County Agents Resent Political Pressure Over Jackson Day Dinner
Iowa county agents and conservation leaders resisted letters from the Jackson day committee asking for 25 tickets to Des Moines events. The notices suggested a federal party tie and named officials including Henry A. Wallace as speaker, prompting concern that conservation work would be politicized. Agents stressed they are hired by county Farm Bureaus and paid from county and federal sources, not party channels.
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Democratic Party
Tews
Gazette
Sesson
Iowa
Jackson Day Committee
Jackson Gar Dener
State
Democratic Central Committee
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Washington
Ray Woodford
Osxalonsa
National Committee
County Farm Bureau
County Treasury
State Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Conservation Committees
Hog vaccination school set for Louisa county farmers
Dr K W Stouder Ames extension veterinarian will conduct a hog vaccination school for Louisa county farmers in the morning of December 29 at Wapella.
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Epeca
Garvette Wapello
K W Stouder
Ames Extension
Louisa County
Wapella
Corn sealers report 74 048 bushels in Tow a county
Boechial to The Gazette notes that Marengo corn sealers in Dow a county have sealed 74 048 bushels of corn to date.
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Boechial
Tha
Marengo
Towa
Auctions Bring High Prices for Horses and Cattle at Multiple Iowa Sales
In Fairfax, six male horses sold amid strong demand led by an $260 eight year old mare and paired mares at $374 and $370. Milk cows topped at $119, yearling heifers averaged $50, and a two year old brought $132.50. Tame hay fetched $725 per ton and alfalfa $11. Machinery also sold well. Nearby Cascade saw shoats at $12 per head. the sale grossed about $6,000. Elberon reports notable horse and dairy cattle sales with mares at $199 and cattle prices $57 to $97. Oxford Junction closed with a cow at $70.50 and a team at $92 while Volga City noted horse sales from $25 to $140 amid feed and seed items.
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Reecentix
Str Papanse Hella
Axelena Beaste
Kerry
Elmwood
Deerfield
Sears Elmwood
Sir Papoase Della
Sears
Avelena
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
John Deere & Fant
John Deere Rotary
John Deere Endente
van Brunt
Rock Island
Marshalltown
H.p. Motors
Tom Cochran
Lohiversal
Shane
M LD Goons
Florence
ABC Electric Washer Canning Outfit
Nbraryable
Lee
Rockers Phonograph and Records
Gazette
Fairfax
James Buchan
Tony Sthnitz
van Horne
Srea
the Gazette
Elberon
Fulmer
Oxford Junction
Antone Herda
Here
R. C Mowry
Volga City
Hattie Duff
Swisher
Cou Falls
Morses
Amecih
Geod
Hampshire
Graham
Nine-Year-Old Mules Lead Final Farm Sale Totals
In Manchester area sale of Mrs Catharine Fry and Sons goods nine-year-old mules brought 313 dollars in the closing out auction. Old horses sold for 30 dollars. Twelve Holstein cows averaged 70 dollars, top 87. A yearling Holstein bull fetched 80 dollars. Oats brought 31 cents per bushel, ensilage 270 dollars a ton, alfalfa hay 12 dollars a ton. A near new corn binder sold for 130 dollars. E J Hopkins and Archie Lyman conducted the sale, totaling about 3,000 dollars.
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Gazette
Manchester
E J. Hopkins
Archie Lyman
Farm sale near Jesup lists grain and stock prices
Special to The Gazette corn brought 4219 cents per bushel oats sold at 27 cents and alfalfa hay at 10 dollars per ton in the Fratzke and Considine division sale north of Jesup Monday a grade Ayrshire topped the live stock at 5 dollars and 800 pound steers sold for 41 dollars each
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Jesup
Fratzke and Considine Division
Ayrshire
Stanwood Trader Markets 54 Po land China Hogs in Chicago
Edwin Busching marketed fifty four 250 pound Po land China hogs at Chicago for 790 dollars per hundredweight and received 690 dollars for four 457 pound animals. Over 190 million meat animals are slaughtered annually to supply the national meat stock.
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Stanwood
Edwin Busching
Stanwyn
Chicago
Going Home for Christmas A Country Woman Reflects
A country woman imagines the joy of returning home for Christmas. She envisions warm farm memories, fragrant meals, and a festive tree while hoping for peace on earth and goodwill toward men during the Yuletide season.
Dress Figures On Carlot Cattle At Chicago Released
Dress percentages for cattle in the carlot show at the International Livestock Exposition were published from Union Stock Yards Chicago. The grand champion carlot dressed 65.3 percent and was an Angus from Schmidt Brothers Delmar ia. Readings list numerous Iowa and other breeders with weights from light to heavyweight Angus Herefords Shorthorns and a light weight Shorthorn steer from Oklahoma A and M college at 66.6 percent.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Gazette
Schmidt Brothers
Delmar Ia
Iowa
H Stamp
Bryant
John Mommsen
Miles
J Mangold
J. Mangold
Angus—Schmidt Brothers
W. Matthieson
Angus
H. Harmsen
Teeds Grove
W. Wessel
T Hansen
Schleswig
H Harmsen
P. McGinn
Delmar
Richard Lacy
Kansas
Ill
Wessel
W. Harmsen
Otto Baasch
J. Harmsen
Andover
H. Morris
Ainsworth
McElroy and partners rehired by Fayette Farm Bureau
Paul E McElroy is reemployed as county agent in Fayette. William T Diamond becomes county club agent and Thelma Mae Veils home demonstration agent. Bessie Schneider joins as office assistant. Committee chairs named: J F Wilkinson, Grant Lauer, C R Carpenter, L A Kiel, Harry Olesen, and Sen Paul P Stewart with roles in organization, education, auditing, service, taxation and legislation.
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Bpreiss
Fayette
Paul E. McElroy
Harry Olesen
West Union
Service
Paul P Stewart
Maynard
Iowa to Hear Nine Questions on Farm Tenancy Policy
Iowa held a farm tenancy session to plan a series of county hearings starting mid January. Nine questions cover notice periods, compensation for improvements and damages, arbitration, taxes on farm sales, land taxes, government support for buyers, landlord liens, and effects of tenancy on farms and communities.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Committee On
Denison
Crawford County
Mason City Fair Names New Secretary
R D Molesworth, assistant at Missouri State Fair Sedalia, appointed secretary of the North Iowa fair replacing Fred Mitchell who served nine years. Molesworth to begin duties shortly after the first of the year.
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Mason City
R. D. Molesworth
Sedalia
Fred Mitchell
Molesworth
Fence Drift Sparks Lighthearted Family Outing
A Cedar Rapids tale describes a family outing about hunting toy surprises and quirky mechanical doodads. The piece notes grown children still enjoying playful antics amid everyday life.
Benton Tama REA Hookup Proposed Plan
Benton Tama rural elect committees met to consider annexation by Benton REA of part or all of the 152 mile Tama county project. I E Trottnow outlined details and a Tama county user drive was appointed. Under the plan 100 miles of Tama lines could be served from Benton county.
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Dysart
Benton
Tama County
Benton County Co-Operative
Trottnow
Benton Rea
Tama
Benton County
Dickinson Farmers In Line For First 1937 Program Checks
Dickinson county farmers lead Iowa in signing 1937 farm program payments. About 800 Dickinson farmers are filing for payments as state audits finish. Approved apps go to Chicago for check creation before distribution through the county.
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Dickinson
Des Moines
Dickinson County
Iowa
State Aaa
Chicago
Adair
Marion
Hardin
Humboldt
Carroll
Klein
Farm dollar buys 84 percent of prewar power
Agriculture department economists report the November farm dollar has 84 cents purchasing power in prewar prices. The index fell four cents from October and ten cents from November 1936. Only lambs wool and chickens had buying power equal to or above prewar levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Edgewood I Seals 9 776 Bushels of Corn Nationwide
Fred Sherman, sealer for Clayton county, reported sealing 9 776 bushels of corn last week across several locales in the country.
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Edgewood
Fred Sherman
Clayton County
Deadline set for land purchase loan in six Iowa counties
Farm Bureau release from Fayette announces December 31 deadline for tenant and land purchase loans under the Bankhead Jones act. Six Iowa counties Fayette Clarke Harrison Ida Emmet will receive a limited number of loans in 1938 with 3 percent interest for up to forty years.
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Farm Bureau
Fayette
Iowa
Clarke
Harrison
Ida
Emmet
Fayette County
Jerry N. Spencer
West Union
Iowa County
Edward Kinsey
Grinnell
Creameries Pay 44 Cents For Top Butterfat In December
Wellman Cooperative Creamery paid 44 cents a pound for sweet cream butter fat and 43 cents for No 1 during the first half of December according to manager and buttermaker A C Kraft.
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Wellman
Wellman Cooperative Creamery
A. C. Kraft
Butterfat Prices Reported by Rowley Creamery
The Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 44 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat in the last half of November. No 2 butterfat sold for 43 cents and No 3 for 42 cents. First half of November saw prices 1 cent lower. Twenty three cents of every farm dollar comes from livestock sales.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Farm Auction Notices From December Schedule
A series of farm auctions slated across Iowa from December 23 to December 29. Gearhart and Fedderson close out near Central City, Mrs H E Smith near Martelle, Bever ly Cattle Company conducts livestock sales, with sales also listed at Cedar Rapids, Swisher, Ely, Atkins, and Marion zones. Additional closings include Desert, Frank Lorenc, T G Armstrong, and H J Rompf in various towns.
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Gearhart and Fedderson
Central City
H. E. Smith
West Martelle
Beverly Cattle Company
Benton County Junior Farm Bureau Elects Officers
VINTON new officers named for Benton county Junior Farm Bureau include Charles Birker Vinton president Romain Gardner Garrison vice president Eleanor Oehlerich Belle Plaine secretary Florence Wetzel Vinton treasurer Leona Skoog Vinton reporter and Howard Johnson Vinton music chairman.
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Vinton
Benton County Junior Farm Bureau
Charles Birker
Romain Gardner
Garrison
Eleanor Oehlerich
Belle Plaine
Florence Wetzel
Leona Skoog
Howard Johnson
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Ely
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