Figures Cited By Secretary Wallace In Annual Report
Secretary Wallace said in his annual report that a farmer earns about 39.14 cents of every consumer dollar. A typical 1934 meal cost a worker $19.06 for ten foods with the farmer receiving $7.34 of the value. He urged lower tariffs, expanded foreign trade, and land planning under AAA. Gross farm income expected near $7.8 billion in 1935, up from 1934.
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Wallace
Ashington
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
United States
Resettlement Admin Plans Large Submarginal Land Buy
On June 1 the Resettlement Administration planned to acquire 20,551,928 acres for 103,788,079 dollars. The land would become forests grazing upland game and migratory waterfowl projects or recreational demonstrations. A federal land planning committee proposes 75,000,000 acres of submarginal land purchase over 15 years, including 20,000,000 acres already cultivated.
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Resettlement Administration
Reed Reports Corn 86 Percent Picked
Des Moines AP government meteorologist C D Reed said Iowa corn husking lagged due to bad weather with 86 percent completed statewide. Southern Iowa fields still hold a sizable portion, though the rate remains near the long term average.
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DES Moines
C. D. Reed
Iowa
Aaberg To Speak At Tama County Farm Bureau Meeting
The Tama county Farm Bureau annual meeting will be in Toledo on Saturday with Herman Aaberg assistant state secretary of agriculture addressing the group. Officers election and recognition for long time members will be held in the morning session and about 220 people will be honored for tenure.
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Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau
Herman Aaberg
Farm Bureau
Women’s Home Project
Edith Huffman
Farmer Sells 220 Hogs for 5774.43 at Cedar Rapids
Special to The Gazette. Lyle V. Sutton, a farmer near Manchester Delaware, sold 220 hogs to Wilson and Company of Cedar Rapids for 5774.43. Hogs averaged 273 pounds at 9.60 per hundredweight, shipped in four rail cars. He bought feeder pigs at 112 pounds, faced drought related death losses, and used extensive hog cholera prevention with E A Brockmeier.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Lyle V. Sutton
Delaware
Wilson ‘and Company
Cedar Rapids
Sutton
Iowa
Butterfat Costs and Leaders in Iowa Associations
The November butterfat cost averaged 20 cents per pound for Iowa associations, down from 21 cents in 1934. In November 68 percent fed balanced rations and 84 percent fed legume hay, up from 45 percent and 60 percent a year earlier. Top associations by butterfat were Fayette, Fre mont Page Mills, Wapsie Valley, South Hardin, Dickinson Clay, Lee Des Moines, and Benton No 4, with leaders C C Brownell and Sons of Stanley producing 52.1 pounds.
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Iowa
Fayette No
Fremont-Page-Mills
Wapsie Valley
South Hardin
Dickinson- Clay
Lee-Des Moines
Benton No
C. C. Brownell and Sons
Stanley
Clark Hoyt
la Porte City
Ed Chenswold
West Union
Delaware County
Delhi
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
Kleiss and Lang
Brooklyn
Henry N. Kruse
Linn Grove
HOUVER REELECTED LINN FARM HOLIDAY LEADER
Arthur Haniver of Springville was re elected president of the Linn county Farmers Holiday association at the annual Marion meeting Tuesday evening. Houver begins his third term. Frank Plummer of Marion was chosen secretary and William Rupperle of Marion was elected treasurer.
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Arthur Haniver
Springville
Linn County Farmers ‘Holiday Association
Marion
Houver
Frank*Plummer
William Rupperle
Sleeping chinch bugs counted in state survey
A preliminary survey by Dr. G. C. Decker shows over wintering chinch bugs prevalent in Muscatine county and southeast Iowa. Heavy populations in grassy fence rows weed patches and pastures threaten crops if next summer’s weather favors their development.
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Ames
G. C. Decker
Muscatine County
Decker
Farm Auction Listings Include Several Estate Sales
Upcoming auctions list Jos. Kabela Estate near Solon five miles south Lester Mitchell closing out sale near Mechanicsville Cedar Rapids Horse sale at Iowa Livestock Exchange Dairy cattle sale at Cedar Rapids and Smith Fesler closing out near North Liberty 51⁄4 miles northwest listing dates December 12 13 and 18.
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Jos
Kabela
Solon
Lester Mitchell
Mechanicsville
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Smith & Fesler
North Liberty
Wintering population in thirty eight counties steady
The wintering population in the thirty eight counties where infestation is greatest remains about the same as 1933 34 and slightly larger than the prior year’s level.
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Yeroes
Improvements at Clark Farm Near Clermont
Improvements completed on the John C Clark farm nine miles northwest of Clermont include a 30 foot addition to the barn bringing the total to 60 by 52 feet with lean tos and other outbuildings. A new 14 by 30 foot chicken house and 12 by 40 foot cement feed platform were built along with foundation repairs and new cement floors in the hog house and old barn section. All farm structures were painted and repaired.
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Clermont
John C. Clark
Brown Swiss top at 140 in Sand Springs auction
Twelve Brown Swiss cows led Monday auction near Sand Springs with top price of 140. A Brown Swiss bull fetched 80, calves 35, alfalfa hay 7 75 a ton, corn 51 cents a bushel, oats 31 cents. Other items included hens 64 69 cents, and a 9 year old mare selling for 197 at a nearby sale. Sheep ranged 4 to 9 a head. Special to The Gazette Fort Dodge reports Mooney and Larrabee Brown Swiss herd sold with sixty head bringing total.
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Sand Springs
Harry J. Lang
Anthony Paetz
L. P. Waddick
Monticello
Mio Conete
Tom George
The
Gazette
Thornburg
Russell Edmundson
Fort Dodge
Ald
Auction at Clermont Sets Prices on Brown Swiss Herd
The Clermont herd founded half a century ago by Gov. William Lars Jabee drew over 900 bidders from eight states. The top price was 500 dollars for a 3 year old, Pride Marie Granger sold for 435, a 9 year old that set a world Brown Swiss production record six years ago. The top bull was a 7 month calf selling for 400 dollars.
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Clermont
William Lars Jabee
Pride Marie Granger
Lomen Re-elected Winneshiek County Farm Bureau Head
Decoraherl in Winneshiek County Farm Bureau annual meeting re-elects Erlin Lomen as president. Officers Leo Herold Willard Torgrim O B Goodno re-elected. directors include F W Harvey J Amdzi hi J Tekippe Bouska Rolfs Sandager Bakke and others.
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Lomen
Winneshiek County Farm Bureau
Decorah
Erlin Lomen
Winneshiek County
Farm Bureau
Leo Herold
Fort Atkinsons
Willard Torgrim
O. B. Goodno
Calmar
F. W. Harvey
Bloomfield
John Am
Dzhi
Military
John TeKippe
Washington
John Bouska
Jackson
Ben Bouska
Sumner
Richard Rolfs
Richard Sandager
Springfield
Henry Bakke
Frankville
R. Jacobson
Glenwood
E. H. Ellickson
P. E. Gayle
Madison
M. R. Ringoen
Lincoln
Ralph Price
Orleans
Andrew Scott
Bluffton
Willard Dresselhaus
Canoe
Wallace Nordheim
Pleasant
T. E. Selnes
Highland
E. R. Wennes
Hesper
Merle Smith
Burr Oak
Paul Peterson
Fremont
West Branch Farmer Sells Hereford Yearlings on Chicago Market
A farmer near West Branch sold twenty one head of Hereford yearlings weighing 1090 pounds each. They brought 13.50 per hundredweight on the Chicago market.
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West Branch
F. W. Hinkhouse
Chicago
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