Direct Marketing Bill Backed by Iowa Legislators
Senator Harrington and Lieut Governor Kraschel announced a push to make a direct marketing of livestock bill a special order after tax revisions. The plan calls for a market news service reporting prices at every buying point and yearly packing-house volumes to compare on central markets, aiming to boost farmer earnings and market competition. The effort centers in the Senate with House calendar companion measures.
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ES Moines
Iowa
N G Kraschel
Harrington
Woodbury
Kraschel
Olli
Committece
House
Senate
Leutenant
Fence Drift Across Teoven Wire by RFA
A fragmentary poem style item references fence drift caught in the teoven wire and a rhythmic tapping at the chamber door followed by festive mentions of Thanksgiving Christmas New Year. It also notes ways to prepare eggs and various holiday foods.
Pongo Closing Out Sale On Farm Near Center Point
Closing out sale by Morman Kennedy at his farm rear 5 miles northeast of Center Point on Wednesday January 10 at 10:00 a.m. includes horses cattle hogs sheep grain hay farm implements and a lunch stand with free coffee. Auctioneers Tony Schmidt and clerk R. T. Remer.
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Center Point
Morman Kennedy
Tony Schmidt
R. T. Remer
Demonstration Agent Reports Fayette County Farm Bureau Work
Special to The Gazette Fayette The Fayette county Farm Bureau Women organization report for 1933 by home demonstration agent Geraldine Brainard shows all twenty townships organized. nineteen township leaders and publicity chairmen. 136 leaders. 492 follow up meetings with 1 956 participating women. twelve townships presented the project at township meetings. twenty townships held four committee meetings. ten township chairmen attended five county meetings. Brainard held sixty five training schools. The clothing course results include 1 161 garments made using suggestions. 624 undergarments. 209 garments purchased. 44 changing to correct shoe size. 110 to correct shoe type. Patterns produced 2 728 garments. 112 clothes protection items. 125 patched overalls. gifts 1 317. In addition Brainard taught lessons on lard uses home grown cereals and soap making.
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Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Geraldine Brainard
Miss Brainard
Income of Record Flocks Shows Gain
Ames report on forty one calendar flocks ends Nov 1 shows average labor income per third rising to 72 cents from 60 cents in 1932. Healthy flocks averaged 1.20 per hen while unhealthy averaged seven cents. mortality rose to 21 percent overall. Eggs per hen averaged 134.5, with high producers yielding more income despite higher costs.
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Specila
Gazette
AMES
Ames Poultry Extension Service
Extension Service
WM. Vernon
W R. Whitfield
Farm Auction Schedule for January in Iowa
Friday January 5 livestock sale at Iowa Live Stock Exchange Cedar Rapids and Consignment sale DeCiow Stockyards. Saturday January 6 consignment sale at Anamosa Fairgrounds. Wednesday January 10 closing out sale by Charles Cejka near Mount Vernon Farmdale and Norman Kennedy near Center Point.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
C. R
I. C
Cedar Rapids
DeCiow Stockyards
Anamosa Fairgrounds
Charles Cejka
Mount Vernon
Farmdale
Norman Kennedy
Center Point
Improvement Noted In Undertone Of Iowa Hog Market
Des Moines reports show a continued rise in the Iowa hog market for the first week of the year. Prices advanced ten to twenty cents with heavy loading and broad demand. Packers bought in volume, some from out of state, while feeders sold at strong to higher bids to avoid high corn costs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Packer
Sixty 4-H Beeves On Feed In Washington County
Sixty baby beeves are being fed in Washington county by twenty six members of the 4 H Baby Beef Livestock club. Members include Stanley Foster P F Whisler Homer Birney Vincent Marek Dewey Weeks Merle Eckles Homer Jarrard George Jarrard H L Walker Merle Warner John Combs Emil Finke Robert Macon Donald Voorhees Wade Gardner WEE Frame Walter Smith Everett Hayes Robert Cress Roy Wells Thomas Swift Crawfords ville George Geret Riverside Donald Rinner Noble William Augustine West Chester and William McGinnes Ainsworth.
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Washington
Washington County
Stanley Foster
P F Whisler
Homer Birney
Vincent Marek
Dewey Weeks
Merle Eckles
Homer Jarrard
George Jarrard
H L. Walker
Merle Warner
John Combs
Emil Finke
Robert Macon
Donald Voorhees
Wade Gardner Wee Frame
Walter Smith
Everett Hayes
Robert Cress
Roy Wells
Washington Community
Thomas Swift
Crawfordsville
George Geret
Riverside
Donald Rinner
Noble
Wiliam Augustine
West Chester
William McGinnes Ainsworth
Corn and Legumes Show Highlights at Olin Institute
The Lorenzen corn sweepstakes winner from Hale township topped the Olin show with a ten car sample of Steen’s yellow dent. Norman Brown led best ten car samples in Fairview township, while Smith won the commercial class with hybrid No. 42 yielding 107 bushels per acre. George Goedliver addressed the institute, but H C Asters was ill and could not attend.
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Garetts
OLIN
Lorenzen Brothers
Ohn
Paul N. Smith
Center Junction
Farmers’ Institute
Vocational Agricultural Department
Olin High School
Lorenzen
Steen
Hale Township
Fairview
Norman Rown
Rome
Frank Andrews
Madison
Ed Kreger
Jackson
Clarence Graft
Smith
Madison Township
Rome Township
Walter Rass
Hale
Henry Biere
Francis Glenn
M A. Hauser
Ames
Vinton
Maquesxeia
Martelie
Willan
Alalls
H.C. Asters
Des Moines
Williamsburg Herd Tops Iowa County Test Ass'n
Erecial to The Gazette MARENGO According to report of Iowa County Cow Test association Leo B Smiths purebred Jersey herd Williamsburg averaged 47 8 pounds butterfat to top the association in December Anton Heitshusen s nineteen Holstein cows placed second with a 41 2 pounds average Smith s Mable with seventy six pounds and Harry Morse s Yellow Guernsey led for individual production but Morse s Blue which led during October and November accumulated a three months record of 6 117 pounds milk and 262 6 pounds butterfat”
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Marengo
Iowa County
Leo B. Smith
Williamsburg
Anton Heitshusen
Smith
Mable
Harry Morse
Morse
Cows Average $40 At Sale Near Maquoketa
Maquoketa area sale at John Wurster farm five miles northeast saw top horse sell for 142 dollars and top cow for 55. Seventeen grade cows averaged 640, two year old colts brought 100, yearlings 50, and spring gifts 15. Machinery also sold high. No grain offered.
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Maquoketa
A. W. McGowan
John Wurster
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk
Farm roundup notes weather and market tips for farmers. Reading lists crops, livestock updates, and upcoming agricultural events with practical pointers for daily chores and planning.
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Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Corn loan totals by county and borrowers update
The Gazette reports regional corn loan activity with Linn County led by Dempsy Jones at 342,193 bushels totaling 153,956.85 dollars. Updates cover Fayette, Cedar, Washington, Tama, Jackson, Poweshiek, and other counties with multiple loans and large single loans.
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Linn
Dempsy Jones
Delaware County corn loan totals indicate variable weekly disbursements
Manchester Delaware County reports corn loan totals of 60 079 40 dollars for Friday. Earlier disbursements include 560 70 on Thursday 873 on Tuesday and 2 686 50 on Wednesday. The figures show fluctuating loan amounts across the week.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Watson’s Grocery Ad Lists Bulk Staples and Produce
A long price list from 129 Third Ave. SW markets a wide range of foods and household items. Items include sugar, butter, oleo, bacon, cheese, milk, canned goods, cereals, coffee, spices, flour, crackers, snacks, baking supplies, cleaning products, and fresh produce like lettuce, celery, cabbage, and fruit. Free delivery offered on certain days.
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Capswell
Maxwell
Watson
Aladdin
Monarch
Hill
Lipton
Omar
Pillsbury Best
Graham
Lima
Idaho
McClure
Colonies Consider Production Cuts in Corn and Hog Output
Amana colonies may enter agreements to reduce corn and hog production to government targets. Trustees and unit managers must approve at upcoming January meeting after December conference. Last year the seven colonies harvested 2000 acres of corn yielding about 87 730 bushels with over 3000 hogs raised and no corn loans issued.
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Amana
Arthur Barlow
Barlow
Society
Corn Brings High Prices At Williamsburg Area Sale
Twelve hundred bushels of corn sold for 350 cents a bushel at the Herman Imhoff sale northeast of Williamsburg. Ten tons of hay brought 4 dollars per ton. Cattle topped at 30 dollars. Horses sold well and hogs brought only fair prices. Bert Hanson was auctioneer.
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Williamsburg
Herman Imhoff
Bert Hanson
Survey Of Farm Housing Begun In Fayette County
A Fayette county farm housing survey is under the direction of home economics supervisor Mrs. Gladys Stewart Paschal. Office workers from the CWA include Mrs. Maude Daniels Miss Edith Cotrell and Miss Lucille Berndt. Eight field workers were chosen in Union Windsor Scott Jefferson Freemont Center Oran and Fairfield townships to collect data on dwelling conditions water supply sewage lighting heating refrigeration laundry cooking facilities and needed repairs and improvements.
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West Union
Gladys Stewart Paschal
Fayette County
CWA
Paschal
Maude Daniels
Edith Cotrell
Arlington
Lucille Berndt
Fayette
Union Township
Edna Brause
Windsor
Mildred Ostrander
Scott
Viona Wilson
Jefferson
Joe Fortier
Fremont
Mayme Wood
Center
Fern Hartsough
Oran
Ruth Amlin
Fairfield Township
Fllen. Hicks
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