DeWitt Poultry Show Auction Draws Crowd and Resolutions
About 225 attended the DeWitt event where John P. Gregg spoke on international trade pacts, and William Breakenridge discussed beef costs. The Iowa livestock group adopted two resolutions calling state control of livestock centers and a tax on lard substitutes, with Otis Tuttle and Darwin Cooper approving.
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Ifth
John P. Gregg
Department of State
Washington
William Breakenridge
Dinsdale
Benton Cattlemen
Vinton
Herman Franzenberg
Keystone
AAA
Benton
Earl Wallace
Ivan Trottnow
Dysart
REA
Chris Kinsel
Benton Beef Producers
Jim Green
Gregg
Committee For
Breakenridge
Association
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Kinsel
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Darwin Cooper
la Porte City
Stephenson Elected Tama County Beef Group President
Rex Beresford Ames spoke on market outlook while Rex Beresford discussed pasture feeding. R. S. Stephenson Reinbeck was elected president, Roy Koester Gladbrook vice president, Burns Byram Toledo secretary treasurer, and Rene McElhinney Buckingham Thorwold Thompson LeGrand Emil Warner Chelsea named directors.
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TAMA
Rex Beresford
Ames
William Breakenridge
Dinsdale
R. S. Stephenson
Reinbeck
Roy Koester
Gladbrook
Burns Byram
Toledo
Rene McElhinney
Buckingham
Thorwold Thompson
LeGrand
Emil Warner
Chelsea
Institute On Farm Business And Labor Planned Feb 17 18
Des Moines will host its third annual national farm institute February 17 and 18. The conference, sponsored by the chamber of commerce committee on agriculture, will explore relations among business agriculture and labor through keynote addresses and open forums aiming at mutual understanding and cooperation.
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DES Moines
National Farm Institute
Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Agriculture
Weather notes and farm outlook from Iowa counties
The report surveys soil moisture, frost, and snow, noting ample moisture but potential spring needs. It highlights ongoing fieldwork, farmer classes, and discussions with John D. Gregg about U.K. trade pacts. W. J. Breakenridge discusses southern cattle feeding trends and cover crops replacing cotton, with implications for Iowa livestock.
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Iowa
Waukon
Decorah
Ames
Washington
Winton
Benton County
John D. Gregg
Gregg
Vinton
W. J. Breakenridge
Dinsdale
Breakenridge
Gazette
Southwest
Rio Grande Valley
South
Benton Cattlemen
Corn Belt
Steer Prices Hit Chicago Market Last Week
Knotek Brothers feeders northeast of Washington sold cattle in Chicago last week with steers averaging 1,120 pounds fetching 12.85 per hundredweight and another load averaging 1,151 pounds at 11.15 per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Washington
Xknotek Brothers
Chicago
Eastern Iowa Poultry Show Sells Top Roaster for 22.50
Clinton County Poultry Growers show in DeWitt auctioned the grand champion pen of three roasters at 22.50 bought by DeWitt Bank and Trust. L. C. Schultz of Camanche exhibited. Joseph Schmidt Jr of DeWitt supervised. C E Krukow noted the sale. Prices ranged from 22.50 to 1 per bird. over 100 of 324 birds sold. eggs sold under 35 to 20 cents per dozen.
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Clinton County
Poultry Growers’ Association
DeWitt
L. C. Schultz
Camanche
DeWitt Bank and Trust Company
Joseph Schmidt, Jr
C. E. Krukow
Ewitt
Charles Mortensen
Delmar
Ralph Minor
L. C. Shuh
Farm Night School Graduation Held in Tipton
Eighty Tipton adult education students gathered for a graduation dinner. Speakers included George W. Godfrey of Ames and Superintendent D. J. Kelly. Eddie Bell acted as toastmaster. Twenty women earned homemaking diplomas taught by Mrs. R. R. Werling. Herman T. Holmes led the men’s classes.
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Tipton
George W. Godfrey
Ames
D. J. Kelly
Eddie Bell
R. R. Werling
Herman T. Holmes
917 Acres Sold In Iowa At 97 Acre Average
Midland Mortgage company of Cedar Rapids reports 917 acres sold in Iowa over two weeks for 88985 total, an average 97 per acre. Highest price 135 per acre for 151 acres in Linn county. lowest 75 per acre for 240 acres in Keokuk county. Six farms improved, one unimproved tract sold to investor.
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Midland Mortgage Company of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
F. S. Waples
Linn County
Keokuk County
Story County
Grundy County
Linn
Jefferson
Story
New Farm House at Buckingham by Hayward Farm
Mr and Mrs Otis Hayward Jr moved into their newly completed house on the O J Hayward farm near Buckingham. The 28 by 30 foot story and a half bungalow is modern throughout.
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Gazette
Buckingham
Otis Hayward, Jr
O. J. Hayward
Remarkable Ames Pogis 99th Ace Victoria and Ollie 3rd Lifelong Lactations
The article highlights Jersey cow Victoria and Holstein Ollie 3rd as exceptional producers. Victoria sustained 1500 days of lactation producing 2310 pounds butterfat, while Ollie 11th lactation yields over 7500 pounds butterfat per unofficial tallies. Iowa State College and Iowana Dairy Farms emphasize superior breeding and meticulous feeding.
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Ames—Pogis
Ace
Victoria
Jersey
Ernie Reed
Iowa State College
J. N. Martin
New Providence
Towana
Floyd Arnold
Extension Dairyman
Ames
Arnold
Colony cattle operation uses grass to boost beef production
Rex Beresford notes Iowa cattleman Mr. Colony near North Liberty uses grass based feeding to finish calves. His 525 acre farm relies on bluegrass and clover with grain only as market conditions allow. Calves cost 8.40 on the range in October and the operation emphasizes rough wintering and summer grazing.
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Mr. Colony
North Liberty
Lee Colony
Iowa City
Rex Beresford
Ames
Iowa
Colony Farm
Nebraska Sand Hills
Colorado
Colony
Butter Prices Fall Across Major Markets in Week
A federal market review notes butter prices dropped over the week ended December 16 as buying lagged and supplies rose. Chicago and New York saw 92 score butter down about 24 cents, with FSCC purchases modestly offsetting further declines. Receipts fell versus the prior week, while the DPMA kept December and January prices unchanged reducing near term releases.
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Chicago
New York
FSCC
Minnesota
DPMA
Deadline Set for Wheat Loan Program Extensions
Washington reports the commodity credit corporation will not extend the Dec 31 deadline for wheat loan program loans. Producers must have notes postmarked by midnight Dec 31 to qualify for direct loans.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Corporation
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa This December
A sequence of farm auctions is listed for December with multiple closings. Mrs Mat tie Radeke, S T and L A Freeman, J T Svoboda, Morris Kerns, Kerns and Drakos, Mrs Ethel Grabin, and Farrell Brothers are set to close out properties near Blairstown Toddville East Amana Bertram Tiffin Quasqueton.
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Mattie Radeke
Blairstown
S .T
L. A. Freeman
Toddville
J. T. Svoboda
East Amana
Morris Kerns
Kerns & Drakos
North
Bertram
Ethel Grabin
Tiffin
Farrell Brothers
South
Quasqueton
Loans Must Be Sated by Banks by March Thirty First
The notice states that all loans issued by banks and lending agencies must be satisfied and completed on or before March 31, ensuring all outstanding obligations are settled within the deadline.
Farm Bureau Opposes Uniting Rural Mail Routes
Maquoketa Jackson county Farm Bureau urged against consolidating rural mail routes and favored delivering mail to every farm. A second resolution urged consolidating federal bank regulators. Ben Downey elected president succeeding Henry Schumann. H H Merrick named vice president and A G Nims reelected secretary. L F Marvin named treasurer. Mrs George Roe named county home project chair, Mrs William Dohse county 4-H girls chair, A E Stampe county 4-H boys chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Ben Downey
Henry Schumann
H. H. Merrick
A. G. Nims
Iowa AAA lists county corn yields and productivity for 1939
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa AAA committee announced county corn yields and productivity indexes to compute next year payments under the 1939 farm program. State average yield is 38.2 bushels. indexes reflect ten year yields 1929–38. Counties listed with yield and productivity figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa Aaa Committee
O. D. Klein
Iowa
AAA
Klein
Adair
Adams
Butler
Calhoun
Carroll
Cusa
Cedar
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Chafem
Crawford
Dallassis
Davia
Deca- Delaware
Kyee Dickinson
Dubsame
Emmet
Fayette
Floyd
Humeboldt
Ida
Towa
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johmaem
Jones
Keokuk
Konaut
Lee
Lina
Loulen
Lucas
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Marlon
Marshall
Mills
Mitchell
Monona
Monroe
Montgomery
Muscatine
O'Brien
Osceola
Page
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Poces Hontas
Polk
W. Pottawattamie
E. Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Ringold
Sac
Scott
Shelby
Sioux
Gtory
Tame
Taylor
Union
van Buren
Wapelio
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Winnebago
Winnieshied
Woodbury
Worth
Wright
Cow Sold For 100 Dollars Near Volga City
Volga City dairyman F. Blake bought a Guernsey cow from farmer Reg al Wilson south of town for a reported price of 100 dollars on Friday.
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Volga City
W. F. Blake
Regal Wilson
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