Butter Prices Jump as Imports Loom Across Atlantic
Imports threaten butter markets as New Zealand butter sells at 30 cents a pound in New York, near an import basis. The piece notes 14 cent duty, 31% cent New Zealand bids, and London quotes for Danish butter, with factors like limited storage, seasonal export hopes, and weak feed costs affecting margins and consumption.
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New York
New York City
New Zealand
England
London
Coppenhagen
Atlantic Seaboard
South Pacific
Chicago
Lex Ee Y Cements
Reichart Luchsinger Begin 41st Year As Officers
Elgin Farmers Dairy company elects Fred Reichart as president Melchoir Luchsinger as secretary treasurer with John Frederick and Swen Blockhus as directors This marks the 41st year of service for Reichart and Luchsinger The secretary’s report covers Nov 1 1933 to Oct 31 1934 detailing cream received butter produced butterfat content yields prices and costs per pound
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Epceial
ELGIN
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Fred Reichart
Melchoir Luchsinger
John Frederick
Swen Blockhus
Reichart
Luchsinger
Headington Sells Twenty Hogs for 24550 at 570 Cwt
Decorah Iowa James Headington Burr Oak farmer sold twenty hogs weighing 215 pounds each at 570 per hundredweight and received 24550. A year earlier he sold 51 hogs averaging 214 pounds at 270 per hundredweight for 2970 dollars, only 49 more than this year’s sale. He plans to keep 31 head until February.
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Gazette
Decorah
James Headington
Burr Oak
Mr. Headington
Lovells 4-H Names Officers for Coming Year
After an election the Lovells Laboring Lassies 4-H club of Lovell township Jones county announces officers Dorothy Barlow president Lorraine Hein vice president Kathleen Eilers secretary and treasurer Eunice Howland historian Lucille Yossi reporter Kathleen Eilers Dorothy Barlow Garnet Eilers and Luella Balsiger serve on the program committee.
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Monticello
Lovells Laboring Lassies
Lovell Township
Jones County
Dorothy Barlow
Lorraine Hein
Kathleen Eilers
Eunice Howland
Lucille Yossi
Garnet Eilers
Luella Balsiger
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa This December and January
Public sales announced by H E Diehl seven miles north of Cedar Rapids on December 24. Howard Hart hosts a community sale seven miles northwest of Anamosa on December 26. Martin Hanzlik closes out his Cedar Rapids area sale December 27. Emma Gean Riddle closes out one mile southeast of Mount Vernon. Tom Bushnell holds a sale one and a half miles northwest of Coggan. Little and McClintock Estate closes out a sale 344 miles northeast of a location. Angus auction in Columbus Junction by Midway Sales Co on January 2.
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H. E. Diehl
Cedar Rapids
Martin Hanzlik
Emma Gean Riddle
Mount Vernon
Tom Bushnell
Coggan
Little and McClintock Estate Conite
Ale
J. W. McClintock
Palo
Ian
Ald
Little & McClintock Estate
Lampman
Base Savings Bank
Anamosa
Mastitis Funds Added to Cattle Eradication Program
The Department of Agriculture added mastitis to diseases under the Jones Connally act. A total of 800000 dollars is set aside to examine affected cattle and pay indemnities for condemned animals in the mastitis eradication effort.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa C T Averages for November Butterfat and Milk
Average production of 19,093 cows in 1,071 Iowa herds on the fifty-two cow test was 528 pounds of milk and 21.8 pounds of butterfat. Twelve percent produced more than 40 pounds butterfat. 45 percent of herds fed a balanced grain ration and 60 percent used legume hay. Marion Lucas association led with 176 cows milking and 292 pounds butterfat. the Marion Lucas herd averaged 872 pounds milk and 497 pounds butterfat.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Department of Agriculture
Marion Lucas
Marion-Lucas Association
F W Byram
Soy sales soar at Rowley auction as totals exceed $4000
Forty bushels of soy beans sold at 1.31 a bushel on the Mrs. Charles Hopking farm east of Rowley. Other prices included corn at 79 cents a bushel and oats at 46 cents. Auctioneers Bert Hopkins and William Druce led bids for livestock, tractors, and vehicles, with a final sale total above $4,000.
Iowa county farm sale prices high in March market
Special to Tha Gazette reports last week in Marengo Iowa county farm sales saw new corn @ 95 cents a bushel chickens 55 cents each a 4 year old gelding 101 a head a 2 year old filly 101 cows 46 a head spring calves 14 and stocker cattle 28.
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Tha
Marengo
Iowa
horses bring high prices at La Porte sale
A team of horses sold for 290 dollars at the John Boyd closing out sale seven and one half miles southwest of La Porte City. Cows sold up to 48 dollars. A binder fetched 217 dollars. Corn in the crib brought 90 cents a bushel.
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The
Gazette
LA Porte City
John Boyd
Erickson sale near Masonville yields mix of farm produce and stock
At the William S. Erickson sale on the William Raders farm one mile northeast of Masonville buyers paid 78 cents for 200 bushels of corn 50 cents for oats and 60 cents for potatoes Seed corn sold for 1 per bushel A 3 year old horse weighed 1250 pounds fetched 80 with older horses at 35 Each of thirteen Holstein and Guernsey cows averaged 30 Heifers brought 18 and 19 and a 3 year old Guernsey bull sold for 30 Broad sows sold at 8 each and 120 chick ens brought 60 cents Each sale totaled about 1000 E J Hopkins is auctioneer Archie Lyman clerk MANSON AP Sixty Brown Swiss cattle from all parts of the state sold at public auction Top bull 150 Top cow 100 Carl Duncan assisted as auctioneer Buyers came from Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska.
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Gazette
Rowley
Carl E. Kress
Charles Hopking
Bert Hopkins
Tipton
John Psoia
Frank Voparil
White Rock
William Druce
Dick Swartzlender
Manchester
William S. Erickson
William Raders
Masonville
Guernsey
E. J. Hopkins
Archie Lyman
Manson (Ap
Manson
Carl Duncan
Creston
Rhodes and Wessels
Towa
Minnesota
Nebraska
College Township Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled
Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists a College township Farm Bureau meeting Thursday evening at the R. B. Booth farm.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
College Township Farm Bureau
R. B. Booth
Shucks! Let's Talk It Over -R. F. A.
A rustic scene shows Mary and Joseph in a stable with a newborn, as a bearded man guides a weary woman to hay. The calf and cow react in reverent awe while angels sing and the manger scene unfolds under the star. Contributed.
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Joseph
Christmas At The Colonies In The Amana Community
The Amana colonies celebrate Christmas with simple faith and shared joy. Visitors note a calm, steadfast spirit and a communal warmth that centers on the Christ child rather than flash or gifts. A West Amana pageant portrays the nativity with art by Carl Flick, echoing a timeless reverence.
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Christ
West Amana
Carl Flick
Star of Bethlehem
The
Kansan To Offer Bill To Control Direct Marketing
Rep Hope of Kansas said he would introduce early in the coming session a measure to control direct marketing of livestock. The Capper Hope amendment to the 1921 stockyards act is under hearings, with a government survey underway to assess its effects and weigh its fate in Congress.
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Hope
Kan
Kansas
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Congress
Production Credit Loans Pass $100 Million Mark this Year
W S Myers governor of the Farm Credit administration announced that production credit associations have loaned more than 100 million dollars to 125000 farmers this year. Half of the total was lent since June and the November volume was the highest since June. The midwest and Pacific livestock sectors showed notable growth. Omaha district extended 860000 in November.
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Llp
W. S. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Myers
Pacific States
Omaha
25 350 Bushels Of Corn Sealed In Jones County
Anamosa reports government loan sealings totaling 2 498 65 with 4 543 bushels sealed recently. Twenty nine farmers have had sealings to date amounting to 25 350 bushels including U S Allen Anamosa 400 bushels Carl Hay Anamosa 600 bushels H E Davis Martello 920 bushels N E Clark Monticello 600 bushels R W Grassfield Clifford Ginford and Howard K Mackey all of Olin 435 200 and 660 bushels respectively Henry Lorenzen Wyoming 200 bushels and H J Morrison Cascade 528 bushels.
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Anamosa
Jones County
U. S. Allen
Carl Hay
H. E. Davis
Martello
N. E. Clark
Monticello
R. W
Iowa Hogs Shipped to China for Breeding Program
Four Iowa hogs were shipped from Des Moines to San Francisco for export to Shanghai aboard the Teebank freighter. The purchase supported by Ames students includes Yorkshire, Duroc, and Tamworth breeds for cross breeding at the Kiangsi Provincial Institute of Agriculture in Nanchang to develop earlier maturing Chinese hogs. The project cost about $300 each in Chinese money, with $212 freight from Iowa to Shanghai.
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Ames
Tian Sheo
Iowa
Sheo
Des Moines
San Francisco
Shanghai
A. L. Anderson
Yengei Yamashiro
Yuichi Ige
Donald Rinner
Noble
Washington County
Knotek Brothers
Riverside
Fox Chemical Company
Kiangsi Provincial Institute of Agriculture
Nanchang
China
Red Army
Agricultural Institute
November Butterfat Nets 33c At Strawberry Point
Patrons of the Farmers' creamery at Strawberry Point received a net price of 33 cents a pound for November butterfat after two cents a pound for hauling charges. This marks a three cent increase from the previous month and is the highest price paid in the last three years.
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Strawberry Point
Butterfat Prices At Monticello Creamery Rise
Monticello creamery patrons receive thirty four cents a pound for first half December butterfat. Earlier late November butterfat sold at thirty two cents per pound.
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Monticello
Bruene Re-Elected President of Tama County Farm Bureau
Tama county Farm Bureau officers were re-elected at the annual Toledo meeting. Fred Bruene of Gladbrook remains president, with Bert Emerson as vice president and William Garretson as secretary. F F Cold Reinbeck is treasurer, Mrs Henry Thede leads the girls club, and Mrs H D Lorenz chairs the home project. R C McElhinney of Dysart named voting delegate to the state convention. Allen Kline of Benton County spoke.
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Toledo
Tama County Farm Bureau
Fred Bruene
Gladbrook
Bert Emerson
William Garretson
F. F. Cold
Reinbeck
Henry Thede
H. D. Lorenz
Lincoln
R. C. McElhinney
Dysart
Girls’ Club
Member Service Company
Boys’ Club
Allen Kline
Benton County
Grinnell Leader Re-elected Farm Bureau President
Grinnell Leonar d Evans was re elected president of the Poweshiek County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held Thursday afternoon. Offi cers elected include Forrest Read Brooklyn vice president Virgil Sherwood Hartwick secretary A L Duffus Brooklyn treasurer Mrs J J Dempster Chester county home project leader Mrs George Eichorn Malcom county chairman girls 4 H clubs Howard Willett county chairman boys 4 H clubs Mrs R O Heatwole Brooklyn county home project secretary and Mrs Gordon Farley Malcom county home project publicity chairman.
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Leonard Evans
Poweshiek County Farm Bureau
Forrest Read
Brooklyn
Virgil Sherwood
Hartwick
A. L. Duffus
J. J. Dempster
Chester
George Eichorn
Malcom
Howard Willett
R. O. Heatwole
County Home Project
Gordon Farley
Belgian Colt Club Organized in Jackson County
Maquoketa reports that about fifty farmers joined the Lamot te Belgian Colt club formed last week in Jackson county. The group purchased the Belgian stallion Marquis de Braine from Holbert Horse Importing company at Greeley. Officers are Ray Herrig president George Herrig vice president W P Herrig secretary-treasurer and directors Ben Thole John Wathier and R W Cahill.
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Maquoketa
Lamotte Belgian Colt Club
Jackson County
Marquis de Braine
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Greeley
Ray Herrig
George Herrig
W. P. Herrig
Ben Thole
John Wathier
R. W. Cahill
Cedar Rapids Meat Pack 972000 Head Slaughtered in 1934
T M Sinclair and Company, Ltd., Cedar Rapids reports 1934 fiscal year totals of 972000 head slaughtered including 700000 hogs 116000 cattle 54000 calves and 102000 sheep and lambs. Government contracts account for 25595 hogs 17283 cattle 5609 calves and 21490 sheep.
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T. M. Sinclair and Company, Ltd
Cedar Rapids
H. A. Palmer
Palmer
Final Benton County first checks due Monday
The final batch of first installment coin and hog checks totaling about 70 000 is due Monday for 300 Benton county signers. A. H. Fry reports checks should arrive by midnight and outlines tentative distribution in Van Horne Wednesday Garrison and Vinton Thursday.
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Benton
Gazette
van Horne
Benton County
A. H. Fry
County Adjustment Association
Fry
Washington
Garrison
Vinton
Poweshiek County Group Receives $150000 Invoice
The Poweshiek county corn and hog control association at Brooklyn has received an invoice listing checks totaling $150,000 from Washington DC. Checks are expected to arrive in the next few days.
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the Gazette
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County Corn and Hog Control Association
Washington, D. C
Second corn hog payments land in Iowa counties
Des Moines reports Black Hawk county farmers received corn hog checks totaling 187000 for the second benefit installment. Marshall county received 143 checks totaling 14023.18. Chickasaw county sums push past 100000 with a 28000 payment.
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Des Moines
Black Hawk County
Marshall County
Chickasaw
Jones county approves 113000 payment installment
Carl Smith secretary of the Jones county corn and hog adjustment association said Washington approved 113,887.69 in second installment benefit payments to contract signers. The exact arrival date was not given, but checks are expected within a week to ten days.
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Jones
Anamosa
Carl Smith
Jones County
Winners In Jesup Annual Corn Show Announced
The Jesup high school vocational agriculture class announced winners in multiple divisions of the annual corn show. Awards included ten ears yellow corn to Raymond Ohrt Robert Patten Marcen Seamen and R Howard and best single ear to Vincent Frost Robert Patten Marcen Seamen and Glenn Miller.
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Jesup
Jesup High School
Raymond Ohrt
Robert Patten
Marcen Seamen
R. Howard
Vincent Frost
Glenn Miller
Roger Hess
Everett Shatzer
Ten Ears White
LeRoy Hess
H. Howard
E. E. Pearson
la Porte City
Turkey prices rise since Thanksgiving in New York market
The New York turkey market stayed strong in mid December with prices up two to three cents per pound from a month earlier. Large operators oversold after Thanksgiving, lifting prices to clear November purchases. Receipts remain light and chick and egg markets show mixed gains amid regional production shifts and a Cuban tomato surge following Florida freezes.
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New York City
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Pacific Coast
Florida
Cedar Rapids Man Named Assistant Census Supervisor
The Gazette reports that J. H. Lattimer of Cedar Rapids has been appointed by Rep. M. Jacobsen to serve as assistant supervisor for the 1935 agricultural census in Iowa’s Seventh district. He fills a post vacated by Thomas Smith who was injured in an automobile accident and is hospitalized for about two months. Lattimer is a disabled World War I veteran who served overseas.
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Cedal
Gazette
Washington, D. C
M. Jacobsen
Iowa
J. H. Lattimer
Cedar Rapids
Lattimer
Thomas Smith
Jacobsen
Game Management Area Planned In Buchanan Co
Independence reports that nineteen Buchanan county farmers and land owners pledged 3 251 acres southeast of Independence to create a game management area along to the Wapsipinicon river. A Cox is named chairman with members Dr B B Sells W R Spees E A Slaughter R E Norton Mert Boyack and E J Holst forming the organizing committee.
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Buchanan County
Wapsipinicon River
A Cox
B. B. Sells
W. R. Spees
E. A. Slaughter
R. E. Norton
Mert Boyack
E. J. Holst
Huppert and Craft Earn Trips to 4-H Short Course
La Porte City youths Robert Huppert and Raymond Craft earned trips to the 4-H Short Course set for December 26 to 29 at Ames. Their club leaders are E E Pearson and Clyde Craft.
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LA Porte City
Robert Huppert
Raymond Craft
Ames
Pearson
Clyde Craft
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Poweshiek Farm Bureau
Jackson
Poweshiekr
Black Hawk
Frontier Park
United State Bank
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Frank Story
L. A. Miller
Cogston
Chester White
W. F. Mitchell
Auch
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