Grain imports exceed exports in 1935 with 107 million in
The United States imported 107,000,000 bushels of grain in 1935, led by 43,000,000 bushels of corn and 39,000,000 bushels of wheat, while exports totaled 90,957,000 bushels. Secretaries and traders cite nine-year averages and year-end estimates for remaining months.
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United States
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Lamson Brothers and Company
R. O. Cromwell
Chicago
Ana
Wallace
Oear
Montreal
Europe
Colerdor
Local farmers report mixed cattle and lamb sales at Creao market
Western lambs weighing around 81190 pounds sold. Walter Rehvale from Tams county received payment for a load of 92 pound Timbs. Herman Ro Strohbeler delivered a carload of stents and a large shipment of undetermined stock, with other growers listed in the roundups.
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Byre
Ted Stee
Fence Drift and Odd Wiring Featured in Holiday Rhyme
A playful verse by R. F. A. describes a Christmas day scene with a fence drift snagged in a wiry obstacle. The narrator jokes about breakfast after hours of stuffing and rest, preserving a light household mood after the holiday.
Lespedeza Seed Output Tops Forty Three Million Pounds
The crop reports show 43,402,500 pounds of lespedeza seed produced this year, down from 47,830,000 in 1934 and well above the 5-year average. Tennessee led with 15,750,000 pounds, Kentucky second with 15,400,000, and about 30 percent sold by Dec 10. Prices rose to about 4.50 per 100 pounds clean seed.
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Washington, D. C
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Kentucky
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Delegates to 4-H Club Convention Named
Six members from Jones County 4-H labs were selected as delegates for the state 4-H convention. The group includes Mattelle Ooomypoot bora beef lab member Toau Neres Ne, Catt ctub member Roopard Nafee, and Willis Stoad of Amon. The Jones County 4-H club will cover charter expenses. Raymond Murphy, former Cedar County resident, sold Hamp market steer at Chicago for 905 dollars.
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Bos 4-H Labs
Jones. Com
Ad Mael
Mattelle
Toau
Jones Cours Bato
Ehon
Tormed
Helstein
Buyer pays $400 for pair geldings in West Liberty
A matched team of gray geldings eight and nine years old sold for 450 at a Jersey City buyer’s auction, top price in years, with buyer Tom Hoy shipping a carload to New Jersey. The sale also covered livestock and farm equipment at Columbus Junction and Ainsworth auctions.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Tom Hoy
Jersey City
Charley Propst
Mr Hoy
Grundy Farm Bureau officers re elected at annual meeting
At the Grundy county Farm Bureau annual meeting W Conradi was re elected president Claire Meyers re elected vice president Walter Lynn re elected secretary J C Desmarins elected treasurer Glenn Brown named boys 4 H club chairman Mrs W D Miller girls 4 H club chairman Mrs Guy Coulter womens home project chairman Mrs Frank Severance vice chairman Julia Kitzman publicity chairman Charles E Hearst president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation spoke on farm legislation.
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Indy Center
Grundy County Farm Bureau
W. Conradi
Claire Meyers
Walter Lynn
J C Desmarins
Glenn Brown
W D Miller
Guy Coulter
Women’s Home Project
Frank Severance
Julia Kitzman
Charles E Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Rabbits Scarce in Iowa This Winter Says Wildlife Experts
Ames extension specialists report rabbit numbers are high in northwest Iowa but scarce in eastern and southeastern regions. Population cycles occur about every ten years, influenced by disease, warts in southwestern Iowa rabbits, and factors like tularemia. Farmers advised to protect fruit trees with repellents, wire netting, snow removal, and cinder trenches. gloves when skinning diseased rabbits and thoroughly cooked meat.
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Gazette
Ames
State College
Iowa
Thomas G. Scott
Towa
Scott
S. W Edgecombe Extension Horticulturist
Edgecombe
R. S. Herrick
Iowa Horticultural Society
Des Moines
Mr. Edgecombe
S. W. Edgecombe
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Iowa truck crops value climbs to 1.73 million
Nine principal truck crops in Iowa were valued at 1.73 million dollars for the last year by federal statistician Leslie M. Carl. The 1934 value was 956 thousand, a near 81 percent rise due to better yields after drought. Crops include onions tomatoes cucumbers strawberries cabbage cantaloupes watermelons sweet corn and asparagus.
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Des Moines
Towa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agriculture Statistician
Carl
Meat Demonstrations Planned In Allamakee
Two days of meat cutting and meat canning demonstrations are planned in Allamakee County for January 7 and 8 at locations to be announced. L. L. Airy of the Ames animal husbandry department will give cutting demonstrations and Mrs. Helen Zoller will lead the canning procedures.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
L. L. Airy
Ames Animal Husbandry Department
Helen Zoller
1935 U S hay crop tops 87 620 000 tons in record yield
The final 1935 crop report shows 87 620 000 tons of hay produced on 64 488 000 acres. This 9 percent above the 1928 32 five year average and 54 percent above the 1934 crop. The yield per acre across hay types reached 1.45 tons, a record except for two prior years.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Rural Iowa youth outline threefold group program
Rural youths in 27 county groups in Iowa favor a program split of 40 percent educational, 35 percent social, and 25 percent service activities. They seek guidance from leading farmers, doctors, officials, editors, and professionals, with interests varying by gender in livestock, home management, health, and fruit culture. The survey summarized by W H Stacy notes strong interest in recreation and program planning.
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Ames
Iowa
W. H. Stacy
Ames Extension Service
Closing Out Sale Auction Near Marengo and West Amana
Farm auction lists livestock including a bay mare and roan mare with weights and ages, 29 head of cattle with Holsteins Guernseys and Shorthorns, hogs, and 60 animals. Machinery includes multiple John Deere implements, plows, presses, wagons, tools, and farm equipment. Household goods and feed supplies are offered with terms cash or bank arrangements.
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Hampshire
Poland
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Deering
McCormick- Deering
Concord
Monarch
Robe
Leo Crown
James Vlasaty
Marty Qartz
Town County Savings Bank
Farm Auction Schedule Near Cedar Rapids and Marion
Listing of upcoming auctions Friday December 27 at Town Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids Henry Bailey sale. Monday December 30 Floyd O Howard public sale four miles southeast of Marion. James Vlasaty closing out sale two miles northeast of Marengo.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Bailey
Mt. Vernon
Floyd O. Howard
Marion
James Vlasaty
Marengo
Young Persons Plan Community Service Activities
The group expresses interest in picnics, home talent plays, singing, dances, special music, athletics and folk games rather than moving pictures. They aim to sponsor community service projects including recreation programs, rural talent festivals, Farm Bureau meeting programs, highway safety, and health initiatives in cooperation with other groups and local libraries.
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Farm Bureau
West Branch Farmer Sells 1013-Pound Heifers on Chicago Market
A farmer near West Branch sold a truckload of 1013 pound heifers on the Chicago market. The cattle brought 9.25 dollars per hundredweight, reflecting strong demand for large dairy stock.
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West Branch
F. W. Hinkhouse
Chicago
17 000 Cash Paid for 195 Acre Farm at Springville
Springville area buyer Lee Legler, a Marion dairyman, purchased the S. Pearson farm of 195 acres one mile north of Springville for 17000 cash. Possession to March 1, Legler plans to run it as a dairy farm. Agent E. L. Patten of A. W. McGregor firm Cedar Rapids handled the deal.
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Springville
Lee Legler
Marion
S. Pearson
Pearson
Legler
Mike Ford
Hillcrest Dairy
E. L. Patten
A. W. McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Rowley Creamery Pays 35 To 37 Cents For Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery pays 37 cents per pound for grade 1 butterfat received in the last half of November. No. 2 butter fat brings 36 cents and No. 3 butter fat 35 cents. First half November offered 35 34 and 33 cents.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creameery Company
Joe McGrath
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