Farm Administration reshuffles aid plan and pig crop policies
Dr A G Black moves from corn hog administrator to head of a new feed grain division as Claude Wickard takes charge of corn hogs. The AAA aims to craft a blanket contract control plan for feed grains and livestock, contingent on Congress enacting amendments to tax processing gains. Rexford Tugwell stays as undersecretary amid shifts.
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Black
Congress
Farm Administration
Wickard
Tugwell Postpones Departure as Farm Shakeup Shifts Policy
Speculation rose that Rex Tugwell might delay leaving the agriculture department for a Columbia post or for relief and social security, while Chester C. Davis might be ousted. Secretary Wallace backed Davis in a broader shakeup that removed several liberal leaders from the administration.
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Columbia University
Tugwell
Chester C. Davis
Wallace
Davis
Prairie Chicken Flock Winters In Grundy Co
Prairie chickens and pheasants winter near the Jack Eggleston farm in Whitten Grundy Center. Eggleston estimates twenty five to thirty five birds in the covey and notes they are tame, visiting fodder shocks and the barnyard for feed. He adds the pheasants are unusually tame this winter due to scarce field feed with about thirty pheasants feeding regularly in the yard.
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Gazette Grundy Center
Jack Eggleston
Whitten
Eggleston
Colesburg Farm Bureau Names Wessel President
Roy Weesel named chairman of Colony township Farm Bureau at its annual meeting in Colesburg Delaware county. Orrin Sampson chosen program director, Stanley Ross secretary treasurer, Rolland Wessel club leader, George Woeste co-operator. Immanuel Sunday school beat Zion 13 to 11 in a feature basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
Roy Weesel
Colony Township
Delaware County
Orrin Sampson
Stanley Ross
Rolland Wessel
George Woeste
Immanuel
Zion Sunday School
Alex Buchanans Cows Sell At Mechansville Sale
Fifteen Holstein cows sold from 43 to 108 dollars for an average of 68 at the closing out sale of Alex Buchanan six miles south of Mechanicsville. Auctioneers John Boling Wilbur Colby and Ralph Wingert handled over 400 items until 4 pm with top prices on livestock and farm equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Alex Buchanan
Hampshire
Ensilage
John Boling
Stanwood
Wilbur Colby
Ralph Wingert
Tipton
Multiple farm sales report strong livestock and produce prices
Special to The Gazette reports three sales near Rowley Wheatland and Manchester. Prices included six broad sows from 3875 to 48, hens 67% cents each, cows up to 107, steers to 2175 each, horses 50 to 60, oats 63 cents a bushel, corn 80-84 cents, and a Holstein bull at 9350. Over 1000 buyers attended.
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Gazette
OWLEY
Troy Brothers
Rowley
Timothy Hav
C. B. Hopkins
The
Wheatland
Hobbs Bicknese
Ray Kinyon
S A. Hart of
Toronto
Ames Recognizes Dr A G Black New Livestock Division Chief
Dr A G Black, formerly head of the corn and hog section of the AAA in Washington, is named chief of the division of livestock and feed grains tasked with devising a crop and livestock adjustment program for future years. Claude Wickard of Indiana becomes chief of the corn and hog section.
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Ames
A. G Black
AAA
Washington
Black
Claude Wickard
Indiana
Livestock Auction Prices Are Reported at Local Sale
Horn bull sold for 7250 dollars. Two year old heifers brought 55 to 64 dollars each. Yearling heifers topped at 45 dollars. Two and three year old ewes averaged 12 dollars. A yearling horse sold for 127 dollars, a two year old gelding 142 dollars, and a two year old filly 127 dollars. Harrow 35 dollars, wagon 71 dollars, wagon gear 40 dollars, potatoes 0.90 a bushel. Harry Hartz presided over the sale.
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Harry Hartz
Esch closing out sale at Strawberry Point totals $6000
Strawberry Point buyers bid on mixed timothy and clover hay at $23 a ton and oats at 60 to 70 cents a bushel. Seed corn sold for $250 a bushel and corn 71 to 79 cents. Cattle averaged over $36 with individual heads from $25 to $67, horses $130 to $150, hogs $7 to $13. Equipment included a corn binder $150, grain binder $155, manure spreader $100, corn planter $71. Total sales reached $6,000.
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Gazette
Strawberry Point
Herman B. Esch
Consignment Sale At Columbus Junction Nets Varied Prices
About 600 attended the sale with mules selling high at $365 for a span and 25 horses $100 to $150 each. Hogs brought 5 to 7 cents per pound as feeding cattle sold 41 to 63 cents per pound. Milk cows average $50 a head and sheep reached $650 each. Seed corn sold $150 per 100 ears and soy beans $150 per bushel. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and H M Duncan. clerk Farrel Smylie.
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Gazette
Columbus Junction
Paul Klotz
H M Duncan
Farrel Smylie
Frettheim estate sale yields mixed farm prices in Madison township
Barley sold for 86 cents a bushel at Decorah John Moon sale. Five mules brought high prices, hay topped at $2025 a ton, ensilage $5. An aged Swiss bull sold for $85 and aged horses brought $50 to $80 per head. A tractor went for $325. In Madison township Holstein cattle sold for $60, hens 70 cents each, oats 72 cents a bushel, corn 70 cents, and straw $12 a ton.
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Epera
Decorah
John Moon
Frettheim
Madison Township
Erosion Control Efforts Continue In Jackson County Farms
Sproal to The Gazette Maquoketa Soil erosion work on fifty Jackson County farms has been completed by CCC men since July 1 1934 Superintendent Fred Larson reports. Five hundred wire dams and eight masonry dams have been built and more masonry dams are under construction. The camp operates in three eight hour shifts to maximize heat for masonry work. Dam structures are heated to 50 degrees F and shielded by canvass covers to guard against freezing. Only Jackson County Soil Improvement Association members now receive aid, and Larson says there are not enough members to keep the camp busy next summer. The association formed to retain the camp, and officers hope to boost membership to justify a longer stay due to the erosion damage in Jackson County.
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Sproal
Maquoketa
CCC
Fred Larson
Jackson County Soil Improvement Association
Larson
Jackson County
Hog Receipts At Low Ebb In Iowa And Minnesota
Interior hog markets in Iowa and southern Minnesota logged 77 600 head in the first four days, against 98 600 last week and 128 400 year ago. Prices rose to high levels earlier in the week, then eased. Midwest seven markets reported 183 000 head, 9 000 below last week and 165 000 below last year. Bureau expects 40 45 percent fewer hogs this marketing year, with higher prices likely if demand holds. Interior prices varied, with 8 30 to 8 75 per cwt for many weights, and 7 45 to 7 95 for packing sows.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Oelwein Creamery Pays 43 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein Farmers Co operative creamery paid forty three cents per pound for last half of January butterfat. About 1 175 checks were issued and 114 1968 pounds of butterfat were handled during January.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers Co-operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
1934 Sheep Shipments Reported by Williamsburg Co operative
The Gazette lists 34 870 head of sheep and lambs shipped by the Farmers' Cooperative Shipping Association of Williamsburg in 1934 totaling 5 152 940 pounds an increase of 19 680 pounds from 1933. The report should indicate 34 870 head weighing 19 680 pounds with an estimated grand total of 5 152 940 pounds for all livestock.
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Farmers’ Cooperative Shipping Association of
Williamsburg
Elkader Creamery Reports Butterfat and Board Elections
Elkader The annual Elkader Farmers Creamery report shows business up by $7000. Patrons received $37 748 15 for 120 968 pounds of butterfat delivered, producing 149 963 pounds of butter at 23.96 percent. Average butterfat price 27.78 cents, patrons paid 27.78 cents per pound. average cream test 27.5 percent. Art Shole new director. Jake Walz and Andrew Cassidy re elected for three years. Matt Stence re elected president and William A Baars as vice president.
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Elkader
Elkader Farmers Creamery
Art Shole
Jake Walz
Andrew Cassidy
Matt Stence
William A Baars
Signers in Linn Now Total 1 700
By Friday morning Linn county farmers had signed 1 700 corn hog applications for the 1935 contract. Township organizations formed with listed officers include Boulder Putnam Clinton Otter Creek and Buffalo with chairmen and vice chairs named. more meetings are scheduled Friday Saturday and Monday.
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Linn County
Boulder
F A. Kula
Ollie Kula
John McDonald
Putnam Township
George Motycka
Joseph W. Holets
Lester Konigsmark
Buffalo
Henry Hood
George Kolda
Thomas K. Neilly
Brown Township
Clelland Port
Jesse Carnahan
Bert Whitcomb
Clinton Township
H. C. Gerheld
D. C. Mulherin
Peter Gibney
Otter Creek Township
Monaye
Independence township corn-hog committees named in Buchanan county
Late Thursday reports show the 1934-35 corn hog committees largely unchanged from last year with chairmen listed for Byron Washington Homer and Jefferson townships. In Benton county by Thursday 1325 applications for the 1935 corn hog contract had been signed. A county organization meeting and allotment committee election are set for Saturday at the courthouse with a sixty-member appraisal school in the afternoon. In Mechanicsville the second payment checks for 1934 were distributed Tuesday to Fremont and Cedar counties farmers.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Byron Township
Homer Soules
Harold Hamilton
Dale Arnold
W. S Hamilton
L. W. Thompson
Washington Township
John W. Leavens
Victor White
Frank I. Bantz
J. T. O'Laughlin
John F. Burns
Homer Township
John Bishop
Guy I. Grover
Theodore W. Miller
A. H. Williamson
J. W. McGrath
Jefferson Township
J. B. Kenney
Henry J Lassen
A. G. Hart
H. F. Short
C. H. Wilson
Vinton
Benton County
Mechanicsville
Fremont Township
Pioneer Township
Cedar County
Bell Elected Chairman of Black Hawk County Ad Adjustment Group
Floyd B. Bell was elected chairman of the Black Hawk county corn and hog ad justment association and J. J Kelly was named vice chairman. The meeting was held Thursday to organize leadership for the agricultural cooperative.
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Waterloo
Floyd B. Bell
Black Hawk County
J. J Kelly
Coming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Closing Out Sales
Maloney Bros and others announce farm sales near Norway Anamosa Palo Martelle Newhall West Liberty Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids and Anamosa with managers D E Brickley Sam Workman Elmer Rathburn J W Kulhavy and Sons and others running auctions from February 25 to 27 including multiple consignments and combinations across JoD, Linn, Cedar, and surrounding counties.
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Floyd Spear
Stanwood
Elmer Rathburn
Palo
Sam M Workman
Martelle J. W. Kulhavy and Sons
Newhall
Carl Johnson
Anamosa
Gibson
West Liberty
Local Board Names Officials in Town Report
The chairman County Agent Paul Barger serves as secretary with George Pashby as treasurer, forming the core leadership listed for the committee.
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Paul Barger
George Pashby
Corn-Hog Board Members Re-elected in Harrison Township
The Harrison township corn-hog organization in Benton county re-elected FE. Wallace as chairman C. C. Epper son as vice-chairman and LaVerne Corbett as secretary for the 1935 program.
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Brandon
Harrison Township
Benton County
FE. Wallace
C. C. Epperson
LaVerne Corbett
Farmers sign corn hog contracts in 1935 programs
Wapello county reports 600 farmers signed corn hog contracts in Louisa county for 1935. Grundy county records about 1,200 farmers signing corn hog applications for 1935. Overall 1,607 farmers signed the 1934 corn and hog contract.
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Louisa County
Rundy Center
Grundy County
Checks Arrive For Corn Hog Contracts At Marengo
Marengo reports more than $3400 in second payments for 33 corn hog contracts. Delays affect 108 of 1804 signers who have not yet received their second payments.
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Marengo
Applications For Federal Seed Oats Total 200 000 Bu
Farmers in southern Iowa drought areas applied for more than 200000 bushels of government seed oats. The drought director said Feb 20 closed county quotas, but late applications are welcome while supplies last. Oats sold at 76 cents a bushel this month, 77 cents in March.
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AMES
R. K. Bliss
Davis Calls Conference of Cattlemen Feb 27 28
Farm Administrator Chester C. Davis invited cattle producers to a February conference in Washington to discuss the cattle situation and future plans. Notable invitees include R. N. Gunn of Buckingham F. F. McArthur of Oakland and Willard Edwards of Humboldt all in Iowa.
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Davis
Conference of Cattlemen
Washington
Chester C. Davis
R. N. Gunn
Buckingham
F. F. McArthur
Oakland
Willard Edwards
Humboldt
Combination Sale At Litts Farm Near Mount Vernon
Auction at the John Lentz residence on the Charles Litts farm two miles west of Mount Vernon begins at 11 o clock sharp on Tuesday February 26. The catalog lists 4 horses 30 cattle 412 stocker steers 30 hogs 10 sheep machinery tractor and related gear plus corn oats and feed. Consignment sale invites additional goods and a lunch stand by Carl Mohn. Usbon Anson and Buree are clerks in Mt Vernon Iowa.
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Aberdeen
Gibson’s Sale
Etna
Iowa
Will Underwood
Anamosa
John Lentz
Mount Vernon
Charles Litts
Guernsey
Atyean
Jersey
nina nice_ bunch
John Decree Gang
Rock Island
John Deere
Fordson
Carl Mohn
Challis
Usbon
Anson & Buree
Vernon
Mechancisville Acreage Sale At $8 000
Mechan ic sv ille Everett Puffer former southwest of Mechanicsville bought eighty acres of the Emily Melton Van Hart estate one mile south of Mechanicsville for 8000. The Van Hart tract with buildings lies about one mile from Mr Puffer’s farm.
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Mechanicsville
Everett Puffer
Emily Melton van Hart
van Hart
Mr. Puffer
Hatching eggs cost 13c more than last year
Special to The Cares Elgin hensing eggs brought thirty one cents a dozen on opening day at the local hatchery. This is thirteen cents higher than last year and eighteen cents above the 1933 date. CHICKS two weeks old. Webster Charley Park near Webster leads local chick raising with 440 White pens two weeks old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatcnery
Webster
Charley Park
Seed Oats Bring 70 to 72 Cents a Bushel in Grundy Center
Five hundred bushels of old oats were sold to Grundy county farmers for seed at 70 and 71 cents per bushel this week. Last year's oats sold to elevators bring 45 to 50 cents per bushel.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Webster Will Beinke Mon day Seed Oats Sale
Webster Will Beinke Monday received 600 bushels of seed oats from the Clear Lake vicinity and plans to sell them at the elevator for 72 cents a bushel.
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Webster
Will Beinke
Clear Lake
Farm records 18 ewes yield 32 lambs this winter
West Branch farmer L. W Heald reports his flock of eighteen ewes produced two sets of triplets ten pairs of twins and six singles for a total of thirty two lambs this winter indicating strong lambing results.
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West Branch
L. W Heald
Bedfast Woman Credits Gly-Cas For Arthritis Relief
Mrs. Emma Linder of Cedar Rapids credits Gly-Cas with transforming her health after years of arthritis and indigestion. She says bedfast and in pain before using Gly-Cas, then gained strength, can walk, and enjoys better digestion and sleep. Gly-Cas sold by Thrifty Drug Store.
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Emma Linder
6Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Sam
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