Surplus Commodities Program Moves 2.7 Billion Pounds
The bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture details four years of Surplus Commodities Corporation activity purchasing and distributing more than 2.765 billion pounds of foodstuffs to relief agencies. Meats led with 920 million pounds, followed by grain products and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Bulletin
Schedule of Speakers for Farm Institute in Des Moines
A two day program February 18 and 19 features notable speakers at the National Farm Institute in Des Moines. Iowa leaders include Allan Kline and Charles W. Holman with talks on corn belt trade and export markets. Other remarks address foreign trade, meat markets, and reciprocal agreements with additional sessions on industry and agriculture policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
National Farm Institute
Town Department of Agriculture
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Charles W. Holman
Washington
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
M. L. Wilson
W. M. Drummond
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ont
John Vesecky
Salina
Kan
National Farmers Union
W. W. Shoemaker
Chicago
Armour and Company
Harper Sibles
Rochester
N. Y
United States Chamber of Commerce
Edward A. O'Neal
Florence
Ala
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sir Wilmott Lewis
London
Eng
America
Cordell Hull
Hogs Sell For 7.80 At Chicago Market
George H. Wolfe of Keokuk county feeder marketed two carloads of Spotted Poland China hogs weighing about 322 pounds each. They brought $7.80 per hundredweight, among the day's high prices at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
George H. Wolfe
Keokuk County
Chicago
Human erosion stressed by Farm and Home speaker
Rev Martin Schroeder of Bloomfield Nebiagn expressed that human erosion from drought and income loss threatens rural life. He urged faith unity and realism, calling for church led action and coordinated efforts from home press school state and church to revitalize communities at Ames Farm and Home Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Martin Schroeder
Bloomfield
Neb
Schroeder
Schoeder
Center Junction Shipping Assn elects new directors
H. H Seehusen H. G. Manuel and Frank Dawes were elected to the board of directors at the annual meeting of Center Junction Shipping Assn. Holdover directors are H. J. Dirks and Arthur Wilcox. The board named Manuel president Seehusen vice president and Wilcox secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
H. H Seehusen
H. G. Manuel
Frank Dawes
Center Junction Shippers Association
H. J. Dirks
Arthur Wilcox
Manuel
Seehusen
Wilcox
Volga Creamery Sells 1938 Buttermilk at 10.45 Cents
The Volga Farmers Creamery association auctioned the 1938 buttermilk output to the highest bidder at 1045 cents per hundred pounds. Several farmers and feeders purchased the supply at this price at Volga City Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga Creamery
Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery Association
Hog Market Report Hits Chicago At $8.35 Cwt
Vinton county feeder hogs led by Carl Wenner bring 102 head to market. Weighed about 247 pounds each, they sold for 8.35 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago cattle market activity Friday.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Carl Wenner
Benton County
Chicago
Tama county women read group to appear on Ames Farm and Women week
A Tama county reading group of twenty farm women will feature on the Farm and Woman week program at Ames this week. On Thursday they plan twelve numbers including readings in unison antiphonal refrain and group reading with line a person reading. One piece titled My Tapestry was written for the group by Mrs Horace Kinsley of Toledo. The choir readers were organized by Mrs Edith Huffman Tama county home demonstration agent and directed by Mrs Marion Bruene of Gladbrook. In the picture front row left to right Mrs U F Murd Garwin Mrs Ralph Crawford Traer Mrs J C Lorenz Lincoln Mrs J Innis Gladbrook Mrs Wayne Parker Gladbrook and Mrs Marion Bruene. Second row Mrs Emil Hansen Gladbrook Mrs Clayton Young Traer Mrs H A Hanover Gladbrook Miss Mary Wilson Traer Mrs Frank Kvivera Gladbrook Mrs Roy Kline Gladbrook and Mrs Will Kline Gladbrook. Third row Mrs Frank Early Traer Mrs R Mee Gowan Gladbrook Mrs Fred Bruene Gladbrook Mrs Caroline Reimers Gladbrook Mrs J C Wood Traer Miss Edna Gienger Gladbrook and Mrs Lebert Morrison Tracer.
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Tama County
Ames
Horace Kinsley
Toledo
Choicc
Edith Huffman
Marion Bruen
Gladbrook
Mary Wilson
Traer
Frank Kvivera
Roy Kline
Will Kline
Frank Early
R. MeeGowan
Fred Bruene
Caroline Reimers
J. C. Wood
Edna Gienger
Lebert Morrison
Tracer
More Enrolled In Farm Night Schools Than In Day Classes
Iowa's adult farm education enrollments in part time and evening classes now exceed federally funded vocational high school agriculture. 145 adult schools operate statewide, a record, with strong demand but teacher shortages constrain rapid expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
H. M Hamlin
Hamlin
East Central Veterinarians Set Dinner Meeting in Cedar Rapids
The East Central Veterinary association will hold its February dinner meeting at the Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids Thursday at 6 30 p m The program includes a discussion on small animal practice by Dr Dwight A Smith of the Ames veterinary department and cattle pathology topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Veterinary Association
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Dwight A. Smith
Ames Veterinary Department
Cattle Path
Top Team Brings $380 In Auction At Columbus Jet
Fifty four head of horses were sold in a special consignmentsale in Columbus Junction. A five year old mare team weighing 3000 pounds topped the sale at 380 dollars. Yearling mares brought 250 dollars and mules sold 150 to 200. A two year old mare 155 dollars and a six year old gelding 150 dollars with other geldings 120 to 145. Suckling colts 50 to 65 dollars. Buyers from Iowa Illinois Missouri. TRAER-Sows averaged 27 dollars a head and cattle topped 82 dollars in the Oliver Merritt sale near Traer Friday. Corn 44 1/2 cents a bushel. Total 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaz
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Paul Klotz
H. M Duncan
Columbus Junction
E. H. Dunlap
Traer
Oliver Merritt
Fayette Farm Service Company Set Meeting Feb 15
Fayette Farm Service Company will hold its annual meeting on February 15 in Fayette County. C. Campbell of Des Moines, recently named as manager of the Iowa Farm Bureau Service, will speak. The firm has authorized a 6 percent patronage dividend about 4000 dollars and 2100 dollars in certificates of indebtedness for 1937. Officers include Paul P. Stewart president J R Wood vice president J C Surfus manager. Directors are Clarence Hoag and L C Nus with Carl Bodens tiner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
E C. Campbell
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Service Company
Fayette County Farm Bureau Service Company
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Carl Bodensteiner
West Union
J. R. Wood
L. C. Surfus
Clarence Hoag
Elgin
L. C. Nus
Arlington
Cow Tester Named For Tama Marshall Cow Testing
Dale Mayberry former Jones county 4 H club boy and son of Mr and Mrs John Mayberry north of Wyoming starts this week as official tester for the Tama Marshall Cow Testing association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Dale Mayberry
Jones County
John Mayberry
Tama-Marshall
Brown's Angus Take 12 Firsts At Florida Fair
Elliott Brown of Rose Hill Iowa dominated the Aberdeen Angus show at the Florida state fair in Tampa. His stock earned twelve firsts along with three seconds four thirds and three fourths. Envious Blackcap B VI won senior class champion and grand champion bull while Evrianna B II was senior class champion and grand champion female. The cattle had been in boxcars six days due to a delay tied to Florida cattle fever tick concerns.
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Tampa
Fla
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Elliott
Florida
Weather hits chinch bugs in Iowa says Decker
Iowa entomologist George C. Decker reports recent sheet ice and sub-zero weather have caused high winter mortality among chinch bugs. He notes the population threat has diminished and cold wet spring conditions may prevent a serious outbreak. Sub-zero temperatures kill exposed bugs, while snowless fields act as death traps.
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Ames
George C. Decker
Iowa
Decker
Nabholz Named Buchanan County 4-H Dairy Champion
Wilford Nabholz of Independence wins the Buchanan county dairy calf club champion title and a trip to Farm and Home Week at Ames. He has four years in 4-H and three years on the county dairy cattle judging team, with multiple heifers shown and dairy projects completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Wilford Nabholz
Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Nabholz
Seed production in 1937 covers vast corn acreage
Hybrid seed production in 1937 was estimated sufficient to plant 15,000,000 acres or one seventh of the nation's total corn acreage.
Rye Exports Seen At 170000 Bushels In Week
The weekly grain market review says about 150000 bushels of American rye were sold to Norway and 25000 to Germany in the week ended Feb 4. No data on last week's corn exports. January corn exports totaled 1312000 bushels, lifting the season total to 12750000. Barley exports for January reached 11475 tons, giving a season total of 147826 tons compared with 94640 tons the prior season through January.
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Norway
Germany
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
16 Percent Gain In Linn Test Assn Year Reported
Whittier January production of the Linn County Cow Test association No 1 averaged 617 pounds of milk and 286 pounds of butterfat, 16 percent above January 1937. Factors include cheaper feed and liberal use. The last month 299 cows on test included forty nine dry. The Condit mixed herd led with 1208 pounds milk and 47.6 pounds butterfat. One herd of twenty three cows was culled for Bangs' disease test positive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Linn County Cow Test Association
L. C. Adams
R. B. Condit
Adams
Mount Vernon Holsteins Lead In Test Averages
In Linn Cow Test association No 2 January results Mount Vernon area herds posted strong numbers. The 582 cows averaged 575 pounds of milk and 25.3 pounds of butterfat with 104 dry, while E C Forest herd of 19 purebred Holsteins led at Mount Vernon with 1282 pounds of milk and 43 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount*vernon
Linn Cow Test Association
E. F Nation
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
January dairy test results show top averages in Iowa herd study
Mahaska County Cow Test association with 413 cows on test and 76 dry posted 409 pounds of milk and 22.6 pounds of butterfat for January. Ralph Sarver Holsteins of Rose Hill led the group with 47.1 pounds butterfat. A purebred Jersey in B F Hoover herd, Oskaloosa, recorded 72.1 pounds butterfat as the top individual.
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Delta
Mahaska County
Urban Schissel
Ralph Sarver
Rose Hill
B. F. Hoover
Oskaloosa
Greeley Holsteins Lead Cow Test with High Butterfat
In the 1937 Greeley Cow Test, Paul McElmeel's Holsteins averaged 528.9 pounds of butterfat, while William C. Nieman's Delhi herd averaged 474.5 pounds. The McElmeel herd, all twenty one in milk, posted 1345 pounds of milk and 522 pounds of butterfat during January. The herd was milked three times daily.
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Greeley
Paul McElmeel
William C. Nieman
Delhi
McElmeel
Garnavillo Cow Test Sees January Milk and Butterfat Averages
The Garnavillo Cow Test association reports January averages of 514 pounds of milk and 23.7 pounds of butterfat for 565 cows on test. Gerald Meyer herd of six dairy cows mentioned in station notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnavillo
Howard Hackcelt
Gerald Meyer
Farm Auction Schedule For February Dates
A list of upcoming farm auctions and closings in Iowa towns with dates and locations. M W Fleisher near Cedar Rapids, Harry Scheele near Anamosa, Mrs Lottie Norris at Central City, Clifford Gott Center Point, Frank Riedesel Rochester, F A Kempshall Shueyville, Stuart Chester White sale Newhall, Walter McNamara Walford scheduled from February 9 to 15.
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W. Fleisher
Cedar Rapids
Harry Scheele
Anamosa
Lottie Norris
Central City
Clifford Gott
South
Center Point
Frank Riedesel
Rochester
Meyer Cow Tops Butterfat in Milking Shorthorn Meet
Milking Shorthorns averaged 50.5 pounds of butterfat to lead the association. One Meyer cow achieved an individual high of 84.9 pounds of butterfat.
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Association
Meyer
Twelve Livestock Groups Plan Meetings During Farm Week
Twelve livestock organizations plus related farm groups will hold annual meetings at Iowa State College during Farm and Home Week February 7 through 12. Debates will cover swine cattle dairy horse and breed issues with multiple sessions scheduled by date and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Towa
Towa State College
St. Kite Dee
Towa Swine Producers’ Association
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa State Dairy Association
State Dairy Organization
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa Council For Child Study
Rural Young People’s Organi~ization
Farmers Cooperative Exchange reorganizes at Central City
The Farmers Exchange at Central City voted to reorganize under a new charter and name Farmers Cooperative Exchange. Expiration date of the present charter is February 13. Max Worth of the Ames extension service spoke. William Rice Henry Henderson and Louis Hinton of Coggon were reelected directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centrat
Farmers Exchange
Central City
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Max Worth
Ames Extension Service
William Rice
Henry Henderson
Louis Hinton
Coggon
Benton County 4-H Girls Banquet Set for Feb 19
VINTON The annual banquet of Benton county girls 4-H clubs will be at the Presbyterian church in Vinton at 6 30 in the evening on February 19 announcement said by Miss Ann Nygaard home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
Presbyterian Church
Ann Ny«gaard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Surplus Commodities Corp
Farm Institute
Role of the Church
Iowa_ Christian Rural Fellowship
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Louis Quirin
Alta
Thomas Curran
State Secretary of Agriculture
H. D. Hughes
J. L. Boatman
Agronomists
L. R. Edminster
Department of State
Washington, DC
Wallace
Elizabeth Beveridge
Woman's Home Companion
James J. Wallace
Marion
Margaret Reid
Center Junction Shipping Assn
Tama Choiic
G A. Kay
A. R. Menary
William S. O’brien
Ryan
M. W. Osburn
A. R Stephenson
Bennnett
R. E. Elson
R. M. Hofford
Williams
Paz
Trwilliams
Columbus Jet
Fayette Farm Service Company
Brown
Angus
Florida Fair
Buchanan
Nurito
Abe Knox Go
Linn Test Ass
the Gazette
Kempshall Sale
Shueyville
Stuart
Chester
North
Newhall
Walter McNamara
Walford
EF O
Tipton
Wilton
Sunbury
Hampshire
Farrow
Frank Kiedesel
Roling and Challis
Tipton State Bank
Univis Lenses
Dr. J. C
Amandas Lehr
Lisbon
Milo Lehr
W. E. Challis
Aact
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