Budget Visibly Slashes Farm Aid for 1936
President Roosevelt proposes a 1936 agricultural budget of 570 million dollars for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, a cut from the current year’s 831 million. He notes forecasting is uncertain and emergency agriculture aid may end if the emergency subsides, with total farm expenditures forecast at 653 million for 1936.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
General Public Works
Bureau
Fence Drift and Agricultural Relief Spending
The note discusses fence drift and social concerns as well as a shift to agricultural policy. It notes allocations totaling $1,149,044 to the bureau of entomology and $623,124 for plant industry stations. It also cites President estimates showing $1,337,300,000 of $8,164,900,000 in recovery and relief funding spent on agricultural aid between February 1, 1932 and November 30, 1934.
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Bureau of Entomology
Bureau of Plant Industry
No More Piles Internal Cure Promoted for Hemorrhoids
An ad promotes Hemroid as an internal medicine by Dr S Leonhardt, claiming piles stem from internal blood circulation issues. It argues external salves fail to address the cause and guarantees money back if not satisfied after one bottle.
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S. Leonhardt
Drue Co
Cattle Buying In 31 Drought Counties To Start This Week
Des Moines reports the federal purchase of 60 000 cattle in 31 drought counties in southern Iowa will begin late this week. The $1 million program, authorized by AAA, will buy 2 year olds at 13 to 20 dollars, yearlings at 6 to 15, calves at 5 to 8. A county survey starts the process to issue allotments and vouchers for payment from the Denver AAA office.
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Des Moines
INS
Towa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington, D. C
AAA
Denver
Colo
Economist Declares Producer Pays Tax on Hogs
Special to The Gazette from Ames reports economist G S Shepherd of the Ames Agricultural Economics department concludes the hog processing tax is borne by farmers. He says the tax lowers market prices, raises profits for fewer hogs, and does not shift costs to consumers, noting industry reductions in production also affect prices.
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AMES
G. S. Shepherd
Ames Agricultural Economics Department
Prof. Shepherd
Shepherd
Prof
Illinois Agricultural Assn To Meet At Quincy
The Illinois Agricultural Association holds its annual convention in Quincy from January 29 to 31 with speakers George N. Peck Chester C Davis W I Myers Ed O Neal and Earl C Smith among the presenters representing Roosevelts foreign trade program AAA FCA Farm Bureau and state agriculture leadership.
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Quincy, Ill
George N. Peck
Roosevelt
Chester C Davis
AAA
W. I Myers
FCA
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Earl C. Smith
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farmer Offers Reward For Hog Thieves Arrest
Grundy Center farmer in Grundy county offers 100 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of thieves who stole thirteen Hampshire hogs from his farm on December 28.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Hampshire
Jones County Seals 26410 Bushels Corn In Cribs
Special to The Gazette Anamosa reports F D Southerland of Center Junction sealed two cribs this week a bin with 680 bushels and another with 0 bushels representing a loan of 581. To date forty cribs have sealed 26410 bushels of corn with thirty men receiving a total loan of 1452550.
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Anamosa
Southerland
Center Junction
Jones County
Cedar Rapids to Sell $20,000 Fire Equipment Bonds
The City of Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa invites sealed bids by January 21 1935 at 10 oclock am for Twenty Thousand dollars in Five Department Equipment Bonds to finance fire department gear. Bonds dated February 1 1935 mature 1936 through 1942 at 3 percent interest with annual payments, bid conditions require $1 000 certified checks and an opinion from Chapman and Cutler. Bidder must pay for bonds when ready or forfeit check. City Council reserves right to reject bids.
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Cannes
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Towa
Cedar Rapids Town
L J Storey
Corn Hog Confab For Committeemen Set For Tuesday
Iowa's 1935 corn hog program moves from planning to action as Ames hosts a state training school Tuesday. County allotment committee members and county agents from across the state will learn the contract details methods for filling forms and administrative rulings, followed by county training schools.
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Ames
Iowa
Extension Service
52.4 Per Cent of Iowa Farm Homes Have Radios
Des Moines report from the Association to Maintain Freedom in Livestock Marketing states Iowa farm families owning radios rose to 52.4 percent, up from 11.1 percent in 1925, with 112 657 farm radios today versus 23 645 in 1925. Nationwide, 1 399 495 farm radios exist, up from 284 006 in 1925, marking a rise from 4.5 percent to 22.3 percent of farm families owning radios.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Interior Packers
Association
United States
Farm Bureau convention to discuss farm relief and crop control
Des Moines coverage notes the Iowa state Farm Bureau convention January 16 to 18 will focus on lenient farm credit and mortgage refinancing crop reduction and continued crop control. Prominent speakers Chester H Gray A S Goss and Edward A O Nea l head sessions as county groups push resolutions. Music contests attract entries from multiple counties judged by Prof Tolbert MacRae.
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Des Moines
INS
AAA
State Farm Bureau Convention
Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
Edward A. O'Neal
Farm Bureau
O. W. Beeler
Carroll
Cass
Sac
East Pottawattamie
Winnebago
Jefferson
Hardin
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Davis County
Tolbert MacRae
Iowa State College
Corn Still Unharvested in Morley Fields
Several farmers in Morley have not harvested their corn due to snow and ice. Pickers are paid four cents per bushel as conditions delay the gathering of grain.
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the Gazette
Morley
4-H Dairy Record Book Honors Go To Iowa County Twins
Albert and Arthur Wallace of York township twins win first prize with their 4-H dairy club record book at the Waterloo cattle congress in October. They have shown Jerseys for five years, and their work is chosen to represent Iowa in national competition.
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Marengo
Albert
Arthur Wallace
York Township
Iowa
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Checks paid in Buchanan and Grundy totals rise
Homer Soules Buchanan county corn hog treasurer received 257 more checks for contract signers. The checks total $18,240.93 and bring the second installment paid to Buchanan county farmers to $92,531.49, about one third of the amount due.
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Baedal
the Gazette
Independence
Homer Soules
Buchanan County
Grundy center farmers receive second corn hog checks
Grundy County farmers collected 11,000 of their second installment corn hog payments from 300 checks. The county totals 225,000 in second installment due, reflecting nationwide program disbursements to area growers.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Cedar Rapids delays in Linn county corn hog check certificates
Linn county compliance certificates for the second installment corn hog checks have been in Washington for three weeks without acknowledgement. Cedar Rapids corn and hog headquarters reported Monday that no reply had been received yet.
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Linn County
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Butterfat Averages 26 Cents At Co op Meeting
At the Harlan Cooperative Creamery annual meeting secretary C H Paul reported 1934 butterfat averaged 26 cents a pound. 133 patrons received $59 575.68 cash. Glen Mittlestadt manufactured 278 888 pounds of butter from 159 518 pounds of cream and 5 333 788 pounds of milk. Overrun averaged 21 7 percent. Milk test 3 36 and cream 309 percent. Butter produced 17 993 pounds. 248 942 pounds sold on market. 10 953 pounds sold locally. Volume of whole milk rose while cream declined due to market for casein and whey use.
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Harlan Co-operative Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
Glen C. Mittlestadt
Paul
Butterfat Averages Rise in Marengo County Herds
Dec cold snaps in Marengo slow dairy activity as the Iowa County Cow Test Association reports an average butterfat yield of 22.8 pounds, down from 22.9 in November. Anton Heitshusen leads with 40.2 pounds, Martin Doermann’s Holsteins gain to joint second with Leo B. Smith, and a grade Holstein pore herd records 60.4 pounds.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Carl M. Grass
Anton Heitshusen
Martin Doermann
Leo B. Smith
Wright To Show Movie At Cedar 4-H Meeting
TIPTON Ernest M Wright of Waterloo field secretary for the Iowa Dairy association will attend a meeting for 4-H dairy club members here Jan 12. He will discuss dairy cattle management and show a 4-H movie.
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Ernest M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Wright
Railroads Transform Iowa History and Growth
This narrative traces Iowa's transport shift from waterways to railways, detailing early lines from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi, key routes like the Northwestern and Rock Island, land grants, public support, and the rapid buildout from 1880 to 1890. It notes doubts, Civil War delays, Union Pacific linkage, and the enduring dominance of rail while autos and planes rise.
Argentine and Uruguay Corn Imports Reported
The federal bureau notes 83,000 bushels of corn imported during the week with 39,000 of Argentine origin docked in New Orleans and 44,000 of Uruguay corn unloaded in Los Angeles. It also cites large sales of old and new crop Argentine corn for U.S. shipment and current May shipment prices in Buenos Aires along with oats import figures and duties.
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Uruguay
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
United States
Pacific Coast
Buenos Aires
American Seaboard
New York
Fedor Identified As Council Bluffs Drug Store Bandit
In Council Bluffs John Fedor 21 was bound over to district court after being identified as one of two bandits who held six people in a drug store. Kenneth Kimball the night watchman identified him. a cartridge bullet in Fedor’s car matched Otto Kuscharo’s pistol. Kuscharo fired at the bandits as they fled. Nick Perrine, alleged associate, was bound over earlier. Fedor is free on bond while appealing a Logan Missouri Valley woundings conviction to the state supreme court.
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Council Bluffs
John Fedor
Kenneth Kimball
Fedor
Otto Kucharo
Kuscharo
Greeley Test Ass'n Reports December Averages
The 470 cows, 106 dry, on test in the Greeley association averaged 449 pounds of milk and 18.3 pounds of butterfat in December. Feed cost per cow was $5.69, about 30 cents per pound of butterfat. The Delaware County Home Holstein herd, owned by William S Odell, led with 44.2 pounds from fourteen milking cows and one dry.
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Manchester
Greeley Association
Delaware County
William S. Odell Steward
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets advertised for youthful energy
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe, non griping laxative to cleanse the system of impurities and relieve stomach troubles pimples and headaches. It promises renewed vitality and beauty with prices 15c 30c and 60c.
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Dr. Edwards
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