Moving Day Decree Questioned By Iowa Officials
Governor Herring says moving day cannot be legally advanced beyond March 1 despite snow blocked roads. Farm Bureau urges extensions, citing farm families facing hardship, while Tama County Farm Bureau considers moving date changes to March 14 or 16 due to impassable side roads.
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Herring
HE International News Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
Lattetoef Oc
Ray Murray
Tama
Tama County
March 1 moving hampered by snow on county roads
Farmers in the county fear March 1 movement may be blocked as many secondary roads remain impassable. WPA crews are clearing roads and with good weather for a week, plows and workers should open more routes. If outbound traffic is squashed, inbound movement will also halt.
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the Gazette
Washington
WPA
Feedstuffs index highest in five weeks
The weekly feed market review shows the index rising to 69.4 percent of the 1926 level for the week ending February 18, driven by heavy feeding due to persistent winter weather. Wheat feeds led gains with strong demand from dairy and mixers, while concentrates were mixed and some high protein feeds weakened.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Minneapolis
Farmers Hear REA Engineer At Linn Progress Club
Monroe Fairfax College and Clinton townships in Linn county joined about thirty business men and farmers at the Linn Progress club meeting at Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids. C V Barnhill REA engineer outlined a rural electrification expansion plan funded by government loans. Luther Fuhrmeister, vice president, chaired the meeting.
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Monroe
Fairfax
College
Clinton
Linn County
Linn Progress Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
C. V. Barnhill
REA
Luther Fuhrmeister
Progress Club
Contabon Dairy Show Planning Session Set
Committees from dairy associations 4-H and vocational clubs meet at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce March 4 at 10 am to plan the 1936 All Iowa Dairy Show and Junior Livestock Exposition. The conference was postponed from Feb 15 due to snow blocked highways.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Iowa farmers borrow 1.33 million in crop feed drought loans
Des Moines AP says Iowa farmers tapped 1,325,704 in government loans for emergency crop and feed and drought relief from Jan 1 1933 to Sept 30 1935. Drought loans reached 1,004,892 on 7,124 loans and crop feed loans 320,812 on 2,824 loans. Humboldt county reported no loans.
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Des Moines
J. J. Hughes
National Emergency Council
Iowa
Humboldt
Rylander postpones truck crop institutes in Conesville and Fruitland
County agent Carl Rylander of Muscatine says the truck crop institutes planned for Conesville and Fruitland last Monday and Tuesday have been postponed indefinitely because of bad weather conditions.
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Conesville
Carl Rylander
Muscatine
Fruitland
Oasis-Green Vegetation Beneath A Desert Of Snow
Oasis shows green parsnips and clover tops after clearing snow that stood two and a half feet high. Glenn A Speight and son Paul dig in mild frost despite heavy drift. Rail service ferries groceries to Oasis as snow blocks roads.
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the Gazette
Oasis
Glenn A. Speight
Paul Speight
Speight
Gazette
Godfrey Votroubek
Snow clears two mile path to feed mill farm
In Delta Iowa farmers tackle heavy snow to stock up on feed and supplies. Willis S Utterbach of Oskaloosa and tenant Paul Kinzebach shoveled two miles of side road to reach the farm east of Delta so a portable feed mill could operate for seventy head of cattle and four horses. It took one hour to cover the two mile distance with the mill attached.
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The
Gazette
Delta
Iowa
Willis S. Utterbach
Oskaloosa
Paul Kinzebach
Shucks Lets Talk It Over On The Hoosac Mills Case
The piece debates the Supreme Court ruling on the AAA and its impact on agricultural policy. It argues federal responsibility for soil maintenance may persist, notes party lines in Congress, and predicts future farm statutes will seek to balance scarcity and abundance economies while preserving general welfare.
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Supreme Court
Hoosac Mills
AAA
High Court
Senate
House
United States
Hogs Sledded and Trucked to Cedar Rapids Market
Thirty hogs owned by LaVerne Corbett and Robert Hoffman of farms southeast of Brandon were moved by truck to Cedar Rapids market from the John Spratte farm after a trip across three bob sleds. Four farmers cleared the road overnight to unite the shipments. an earlier attempt failed when Hoffman's horse fell in the drifts. Twenty hogs were also sold from the Spratte farm on Wednesday.
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The
Gazette
Brandon
LaVerne Corbett
Robert Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
John Spratte
Spratte
Hoffman
Spratte Farm
Undismayed 4-H Clubbers Meet in Linn County
Fifteen farm lads braved huge drifts and severe cold to attend the Linn County 4-H club meeting Thursday evening at the Allen and Dale Matheny farm home. The club, among the strongest in the area, will hold the next gathering March 12 with Jack Scholes.
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Center Point
Allen and
Dale Matheny
Linn County
Jack Scholes
20 Year Old Bobs Sell for 16.50 at City Farm Sale
Central City auction at Frank Mills farm had seed corn 2.70 to 3.05 a bushel. A 20 year old bobsled set sold for 16.50. Livestock and gear fetched varied prices including sows, cows, horses, and farm machinery. Auctioneer was W. F. Mitchell with H. FF. Lockwood as clerk.
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The
Gazette
Central City
Frank Mills
Farrow
W. F. Mitchell
H. FF. Lockwood
Pecorah Horses Sold At Lloyd Kjarland Sale Near Decorah
A two site farm auction reported horses three years old at 139.50 and 148 each, a yearling colt at 80, thin cows to 50, broad sows 25.50 and ewes 8.50. Soft corn 51 cents a bushel. William s burg sale at Charles Austin farm east of town notes Angus cows 45 to 60, yearling heifers 50, spring calves 37.50, 19 Angus steers 100 days feed 7.15 cwt, hay 6 a ton, oats 28 cents bushel. Bert Hanson auctioneer.
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Lloyd Kjarland
Decorah
Gazette
Williamsburg
Charles Austin
Bert Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Kiehway
J. L. Northrup
John Derre
Tom O'Conner
Henry Jons
W. F. Mitchell
Rufwe Sisler
Coggen Bank
Lambs Sheared In January Near Batavia
Martin Miller of Batavia Jefferson county sheared 161 Texas lambs in mid January and sold 918 pounds of wool at 28 cents per pound for $257.04. Lambs were fattened in a warm poultry house for market. George W. Jager near Batavia still husks his 1935 corn crop as several hundred acres remain. Soybeans also to be threshed or combined this spring.
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Batavv
Martin Miller
Batavia
Jefferson County
Miller
George W. Jager
4 H Club Members Aid Effort To Save Game Birds
Ames Iowa 4-H club members across counties join a state drive to protect game birds from harsh weather. P C Taff says clubs are supporting conservation, with quail shelters built and birds fed in Davis County. Franklin County members feed pheasants, with farms reporting 100 to 125 birds fed and one Chapin area farm sheltering over 400 birds.
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Ames
Iowa
P. C. Taff
Ames Extension Service
Davis County
Earl A. Langfitt
Franklin County
Butter Markets Nervous Amid Week of Fluctuating Prices
Nervousness characterized New York butter markets last week as Chicago values firmed yet the east weakened. Prices fluctuated with daily advances and declines amid storm disruptions and uncertain receipts. New Zealand butter moved slowly in wholesale markets while domestic supply remained tight and outlook forecast higher prices after a brief lull. Egg prices also rose due to adverse regional weather, though Pacific white eggs tempered the gain.
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New York City
New York
Chicago
New Zealand
London
C.itf
Cuba
Pacific Coast
Frozen Buckwheat Pancake Batter In A Cold World
A country woman writes of relentless subzero weather and frozen essentials as February nears, noting her dwindling optimism. She recalls reading aloud classics with her family, mentions radio troubles, and clings to hope for spring planting slated for April 12 while enjoying colorful flowers.
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Bess Streeter Aldrich
ePearl Buck
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Sinclair Lewis
Bet
Mary Livingston
Inexpensive sheds raise 199-pound pigs on range near Vinton
Allan B. Kline, former northwest of Vinton, farmed 390 fall pigs with minimal shelter. Sixty-one pigs averaged 199 pounds after sale at Waterloo for 10.50 per hundredweight. Pigs grew on field sheds of straw, twenty-four sows farrowed in freezing weather with limited protection, and sows remained on range year round fed a mix of soybeans corn and minerals.
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Gazette
Vinton
Allan B. Kline
Mr. Kline
Waterloo
Cheney
Kline
Farrow
Farm Auction Notices for Feb 25 26
Upcoming farm auctions listed for Tuesday February 25 and Wednesday February 26. Miller and Kemp Angus at two miles east of Morey. Reed Cars, Paul P. Thompson, J L Northrup, and others stage closing out sales at various Cedar Rapids area locations. Also Belgian horse sale by C J Knickerbocker at Fairfax and several public sales near Shellsburg Center Point Maquoketa Coggan.
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Miller
Kemp Angus
Morey
Geo. W. Griffith
Weing Rd
J Ave
Cedar Rapids
Reed Cars
North Tipton
Paul P. Thompson
Central City
J. LU
Northrup
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Zack McArthur
Shellsburg
John van Note
G. W. Newman
Center Point
Carl Anderson
Edge of
Maquoketa
Henry Jons
Coggon
No. 11
Tony Schmlix
Elden Dennisen
Cattle and estate sales announced for Feb 27
On Thursday February 27 buyers can attend a Shorthorn cattle sale by C A McCormick five miles southeast of Mechanicsville and a Brugman public sale twenty one and a half miles northeast of Center Point. An estate sale by Reiss is four and a half miles south of Garrison.
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C. A. McCormick
Mechanicsville
Dissolutions and public sales schedule in three towns
Friday February 28 lists Secor and Brown dissolution 14 percent mile west Mechanicsville. Monday March 2 has George Randak public sale 2 percent mile northwest Atkins. Tuesday March 3 shows Owen L McConaughy public sale 2 percent mile east of Martelle.
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Secor & Brown
West Mechanicsville
George Randak
Atkins
Owen L. McConaughy
Martelle
N.W
FFA Convention Set for May at Ames
Des Moines reports the eighth annual Iowa FFA convention runs May 14 and 15 in Ames with concurrent Iowa high school agricultural congress. Candidates for Iowa Farmer and American Farmer degrees will be judged and awards conferred. State officers will be elected as chapters compete in public speaking and achievement contests.
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Des Moines
Iowa Association of F.F.A
Future Farmers of America
Iowa High School Agricultural Congress
Ames
State Board For
Iowa Farmer
American Farmer
Cascade butterfat year in review at Cascade Creamery
Special to The Gazette Cascade reports 1935 butterfat totals of 562671 pounds from 1950141 pounds of cream yielding 694172 pounds of butter. Average butterfat price 33.62 cents, 1934 price 28.5 cents. Cream test 28.85 percent, overrun 23.37 percent. Net price per pound butter 27.32 cents. Butter shipped 616184 pounds earning 166593.15 dollars. Local sales 30496 pounds 8918.38 dollars. patrons 742?495 pounds 14195.78 dollars. Buttermilk sales 2088.81 dollars. Freight to New York 7670.13 dollars. Two board vacancies filled George Dolphin and Thomas Davison. Dolphin leads as president, Ganfield as secretary, Cascade State Bank as treasurer.
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Cascade
Cascade Creamery Company
Claude Miller
New York
George Dolphin
Thomas Davis
Philip Manternach
George Ganfield
Louis ‘Dolphin
Cascade State Bank
Uses for Soybean Oil Listed in Product Fact Sheet
Soybean oil may be used in manufacturing enamel varnish paint linoleum oilcloth printers ink glycerin fatty acids soap foundry sand cores vegetable shortening oleomargarine glue and plastic materials.
Peak of AAA cash expected in 40 days
The flow of Triple A cash to Iowa farmers may begin within forty days as compliance forms move from Washington to county offices then to the Triple A in Washington. Evans says six counties may receive funds within three weeks, with total payments to 1935 contract signers estimated at 24 to 25 million dollars.
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R M. Evans
Iowa Corn and Hog Committee
Washington
Des Moines
Triple A
Evans
Towa
Marion
East Pottawattamie
Grundy
Greene
Dickinson
Audubon
Clermont Creamery Pays 40 Cents For Butterfat
Clermont Valley Creamery patrons received forty cents per pound for sweet cream butterfat during January as reported by Gordon Junker, termmaker.
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Clermont Creamery
Clermont
Clermont Valley Creamery Company
Gordon Junker
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Farm Organization
Rea Engineer
Contabon Livestock Show
Cinstitutes
West Branch
C. R. Market
Victor Breza
Solon
A. M. Lampman
County Costa
Warren Bissell
Grealey
Bissell
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Clayton
Kalitan
Cosson
Prairiebura
Meniheile
Coanty Road
George W. Griffith Weing
New City Waterworks
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