Packers Bid Indicate Hog Run Peak Is Past
Packers in interior markets show current hog bids near Chicago levels as the season’s heavy run seems past. Prices for 200-pound hogs 5.90 to 6.00 in Chicago match bids inland. interiors aim to keep slaughter near capacity amid tight supply later. Heavier hogs and lard hogs move west with drought-influenced pork demand.
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Packer
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
East
Missouri River
Omaha
St. Louis
California
Pacific Coast
West
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire Reported by RFA
Ray Murray reports on government limits to funds amid drought aid across states. Secretary Murray pushes cattle purchases in Iowa while Missouri has bought 420000 head and Nebraska 516000 head but Iowa only 18000 head.
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RFA
Hog prices rise across interior markets during week
Prices at Kansas City and St. Joseph averaged 6.50 with St Louis closer to Chicago due to eastern demand. Interior markets gained early in the week, stayed steady Friday, while a softer pork market reduced loin cuts by over 1. Prices in Iowa were the best since late September as hog quality improved and weights grew heavier.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri River
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Paul
Iowa
Surplus Pigs Reach Tama Relief Agency Totals
Tama county relief agencies received 53 additional surplus pigs, raising on hand total to 204 at the Toledo county fair grounds. Since Sept. 24, 567 pigs have been distributed or processed. 77 sent to a Waterloo packing company, some died or deemed inedible, and 179 were allocated to relief families with more to come before spring.
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Toledo
Tama
B. A. Dodge
Waterloo
Dolezal Elected President of Merry Lou 4 H Club
Evelyn Dolezal was elected president of the Merry Lou's 4-H club with Alberta Neal as vice president and Margaret Siggens as secretary at a Saturday meeting held at Jean Burge's home. Winnifred Neal is historian and Margaret Pitlik serves as newspaper reporter. The next meeting is set for Jan. 12 at Evelyn Dolezal's home.
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Mount Vernon
Evelyn Dolezal
Merry Lou's
Alberta Neal
Margaret Siggens
Jean Burge
Winnifred Neal
Margaret Pitlik
Sheep killed by dogs claims filed in county audit
Claims filed with County Auditor L. M. Youngman include Vern Dan Schmidt of Reinbeck seeking 15 for three lambs killed by dogs and Roy Strohbechn of Reinbeck seeking 20 for four feeding lambs.
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Toledo
L. M. Youngman
Vern Dan Schmidt
Reinbeck
Roy Strohbechn
Egg weighs six and a half ounces in Brennan farm
In Canton Massachusetts an egg laid by Patrick H Brennan's pullet weighed six and a half ounces. The unusual size drew attention from local residents and farm workers alike.
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Canton, Mass
Patrick H. Brennan
Local Auction At Winthrop Sells Farm Goods And Cattle
A Wilbur Smith estate sale northeast of Winthrop offered corn seed timothy seed and hay prices with corns seed at 1.10 a bushel and timothy at 14 a hundred pounds. Livestock included Holstein cows to 20 dollars sheep 6 to 7 dollars per animal and a draft gelding to 165 dollars. Two year old steers brought 24.25 a head and a young team 272 dollars. White Rock Bullets 56 cents each Hopkins and Miller auctioneers.
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Mount Vernon
Duroc
Orpington
Atwater-Kent Radio
Brunswick Phonograph
Marvin
Pitt
Emma Gean Riddle
Challis
Lisbon
Taount Vernon Bank and Trust Co
Columbus Junction
Nicewanner Brothers
Timothy
Winthrop
Wilbur Smith
White Rock Bullets
Hopkins
Miller
John Boyd sale near Dysart auctions livestock and farm items
Two horses sold for 150 and 142.50 dollars each at the John Boyd closing out sale northeast of Dysart. Milk cows fetched 23 to 43.50 dollars, heifers 12 to 18.50, pigs 6.25 to 8.40. Corn 0.82 per bushel, eats 44.34 per bushel. Implements sold: binder 212, cream separator 45.50, cultipacker 49, mower 50, disc 30. Tripp and Gill of La Porte City acted as auctioneers.
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Dysart
John Boyd
Tripp
Gill
la Porte City
Washington County Corn Prices See Wide Range
Prices for corn in Washington county vary from 85 cents for new corn to 1.10 for old corn. Drought area proximity and cinch bug damage have kept the local crop well below average. Prices are higher than a year ago when quotes were 25 to 27 cents per bushel. Farmers find the current price near feeding value.
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Washington County
Murray Hopeful Of Cattle Buying Despite Wallace
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray remains hopeful federal help can ease feed shortages in southern Iowa drought areas. He notes federal officials have little chance to approve Wallace's proposed 60,000 head cattle purchase funded by 1 million dollars. Murray cites a federal survey and Hopkins's sympathy as potential paths to relief.
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Washington
Ray Murray
Iowa
Wallace
Murray
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
111 000 Bushels Seed Corn Bought for Drought Area
Des Moines reports 111 500 bushels bought under a federal state seed program to assist southern Iowa farmers next spring. Charles E. Malone says 120 000 to 125 000 more will be purchased. total cost exceeds 120 000. Plan includes 10 000 to 12 000 bushels of early maturing corn for primary drought area and distribution by one bushel per farmer for about six acres.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles E. Malone
Atlantic
Malone
Warren
Cass
Pottawattamie
FERA
E. H. Mulock
Sheep Market News From Traer Amid Snow and High Costs
Deep snow and elevated feed costs pushed many Traer area sheep to market this week. C. E. Lambert accompanied a double deck car to Chicago with 150 more on hand. Cyrus Tow of Geneseo shipped two double-deck carloads of lambs from Traer, and R. A. Henry northeast of Traer sold one carload.
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Traer
C. E. Lambert
Chicago
Cyrus Tow
Geneseo
R. A. Henry
Two Agencies To Take Farm Census In Iowa 1935
Iowa will conduct a state crop census alongside the federal one with 2424 property tax assessors visiting about 214000 farms. State data cover popcorn timothy seed timber and farm assets while the federal survey focuses on debt housing population and irrigated land. The two surveys run in parallel for accuracy with annual state data versus a five year federal cycle. First crop reports expected after February 1 with final returns by April 15.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. Earl Cook
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Cook
State Department of Agriculture
Second Payment Checks Near in Washington County
Washington Ia. O C Patterson reports an invoice from Washington D C for 1 229 second payment checks totaling 169 920 and expected here in a few days. Second compliance sheets are checked for official approval before being sent to Washington D C for the final payment on corn hog contracts.
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Washington
O. C. Patterson
Washington County
Washington, D. C
20 320 Bushels Of Corn Sealed In Tama County
To date only 20 320 bushels of the 1934 corn crop have been sealed by twenty seven farmers in Tama county, reports Earl Wolfe, county recorder, who says the corn sealing program for 1935 is not drawing the same response it did last year.
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Toledo
Tama County
Earl Wolfe
Maynard Creamery Pays 31 Cents For Butterfal
Patrons of the Maynard Co operative creamery are paid thirty one cents a pound for November butterfal. The annual creamery meeting will be held Jan. 7.
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Gazette
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
Coming Farm Auctions and Consignments in Iowa Area
Public sales slated for December and January across Marion Anamosa Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon and Columbus Junction. Rice and Phelps schedule six miles SE Marion auction plus Anamosa consignments. H E Diehl posts December 24 sale seven miles north of Cedar Rapids. Martin Hanzlik and Emma Gean Riddle host December 27 and January 2 events near Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon. Midway Sales Co to run Angus auction in Columbus Junction January 2.
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Mandms
Clarinda
Midway Sale Pavilion
Columbus Junction
Rice and Phelps
Marion
Anamosa
H. E. Diehl
Cedar Rapids
Martin Hanzlik
Emma Gean Riddle
Mount Vernon
Angus
Midway Sales Co
Direct hog marketing study to publish final report
Washington AP The final report on a federal study of direct hog marketing to address farmer claims that direct sales lowered prices will be finished soon. Nils A Olsen chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics said field work is done and the report should be ready at an early date. The study, broadened at the Agricultural Adjustment Administration’s request, examined claims that direct marketing cut hog prices by 2 to 3 dollars per hundred pounds versus central markets. Supporters said direct marketing reflects natural economic development and saves producers marketing costs.
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Washington
Nils .A. Olsen
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Organization Man Hired By 9 County Farm Bureau Groups
Howard Matthews of Des Moines county was appointed district Farm Bureau organization supervisor after creation of the office. He will begin work January 1, visiting nine counties Black Hawk Fayette Bremer Buchanan Delaware Clayton Allamakee Dubuque Winneshiek spending five weeks in each county yearly. Chickasaw and Howard counties will join another county group for participation in the plan with a supervisor to be elected at Mason City.
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Oelwein
Howard Matthews
Des Moines
Farm ‘Bureau Organization
Northsarert
Iowa
Offici Oes
Matthews
Black Hawk
Fayette
Bremer
Buchanan
Delaware
Clayton
Allamakee
Dubuque
Winneshiek
Chickasaw
Howard
Masonity
Washington County Boy S Pig Enroute To China
A. L. Anderson of the Ames animal husbandry department purchased a Yorkshire pig for 50 from Noble, Washington county 4 H club youth Donald Rinner. The pig, junior champion at the state fair, will join a shipment to an agricultural college in China.
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the Gazette
Washington
A. L. Anderson
Animal Husbandry Department
Ames
Donald Rinner
Noble
Washington County
Agricultural College
China
Rinner
No Accident Horse Kicks Farmer Injures Guardian
Decorah report shows Glenwood township farmer John Johnson with a bruised cheek and arm in a sling after a horse kicked him. He admits injuries including broken ribs and says the incident was not an accident.
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the Gazette
Decorah
John Johnson
Glenwood Township
Hogs Sold In Chicago Market By Clarence Shipping
A total of 118 hogs consigned by Doerman Sylvester Winey Bixler Weatherwax Lendt Kahl and Behrens sold Tuesday through the Clarence Shipping association. Choice hogs weighing 245 and 246 pounds brought 6.20 dollars per hundredweight. shipping costs excluding home expenses were 37.34 cents per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Clarence
Charles Doerman
Tom Sylvester
L. A. Winey
Ray Bixler
W. W. Weatherwax
K. Lendt
Otto Kahl
Herb Behrens
Chicago
Clarence Shipping Association
Doerman
Sylvester
Subsidy Proposed to Improve U S Horse Breeding
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray urged a federal subsidy plan to create small stations for high class stallions. The government would acquire sub marginal land to pasture mares and support an improved horse breeding program through stations arranged with Dr John R Kohler. Murray cited Iowa’s decade long education effort and recent rise in horse production.
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Washington
John R Kohler
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Ray Murray
Iowa
Murray
Kohler
Iowan
Olson Reports Farmer Gets More Of Consumer Dollar
The Agriculture Department outlook predicts improved farm conditions with rising export demand for U S farm products. Europe seen as growing market for surpluses and pork shipments expected to rise. Farmers’ share of the consumer dollar increased from 33 percent in early 1933 to 37 percent, while urban migration to farms slowed.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Henry A. Wallace
Nils A. Olson
Europe
Olson
Tuberculin Tests Find 128 Reactors in Winneshiek County Herds
The Gazette reports for the week ending Dec 15 tuberculin tests in 104 herds in Winneshiek County detected 128 reactors from 2,271 head. Inspector C. J. O'Brien notes 60 herds in Allamakee County tested last week with 27 reactors from 1,282 head.
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Decorah
Winneshick
C. J. O'Brien
Allamakee County
Hybrids Outyield Open Pollinated In Scott 4 H Plots
Davenport Iowa Scott county 4 H club trials show hybrid corn averaging 75 bushels per acre versus 70.2 for open pollinated. 36 members planted three plots half an acre each with two hybrids and one open plot. Leroy Senheckloth led with 101 bushels per acre. countywide average 73.25, down from 90.16 last year due to chinch bug invasion.
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Davenport
Scott County
4-H Club
Irvin Edewards
Edwards
Rath Reports 1 360 000 Head Slaughtered In 34
Rath Packing of Waterloo reports 1934 fiscal year sales of 25 750 000 dollars, up 35 percent from 1933. Livestock purchases rose to 14 000 000 dollars, animals slaughtered reached 1 360 000, an increase of 70 000, and payroll grew by 200 workers to about 3 000.
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Waterloo
INS
Rath Packing Company of
4-H Members to Attend Ames Short Course
Washington county 4-H club members Everett Hayes Don ald Rinner and Joe Dougall will attend the boys short course at Ames the week after Christmas. Doyle Jarrard earned a free trip for second in the state health contest. Everett Hayes and Liocyd Marek serve as voting delegates for Washington county with Hayes as president and Marek as vice president.
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Washington
Washington County
Ames
Everett Hayes
Donald Rinner
Joe Dougall
Doyle Jarrard
Liocyd Marek
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