Ottumwa Poultry Co-op seeks new manager after Robertson resignation
Ottumwa directors convened with Bank for Cooperatives Omaha and Iowa Farm Bureau reps to hire a manager to succeed A. J. Robertson, effective January 15. William Heckendorn of Washington DC is favored. the co op has $249,000 in Bank for Cooperatives loans and $18,000 with the Iowa Farm Bureau, plus County notes totaling about $186,000 and additional local financings to support the Ottumwa plant and operations.
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Ottumwa
Federal Bank For Cooperatives of
Omaha
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
A. J. Robertson
Poultry Co-Op
William Heckendorn
Washington, D. C
Heckendorn
National Bank For Cooperatives
Jerry Mason
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Benton
Tama
Marshall
Poweshiek
John Shindler
Ottumwa Co-Op
Shelbina
Shindler
Mr. Robertson
Wapello
Lee
van Buren
Davis
Muscatine
Louisa
Henry
Monroe
Mahaska
Lucas
Keokuk
Washington
Jefferson
Wayne
Appanoose
Iowa
Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Omaha Bank
Co-Op
East Central
Queen of Iowa
Friends of the Cooperative
Friends of the Organization
Hervey Hazen
Denmark
Cows Average $55 In Sale Near Washington
Special to The Gazette. Fourteen head of Shorthorn and Guernsey cattle tested were sold Monday at the L. E. Stark farm southeast of Washington. Milk cows averaged 55, heifers 35 and calves 20 to 22. Forty four head of sheep brought 5 to 7 dollars and sixteen lambs at 4 each. A 1500 pound work horse sold for 26. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan of Columbus Junction were auctioneers and the Washington National Bank was clerk.
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The
Gazette
Washington
T.B
Bangs
L. E. Stark
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Washington National Bank
Hartwick Shipping Assn Plans Jan 11 Meeting and Oyster Dinner
Hartwick Cooperative Shipping association will hold its annual meeting and oyster dinner in Hartwick at noon on January 11, announced secretary Fred McCulloch. The event includes a special tour as part of the gathering.
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Hartwick Shipping Ass'n Annual Meeting
Hartwick
The
Hartwick Cooperative Shipping Association
Fred McCulloch
Spelling Bee and Ciphering Challenge at PTA Meeting
A country woman notes a PTA gathering featuring an old fashioned spelling bee and ciphering contest. She contrasts older and younger generations learning the three R's and questions whether older folks were more thorough.
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R’s
Rural electric franchises granted in Iowa in 1937
Iowa Commerce Commission Chairman George A. Huffman announced that 305 rural electric power franchises were granted for 8723 miles of transmission lines across 85 counties. Cooperatives received 37 franchises for 6893 miles, with loans from the Rural Electrification Administration. About 35,622 farm homes are served, ~17.4 percent of occupied farms, with potential to reach 25 percent electrification early this year.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
George A. Huffman
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Iowa
Commission
Huffman
Transformers For REA Arrive At Maquoketa
Maquoketa valley REA construction begins as the first car load of transformers reaches Maquoketa. Edgar D. Beach of Anamosa, manager in charge, says Jackson county work will start soon after Jones county progress. The Maquoketa Valley cooperative spans both counties.
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Maquoketa
Monona Creamery pays top butterfat rate and output
Monona Cooperative Creamery paid 43 cents per pound for No 1 butterfat and 42 cents for No 2 butterfat in November. The plant manufactured 39 930 pounds of butter from 32 257 pounds of butterfat received.
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Monona
Monona Cooperative Creamery Company
Buchanan County Seals 57,606 Bushels Corn
Independence reports corn loan activity in Buchanan County totals 25,946 10 with 83 sealed cribs and 606 bushels cribbed. Homer Soules, county soil conservation chairman, provides the figures for the program’s progress.
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Buchanan
Buchanan County
Homer Soules
County Soil Conservation
Purchases of Dairy Goods Reach 45 Million Pounds
A year end review from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Washington details 1937 government purchases under the AAA surplus removal program totaling 3 million pounds of butter, 19 million pounds of evaporated milk, and 23 million pounds of dry skim milk. No cheese bought. fluid milk added to New England in late 1937.
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Gazette
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
AAA
New England
Poultry and egg cooperative aims to stay afloat
Ot tumwa plans a poultry and egg cooperative as a bold but risky venture promising to steer away from red ink in its first year. The success hinges on patronage by local producers who control the venture’s fate, regardless of management changes.
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Poultry and Egg Co-Op
Ottumwa
2.7 Per Cent More Hay Than Average
A Kansas City based federal review reports the 1937 U.S. hay crop at 83,087,000 tons, 2.7 percent above the 1928-32 five year average of 80,865,000 tons and 18 percent above the 1936 harvest. Yields rose enough to offset a 22 percent drop in acreage, with alfalfa and clover-timothy hay expanding in some regions while others shifted to soybeans and lespedeza.
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Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
North Central States
Western States
Tama Program For 1938 Submitted To AAA At Washington
Washington AP Tama county Iowa conservation program likely to be revamped for 1938 if Tama again serves as a farm plan testing ground. Farmers supported similar plan with minor changes and to be considered in drafting a new program. The 1937 plan focused on soil conservation and paid farmers for soil goals rather than crop diversion.
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Washington
Tama County
Iowa
Walter Wilcox
Iowa State College
North Central Region
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Winneshiek Farm Bureau Membership Tops 600 Soon
Decorah area Farm Bureau membership nears 600 for 1938 from three townships, totaling 572 with 235 joining from 1937. 1937 enrollment was 449. Willis Mathews directs a three week solicitation with 90 farmers active. Decorah and Bloomfield townships lead with 45 members each, Military 41, Orleans and Springfield 37 each.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Farm Bureau
Willis Mathews
Bloomfield
Orleans
Springfield
West Liberty Farm Leaders to Discuss Hog Raising
John Henderson and W C Anderson, breeders near West Liberty, will discuss hog raising at West Liberty farmers night school Thursday. Frederic Maltas, vocational agricultural instructor at the high school, leads the course.
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West ‘Liberty
John Hendricks
W. C. Anderson
West Liberty
Frederic Maltas
Thoxine Cough Medicine Promises Fast Relief
Don’t cough tonight use Thoxine the throat and cough remedy advertised for quick soothing action. The ad claims internal action to loosen phlegm and stimulate throat secretions with doctor approved ingredients listed on the carton. Available at all druggists priced 35c 60c and $1.00.
Farm Auctions Set for January 6 and 7 at Stanwood and Cedar Rapids
Wm. Penningroth closes out sale four miles south of Stanwood. Beverly Cattle Company hosts livestock auction. An Iowa Teedaakk exchange sale is scheduled in Cedar Rapids on Friday January.
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Wm. Penningroth
Stanwood
Beverly Cattle Company
Iowa Teedaakk Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Holiday Association President Renamed in Iowa
AP reports W. D. Keane of Panama was reelected president of the Iowa Farm Holiday association at the annual convention in Missouri Valley. H. C. Christensen Moville was elected vice president and Frank Westrop Harlan secretary treasurer. Christensen Rand Ferris Emerson and Arthur Cole were named to the board. Delegates from thirty western Iowa counties attended as the group adopted a resolution condemning the current agricultural program and calling for a plan to set minimum prices at least equal to production costs.
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Missouri Valley
W. D. Keane
Panama
Iowa Farm Holiday Association
H. C. Christensen
Moville
Frank Westrop
Harlan
Christensen
John Rand
Everett Ferris
Arthur Cole
Emerson
Iowa
Maynard Creamery Averages 37.9 Cts For 1937 Butterfat
Maynard Creamery reports 37.9 cents a pound for butterfat in 1937 at the Harlan Farmers Mutual Creamery. Secretary C. H. Paul presented figures showing 215,277 pounds of butterfat in whole milk and cream, 268,224 pounds of butter manufactured, receipts of $90,437.26 and expenses $8,698.44. The average milk test was 3.41 and the cream test 31.4 with a 24.5 percent overrun. A. E. Smith named president for 1938, W. E. Pace vice president, and Maynard Savings Bank treasurer. Two-year directors J. F. Ingels and Herbert Malven with heldover directors S. H. Harrison, Robert Ponsar Jr., and Franklin Thompson.
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Maynard
Harlan Farmers Mutual Creamery Association
C. H. Paul
A. E. Smith
W. E. Pace
Maynard Savings Bank
J. F. Ingels
Herbert Malven
S. H. Harrison
Robert Ponsar, Jr
Franklin Thompson
Greeley C T A Averages 20.7 Pounds Butterfat
The Greeley Cow Test association reports December results for 478 cows, including 101 dry, averaging 51 pounds of milk and 20.7 pounds of butterfat. John Kooistra served as tester. The Paul McElmeel Holstein herd of seventeen cows led with 1,144 pounds of milk and 41.5 pounds of butterfat.
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Manchester
Greeley
John Kooistra
Paul McElmeel
Iowa buys 433000 feeders in 5 months
Federal ag economists report a heavy feeder cattle movement into Iowa and eastern corn belt states. From July 1 to December 1 shipments totaled 433000 head, up from 368000 year earlier, with November stocker and feeder shipments the largest in six years. Directs and public market movements are noted as Iowa's five month total reaches 433000 head.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Missouri River
Mississippi
Credit Association To Meet In Cedar Rapids January Fifth
The Cedar Rapids Production Credit association will hold its annual meeting at the Y M C A in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday. President H J Grunewald of Blairstown announced the event and L A Christiansen, president of the Production Credit corporation of Omaha, will be the speaker. One new director will be elected.
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Cedar Rapids Production Credit Association
Cedar Rapids
H. J. Grunewald
Blairstown
L A. Christiansen
Production Credit Corporation of
Omaha
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St. Joseph
First Ave. E
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