January United States meat kill tops six-year records
Federal figures show US federally inspected slaughter of meat animals at 8,197,625 head in January, up 1,522,474 from January 1939. Hog kill reached 5,355,793, the heaviest January since 1934, with cattle at 827,348 and sheep and lambs 1,598,193. Interior hog runs and market spreads hint strong domestic consumption and heavier weights.
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United States
Livestock Market News Service
Des Moines Today
Public sale closes farm near Mount Vernon with varied lot
The sale of the Tom Miiholm farm near Mount Vernon offers horses cattle hogs sheep chickens and extensive machinery and miscellaneous items. Auctioneers W E Challis and Ed Pittik will conduct the sale starting at 11 o clock with lunch from a wagon and sale terms at Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust Company.
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Tom Miiholm
Mount Vernon
Lower Palisades Road
Bertram
W. E. Challis
Liston
Mt. Vernon Bank & Trust Company
Moose Peak Lighthouse Sets Fog Record in 1930
The Moose Peak lighthouse at the Bay of Fundy reported 1,562 hours of fog in 1930, a national record for foggy conditions.
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Moose Peak
Bay of Fundy
Unity urged to boost Iowa poultry and egg industry
Mark Thornburg urged unity of effort at Vinton to strengthen Iowa poultry and egg production and marketing. He contrasted the dairy sector’s unified push for a state advertising tax with poultry groups’ failed bid for World Poultry Congress funding. He noted poultry accounts for seven and a half percent of Iowa farm income and called for organized promotion.
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Mark Thornburg
Vinton
Iowa
Cleveland
Allerton Butter Tops South Iowa Contest With 94
Allerton's L. R. Brooks won with a 94 score in the South Iowa Creameries association educational butter contest held in Ottumwa. Vernon Detkin of Burlington took second at 93.5 among 18 entries. Karl Wester of the Ames dairy extension directed the event. Lewis Vineyard of Keosauqua led the men's judging, while Mrs. Lewis Vineyard won the women’s judging and shared the buttermakers’ efficiency award with T. W. Reida of Brooklyn.
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Ottumwa
L. R. Brooks
Allerton
South Iowa Creameries Association
Vernon Detkin
Burlington
Karl Wester
Ames Dairy Manufacturing Extension Service
Harry cLain
North English
Lewis Vineyard
Keosauqua
Claude Harris
Lamont
Ames Extension Service
T. W. Reida
Brooklyn
Extensive Poultry, Egg And Grain Show Judged At Vinton
The Benton county grain poultry and egg show at Vinton judged 51 entries in single ear 10 ear and 30 ear corn classes. E H Dowden of Vinton exhibited the sweepstakes White Rock cockerel while Charles Lee Cottrell earned reserve sweepstakes with a Rhode Island Red production hen.
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Vinton
E. H. Dowden
A. B. Kline
A. H. Holdgrafer
Jay Yerkes
Eldon Mayhew
Charles Lee Cottrell
George Strayer
Hudson
Chris Kinsel
Cottrell
Timi
Harold Lindaul
Ted Cottrell
August Janssen
William Eldridge
John Shaw
Bullet
Levi Lewis
Robert Cline
Sussex
Pen
Rhode Island
Asiatic Division
John Myers
Alcohol from corn could feed half the nation blend
Ames researchers say a national 10 per cent alcohol program could derive half the alcohol from corn. A 10 per cent blend would need 500 million bushels of corn, a 5 per cent blend 250 million. They note corn price effects, alcohol cost, and ethanol efficiency relative to tetraethyl lead.
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Gate Ames
Ames Research
Geoffrey Shepherd
W. K. McPherson
L. T. Brown
R. M. Hixon
Ames
Iowa
Sharp Demand Seen For Horses Feeder Cattle Machinery
An Ernest Kaplan sale two miles northwest of Ely drew strong demand for horses, cattle, and farm gear. Prices ranged from 320 for a 7 8 year old mare team to 85 for a small chunk, with 13 head of horses sold and cattle prices listed for stock cows, milk cows, Hereford heifers, yearlings, and calves. Machinery including a binder, disc, spreader, corn planter, and mower sold, along with a 1930 small truck and harnesses. Sixty plus bushels of corn and oats and beans also traded. The auction totaled over 12 000 dollars, with Wilbur Colby and W E Challis as auctioneers.
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Montana
Hudachek
Hampshire
MacCormick-Deering
John Deere
London
Darling
Hoc Treush
Phonereraph
Edd Pittik
the Gazette
Ely
Ernest Kaplan
Wilbur Colby
W. E. Challis
Guernsey
Jake Bowers
T.B
Banes
Berkshire
Poland
J. 1
Case
Ike
Aerie
John
Bear
Mc Deering
Mc-Deering
John B. Meyers
W. E. Cha
John Cage sale near Jesup nets mixed bids
At the Jesup area sale two miles east, soybeans brought $1.12 a bushel, corn 49½ cents, Holstein cows $40 to $60 per head, and heifers up to $53. Sows sold for $9.25, a 6-year-old horse fetched $93, gifts averaged $6.50. Fay Miller acted as auctioneer.
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Jesup
John Cage
Fay Miller
Rob ert C. Wells and Son sale near Riverside totals
In Columbus Junction twelve brood sows sold for 10 to 15 dollars each, twelve 100‑pound feeding shoats brought 1 to 3 dollars, a gray mare aged 3 went for 80, a 10‑year‑old sorrel mare 75, a team of young mules 125, old mules 35, a suckling colt 40. Milk cows 50 to 75 each. Four calves 46 each, Angus bull sold. five tons hay 7.50 a ton. five bushels corn 49 cents.
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Columbus Junction
Robert C. Wells and Son
Riverside
Helgens Poland China Auction Tops $39 Average
Fifty head of purebred Poland China cattle sold for an average of 35 at the Helgens Brothers sale in Monticello. Top price reached 73 paid by Tom Warne of Eagle Grove with other bids from R C Henry Sheldon 62.50 Junior Haak Marion 50 Joe Straka Wyoming 50 O J Hess Worthington 47.50 and Ames Farm Dyersville 45. The stock was bred for March and April.
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Monticello
Poland
Helgens Brothers
Tom Warne
Eagle Grove
R. C. Henry
Sheldon
Junior Haak
Marion
Joe Straka
Wyoming
O. J. Hess
Worthington
Ames Farm
Dyersville
Coggon Creamery Reports 28.95 Butterfat Average for 1939
Patron members of Linn County Farmers Mutual Creamery at Coggon received 28.95 cents a pound for butterfat last year. Butter total reached 1,076,999 pounds from 3,149 pounds of butterfat. Geer averaged 23.62 percent. Manufacturing cost per pound was 1.7 cents. Officers reelected include John McDowell president and J J Mills vice president. Directors named include Gaylord O'Dossa L A Hinton J P Gunderson Alfred Drexler Ed Zumbach William Herman C J Holub Fred Ammeter.
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Coggon
Linn County Farmers Mutual Creamery Association
Geer
John McDowell
J. J. Mills
Gaylord O'Dossa
L. A. Hinton
J. P. Gunderson
Alfred Drexler
Ed Zumbach
William Herman
C. J. Holub
Fred Ammeter
Secor to be replaced as Van Buren County agent
KEOSAUQUA Iowa AP Directors of the Van Buren county Farm Bureau voted 8 to 3 not to renew A J Secor as county agent after 22 years of service. Directors cited contract terms as not agreeable and said they would seek a replacement for the post.
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Secor
van Buren County
Keosauqua
van Buren County Farm Bureau
A. J. Secor
Iowa
Closing Out Public Sale at Meyers Homestead Lisbon Iowa
Public sale at the Jake Meyers Homestead in Lisbon Iowa features horses cattle hogs and dairy stock with 15 head of Guernsey heifers plus thorough dairy and beef cattle, sheep and machinery including Case tractors and threshers. Sale begins Wednesday the 14th at 10 30 AM with items sold by Jake Bowers and Meyer partners.
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Jake Meyers
Lisbon
Iowa
Lisbon Creamery
FBI
Farm Auction Schedule For February Events
A series of farm consignment and closing out auctions are listed by date from Feb 10 to Feb 20. Anamosa leads Feb 10 with a consignment sale, followed by sales in Mechanicsville Amber Alburnett Center Point Lisbon Marion Mt. Vernon and Swisher with multiple closing out events and locations across Iowa.
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Anamosa
Geo. de Forest
Mechanicsville
Minnie Schlemmer
Amber
John Ledvina
Alburnett
Sylvia Edelson
Swisher
J. R. Starry
Linn County
E. M. Craig
Center Point
John B. Meyers
Lisbon
Scott and Bright
Marion
James Milholi
Mt. Vernon
C. J. Sueppel
Secor to Stay On Duty 90 Days After Contract Ends
The plan expects to appoint a new agent in a few days with Secor remaining on duty for 90 days following the expiration of his current contract on Feb 13. Secor is regarded as the father of the southern Iowa cooperative creamery program and other key agricultural advances in the region.
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Secor
Southern Iowa Cooperative Creamery
Linn County Cooperative Oil toHold Annual Meeting
The Linn County Cooperative Oil company schedules its annual meeting for February 20 in Marion. Directors and members will discuss company affairs and operations.
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OIL Company Meeting
Linn County Cooperative Oil Company
Marion
Winners In Delhi F. F. A. Grain Show Announced
Delhi FFA grain show results list winners across 12 classes with 152 total entries. Top awards include William Harder in shelled corn and Russell Brodke in crib-run, plus Robert Gropes capturing several firsts and additional names for other grain categories.
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Delhi
Delhi F.F.A
William Harder
Russell Brodke
Robert Gropes
Gilbert Petion
Billy Duart
Earl Beth
Eldon Crippen
Dean Smith
Cletus Hargrofen
Lloyd Hugh
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Ray Anderson
Minnesota
Chicago
James Milholm
Bert Miller
Clarence J. Sueppel
Solon
Cuticura
Iowa City
D. J. Gatens
Mgr
South Iowa
Farm Editor
Gazette
Williams
Helgens
Mine of Center Point
M. J. McCalley
Katz Auto Parts Co
Dave Flink
Adams School
Fifth Street
Seventh Avenue SE
Frank
Texas
Ohio
Magic Washer Inc
Bacon
Lifebuoy
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