Relief Butter Distribution Set At Fifty Cents Per Hundredweight
Chicago and New York reports indicate relief butter will sell for 50 cents per hundredweight. About half the supply is cut into pounds or smaller units ready for ration distribution, with rest to be printed ASAP. In Illinois relief coupons will trade for butter at retail stores. firms like Land O Lakes and Beatrice Creamery will handle distribution.
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Chicago
New York
Juinois
Land O ° Lakes Creameries
Blue Valley Creamery Company
Beatrice Creamery Company
Borden Company
P Company
Southern Farmers Optimistic About Prospect For 1934
CHICAGO report says southern farmers remain hopeful for 1934 despite debt from the Depression. Cotton’s rebound stands out with Oklahoma crop value up to 118.9 million in 1933 from 77.0 million in 1932, and wheat revenue increasing by 8.9 million. Texas agriculture leads farm recovery, dairy faces price lows, Rio Grande Valley stabilizes after a hurricane, and federal cotton acreage reductions are seen as key to improvement.
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Chicago
UPI
Southlands
Oklahoma
Halilea
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Livestock Burned in Delta Area Barn Fire
A barn at the Kendall farm four miles south of Delta burned Sunday likely from an undetermined cause. Forty two head of livestock perished including two horses, two cows, thirty some pigs, geese, clover seed, hay and grain, and a granary also burned.
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Delta
Kendall
Clem
Reynolds
Fence Drift in Weaving and Weather: A Poetic Note
A fragment poem describes a snow storm and its effects as a blanket and a harsh, almost cruel force. The lines compare the weather to a woman’s love and reference modern fiction and movies for tone. The piece hints at protective imagery versus biting, smothering cold.
Farm Bureau Bill Moves On Iowa Legislature Calendar
Sen William McArthur proposes separating Farm Bureau from state and federal extension services in Iowa. The bill would place county extension projects under elected county extension councils funded by county appropriations, allowing all farmers access regardless of affiliation. The measure cites support in several states and targets enhanced farmer participation and education.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Town Farm Bureau Federation
William McArthur
Cerro Gordo
McArthur
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
McaArthur
Michigan
Indiana
Mitchell Cones
Farmers Grain Dealers Set January Convention in Town
The third annual convention of the Farmers Grain Dealers association of Town will be held January 23 to 25. Secretary W. Thompson says affiliated groups like Farmers Elevator Service, Farmers National Cooperative Elevator Mutual Insurance Association, Iowa Cooperative Grain Company, and the Agricultural Credit association will join the meeting.
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Fort Dodge
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Town
Woh Thompson
Farmers Elevator Service
Farmers National Co-operative Elevator Mutual Insurance 7Oolation
Farmers Agricurial Credit Association
Iowa Coperative Gran Company
Land taxes drop yet burden mounts across farms
Special to The Gazette reports that farm real estate taxes per acre fell 22 percent from 1929 to 1932 while the property value on which taxes were levied fell 37 percent, causing taxes relative to value to rise 24 percent. Net farm income fell about 60 percent. tax burden rose as incomes declined.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
United States
Department of Agricuture
Bureau
North Central
West South Central States
New England
Naine
Rhode Island
New England States
Middle Atlantic States
West North Central
South Atlantic
East South Central
West South Central
Pacific States
Aaberg Announces New Rulings For Warehouse Boards
Des Moines AP reports Assistant Secretary Aaberg says new rulings from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration on corn loans authorize sealing cribs in towns and cities with proper real estate descriptions and owner consent. Adjustments affect warehouse board compensation, sealing rates, and fund pro ration to owners.
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Des Moines
H C Aaberg
Bradley Agricultural Adjustment Administrator
Aaberg
Bradley
Senate
Quick Remedy Ad Claims Fast Cold Relief
An old ad touts 666 Liquid tablets and salve for colds headaches neuralgia and malaria with apparent speedy effects. It mentions laxative and tonic mast as fast acting remedies and promises relief within hours or days.
Farm Home Survey Planned Across Ten Iowa Counties
Miss Margaret Reid announces a rural housing survey in ten Iowa counties employing 160 workers. Field staff will visit farm homes to assess urgent home improvement needs and plan future building, financing, and cooperative buying options with county supervision and clerical data support.
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Ames
Iowa
Margaret G. Reid
Towa
Sioux
Mitchell
Fayette
Webster
Story
Benton
Shelby
Madison
Davis
Scott
Reid
Miss Reid
Railway Men To Speak At Hartwick Shippers Meeting
Special speakers will discuss service and taxes at Hartwick Livestock Shipping association's annual meeting after the business session on January 10. Representatives from North Western railway of Chicago and Cedar Rapids will participate.
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Hartwick
Hartwick Livestock Shipping Association
North Western Railway
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Illinois producers vow six month ban on direct hog sales
Nine thousand producers across seven Illinois counties pledge to stop marketing livestock directly to packers for six months and urge Secretary Wallace to curb direct sales by law. They will sell cattle hogs and sheep on Chicago open markets, amid Western Iowa Nebraska activity and packer profit reports. Lieutenant Governor Kraschel backs a related bill in Iowa.
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Ilinois
Henry Wallace
Knox
Warren
Henry
Hancock
Rock Island
Henderson
Mercer
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Middle West
Omaha
Wallace
Nelson G. Kraschel
Shelby County
W Kraschel
Iowa plan to regulate packers and grade livestock
A proposal before the Iowa legislature would supervise direct buying by packers and license all packers and live stock handlers in Iowa. It would create state weighers and graders at concentration yards and other marketing points who would post daily prices.
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Iowa
Lcense
Assistant County Agent Employed In Black Hawk
A. J. Marken of Hampton was hired by the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau to assist County Agent Paul B. Barger on the corn hog program. Born in Franklin county, he led 4-H for eight years there, studied at Ames, earned a 1922 B S in animal husbandry and a Master of Science in animal chemistry and nutrition this month.
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Waterloo
A. J. Marken
Hampton
Black Hawk
G. A. Marken
Christmas Watermelon Sent With Winter Meat Gift
Fresh watermelon on ice was part of the Christmas meat for Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Merrill. The fruit came from Trey Messer of Parkersburg, brother in law of Mrs. Merrill, and was a northern Iowa hard shell variety designed to preserve through winter.
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Gazette
Marengo
W. C. Merrill
God- Trey Messer
Parkersburg
Merrill
Iowa
Wallace says AAA only begun in Iowa
Secretary Wallace described farm relief as education with farmers paying the bill and said cooperation shows value. He noted Iowa and the corn belt have only begun, urging further acreage reductions and acknowledging progress in balancing production and demand. He warned against returning to inefficient methods and called for science in distribution.
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Wallace
Iowa
Washington
Dad
Des Moines
Sct
Old Inner Tube Hack Prevents Horse Gear Breakage
A historic tip suggests tying an old inner tube to a wagon to prevent the breaking of halters or bridles on horses pulled behind the wagon. This simple hack provided a keepsafe solution for handling tied horses and avoiding gear damage.
End a Cough In a Hurry Mix This Home Remedy
A home remedy blends 214 ounces Tanex with sugar syrup in a pint bottle to treat persistent coughs. The mix supposedly loosens phlegm and soothes throat inflammation with rapid relief, marketed as superior to ready made medicines and backed by a money back guarantee.
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Manes
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Daily Farm News
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