End Of January Hog-Corn Ratio Unfavorable At 9
United States hog corn ratio end of January stood at 9 to 1, below February 1 1928-32 average of 11.3, meaning 100 pounds live hog equal 9 bushels corn. Steer-corn ratio 9.6 versus 17.1 five year average. Weekly grain market review notes weaker feed grain markets due to price gaps between livestock and feed grains. Argentine corn supplied most feed needs in Atlanta region and along Atlantic coast with over 1,000,000 bushels imported last week and 3,394,000 bushels shipped to the United States. March cargoes at 98 cents per bushel delivered, May at 94 1/2 cents. Argentine ministry says no minimum price for new corn crop. Buenos Aires minimum 41 1/2 cents.
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Oye
Chicago
United States
Grain Market Review
Bureau of Agricultural Economics At
Washington
Atlanta
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic
New Orleans
Ministry of Agriculture
Buenos Aires
Fence Drift and Early Spring Weather
A brief notice by R F A describes a fence drift caught in woven wire amid an early spring scene. Groundhog and porcupine humor aside, the ice on the ground hampers wildlife and may cause starvation unless nuts and feed are laid out on the ice surface.
Farm Sale Near Maynard Fetches Wide Range Prices
Special to The Gazette Maynard area auction saw soybeans at 1.65 per bushel with oats 50 to 53 cents a bushel and hay and fodder trading at 11 to 12.50 and 4.75 per ton respectively. Crib corn 1.07 per bushel seed corn 2.25. Livestock and equipment ranged from hogs and cows to tractors and farm implements with prices up to 150 for a horse and 90 for cows and smaller items like a plush-cushion sleigh at 50 cents.
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The
Gazette
Maynard
Fred Kopp
Five year old mare brings price at Jesup sale
A five year old mare sold for 300 dollars at the Allen sales barn in Jesup on Thursday. A bull sold for 66.50 dollars and forty cows ranged from 43 to 54 dollars each. The sale totaled 3200 dollars.
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Gazette
Jesup
Allen
Troy Mills Auction Totals at Jellison Sale Near Troy Mills
At the closing out sale of Albert Jellison one mile west of Troy Mills, twenty three feeding shoats averaged 15 a head, brood sows 25, eighteen cattle sold 37 to 65 with a three year old bull at 90 and calves 7 to 16. Old horses 100 to 125. Hay sold 14 a ton, ensilage 4.10 a foot. Two ton stack nets 24. Farm implements include manure spreader 118.50 wagon 35 wagon box 19 corn planter 60 and plan 12. Auctioneer M J McCalley.
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Troy Mills
Albert Jellison
M. J. McCalley
Horses Top at 140 Dollars in Muscatine Sale
Albert Holtz sold thirty five native horses near Muscatine on Friday. A five year old Percheron mare led the auction fetching 140 dollars, with buyers entering into brisk bidding for other lots as well.
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Muscatine
Albert Holtz
Auction Prices for Livestock and Harness Sell In Iowa
A year old roan mare colt brought 105 dollars, a suckling colt 60 dollars, and others sold to 50. Two jenny mules weighing 2700 pounds sold at 100 dollars. Cows moved from 30 to 65 dollars, veal calves 15 per head, sheep 6, feeding shoats 5 to 10. Harness sold 2 to 10 per set, horse collars 0.50 to 1.50. Auctioneer Paul Klotz of Columbus Junction. clerk Elmer Ruthenberg of Muscatine.
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Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
Elmer Ruthenberg
Muscatine
Harvey Badelier Sale Brings High Prices for Livestock
Horses sold from 122.50 to 190 a head at the Harvey Badelier closing out sale near Wilton Junction on Thursday. Cows topped at 80, calves brought 25 each, shoats 7.50. Chickens brought 90 cents each and roosters 1.40.
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Wilton Junction
Harvey Badelier
Iowa County 4 H'ers Feed 73 Beef Calves in 1937
Mare ngo Iowa county Club Agent R W Ashby enrolled 53 4 H members with 73 calves in the 4 H baby beef project for 1937. Nineteen members feed 28 Herefords and 28 Angus, age groups and breeds listed. Nine members own 16 heifers for beef heifer project with 2 Herefords 9 Angus and 5 Shorthorns.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Iowa
R. W. Ashby
Colesburg Creamery Reelected Directors at Annual Meeting
At the Colesburg Cooperative Creamery annual meeting Saturday, directors reelected included Stanley Ross John Keck H E Barnhart Willie L Lake and Arthur G Gull Arthur C Honn remains buttermaker.
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Colesburg
Colesburg Cooperative Creamery Company
Stanley Ross
John Keck
H. E. Barnhart
Willie L. Lake
Arthur G. Gull
Arthur C. Honn
Bell and Center Point Farm Auctions Closeouts
Bell neighborhood near Alburnett hosts a closing out sale five miles southeast with Mrs. Edd Gott closing out sale three miles south of Center Point. Local vendors and farm equipment are listed for sale at reduced prices.
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Bell
Alburnett
Edd Gott
South Center Point
Lawrence sale near Prairieburg closes out
Lawrence closes out sale 314 miles southeast of Prairieburg while Stockman and Son dissolve sale 9 miles south of Oxford. A horse sale is held at Anamosa sale pavilion.
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Lawrence
Prairieburg
Stockman and Son Dissolution
Oxford
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Mostly About Hogs By A Country Woman
A rural narrator recalls moving a hog transport through ice and the observer debates hog farming versus selling corn and paying debts. She notes price swings, labor, and risk, while her husband argues feeding $1 corn to $10 hogs can be more profitable despite market reversals. The essay ends with anticipated changes to their hog operation.
Horsemen's Meeting Scheduled On Feb 10 In Farm-Home Week
Special to The Gazette Des Moines report notes record attendance expected at the Ames horse program during Farm and Home week. Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association field representative Harry Linn forecasts rising interest.Michigan State College animal husbandry head R F Hudson will discuss developing costs for eastern trade and cooperative organization for draft horse breeders. Harry Linn and Belgian breeder Thomas R Holbert of Greenville will present illustrated talks on European horse breeding. Ames staff member C F Curtiss will discuss spring stallion show possibilities in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Ames
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
R. F. Hudson
Michigan State College
Thomas R. Holbert
Greeley
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa
Feed Loan Limit Raised In Two States
The farm credit administration increased feed loan limits in Nebraska and South Dakota from twelve to eighteen animal units. Iowa had previously raised its limit from seven to twelve. The eighteen-unit rule covers loans for one cow or horse, 100 chickens, two head of young livestock, seven sheep, five hogs, or an equalized mix of animals.
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Washington
Resettlement Administration
Nebraska
South Dakota
Prairie States Congressmen’s Committee
Iowa
Creamery Posts Gains At Center Junction 1936 Meeting
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery association reported a 30 percent rise in patrons 33 percent more butter shipped and 75 percent higher merchandise sales in 1936 over 1935 at Center Junction annual meeting. Officers elected for 1937 include H. J. Dirks as president Herman Seehusen as vice president Cliff McDonald as secretary H. W. Cox as manager and directors Frank Sutherland Arthur Wilcox and Orley Dawes.
Losses Shown For 1930 Livestock En Route Report
A 1935 survey by the National Livestock Loss Prevention Board notes 10,581,220 head bruised en route to packing houses, totaling 11 million dollars in losses. Hog bruises dominate at 5,932,800 head, with cattle, sheep, and veal calves showing smaller but significant figures. The bulletin covers causes, cost by class, and prevention tips, with data from 26 stockyards companies.
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National Livestock Loss Prevention Board
Tanners Council of America
Chicago
H. R. Smith
Exchange Building
Standing Farm Bureau Committees In Jackson
Directors of the Jackson county Farm Bureau appointed standing committee heads for 1937. Marketing M C Harrison Sabula. legislative Matthew Nolting Preston. taxation and auditing and budget H H Merrick Fulton. boys 4 H club J R Witzigman Miles. educational L R Teeple Baldwin. rural electrification M Nolting Preston. roads William Efferding Maquoketa. service A G Nims Maquoketa. insurance D E Blake Green Island. rural credit and banking T H Schlegel Preston. girls 4 H club Mrs William Dohse Maquoketa.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County Farm Bureau
M. C. Harrison
Sabula
Matthew Nolting
Preston
H. H. Merrick
Fulton
J. R. Witzigman
Miles
L. R. Teeple
Baldwin
M. Nolting
William Efferding
Maquoketa
A. G. Nims
D. E. Blake
Green Island
T. H. Schlegel
William Dohse
Byron Virtue To Speak At Fayette On Feb 15
In Fayette county the final meeting of the rural young people short course is set for February 15 at Upper Iowa University. Byron T. Virtue an agricultural engineer from the Ames extension department will discuss machinery repairing.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Upper Iowa University
Byron T. Virtue
Ames Extension Department
Red Poll Directors To Meet At Cedar Rapids
Homer Maxwell of Hotel Montrose announced directors of the National Red Poll club will meet in Cedar Rapids on February 20. The statement was issued by Dr. E E Novak of New Prague Minnesota, president.
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Red Poll
Cedar Rapids
Homer Maxwell
Montrose
National Red Poll Club
E. E. Novak
New Prague
Minn
Girl Sells Grand Champion Lamb for 76.25 Dollars
Irene Moore of Hardin county won the Iowa 4 H fat lamb show selling the grand champion at 75.5 cents a pound. The 101 pound lamb brought 76.25 dollars, more than seven and a half times the market price. The other fifteen lambs weighed 1291 pounds and sold at 14 1/2 cents per pound.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Irene Moore
Hardin County
Million Pounds Of Pork And Butter Import Shifts
New York reports over a million pounds of pork and pork products arriving from Poland and Lithuania in the week to Jan 29, with 916,222 and 128,410 pounds respectively. Additional imports came from Austria Canada Denmark England Estonia Germany Holland Hungary Italy and the Irish Free State. Butter imports for the week ending Jan 30 totaled 1 000 boxes from Argentina 300 casks from Holland 2 000 boxes Siberian and 1 650 casks from northern Europe. Holland faces limited butter sales as prices ease others offer more. Siberian butter is 18 cents c i f Latvian and Argentine prices are slightly lower. Ohio Valley floods are not expected to curb butter supply. some dealers foresee reduced consumption offsetting lower output.
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the Gazette
New York City
New York
Poland
Lithuania
Austria
Canada
Denmark
England
Estonia
Germany
Ohio Valley
Electric franchise petition before Iowa railroad board
The Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa fixes February 23, 1937 at 10 a.m. in Des Moines for a hearing on Iowa Electric Light and Power Company's request to erect and maintain transmission lines across Linn County lands. Objections must be in writing in triplicate five days prior. A Lynch, Secretary.
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Board OF Railroad Commission
Linn County
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of
P.m. Linn County
Said
Fairfax
Said Township
Range
Section Ixteen
Beeon
Tak of Sa
Des Moines
A . Lynch
Iowa Co. C.T.A. Posts 27.5 Average in January
The 333 cows tested in the Iowa county C. T. A. in January averaged 642 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds of butterfat, per Ross Engle, association tester. The Anton Heilhusen Holstein herd led with an average of 1,172 pounds of milk and 44.9 pounds of butterfat, while two Holsteins owned by John Haas produced 77 pounds of butterfat each.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Ross Engle
Association
Anton Heilhusen
John Haas
Benton junior farm bureau selects delegates for Ames week
Norway Roman Gardner of Garrison chosen as delegate and Dorothy Plagmann named alternate to represent Benton county Junior Farm Bureau at Farm and Home Week in Ames from February 8 to 13.
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Norway
Roman Gardner
Garrison
Dorothy Plagmann
Benton County
Ames
Tenant Purchases 120 Acre Decorah Farm for $8000
Decorah reports the 120 acre Jo seph Goettleman farm four and a half miles north sold to Philip Kolegraph, tenant since 1920, for $8000 about $66.65 an acre. The property includes excellent improvements with 100 acres cultivated and 20 acres in timber.
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Decorah
Joseph Goettleman
Philip Kolegraph
Milota Purchases Iseman Eighty Farm at Auction
At the executor sale held Thursday in Oxford Junction Frank Milota bought the eighty acre Iseman Eighty farm located between Oxford Junction and Toronto for 2485 dollars.
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Oxford Junction
Frank Milota
Toronto
Jesup farmer buys 160 acre adjoining farm
Jesup area farmer Riensche, living five miles south of Jesup, recently purchased an adjoining 160 acre farm from Midland Mortgage Co of Cedar Rapids for 11000 dollars. The property is well improved and includes a new house.
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Jesup
Gilbert Riensche
Midland Mortgage Company
Cedar Rapids
Poultry Co-op Names New Clutier Manager Buyer
Fred Hober, manager of the Taylor elevator in Clutier, has been appointed manager and buyer for the concentration station to be established at Clutier by the Iowa Cooperative Poultry Marketing association.
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Clutier
Fred Hober
Taylor
Iowa Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association
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Charles Kennedy
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Byron Virtue
Irene
Iowa Co. C.T.A
Neip Markets
Chuck
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Elieve
Nurito
St. Joseph
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Deem
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Plough Inc
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Bank of America
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Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
MR. Farmer
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