Record High Chick Hatch Reported for First Seven Months
Production of baby chicks from January to July 1939 set a new all time high, up 21 percent from last year and 47 percent above 1933-37 averages. The shift from home to commercial hatcheries continues, with heavy breeds in July dominating and turkey poults also reaching a record. Silo filling begins across east Iowa as dry weather persists.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East North Central
West North Central
Eastern Iowa Feeders Among Group Winners
4 H cattle show at Iowa state fair crowns grand champion Angus named Black Laddie shown by George Hopley of Cass county. Earl Hodgson of Pleasantville takes reserve grand champion Angus. County and exhibitor group placements list Herefords, Shorthorns, and Angus from multiple counties with top producers including Howard Yoder Iowa City and Eldon Holst Davenport among others.
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Marion County
Howard
Iowa City
ES Moines
George Hopley
Wayland Hopley
Cass County
P. S. Shearer
Ames Animal Husbandry Division
R. E. O’connell
Ottumwa
Earl Hodgson
Pleasantville
Angus
Marshall County
Herefords
Iowa
Max Hafner
Letts
Louise Hafner
William Burlton
Norway
Robert Joslin
Clarence
Eldon Holst
Davenport
William Malloy
Williamsburg
Leo P. Dyer
Charlotte
Donald Backman
Junior Reed
Marion
Wayne Danker
Toledo
Harold Chamber
Mount Auburn
Robert Neve
Garrison
Angus— Howard Yoder
Martha Kemp
Myron Oxley
Edith Domer
Richard Stephenson
Reinbeck
Angus--Burdette Farley
Expansion of FSCC school lunch plan announced
Washington announced expansion of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation school lunch program aimed at serving 5,000,000 under nourished children by next school year. The FSCC, Work Projects Administration, and local agencies will provide free hot lunches using surplus farm commodities to 800,000 children already served in over 14,000 low income schools across all states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
United States Department of Agriculture
FSCC
Work Projects Administration
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Postville Creamery Pays 27 Cents for July Butterfat
POSTVILLE The Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery company paid 27 cents for July butterfat. During July 88,163 pounds of butter were manufactured from 70,826 pounds of butterfat received.
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Postville
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Local Farmer Builds Electric Fan From Scrap for $3
Paul Fleming of the North Jones county dairy group installed a home made electric fan in his barn this summer. He used a washing machine motor a bearing from an old car and a blade cut from house siding.
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Monticello
Paul Fleming
North Jones Contest Association
Harvest Update From Millersburg Area
Tim othy threshing is under way as shocks dry from recent rains. Some fall plowing is occurring. Grapes ripen in high quality with a heavier crop than last year. Early potatoes are being dug and stored. Pears expected to be normal.
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Millersburg
Maynard Farm Woman Is Champion Orator At Iowa State Fair
Des Moines Iowa Maynard farm woman Mrs Edward Borchers of Maynard wins the public speaking contest in the home project division at the Iowa State Fair Des Moines Saturday she will represent Iowa in a national forensic event in Chicago during December at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention Her speech subject was The Farmers Stake In World Peace.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Edward Borchers
Maynard
Iowa State Fair
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Stake
World Peace
First Hybrid Seed Corn Delivered Believed Earliest
ANAMOSA reports the arrival of the first load of contracted hybrid seed, delivered by Frank Frederick of Marion. The early maturing cold resistant variety came from a field planted April 29, the earliest gathering in the industry’s history. Farmers note frost risk reductions require about three weeks of warm weather.
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Frank Frederick
Marion
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Illinois
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Ryan Cooperative Formed After Charter Expiration
Following Charter expiration of the Farmers Commission Company on Aug 12 directors voted to rename the firm the Ryan Cooperative and to file a new charter under Chapter 390 Gil of the 1935 code.
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Ryan
Farmers Commission Company
Ryan Cooperative
Dollar Wheat by July 15 Predicted by Iowa Expert
Des Moines report states wheat could reach one dollar per bushel by July 1 1940 if growers stay within AAA allotments. Crop Insurance Supervisor Jess Alton of the state agricultural adjustment committee cites U S consumption and carryover figures to argue price rise likely barring European war impact.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Jess Alton
State Agricultural Adjustment Committee
Alton
United States
AAA
Europe
1937 Corn May Be Stored In The Ear If In Good Shape
At Ames Alva Troyer from the Community Credit Corporation announced that if the 1937 corn now under seal is in good condition and the storage structure is sound the corn may be resealed in the ear. R 3 Booth Linn county corn loan supervisor notes discussion of shelled corn in creosoted bins and odor risk lowering quality. County representatives attended from all Iowa counties.
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Ames
Alva Troyer
Community Credit Corporation
Booth
Linn County
Iowa
Central City Hatchery Display at State Fair
Verne O Phelps a Central City hatcherymanwill showcase a Buff Cochin bantam capon and through his brood of five Black Giant capons at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines. The bantam capon, named Cluck-a-doodle, weights 1 1/2 pounds and was assigned nine Black Giant chicks on March 9, with the brood averaging 7 1/4 to 8 pounds each at five and a half months.
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Central City
Verne O. Phelps
Des Moines
Phelps
Iowa grape crop set at 85 percent of normal
Iowa’s total grape harvest for the year is projected at about 85 percent of normal, totaling approximately 5,700 tons, up from 5,000 tons in 1938. The estimate reflects weather and growing conditions affecting yields across the state.
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Iowa
Bluegrass seed moves faster from growers than usual
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports 93 percent of the 1939 Kentucky bluegrass seed crop had been sold or pooled by Aug 15, up from 90 percent last year and 81 percent on the five year average. Prices to growers fell slightly, with cured seed in Kentucky around 75 to 80 cents a bushel and Missouri 90 cents to $1.10. The overall Aug 15 price average sits near 94 cents, versus 52 cents last year. Seed recovery from cured seed trails norms at about 38 percent in Kentucky and 48 percent in Missouri.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
Kentucky
Missouri
Buffalo chemist named head of agricultural fuel research
David F. Smith, a Buffalo New York chemist, was named head of research on agricultural motor fuels at the government laboratories in Peoria Illinois. The appointment assigns him leadership of the program advancing biofuel and fuel technology in federal facilities.
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David F. Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
Government Laboratories
Peoria
County fairs fade. of bread jars and jams, few remain
A country woman laments fading county fair traditions. She notes mud caked footwear, smaller pie displays, scarce canned goods, and weaker female exhibit divisions. She interviews a judge who cites time pressures and widened family diversification as causes.
1300 Corn Parity Checks Arrive For Linn Farmers
John E. Dunn reports 1,300 corn parity payment checks totaling 87,415.87 are arriving for Linn County farmers. Notices list three delivery sites at Farmers Cooperative Exchange Central City Legion hall Coggon and Mount Vernon city hall with call hours 8 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Checks may be picked up at the Cedar Rapids Farm Bureau office outside those times.
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John E. Dunn
Linn County Agricultural Conservation Association
Linn
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Central City
Legion Hall
Coggon
City Hall
Mount Vernon
Farm Bureau
Federal
Cedar Rapids
Parity Checks Sent to Buchanan County Farmers
Leonard Brame treasurer of the Buchanan county soils committee announced Friday that 349 parity checks totaling 26437.72 were issued to farmers in Westbury Perry Fairbank Hazleton Middlefield and Buffalo townships. These are the first parity payments received in the county.
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Independence
Leonard Brame
Buchanan County Soils Committee
Buchanan County
Westbury
Perry
Fairbank
Hazleton
Middlefield
Buffalo
Linn Boy Wins 4-H East Iowa Feeding Record Contest
Rex Beresford Ames extension animal husbandman announces the 4-H East Iowa feeding record contest results from the All Iowa fair Cedar Rapids. Linn county winner C. Mac Towers Marion and fourth place Howard Gardner Walker lead ten top placings among 62 entries with Lloyd Fey Delmar second Leland Grove Kinross third and Harold Schmitt Nichols fifth. Other finalists include Leo Levien Clarence Walter Meloy Bernard Conrad Kelly Bryant Eldon Holst Davenport and Leo Cox Richland.
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Rex Beresford
Ames Extension Animal Husbandman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
C. Mac Towers
Marion
Howard Gardner
Walker
Lloyd Fey
Delmar
Leland Grove
Kinross
Harold Schmitt
Nichols
STEERS FETCH 9.25 AT CHICAGO SALE
Clarence E L Crist of Clarence area bought 34 steers weighing 1123 pounds each at Chicago for $9.25 per hundredweight. The sale price reflects strong beef demand and steady feeder market activity in midweek trading.
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Clarence
E. L. Crist
Chicago
Oleo Sales Down 25 Percent In Twelve Months
Chicago report by the American Butter Institute shows oleomargarine July sales at 19,916,586 pounds, a 26.1 percent drop from July last year. For six months, sales totaled 169,105,970 pounds, down 60,349,518 pounds versus the prior year.
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the Gazette
Chicago
American Butter Institute At
Maynard Creamery Pays 26 Cents Butterfat for July
Maynard cooperative creamery paid members 26 cents per pound for butterfat received in July. Secretary C. H. Paul announced the amount today.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery
C. H. Paul
Baby chicks cost Iowa farmers more than U.S. average this season
Baby chicks have averaged 7.90 dollars per hundred for Iowa farmers this season versus the national average, reflecting higher regional costs and market conditions across the United States.
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Iowa
United States
Jones 4-H calves fetch averages at Jones county sale
At Monticello 29 buyers paid 10.38 per cwt for 96 head of 4-H baby beef calves totaling 89,145 pounds. The sale brought 9,256.76 dollars, an average of 96.42 per head, with hogs and sheep also sold. In West Union Fay ette county fair, grand champion Angus steer 970 pounds sold for 12.75 per cwt to Rath Packing. reserve champion Hereford 920 pounds sold for 11 per cwt to Hormel Packing. both shown by Harry Stolle Jr.
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The
Gazette
Monticello
Jones County
West Union
Fayette County
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Hormel Packing Company
Albert Lea
Minn
Harry Stolle, Jr
Bennett Fall Festival Show Set for Saturday
Bennett hosts its annual fall festival on Saturday featuring a calf show alongside the horse show. Exhibits include culinary work, fancy work, and farm products.
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Bennett
the Gazette
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