Buttermilk Prices Rise With Hog Market Upturn
Hog prices in 1935 more than doubled the butter milk value for Edgewood creamery. The sliding scale bases butter milk at one half cent per cwt less than Chicago hog prices, yielding 9.1 cents in 1935 versus 4.3 in 1934. C. E. Ryan has supplied all buttermilk. blockages led to waste during snow. Ralph Rizer tracks hog prices to compute monthly butter milk value.
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Dgewood
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Edgewood
Chicago
C. E. Ryan
Ryan
Ralph Rizer
Mr. Ryan
Record of U S Farm Livestock Values Jump 50 Percent in 1935
The Agriculture Department reports total farm livestock value at 4.885 billion on Jan 1 1936, up 1.635 billion or about 50 percent from a year earlier, the highest since 1930. Cattle per head 34.09, horses and colts 96.79, hogs 12.68, stock sheep 6.34. hogs up 9 percent in head count to 42.541 million. cattle 68.213 million head with total value 2.326 billion. milk cows 25.622 million with value 49.18 per head. Regional shifts show drought effects and varying gains.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Corn Brings 64 Cents At Auction Near Monticello
Milo Turtle farm sale near Monticello last week saw corn at 64 cents a bushel oats 35 cents hay seven dollars a ton cows 65.50 with 49.50 average work horses 420 a team sale total 2200 attendees over 100 L P Waddick served as auctioneer.
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Monticello
L. P. Waddick
Strawberry Point Butter Tops National Contest in Iowa entries
Straw berry Point butter scored 94.5 to win the national contest held Feb 12 at Ames as part of the Dairy Industry short course. Iowa entrants include A C Kraft Strawberry Point 94.5 N E Fabricius Ames 94 and others across multiple towns. Lyle W Hammond Portland Ore placed second with 94.25 and NE Fabricius Ames was third with 94.0.
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Iowa
Ames
A. C. Kraft
Strawberry Point
N. E. Fabricius
H. C. Koefed
Amber
C N. Christensen
Zearing
Milo Bakke
Lake Mills
Virgil Steffen
Ackley
FP. Gernand
Volga City
T. W
Lyle W. Hammond
Portland
Ore
NE. Fabricius
H. J. Krug Sale Postponed to Feb 22
The H. J. Krug sale has been postponed from February 11 to February 22. The auction site is miles west of Cedar Rapids on Highway No. 30 and four miles southeast of Atkins. The notice directs bidders to the revised date and location.
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Cedar RapiDs
Atkins
Farmers urged to expand foreign markets and cut tariffs
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray criticized AAA opponents for proposing foreign market expansion as a farm fix. He urged lower tariffs and export subsidies to enable a fair exchange and argued that reduced tariffs are needed so foreign nations can pay with their own foods.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Ray Murray
AAA
Clyde Herring
Murray
Wen
Breeders Sell Poland China Hog For 500
Elgin breeders Lou Hunsberger and Son sold a two year old sow named Lady Evidence to Campbell and Lineville of Shelbyville Indiana for five hundred dollars.
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Spreinl
Gazette
Elgin
Lou Hunsberger
Poland
Lady Evidence
Campbell and Lineville
Shelbyville
Ind
Early spring pigs born at Irving and Mac Deering farm
Forty three pigs farrowed last week at the Irving and Mac Deering farm mark the earliest spring litter in the area. One litter numbers thirteen pigs in the first run of births reported locally.
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Spreial
Gazette Postville
Irving and Mac Deering
Farm Women's Chorus Grows in Muscatine County
A Muscatine County chorus formed from a farm women's quartet contest shows cultural growth in rural Iowa. Roy Fairbanks supports the group, with directors and accompanists guiding twenty members who perform at Ames during Farm and Home week and on WOI. Rehearsals are Saturdays. absent members may be dropped.
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Farm Women’s Chorus
Muscatine County
Iowa
Muscatine
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
The
Gazette
Roy Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Ben Schwartz
Mildred Gottbrecht
L. A. Crull
Roscoe Eliason
Letts
Women’s
Farm Bureau
K. L. McColm
Carrie Holland
Ames
Harry Gipple
Robert G. Brown
Conesville
George Crist
Gipple
Crist
Eliason
McColm
Cheese Factory To Be Converted Into A Milk Condensery
A $10,000 Farmers' cheese factory at Castalia will be operated as a milk condensery under A. C. Smith of Carnation Co. and the farmers' cooperative association directors. It will be the first industry of its kind in this region, with new equipment shipped in and operations starting immediately.
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Castalia
A. C. Smith
Carnation Company of
Milwaukee
Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
Closing Out Public Sale at Cedar Rapids Residence
Auction notices list 19 head of horses including gray and black mares, yearlings, and farm machinery such as McCormick equipment, grain binders, and plows. The sale to be held Tuesday Feb 18 at 11 o clock near Weing road and avenue NE with lunch on grounds. George W. Griffith owner, C Lassen auctioneer, Peoples Savings Bank clerk.
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Weing Road
Avenue NE
New City Water Works
Cedar Rapids
Shaffer
Nickerbocker
Weicht
McCormick
Deering
McCarmick-Deering
Melotte
George W. Griffith
I C. Lassen
Peonles Savings Bank
Frank Kulhavy
Miles Bouth
Western
H.p
George Randak
Milo Vanicek
Gene Fagan
Shucks Lets Talk It Over Critiques Butter Markets
C W Rouse creamery manager at Oxford Junction voices concern over butter pricing in Iowa and nationwide. He argues creamery boards overemphasize Chicago and New York markets, urges local Iowa butter use, and questions price spreads from New York to stores and patrons. He cites a Creamery report showing margins and freight impacts, calling current practices unfair and encouraging substitutes.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
New York
Iowa
the Gazette
Auction of Livestock and Machinery At Strellner Farm
On Wednesday February 19 at 10 o'clock the sale lists 20 head of horses 11 cattle 68 hogs and 60+ items of machinery. Included are Holstein cattle Hereford cattle Duroc Jersey hogs and a full line of McCormick Deering implements. Carrie Strellner owner Tony Schmitz Morris Lane Auds Joe Carrier clerk.
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Farrow
McCormick-Deering
McCormick
Deering
MccCormick-Deering
John Deere
Dunham Rotary
Peterson
International
Ohio
Tony Schmitz
Morris Lane
Joe Carrier
Carrie Strellner
Weather Buoyed Egg Prices Prompt Sharp February Rise
Weather disruptions cut eastern egg supplies pushing New York prices up 3 to 4 cents a dozen with storage eggs adding 5 cents. Butter prices firmed as imports of 4 million pounds arrived and domestic shortages limited supply, with butter retailing around 41 to 45 cents per pound.
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L. Brown
New York City
New York
Chicago
New Zealand
Boston
Farm Auction Notices Across Iowa and Cedar Rapids Areas
Public sales listed for Owen L. McConaughy Alfred Baumann Geo Griffith J F Kilberger Secor Brown dissolution J L Northrup. Locations include 242 mi east of Martelle 142 mi north of Ryan Weing Rd and J Ave NE Cedar Rapids Beverly Mechanicsville and Cedar Rapids. Each entry notes closing out or dissolution of farm holdings and sale by different bidders.
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Owen L. McConaughy
Martelle
Alfred Bauman
Ryan
Geo. W. Griffith
Weing Rd
J Ave
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Kilberger
Beverly, Secor & Brown Dissolution
West Mechanicsville
J. L. Northrup
Local Estate and Wood Sale Notices Across Iowa
Public sale notices list Blaine estate properties totaling 136 acres near Bertram and Lisbon plus scattered woodland auctions. Zack Mc Arthur runs a sale 5 miles NW of Shellsburg, Gunn & Batchelor disperse near Mechanicsville, Helgens Brothers Poland China sale at Monticello, and Carrie Streil ner conducts a sale 1 mile west of Vinton.
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Blaine
Bertram
Lisbon
Zack McArthur
Shellsburg
Gunn & Batchelor
Edge Mechanicsville
Helgens Brothers
Poland
China
Monticello
Carrie Streilner
Vinton
Public estate and property sales listed across Iowa fields
Public sale notices cover the J. W. Pichner estate farm near Oxford and multiple auctions: Jerry Lesher south of Marion, Reiss estate south of Garrison, Henry Jons east of Coggan, Mina Kroger closing out west of Tipton, Frank Mills near Central City, Mrs. Mary Kul havy admix north of Western, and H. J. Krug southeast of Atkins. Sale date noted as Saturday February 22.
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J. W. Pichner
Oxford
Jerry Lesher
Marion
Reiss
Garrison
Henry Jons
Coggan
Mina Kroger
Admix
Tipton
Frank Mills
Central City
Mary Kulhavy
H. J. Krug
Atkins
Public livestock sales scheduled across three days
On Monday February 24 a public sale by George Randak 2 miles northwest of Atkins is listed. Tuesday February 25 Miller and Kemp a 2 mile east of Mercy dispersal sale is listed. Wednesday February 26 Belgian horse sale by C J Knickerbocker at Fairfax is listed.
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George Randak
NW Atkins
Miller
Kemp Angus
Mercy
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Butter Supplies Lag Behind Eggs Amid Distribution Worries
Special to The Gazette Chicago reports butter receivers prorating 92 score product as highways open. Last week butter shipped from Chicago to Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa suggesting local sufficiency in some states. Feb 1 cold storage shows 21 538 million pounds on hand national stock. ten leading markets hold 13 613 million pounds, dropping to 8 206 million by Feb 14.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
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Martin County
St. Paul
North Atlantic
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Continental Divide
H. J. Krug Sale
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Null
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Monticello State Bank
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A. M. Lampman
Hampshire
NICC
Gond Shane
Mitchell
Auct
Pr. Lockwood
Cik
Farm Editor
C. W. Rouse
Oxford Junction
Fred Demmel
U. S. 318
Rock Road
van Horne
A. T. Bena
United State Bank, Cik
Fred H. Kurbicek
EGG Price Advanc
C. J. Knickerbocker Fairfax
Jons
N. G. Kraschel
J. L. Krall
Angus Dispersion
Avamesa
Merth
Morley
Glencarnock Revolution
Saiot
Blackcap Revolution
Bell Roy M. K
Black Belmore
Tts
Bell Boy
Newhall
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