Farm imports exceed exports. bumper crops hoped to reverse trend
United States imported 2 worth of agricultural products for every 1 exported last year as drought boosted imports of beef pork corn and grains. Government forecasters expect bumper crops in 1958 to improve the farm trade balance though exports fell to a record low while imports rose to all time highs in key farm goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Argentina
Japan
Great Britain
81 Baby Beeves In 4 H Show At What Cheer Fair
What Cheer Keokuk county fair events run Monday through Thursday will feature 81 baby beeves including Angus Shorthorns Herefords and Holsteins 9 purebred heifers 32 market pigs 3 market sows 17 purebred hogs 38 market lambs 6 purebred calves 146 chickens and 4 colts Also listed are Du Roc Jerseys Hampshires and Poland Chinas among the hogs and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa Creamery Operators meet in Clermont for agenda
A special to The Gazette from Decorah reports Section No 1 of the Iowa Creamery Operators association will hold its monthly meeting in Clermont Thursday. Semelairy Noy Larson, Deemah buttermaker, says the program includes a business session butter judging contests for men and women and a social hour.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Iowa Creamery
Assocation
Clermont
Semelairy Noy Larson
Deemah
Buttermaker
Basswood blossoms barren years and honey flow questions
An apiarist notes no nectar in basswood this year and reports a short first honey flow. Clover was scarce, yet the basswood intrigue prompts inquiry into the tree’s flowering habits. Are basswood blossoms barren some years and why.
Two Million Bushels of Foreign Corn Imported
Two million bushels of foreign corn arrived at U S ports last week with about half at lake ports and the rest split between Pacific and Atlantic markets. Argentine corn quoted at gulf ports 96 cents per bushel, No 2 and No 3 yellow at 1.02 to 1.65 dollars in Chicago, No 2 yellow at 1.05 in St Louis, old white corn 1.05 to 1.07 at local markets, and new crop No 2 white at Fort Worth 1.06.
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United States
Lake Ports
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Ports
Chicago
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Dairy Building At Grinnell Shaping Up For Cows Bathing
Grinnell residents will see a new United Dairies building nearing completion this week offering a cow bathing room. The facility will resemble the Ames Iowa State College dairy barn with three milking machines and a plate glass viewing window for visitors. New pasturing cooling and heating equipment are included.
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Gazette
Grinnell
United Daiiies of
Iowa State College
Ames
J Russell Lang
Angus Breeders Group Formed in Iowa County Farm Association
An Iowa County Angus breeders organization formed with Poop Donohor as first president and Derohoe as vice president JoC Mc Cabe secretary John Burne Ed Hudanohi Charlee Lawler and Howard Nicholas as directors The group aims to promote Angus cattle breeding and feeding and to sponsor shows and sales The first sale is planned for a future date
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Iowa
Poop Donohor
Moh Derohoe
Joc McCabe Secretar
John Burne
Ed Hudanohi
Charlee Lawler
Howard Nicholas
Storage butter judged at Berlin expo among top eight
The United States plus eleven states competed in the cold storage butter division of the International Milk Products Exposition in Berlin. States entering were Oregon Utah Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Montana Tennessee South Dakota Kansas California. Judges listed eight top countries Austria Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Netherlands Norway United States. Fresh butter division winners came from Germany Lithuania the Netherlands Poland and Sweden.
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Berlin
United States
Oregon
Utah
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Montana
Tennessee
South Dakota
Minos
Kansas
California
Austria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Netherlands
Norway
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
Skott Family to Move From Epworth to Madison Wisconsin
Hans E. Skott formerly a dairy and food inspector in northeastern Iowa with his family will relocate from Epworth to Madison Wisconsin on September 1. He now serves as associate agricultural economist for the AAA covering Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota.
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Garzette Epworth
Rhans E. Skott
Iowa
Epworth
Madison
Wis
Skott
AAA
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Linn Farm Women Relax At Wapsie Camps
Linn county farm women relaxed at the Wapsie Camps southeast of Central City from Friday through Sunday. They did not cook their own meals though the food was prepared by Cedar Rapids chef Warner Bachrell and served. A tree identification hike games handcraft demonstrations by lifeguard Bob Sweitzer and camp physician Everett Maresh were on the program led by Miss Lucille Gove. Kay Sigmund Cedar Rapids spoke Friday evening and Rev L D Stubbs Cedar Rapids conducted services Sunday morning. Attendees included various Central City Center Point Marion Mount Vernon Lisbon and other area residents and farm women.
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Linn County
Wapsie Y Cams
Central City
Warner Bachrell
Cedar Rapids
Actuveus
Wapsipinicon
Lucille Gove
Bob Sweitzer
Cedar
Entry Day Set for Gazette Hill-Of-Corn Show
The Gazette announces Sept 6 entry day at the ALL IOWA Livestock exposition grounds for the Hill Of Corn show near Cedar Rapids. Roy Carson of Ely leads as superintendent with judge Ed Dyas slated to place entries Sept 7. Total prizes of 205 dollars across three zones, with specific district boundaries and prize breakdown. entrants should dig up a single hill per farm, with careful root and health judging criteria.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Roy Carson
Ely
Linn County
Carson
Ed Dyas
Ames
the Gazette
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Washington
Keokuk Louisa
Muscatine and
Jackson
Clinton Farm Union to host national president Tuesday
Clinton county Farm Union officers said E H Everson national president will speak at the tenth annual picnic of the Clinton county Farm Union at Fairyland park near DeWitt on Tuesday Also to speak is A J Johnson state president of the Farm Union per the Gazette report.
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Spreia
DEWI
Clinton County Farm Union
E H Everson
The
Farm Union
Clinton County
DeWitt
A J Johnson
Equine Sleeping Sickness Invades North Tama County
TRAER Charles Dunlavey near Traer reports a horse lost to sleeping sickness last week and veterinarians list about six more cases under treatment in the area. Other losses include animals owned by Stanley Vaner and C A Tow of Geneseo township Tama county and by John Wurtzel north of Dysart. Hog cholera outbreaks have been checked by vaccination. Three head of cattle on the Gus Untiedt farm southwest of Traer died from blackleg recently.
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TRAER
Charles Dunlavey
Stanley Vaner
C A
Geneseo Township
Tama County
John Wurtzel
Dysart
Gus Untiedt
14 000 Paid for 120 Acres in Jones
Special to The Gazette Monticello The John Mc Donald hospital sold a 120 acre farm six miles southwest of here in Castle Grove township Jones county Clarence Ricklefs a young tenant farmer paid 14 000 or 116 66 an acre The farm is well improved and the soil is fertile Hale The 1274 acre farm one and one half miles east of Hale owned by Thomas Kostecka has been sold to Antone Vacek for 80 an acre
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Monticello
John McDonald
Castle Grove
Jones County
Clarence Ricklefs
Hale
Thomas Kostecka
Antone Vacek
Champion Baby Beef Brings $17 Cwt at Independence
4 H club members offered baby beeves at the Buchanan county fair in Independence. The reserve grand champion an 18 month Angus sold for 17 a hundredweight to a Waterloo packing plant. The top price for a Hereford shown by William Tiffany was 17.25. Prices ranged to 13.25. A milk maid contest Thursday night awarded Rose Amphor of Jesup first for milking 9.3 quarts in three minutes from a Milking Shorthorn from Fred Bachman’s exhibition herd.
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Gazette
Buchanan County
Angus
Waterloo
William Tiffany
Rose Amphor
Jesup
Fred Bachman
Clarence
Williamsburg Farmer To Display At Des Moines
Carl Holden, a Williamsburg farmer, will compete with nineteen Iowa farmers at the state fair in Des Moines this week for champion farmer honors. Each exhibit shows every grain, hay, and farm product raised in the last year with awards based on quality and variety. Premiums total 1565 dollars.
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The
Gazette
Williamsburg
Carl Holden
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa county 4 H youths vie for state fair laurels
Seventeen boys earned right to seek further honors at the state fair with twenty one representing Iowa county at Des Moines. Led by John Doyle Yoder and York township twins Albert and Arthur Wallace, the group includes livestock, dairy, and demonstration winners, with Shorthorns and Jerseys prominent among entries.
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Boccisi
Gazette
Marengo
Iowa
Iowa County
Des Moines
John Doyle Yoder
Albert
Arthur Wallace
York Township
Jersey
Bruce Feller
Hartford Township
Robert
Owen Jones
Angus
Merle Yanecek
Leighton Jones
Arnold Yannecek
Paul
Arnold Trimpe
Greene Township
Francis Donohoe
William
John Meade
Wallace
Kenneth Dane
Guernsey
Eugene Jacobs
Ees
Steady Lamb Prices Seen Until Deep Winter
Market outlook in 1937 38 forecasts larger fed lamb production but smaller sheep slaughter. Prices for fed lambs may stay near last year’s level with consumer demand higher. Domestic wool prices likely to hold. world wool supply expected near 1936-37. early 1937 saw price rebound with Chicago good and choice lambs around 12.20 in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jainks
Bureau
Chicago
Rototiller From Germany Aids Towa Hillculture Project
An Ames soil conservation effort acquires a German built rototiller for hillculture research in Towa. Dr. J. M. Aikman announces three graduate students Moras L. Shubert Robert M. Warner and Roy A. Barr to assist under his direction with experiments on non cultivated crops to reduce erosion. Readings on soil temperature humidity wind and rainfall will be collected across multiple state sections to identify optimal growing conditions and locations for plant adaptation.
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AMES—A_ rototiller
The
Soil Conservation Service
Towa
J. M. Aikman
Ames Bolanist
Hillculture Research
Upcoming Farm Auctions Schedule From Aug 24 1937
A forecast of farm auctions lists events starting Tuesday August 24 1937 with A H Fry public sale two miles east of Wan Horne and a consignment sale at Town City. Wednesday August 25 features a 170 acre Vanorny estate near Solon and household goods at the Janko estate NW Swisher. Saturday August 28 includes a 160 acre Williams farm south of Cedar Rapids. Monday August 36 1937 shows a 92.04 acre Challis estate farm three and a half miles south Stanwood and a 100 acre Ed Smahel farm 914 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids.
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A. H. Fry
Wan
Horne
Town City
Vanorny
Solon
Janko Estate
Swisher
Williams
Cedar Rapids
Challis
Stanwood
Ed Smahel
1000 Attracted To Grinnell For 4-H Livestock Show
Grinnell Iowa crowds exceed 1000 as Poweshiek county farmers and families attend the opening day of the annual 4-H club fair. Lauren Brown reports a record number of baby beeves, dairy calves, colts and sheep on display. Livestock exhibits fill the Grinnell Livestock Exchange while fruit, grain, flowers, poultry and colt exhibits occupy the old sales barn. Local fair entries head to auction Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Lauren Brown
Guernsey Is Champion Dairy Heifer At Marengo
In Marengo the grand champion dairy heifer was a Guernsey shown by Kenneth Dane. The reserve champion Jersey was shown by Albert and Arthur Wallace of Williamsburg. Holstein entries took top spots with Fred Blythe and Keith Enochson winning firsts. The Wallace twins led Jersey classes while Matthes won the daily showmanship contest. Albert Wallace was elected Iowa county 4-H president, succeeding Dane. Arthur Wallace previously held the post and now serves as state 4-H president.
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Marengo
Iowa
Kenneth Dane
Albert
Arthur Wallace
Williamsburg
Fred Blythe
Keith Enochson
Wallace Twins
Guerrin‘seys
Marlo Matthes
Matthes
Gerald Wynant
Albert Wallace
Iowa County
Dane
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Jones
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Bureau of Agri
USA
Wool Outlook
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Towa Hillculture
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