Roosevelt Seeks 26 Percent Cut in Agriculture Funds
President Roosevelt proposed a 26 percent reduction in agricultural appropriations for the next fiscal year citing a total of 908 million dollars for the agriculture department, down from 1.24 billion this year. He urged Congress to reallocate funds for subsidies soil conservation and crop disposal while noting inflationary gains in cotton, wheat, corn and cattle since the wartime start.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Weather Bureau
Farm Credit Administration
Buchanan county farmers seal 1939 corn crop totals
Special to The Gazette reports Buchanan county farmers have stored 94 574 bushels of 1939 corn. The AAA office lists total corn loans at 53907 18 dollars.
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Buchanan County
AAA
Local Lady Credits Natex For Relief From Constipation
Mrs. Frank Barta of 408 K Avenue NW details severe constipation and related dizziness headaches and upset stomach before starting Natex at Podzimek’s Pharmacy. She reports rapid improvement in bowel movements digestion sleep and energy after a few weeks and urges others to try the product.
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Natex
Frank Barta
K Avenue NW
Podzimek
Second Ave
Second Avenue SE
Farm Bureau to Hold Group Conferences in Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau officials announced tentative programs for group conferences January 16 in Des Moines, ahead of the Farm Bureau Federation convention. Major sessions cover women farmers, livestock marketing with national speakers, and the national agricultural program, plus sheep wool marketing and insurer and service group meetings.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Farm Bureau Women of
Iowa Livestock Industry
A. C. Hanson
Inwood
Livestock Industry
A. G. Black
F. W. Waugh
United States Department of Agriculture
Roger Fleming
W. B. Hamilton
Dean R E. Buchanan
Ames Agricultural Experiment Station
Clifford Gregory
Wallace
Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Frank Bell
Albia
M. G. Birlingmair
Primghar
County Agents
J. L. Bane
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
A. J Blakely
Grinnell
Iowa State Sheep Association
C. McDonald
Iowa State College
Buckhorn Dairymen Shown How Cow Is A Milk Factory
Maquoketa event coordinated by Buckhorn Cooperative creamery and county cow test groups featured Arthur Porter of Ames discussing production records and cow testing. He illustrated that udder size or vein texture does not reliably indicate productivity while outlining a five point dairy program including better feeding and producing quality products. The session drew nearly 100 dairymen and about 150 attendees from Clinton and Maquoketa.
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Maquoketa
Buckhorn Cooperative Creamery
Jackson County Cow Test Association
Jones County Cow Test Association
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Arthur Porter
Ames Extension Dairyman
Buckhorn
Porter
United States
Clinton
Arthur Roe
Buckhorn Creamery Association
Cato Eads
Jackson Cow Test Association
Ben Downey
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Price Index Drops Sharply Amid 1940 Outlook
Iowa farm price index falls from 92 in mid November to 84 by mid December while farm buying power dips to 69. Farmers report record 1939 cash income near 600 million and 487 million for ten months, with heavy marketings and large inventories. Hog and cattle prices are expected to stay low into 1940, but butter, eggs, and poultry may rise modestly. war boom supports demand.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Farm Economist
Health Chairmen In Linn To Meet Jan 6 At C R
Linn county township health chairmen of women’s home project work will meet at the YWCA in Cedar Rapids at 1 30 p m Saturday to gain pointers on health to take back to their groups. Mrs Alta Duncan a Cedar Rapids beauty operator will speak on Beauty and Health. Mrs Frank Bedell Cedar Rapids county health chairman reports four to six such meetings will be held during the year with others invited to attend.
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Linn County
Alta Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bedell
Nebraska Poultry Show Opens in Hastings
The fifty fifth annual Nebraska poultry show opened in Hastings with samples from 394 exhibitors, 90 percent farmers. Thousands expected to attend through Saturday as 1,000 fancy bred chickens turkeys geese and bantams from four states were on exhibit at the Hastings auditorium.
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Hastings
INS
Nebraska
Allamakee County 4-H Enrollment in 1939 Reported
In 1939, 184 4-H members, 98 in livestock projects with 77 completing valued at 12000, exhibited at three fairs winning 674 in premiums. Baby beef club led with 54 members. other projects included dairy heifer, market pig, market lamb, colt, and corn. 86 girls studied home efficiency. average age 14 from 50 farm homes, across six clubs with 83 meetings and 9.7 average attendance.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Lyle Jones
Livestock Club
Couns Y
Selma Ekquist
Ames Extension
New cow tester named for South Jones test
Gerald Benesch of Center Point appointed tester for the South Jones Cow Test association to succeed Dale Wicks who resigned January 1 to enter Iowa State College. Benesch will start work January 4.
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Anamosa
Gerald Benesch
Center Point
South Jones Cow Test Association
Dale Wicks
Iowa State College
Benesch
Greeley C T A Averages 22.4 Pounds Butterfat
In December the Greeley Cow Test association logged 462 cows with 93 dry in 27 herds. Average production reached 578 pounds of milk and 224 pounds of butterfat per herd, led by Binning and Robinson with 737 pounds milk and 37.7 butterfat from Guernseys. Paul McElmeel’s Holstein yielded 2,229 pounds milk and 89.2 butterfat from triple daily milking.
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Manchester
Greeley
Cow Test Association
Robert J. Keck
Binning and Robinson
Guernseys
Paul McElmeel
Record Butterfat by Anamosa Heifer Tops 715 Pounds
William Vincent, herdsman at the reformatory dairy farm in Anamosa, reports a senior 2 year old cow on official test produced a record 715 pounds of butterfat during the last year.
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Anamosa
William Vincent
Reformatory
Fence Drift and a Hen's Wrath on the Farm
A poem fragment narrates a tense scene with a black hen scolding amid a woven fence. The speaker, strolling the path, notes the bird’s anger as it laments egg loss and blames the farm’s people while Ray Murray, former Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, is referenced in the text.
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Ray Murray
Sec'y of Agriculture
Iowa
Eldridge Youth Wins Speaking Contest On Cooperative Selling
James Mohr of Eldridge won the district declamatory contest on cooperative marketing sponsored by the Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers association in Washington Iowa. Vernon Kuhl of Eldridge placed second and Edith Voetberg of Traer third among five contestants. a state contest will be held at Des Moines during the annual convention of the Iowa cooperative elevator operators.
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Washington
James Mohr
Eldridge
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Elevator Operators
Des Moines
Vernon Kuhl
Edith Voetberg
Traer
Training School Series In Allamakee Jan. 9-12
WAUKON the third training school series on Quality Standards in your Home runs January 9 to 12 in Allamakee county under Miss Florence Schuerman Ames extension home furnishing specialist. Meetings are January 9 Lansing January 10 Water Ville January 11 Mrs Fred Gericke home in Post township January 12 Mrs George Herman home in Union Prairie township.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Florence Schuerman
Ames Extension
Lansing
Waterville
Fred Gericke
Post Township
George Herman
Union Prairie Township
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Annual Meeting
The Maynard Cooperative Creamery company holds its annual meeting on Monday January 8. Officials will present reports and discuss company affairs.
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Maynard
The
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
Farm Auction Records $95 Per Acre For Cedar Rapids Estate
The Fred Hawkins estate farm of 200 acres on a Cedar Rapids street road sold at auction Wednesday afternoon to heir Carl R. Hawkins for 95 dollars an acre. Auctioneer Tony Schmitz and clerk George P. Witwer noted the 120 acres of limed soil. Iowa insurance firms have sold about 2160 farms since 1939, averaging 147 acres and 79 dollars per acre.
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Fred Hawkins
Cedar Rapids
Carl R. Hawkins
Tony Schmitz
George P. Witwer
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
European superstition on animals gaining speech at Christmas
A note reflects a folk belief among some Europeans that animals acquire the power of speech during the Christmas season. The idea appears as a quaint traditional superstition rather than a scientific claim, illustrating festive-era folklore.
Dean's Pills Promise Kidney Relief From Pain
Readers are urged that backaches and fatigue may stem from tired kidneys. The ad claims kidneys expel poisons via 3 pints daily and promote symptoms like swelling, nocturnal urination, and dizziness. It touts Dean's Pills as a 40 year success to flush wastes from the blood.
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Nature
Dean
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Iowa Farm Service Company
Buckhorn Dairymen
the Outlook
Linn
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Hall
Ekfelt
Allamakee
Livestock Exchange
Agnes Konigsmark
Anamosa Livestock Sale
Greeley C. T. A
Merle E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Ankor
D. E. Brickley
Lee Bebee
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NT Bai
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
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Fifth Ave
Fifth Avenue
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Arma
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