Farm Program Allotments Delayed by Corn Sealing Pressure
Iowa state AAA chairman O D Klein said corn sealing by committeemen delays the 1939 farm program allotments. Many counties cannot finish individual farm listing sheets until early January due to high loan demands and sealing activity, with about 175 million bushels expected to be sealed in Iowa.
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O. D. Klein
AAA
Klein
Iowa
Stein
Ames
North Central Region
Chariton
Mason City
Oelwein
Atlantic
Washington
Storm Lake
Fence Drift Poem Reflects Neighborly Repair in Year’s End
A reflective verse requests neighborly truth and repair for past harms. It envisions mending busts of 738 and aims to unite a neighborhood of friends working toward common ends. The poem expresses hope that such unity will strengthen the nation as the year nears its end.
Closing Out Sale at Ely Farm in December
I will quit farming and hold a closing out sale at my farm two miles north and one mile west of Ely Iowa. Sale starts at 12 oclock. Includes 17 head of livestock plus machinery and equipment such as a 6-ft binder a Deering binder hay mower John Deere planter 7-ft disk plow two wagons feed grinder saw mill tractor thrashing machine shredder manure spreader cider press and buggy. Hay and straw two tons each and 40 White Rock chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Iowa
John ‘Deere
Frank Halva and H J Neitderhisar In United States Bank Case
Frank Halva owner and H J Neitderhisar clerk are named in a United States Bank matter. The case references the bank and individuals in a formal clerkly context.
Glosing Out Sale of Mary Baker Estate
Closing out sale announced for the Mary Baker estate located near Swisher and Fairfax. Auction at 1 o clock with Edward O. Volesky as administrator and H J Neitherhis or Fairfax State Savings Bank as clerk. Items include machinery tools household goods and farm equipment.
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Edward O. Volesky
Admr
H. J. Neitherhis
Fairfax State Savings Bank
County Education Meetings Planned for AAA Program
County commissioners plan two types of educational meetings under the AAA program this winter. A meeting of county agricultural agents is set for Dec 27 at Ames to outline their role in the educational drive. Ed Ellison reports 1938 corn moisture averages range from 13 to 20 percent across various regions, based on 8,000 samples.
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Klein
AAA
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Ed Ellison
State Committee
Ellison
Woodbury
Des Moines
Lee and
van Buren
Mitchell, Howard
Chickasaw
Winneshick
Allamakee
Floyd
Fayette
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Winnebago
Bremer
Clayton
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
East Central
Northwest
313 More AAA Checks Arrive In Buchanan
Leonard Brame treasurer of the Buchanan county AAA committee announces receipt of 313 checks totaling 47068.94 to be distributed to farmers for the 1937 farm program. To date 875 checks have been received about 60 percent of the total due in Buchanan.
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Independence
Leonard Brame
Buchanan County
AAA Committee
Brame
Buchanan
Farmers Cooperative Grain and Lumber directors reelected
Arthur Plagmann Conroy and Arthur Maas were reelected directors at the annual Farmers Cooperative Grain and Lumber meeting held Saturday. C. L. Kreger, elevator manager at Ralston, spoke. A noon dinner was served by 4 H girls to sixty five members and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conroy
Arthur Plagmann
Arthur Maas
Farmers Cooperative Grain and Lumber Company
C. L. Kreger
Ralston
Co-Op
Farm Auction Sales Yield Mixed Prices Near Clarence and Nichols
At Clarence six miles southeast, La Frenz Brothers sale includes 3000 bushels corn at 47 cents, 200 bushels shelled corn at 48 cents, 1000 bushels oats at 36 1/4 cents, 65 eight-week pigs up to 8.20 each, milk cows 70 to 110, and total sales around 5000. Boling and Dinse auctioneers. Henry Walters clerk. Near Nichols Arthur Hollenbeck sale sees 12200 bushels corn and 500 oats, hay at 5.50 a ton, teams and cattle priced, and a wide array of implements sold. Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan croyd the sale. Rudy Dacdlow clerked.
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Clarence
la Frenz Brothers
Timothy
Boling
Dinse
Henry Walters
Nichols
Arthur Hollenbeck
Poland
China
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Rudy Dacdlow
Lone Tree
Auction Highlights From Blairstown North Sale
Special to The Gazette Blairstown buyers bid on a black gelding at 180 dollars leading the sale. A roan mare sold for 175 dollars and a 22 year old colt for 98 dollars. The season's colt fetched 50 dollars and the top cow 55 dollars. Nine yearling Heifers averaged 50 dollars. Poland China gifts pens sold for 16 and 18 dollars per pen. Chickens 77 cents, roosters 45 cents. Farm equipment including a binder 91 dollars manure spreader 75 dollars elevator 77 wind mill 13 and side rake 64 dollars.
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Gazette
Blairstown
Sweetclover Seed Prices Rise to Averaged $3.90
Washington reports growers received sweetclover seed prices averaging $3.90 per 100 pounds on Dec 6, up 5 cents since Nov 8, with regional ranges from $3.50 in western Colorado to $5.55 in northwestern Ohio. Imports through July 1 to Nov 30 totaled 4.73 million pounds, up from prior years.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Colorado
Ohio
Agricultural Economics
Cascade sale reports 37 steers at 1306 pounds
John P. Kurt Jr. sells 37 feeder steers near Cascade at Chicago Monday for 12.75 dollars per hundredweight. The lot averages about 1306 pounds and drew bids in the market report.
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Cascade
John P. Kurt, Jr
Chicago
Closing Out Sale at Ely Farm Northeast of Cedar Rapids
Public auction announced for December 28 starting 11:30 at the seller's farm four miles northeast of Ely eight miles southeast of Cedar Rapids and 14 miles north of Rogers Grove school house. Livestock include 52 head of livestock 3 horses 7 cattle and 42 hogs plus miscellaneous machinery and farm tools. Lunch at noon. Lew J McDracek.
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Ely
Cedar Rapids
Rogers Grove School House
Soul Conservation From a Country Woman
A country woman recalls comforting holiday scents from kitchens across the land. Mincemeat simmering plum pudding steaming fruit cakes baking corn popping candy bubbling and the mingled aroma of fresh Christmas trees fill homes with festive cheer.
Redclover sales lag as price rises 175 cents in nov
Red clover seed sales lag despite a 1.75 dollar price rise in November. The December 6 average price reached 1395 per 100 pounds clean seed, down from 2875 last year and below the five year average. Only 40 percent of the 1938 crop had been sold, with imports totaling 162,800 pounds and exports to the United Kingdom at 24,020 pounds through October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
France
Poland
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Grinnell elects Washington man head of farm managers group
Glen McCall of Washington was elected president of the southeast Iowa farm managers association at the annual Grinnell gathering. O. H. Mendenhall of Grinnell was named vice-president and Ralph Bauer of Ames, secretary. Paul Burson of Toledo led a program on soil improvement. W. J. Breakenridge discussed beef production and Fred Timm shared experiences rejuvenating old grass lands.
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Grinnell
Glen McCall
Washington
Iowa Farm Manager’s Association
O. H. Mendenhall
Ralph Bauer
Ames
Paul Burson
Toledo
Soil Improvement Association
W. J. Breakenridge
Dinsdale
Fred Timm
Steers Bring $12.75 a CWT in Chicago Sale
Emil Vajnar of Chelsea sold twenty two steers weighing 1 130 pounds for 12 75 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago Monday.
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Chelsea
Emil Vajnar
Chicago
Williamsburg area hosts Iowa County Farm Bureau annual meet
Carl H. Maas of South Amana elected president of the Iowa County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting in Williamsburg. R. G. Owen of North English named vice president A. E. Hursh of Marengo secretary J. R. Wallace of Williamsburg treasurer. Women’s home project chair Mae Stanerson Conroy and others ratified. A creamery groups resolution backs a state tax to fund farm product advertising, via milk cow levy or butterfat levy.
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Williamsburg
Carl H. Maas
South Amana
Iowa County Farm Bureau
R. G. Owen
North English
A. E. Hursh
Marengo
J. R. Wallace
Mae Stanerson
Conroy
Women’s Home Project
R. Harris
Williamsburg, Women’s Publicity
F. A. Bolger
Blairstown
Q. W. Lockridge
Argentina to export about 249 million bushels of wheat
The Agriculture Department estimated Argentina would have about 249,000,000 bushels of wheat available for export in 1939. The estimate rests on a 316,000,000 bushel crop for 1938-39, 32,000,000 bushels on hand, and 99,000,000 bushels for domestic use. The grain board will buy new crop bread grain at 60 cents a bushel.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Argentina
Argentine Grain Regulating Board
Department
Dust Bowl Wheat Outlook Improves With Heavy Snow
Snowfalls up to seven inches brighten crop prospects across Colorado Kansas Oklahoma and parts of Texas New Mexico and Arizona erasing fears of a dust bowl return and lifting winter wheat hopes after the 1934 35 dust storm period.
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Lamar
Colo
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Mommsen Angus Dress Highest Of Internat s Carrots
Chicago reports show cattle dressing percentages from the International show. John F Mommsen near Miles led Angus steers with 66.3 percent, the highest among carloads. Verlin Blair and James Blair of Dayton Indiana showed top Shorthorns at 65.7 percent. Schmidt Brothers loads of Angus ranged 63.96 to 65.4 percent, with the grand champion herd at 64.6 percent shown by A H Schmidt of Kansas City.
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Chicago
John F. Mommsen
Mommsen
Miles
Verlin
James Blair
Dayton
Schmidt Brothers
Delmar
Angus
A. H. Schmidt
Kansas City
High Dressing Hereford Tops Illinois Livestock Show
Union Stockyards Chicago officials report the top dressed steer at the International Livestock Exposition. Grace Fleming of Princeton Indiana entered a Hereford weighing 1,225 pounds with a 68.1 percent dressing, selling for 14 50 a hundredweight to a Chicago hotel. An Angus from Oklahoma A and M College had the second highest dressing percentage at 67 5 percent.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Grace Fleming
Princeton
Oklahoma A and M College
Louisa Drama Chairmen Meet Miss Eager in January
Miss Zaneta Eager of the Ames extension service will meet with Louisa county drama chairmen at a home project organization in Wapello on January 5 to plan a tournament of plays to be staged during January or February. The Want Ad section advertises the year’s biggest used car values.
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Wapello
Zaneta Eager
Ames Extension Service
Louisa County
Home Project
Futures Grain and Cotton Trade Falls in 1938 Totals
Washington figures show total grain futures trading for 1938 at 12.386 billion bushels across wheat corn oats rye barley and flaxseed, down 25 percent from 1937. Cotton futures declined 27 percent with 47.729 million bales, while overall commodity futures value dropped to 13 billion dollars, down 48 percent from 1937.
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Washington
Commodity‘ Exchange Administration
Commodity Exchange Administration
Farm Auction Schedule for Late December
A sequence of farm auctions listed with dates from Thursday December 22 to Thursday December 29. Closings include Farrell Brothers 32 miles south of Quasqueton Beverly livestock Cedar Rapids Jra Live stock exchange 240 acre Martin Johnson estate near Stanwood Mary Baker estate near Walford Frank Halva near Ely and L F proanariels near four miles northeast.
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Farrell Brothers
Quasqueton
Beverly Livestock Auction
Jra. Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Martin Johnson
Stanwood
Mary Baker
Walford
Frank Halva
Ely
L. F Proanariels
Half Iowa's 833 Co-Ops Are More Than 20 Years Old
Iowa's 833 farmers' cooperatives are largely mature with 55 percent at least 21 years old and 86 percent past ten milestones. The Omaha Bank for Cooperatives report notes 126 co-ops have operated since 1900 and 75 percent are at least 15 years old. President J H Mason calls the movement firmly rooted by years of experience.
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Iowa
Omaha
Farmers’ Cooperative Associations
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Farmers’ Cooperatives
J. H. Mason
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Marion Soulevar
Marlon
R. A. Shover, Prop
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Lew J. McDracek
PIAL
Iowa County
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Futures Commission
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