Feldman Brothers Show Hog Market Gains At Davenport Meeting
B Howell of Davenport reports at the Mississippi Valley Farm Business association annual meeting that Feldman Brothers of Kalona have improved market timing and hog production. The graph compares their cents per 100 pounds against the Chicago market over seven years. They credit seven practices including better breeding stock, home mixed proteins and legume pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Howell
Davenport
Fieldan
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Feldman Brothers
Kalona
Chicago
Howell
Man Brothers
Business Association
Feldman
Duroc- Hampshire
Poland
Iowa corn moisture 2.3 percent below long term average
Iowa's 1938 corn moisture averaged 2.3 percent under the 1929 83 ten year average on November 20. A weather division and U S Weather Bureau survey tested 293 samples across 1813 fields using 11937 ears. The driest area was Mills county southwest and the wettest in Howard county northeast.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weather Division
State Department of Agriculture
United States Weather Bureau
Oak Township
Mills County
Howard Township
Howard County
Northwest
North Central
Northeast
West Central
Central
East Central
Southwest
South Central
Southeast
Farm sale near Jubilee in Black Hawk county reported
A deed filed in Water loo records sale of a 161 acre farm two miles north of Jubilee in Black Hawk county. The property sold for more than $15,000. Seller Henry Hoppe and buyer Elvin J. Hebel are named in the transaction.
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LA Porte City
Jubilee
Black Hawk County
Recorder's Office
Waterloo
Henry Hoppe
Elvin J. Hebel
Rural Business Ass'n session weighs farming success factors
Cedar Rapids hosts the Cedar Valley Farm Business association annual meeting with over 150 attendees. George A. Pond of the University of Minnesota cites a Walter Wilcox survey listing fifteen factors for farming success led by experience and wife’s cooperation, noting schooling versus education and the reduced value of children’s help on modern farms. Officers and directors are reelected and Ames extension specialists also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Pond
University of Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Pond
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Minnesota
Walter Wilcox
Ames
Wilcox
Hogs Benefit From New Lighting Installment
Henry and Otto Strohmeyer of Spragueville installed a light over their cement hog feeding floor. They report easier feeding on dark evenings and faster gains as hogs seem to enjoy their feed more. They expect the investment to pay off soon with the electricity supplied by Maquoketa Valley REA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
Henry
Otto Strohmeyer
Spragueville
Strohmeyers
Maquoketa Valley
Farm women attend all day design training in Maquoreta
Twenty five farm women learned about choosing and using design in home furnishings at an all day leaders training school in Maquoreta. Miss Florence Scheuerman of Ames led the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
Florence Scheuerman
Ames
Tama Farmers Urge Law To Aid Labor Dispute Arbitration
Tama County Farm Bureau adopts a resolution urging national legislation to facilitate arbitration of labor disputes. The meeting drew about 500 people and covered weed law enforcement, continued AAA program, AEA funding, and gasoline tax opposition.
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Tama
Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau
H. C. Lorenz
Gladbrook
Emil Warner
Chelsea
John Roubinek
Clutter
Carroll Westfall
Robert Lyon
Traer
State Farm Bureau
J. D. Hayes
Hayes
Poultry and Egg Marketing Co-Op
Ottumwa
L. C. Davis
Don Fairchild
Ina Wiese
Neighbors Help Husking At Riverside Farm
Twenty three neighbors gathered to husk corn for Alex Mehaffey, farmer near Riverside, after his brother Earl died last week. The volunteers included Otto Novy and sons Dale and Eldon, Frank Novy and Buddy, David and Paul Rotenburger, Charles Mapel, Lester Thomann, Albert, Martin and Donald Kron, Walter Wombacher, Wayne Cray, Albert Novy, Joseph Liska and son John, Jesse Havel and Fred Lukovsky, with Mrs Havel, Mrs Liska, and Mrs Kron assisting with lunch for the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Alex Mehaffey
Mehaffey
Earl
Otto Novy
Dale
Eldon
Frank Novy
Buddy
David
Paul Rotenburger
Charles Mapel
Lester Thomann
Albert
Martin
Donald Kron
Walter Wombacher
Wayne Cray
Albert Novy
Joseph Liska
Closing Out Auctions At Oxford Junction And Winthrop
In Oxford Junction Frank Buresh closes out sales with corn at 38 to 39.5 cents per bushel and an 8 ton hay stack selling for 30 dollars. A top horse at 76 dollars and assorted machinery at fair prices. Raymond Mowry auctioneer Antone Blizek clerk. In Winthrop R L Kimball closes out sale two miles east of Quasqueton with cows to 78 dollars per head horses to 134 dollars. Feeding shoots 11.85, ewes lambs 5.50, mixed hay 4.60, mower 68 dollars.
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Oxford Junction
Frank Buresh
Raymond Mowry
Antone Blizek
Winthrop
R. L. Kimball
Quasqueton
Cedar Valley Farm Group Holds Annual Meeting in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Valley Farm Business association paused for lunch Friday during its annual meeting in Cedar Rapids. Directors and officers stood at the rear as the group gathered with leaders including president Roscoe Blinks and vice president Ben Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Varn Dan Schmidt
Reinbeck
Clark Brindla
Conrad
Chaster Hagan
Atkins
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Ben Neal
Mount Vernon
Henry Grunewald
Blairstown
Glen Sones
Anamosa
Agriculture chief plans early crop payments to farmers
The Agriculture Department announced about 500 million dollars in 1938 crop payments will be mailed in February as growers apply in December and January. The program targets cotton, corn, wheat, rice and tobacco within allotments and soil practices, with further 212 million in 1939 price adjustments and 50 million to sugar growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Wallace
Farm Auction Schedule For Early December
Local listings announce multiple farm auctions across Iowa from December 5 to December 8. Estates and farms include John Secor near Mechanicsville, Paul Sweitzer near Martelle, Reid near Walker, Sam Rieke near Van Horne, John Jacobs near Scotch Grove, Joe Novak near Mt Vernon, Julius Freese near Clarence, Hartley and Son near Mount Vernon, Schmalfeldt & Sons near Onslow, J T Bradley near Central City, Charles Berry near Cedar Rapids, and John Williamson near Vinton. Several properties include 116 acre and 4754 acre figures with farm closings and outbuildings.
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John Secor
Mechanicsville
Paul Sweitzer
Martelle
OR. Reid
Walker
Sam Rieke
van Horne
John Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Joe Novak
Mt. Vernon
Julius Freese
Clarence
Hartley and Son
Mount Vernon
Schmalfeldt & Sons
Onslow
J. T. Bradley
Central
City
Charles Berry
Cedar Rapids
John Williamson
Vinton
Three Grain Dealer Meetings Planned Across Iowa
Ronald C. Booth of Cedar Rapids, president of the Western Grain Dealers association, announced three meetings in eastern Iowa this week for grain merchants. The sessions run Dec 5 in Washington, Dec 6 at Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids, and Dec 7 in Iowa Falls, with dinners at 6 30 pm and no set speakers. Ron Kennedy will lead discussions on legislative developments, including an itinerant merchant bill the government program the state warehouse law wage and hour bill rail abandonment and river movement.
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Ronald C. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Western Grain Dealers Association
Iowa
Washington
Booth
Ron Kennedy
Des Moines
Butter Prices Rise as DPMA Sets Minimums in New York and Chicago
Butter at 92 score climbs to 30 1/4 cents in New York, near the DPMA minimum of 30 3/4 cents, while Chicago trades at 28 1/2 cents. DPMA holdings total about 98 million pounds with 56 million in Chicago and 37 million in New York. FSCC holds about 2 million pounds for relief shipments. Market gains reflect stronger prices and tighter receipts as storage buying increases.
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New York
DPMA
Chicago
FSCC
New 30 by 60 Foot Implement Barn Built South of Columbus City
A 30 by 60 foot implement barn with sliding doors across the full front has been completed on the E. D. Pretz farm located south of Columbus City. Builder R. F. Houseal of Columbus Junction oversaw the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
E. D. Pretz
Columbus City
R. F. Houseal
Closing Out Sale At P Schmalfeldt Farm Onslow Wyoming
Closing out sale of farm assets on December 7 at the P Schmalfeldt and Sons farm near Onslow Wyoming. Sale includes mares and geldings 1700 lb each a saddle mare and a Hereford herd with cows calves and a purebred bull. plus hogs hay grain furniture tools machinery and household items. Terms due day of sale. Auctioneers H Schmealfeldt & Sons. Lee Bebee, Clerk. Onslow Savings Bank.
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Cine LA
Geernsey
Guernsey
Manila
Regallon
AMEE
Bradley
Ownes
Mitehent E Takern
Rees Remer
Onslow
Yoming
P. Schmalfeldt and Sons
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Rome
Wm. J. Bitemaur
H. Schmealfeldt & Sons
Lee Bebee
Anam Onslow Savinge Bank
Large scale withdrawals cut storage across ten markets
Last week saw heavy withdrawals with storage holdings across ten markets down by an aggregate 5,523,693 pounds in the first four days, compared to 2,522,885 pounds for the same period a year earlier.
Poweshiek and Jackson County Farm Bureau Meetings
R. K. Bliss, director of extension at Ames, will address the Poweshiek county Farm Bureau annual meeting in Grinnell Tuesday with morning reports and a noon dinner. The Jackson county Farm Bureau plans its annual meeting for December 16 at Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
R. K. Bliss
Direcor
Ames
Poweshiek County Farm Bureau
Mr. Bliss
Maquoketa
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Home Economics Expert Demonstrates Sewing Machine Reconditioning
Miss Elizabeth Petersen, a Hale Ames home economics specialist, led a reconditioning demonstration for the home project group last week. Twenty six women attended the lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Elizabeth Petersen
Ames
Home Project
Livestock and Equipment Sale Listing at Granada PA
Sale starts at 10 am featuring 10 head of well broke horses aged 3 to 10, 10 Hereford steer calves, 6 milch cows, 12 Hampshire hogs, plus a large catalog of machinery and farm gear. Items include tractors, binders, corn planters, binders, hay equipment, grain bins, dairy and household supplies, and more. Proceeds benefit the estate of Sam Miche. sale conducted by Tony Schmitz, Auct. under Van Morne Savings Bank.
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Imi
Hampshire
Meyers
A.C
Ilke
Robinson
Cressey
Delco
Paul Rieke
Admr
Tony Schmitz
van Morne Savings Bank
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Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Iste
Santa
New Plymouth
Katz Auto Parts Co
Fifth St
Seventh Ave
Old Adams School
East Iowa
Ray Anderson
Cedar Valley Association
Roscoe Banks
Chester Hagen
Verne Dan Schmidt
Clark Brindle
Stanley Nicol
Association
L. K. Macy
L. G. Albaugh
C. A. Anderson
S. H. Thompson
Dorothy Simmons
Oxford
Joseph Kushner and
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Sun
Mon
Colorado
Alamosa
Colo
Montana
Art Langman
Billings
Mont
Lyle Devine
Great Falls
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Monticur
AAA
Ovida. Martin
Vinten
Rock Road
Richmond
John Williamson & Son
Morris Leng
Thorpe
Thorpes
Poweshiek Farm Bureau
Jata Sam Rieke
Rieke
van Herne
International
International Harvester CO
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