1934 Farm Returns Show AAA Influence and Drought Impact
A report on 138270.74 acres in 790 Iowa and southern Minnesota farms shows AAA and drought reducing returns. Government contract income averaged 5.01 per acre, corn 7.48, total 4.09. oats fell to 1.13 per acre with 7.2 bushels. Soybeans at 4.67 per acre despite drought. Hybrid corn tested on ten farms yielded 16 more bushels per acre. Improvements, land sales, and a 21 wells drive mark an altered 1934 farm year with lime, clover, and drought responses shaping plans for 1935.
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Iowa
Minnesota
AAA
Imports of Butter Hold Down Market in New York
New York City reports rising butter imports from New Zealand and smaller consignments from Denmark Siberia Poland Hungary and Argentina restraining prices. Extras 92 score butter falls to 3742 cents a pound while Chicago shows mixed movements. Egg prices rise to 40 50 cents a dozen as supply remains tight.
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New York City
New Zealand
Denmark
Siberia
Poland
Hungary
New York
Chicago
Jones county applicants sign 956 for 1935 contracts
Anamosa Iowa Jones county allotment committee reports 956 signatures on applications for 1935 contracts after township signup meetings. Townships listed include Fairview Hale Castle Grove Washington Scotch Grove Jackson Wayne Madison Wyoming Lovell Greenfield Clay Rome Oxford Richland Cass and others with numbers ranging from 35 to 85 signers.
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Anamosa
Jones County Allotment Committee
Fairview
Hale
Castle Grove
Washington
Scotch Grove
Jackson
Wayne
Madison
Wyoming
Lovell
Greenfield
Clay
Rome
Oxford
Richland
Cass
Decorah corn hog signup meetings set for February 1935
In Winneshiek county signup meetings for the corn hog program are scheduled for February 15 16 and 18. County allotment committee members will be elected February 23.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Hutchins Heads Central City Farmers Exchange
Guy Hutchins was re elected president at the annual meeting of the Farmers Exchange. O C Brewer, E R Finson re elected as vice president and secretary. Henry Henderson named director with W H Rice and L A Hinton re elected. 4 percent dividend announced.
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Central City
Guy Hutchins
Farmers’ Exchange
O. C. Brewer
E. R Finson
Henry Henderson
W. H. Rice
L. A. Hinton
Coggon
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Of Weekly Activities
The Linn County Farm Bureau lists events this week including a Tuesday 10 am home project training at Mrs A J Rose in Monroe township and a Wednesday 10 am recreational training at Marion led by Miss Fannie Buchanan, an 8 pm rural youth meeting, a Thursday 10 am Otter Creek home project training at Mrs Bruce Arduser, and a joint Maine and Jackson townships meeting at Legion Hall Central City with a picnic dinner.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Monroe Township
A. J. Rose
Fannie Buchanan
Marion
Maron
Otter Creek
Bruce Arduser
Farm Bureau
Maine
Jackson Townships
Legion Hall
Central City
Cedar Valley vets hear program Monday at Waterloo
The Cedar Valley Veterinary association meets Monday in Waterloo with speakers from Dysart Independence Gladbrook Toledo and Fort Dodge. The February session includes a technical program and practitioners R E Christopher HS James H D Osborne O T Onstott CC G Moore and H C Smith.
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Waterloo
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
R. E. Christopher
Dysart
HS. James
H. D Osborne
Independence
O T Onstott
Gladbrook
CC G Moore
Toledo
H. C. Smith
Fort Dodge
Drought Area Seed Oats Offered With Feb 20 Deadline
Iowa farmers in primary drought counties may apply through county drought directors for 300,000 bushels of government seed oats at 76 cents a bushel delivered to the nearest elevator. Applications must be received by Feb 20 as seed stocks committee allocates leftovers to other drought states.
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AMES
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Minneapolis
Bliss
Butterfat Averages 27 85 Cents At Wadena 1934
Special to The Gazette Wa dena Farmers creamery patrons received 61513 12 dollars or an average of 27 85 cents per pound for 1934 butterfat. 293407 pounds of butter made from 236658 pounds of butterfat and 874129 pounds of cream. Overrun 23 97 percent. Cream test 27 percent. 1934 butter make up 26000 pounds over 1933. Butter sales 575927 63. Directors named for 1935 include J M Frey president George Thorson George Lewis Henry Feller Carl Gehring DB Jellings W F Moore secretary S S Davis and Guy Ernest. About 400 attended.
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Wadena
J. M. Frey
George Thorson
George Lewis
Henry Feller
Carl Gehring
DB. Jellings
W. F. Moore
S S Davis
Guy Ernest
Linn Holiday Ass'n To Meet Tuesday At Marion
The Linn County Farmers Holiday association will hold its February meeting Tuesday evening at Memorial Hall in Marion. Art Hoover of Springville, the president, announced the gathering.
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Linn Holiday
Marion
Linn County
Memorial Hall
Art Hoover
Springville
Waukon Plans Public Scales at Stockyards and Station
Waukon city council plans installation and maintenance of public scales. One scale will be placed at the stockyards and the other at a service station property.
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Waukon
Sexing baby chicks by crosses and hatching methods
The Gazette outlines how sex linked crosses determine chick sex at hatching and explains common crosses such as Barred and Non Barred, rate of feathering, Gold and Silver, and R I Red with White Wyandotte, noting pullets resemble the sire and cockerels resemble the dam. It discusses out crosses and line breeding advantages and the market demand for male chicks.
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Gazette
Minorca
Australan
Wyandotte
Meat prices linked to ad buys and fish as substitute push
A National magazine feature with an advert captioned Cut Your Meat Bill This Way promotes fish dishes and ware as a way to cut meat costs. The piece notes beef and hog prices at Chicago markets, Canadian cattle shipments, butter and oleo shifts, and consumer inertia shaping demand while warning prices rising too far may hurt producers.
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Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Canada
Boston
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington C T A averages 27 6 lbs January butterfat
Washington County Cow Test association reports January results for 361 cows with 644 pounds of milk and 27.6 pounds of butterfat on average per cow. Eighty cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat. Holstein herd of Dan and Dean Johnson of Brighton led with 1,260 pounds milk and 53.4 pounds butterfat, and its high cow yielded 1,664 pounds milk and 80.6 pounds butterfat.
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Washington
Robert Brasch
Dan and
Dean Johnson
Brighton
Johnson
High producing cows lead Fayette Cow Test results
In Fayette County January results from the Fayette Cow Test association No 4 show 292 cows averaging 688 pounds of milk and 26.1 pounds butterfat with 53 cows above 40 pounds butterfat. Deering and Son held the top herd with 29 Holsteins and Shorthorns averaging 1141 pounds milk and 39.3 pounds butterfat. The monthly high cow was a grade Holstein owned by Mrs C H Schroeder and Sons yielding 1677 pounds milk and 83.9 pounds butterfat.
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West Union
Fayette
Marengo Dairy Records Highlight January Butterfat Leaders
In Iowa County Con Test entries Adolph Heitshusen’s Holstein herd led January with 43.9 pounds butterfat, Leo B. Smith’s Jersey herd second at 34.1 pounds, while the association’s top two cows from the Iowa county home herd posted 84.1 and 67.1 pounds respectively. Average butterfat for the month was 26 pounds, up from 28.8 in December.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Decemer
Adolph Heitshusen
Leo B. Smith
Jersey
Greeley Cow Test Assoc records January milk and butterfat
In January the 466 cows in Greeley Cow Test association averaged 581 pounds of milk and 22.2 pounds of butterfat with 31.5 cents per pound feed cost. Thirty five cows produced 40 to 50 pounds butterfat, eighteen 50 to 60, five 60 to 70, and two 70 to 80. Delaware county home herd led with 45.2 pounds butterfat. High cow owned by Gibbs and Sons yielded 76.3 pounds butterfat, while a Paul McElmeel herd cow ranked second with 73.7 pounds.
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Greeley
F. L. Gibbs and Sons
Paul McElmeel
Change in Co op Law Proposed in Iowa
Iowa Senator Fred Nelson will file a bill to return ownership of nearly 1,000 co operative organizations to resident producers. The measure targets outside control by removing stock from retiring members and requires sale to continuing producers. The bill would take effect upon charter expiration.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Nelson
Rep. Story
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Nelson
California
Forty-Fifth General Assembly
Towa
Ames
Long Tailed Horses In Style In South Dakota
Pierre South Dakota AP The state house debated horse care law and voted against repealing a prohibition on tail docking for show horses. The measure aimed to ban docking as an aesthetic practice, preserving natural tails.
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South Dakota
Farm Auction Listing From Cedar Rapids Iowa
At 1 08 P M a full farm sale lists livestock two fresh cows with calves and eight other cattle head. Many farm implements including mower binder hay rack gang plow walking plow diac corn planter feeder spreader corn plows wagon pairs and more. Also 60 chickens 3 geese and 1 gander 100 bushels corn 60 oats. Floyd Slaymaker owner A T Bena auctioneer First Trust and Savings Bank clerk Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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McCormick-Deering
McCormick- Deering
Hayes Corn
Emerson
H. H. Hanson
Edw. F. Beranek
Swisher Trust & Savings Bank
Aide
de Laval
Floyd Slaymaker
A. T. Bena
First ‘Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Marion
Hays
John Deere
Marseilles
Farm Auction Schedule for February Dates
A series of farm auctions announced with locations and dates from February 11 to February 26. Listings include George Rudish, Tyrell and Hoffman, Penn's dairy cattle sale in Mount Vernon, Albert Wenger, Bert Dean, Henry Zimmerman, Chas Chehak, Martin Krug, Driscoll and Lynch dissolution sale, H H Hanson, Wm Reed, Fred E Kutz, and Floyd Slaymaker.
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George Rudish
Towa
Linn Couty
George Rudih
Kenwood
Cedar
Clark Mo
Penn’s Dairy Cattle Gale
Mount Vernon
Albert Wenger
Bert Dean
Marion
Martin Krug
Atkins
Driscoll and Lynch
Mechanicsville
H. H. Hanson
Swisher
Wm. Reed
Fred E. Kutz
Morley
Herefords Average $55 At Hanson Sale Near Williamsburg
Purebred Hereford heifers topped at $72.50 at the Henry Hanson estate sale five miles southeast of Williamsburg. Thirty head averaged more than $55 each. Feeding hogs brought $8.90 to $11.50. En silage in a pit and a silo sold for $171. Bert Hanson was auctioneer with W. J. Hanson as clerk.
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Williamsburg
Henry Hanson
Bert Hanson
W. J. Hanson
Farm Sale Near Alburnett Totals Hogs Sheep and Crops
At the Orlin Ieh farm sale four and three four miles north of Alburnett hogs sold from 7 to 15.50 per head. Fall pigs brought 2.25 to 4.50 per head. Ten sheep brought 6.65 each. 2,300 bushels of corn sold for 0.76 and 0.90 per bushel. Oats 0.55 and 0.71. soybeans 1.50. hay 12.50 per ton. Harness sold for 25. George Price served as auctioneer with A. J. Schueler as clerk.
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Lafayette
Orlin Ieh
Alburnett
George Price
Auce Trouser
A. J. Schueler
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Ray Anderson
L. Brown
Shueyville
Jones
Winneshiek
Hutchins
Central City Farmers Exchange
Farm Bureau Calendar
Matias
Guarian
Ben Astonerr
Cecer Repias
Cerkh Sucka Be Y Henk
Sous Fatst Trust and Savings
Columbian Wyandotte
Columbian Rock
Ering . Anni
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Thought
American Association of Creamery
Tamson Brothers and Company
United States
Kansas City
Bentley
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Washington C.T.A
Greeley Ass'n
Fred Y. Katz
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
John Louver
Western
Highway 161
Tyrell and Hoffman
Lisbon
Henry Zimmerman
Chas, A. Chehak
North
North Liberty
Hanson Sale
P. C. Lassen
Selen
Chas
A. Chehak
Gee
E. Parizek
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Acme Feed Company
First Street SE
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