Chicago Trucks Move Record Cattle and Hogs to Market in 1940
Chicago’s producers association reports 1940 truck deliveries of 83 544 carloads of live stock to the market, up from 1939. Total cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep moved by truck set year-end totals, with cattle peaking on Dec 30 and early Jan 7 surpassing prior marks. Trucks came from seventeen states averaging 120 miles per haul.
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Producers Commission Association Today
Chicago
News Courier
Chicago R
Pelgiel YE Sein Tan
Stockyard Company
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Sparks Underground Banter
A fragmentary note from a reader to The Gazette jokes about the farm page and comics. The writer muses on winter gardening ideas and suggests a wallflower with sturdy stems as a clever, moonbright option.
Gan der cooperative cheese factory elects officers
Special to The Gazette Elgin reporters note the Gan der cooperative cheese factory northeast of town held its annual meeting and elected P WN Peterson as president Arno Miller as vice president Henry T Olson as secretary treasurer and ten directors were named for the coming year The cooperative is previously managed and organized on a non profit basis.
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Elgin
Gander Cooperative Cheese Factory
Here
P WN
Peterson
Arno Miller
Henry T. Olson
Farm Loan Associations Set Meetings in Late March
Three National Farm Loan associations affiliated with the federal land bank at Omaha announced by Harold McTavish schedule meetings in three Iowa counties. Jones county group meets Anamosa March 25, Linn county at Cedar Rapids March 26, Benton county at Vinton March 27.
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National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Harold McTavish
Jones County Association
Anamosa
Linn County Association
Cedar Rapids
Benton County Association
Vinton
Natex helps Mrs Budley feel well again at home
Mrs Scha Budley of 703 Milton St Anderson says Natex cured her constipation and relieved headaches dizziness backache and indigestion. She reports steady nerves and sleep after starting Natex and urges readers to learn more from PODZIMER'S PHARMACY 100 Second Ave SE. A $100 reward guards testimonial authenticity.
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Natex
Scha Budley
Milton St
Anderson, N
Soan
Podzimer
Second Avenue SE
1940 corn stocks sealed by federal loan program
The federal agricultural marketing service reports 44,702,000 bushels of corn under the 1940 loan program as of January 25, with Iowa leading at 24,361,000, followed by Illinois and Nebraska. Final wheat loan data show 442,396 loans totaling 200,539,007.07 dollars for 277,932,124 bushels, as wheat movement trends toward reduction in stocks.
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Federal Agricultural Marketing Service Today
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Missouri
Commodity Credit Corporation
Corporation
Des Moines Pastor To Address Rural Youth Assembly
Des Moines pastor Rev Dr Lane will replace Karl Olsen as headline speaker at the Rural Young People's assembly during Farm and Home week in Ames on February 14 and 15. He will address delegates, farmers and homemakers at the noon mass meeting on February 14 on Let's Save Democracy. The program features leaders from Iowa State College and extension service with a panel on Our Responsibilities in Making Democracy Work. About six hundred delegates are expected for the two day event.
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Ames—Stoddard Lane
Des Moines
Karl Olsen
National Defense Council
Dr. Lane
Robert Clark
Let's Save Democracy
Olsen
Clark
Lane
Allan Kline
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Elwood Yang
Fuchow
China
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
R. K. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Service
Forest Moore
State Board of Education
Paul C. Taff
Garden Insect Control Meetings Planned in Iowa
Special to The Gazette Ames officials say farm women in seven Iowa counties will meet about garden insect control. Harold Gunderson, Ames extension entomologist, lists meeting dates across Marengo Webster City Primghar Rock Rapids Thompson Carroll Denison. All talks start in afternoon except Primghar which has afternoon and evening sessions. An evening termite control meeting is set for Rock Rapids.
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Ames
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Marengo
Webster City
Primghar
Rock Rapids
Thompson
Carroll
Denison
Coming Farm Auctions With Multiple Closeout Sales
Farm auction listing for February details closing out sales across Iowa towns including Mechanicsville Monticello Viola Cedar Rapids Belle Plaine Marion and Marion area. Entries include Alford Davis Helgens Bros John English Nelsy Wm Tvedt Adam Reid Harold Wehrman and Fred McShane with dates February 4 to February 13 and distances from referenced cities.
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Alford Davis
Mechanicsville
Helgens Bros
Poland
Monticello
John
English
Viola
Livestock Exchange Horse
Cedar Rapids
Harold Wehrman
Washington county farms hear 1940 records analysis
Washington Iowa delegates Cecil F. Rooks and Jack C. Galloway presented a county wide review of 1940 farm records. Key figures showed net worth up $664 per family, cash farm income at $2791, 62 percent land in crops, 61 bushel corn yield, 93 eggs per hen, and 81 cents per egg from farm production while home and living expenses averaged $462.
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Washington
Washington County
Cecil F. Rooks
Jack C Galloway
FSA
Galloway
Idelia A. Bakke
Washington, Henry
Louisa Counties
Louise M. Rosenfeld
Horses top at 126 in Waukon consignment sale
At a Saturday horse auction in Waukon thirty-five head were offered by nearby farmers and nearly all sold to other farmers. The top price reached 126 for a five year old gelding and total sales totaled 2500.
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Waukon
Livestock Sale At Independence Tops Veal Calf And Cattle
At the Independence sale pavilion on Saturday the top veal calf a 200 pound Brown Swiss sold for 25.50. Good calves mostly brought 15 to 15.25. A team of grey horses four to five years sold for 186. Forty shoats averaging 85 pounds sold from 9 to 10.70. The top Hereford cow brought 80.50 and most good cows above 50. Holsteins yearlings sold for 35. Two six month Hereford bulls brought 44. Three month Shorthorn bull calf sold for 32. The sale included 85 cattle and 13 horses with varied prices.
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Independence
SMA Pays 28 to 30 Percent Butter Prices
The federal surplus marketing association reports butter purchases for the week ending last Friday. Chicago totals include 7294 tubs of 92 score at 30 cents, 112 tubs 91 score at 29 cents, 6332 tubs 90 score at 29.12 cents, 350 tubs 90 score at 29.5 cents, 300 used 90 score at 29.14 cents, and 600 tubs 89 score at 28.4 cents. New York bought 3259 tubs of 92 score at 30.34 cents per pound.
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Federal Surplus Marketing Association Today
Chicago
New York
Pork Exports Slump Across 1940 Year in Review
Yearly meat trade figures show lard shipments at 200,913,841 pounds, pork at 93,833,812 pounds, and beef 16,653,863 pounds exported in 1940. December trade moved lighter than a year earlier with beef imports at 6,446,890 pounds and pork at 532,837 pounds, marking the smallest pork monthly total in six years.
$47,000,000 Paid Iowa Farmers For AAA Compliance
Iowa farmers cooperating in the 1940 AAA program have received over $47 million in federal conservation and parity payments. Agricultural conservation payments total $33,795,258 as of Feb 1, with parity payments near $13.5 million. Among counties, Kossuth leads with $751,287, followed by Pottawattamie, Jasper, Benton, Story, Webster, Calhoun and Pocahontas with over $500,000 each.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
AAA
O. D. Klein
State
Kossuth Fed
Pottawattamie County
Jasper County
Benton
Story
Webster
Calhoun
Pocahontas
Second Cotton Order Is Planned In Delaware
Manchester February 8 deadline set for receiving applications at the county Farm Bureau office for the second cotton order for mattresses in the project run by a committee. Only a few applications remain to complete the order as plans move to set up mattress making centers and train leaders to supervise the work. The Triple-A expects the first cotton shipment between February 15 and March 1 according to the Farm Bureau office.
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Manchester
County Farm Bureau
Triple-A
Farm Bureau
Delaware Farm Women Study How To Make Will
Local leaders of home project groups discussed will writing at Delaware county training schools titled Points a Business Woman Should Know. The program covered will complexity legal forms and whether every child must be named, with additional data on checks deeds mortgages and bank drafts.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Butterfat Price Report Shows 32 and 33 Cents in Jan
The Walker Farmers Creamery paid 32 and 33 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in the first half of January. The figures reflect a churned market and indicate notable steadiness in dairy commodity pricing for the period.
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Walker Farmers Creamery
Awards Planned For Farm Business Record Keepers
Ten year certificates will be awarded to farm business record keepers and five year certificates to household record keepers during Farm and Home week. The program follows topics from several authors and groups including Allbaugh, Stoll, Ed Stoll, Robie, and Stephens, with emphasis on soil conservation, income, renting to ownership, hog production, cropping, and machinery use on a 320 acre farm in southeastern Iowa.
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Ames
L. G. Allbaugh
Iowa
Elmer Stoll
Ed Stoll
Lamont
FSA
Floyd Robie
Wright County
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Clayton-Delaware C T A Averages 26 4 Butterfat
Edgewood reports the Clayton Delaware test association of 411 cows averaging 706 pounds of milk and 264 pounds of butterfat in January. Tester Norman Braker notes McCarron and McTaggart with high herd at 35.5 pounds butterfat from 22 grade Holsteins in milk. Sampson Brothers of Earlville had the high individual cow, a grade Guernsey producing 906 pounds of butterfat that month.
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Edgewood
Clayton- Delaware Test Association
Norman Braker
McCarron
McTaggart
Sampson Brothers of
Earlville
Guernsey
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
A wartime style menu shows how a five person household can eat well for about $12 weekly. Recipes emphasize kidney dishes as flavorful protein sources plus balanced meals including breakfast, luncheon and dessert ideas. The plan lists kidneys beef veal pork and lamb options with step by step prep and a full weekly menu. It covers quantities for meals and beverages and notes cost about $1.60 per day.
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England
Atlantic
Wool Market Dominated by Imports in Boston Region
The federal wool market review shows spot domestic wools of minor interest in Boston last week. Foreign wools sold readily at firm prices, while contracting for wools on sheep’s backs rose amid strengthening prices in western states. Argentina and Uruguay exports to the United States surged, while European outlets remained largely cut off, leaving the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, and a few neutrals as the main markets. Appreciation in shipments from Argentina and Uruguay to the US continued through early 1940, with Australia and New Zealand heavy exporters stored for British wartime needs.
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Boston
Federal
Wool Market Review Today
U.S.C.A
Argentina
United States
Uruguay
Europe
United
Arentina
United Kingdom
Australia
Union of South Africa
New Zealand
South America
Seaeson
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