21 Percent More Sows to Farrow Next Spring in U S
The federal pig crop report estimates 8,238,000 sows to farrow next spring (Dec 1 1938-June 1 1939), up 23 percent in the West North Central region and with broad regional increases. The 1938 spring crop rose 13 percent from 1937, and total 1938- crop totals show large gains in hog production across regions.
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West North Central
South Central
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
East North Central
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Western
Corn
Itas
Edgewood Creameries Pay 31c Butterfat in November
Edgewood creamery firms farmers' creamery and F H Hatch Produce at Edgewood pay 31 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat delivered in November. No. 1 butterfat pays 30 cents. Both creameries report selling butter locally at 30 cents a pound.
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the Gazette
Edge Wood
Farmers’ Creamery Company
F. H_ Hatch Produce company
Edgewood
Butterfat payments set for Walker and Calmar creamery patrons
Special to The Gazette. Walker Farmers creamery patrons received 31 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in the last half of November, reported by secretary Kenneth Butler. Calmar Creamery also paid 31 cents per pound for the last half of November and 29 cents for the first half. November butter make totaled 27,188 pounds, 10,000 under October, with 21,820 pounds of butterfat received last month.
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Walker
Walker Farmers Creamery
Kenneth Butler
Gazette
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Officers Reelected For Fayette Co op Creamery
Fayette Mutual Creamery officers were reelected at the annual meeting. Theodore Miche is president Roy Fussell vice president A F E Wood secretary State Bank of Fayette treasurer and Louis Kiel and Frank Holtzman 3 year directors. The creamery, 20 years old, renewed its articles of incorporation and reported 287 144 pounds of butter produced in the last year.
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Fayette
Fayette Mutual Creamery Association
Theodore Miche
Roy Fussell
A. F E. Wood
State Bank of
Hogs and Steers Sell Strong in Chicago Market
Roger Bolton of Cedar county sold 43 hogs averaging 230 pounds at 7.35 per hundredweight and 26 steers weighing 1,133 pounds at 1.25 per hundredweight in Chicago on Thursday.
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Tipton
Roger Bolton
Cedar County
Chicago
Whittier Institute Sets January 5 6 Events
The Whittier Institute at the community hall schedules two days of contests and programs January 5 and 6. Girls clothing judging January 5 morning. boys grain judging January 6 morning. Exhibits include grain hay vegetables and women’s sewing and cooking. Notables include Roscoe Blinks and Henry Hood speaking January 5 morning. Linn county farm women chorus. Fannie Buchanan Ames. Paul Burson Toledo. Cornell College quartet. Wilburn Teeters UI College of Pharmacy. Additional talks cover pastures crime detection farming business family relations and farm population prospects. Closing program features a community play and Delbert Richardson Martelle music.
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Gazette
Whittier
Whittier Institute
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Institute
Henry Hood
Springville
Linn County Farm Women's Chorus
Fannie Buchanan
Ames
Paul Burson
Toledo
Cornell College
Wilburn Teeters
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
H. S. Nicol
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Paulina Nickell
Ray E. Wakeley
Iowa State Teachers College
Delbert Richardson
Martelle
Mare Team Brings 245 At Auction Near Riverside
A six head mare team sold for 245 dollars at the Julius Wolf auction six miles south of Riverside. Other lots included a seven year old gelding 125 dollars, ten year old horses 160, ten year old mules 130, with cattle hogs and farm equipment selling at varied prices. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and D F Macon, clerk Bagaias ee of Riverside.
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Sprelal
the Gazette
Riverside
Julius Wolf
Chester White
Hampshire
Endgate
Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
D. F. Macon
Washington
Bagaia Asee
Allamakee C T A Cows Average 20 4 Pounds
WAUKON The 490 cows tested in November in the Allamakee County Cow Test Association No 1 including 114 dry cows produced an average of 473 pounds of milk and 20.4 pounds of butterfat. The George Gocke herd of nine grade Holsteins topped the association with an average of 1017 pounds of milk and 34.9 pounds of butterfat.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Howard Gordon
George Gocke
Cedar county Farm Bureau elects new officers at annual meeting
Tipton Henry L Busching of Stanwood was elected president succeeding Alvin Stonerook of Clarence. Ben Penningroth Tipton named vice president Ray Severin London secretary and James Reeve Tipton treasurer. James Smith Mechanicsville elected 4 H boys chair. Women and girls club chairs named. Resolutions urged banking reform and civil service, supported soil conservation and road funding, opposed gasoline tax diversions. W B Hamilton of Des Moines spoke.
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Tipton
Henry L. Busching
Stanwood
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Alvin Stonerook
Clarence
Ben Penningroth
Ray Severin
London
James Reeve
James Smith
Mechanicsville
H. L. Busching
Alvin Stonerook, Women’s Publicity
Frank Kiser
Wilton Junction
W. B. Hamilton
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Christmas Eve School Program Brings Childlike Faith Home
In a country school, gas lamps glow as a Christmas program unfolds with a shy first grader delivering a welcome, carols, and greetings from Santa who distributes presents. Adults and children reminisce, the tree bare afterward, yet the sense of faith in a child lingers in their memories.
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Our Country School
Santa
Washington County C T A A Averages 23 4 Butterfat
The 330 cows tested in November by the Washington County Cow Test Association averaged 595 pounds of milk and 23.4 pounds of butterfat with 25 percent dry. The Morton Emde herd of West Chester led the association at 1,151 pounds of milk and 39.9 pounds of butterfat. The high cow was a purebred Guernsey owned by M W Miller of Wellman, producing 1,218 pounds of milk and 62.1 pounds of butterfat.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
West Chester
M. W. Miller
Wellman
Corn Show And Institute Planned At Olin
The annual Jones county corn show will be staged at Olin high school January 4 5 and 6 with entry day judging contests Farm Bureau meeting a high school play and an Ames extension worker talk on January 5. Merlin K Lyon is secretary of the show.
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Olin
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Ames
Merlin K. Lyon
Complete Closing Out Sale At Mary Buresh Farm
A complete closing out sale is announced for the Mary Buresh farm one mile south of Sanneyville, 312 miles from Swisher, on December 2. Livestock include 52 cattle, 16 horses, 9 hogs, 15 sheep, and 1 ton hay. Machinery and items listed include two track wagons, plows, corn planter, tractors, binder, mower, and more. Terms are cash with lunch on the grounds. auctioneer listed as George F. Parisek.
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Sbhneyville
Swisher
Amooth Mouth
Shorthern
Moreford
John Deere
Seedert
Little Wonder Tractor
Emerson
Ollers
H. C
Moehler Af Koehler
Mary Buresh
George F. Parisek
Pen Trust and Savings Bank of
Fly, Erk
Beushts
Andrew Naird
Mount Version
Lisbon
Rock Road No. 261
Martelle
Wed
Horace
Guernsey
T.B
Bangs
Mereford
Hereford
Nebraska
Sand Hill
Berkshire
Hampshire
Farrow
John Deere Staim
McCormick-Deering
Barrow
McCormick-Deering m Tyee Corn Pitker
Orpington
Eble
Record Interior Hog Movement Tops Million in 1934
In 1934 about 1,000,000 hogs moved to interior Iowa and southern Minnesota markets, a record high. For the first 23 days of December this month interior receipts reached 838,600 head, up from 718,900 in 1937, with weekly totals near 250,000. Prices firm with butcher hogs and sows higher, light hogs up to 25 cents, and the heaviest weights less favored.
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Federal Livestock Market News Service
Des Moiines
Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
Des Moines
Anamosa Farm Auction Listings This December
Multiple farm auctions scheduled in Iowa cities from December 24 to 29. Listings include Martin Johnson estate near Stanwood, Mary Baker estate near Walford, Mrs Mary Buresh near Shueyville, Frank Halva near Ely, George Donovan near Mount Vernon, Gilbert Haman near Tiffin, L F Modracek near Ely, W E Lutzwood near Lisbon, and J W Wallon near Marion.
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Anamosa
Martin Johnson
Stanwood
Mary Baker
Walford
Mary, Buresh
South Shueyville
Frank Halva
Ely
George Donovan
Mount Vernon
Gilbert Haman
South Tiffin
L. F. Modracek
W. E. Lutzwood
Lisbon
J. W. Wallon
Marion
Premium Prices Push Light Hogs at Markets
The interior market held steady Friday while Chicago saw an advance on light weight hogs. Iowa points reported orders for light weight hogs. Fresh pork demand remained fair to light with only slight weekly changes.
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Chicago
Iowa
Clarence Buttermaker Named Dairy Inspector
Clarence Buttermaker of Dayton Creamery has been selected as dairy and foods inspector. He will establish his headquarters at Sheldon beginning January 1.
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Clarence Buttermaker
Clarence — Albert Gintert
Dayton Creamery Company
Sheldon
Steers top at 12.75 on Chicago market
Stanwood M W Pruess offered 22 head weighing 1 094 pounds on Thursday, topping at 12.75 dollars per hundredweight. A load of 1 109 pound steers sold on Wednesday at the same price.
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Gazette
Stanwood
M. W. _ Pruess
Chicago
Clark Heads Dairy and Food Division in Des Moines
Des Moines UP reports Mark Thornburg, state secretary of agriculture elect, announced twenty appointments to the dairy and food division. R G Clark of Webster City named chief, B O Brownlee of Des Moines chief inspector. six returnees from Thornburg era among twenty-two inspectors, with thirteen new appointees listed.
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Des Moines
Mark Thornburg
Dairy and
R G. Clark
Webster City
B. O. Brownlee
Thornburg
Harold McElroy
Ben Schultz
Storm Lake
Elmer Reedy Ryan
C. EB. Behnke
Ames
Peter White
Atlantic
Andy Robertson
Oskaloosa
Albert Gintert
Clarence
Howard Delahayde
Mason City
B. W. Patsey
Maynard
J. Allen Wallis
Durango
John Hipsley
New Market
Lloyd van Petten
Indianola
L. B. Liddy
Keosauqua
Fred O. Lewis
Council Bluffs
Jim Dorman
Albia
Richard Dennler
Merrill
H. A. Lovrien
Humboldt
B. P. Holt
Garden City
Planets Near Sun Carry Heaviest Materials Despite Size
The inner planets are composed of the densest materials while being smaller than the outer planets. This contrast highlights how proximity to the sun shapes planetary composition despite overall size differences.
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Frigidaire Refrigerators
Cedar Rapids
Maytag Co
Second Avenue SE
Dial
Sanford's
Lost Nation
West Liberty
W. J. Hathaway
M. Duncan
Allamakee C. T. A
Cedar
National Banking Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Secretary of State
Henry , Busching
Washington,Co. C. T. A
Fairbanksmorse
Home Coal Company State Theater Building
Tewa City
Perth En Feor
W. V. Road
Tiffin
Jack
Jen
Glaspey and
Fitzwatrick
Will Rewland
Ray Anderson
Towill
Uncle Tom's Cabins
W. E. Lutz
W. E. Challis
Auct
G. L. Hill
Lisben
Geo. Donovan
W. E.chilils
Lisbes
Clark
Brownlee
St.Joseph
Peg
Wilson
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