Marengo Homestead Shippers Net Returns For Hogs
Marengo Homestead Shipping association members reported a net return of 3.44 per hundredweight for hogs sold during the year ending December 1 1932. Freight, terminal, and marketing costs totaled 133 715 dollars, leaving a net return to producers of 137 402 61. Hog shipments included 270 carloads and 15209 head, with markets including Chicago Stowe Indianapolis Detroit Davenport and open markets in Chicago and Iowa. Cattle shipments totaled 15 carloads and 367 head, with a gross of 1 396 391 and net to producers about 124 479.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowkyards
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Detroit
Creda
Dasemort
Towa
Towa City
Pacare
Davenport
Chicaco
Ch.eaco
Draft note on 1929 1932 car and estate records
Fragmentary OCR mentions sets cars, averages, and rents with scattered references to 1931 1932 Los and Chicago. It cites individuals Matthes, Shah, and Tre but provides no clear event or report. The jumbled text suggests a ledger style crime or public record fragment with uncertain details.
Trade News From The Market Floor
A cryptic OCR fragment mentions trades involving produce for barber and dental work. The garbled text references prices and items in a rough ledger style, with scattered numbers and partial phrases about wartime or barber services.
Auction at Cedar Rapids area farm nets strong bids and prices
A farm sale near Center Point and Cedar Rapids drew a large crowd Tuesday with buyers from Cedar Rapids bidding on cattle, hogs, veal, oats, timothy, and other farm goods. Prices ranged from $12 per bushel for oats to $35 per hundredweight for hogs with several lots selling above average regional levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gacette Center Point
Sinier Augustine Farm
Center Point
Meno
Cedar Rapids
Alpha Lampman
Rocm
Au- Eo
Xupe
Lampman
Augustine
Bean
Timothy
Rail of Farm Auctions Across the Area
A string of farm sales scheduled for late February includes livestock auctions at DeClow barn and center point hatchery, consignments at Anamosa fairgrounds, and field bids near Marion Alburn Cedar Rapids Covington and other towns. Clarence Raetz Joseph Buresh L. J Rathburn F Koenigsmark Jr and O E Biney are listed as sellers or organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Clarence Raetz
DeClow Barn
Airport
Joseph Buresh
Alburnett
O. E Biiney
Center Point
Two Barns Burn Near Central City
On Rowland Hill farm east of Central City two barns measuring 36 by 64 and 16 by 46 feet were destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon. The larger barn’s haymow caught fire and was seen by Mrs Bauman as flames burst from the roof. Part of the livestock was saved by Mrs Bauman, but thirteen calves and yearlings and several hogs were killed. Mr Bauman was at a neighbor’s home sawing wood when he spotted the blaze. Loss covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specal
Tre Gazette
Central City
Rowland Hill
Bauman
Floyd Co-op adopts flat rate ships to Chicago market
Floyd Shipping association adopts a flat rate system for livestock consignments to the Chicago terminal Market. Rates per hundredweight are set at hogs 62 cents calves 96 cents sheep 89 cents cattle 65 cents. Directors say direct selling failed to obtain prices for members. managers aim to boost open market shipments with predictable pricing. Officers named include Adam Schm id president and A G Anderson vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Co-op
Chicago
Tre Gacette
Charles City
Floyd Shipping Association
Accore
Nz ‘O
John Obren
Adam Schm
A. G. Anderson
M. G. Elfers
W P Lynch
A. C Gunerian
E.L Morey
D.recrurs
Waterloo Farm Auction Sells At Sixty One Per Acre
A 167 acre John D Kes farm four miles southeast of Waterloo sold at auction to Anton and Adam Dirkes for sixty one dollars an acre, subject to court approval. The sale transfers the property and includes the related mortgage and court-ordered proceedings, with the auctioneer and attorneys noted in the filing. The case involves a list of named parties and a scheduled court date in October for final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watealoo
John D Kes
Waterloo
Turseav
Anton
Adam Dirkes
Wallace Plays Good Game Of Tennis As Well As Politics
Wallace, 44, Iowa farm editor, rumored to join Roosevelts cabinet as agriculture secretary, watches son Henry B. Wallace, 17, play tennis with him. The piece traces his switch from Republican roots to Democratic support, his farm reforms, and his long career at Wallaces Farmer, with notes on his Iowa upbringing and agricultural experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa Farm Magazine
Roosevelt
Henry B. Wallace
Washington
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Warren Harding
Official Testing To Be Transferred To Dairy Extension
Official testing of dairy herds in Ames will move from the department of dairy industry to the dairy extension service on March 1. Professor M Mortensen, head of dairy industry, said the test serves purebred breeders seeking an official record for selling stock. The transfer will centralize testing under one head, improve economy, and enhance coordination. After March 1 extension dairymen under Floyd Johnston will supervise the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Department of Dairy Industry
Dairy Extension Service
M. Mortensen
Mortensen
A Harriman
Iowa
Floyd Johnston
Red Foxes Increase Despite Stretching Of Hunting Season
Fayette Gazette reports hunters see a poor red fox season despite extension to February 15 as foxes appear more numerous than ever. Farmers blame dry weather and low temperatures that hinder hound tracking, with many chicken roosts raided this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spresatta
The
Gazette
Fayette
Four Gearharts Farrow Fifty Two Pigs on Cedar Rapids Farm
Four Gearhart men from Manchester area farrow fifty two pigs on the Harvey Gearhart farm four miles west of Manchester. The Gearharts, tenants of the Mrs Elma Holbert farm for three years, plan to move west to a 253 acre Cedar Rapids Life Insurance company owned farm. Mr Gearhart, aided by his son and a tractor, will manage the new place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprinal
the Gazette
Manchester
Harvey Gearhart
Gearharts
Elma Holbert
Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company
Gearbert
Marengo John Hawks Sells 1501-Pound Steers at 515 Cwt
Special to The Gazette reports John Hawks of Marengo Town county feeder on the Chicago market Monday selling a 1501 pound load of steers at 515 dollars per hundredweight, the week's top price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
John Hawks
Town
Chicago
Co-Op Manager is Leader Of Washington 4-H Boys
Everett Hayes has been chosen president of the Washington county 4-H boys organization in Washington Iowa. Other officers include John Durst as vice president Merle Warner as secretary treasurer and Donald Rinner as historian. Joe Caputo heads the Washington County Farmers Shipping association and leads the group. The program committee comprises Elwyn Gardner Joe Dougall and John Durst while the membership committee includes Merle Warner Merle Telford and Everett Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Everett Hayes
Washington County
John Durst
Merle Warner
Donald Rinner
Joe Caputo
Washington County Farmers’ Shipping Association
Elwyn Gardner
Joe Dougall
Merle Telford
Wage scale set on Reinbeck farm work begins
George Jarstorf has started work on the William Guehlner farm south of Reinbeck for twenty dollars a month until April first and thirty dollars a month thereafter. It marks the first report of farm wages in the locality and farmers consider it likely to become the top rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
George Jarstorf
William Guehlner
Hog butcher delivers meat along five foot strip
Joseph Von Talge of Manchester has just finished delivering meat from his seventeenth hog in two weeks. He sells to town and country folk in ten pound to half hog amounts. Last year he disposed of thirty three hogs in this manner. The strip of land five feet wide and one mile long equals .605 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Joseph von Talee
Amendments to Articles of Inter Ocean Reinsurance
Notice says annual meeting adopted amendments to the Iowa companys Articles of Incorporation. Changes include corporate seal inscription Cedar Rapids Iowa and a capital split of 60 000 shares at 1000 par value and redivision of 5 000 shares at 10000 par into 5 000 or 10 dollar par shares, board size changes, and executive committee provisions. Effective after the 1936 annual meeting with twelve directors and tenures through specified years. Signed January 31 by Roy E Curray President and Kart P Blntse Vice-President Inter Ocean Reinsurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
State of
Iowa
Inter- Ocean Reinsurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Unti
Board of Directors
A. D . Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Ry Roy E Currayv
Kart P Blntse
Testing to Start Again by March 19 in Iowa Tuberculosis Plan
Des Moines officials announce resumed administration of Iowa bovine tuberculosis tests by March 15 with ten assistant state veterinarians hired for supervisory roles. Most testing will be performed by local veterinarians chosen by farmers. ten counties remain unaccredited: Plymouth Cherokee Emmett Grundy Buchanan Butler Bremer Fayette Winneshiek Allamakee. The plan cuts staff to ten veterinarians, nine in districts and one utility official to aid where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
N. O. Berge
State Department of Agriculture
Bevins
Plymouth
Cherokee
Emmett
Grundy
Buchanan
Butler
Bremer
Fayette
Winneshick
Allamakee
Department of Agriculture
Ray Murray
Secretary of Agriculture
New Cultivation Method Cuts Costs For Beet Growers
Iowa growers in Wright and Hancock counties test cross blocking and cross cultivation against drilling and hand hoeing. James Darrah of Kanawha reports 14.6 tons per acre on 13 acres and reduced thinning and weeding costs by $2 per acre. C. E. Lester of Clarion managed 77 acres with two horses for nine tons per acre, while A. Hardy in Clarion found the new method superior and plans full adoption. Introduced by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station to control leaf spot, the practice saves labor and yields more uniform beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Iowa
Wright
Hancock
James Darrah
Kanawha
A. Hardy
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Hens Hatch Fifteen Chicks in Early February at Shellsburg Farm
Mrs Emory Miller, a Shellsburg area farmwoman, reports her Bult Orpington hen hatched fifteen chicks the first of February. Thirteen chicks remain thriving as early spring prospects lift hopes for the farm east of Shellsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
Emory Miller
Dinsdale Re-elected Nodaway County Agent
Albert Dinsdale, son of Mr and Mrs J A Dinsdale north west of Traer, was re elected for another year as county agent of Nodaway county Missouri with headquarters at Maryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
TRAER
Albert Dinsdale
J. A. Dinsdale
Nodaway County
Maryville
Barberry Eradication Drive Reports 11,321 Bushes Destroyed
Ames Iowa reports by D R Shepherd show 11 321 barberry bushes and 39 405 seedlings destroyed on 410 properties across 25 counties in 1932. The cooperative program with Boy Scouts 4 H and farm groups reduced barberries at lower cost and the Rust Busters medal earned by 242 youths. The 1932 effort included eradication plus survey and information work in pest areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Boy Scouts
D. R. Shepherd
Grain Rust Prevention Association
Greeley Co op Pays 19 Cents Pound For January Butterfat
Greeley Farmers Co Operative Creamery patrons receive January butterfat payments at 19 cents per pound. Top ten contributors include J W Matthews 743.1 pounds Mead Brothers 542.4 DeKeyser 529 H H Stone 527.1 Esch 508.2 Manson 486.3 Phillips 433.9 Fischer 417.9 Hartmanson 406.1 Kuehnile 393.3 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Greeley Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery Company
J. W. Matthews
Mead Brothers
V DeKeyser
H. H. Stone
H B. Esch
E. A Manson
FP. F. Phillips
J. D. Fischer
A. H. Hartmanson
George Kuehnile
Closing Out Sale Near Cedar Rapids Farm Auction
Decides to quit farming and sells at residence south of Cedar Rapids near Swisher Western Konigsmark line. Sale Tue Feb 28 at 10 AM includes horses cattle farm machinery dairy utensils power units hay grain fodder and more. Auctioneer A T Benn Cedar Rapids Iowa with contact 3-2252, United State Bank clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Swisher
Western
Konigsmark Station
Iowa City
Hart-Parr
Fr. Koenigsmark, Jr
A. T. Benn
Towa
R.F.D
Dial
United State Bank
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Association
Livestock Exchange
BY Ray Andleson
Counares
Matthes
Crearizet
Heath
Anc
Veariine BK
Orpingtons
Willte Rae Ducks
James Benda
Anamosa Fair Ground
Pip Bebel
Dot Pricktey
Woon
Shett
Wey
Hewdy
Y. Tont Pa
Rt A Money
KENT
Hoor
Oota 'Ong
Bury
First Street
Dale
Corsicamen’ Sa
Iowa C
Fred Cerer
Columbus Junction
Btk
Sears
Tromas Rees
Ctomoys Jooder
Mick
Crete
Jotton
Tata
Croud
VT Cent
Poobers
Roy
Areca
Suehler
John Raetz
Catle
Covington
L. J Rathburn
F. Koenigsmark, Jr
Coop
Mace
John & Spe
M&s
Toet 12
John S&s
Orntian Rhinehant & McLaughlin
Plammtiff
Milwaukee Railroad
L. J. Rathburn
A.M Lampman
Peoples Savings Bank
Hartzell Spence
United Press
Orient
Iowa State College
Goldsborough
Tor
MR. Farmer
Shepherd
Greeley Co-op
T.B
H.P
Lake Superior
Lake Tr
Sahlo
Joe Stark
1St St. NE
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