November Corn-Hog Ratio Exceeds 25-Year Average
Iowa farm chart shows the November corn hog ratio at 212, seven points above the 25 year average of 215, with hog marketings higher in November and prices steady. Interior hog receipts in November reached 819,600 head, the second heaviest interior November in eight years.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Chicago
Federal Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines
Minnesota
Fence Drift and Market Pulse in December Weather
The piece notes a gray December mood yet shows hogs finishing faster due to ideal feeding and ample supplies. It cites a bullish trend in feeder pig demand, steady or rising prices, and farm-variety receipts, with Chicago labor strife causing no major Iowa market disruption. Prices for corn oats hogs veal calves lambs milk cows eggs wool hay clover timothy rise. wheat barley soybeans and turkeys fall while chickens and butterfat hold steady.
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Chicago
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Estate Auction Of Herefords And Farm Machinery
John Secor Estate presents a mixed auction featuring 33 cattle including purebred Hereford cows and calves plus 37 hogs and broad farm machinery from the International line. The sale includes hay grain farming items, tractors, implements, tools, and miscellaneous stock. Lunch offered. terms usual. location on premises.
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Guernsey
Jersey
Ereford
Secor
Strowa
John Secoe
McCormick-Deering Farmall
McDeering
McCormick-Deering
McCormick- Deering
John Secor Estate
F Rolling
Gibeamt Eexecutor
Jones Cattlemen Plan Banquet At Onslow Wednesday
The Jones County Beef Cattlemen Association holds its fifth annual banquet at Onslow High School at 6 30 pm Wednesday. Clarence McLaughlin of Monticello announces the event with 4 H champion Short Horn beef from Virtus Lorenzen of Olin to be served. A E Darlow of the University of Wisconsin and Carl Oldsen of the Iowa Beef Producers Association will attend as speakers.
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Onslow
Jones ‘County
Nefzger Heads Unit 1 of Buttermakers in District Meeting
Floyd Nefzger of West Union was reelected president of District 11 of the Iowa Creamery Operators association at the annual meeting in Volga City. Fred Mitchell of St Lucas was reelected vice president, and William Nelson of Wadena was secretary and treasurer. Butter entry by Otto Wegner scored 94 to top the December education contest. Albert Harms and Phil Lusson tied for first in a men’s judging contest. Official judges were A W Rudnik and Charles Hart. Next meeting January 19 at Oelwein.
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TW Carm
Volga City
Floyd Nefzger
West Union
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Fred Mitchell
St Lucas
William Nelson
Wadena
Otto Wegner
Strawberry Point
Albert Harms
Oelwein
Glenn Mittelstadt
Maynard
Phil Lusson
Ridgeway
Harms
Lusson
Otto Werer
Otto Weeger
Francis Giblin
Edgewood
Fred Moats
Fairbank
W Rudnik
Ames
Charles Hart
Fayette
Elberon Boy Sells Steer At 14 ¼ To Iowa City Moose
Jesse Lackender of Iowa City bought a 1090 pound Hereford steer consigned by Bernard Kosek of Elberon for 14.25 cents a pound. The steer placed sixth in the 4-H show last Saturday and will be used at a Moose lodge hall dinner in Iowa City this winter. The article notes both champion and reserve carcass steers, Angus, with dressing percentages and sale prices.
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Gazette
Chicago
Jesse Lackender
Iowa City
Bernard Kosek
Elberon
Lackender
Moose Lodge Hall
Roger Rowe
Dallas Center
Marcelle Paustian
Walcott
Reserve Champion 4-H Steer Brings Dollar A Pound
CHICAGO The 1344 pound reserve grand champion Angus shown by Edna Mae Brown of Miami Oklahoma sold for 51 a pound. Other top 4 H animals fetched prices per pound including Shorthorn and Hereford entries from Iowa and nearby towns.
Closing Out Public Sale at Shunk Farm Northwest of Mount Vernon
The Shunk place near Mount Vernon announces a complete closing out sale as the owners quit farming. The location is 1 mile northwest of Mount Vernon, 1 mile north of No. 30, then north 30 rods west of Home Sweet Home cabin to the farm.
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Highway No. 30
Mechanicsville
Ae UT
Hiramankard
Walker
Highway No. IL
Shunk Place
Mount Vernon
No. 30
Home Sweet Home Cabina
Wallace Announces Farm Committees In Keokuk Louisa
James J. Wallace, farm manager of Ames cultural foundation farms, announces advisory committees for family size farms in O'Brien Keokuk and Louisa counties. Members include Garfield Raw L P McCarty AL Staines Hartley Earl Deutschle James Bowen John Swanstrom Hedriel Henry Swails Columbus Junction Lyle Duncan Cotter Roscoe Ellinson Letts Joe Knotek Washington. Committees join with tenants to plan goals and next year's livestock and crop programs at Musser funded foundation farms to study landlord tenant and community benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
James J. Wallace
Ames Agricultural Foundation
Cotter
Roscoe Ellinson
Letts
Joe Knotek
Washington
Wallace
C. R Musser
Muscatine
Allamakee Farmers Receive $30,000 1938 AAA Cash
Allamakee county distributed 300 payments totaling $30,000 to farmers for 1938 farm program compliance. Horace Clark, county AAA treasurer, announced the initial disbursement on Tuesday.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Allamakee County
Horace Clark
AAA Committee
Floyd County Farm Bureau Hikes Dues to 10 Dollars
Charles City report says the Floyd County Farm Bureau raised its membership dues from 5 to 10 dollars at its annual meeting on Tuesday. R W Blackburn secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke at the event.
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Farm Bureau
Floyd
Charles City
Floyd County Farm Bureau
Yeat
R. W Blackburn
American Farm Bureau Federation
Anamosa Meeting Planned for Jones County Event
Mrs. Lucille La Cock Cochran Ames home specialist will lead a meeting to plan the Jones county achievement day in Anamosa. Mrs. Sam Ellison county home project chairman announced today.
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Anamosa
Lucille Lacock Cochran
Ames Home
Jones County
Sam Ellison
Chaiman
Angus calf prices at Chicago sale
Emil Bucks of Davenport buys four loads of Angus calves at the International in Chicago on Thursday for 15.50 15.25 14 11 per hundredweight from the herds of 7 1 and O J Hadley of Nebraska Lippold Brothers of LeClaire purchase a load at 15.25 from W B Mitchell and Son calves.
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Davenport
Emil Bucks
Scott County
the International
Chicago
O. J. Hadley
Nebraska
Lippold Brothers
LeClaire
W. B. Mitchell and Son
SOW AND 10 PIGS BRING $72 AT SALE
A Vinton area auction near Vinton sold corn in an outside crib for 3514 cents a bushel and Timothy hay at $5 a ton. Sows with litters brought $40 to $72, the top bid $72 for a Hampshire sow with ten two week old pigs. Horses sold for $20 to $60, Guernsey heifers bred to calve in April brought $60 to $70, Guernsey cows $65 to $80, a mower $61 and a disc $50. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne acted as auctioneer.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Bown and Brewer
Hampshire
Guernsey
Calve
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Officers Named For Allamakee and Buchanan County Fairs
In Allamakee WAUKON E M Phipps was reelected president of the agricultural society with B D Helming as vice president Frank Graham as treasurer Bernard Houlihan Guy Mason and Ludwig Larson named directors. Weather reduced 1938 fair receipts but premiums were paid on a 25 percent basis and labor and amusement costs on a 75 percent basis. In Buchanan county four outgoing fair board directors George McArthur Wilbert Frye John Dannenbrink and B O Gates were reelected for three-year terms J B Elliott was reelected president McArthur vice president and George Corcoran treasurer Gates and W J Campbell named delegates to the state fair board meeting in Des Moines Dec 12.
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Waukon
E. M. Phipps
Allamakee County Agricultural Society
B. D. Helming
Frank Graham
Bernard Houlihan
Guy Mason
Ludwig Larson
Independence
Buchanan County Fair Board
George McArthur
Wilbert Frye
John Dannenbrink
B. O. Gates
J B. Elliott
McArthur
George Corcoran
Mr. Gates
W. J Campbell
State Fair Board
Des Moines
Linn County Cow Test reports November milk and butterfat totals
CENTRAL CITY The Linn County Cow Test association No. 2 with 532 cows on test including 105 dry had a November average production of 456 pounds of milk and 20.4 pounds of butterfat. The G. D. Grover herd of ten grade Guernseys, two dry, posted an average 575 pounds of milk and 34.5 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Linn County Cow Test Association No. 2
E. F. Nation
G. D. Grover
Pasture Clinic lineup announced for Cedar Rapids
Paul Burson of Toledo and Charles Penningroth of Cedar Rapids named six farmers to present at the Cedar Rapids pasture clinic Monday. Speakers include Fred Timm Grinnell Conrad Roseland Gilman Will Shadley Montezuma Marvin Matthes Wellman George Raabe Belle Plaine Breakenridge Dinsdale with morning talks on soil treatments and reseeding and lime and superphosphate.
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Paul Burson
Toledo
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Fred Timm
Grinnell
Conrad Roseland
Gilman
Will Shadley
Montezuma
Marvin Matthes
Wellman
George Raabe
Belle Plaine
Breakenridge
Chamber of Commerce
H. D. Hughes
Ames
W. H. Pierre
A E. Hursh
Marengo
B. B. Hickenlooper
Outlook To Be Theme Of Olin Farm Night School
Olin Carl Smith of Anamosa Jones county agent will discuss farm outlook at the third meeting of the farmers evening school in Olin on Monday. The women’s class will study color in relation to attractiveness with Miss Esther Kidder in charge. The men’s council is led by Eugene Sutton with members William Pruess Everette Koppenhaver Gerald Lyon Frank Andrews George Slater and Arthur Engleking.
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Olin
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Jones County
Farmers
Eugene Sutton
William Pruess
Everette Koppenhaver
Gerald Lyon
Frank Andrews
George Slater
Arthur Engleking
Esther Kidder
George Bonjour
Oliver Furst
Melvin Ramsey
Guy Macomber
Injured Rider Spared Serious Hurt After Runaway Team
Michael Blockhus, former resident one and one half miles north of Elgin, was injured when a wagon horse team bolted. He jumped from the wagon and struck his head on frozen ground, leaving him unconscious for twenty four hours. Doctors reported no serious injuries.
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the Gazette
Elgin
Michael Blockhus
Blockhus
Coming Farm Auctions December Schedule
A series of farm auctions is planned starting Saturday December 3 in Anamosa with livestock sales. On Monday December 5 estate closings occur at multiple locations including Mechanicsville and Martelle. Other estates near Van Horne Scotch Grove Walker and Mt Vernon follow December 6 through December 8 with several closings announced by Nartley and Son and Charles Berry near Cedar Rapids.
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Anamosa
John Secor
Mechanicsville
Paul Sweitzer
Martelie
O. R. Reid
Walker
Sam Ricke
van Horne
John Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Joe Novak
Mt. Vernon
Nartley and Son
Mount Vernon
Charles Berry
Cedar Rapids
Carlot Steers Average 14.96 At Chicago Auction
International at Chicago stockyards auctioned seventy loads of fat show steers at an average of 14.96 a hundredweight. The sale featured the grand champion Mercer steer at 3.35 per pound and included Herefords Angus and Shorthorns with varied averages across consignments. Hog and lamb sections posted notable totals, with lambs averaging 12.55 and hogs 8.05 per hundredweight.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
A. H. Schmidt
Kansas City
Schmidt Brothers
Delmar
Mercer
Armour and Company
Palmer House of Chicago
Wilson and Company
Calf Auction in Chicago Nets $16 A Hundredweight
E F Goecke of State Center bought 380 pound Hereford calves at the Chicago International sale for 16 dollars per hundredweight. The consigner was Dan D Case of Manhattan Kansas. Goecke also paid 1350 dollars for another load of Hereford calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Center
E. F. Goecke
Chicago
Dan D. Case
Manhattan
Kan
Goecke
Ames Iowa 4 H Convention to Attract Record Attendance
Ames Iowa State College 4 H leaders expect a record 1200 to 1500 farm youths at the annual 4 H boys short course and convention December 27 to 29. Principal speakers include J O Christianson from the University of Minnesota and Dr Charles E Finley and Grover Miche among others. Separate programs for junior and senior 4 H boys will focus on livestock and crops judging with lectures on livestock production horticulture plant growth dairy and poultry topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
J. O Christianson
School of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
General Assembly
Charles E. Finley
R. E. Bliss
R. E. Buchanan
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Paul C Taff
Murl McDonald
M. D. Helser
David Wall
College Hospital
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Grover Miche
Reeve Elected President Of Johnson County Cowtest
About fifty dairymen attended the Johnson County Cowtest association meeting in Iowa City. A E Reeve of Tiffin was elected president with Alex Young Jr of North Liberty as vice president and Martin Warren of Iowa City as secretary treasurer. New directors are C M Fountain of Iowa City and Calvin Stutsman of Kalona. Carl Pieper was reemployed as tester for a year. Floyd Johnston, Ames extension dairyman, was principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Johnson County Cowtest Association
A. E. Reeve
Tiffin
Alex, Young, Jr
North Liberty
Martin Warren
C. M. Fountain
Calvin Stutsman
Kalona
Carl Pieper
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Corn Crop Largely Cribbed as Husking Winds Down
In Millersburg area the bulk of the corn crop has been cribbed with few fields left to husk. Farmers are shredding fodder and hulling clover while local want ads list unusual values in used furniture and appliances under classification 29.
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Millersburg
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Wyft
Discy & Sec
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Chas
Kerry
Lassen
Mitchell
E. Cohn & Sons
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Edna Mae Brown
Miami
Oklo
Leo P. Duer, Jr
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Jack R. Gill
Marion
Jeanette Brus
Maynard Schneider
Riverside
Calvin Goecke
Wayne Mommsen
Miles
John Fleming
Gladbrook
Robert Cress
McCormick-Deering Corn
Fordson Tractor
John Deere
Sudan
C. E. Hartley & Son
W. F. Challis
Auet
Lisbon
Mount Vernon Mank & Trust Co
L. W. Davis
Ryan
Keokuk
Louisa
BY Ae
Kubias Hardware Co
First Street
Fair Association
Buchanan
Linn C. T. A
Katz Auto Parts CO
DELCO
Ford Springs
Fifth Street
Seventh Avenue SE
OLX
Soils Association
H. B. Cheney
Olin Farm
Dial
Oranges Co
Inland
Red River
Idaho
Wagner
del Monte
Reeve
Johnson County Test Association
Maytag
Zenith Radios
Frigidaire
Maytag Co
Second Avenue SE
Dr. J. C. Landenberger Optometrist
Third Street SE
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