Seed corn quality warns at Vinton show
Eldridge warns farmers not to overestimate seed corn quality after inspecting 4 000 ears at the Vinton show. Tests show 6 percent dead and 28 percent weak germination, reflecting November cold damage. The exhibit includes 4 000 ears, 400 poultry, and 1 020 eggs with prizes awarded in brown and white eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
C. Eldridge
Ames
Prof
Eldridge
Iowa
W. M. Vernon
Vernon
J. G. Wingert
Independence
Roy Goodell
Ralph Skoog
Raf Cue
Donald Caldwell
Trio
H. G. Schoonover Cockerel
Walter Lahue
Fence Drift and Pride in Rural Family Duty
A reflective scene shows a mother watching her son carry a basket of corn across the yard as she prays for divine guidance. Fear flickers then yields to pride and hope in rural life, noting enduring faith and the role of women in safeguarding community.
Buff Orpington Trio Prevails Ahead of Willard Wilson Pair
The report notes Buff Orpington trio finishing first with a male bird and Willard Wilson pairing a female, highlighting the top placements in the local poultry competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buff Orpington
Bird
Willard Wilson
Painter Regains Health on Farm and Turns Farmer
Special to The Gazette Manchester reports H L Langrill, once warned by Chicago doctors that continuing painting work would kill him from lead poisoning, moved to a farm ten miles northwest of Manchester. He now runs a 200 acre operation with 80 extra helpers, grows corn oats soy beans and raises 114 capons and 100 remaining pullets while expanding chicken housing and water piping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chicago
H. L. Langrill
Frank Vanderhoof
Langrill
Mr. Langrill
Canada
Duluth
Lanerill
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule Anamosa Linn County Sale
Auction listings announce a consignment sale in Anamosa on Saturday February 18 and a farm sale on Wednesday February 22 two miles northeast of Linn by the John Voss estate with bids and offerings from local farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Linn ‘County
John Voss
Shredded fodder sales anchor auction totals across Iowa farms
Auction items from multiple towns record prices on fodder grain, livestock, and hay. Shredded corn fodder brought $2 a ton near Walker. cows and yearlings sold for varied prices at Dysart and Manchester auctions. hogs, hens, calves, and horses also fetched notable sums as auctioneers like Alpha Lampman and R C Rinderknecht presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Walker
Amy Steinburg
Alpha Lampman
the Gazette
Manchester
John Kemp
Sheppard Place
Banta’ Hopkins
Hog Prices Slip As Mild Weather Dampens Demand
DES MOINES The week’s hog market reversed the prior storm surge as prices eased about 10 cents on average. Loads were normal, quality receipts leaned light, and buyers diverged with some bidding to steady levels while others balked due to lower fresh pork values. Prices for 180 to 250 pound hogs traded at 3.00 to 3.25, 260 to 280 pound averages 2.85 to 3.10, with big butchers at 2.65 and sows 2.20 to 2.60.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Closing Out Public Sale Near Cedar Rapids
The undersigned announces a public auction at his residence 13 miles north of Cedar Rapids 2 miles west of Toddville 7 miles south of Center Point starting at 11 o clock. Items include 12 horses 21 Holsteins cattle 7 tons oat hay and bean hay farm machinery and a lunch stand on the ground. Terms cash. Lon Hagerman owner. Gens Fagan auctioneer B F Ray clerk.
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Cedar Rapids
Toddville
Center Point
Farm costs rise for horses as grain needs shift
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse Association of America notes January 1933 farm horse and mule requirements surged for corn oats and wheat compared with 1918 while dollar prices fell. He warns the decline in work animals reduces farm productivity and urges increased breeding and use to restore animal power and stabilize prices. A cistern note ends the piece.
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Chicago
Wayne Dinsmore
The
Horse Association of America
United States
Dinsmore
Horse Association
Linn Folk Swamp Des Moines Letter To Lawmaker
D. R. McCreery of Alburnett Linn county representative in the state legislature reports being overwhelmed by letters from Linn county folk. He seeks reassurance on two bills the repeal of Farm Bureau appropriation and the bovine tuberculosis test law and notes he is answering thirty to forty letters daily to manage postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. McCreery
Alburnett
Linn County
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
January egg prices fall hit Iowa poultry profits
Ames reports January calendar flock receipts averaged 13 cents per hen, down from 18 cents in December. Expense per hen dropped to 5 cents, narrowing the margin above cost to 8 cents versus 6 cents a year ago, while market egg income per hen slid to 13 cents in January 1933 from 31 cents in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Ames Poultry Extension Service
Ftock
Unimproved land sale near West Union transfers to local farmer
Nick Kuhner, farmer south of St. Lucas, pays $106.72 per acre for 122 1/2 acres of Frank Kuennen’s 202.5 acre farm. Total price about $13,000. No improvements on the land. the 80 acre homestead remains with Kuennen. Kuhner plans buildings to house his son William. Neighbors are the parties.
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West Union
Nick Kuhner
St. Lucas
Frank Kuennen
Kuennen
Hartwick Shipments Marketed in Chicago Trade
Hartwick Ship ping association marketed a shipment of prime Poland China butchers averaging 352 pounds at 3.55 per hundredweight. They were consigned by William Possehl. The shipment weighed 460 pounds more than home weight, per manager George Dix on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwick
Hartwick Shipping Association
Chicago
William Possehl
George Dixon
Veggy markets top steer load at Chicago sale
Washington county farmer Lawrence Veggy marketed eighteen head of 1064 pound steers in Chicago on Wednesday. The cattle sold for 6.50 per hundredweight, leading the load lots that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
Lawrence Veggy
Washington County
Chicago
Veterinarians Of East Iowa Ponder Practice Problems
A joint Linn and Johnson county veterinary association meeting in Iowa City discussed new cattle and hog diseases read by Dr. Frank L. Roach. Drs. Carey Waite Griffith Meneary Acker man Neuzil Strader Conaway debated diagnosis and treatment of rare ailments before Dr Covault spoke on mineral deficiencies. Twenty seven practitioners from Muscatine Cedar Benton Iowa Washington Keokuk Jackson Story Linn and Johnson counties attended.
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Iowa City
Linn and
Johnson County Veterinary Associations
Frank L. Roach
Preston
J. C. Carey
West Liberty
C. H. Waite
Stanwood
J. W. Griffith
A. R. Meneary
Cedar Rapids
N. W. Ackerman
van Horne
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
H. N. Strader
Mar«ton
R. B. Conaway
Millerseburg
C. H. Covault
Ames
Muscatine
Cedar
Benton
Iowa
Washington
Keokuk
Jackson
Story
Linn
Johnson Counties
Five Decks Shipped to Chicago Open Market
Three single carloads of livestock including two cattle and one hog shipment and a double deck of hogs were sent from Morley to the Chicago open market on Wednesday. One hog car was privately shipped by Ward Lewis. others were through Morley Shipping association aided by William Baker T Soukup and Clarence Tenley.
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Morley
Chicago
Ward Lewis
Morley Shipping Association
William Baker
T. Soukup
Clarence Tenley
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