Farmer Honored At Ames Keeps 62 Percent Of Income From Hogs
WF Schlotterback of Atkins area recognized as a ten year farm business records keeper during Farm and Home week in Ames. His hog enterprise yields 62 percent of income, with an average 7.3 pigs weaned per litter across eleven years, using a crossbreeding system and seasonal marketing from Cedar Rapids to 250 pound fall pigs.
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Ames
WF. Schlotterback
Atkins
Lowa
Schlotterback
Ames Extension Service
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Sehlotterback
Cedar Rapids
WE Vogel
Cumberland
William H. Davidson
Stanwood
William Hungelas
Webster City
Iowa
Alfred Lahn
Belle Plaine
Ray Menzel
Hazleton
Will Kaesser
Rowley
Carl Mitzner
Tipton
Lewis Thordsen
C V Brown
Olin
Lyle E Retz
Manchester
Earl Rothlisberger
Elgin
Wo .T. Fuller
Arlington
Will Adams
Waucomi
Earl Devore
Wapello
Warren Wiederrecht
Harold MacCormac
Letts
Guy Il. Hardin
Fence Drift Noted In Woven Wire Hog Breeding Record
The article highlights W. F Schlotterback’s hog enterprise. It notes what he avoids such as furrowing midwinter or early spring and using self feeders or young gilts as dams. It cites his high average pigs weaned per litter from a criss cross breeding system.
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W. F
REA Plant to Begin Operation in Iowa
Electricians expect early next week to turn on power at the REA cooperative generating plant four miles southwest of Hampton Iowa making it the first REA plant in Iowa and the second in the country Power will feed 700 miles of lines across six north Iowa counties including Wright Hardin Franklin Butler Hancock and Grundy The plant near Reeve will initially run only a few hours daily with full 24 hour service planned by March Arthur Oliphant is superintendent and two large Diesel engines will supply power with fuel shipped by rail
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Hampton
Rural Electrification Administration
Here
REA
Iowa
United States
Dayton
Wright
Reeve
Curtailed Leasing of Public Domain Urged
Governor Kraschel urged greatly reducing leasing of public domain for cattle and sheep to push livestock production onto privately owned lands. He noted a repurchase program could rehabilitate land, while conservation expert J Lo Boatman called for soil erosion control through surveys, crop rotation, contour farming, and permanent vegetation.
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Ames
Nelson G Kraschel
Mississippi Valley
Nature
Kruschel
Iowa
Kraschel
AAA
J Lo Boatman
Souis Conservation Service
Boatman
Ganeette Tips On Smart Tailored Finishes For 4 H
Miss Gladys Adams Ames 4 H clothing specialist led Linn county 4 H leader training in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. She demonstrated smart tailored finishes for the 4 H uniform and shared tailoring and fitting tips. Fifteen of sixteen county girls clubs were represented by a large group of committee members leaders and older 4 H girls from Mount Vernon Springville Marion Cedar Rapids and other towns.
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Springville
Robert Sloan
Marion
aArlo Stinger
Mount Vernon
A W Savage
Coggon
Henri Gensicke
Jacob Gerber
G M. Booth
Nelson Hamblin
Frank Lorence
Cedar Rapids
Adam Schulte
Fairfax
Iowa Corn Sealed In Iowa Warehouses Totals Grow
Des Moines AP reports Iowa farmers now have 20 168 660 bushels of corn sealed in 22 200 cribs with state agriculture department noting an uptick in warehouse certificates. Webster County leads with 1 120 453 bushels under seal followed by Pocahontas Calhoun Story Monona Kossuth Hamilton Clay Buena Vista Woodbury Fremont Boone Marshall Sioux and Wright counties.
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Des Moines
State Agriculture Department
Webster County
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Story
Monona
Kossuth
Co Op Organizes Meat Consumption Booster Conference
Iowa City vendors farmers and businesspeople from Johnson and nearby counties are invited to a Saturday evening meeting at the Farm Bureau Office. The Johnson County Livestock Marketing association sponsors the session led by manager E L Hegg to discuss increasing meat consumption.
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Iowa City
Johnson
Farm Bureau
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
E L. Hegg
Spring plowing and burning noted as Iowa farmers start spring work
Southern Iowa farmers used a five day warm spell to begin spring tasks. State agriculture department reports plowing in Taylor county disking in Page county and burning cornstalks in several areas.
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Gazette Des Moines
Iowa
State Agriculture Department
Taylor County
Page
Edgewood Creamery Pays 38.83 Cents For 1937 Butterfat
Edgewood Farmers Creamery Company reports 1937 average butterfat price of 38.83 cents per pound from 238,968 pounds of butterfat and 3,171,375 pounds of milk. They produced 436,992 pounds of butter with 23.84 percent overrun. shipments totaled 397,433 pounds to merchants, 26,327 to patrons, and 13,232 to local stores. Annual meeting elected J. J. Schacherer president, W. J. Miller vice president, Ralph Rizer secretary and manager, James F. Adams treasurer, with Emmet Weyant and Floyd Ryan as directors.
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Edgewood
Edgewood Farmers Creamery Company
J. J. Schacherer
W. J. Miller
Ralph Rizer
James F. Adams
Emmet Weyant
Floyd Ryan
Grasshopper plague feared this year across 24 states
Washington reports the department of agriculture expects a severe grasshopper year with 24 states in line for costly pest control. Entomologists warn last five seasons boosted numbers and hail a potential outbreak larger than last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Lee A. Strong
Bureau of Entomology and
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Arkansas
Idlaho
Illinois
Kansas
Nevada
Eleven Township Farm Bureaus to Vie in Benton Drama Meet
Eleven Benton county township Farm Bureaus will present plays in the county drama tournament February 15 to 18, announced home demonstration agent Miss Ann Nygaard. Four district tournaments are set with events in Vinton Urbana Keystone and Newhall on consecutive days, as Jackson, Big Grove, Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Union, Leroy, Iowa, Eldorado, Canton and Benton townships participate.
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Vinton
Benton County
Ann Nygaard
Jackson
Big Grove
Urbana
Harrison
Polk
Taylor
Keystone
Union
Leroy
Iowa
Newhall
Eldorado
Canton
Benton
Geraldine Green
Cedar Rapids
Farm Auction Roundup Sets Central Iowa Sales
Auctions scheduled Thursday February 16 include Clifford Gott sale three miles south of Center Point Frank Riedesel closing out two and a half miles east of Rochester a Beverly Cattle Company livestock auction F A Kempshall sale two miles southwest of Shueyville and an Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids Live bidding promised across multiple rural markets with emphasis on livestock trade and property/
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Clifford Gott
South
Center Point
Frank Riedesel
Rochester
Beverly Cattle Company
Kempshall
Shueyville
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Stuart's Chester White Sow Sale Notice
A bred sow sale by Stuart's Chester White at 2 miles north New hall Dale McEnany sale, 14 miles north Marion. Event details include location guidance for buyers and dates not specified in the fragment.
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Stuart
Chester
Newhall Dale McEnany
Marion
Auction Schedule Fragments From February Notices
A newspaper snippet lists auction events with multiple dates. Walter McNamara ends sale near Walford, G W Richardson conducts sale on Cedar Rapids north edge, and A R Embree Angus dispersal near Morley, 244 miles south.
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Walter McNamara
Walford
A. R. Embree Angus
Morley
Farmers' Union Shipping elects officers at Lowden
William Kahl named president for 1938 Herman Richmann becomes secretary John C Petersen reelected shipping manager Directors include Paul Klippe Paul Martin Walter Werndt and Paul Kruckenberg A total of 109 loads or 7359 head of livestock shipped during the year with gross stock receipts of 193391.58 and customer payments of 183357.61.
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Lowden
William Kahl
Farmers’ Union Shipping Association
Herman Richmann
John C Petersen
Paul Klippe
Paul Martin
Walter Werndt
Paul Kruckenberg
Onslow Shipments Move 4859 Livestock to Chicago in 1937
The Onslow Shipping association reported 4,859 head of livestock across eighty four decks shipped to Chicago in 1937. Manager C A Reade said total weight reached 1,378,040 pounds with gross proceeds of 130,760.85 dollars. Market net was 124,654.73 and home net 124,230.74. The mix included 4,340 hogs 307 cattle 128 calves and eighty three sheep.
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Onslow
Chicago
Onslow Shipping Association
C .A. Reade
Free Soil Party Pioneered the Forerunner to Republicans
The Free Soil party, organized in 1848, was the forerunner of the present Republican party.
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The
Free Soil Party
Republican Party
High Price Paid for 80 Acre Farm in Johnson County
A Johnson Iowa real estate firm announced the sale of William Horn farm to Albert Rinehart for 160 dollars per acre. The 80 acre property brought 12 800 dollars in cash, among the highest Johnson county land prices in recent years.
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Iowa City
William Horn
Albert Rinehart
Johnson County
Junior Farm Bureau Grows to Seventy-Five Members
Forty-five new members joined the Linn county Junior Farm Bureau at the February Cedar Rapids meeting, boosting total membership to seventy-five. Ten members will attend the Rural Young People's conference in Ames on Friday and Saturday. The program included a discussion of land policies formulated in Europe.
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Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Europe
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Ganeette
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Harris Wilson
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Hollis Booth
Marie Neilsen
LaFonda Parker
Leone Edgerley
Henrietta Prasil
Palo
Eleanor Lorence
4-H
Co-Op
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Willis
CT Philliams
Edgewood Creamery
Lowden Shippers
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Old Marion Road
Richardson
Lassen
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Higley
DIAL
Sanford
Junior Farm Bureau
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E. Cohn & Sons
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