Cedar Rapids Hogs Ship West for Slaughter Historic Move
Five carloads of hogs weighing 160 to 200 pounds were shipped from Cedar Rapids to a California packing plant in Los Angeles marking the first east of the Missouri River sale to the far west. Freight is 1.06 per hundredweight with arrival expected midweek.
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Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Wilson and Company
California
West
Pacific Coast
Omaha
Midwest
Missouri River
Chicago
Tom George
Monticello
Kansas City
Iowa
Farm Price Index Stays at 101 on Dec 15 1934
Washington report shows farm products price index at 101 on December 15 1934 unchanged from November 15 while higher than a year earlier. Prices received to prices paid ratio sits at 80 versus pre war parity 100 with corn and barley added to parity commodities.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Land Bank Official To Speak At Farm Bureau Convention
A. S. Goss federal land bank commissioner will speak at the Town Farm Bureau federation convention in Des Moines on January 16. Charles E. Hearst president said Mr. Goss will present a complete picture of the agricultural credit system and the work of the FCA.
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Des Moines
A. S. Goss
Federal Land Bank
New H. D. A. In Linn To Begin Duties On Monday
Linn county welcomes its new home demonstration agent Miss Aleene Wilson who begins work Monday. She will attend Farm Bureau meetings this week including Boulder township training, Central City church sessions, Bertram projects, Maine township events, Otter Creek sessions, and Whittier Institute events through Friday.
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Linn County
Aleene Wilson
County Farm Bureau
Boulder Township
William Trefz
Jackson
Maine
Methodist Church
Central City
Bertram
E. W. McCrackin
H. A. W. Koch Farm
Young Farm Folk’s Club
Marion
Otter Creek Home Project
Walter Quass
Whittier Institute
Demand for Bobs Exceeds the Supply in Calmar Area
F L Congdon of Miller Wagon Co in Calmar says demand for bobsleds could have reached 300 this winter, but supply is limited as most factories have stopped producing. Sleds mostly go to local areas from Calmar to Cedar Rapids with heavy demand at West Union. Dealers report little overall demand in Cedar Rapids area despite heavy snowfall. Prices for new bobsleds range from 28 to 45 dollars, and most are oscillating bobs with few knee or bench-types available.
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F. L. Congdon
Miller Wagon Company
Calmar
the Gazette
Iowa
Congdon
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Montgomery Ward
Amana
Alburnett
Greeley
New York
Bobsleds Find Ready Sale in Winthrop Snow
Winthrop markets thaw bobsleds for the first time in seven years. A dealer sold a truck load to West Union buyers. Blacksmith D M Love has refurbished many bobs and cutters stored for years. A sleigh bell string for bobsled parties is sought. The old time hitching post cannot be found locally.
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Winthrop
West Union
D. M. Love
Benton Assessors Boost Valuations Of Corn And Oats
Benton county assessors raised corn valuations from 22 to 40 cents and oats from 18 to 25 cents at their annual meeting in Vinton. Barley and wheat remained at 1934 levels 30 and 42 cents. County Auditor Carl Culver urged adherence to the state schedule and domestic animal valuations. Thirty of thirty three assessors attended. E L Wheeler Iowa township named chairman and William Cleghorn Florence township secretary.
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Vinton
Benton County
Carl Culver
E. L. Wheeler
Iowa Township
William Cleghorn
Florence Township
Butter Prices Rise as Week Bids Continue
Dairy markets stay firm with 92 score butter reaching New York at 14 cents higher weekly and Chicago up 3.4 cents. Futures gain 11.4 cents, while government orders for relief bolster sentiment. storage stocks shrink as traders move stock for profit amid budding New Zealand competition and rising cheese and evaporated milk prices.
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New York
Chicago
New Zealand
London
United States
Maquoketa Auctioneer Reports Price Uptrend
Maquoketa auctioneer A W McGowan reports corn at 1.00 dollars with 80 cents a bushel as a top. Alfalfa hay brings 15 to 20 dollars a ton, oats 0.50 to 0.75 dollars a bushel, milk cows up to 70 dollars, and a good draft team at 350 dollars. He notes daily farm sales across Jackson Clinton Jones Cedar counties since November 15, 1934 with strong demand for good horses and rising hogs and feeder cattle prices. Wheat not on offer.
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Maquoketa
A. W. McGowan
Jackson
Clinton
Jones
Cedar Counties
Timber land near Amber sold for 1500 dollars
W. J. Zimmerman sold forty acres of timber land one mile south of Amber to George Rickels for 37.50 per acre, totaling 1500 dollars. Rickels took possession after the sale.
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Amber
W. J. Zimmerman
George Rickels
Johnson County Youth Named Iowa Holstein 4 H Champion
Martin Warren of Johnson County was chosen Iowa champion Holstein 4 H club member for 1934 by the American Holstein Breeders Association. His record includes state production wins, reserve showman honors, and a 617 pound butterfat year from a 2 year old heifer, with a herd average of 398.4 pounds butterfat.
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Iowa City
Martin Warren
J. W. Warren
American Holstein Breeders’ Association
Madison
Wis
Iowa
Martin
Waterloo
Cattle Congress
Town City
Johnson County
West Liberty
Contest Association
Warren Farm
Peters Promoted To Research Job In Washington DC
Julius H. Peters, federal statistician from Des Moines since Oct 1929, will start Jan 15 in Washington DC as part of the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates research staff. He previously worked in Ames during 1928-29 and graduated from Iowa State College in 1915 with further post graduate work 1927-28. a native of Sac County.
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Des Moines
Julius H. Peters
Washington, D. C
Division of
Ames Research
Ames
Sac County
Two-Day Buttermakers Conference Planned for January
EARLVILLE hosts a two day school of instruction for butter makers January 9 and 10 led by Prof. A W Rudnick from the Ames extension. Demonstrations by Harmison Rudnick Gernand Brunner Reynolds Stephenson Meier cover sediment tests neutralization pasteurization churning buttermilk fat testing churn uniformity moisture salt cream judging and laws on cream grading. A banquet January 10 will announce results. About 150 buttermakers are expected as the creamery is upgraded with a vertical flueless boiler and new facilities.
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Earlville
A. W. Rudnick
Ames Extension
H. A. Harmison
Dubuque
Mr. Rudnick
Fred Gernand
Volga City
J. J. Brunner
H. D. Reynolds
Fred Stephenson
H. R. Meier
Corn Hog Debate Planned by Linn County Holiday Group
A corn and hog adjustment debate is set for next Tuesday evening in Marion during the Linn County Farmers Holiday association January meeting. Two members from the county corn and hog organization will argue affirmatively and two Holiday association members will oppose, per Art Hoover of Springville, Holiday association president.
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Marion
Linn County Farmers’ Holiday Association
County Corn and Hog Organization
Holiday Association
Art Hoover
Springville
Resealed Corn Loans Totals in Iowa County
During the first eighteen days in December nine Iowa county farmers resealed 9 364 bushels of corn for federal warehouse certificates totaling 5150 20. Since Dec 18 no certificates filed with County Recorder Roy G Faas. Iowa county corn loans total 62635 bushels for 24449 75 in loans.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Roy G. Faas
Glidden Man Named Buttermaker at Clermont Creamery
Gordon Junkers of Glidden was employed as buttermaker by the Clermont creamery board on Wednesday. He succeeds H. T. Hangartner who had been employed at Garnaville. The board had previously announced a Clutter man for the post, a decision reconsidered in the Wednesday session.
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Clermont
Cow drowns after wandering onto river ice near Elgin
A cow owned by Ern Holzer of Elgin wandered onto the ice on the Turkey river at the east edge of town on Wednesday and broke through, drowning before rescuers could reach it.
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Elgin
Ern Holzer
Turkey
Doris Paul Misses Measles After Health Crown
Doris Paul, crowned healthiest girl in the United States at the Chicago International exposition, contracted measles in Muscatine. The national title she held was overshadowed by an epidemic sweeping local schools, leading to several events being canceled as she was ordered to bed.
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Muscatine
Doris Paul
United States
Paul
Surplus Hogs Concentrated Near Independence
The Buchanan county surplus hog farm one mile north of Independence was designated a district concentration farm for relief. Eighty-seven hogs arrived from Delaware county with total head expected to reach 500 as shipments from other counties arrive. L. C. Heyward supervises the farm.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Delaware County
L. C. Heyward
Annual Meeting Planned for Clinton Farm Union Jan 15
Plans for a county Farmers Union convention in Grand Mound on January 15 were announced at the annual oyster supper. Milo Reno of Des Moines is invited to speak. Re-elected are Carl Meints as president, Herb Brick as vice-president, and A. P. Blunck as secretary-treasurer.
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Grand Mound
Farmers Union Organization
Milo Reno
Des Moines
Carl Meints
Herb Brick
A. P. Blunck
Cedar Rapids Credit Assn To Meet Jan
H J Grunewald of Blairstown and president of the Cedar Rapids Production Credit association announces the first annual meeting for January 8 at the Cedar Rapids YMCA A financial report will be presented by Roy J Lukanitsch secretary and treasurer Walter E Anderson vice president of the Production Credit association of Omaha will speak.
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Blairstown
H. J. Grunewald
Cedar Rapids Production Credit Association
Cedar Rapids
Roy J. Lukanitsch
Walter E. Anderson
Production Credit Association of Omaha
Milk Prices Raised One Cent A Quart In Grinnell
Grinnell dairymen raised the milk price by one cent per quart due to feed costs. Retail milk sells for eight to ten cents a quart, with delivered prices one cent higher. Dairymen note corn at a dollar a bushel and hay at twenty five dollars a ton, needing ten quarts this year to pay for a bushel of corn versus three last year.
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Grinnell
Iowa county enumerators named for Seventh district
M D Thomson Iowa farm census supervisor announces Washington county enumerators who began work Friday. Verlin Nickell Lime Creek Gordon Miller English River Elmo J Knittell Highland Town townships Verle Gallagher Cedar Jackson Noah E West Dutch Creek Fred J Longer Franklin Marion Charles William Jackson Washington R C Spielman Brighton Clay Bernard Walker Crawford Oregon townships
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Washington
M. D. Thomson
Iowa
Washington County
Verlin Nickell
Lime Creek
Gordon Miller
English River Township
Elmo J. Knittell
Highland
Town
Verle Gallagher
Cedar
Jackson
Noah E. West
Dutch Creek Township
Fred J. Longer
Franklin and
Marion
Charles William Jackson
Washington Township
R. C. Spielman
Brighton and
Clay
Bernard Walker
Crawford and
Oregon
Skim milk praised as perpetual motion for cows
Earl Shultz of the Ames daily extension service told Linn and Johnson county dairymen that skim milk can be recycled all winter to produce cow protein. He said eight pounds of skim milk equals a pound of soy in protein and recommended mixing with grain, ensilage, and a mineral mix to compensate for hay and roughage quality.
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Earl Shultz
Ames Daily Extension Service
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Linn
Johnson County
Ames
Shultz
Iowa
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Local Sales
A sequence of farm auctions is listed with dates and locations. Frank Cahill conducts a closing sale near Fairfax, while Mrs. Austin Mc Queen holds a public sale near Marion. Mrs. Alice Farnsworth and S. E. Arbingast are also noted with auctions around Lisbon and Mount Vernon.
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Frank Cahill
Fairfax
Austin McQueen
Marion
Alice Farnsworth
S. E. Arbingast
Lisbon
Dairyman Offers Feed Mixes to Cut Grain Use
A dairyman advises using ensilage fodder and hay to replace grain in dairy rations. A 16 to 20 percent protein mix can save grain, with a sample ration of five parts corn two parts bran and three parts soy bean meal, fed to dairy cows producing four and a half to five pounds of milk daily. Tankage may substitute protein if odor does not taint milk.
Wapello Farmers Protest Delay in Corn Hog Payments
Wapello county farmers appealed to Henry Wallace for aid to obtain their second corn hog payments. A wire signed by County Agent Glenn Hazen said the county was second in the state with forms approved, while forty five counties already received checks, and Hazen warned the delay could affect the 1935 signup.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
Henry A. Wallace
Glenn Hazen
Hazen
Wallace
AAA to Buy 60 000 More Iowa Cattle
Iowa to resume AAA cattle purchases with a 60 000 head quota totaling an estimated million dollars for drought counties. The program, reorganized after a funds halt, will be administered by J A Barger with field staff to appraise and condemn as needed. Proceeds fund relief meat via FERA for Iowa’s needy.
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Ames
AAA
Iowa
Henry Bichling
Iowa Extension Service
Bichling
R. K. Biss
Harry Petrie
Denver
FERA
Iowa Agricultural
Ray Murray
J. A.barger
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Murray
F. H. Davis
Washington
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California Packing Plant
Ray Anderson
U.S
Land Bank
Farm Bureau Convention
Benton Assessors
Penn’s
Overhead Bridge
Mount Vernon
Guernsey
Jersey
Penn's Dairy
W. E. Challis
Anson S. Burge
TRE Farm
Iowa Holstein
Tru-art
Eut
Peters
Washington, D.C
Glidden Man
Doris
Clinton Farm Union
Cedar Rapids Credit Ass'n
Penn
Wapello
Dr. Harmon
LS A
Ugan
W. R. Harmon
Killian
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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