Alcohol from surplus crops eyed to aid agriculture
A report prepared for President-elect Roosevelt analyzes using surplus grains fruits and vegetables to produce industrial alcohol for fuel. The plan, studied by Dr James Doran after tours of research centers, would support price recovery and farm income with ethanol from corn and other crops. Henry Wallace and American Farm Bureau officials weigh tariffs and feasibility as the idea gains attention from the new administration.
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James M. Doran
Roosevelt
Doran
Japan
Miwara A. O'Neal
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United States
FENCE DRIFT WARNED AS WIRE SHORTAGE LOOMS IN IOWA
Engineer W. Peterson of Ames suggests farmers could save by extending service life of farm machinery by one year. He notes baling wire supply is running tight and Iowa farmers might spend more replacing equipment than extending lifespans would cost. The idea receives cautious support from Peterson and others.
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Peterson
Ames
Mr. Peterson
Fayette Beef Men Discuss Feeding And Market Trends
Special to The Gazette Payette. In Fayette County the third annual Fayette County Beef Breeders and Feeders association meeting covered market trends feed ing methods and beef cattle types. Walter Rothisberger Elgin was elected president Harold Whitley Fayette vice president Clyde Ostrander Fayette secretary treasurer. Directors include Silas Davis Wadena Harley Helms Elgin L H Hitch West Union and J W Orr Fayette. A committee Ostrander Whitley Scott will lobby Des Moines for agricultural extension support.
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Fayette County
Elgin
L. H. Hitch
West Union
Angus
J. W. Orr
Fayette
Mr. Ostrander
Charles Whitley
George Scott
Cotter Cotter Sale Brings Strong Prices For Livestock
Special to The Gazette reports near Cotter at Harry Roberts sale buyers paid $20 per brood sow and $3.50 to $5.40 for shoats. Milk cows $15 to $30. cattle and horse teams earned up to $158 for 10-year-olds. Corn 16 cents a bushel, oats 15 14 cents, seed corn a cent an ear. Furniture sold well as various farm implements and bobsled fetched prices. Hazleton sale nearby noted 65 cent seed corn, oats 15 cents, horses to $74, cows averaging $30. Winthrop sale saw brisk bidding with colts to $146, draft colt $98, cows to $35, hogs to high prices, and farm gear selling strong. Auctioneers E. J. Sweeney and C. B. Hopkins listed.
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Harry Roberts
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Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
George B
C. C. Stapp
Hazleton
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E. J. Sweeney
A. A. King
Sprinat
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Joseph McKay
Young
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C.B. Hopkins
Independence
Leonard
Carmody
McKay
Swan Peterson
Farm Sale At Bopp Farm Draws Strong Bids
Special to The Gazette. Corn sold for 18 cents a bushel and eats at 1314 cents Tuesday at the farm sale of H.C. Barnhouse on the Bopp farm near here. Small pigs brought $3 each and horses sold up to $97. Machinery sold exceptionally well.
Buyer Pays $225 for 2700-Pound Farm Chunks
Blairstown farmer Herman Becker sold a team of grey horses weighing about 1,350 pounds each to a buyer for 225. The article notes the sale of farm chunks and the auction style transaction.
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Blairstown
Farm and consignment auctions listed for February dates
A sequence of farm and cattle auctions scheduled in late February. Listings include closing out sales near the airport by Joseph Buresh, farm sales near Alburnett and Marston, consignment sales at Center Point hatchery and Anamosa fairgrounds, and additional farms near Lisbon Norway Covington Cedar Rapids and Lisbon with multiple sellers.
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Alburnett
Covington
L. J. Rathburn
Cedar Rapids
F. Koenigsmark, Jr
Lisbon
National Back To The Land Pow Wow Planned In Chicago
The National back to the land conference opens Monday in Chicago as J. E. Byrnes announces an effort to place distressed families on supervised model farms without capital. Delegates from 48 states will discuss coordinated programs with state relief commissions.
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W. A. Hartman
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New Orleans
Southern Federal Land Bank
Bellmar
United States
Creamery At Wheatland Sets Butterfat Price At 18c
Wheatland Co operative Creamery board announces 18 cents per pound for butterfat received in the last thirty days, four cents below last month. Top patrons include Mrs Estine Schneider with 121.55 dollars, FW creee 60.44 dollars, and Fred Schneider.
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Wheatland Co-operative Creamery Association
Ernestine Schneider
FW. Creee
Fred Schnede
Plans for Ames 4 H Rally Day Preparations
Mrs Josephine Arnquist Bakke 4 H club leader at Ames will meet with club committees and leaders February 28 to plan the June annual 4 H Rally day. County chairman of girls clubs is Mrs H H Shanafelt.
United Farmers split over leadership in Iowa split
Central Iowa farmers divided as half of local United Farmers groups reject Lars Skromme's leadership. John F Wirds elected state chairman at Iowa Falls while Fort Dodge plans proceed under Skromme. dispute centers on conciliation versus mob rule and armed action.
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United Farmers Organization
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Skromme
Iowa Falls
United Farmers of America
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Poweshiek Club Lad Buys Heifer With Strong Dairy Lineage
Kenneth Dietrich of Poweshiek county 4 H club buys a registered Holstein heifer from Oakdale with a lineage showing an 867 pound butter record for a four year old dam and granddams with 600 and 900 plus pounds in a year. The calf’s sire is a son of Sir Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes-37th, noted for many record daughters.
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Kenneth Dietrich
Poweshiek County
Oakdale
Pietertje
Ormsby Mercedes
Moles Reported by Port Atkinson Farmers
Special to The Gazette. Philip Martinek and A. J. Berg, farmers near Port Atkinson, report unusual mole activity this winter. Berg caught one under a pile of fodder and Martinek killed one that moved beneath a snow bank.
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Philip Martinek
A. J. Berg
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Mr. Berg
Mr. Martinek
Forty Farm Folk Graduated By Oneida Night School
Forty men and women completed the fifth annual adult evening school for farmers in Oneida at a banquet night ceremony attended by about ninety. Speakers covered night school benefits, women’s and men’s roles, and vocational agriculture. The list of graduates includes fourteen women and many men with multiple local family names noted.
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Glen Cocking
Lois Matthews
F. E. Bell
R. L. Amsberry
J. W. Matthews
R. C. ‘ Goldsworthy
Howard Fensterman
J. U. Rector
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Clara Matthews
Lawrence Gienapp
Wesley
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Garold
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Dick Matthews
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Harold Joslyn
Don Phelps
R. C. Goldsworthy
G. B. Cox
C. H. Cocking
Warren Bissell
John Rector
R. P. Paris
Frank Goranson
Winfrey Baxter
Will Cox
Night School Enrollments Grow In La Porte
In La Porte City sixty farmers and landowners enroll in the men’s evening school directed by E. B. Pearson, with topics ranging from crop prices to tariffs, mortgage issues, and land prices for the coming decade. Seventy one women join the farm women class taught by Miss Pearl Ehlers, learning garment fitting, care, and budgeting for clothing. A note adds that a bushel of green apples weighs 56 pounds.
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United States
Weather steadies hog markets as mild air trims pork demand
In Iowa and southern Minnesota direct trade hog prices varied little. fresh pork declined after a cold snap but recovered slightly midweek as buyers increased and competition rose. Quality dominated pricing with lighter and mangy loads discounted. weights ranged up to 300 pounds with averages around 170 to 260 pounds fetching mainly 3.10 to 3.30 dollars per hundredweight.
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Des” Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Tama farmers file claims for livestock losses
Special to The Gazette Tama county farmers file claims for livestock killed by wolves or dogs. Albert Baumeir of Gladbrook asks 6 for four geese averaging 15 pounds. Charles Sokol of Chelsea asks 12 for one breeding ewe.
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Tama County
Albert Baumeir
Gladbrook
Chares
Sokol
Chelsea
Night school graduation honors fourteen local farmers
Fourteen farmers received diplomas at the Olin night school for adult vocational agriculture led by Morrell Leeds. Principal speakers were Superintendent H. E. Irons and Ray Stivers. Plans for next year include an alfalfa contest and corn variety test plots.
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Morrell Leeds
H. E. Irons
Ray Stivers
Alma Stuart
Lois Clay
Louis Lorenzen
J. B. Lorenzen
Fritz Engelking
William Pruess
Clarence Grafft
Harry Levsen
Arthur’ Enegelking
Clarence Brickley
Antone Bagus
Walter Ross
Everett Kopenehaver
Harold Butler
Corn Chopped By Running Through An Ensilage Cutter
Center Junction area farm action reports William Wilcox and son Arthur chopping six wagonloads of corn with an ensilage cutter for cattle feed. The chopped corn will feed in two troughs 15 and 19 feet long. The Wilcox operation includes Hereford yearlings hogs calves and cows on grain and silage. William plans to move to the Besinger farm near Oxford Junction while Arthur continues at the 240 acre farm.
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William Wilcox and Son Arthur
Wilcox and Son
William Wilcox
Besinger Farm
Oxford Junction
Arthur
Keokuk Farm Women Plan Achievement Day
Mrs Mary Gregg of Ames attended as Keokuk county Farm Bureau women met to plan the annual achievement day set for March 30. Rollin Brown serves as county chairman and a style show will feature the program with a county chorus directed by Mildred Coon.
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Mary Gregg
Ames
Bureau Women
Keokuk County
Jay
Rollin Brown
Misa
Mildred Coon
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