Iowa State economists forecast 1935-36 hog market 5 percent lower
Iowa State college economists predict hog marketings for the 1935-36 marketing year will fall about 5 percent from 1934-35, concentrated in the first quarter. They expect nine months of increases later, with the end of the year showing the largest gain, aided by spring pig crop growth and heavier hog feeding.
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MES (Ap
Iowa State College
Agricultural Economic Facts
Iowa
Modern dairy barn and silo boost milk checks near Manchester
A dairy operation two miles east of Manchester reports a 200 percent rise in milk checks, from about $25–$30 to around $100 monthly, after building a $3,500 barn and $760 silo. Ensilage replaced dry fodder, five cows were added, and a plan for a purebred Guernsey herd was begun.
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Manchester
R. L. van Voltinbergh
William G Clemen
Clemen
van Voltinbergh
Guernsey
Lowe
Farm Auctions Schedule Across Several Towns
Public sales set for January 6 through January 15 include auctions by R. C. Green awald near Solon, Mrs N E Miller near Urbana, McGrath 80 acre farm near Marion under Fred H Kubicek as administrator, a Poland China sale at Worthington, Ford Gallmeyer near Stanwood, and A S Weyer near Newhall.
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McGrath
Marion
Fred H. Kubicek
Adm
O. J. Hess
Poland
Worthington
Ford Gallmeyer
West Stanwood
Weanling Colts Bring High Prices at County Auction
At West Union weekly sale a trio of weanling colts sold for 101 110 and 94 dollars with a 2 year old gelding bringing 176 dollars and resold for 10 profit. A 3 year old gelding went for 170 dollars. Matched gelding pairs fetched 325 to 340 dollars. Over forty horses from Wright Butler and Chickasaw counties, 140 cattle from Fayette county, and Shropshire ewes from Boscobel. Hog top priced at 24 50 dollars per hundredweight with eleven Poland China sows selling to farrow in April.
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West Union
Wright
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette County
Boscobel
Wis
Poland
China
Farrow
Hopkinton C T A Averages 16.7 Lbs December Butterfat
In Hopkinton December results the 501 cows and 155 dry on test averaged 417 pounds milk and 16.7 pounds butterfat. Forty five cows exceeded forty pounds butterfat. Freeman Smith led with 1,013 pounds milk and 33.9 butterfat from eight grade Holsteins. Alfred Egger owned the high cow with 1,603 pounds milk and 60.9 pounds butterfat. Orlo Blanchard’s grade Guernsey ranked second with 1,119 pounds milk and 60.4 butterfat.
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Hopkinton
Guernsey
Orlo Blanchard
Greeley Creamery Pays 36 38 Cents For Butterfat
Greeley Co operative creamery patrons were paid thirty eight cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat thirty seven cents for first grade and thirty six cents for second grade butterfat received during the last month Mead Brothers led patrons with 646 4
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Greeley
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Details Two Meetings This Week
This week's Linn County Farm Bureau calendar shows a Wednesday 10 am session for Farm Bureau women in Otter Creek township at the Evangelical church in Alburnett for a home project training school. The Linn County Junior Farm Bureau plans a Thursday evening meeting at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A with speaker Earl N. Shultz of Ames.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Otter Creek Township
Evangelical Church
Alburnett
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Earl N. Shultz
Ames
Iowa Hog Density Shifts Reflect AAA Impact and 1831–1935 Growth
Maps by E. L. Cady show Iowa hog production declined overall from 1930 to 1935, with high density counties shifting toward Scott Washington Buena Vista and Cherokee. The study traces historic growth from 1831 origins through 1935 census densities, noting regional patterns, dairy areas, and the rise of direct marketing alongside packing and marketing changes.
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E. L. Cady
Ames Extension
Iowa
Cedar
Sioux County
Scott
Washington
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Winneshiek
Clayton
Buchanan
Dubuque
Jones
Linn
Benton
Black Hawk
Bremer
Jefferson
Henry
Louisa
Des Moines
Tama
Floyd
Butler
Marshall
Warren
Story
Hardin
Franklin
Cerro Gordo
Winnebago
Hancock
Wright
Hamilton
Dallas
Kossuth
Humboldt
Taylor
Adams
Adair
Pocahontas
Clay
Sac
Mills
Harrison
Monroe
Woodbury
Clinton
Muscatine
Fayette County
Allamakee
Dickinson
Emmett
Calhoun
Webster
Greene
Boone
Northwest
Missouri River
AAA
Dr. Cady
Iowa State College
Cady
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State
The
Gazette
Sioux
Linn County Farmers Institute Scheduled Next Thursday
Premium awards for grain fruit vegetables and women’s exhibits have been planned for the Linn County Farmers Institute opening next Thursday and running through Friday evening Judging will occur Thursday afternoon with contests for boys and girls handiwork and for high and grade school students Speakers include Tom Pollock Charles Mills Rev Winterstein Mrs D Pirie Beyea and Rev Harold Anderson The Viola glee club will sing Thursday evening W S Campbell and County Treasurer Milo J Sedlacek will speak Friday morning A Wisconsin dairyman and a Chicago livestock salesman will also present talks A Will Rogers film closes Friday evening
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Whittier
Linn County Farmers’ Institute
Tom Pollock
Charles Mills
Central City
Winterstein
Iowa Falls
D. Pirie Beyea
Cedar Rapids
Harold Anderson
Bahia
Brazil
Viola Glee Club
W. S. Campbell
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Milo J Sedlacek
Wisconsin
Chicago Livestock Commission
Will Rogers
Old Log Cabin on Fred Slack Farm Near Keswick
A roughly hewn two story log cabin on the Fred Slack farm southeast of Keswick dates to the 1860s. Local recollections say the structure served dual purposes for the family and was built when the Baldwin sisters recall their father coming from Ohio.
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Fred Slack
Keswick
Baldwin Sisters
Ohio
Ilene
Washington Women To Speak At Farm Bureau Convention
Washington women Mrs Minnie McGuire and Mrs Helen Hill Miller will speak at the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention in Des Moines January 15 17. McGuire of the AAA information department and Miller of the U S Department of Agriculture head the women's programs with sessions on Standard Townships For 1936 and Rural America outlook.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Minnie McGuire
Helen Hill Miller
Washington
McGuire
Information Department
AAA
Miller
United States Department of Agriculture
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
Ellsworth
O. E. Milner
Mount Pleasant
A. H. Beebee
Woodbine
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Fred Shaw
Corning
J. C., Woods
Tracer
G. E. Sauerbry
Oclwein
J. R. Karr
Ireton
Eleven Counties Represented at Oelwein Planning Meet
County agents and committeemen from eleven counties met at Oelwein with Murl McDonald assistant director of extension at Iowa State college to discuss plans for a long time program for agriculture.
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Oelwein
Murl McDonald
Iowa State College
Homemakers Study Group Meets January at Rosedale School
Mrs L. L Carson of Bertram township Linn county leads a homemakers study group meeting January 8 at Rosedale school on the east edge of Crete. Tray making is the stated theme.
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L. L Carson
Bertram Township
Linn County
Rosedale Schawl
Crete Rapes
State of the Union omits agriculture but politics loom
The piece argues Roosevelt’s address barely touched farming while politics will pressure agricultural recovery. It warns if farmers read the speech as abandonment, they risk bewild erment as statesmen versus politicians contest issues. Agriculture must keep a dignified role amid upcoming months.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Farmers Use Want Ads To Buy Or Sell Farm Stock
Farmers are urged to use Want Ads classifications 38 and 39 to buy or sell farm stock equipment poultry supplies feed hay and related items through the classifieds service.
Signup Meetings Planned In Allamakee County
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Township corn hog education and sign up meetings will be held in Allamakee county on January 8 9 10 and 11 following the state meeting at Ames January 6 7 for county allotment committeemen. Election of township officers will also be held at the meetings.
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Waukon—Township
Allamakee County
Ames
Thirty Cribs Sealed To Date In Jones County
Three Jones county farmers sealed 3 549 bushels of corn for government loans last week. L A Kula of Anamosa filled two cribs with 724 and 825 bushels, L O Brokaw with 600 and 800 bushels, and D P Dirks of Olin with 600 bushels. To date thirty cribs have been sealed for twenty five farmers in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
L. A. Kula
L. O. Brokaw
D. P. Dirks
Olin
Farm Lands Change Hands as 164 Acre Parcel Sold
Earl Williams of Homer township Buchanan county bought the Jennie Lehew farm of 164 acres last week. The sale price was $9,000 with L. H. Beatty handling the deal. Williams now holds 400 acres in the county.
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Rowley—Earl Williams
Homer Township
Buchanan County
Jennie Lehew
L. H. Beatty
Importers Buy European Butter Amid Mixed Delays
European butter imports may slow on London quotations but U S reports show about 500000 pounds expected to reach New York in six weeks. In late December and week of Dec 30 imports from New Zealand and Argentina arrived. prices and duty paid rates noted. Storage withdrawals rise while demand remains strong. January may bring a price dip. Public stocks at year end higher than 1934 with mixed production reports from Butter manufacturers and creameries.
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New York City
London
New York
New Zealand
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Land O’ Lakes
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R. C. Greenawald
Solon
N. E. Miller
Urbana
A. S. Weyer Public Sale
Newhall
Weanling
Hopkinton C. T. A
Greeley Creamery
Farm Bureau Calendar
Delaware
Poweshick
Jasper
Grundy
Madison
Page
Montgomery
Cass
Pottawattamie
Audubon
Shelby, Carroll
Lyon
Johnson
Keokuk
Mahaska
Crawford
Ida
O’brien
Plymouth
Pella
Towa
Mississippi River
Lee
van Buren
Davis
Polk, Warren, and Lucas
Fremont
Scott, Cedar
Jones, Johnson
Minnesota
Osceola
Appanoose County
Cedar County
Tatlow
Ravette
Euavlo
Whittier Institute
Mrk
Slack
Farm Bureau Convention
Oelwein Planning
F. A
A. S. Weyer
Shellsburg
MW. E. Challis
Carl C. Frank
Geo. Doebel
Sharp
Marion Township
Michael McGrath
Ehange
St. P.M
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Fred If Kubicek
Hixley
T. Bena
R. Fyd
Cedar Kranids
Frank G Kanak
Geo
F Buresh
Cheney
Bing Miller
Vinton
Parey Relding
Jersey
McCormick
Deering
R. Wiemer
Urbana Savings Bank
Edgar Beach
Guy Secrest
Downey
Cal Keith
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corp
Co-Operative
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