows and 3.75 for larger herds, 25 cents above last year. Association seeks to re-udy based on Ames extension service advice.
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West Union—Fayette Cow Test Association
Fred Gremmels
Oelwein
Harold Downer
Bob Turney
George Platt
Ralph Bowers
Forest Hamlett
Morris Swenson
Floyd Johnston
The
Ames Extension Service
Dreaming of Rain and Simple Delights in Country Life
A COUNTRY WOMAN reflects on waking to rain and a desire for quiet mornings. She imagines threshing, jam making, canning, and serene scenes of libraries, modern homes, beaches, and small social moments. The piece blends dreamlike imagery with everyday rural tasks and a gentle call to begin work toward noon.
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Victoria
Membership Reduction Policy Mentioned in Report
The document states that membership will be reduced from 29 to 26 with no replacements allowed until the lower figure is reached, outlining a phased downsizing measure. It specifies a strict cap and phased replacement prohibition to enforce the reduction.
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Duce
Jesup F a r m e r s Day Marked for Next Thursday
Jesup prepares for the thirtieth annual Farmers Day with an all day program including band concerts ball games and a carnival with other games and events.
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The
Jesup
Hog Prices Hit by Seasonal Slump in Midwest
Receipts dropped across Iowa and southern Minnesota as light hogs faced penalties and overall market demand waned. Prices fell for light hogs while heavier hogs and sows showed smaller declines. some packers kept the 180 to 220 pound spread with a 10 cent discount on 180 to 200 pound hogs.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Federal Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines
Straw Stack Fire Burns North of Aurora Farm
A large straw stack on Milton Zabriskie’s farm northwest of Aurora was destroyed when sparks from an engine ignited it. The barn also caught fire but was extinguished before serious damage occurred.
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Aurora
Milton Zabriskie
Farm accidents hurt several at Urbana area
A farm group northeast of Urbana reports injuries from mishaps. Ralph Weber suffered shoulder injury and three fractured ribs when a team ran away and overturned the wagon. Fred Aurner had an infected hand from a deep cut on rusty wire. Vern Albert received a spike wound to the foot and was given antitoxin. Roy Carver sustained bruises and a deep shoulder cut when a hay fork fell from about fifteen feet. George Brooke cut his foot on a broken bottle.
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the Gazette
Urbana
Ralph Weber
Farmad
Fred Aurner
Vern Albert
Roy Carver
George Brooke
OLIN-Lorenzen Feeder Cattle Marketed Near Olin
Feeders near Olin sold 1 222-pound steers at Chicago for 11.75 per hundredweight and 72 head of 256-pound hogs at 9.25 per hundredweight.
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Olin
Lorenzen Brothers
Chicago
Central City fair opens with judging of draft horses and dairy cattle
Harry Linn of Des Moines judges draft horses, Carl Oldsen of Ames handles baby beeves, and Carl Smith of Anamosa presides over dairy heifers as Linn county’s three day fair at Central City begins. Early gate receipts suggest better than usual attendance for the event running through Sunday with harness races baseball and other entertainments planned daily.
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Gazette
Central City
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Carl Oldsen
Ames
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Linn County
Wilton youths prepare animals for West Liberty fair
Four boys in Wilton township Muscatine county feed ten baby beeves two dairy heifers two sheep three pigs and one colt for exhibition at the West Liberty fair. The plan was shared during a Monday evening meeting at Wesley Norton home.
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Wilton Junction
Wilton Township
Muscatine County
West Liberty Fair
Wesley Norton
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