Bred Berkshire Sows and Gilts Top at $170 in Belle Plaine Auction
Forty eight head of bred Berkshire sows and gilts sold Monday at the Harold Wehrman auction in Belle Plaine, averaging $106.40 and totaling $5,107.50. Top price $170 paid by E C Ferguson of Marshalltown for a May 13, 1938 gilt farrowed May 13 and bred to Champion Led 37th. Buyers from Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and Michigan attended. Jenning Brothers of Livermore led purchases with thirteen head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wehrman
Belle Plaine
E C Ferguson
Marshalltown
Carl A. Henkle
Mason City
Wehrman Berks
Illinois
Nebraska
Michigan
Iowa
Jennings Brothers
Livermore
B. H. Zesch
B. H. Zesch of Gilme2n, Frank Frundle of LeGrand, Earl Gode of Marengo
J. C Paulsen
Reinbeck
O. E. Oliver
Ames
Boyd Smith
Victor
Nelson Rehder
Gladbrook
Chet Runner
Gilman
W B Duncan
Creston
Oscar Meyers
Price Adjustment Payments For 1939 Crop Allotments
The Agriculture Adjustment Administration set price adjustment payments for farmers who plant within their 1939 acreage allotments for cotton corn wheat and rice. Total funding comes from 212 million dollars with rates: cotton 16 cents per pound corn 6 cents per bushel wheat 11 cents per bushel and rice 12 cents per hundredweight. Payments reflect normal yields and supplement soil conservation subsidies from a separate 500 million appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Berkshire bred sow sale tops at $680 in Aledo show
Forty purebred Berkshire bred sons sold at an average of $173 at the American Berkshire congress sale in Aledo Illinois Saturday. The top price of $680 went to Pomeroy Ebony Lady III consigned by Pomeroy Farms Barrington Illinois. Only two head sold below $100, bringing $90 each.
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Aledo
Ill
Berkshire Bred Sons
American Berkshire Congress
Pomeroy Ebony Lady
Pomeroy Farms
Barrington
La Porte Cannery Plans Tomato Harvest Pact
La Porte City Iowa officials announce no corn canning in 1939 at Iowa Canning. The firm will contract with local farmers to grow tomatoes, supplying plants and paying $10.50 per ton for the harvest as part of a district wide heavy tomato pack plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte Cannery
LA Porte City
Iowa Canning Company
United States
Missouri Judge to Speak at Horsemen's Day in Ames
AMES Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association has secured E A Trowbridge of the University of Missouri to appear on the Horsemens day program Wednesday during Farm and Home week. Trowbridge, a nationally prominent judge of draft and saddle horses, will discuss the future of the horse business and the development and breeding of saddle horses. The association will conclude with its annual meeting and banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
E A. Trowbridge
University of Missouri
Trowbridge
Notice of Administrators in Linn County Iowa 1939
Two estate notices from Linn County Iowa list the appointment of administrators and administratrices. Lloyd B Keys er named administrator of Andrew Jackson Keyser estate with debts and claims due to the clerk. M W Orieley attorney notes Rose Gallagher estate administratrix Clara McGinnis named administratrix with claims to be filed in Linn County clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tote
Linn County
Andrew Jackson Keyser
Iowa
State of
Rose Gallagher
Iowa Farm Income Rises to 517.9 Million for 1938
Receipts from Iowa farm sales in December reached 52.655 million, down from 56.419 million a year earlier. Crops produced 8.047 million and livestock 44.608 million. For January through December 1938 total farm income was 517.892 million, up from 488.931 million in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Elgin Creamery pays 29c for January butterfat
Elgin Farmers Dairy patrons were paid 29 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat delivered in the first half of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Creamery
Elgin
Elgin Farmers Dairy Company
Pleasant little game hides a daily fortune puzzle
The text invites a reader to play a numerical puzzle. It instructs counting the letters in the reader’s first name, adjusting by minus four if six or more or plus three if fewer than six, using the result as a key number to check positions across a rectangular grid, and reading the letters under the checked figures to reveal a message.
January Pork Storage Climbs Despite Light Hog Runs
Storage stocks of pork rose to 524,485,000 pounds by February 1 from 430,104,000 on January 1, a nearly 100 million pound increase in January. The gain followed December’s spike, leaving pork storage near 1922 lows, with broader meat totals also rising though beef and other categories varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Christie Explains Canadian Hog Improvement Program
Ames I Christie explained to Iowa farmers during Farm and Home week how Canada tests breeding stock at government stations with 70 day old pigs fed to 200 pounds to measure prolificacy growth and carcass quality. He noted Winter houses aid continuous pork production and crossbreeding with imported hogs balances carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames I. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Iowa
Christie
Canada
Kristie
Farm Ad
Cheese Production Declines Between Months in 1939
Production drops from 128,872,000 pounds on January 1 1939 to 111,547,000 pounds on February 1. Five year February 1 average stands at 76,650,000 pounds, indicating a notable monthly decrease.
Farm Journal-Mrs Wife Merger Announced In Philadelphia
The Farm Journal and The Farmer's Wife merge with the women’s magazine becoming a section inside the enlarged Farm Journal. The May issue marks the start. the print run is slated at 2,900,000 copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer’s Wife and Farm Journal Merge
Philadelphia
Farm Journal
Farmer's Wife
St Paul
Quaife And Stouder Speak At Marion Thursday
E L Quaife and Dr K W Stouder of Ames will lead the second of three Linn county feeder hog programs Thursday at Legion hall Marion. Sessions run 10 a m and 1 p m with morning topics on broad sow feeding and litter management and the afternoon forum covers disease and parasite control for pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E L. Quaife
K W Stouder
Ames
Linn County
Legion Hall
Marion
Section No. 9 Meeting Set at Earlville Wednesday
Iowa Creamery Operators association Section No 9 schedules its February meeting in Earlville this Wednesday at 3 pm hosted by Earlville termaker E J Primus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
E. J. Primus
Littleport Farmers Cooperative elects officers for 1939
The Littleport creamery annual meeting announces Ran som Ruegnitz as president Oscar Meese as vice president and J J Wiley as secretary. Wayne E Hunt er is butter maker and manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleport
Littleport Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Ransom Ruegnitz
Oscar Meese
J. J. Wiley
Wayne E. Hunter
Dividend of 8 Per Cent Paid By Co op Elevator At Marion
Marion Farmers Elevator reports an 8 percent dividend and 100000 dollars in business for 1938 at the annual meeting in Marion. Directors elected to three year terms are Lewis Weis Oliver Graham and Ralph Beckner. Manager I L Ford lists major sales including corn 37158 bushels oats 23064 coal 3240 tons and 11122 sacks of mill feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Farmers Elevator Company
Marion
Lewis Weis
Oliver Graham
Ralph Beckner
I. L Ford
The Lady Turns Away From Edgar A Guest
A poem recounts how a woman scorns Edgar A. Guest, refuses his advances, and keeps him at a distance with harsh words and gifts cast aside before a twist of fate suggests an eventual change in her feelings.
Predicted Rise in Farm Machinery Use Across Farms
The Works Progress Administration reports that American farmers will keep increasing dependence on tractors trucks and automobiles reducing farm labor by about a billion man hours annually. Mechanization shifts employment to urban automotive petroleum and rubber sectors while farm labor skills dwindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Middle Atlantic States
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Farm Auctions Set Across Several Iowa Communities
A series of livestock and estate auctions are listed for February with sales in Marion Swisher Anamosa Alburnett Springville Vinton Arlington Olin Cedar Rapids and Newhall. Auctions include P C Lassen L A Birk A B Stephenson Beverly H D Flower C B Wortmann A J McCreery Ed McCoy Addison Berry John Grovert and Bert Gibson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Lassen
East
Marion
Ralph I. Hanson
Swisher
L. A. Birk
Anamosa
A. B. Stephenson
Alburnett
Fred Woods
Springville
Charles L. Will
Vinton
Beverly Livestock Auction
H. D. Flower
Arlington
C. B. Wortmann
Olinia
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
A. J. McCreery
Ed McCoy
West
Addison Berry
Bertram
John Grovert
North Newhall
Bert Gibson
Tractors Gain Favor as Rural Workers Swap Horses
Rural workers increasingly prefer tractors over horses for daily tasks. The shift reflects a broader move toward mechanization in farming and transport, affecting schedules, costs, and productivity for communities reliant on traditional horse labor.
John McCarty Estate Farm Sold Near Winthrop
Dale Arnold buys the 260 acre John McCarty estate four miles north of Winthrop for 40 dollars per acre. The farm has fair improvements. Arnold plans to operate the land himself.
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Winthrop
John McCarty
Dale Arnold
Arnold
Calves and Cattle Tops Hit Prices at Washington Sale
Veal calves sold to $22.50 a head at Washington in a Monday weekly sale. Twenty seven 400 pound steers brought $36.50 each, while 500 pound steers averaged $47.50. Cows sold up to $76.00.
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Gazette
Washington
Kidney Danger Signals Get Up Nights and Pain
Advertisement warns of kidney danger from frequent or scanty flow and backache. It promotes Breen tablets with juniper oil and seven other drugs to help eliminate wastes and acid. Offers 25c value plus 26c later refund at May’s Drug Store.
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Nature
May
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Berkshire Sons
Wehrman
E. C. Ferguson
C. A. Henkle
Missouri
Lloyd B Keyser
K Thompson
M W Orieley
Clara McGinnis
Wwe Wiens
Yajlaforovmou
Ss SN
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Bruno
Burma
Hoople
Anway
Harold J. Anway
Farm Security Administration For
Henry E Wichers
Kansas State College
Manhattan
E. G. Nourse
The
Brookings Institute
Washington, D. C
G. L. Christie
Quaife
Stouder
Marion Thurs
William
Wes
Striwiluians al
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
WPA
Joseph Kushner
Second Street SE
Brothers
1St St. SE
Dial
Beverly Yards
D. W. Clark
Beverly Cattle Company
California
IPIE
Farmers' Market Place
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