Iowa Plans Southern Demonstrational Rehabilitation Area
A new committee led by A C Trowbridge and B W Lodwick proposes a 925 square mile southern Iowa demonstrational area to coordinate federal and state social and economic rehabilitation efforts. The project, voluntary for farmers, awaits agency cooperation and formal area selection in future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ray Anderson
H. Kildee
Ames
Iowa Planning Board
Iowa
Planning Board
A. C.trowbridge
Iowa State College
B. W. Lodwick
Resettlement Administration
Lodwick
Trowbridge
Rex. Beresford
Ames Extension Animal Husbandry Department
J. L. Boatman
J. H. Bodine
Iowa City
The
State University
Howard Bowen
University College of Commerce
J. F. Calvert
L. E. Clapp
J. B. Davidson
F. M. Dawson
University of Iowa
C. M. Elkinton
Department
Agricultural Economics
Sarah Porter Ellis
M. L. Hutton
Des Moines
Iowa Conservation ‘Commission
R. ‘E. ‘Jonas
Stof Researchin
Department of Public Instruction
G. B. McDonald
Forestry
Murl McDonald
W. Price
Rainer Schickele
C. Woody Thompson
University Bureau of Business Research
R. E. Wakely
W. F. Watkins
A. H. Wieters
P. H. Elwood
National Resources Committee
Mr. Lodwick
Dean Kildee
Washington
Greater Town Commission
Wallace
1936 Chicago livestock market tops previous year totals
Chicago Union Stock Yards data shows 1936 livestock value at 289,127,000 with total receipts 9,632,917 head. Cattle and hogs rose in value from 1935, calves lightest since 1914, and 29.3 percent of steer runs graded choice or prime amid drought and high corn costs.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Cattle markets end 1936 boosted by western feeders and drought relief
The 1936 cattle year saw large western and southern arrivals, high demand for low priced beef, and volatile prices driven by drought, heat, and cold. Receipts at Chicago totaled about 208,400 fed cattle, with yearly average western range cattle at six dollars per cwt, and government drought purchases minimal compared to 1934–35.
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Montana
Wyoming
Rangers
Chicago
Corn Belt
Far West
Wagons and farm gear fetch good prices at Scotch Grove sale
Wagons and equipment sold well at the Dedrich Schrader auction near Scotch Grove. Prices included a high wheel wagon 50 dollars, box 21, low wheel wagon 23, manure spreader 135, binder 70, cream separator 25, harrows 3 and 17.50, timothy hay 10 a ton, corn shocks 65 cents, horses 58 and 78, pigs 11.50 to 14.50, cattle prices: shorthorn steers 35, heifers 35.25, calves 18.
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Scotch Grove
Dedrich Schrader
Guernseys
Jerseys
Baene
John Re
Deering
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Laval
Allee Sewing Circle
Earl Waller
George Pricy
Alburmett
AL. Scheuler
Corn Auction Prices Reported Near Delaware
Special to The Gazette notes corn sold for 1.03 to 1.04 per bushel at the Velden-Woelschow auction near Delaware. Oats brought 4.14 cents, hay 12.10 a ton, soy bean hay 9 a ton, and ensilage 3 a ton.
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Gazette
Delaware
January Reflections and Hopeful New Year Cheer
Rural Iowa writer offers a reflective piece on January as a time to begin anew. She notes mild winter scenes, a shower, and crows in willows as the year opens. The essay recalls Janus as god of beginnings and urges optimism for 1937.
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Iowa
Janus
Heavy Turkey Demand and Profits for New Year Holidays
New York reports heavy post Christmas turkey trading with a strong holiday demand. Dealers, wholesalers, and retailers say two holidays boosted volumes, profits for traders but limited gains for growers as producers faced large supplies and cautious speculation. Poultry sales remain steady with expectations of heavy winter supply and relatively low prices.
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L. Brown
New York City
Turkeys
Creameries Pay 38 Cents For November Butterfat
Hopkinton patrons receive 38 cents a pound for November butterfat per manager H M Reeve. At Sand Spring the Farmer's Progressive Creamery pays 38 cents for November butterfat, manager Ed Cox reports.
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Hopkinton
Sand Spring
Farmer's Progressive Creamery Company
Ed Cox
Farm Auctions Set For Early January Across Iowa
Auction notices announce sales at Anamosa Livestock Exchange on Saturday January 2, Walser closing out at four miles southwest of Alburnett on Monday January 4, Dan McCann closing out sale four miles northeast of Lisbon on Tuesday January 5, and Gibson horse sale at West Liberty on Friday January 8.
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Anamosa Livestock Exchange
Walser
Alburnett
Dan McCann
Lisbon
Gibson
West Liberty
Midway
Farmers Plowing as Frost Clears in Columbus Junction
Farmers report all frost out of the ground at Columbus Junction with fencing and plowing in progress this week.
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Columbus Junction
Government Plans Large Scale Crop Insurance Program
The Roosevelt administration moves to forge a federal crop insurance program aimed at wheat cotton and corn with an initial 100 million dollars and potential 2 billion dollars in annual coverage. Officials project a 25 million a year admin cost and note past drought aid costs while arguing insurance could stabilize prices and incomes for farmers and protect consumers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Crop Insurance Committee
Congress
James Pope
Ida
Department of Agriculture
Insurance Committee
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Ewes
Wallace
Loans Sought On 200000 Bushels Seed Corn
AAA reports farm loan applications for 200000 bushels of seed corn to assure seed supply in drought areas. Applicants seek 94500 bushels at 1.75 dollars per bushel, with Nebraska and Minnesota leading seed corn loans, plus 104000 bushels at 55 cents per bushel for ordinary field corn, concentrated in Iowa and other corn belt states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Middle Western
Butter production in U.S. totals 1.53 billion pounds
The December daily report of the federal bureau of agricultural economics in Washington shows that U S creamery butter output for the first eleven months of 1936 reached 1 527 233 000 pounds, down 1.7 percent from 1 301 533 pounds in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
United States
Holstein Herd Leads Iowa Cow Test in December
The Iowa county Cow Testing Association reported 307 cows tested in December with an overall average of 343 pounds of milk and 24.25 pounds of butterfat. Orval Kinsinger’s Hole herd led with 1,141 pounds milk and 51.2 butterfat. John Haas’s Holstein achieved 1,900 pounds milk and 71.1 butterfat as the top individual.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Roses Engle
Orval Kinsinger
John Haas
Future Farmer Honored by National Vocational Group
Jesup student Ghenn Miller president of the Future Farmers club received recognition from the American Vocational association for his record as a Holstein judge at the American Royal show in Kansas City in October.
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Jesup
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