Iowa land values 1934 35 rise halted by 1936 drought
W G Murray summarizes an Ames based study by R C Bentley showing Iowa farm land averaged 79.75 per acre for July 1934 through July 1936, with prices rising early but falling to about 679.50 in 1936 after drought. The piece cautions tenants on whether to buy, noting risks of purchasing during high income and rising values.
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Iowa
Gazette Farm
W. G. Murray
Ames
Murray
The
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
United Ites
R. C. Bentley
Iowa State College
Prof. Bentley
Birds Dominate Center Point Tipton Poultry Shows
Center Point show attracted 251 birds from 31 entrants with top honors to W. J. Pirie Springville and Charles Reisser Vinton. White Rock class led with 71 birds. various breeds won in Center Point and Tipton including Partridge Rock, White Leghorn, Buff Orpington, Rhode Island White, and White Wyandotte across multiple cock, hen, pullet, cockerel, and trio categories.
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Center Point
Barbara Durow
S. B. Edwards
Villisca
W. J. Pirie
Springville
Pirie
Charles Reisser
Vinton
S.C. B
Ralph Potter
Cedar Rapids
George Blum
Potter
W. J. Schmidt
Independence
C. S. Roberts
L. J. Johnson
H. J. Huss
Central City
Allen Matheny
Ancona
Jersey
A. J. Mahauran
Charles Krouse
Toddville
Jean Gammon
Maude
Tipton
Harry Atkins
Davenport
Charles Reed
Virgil Griffis
Donald Crary
Keith Bell
Bennett
Rhode Island
Max Nebergall
Harold Hass
Ed Martinek
Vernon Wood
Forest Ford
R. I. Red
Buff
Griffis
Pullet
Nebergall
Trio
Crazy
Donna Small
Cock Bird
Linn Holiday Assn Elects Officers Tuesday at Marion
The Linn County Holiday Association will hold its annual meeting and elect officers Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Legion hall at Marion.
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Linn Holiday Ass’n
Marion
Linn County Holiday Association
Legion Hall
Cattle Receipts Hit Cedar Rapids Auction Market
DYSART-Silverman and Larsen feeders near here sold seventy eight 1,200 pound Whiteface cattle at Cedar Rapids last week for twelve dollars per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Dysart
Silverman and Larsen
Cedar Rapids
Need Repair Ads in Classification 29 Want Ads
Read the Want Ads under Classification 29 for sewing machine and vacuum cleaner repair offerings. Find local services, contact points, and pricing hints advertised to fix worn belts, motors, or seams.
Stanwood Farm Sale Lets 40-Acre Quarter Change Hands
Harold Meyer sold a 40 acre quarter of his 240 acre Stanwood area farm north of Stanwood to Harold Thompson of Montgomery County for 160 dollars an acre cash. Thompson, after a 2000 mile tour of Iowa and Illinois, seeks land. Meyer keeps 80 acres and will farm the Thompson quarter with a 50 50 grain share. Thompson is an operating farmer in Montgomery county.
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Stanwood
Harold Meyer
Harold Thompson
Montgomery County
Thompson
Iowa
Illinois
Robert Mitchell Farm Sells for 100 Per Acre
The 160 acre Robert Mitchell farm in Geneseo township Tama county owned by the Federal Land Bank was sold to Lloyd Pritchard of Geneseo and Tom Elliot northeast of Dysart for about 100 dollars per acre.
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Dysart
Robert Mitchell
Geneseo Township
Tama County
Federal Land Bank
Lloyd Pritchard
Geneseo
Tom Elliot
Farm sale near Garrison for $95 an acre
The eighty acre Jake Henkle estate farm four miles northwest of Garrison sold to Mr. Rogers, son-in-law of the late Mr. Henkle, at 95 dollars per acre. The property is described as well improved.
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Garrison
Jake Henkle
Rogers
Mr. Henkle
Lippe Farm Transfers Title in Jefferson Township Deal
A 92 acre Lippe farm in Center township Allamakee county valued at 40 dollars per acre changed hands to Fred Gelo of Jefferson township. Lippe gained ownership of a house in the Church Town community as part of the transaction.
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Waukon
John Lippe
Center Township
Allamakee County
Fred Gelo
Jefferson Township
Lippe
Churchtown
Schepers Heads Farmers Union In Elwood Vicinity
Fred Schepers was elected president of the Elwood Farmers Union at its annual meeting in Elwood. William Durkop named vice president and Fae Waugh secretary and treasurer. Schepers and Durkop became directors, Frank Hohn chosen county delegate. Homemakers Club chose officers for 1937.
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Elwood
Fred Schepers
Elwood Farmers’ Union
William Durkop
Fae Waugh
Frank Hohn
Homemakers’ Club
August Adrian
Lester Wirth
Arthur Schepers
Linn county Farm Bureau Calendar Week Events
Events on the Linn county Farm Bureau calendar include marketing training schools each morning at 10 o clock in various townships with named hosts. Meetings at the Y M C A and Coggan are scheduled midweek with outlook sessions and home project leaders to follow.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
South Marion Township
George Mitchell
Outlook
Marion
College Township
R. B. Booth
Coggan
Marketing
Clinton Township
Frank Prasil
Jackson Township
Willis Mills
Smith Receives 1937 Iowa Farm Program Details
Ralph Smith, Iowa soil conservation chief, carries confidential instructions for the 1937 farm program. The plan, revised from three weeks earlier, awaits final approval by Secretary Henry Wallace and official release next Tuesday.
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Smith
Iowa
ED Hadley
Washington
D. C
Ralph Smith
National Soil Conservation Program
North Central
Henry Wallace
Wallace
R. M. Evans
Evans
Linn Farm Bureau To Hear Sargent And Kline Dec 17
Fred Sargent of Chicago president of the North Western railway and A B Kline of Vinton vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation are scheduled to speak at Cedar Rapids on December 17 for Linn county Farm Bureau’s annual meeting at Hotel Montrose. The board proposed raising dues to ten dollars a year and Kline was asked to outline the federation viewpoint.
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Fred Sargent
Chicago
North Western Railway
Mount Vernon
A. B. Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Urbana
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Hotel Montrose
Rex Conn
Kline
Conn
Barclay Heads Grange Organized At Masonville
Delaware county gains Masonville Grange with James Carradus and Wiley Kerns leading the effort. Officers named include William Barclay as master Ruby Schmitz as lecturer and Dorothy Barclay as secretary. Completion planned at next Thursday night meeting in Masonville.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Masonville
James Carradus
Wiley Kerns
Middle Point
Ohio
William Barclay
Ruby Schmitz
Dorothy Barclay
Volume of storage butter increases in Dec report
New York trade estimates predict the official cold storage butter holding on December 1 will rise by 16 million pounds from a year earlier, following a November shortage of about 15 million pounds. Fresh butter prices stay near storage levels while imports dip and prices abroad vary.
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New York City
New York
Europe
Ec. i. F
Latvia
Elgin Creamery Pays 38 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Elgin Farmers' Dairy company receive payment for the first half of November butterfat at a rate of 38 cents per pound.
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Elgin Creamery
ELGIN
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Farm Auction Roundup December 7 8 11 Details
On December 7 four sales near Prairieburg Auctioneer J J Plower closes out at four miles northeast Prairieburg. December 8 features W W Vaughn dispersion sale of Shorthorns one and a half miles northeast Marion Tipkosh Solon sale four miles northwest Shellsburg Butterbrodk sale six and a half miles northeast Tipton. December 196 Kula closes out two and a half miles south Prairieburg. December 11 C H Schmidt sale two and a quarter miles southwest Lowdon Edith Kratzer sale four miles north Tipton.
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Stanwood
Tipton
Wald Station
W. W. Vaughn
Marion
Tipkosh
Solon
Zack McArthur
Shellsburg
Butterbrodk
Kula
Prairieburg
C. H. Schmidt
Lowdon
Edith Kratzer
Central City
Anamosa
Story Arm
Cornette Closing Out Sale Near Marion
A sale is advertised for Tuesday December 15 located 1 mile south of Marion. The notice identifies a closing out sale event but provides few additional details beyond location and date.
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Cornette
Marion
TVA Phosphate Limited To Ten Iowa Counties
Murl McDonald Ames extension service assistant director says TVA phosphate demonstrations in Iowa will likely be limited to ten counties for the next crop year. About two counties per major farming area and ten to twelve farms per county are planned with county Farm Bureau directors selecting committees to run the project. TVA will supply phosphate and farmers cover transport and distribution costs and apply fertilizer on demonstration plots.
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North Central
Iowa
Federal Supreme Court
Congress
Wallace
Pasadena
Calif
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
H. R. Tolley
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tolley
TVA Phosphate
Murl McDonald
Ames Extension Service
the Gazette Farm
TVA
McDonald
Farm Bureau
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Carl Mehn
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W. E. Challis
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AAA
11Th Street
Henry Cornette
P. C. Lassen
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Wm. Butterbrodt, Sr
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Wm. Butterbrodt
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Aucts
Henry Walters
Suburban Gas CO
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