Non Highways Gasoline Use Rises 87 Percent in Farm States
A United States Bureau report shows Iowa non highway gasoline use for farm power reached 66,168,000 gallons in 1937, up 87 percent from 35,276,000 in 1935. Illinois rose 87 percent to 101,785,000, with fourteen states totaling 1,084,817,000 gallons in 1937, up from 647,339,000 in 1935.
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Iowa
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Illinois
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
Minne Rico de Tone
Faso
Keokuk County Buys Percheron Mares for Farm Use
Keokuk County paid 400 dollars for three Percheron mares aged three, each about 1600 pounds. Fred X Kendall said the mares will be used on the Keokuk county farm east of Sigourney. The sale was delivered to the county board of supervisors at the Delta Lester Road property near Hedrick.
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Delta
Lester Road
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Fayette 4-H Girls Honored For Club Work
The Gazette reports Dover Union Farm Bureau awards to Bernice Stelzmiller Laura Spies and Ada Hammersland for long 4-H participation. Stelzmiller 21 and Spies 21 reach age limits. Hammersland receives a four year record book medal along with 1938 baked products achievement.
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West Union
Bernice Stelzmiller
Laura Spies
Ada Hammersland
Dover Union Farm Bureau
Miss Stelzmiller
Sunny Sals
Dover
Fayette County Farm Bureau
State Extension Service
Harold Hammersland
Thelma Mae Veils
Fayette County
Stelzmiller
Camp Minnewanca
Michigan
Waterloo
Spirit Lake
Ames
Decorah 4-H Garden Training For Winneshiek Girls
A garden training school for 4-H club girls of Winneshiek county will be held in Decorah January 4. S. W. Edgecombe, extension horticulturist from Ames, will be in charge. Food preservation, part of the second year home efficiency course, will be studied.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames
Schoolhouse Christmas Program Rewards Giving Spirit
A week before Christmas the school prepares a program with marms coaching each pupil to greet Saint Nick. Pa Ma and Aunt Sue plan to visit the school house to see the show as a community celebrates giving, finding life’s greatest cheer in generosity.
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Saint Nick
Sue
Hog Tax Recovery Assn Official To Be At Dysart Friday
E R Aschenbrenner, farmer north of Traer and rep of the National Process Tax Recovery association, will be at the Dysart Community building all day Friday to help farmers file claims for recovery of hog processing tax under the AAA program. He will outline the program at 10 am and answer questions. claims require sale data from Nov 6 1933 to Jan 7 1936, including hog counts, weights, prices, and shipper and packer details.
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Dysart
E. R. Aschenbrenner
Traer
National Process Tax Recovery Association
AAA
Supreme Court
Aschenbrenner
Oxygen Tent for Ailing Holstein Heifer
Jaysee Bracelet Ormsby Spofford a 35 day old Holstein heifer sick with pneumonia was treated with an oxygen tent. Veterinarians report she will recover and may be valued at $2000 at maturity if milk traits maximize. The 35 cow herd funds a sanatorium milk program for patients.
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Denver
Jaysee
Ormsby Spofford
Animal Kingdom
Seedora Triune
Nancy Pontiac
Carnation Walker
Spofford King
Jewish Consum
Auction Report From Addison Felix and Nichols Sales
Prices ran high at Tipton area auctions with 3000 bushels of corn at 44 to 45 cents and new crop oats at 35 cents. Horses, cows, and farm gear sold briskly including a Berkshire boar at 29 dollars and a blue roan gelding at 149 dollars.
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Gazette
Tipton
Addison Felix
Boling and
Challis
Dewitt Perry Riedesel Feeder Hogs Report Illinois Auction
Dewitt Perry Riedesel of Clinton county received 720 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago for seventy Hampshire hogs averaging 221 pounds and five head at 188 pounds. Winneshiek county Farm Bureau reports 600 members after a drive, about a 20 percent rise from last year.
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The
Gazette
Dewitt—Perry Riedesel
Clinton County
Chicago
Hampshire
Decorah
Winneshiek County Farm Bureau
Farmers Auction Schedule for December Local Area
COMING FARM AUCTIONS T & L Freeman close out 3 mi south Toddville J T Svoboda close out 2 mi NE East Amana Morris Kerns 214 acre farm and Kerns Drahos close out 34 mi north Bertram Mrs Ethel Grabin close out 442 mi SW Tiffin Farrell Brothers close out 42 mi south Quasqueton includes dates December 20 to December 22.
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S .T & L. A. Freeman
South
Toddville
J. T. Svoboda
East Amana
Morris Kerns
Kerns & Drahos
North Bertram
Ethel Grabin
Tiffin
Farrell Brothers
South Quasqueton
Price Of Timothy Seed Higher Than It Was Last Year
Timothy seed and sudan grass seed sell at higher prices than a year ago per a Bureau report covering Nov 8 to Dec 6. Timothy seed averaged 2.65 per 100 pounds to growers, vs 2.50 last year and 6.30 for the five year average. regional prices ranged 2.25 to 2.50. Sudan seed averaged 1.90 per 100 pounds on Dec 6, vs 1.50 last year and 3.05 in the 1932 36 average, with 25 to 30 percent of the new crop sold by early December.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Sudan
Mahaska County C T A Records November Milk Output
The Mahaska County Cow Test association with 496 cows on test including 97 dry posted a November average of 434 pounds of milk and 18.4 pounds of butterfat under tester Lee J. Schissel. The Ralph Sarver herd of purebred Holsteins at Rose Hill topped listings with 1009 pounds of milk and 31.7 pounds of butterfat.
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Delta
Mahaska County
Notice of Probate of Will No HAO in Linn County
The District Court will hear on December 21 1928 at 9 a.m. the proof and admission to probate of the Last Will and Testament of Lillian M Waddington late of Linn County Iowa deceased. Cedar Rapids Iowa December 17 1938 Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court Deacon Sargent and Spangler Attorneys.
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Linn County
Lillian M. Waddington
Said County
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W Lundquist
Deacon
Sargent and Spangler
November Chick Hatch Biggest For The Month On Record
Hatchery chick production in November reached a record high for the month with 1,722,000 chicks hatched across 74 reporting commercial hatcheries. The rise, 4 percent from November 1937, varied by region from a 17 percent drop in New England to a 49 percent rise in the South Atlantic.
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Gazette
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
South Atlantic
Midwestern
Six District AAA Meetings Planned This Week in Iowa
O D Klein announces six district meetings to explain the 1939 farm program to AAA committee men. Meetings run Tuesday through Friday in Ames Chariton Mase City Oelwein Atlantic Storm Lake and Washington with county instructional schools set for January.
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Iowa
Des Moines
INS
AAA
O. D. Klein
Ames
Chariton
Mase City
Oelwein
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Washington
4-H Boys to See Experiment Station
Ames Iowa AP John Quist assistant state 4-H club leader said the annual 4-H boys short course and convention will feature vocational counsel demonstrating agriculture as practiced by Ames experiment station. About 1500 boys expected Dec 27 to 29 with Dean Christianson Dr Finley and Dr Buchanan among speakers. Eleven departmental groups for older boys and separate junior tracks will be offered.
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Ames
John Quist
Quist
J L. Christianson
School of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
Iowa State College
E., Finley
R. E. Buchanan
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
R. K. Bliss
Eggs Market Shows Rapid Storage Drawdown Amid Fluctuations
New York City reports a volatile egg market with sharp gains early in the week followed by price easing. Storage movement is strong, production rising modestly, and holiday demand likely to sustain prices before year end. Meats and dressed poultry trading slowed due to a meat packers strike. turkey prices firmed, and hot house broilers arrived in sizable, steadier numbers as butchers shift from western boxed packs.
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New York City
New York
Chicago
Twilight Years Gift Giver Spreads Christmas Spirit
A very old white haired woman brightens a five-and-ten shopping trip with limited purse yet abundant joy. She selects gifts reflecting the real Christmas spirit, proving happiness comes from sharing, not price.
Farm Hands Decline 10 Percent 1909 to 1936 Despite Higher Output
Washington WPA officials report a 10 percent drop in farm employment from 1909 to 1936 even as production rose 27 percent. The shift is blamed on mechanization, with total agricultural employment falling from 12,209,000 to 10,997,000 while hired-wage workers slipped from 2,868,000 to 2,494,000.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Indiana feeder sells hogs at Chicago market prices
Leonard Dosland of Clinton county sold seventy five 221 pound hogs at Chicago for 720 dollars per hundredweight. He also received 6.50 for a 340 pound hog.
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Dewitt
Leonard Dosland
Clinton County
Chicago
Corn Exports Fall to 380000 Bushels in Week
The weekly grain markets review reports US corn exports at 380000 bushels for the week ended Dec 17 with light sales. Argentine and Danubian corn sold under US No. 2 yellow at Liverpool as domestic markets firmed then eased. Principal terminals received about 1,000,000 more bushels, totaling 5339,000.
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United States
Grain Markets Review
U. S
Land Bank Sells Farms in Heart of America Promotion
The federal land bank real estate department launches a campaign to promote Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming to residents of those states. The aim is to show regional attractions and to sell farms through ads in farm papers and metropolitan dailies describing the area as the heart of America's bread basket. In other news a fight between two elephants in winter quarters caused one to push the other through a 14 inch brick wall.
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Omaha
The
Federal Land Bank
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
America
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