Agents And Sign-up Chairman To Confer At Ames This Week
Conference between state corn and hog committee members and Ames Extension Service plans sign-up drive for counties next week. Twenty two fieldmen will study the contract at Ames with five groups practicing contract completion and filling procedures.
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Ames
State
Ames Extension Service
R. K. Bliss
Extension Service
State Corn and Hog Committee
East Town
Iowa farm women push sign up drive in counties
A statewide drive begins as county committees prepare to sign up farmers for a contract. Jan 14 marks training and kickoff with five district extension agents overseeing roughly twenty counties each, aided by fieldmen and extension specialists.
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Washington
Creomulsion Advertises Quick Relief for Children Coughs
A vintage advertisement urges prudent mothers to use Creomulsion for any child cough or cold. It touts six additional medicinal elements to soothe inflamed membranes, claims no narcotics, and promises instant relief by keeping a bottle ready with a druggist.
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Seady
Marl bed uncovered on Mechanicsville farm
A large vein of pulverized limestone high in calcium was found on Frank Thomson’s farm four miles southwest of Mechanicsville. Tests at Ames showed 95 percent calcium and agricultural suitability. Thomson has hauled marl for personal use and neighbors have bought some. Lime rock is common on Cedar county farms but seldom pulverized for direct use.
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Mechanicsville
Frank Thomson
Ames
Thomson
Cedar County
Cash Grain Farmers Get Breaks in 1933
The piece notes 1933 hardships for Iowa cash grain farmers despite grain market highs from inflation fears and NRA/CWA costs for animal product sellers. It cites wage strain on women and children, rising input costs, and uneven price trends across crops and livestock.
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Iowa
Ferds
Erderes Nm
Sov
al O
Oagvicultura
4-H Club Officers In Iowa Question Hog Reduction Benefits
Residents ask about eligibility for hog production base transfers and benefit payments under the corn and hog reduction plans. Questions cover transfer rules, starting farming, fractional units, and who inspects claims, with township committees handling recommendations.
Corn-Hog Contract Interpretations For Delaware County
R L Amsberry outlines how corn hog contract rules apply to multiple tenants and landlords. He explains separate contracts for each farming unit, division of benefits on the same or adjusted bases, and how royalties are shared under different lease types including crop share and cash rent.
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R. L. Amsberry
Oneida Consolidated School
Delaware County
Pork Slaughter Tax Exemption For Home Use Clarified
A Cedar Rapids deputy tax official explains that farmers may exempt pork slaughtered on farms for family or hired help from the processing tax. Returns are filed with the Internal Revenue Service on provided blanks, with penalties for evasion or fraud. The December 1933 to January 1934 rate is one dollar per hundredweight live.
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John G Brads
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Farmers and hog tax rules under form PT 4 explained
The notice outlines that farmers who butcher or sell part of a hog must pay the tax on the portion sold. Notaries witness signatures before mailing to the collector. It forbids evading the tax by hiring others to butcher or buying a hog to be butchered for another. Keep records of hogs butchered and pork lard sold.
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Ternal Revenue Collector
Federal
Des Moines
Farms Bring 46 And 23 An Acre At Estate Auction
Two 120 acre farms were sold to settle the Louis Reidinger estate near Maquoketa. The home farm on highway 117 brought 46 per acre cash to J F Reeg, with eight rooms, barns, granaries and 80 cultivated acres. The second farm, four miles away, sold for 23 per acre cash to heirs Mrs Ralph Usher and Mrs Lucy Gisel. Personal property also sold well including a team of mules for 260 and hay at 6 a ton.
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Maquoketa
Louis Reidinger
Highway 117
J F. Reeg
Ralph Usher
Lucy Gisel
A W McGowan
Higher Horse Prices Mark 1933 Market Rally
1933 saw no price declines at the Union Stock Yards Chicago as demand rose for farm horses and mules. Yearlings and two year olds fetched higher prices. draft and delivery horses held steady. top saddles rose to around 125 dollars. Farmers expect future power needs and show eagerness to train young stock.
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Gazette
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Mason- Dixon Line
Maine
Farm Auctions Set for January Dates Across Counties
Auctions announced for January include a Marion sale by administrator R. L. Bliss on Tuesday January 2, a closing out sale by W. H. Waterbury near Toddville on Thursday January 4, and a commission firm sale at West Branch.
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Marion
R. L. Bliss
W. H. Waterbury
Toddville
Commission Company
West Branch
Maynard Butterfat Average Beats Previous Year
Harlan Farmers Mutual Creamery patrons received 22.2 cents per pound average butterfat and $48,407.62 for 217,652 pounds marketed in the year ending Dec 1. Returns rose $440.17 and 2,004 pounds more butterfat than last year. Average milk test 3.33 percent, cream 30.9, overrun 22.4 percent. consumption and sales figures include 16,837 pounds consumed, 10,262 pounds sold to merchants, 238,755 pounds shipped to market.
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Maynard
Harlan Farmers Mutual Creamery Association
Mechanicsville Bank Checks Ready Wednesday
Checks for the fourth dividend to depositors of the Helmar and Gortner State Bank of Mechanicsville will be available Wednesday. The 20 percent payout totals $116188.89. Des Moines error had claimed the dividend was already being paid.
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Mechanicsville
Helmar and Gortner State Bank of
Des Moines
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