U S Hog Trucking Share Rises Across Major Markets
A federal report shows 61 percent of 1935 market hog receipts were transported by truck at 62 U S markets. Total hog receipts reached 19 581 939 with 11 939 546 trucked. Cattle calves and sheep trucking also rose above ten year averages.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
Cincinnati
Denver
East St. Louis
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Milwaukee
Oklahoma City
Omarha
Portland
St. Joseph
St. Paul
Apts City
Sioux Falls
Wichita
Twenty 4-H Dairy Calf Clubbers At Ames Short Course
Twenty 4-H dairy calf club members attend the Ames short course at Iowa State College despite sub zero weather. The group, honored by the Iowa State Dairy Association, earns trips for meeting calf club requirements. Each member represents a county dairy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa State Dairy Association
Fence Drift and Seed Concerns Highlight Hard Winter
The note warns of seed corn issues after extreme cold with two weeks of past seedings and possible shortages. It advises caution in buying seed and considers seed from Texas or Canada, noting hybrid seed in its second year may need scrutiny. An affidavit of origin and purity is suggested as insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Canada
Dairy club champions honored for long service and records
The report profiles club champions active four or more years in dairy work with three year record books scoring 85 percent or higher. Members kept milk production logs for at least a year with twice daily weighings and monthly tests. E M Wright of Waterloo leads the Iowa State Dairy association delegation. Members attended demonstrations and reported back on sessions.
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E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
Lawrence
Kochheiser
Ankeny
Dorothy
Woodruff
Indianola
Harold Smith
Dexter
Robert Namber
Muscatine
Allen Robertson
Long Grove
Martin Warren
Iowa City
Richard Sears
Grinnell
Arthur Wallace
Williamsburg
Donald Dukek
Alburnett
Ronald Grafenberg
West Union
Donald Wilett
Horse And Colt Bring 195 At Eaton Farm Sale
A horse with colt at side sold for 195 dollars at Mrs. Mary Eaton farm sale. A team went for 90 and 69 dollars each. cows ranged 39 to 50 dollars. Seven calves and yearlings sold for 22.50. At Ca Loud sale east of Clutier steers up to 63.50 a head cows 63 dollars, Bulls 55, light cows about 31.50. Poor weather and roads kept bidder attendance below normal.
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Eaton Farm
The
Gazette
Edgewood
Clutier
J. C. Caloud
Jones county Farm Bureau membership drive announced
A county wide Farm Bureau membership drive is planned in Jones from February 10 to 29. W M George district organization director assists in planning the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Farm Bureau
Jones
W. M. George
Iowa Consignment Auctions Grow Amid Livestock Market Shifts
A state report shows 283 consignment auction units in Iowa under permit and supervision, reflecting growth since hard times. Hardin county leads with twelve sales barns, Carroll Calhoun and Montgomery also high, while Lyon Emmet Winneshick Allamakee and Delaware counties lack auctions. Mississippi river counties Muscatine Scott Louisa Clinton exceed one each. Riverfront packers operate concentration yards nearby.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Division of
State Department of Agriculture
Hardin County
Carroll
Calhoun
Montgomery
Poweshick
Lyon
Emmet
Winneshick
Allamakee
Delaware
Muscatine
Scott
Louisa
Clinton
Mississippi River
Aid to wildlife from CCC camps across Iowa
Special to The Gazette reports twenty one CCC soil conservation camps in Iowa aid wildlife by constructing shelters and distributing feed for game birds and animals. Farmers and sportsmen urged to report wildlife in need, with quail feeding stations and self feeders set up in farms statewide.
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Ames
Soil Conservation
CCC
Iowa
Wild Life
S. T. Runkle
Iowa State College
Runkle
State Conservation Commission
Mount Vernon
R. P. Ink
Leo Logan
Mr. Ink
Farmer Sportsmen Group
Marion CCC Field Work Paused By Snow and Cold
Field work at the Marion CCC camp was suspended due to drifting snow and sub-zero temperatures. The bird feeding program was abandoned, enrollees remaining in the camp until sleet ceased further feeder placement, with efforts resuming midweek to prepare feed for quail pheasants and Linn County birds in cooperation with Leo H Logan of the state fish and game department.
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Marion CCC
Linn County
Leo H. Logan
State Fish and Game Conservation Department
Minnesota prize Floyd of Rosedale hog shown at fair
The Floyd of Rosedale prize hog, won by Minnesota Gov. Olson from Iowa Gov. Herring in a football wager, was exhibited at Crookston’s Red River Valley winter shows. It stood with three large Minnesota boars under a placard claiming local farmers raise bigger hogs than Iowa rivals.
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Crookston
Minn
Floyd
Rosedale
Iowa
Floyd B. Olson
Clyde Herring
Red River Valley
Minnesota
Farmers creameries report 1935 butterfat totals
Garnavillo, St Olaf, and Volga creameries released figures for 1935. Garnavillo patrons received 112,395.68 dollars for butterfat at an average 30.41 cents per pound with a 32.6 percent cream test. St Olaf paid 134,000 dollars at 31.52 cents per pound. Volga elected officers with L. J. Tenney as president and reported 400,375 pounds of butter manufactured from 322,219 pounds butterfat, averaging 34.1 cents butterfat in sweet cream and 32.1 cents for No. 1 sour butterfat.
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Elkader
Farmers Co-operative
Garnavillo
A. G. Backhaus
H. H. Dettmer
Alfred Wickler
C. J. Sutton
Hugo Harberg
O. J. Dickman
Oscar Pufahl
Arno Kregel
J. H. Meyer
A. J. Hempler
Farmers Co-operative ‘Creamery
Ben J. Palas
Harry Larson
Ted Thoreson
A. J. Larson
Louis Matt
Dave Wright
Fred Rugland
Fred Wilke
Hale Corlett
Volga Creamery
Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
L. J. Tenney
Charles Dohrer
A. L. Moats
F. L. O’brien
C. E. Puffett
Lou Kattman
Will Ehrhardt
George Oldfather
E. S. Clark
F. P. Gernand
Robert White
Farmers Mutual Creamery Meeting Postponed in Sand Springs
The annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Creamery company of Sand Springs has been postponed to a future date.
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Sand Springs
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Farm Auctions Ramp Up Across Cedar Rapids Area
A sequence of public and closing out sales spans February 7 through February 13. Listings include Ben Whittington near Tipton, Mrs. Mina Kroger near Tipton, John Van Note near Cedar Rapids, and auctions at Maquoketa Anamosa Oxford Center Point Solon Mechan icsville and Van Horne, with cattle and personal property consignments.
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Cedar Rapids
Ben -Whittington
Tipton
Mary Kulhavy
Admix
Western
Carl Anderson
Edge
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Mina Kroger
Admx
John van Note
Carrie Streitner
Vinton
J. W. Pincher
Oxford
G. W. Newman
Center Point
Victor Breza
Solon
Emma Jordt
van Horne
C. A. McCormick
Mechanicsville
Creamery declares 3 percent dividend on merchandise
On February 12, due to bad weather and snow blocked roads, the creamery will pay a 3 percent retail sales dividend to patrons and non-patrons on all merchandise except butter. The total payout is $1,200, with Ed Cox as manager of the creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Cox
Linn C T A 3 Averages 27 7 Lbs January Butterfat
The Linn C T A No 3 tests show 182 cows in 14 herds averaged 686 pounds of milk and 27.7 pounds of butterfat in January. W L Smith of Central City led with a high herd of 27 purebred Holsteins averaging 1 049 pounds of milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Cow Test Association
Otto W. Bruns
W. L. Smith
Central City
Dairy Herd Yields Report From Anamosa Cow Teat Association
M I Rice of Cedar Rapids placed second with 31.9 pounds butterfat per cow in three daily milkings totaling 47.6 pounds. The Smith herd purebred Holstein produced 2,800 pounds milk and 90 pounds butterfat, with 16 cents per pound average production. Anamosa reports the Smith and Meade herd as top Holsteins with 1,230 pounds milk and 43.7 pounds butterfat in the association standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. I. Rice
Cedar Rapids
Smith
Association
Anamosa
Smith and Meade
Anamosa, Cow Teat Association
Buttester
Wendell Donnelly
Ster
Farm Commodities Show Mixed Trend After AAA Ruling
AP survey of ten major farm items shows five prices down and five up since Jan 6 when the Supreme Court decision on AAA taxes was announced. Hog prices led gains with a $1 per hundredweight rise. cold weather and lighter receipts helped pressure and support markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Supreme Court
Buckhorn Farmers Institute Set for Feb 13 14
Maquoketa Iowa announces the annual Buckhorn Farmers Institute at Buckhorn church. Speakers include James R. McNeilly at 10:30 am Thursday on hybrid seed corn and rural electrification discussions Thursday afternoon. H B Howell of Ames speaks on the 1936 agricultural outlook at 2:30 pm Friday. Friday evening M W Joiner will discuss soil conservation with the Jackson County Soil Improvement Association and CCC camp collaboration.
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Maquoketa
Buckhorn Farmers’ Institute
Buckhorn Church
C. Edward Holyoke
James R. McNeilly
H. B. Howell
Ames
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J. J. Schacherer
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Linn C.T.A
John van Note Sale
Toddville
No. 11
Cedar Blum
Pripton- Cedar Blum Road
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Deering
CTC
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Tipton State Bank Clerk
W.E. Challis
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Franklin Mullin
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Belle City
Chuck
Shimon
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Poland
Carl Mohn
Ray Challis
Tipton State Bank
E. Cohn and Sons, Inc
L Street
Mose Bunker Farm
Ben Whittington Albin
Challis, Groth
L. P. Kierarm
Maquokcta
Casem
A. W. McGowan
A. P. Yak
Fred Demmel
Rock Road
Gray Welding
John
Deere
Cultipacker
Dunham
McCormick
Peterson
International Broadcast
Ohio
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Tony Schmitz
Morris Long
Auds
Joe Carrier
Carrie Strellner
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Lee Rebee
D. E. Brickley
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