Clair Plan for Farm Relief Seeks Minimum Prices
The National League for Economic Stabilization endorses the Clair plan to stabilize agriculture through federal market control of basic commodities. It proposes yearly minimum prices, prorated domestic consumption, and removal of government trading from the market to restore economic balance amid protest of a long downturn.
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League For Economic Stabilization
the Gazette Today
Clair Plan For Agriculture
National League For Economic Stabilization
West Wacker Drive
Suite 200
Chicago
Francis J Clair
New York
Tne NG
Lcrquc
Baycole
United States
United States Post Office
Public Sale of Farm Items Near Newhall Cedar Rapids
I have sold my farm and will hold a closing out sale at my place 2 miles west of Newhall 14 miles west of Cedar Rapids on No 30. Sale Wednesday December 114 starts 11 AM free ranch at noon. 8 head of good horses and cattle plus machinery including Hart Parr 12 24 tractor. Also corn, hogs, hens, feed, ships and household items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
Cedar Rapids
Hart Parr
John Deere
Louis Pieper
Tipton
Thomas Mahoney
William Dinse
R. D. Swartzlander
Officers Re-elected At First Cedar Valley Farm Association Meeting
Cedar Rapids hosted the first annual Cedar Valley Farm Business association meeting with eighty farmers from eight counties. Officers Roscoe Blinks, H J Grunewald, Paul N Smith, and directors Pownall, Neal, Hintz, Feldman, and Ricke were re elected. J J Wallace served as route man and analyst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
H J Grunewald
van Horne
Paul N Smith
Center Junction
Paul Pownall
West Branch
Ben Neal
Mount Vernon
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Linn
Benton, Jones, Johnson
Delaware
Buchanan
Cedar
Washington
Wallace
J J. Wallace
Paul N. Smith
Sam Ricke
H. OS. Grunewald
D. C. Feldman
Farm Auction Roundup Near West Liberty and Cedar Rapids
A consignment sale at Gibson barn West Liberty is set for Monday December 12. A 55 acre farm estate located six and a half miles south of Cedar Rapids will be sold Saturday December 17 by J L Drahos.
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Gibson Barn
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Drahos
J. L. Drakos
Addressing the Farm Crisis and Global Price Pressures
The passage discusses the farm sector's neglect during economic shifts, the formation of federal land banks in 1920 enabling rising debt, and the 1930s price collapse due to agricultural surplus. It contrasts farm price declines with stability in other sectors under the gold standard and notes the focus on annual wealth from assets versus securities.
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Phe Clair
Congress
Oir
Jin Society
Federal
Twenty-Five Attend Sliding Scale Lease Session In Johnson
Twenty five persons including three Iowa City attorneys attended a meeting on sliding leases and adjustable farm mortgage interests in Johnson County. County Agent L Duncan and Millard Peck of Ames led the session as tenants and landlords discuss sliding scale lease agreements and adjustable interest payment contracts.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
L. Duncan
Millard Peck
Ames
Johnson County
Duncan
Springdale Eighty Dells Farm Sold at $90 An Acre
J J Shreeve’s 80 acre Springdale Eighty Dells farm near Springdale sold to Forrest Davis of Red Oak for $90 per acre. The property includes modern improvements and high cultivation. In Hazleton a 2 year old colt sold for $54 at a nearby farm sale. other cattle, grain, and machinery fetched varied prices.
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Springdale
Eighty Dells
Tipton
J. Jd. Shreeve
Forrest Davis
Red Oak
Hazleton
E. A. Tompkins
E. J. Sweeney
J. N. Smith
Co-op Creamery Names Officers At Annual Meeting
G. Corcoran chosen president of the Hazleton Farmers Co operative creamery at the annual meeting. Fred Hillman is vice president, Frank Harrington secretary, D. Moore treasurer, with Vernon Dibble H. H. Nicholson Charles Lachtscale Ralph Lewis and D. M. Mackenzie named directors.
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Hazleton
G. Corcoran
Linn County Farm Bureau Weekly Schedule
The Linn county Farm Bureau lists activities for the coming week. Tuesday includes a home project meeting at 10 am for College and Putnam townships with Mrs. Forrest Fuhrmeister, plus Bertram township Farm Bureau meeting in the evening. Wednesday features a 10 am annual meeting at the Methodist church in Marion and a Maine township Farm Bureau meeting in Danville evening. Thursday has a 1 30 pm home project meeting at Otter Creek township Alburnett high school and a Putnam township Farm Bureau meeting at Ely Legion hall in the evening. Friday starts with a 10 am home project meeting for Washington and Grant townships with Mrs. A. H. Ring.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
College and
Putnam Townships
Forrest Fuhrmeister
Bertram Township Farm Bureau
Upper Palisades
Methodist
Marion
Maine Township Farm Bureau
Danville
Otter Creek
Alburnett High School
Putnam Township Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Unusual Poultry Breeds Top Exposition At Independence
Special to the Gazette Independence exhibits rare grand champions in poultry shows. A. E. Muxlow's Speckled Sussex hen won the top award while Oscar Grow of Cedar Falls judged and awarded grand championship to Bullet a breed seldom winning. Nick Tull entered Columbian Wyandotte entries, with a Till cockerel also earning grand champion. Muxlow’s Partridge Wyandotte cock was named grand champion as well.
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A. E Muxlow
Oscar Grow
Cedar Falls
Bullet
Nick Tull
Till
Muxlow
Linn grain sealer chosen. bond filed for Linn warehousing board
George Dillon, Linn county agent, reports W. H. Zachary has filed bond and is qualified as official sealer for the Linn county warehousing board. The board, reorganized with R. P. Ink as president and Charles Mills as vice president, added directors from Cedar Rapids and Center Point. The communication notes corn loan rates of 8 cents per bushel in substantial cribs and 6 cents per bushel for open cribs, with blanket insurance preferred and no formal application needed.
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George Dillon
Linn
W. H. Zachary
First Avenue W
Linn County
Dillon
Mr. Zachary
R. P. Ink
Mount Vernon
Charles Mills
Central City
Gene Frazee
Marion
Buchanan County Credit Council Formed With Five Members
Independence reports the Buchanan County agricultural credit council organized this week with five members. Named are Henry Hanlore Perry township farmer George Slemmons Liberty township farmer Joe Brama Rudolph Leytze and Arthur Burkhart of Independence.
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Independence
Buchanan County Agricultural Credit Council
Henry Hanlore
Perry Township
George Slemmons
Liberty Township
Joe Brama
Rudolph Leytze
Arthur Burkhart
Fort y Years a Breeder of Jerseys in West Liberty
Albert Whitacre, 80, and his son-in-law Dale Hazlett run a 180 acre Jersey dairy on the east edge of West Liberty. The elder Whitacre began with Jerseys forty years ago buying grades then registered stock from J. J. Richardson. Their herd reflects lines from leading breed strains and they support broad bovine disease testing, seeking reliable tests for contagious abortion. Australia, New Zealand and Argentina are noted as top wool centers.
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West Liberty
Iowa
Albert Whitacre
Dale Hazlett
Mr. Hazlett
Mr. Whitacre
Louis A. Whitacre
J. J. Richardson
Davenport
Whitacre
Bang
Iowa's County Agent System Faces Shake-Up Under Financial Pressure
The piece argues that repeated resignations of Iowa county agents amid foreclosures push farm supervision toward insurance firms. It notes some agents lack farm fundamentals and warns that cost cuts and potential legislative revisions threaten continued extension work, urging careful administration and preservation of essential services.
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Iowa
Insurance Company
Johnson County
Johnson
Farm Outlook Conference Signals 1933 Projections
Washington officials announce the annual Farm Outlook conference in Washington from January 27 to 30. Economists from the U S Department of Agriculture and state colleges will review 1932 farm events and issue the 1933 outlook, covering demand, credit, labor, equipment, fertilizers, and over forty crops and livestock products. A long term agricultural outlook chapter will be included.
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Washington
D. C
United States Department of Agriculture and
State Colleges of Agriculture
Federal Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dust treatment of seed corn boosts Iowa yields in tests
In twenty three demonstration plots across Iowa, chemical dust treatment increased average corn yields by 51 bushels per acre over untreated seed. Barbak 111 Merko and Semesan Jr were used with gains up to 20.3 bushels in Polk county. Fertilizer with superphosphate reduced dry rot infection threefold.
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Ames
Iowa
R. H. Porter
Porter
Barbak
Merko
Semesan, Jr
Mr. Porter
Polk County
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Tony Schmitz
Geo McFlrox
Cherk Vinton
Towa
of Records Association
Cedar Valley Business Group
United States Department of Agriculture
College
L. G. Allbaugh
Ames Extension Service
William G. Murray
Ames Economics Department
C .E. Herriott
Ackley
Herriott
Hardin
Grundy
Butler
Franklin
Murray
Fayette
Jefferson
Beverly Yards
Earth Produce Co
Second Avenue
W. E. Hotz
Co-op Creamery
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar
County Warehousing Board
Credit Council
Buchanan County
Jerseys
Australia
New Zealand
Argentine
Iowa General Assembly
State House
Western
George Craft
A. T. Bena
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