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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1938

Page

4

1937 Farm Legislation Faces Final Enactment Hurdles

The 75th Congress pushed many farm measures through but the key farm bill remains unresolved. Extensions of soil conservation and crop loan programs, the ever normal granary concept, and production controls dominate the outline, with a special session aimed at finalizing the package.

Ashington National Congress House of Representatives Roosevelt House Senate Congress Farmers’ Congress Department of Agriculture

Soul Conservation and the I Pronoun Habit

A country woman notes how often the word I appears in speech and recalls a telephone company study counting 3 990 repetitions of I across 500 conversations. The piece reflects on self focus and the challenge of a conversation without the pronoun I.

a_ telephone company

Meat Production Of 1937 Falls By Two Billion Pounds

Chicago reports meat production in 1937 dropped about two billion pounds from 1936. With lower production, per capita meat consumption fell by about seven pounds to around 112 pounds. Wholesale prices for most meats were lower than in recent months.

Chicago INS Institute of American Meat Packers

Mild Winter Signs Told by Clayton County Oldtimers

Special to The Gazette in GARNAVILLO describes locals predicting a mild winter based on sightings of wild geese, rattlesnakes, and eagles. Guttenberg trappers found a two rattlesnake, and reports say three eagles nest on an island in the Mississippi near Guttenberg with the geese calls heard nearby.

Garnavillo Oldtimers Clayton County Guttenberg Mississippi

Northeast Iowa Soil Improvement Association Meeting Set

The Northeast Iowa Soil Improvement association will hold its annual meeting in Postville on Thursday. Floyd Parks, 4 county soils agent, announced the event for members in Clayton Fayette Winneshiek and Allamakee counties.

Ostville Northeast Iowa Soil Improvement Association Postville Floyd Parks Clayton Fayette Winneshiek AlNamakee

Forecast of Stable Feed Grain Market in 1938

Washington reports the Bureau of Agricultural Economics foresees a comparatively stable corn market in the coming months with barley prices rising slightly. The December feed grain situation note cites no expected price changes before new crop prospects. total feed grain production nears the 1928–32 average, with corn still above the five year norm in key states due to high yields.

Washington Bureau of Agricultural Economics Bureau Iowa Minnesota Mississippi River Argentina

Linn County Supervisors Proceedings Take Private Receipts

Linn County Board of Supervisors continues detailed financial accounts listing numerous payments for poor relief and supplies from many merchants and individuals. The notes include allocations for rent fuel groceries and medical aids as well as per diem and mileage for staff, culminating in adjournment sine die on November 2, 1937 with Elmer M Seevell as chairman.

Sunshine Mission Quar Drugs St Anthony Taylor Edin Triebel Fred C. Shrf Troy Laundry Co Cr Hssup Vavra Bros Vondracek Dairy V & K Grace I Vane Dr L Warner AM DC Blanks Togeher Vrbicky’s Groc Gia Baal Watson AN Washburn Lecia Wurtz Ays Wonder Food Store West Side Sewing Mach Co Walbr Arthur Wheeler Pub Co Wright H E Williams Edwin Waddle SM Walker News WC Trefz Lloyd H Brown Virle Augustine Board of Supervisors Elmer M. Seevell Linn County Iowa Robt. M. Vesely Linn

Farm Auctions Announced for January Dates

On Tuesday January 4 Alex O Johnson hosts a reduction sale seven miles southeast of Mechanicsville. On Thursday January 6 Wm Penningroth closes out at a Beverly Cattle Company auction four miles south of Stanwood.

Alex O Johnson Mechanicsville Wm Penningroth Stanwood Beverly Cattle Company

Dean Christianson to Speak at Iowa Farm Bureau Convention

University of Minnesota official Dean JO Christianson will headline the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention at Shrine Temple Des Moines January 19 to 21. He heads the central school of agriculture at University Farm and is noted for work with rural youth and his rural life philosophy. He spoke previously at the American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago.

Des Moines JO. Christianson University of Minnesota Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Shrine Temple Christianson Central School of Agriculture University Farm Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau Federation Chicago

Seventeen corn loans filed in Winneshiek county

Seventeen corn loans totaling 8550 bushels were filed in Winneshiek county between December 16 and December 24. Officials do not expect loans to reach large figures in this area.

Decorah Winneshirk

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