Iowa Farmers Plan Mass Hunts To Stop Fox Damage
Head Game Warden E F Schuenke reports Iowa farmers mobilizing to eradicate grey and red foxes after rising populations threaten poultry and game stores. First large-scale hunt held near Granger Polk County with about 100 farmers on a 5000 acre area. The fox season remains open year round with only den digging protected by law.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Reynard
E F. Schuenke
State Fish and Game Commission
Schuenke
Tmber
Commission
Granger
Polk County
Simar
AAA Sponsors Deal To Import Molasses For Livestock Feed
Arrangements near completion to provide about 60 million gallons of blackstrap molasses for livestock feed under a commercial agreement between the AAA and an importer syndicate. Molasses would be sold to producers at a base price above seven cents per gallon. Supplies would come from existing stocks, with the syndicate to be reimbursed later by imported cane molasses from Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and possibly Hawaii.
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Washington, DC
AAA
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Hawa
Icy roads spur smithy business in Troy Mills area
Wintery road conditions have boosted local blacksmiths activity as more horses are shod recently. Reports indicate an unusual rise in horse shoeing during the past week, with travel still hindered by slick streets and unsafe crossings.
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TROY
Delaware Grange Officers Installed in Delaware County
About 100 grange members witnessed the installation of officers for Jones Mill Prairie Center Greida and Pomona granges in Manchester. Officers include Pomona master R L Amsberry overseer Homer Bairhaus lecturer Edna Greener secretary Mrs Earl Campbell Ceres Melva Amsberry and others.
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Oneilda
Jones Mill
Prairie Center
Greida
Pomona
Delaware County
Manchester
R L Amsberry
Homer Bairhaus
Edna Greener
Lawrence Grtenapp
Ainger
Earl Campbell
Ceres
Melva Amsberry
Melva Amsberry, Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs
Lawrence Grenapp
Austin Mead Jones Mill Grange
E. E. Campbell
Austin Mead
Marjorie Rose
C .A. Armstrong
Eldon Campbell
Sarah Lewis
Myrtle Campbell
John Carver
J W Greenley
Alma Smith
Flora
Lester John Carver
Lois Potter
Fort y Milking Shorthorns Perish in Decorah Barn Fire
A Decorah barn fire destroyed forty milking Shorthorn cattle, leaving a heavy loss for the owner. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators began to determine the cause amid the smoky remains.
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Decorah
Benton County Gains Full Time Home Demonstration Agent
Growth of rural women groups and 4-H clubs in Benton led the Farm Bureau to end a joint arrangement with Tama county. Janet Nelson will be Benton’s sole home demonstration agent after Feb 28. Tama will name a successor at Toledo Thursday. Over three years Benton clubs rose from 13 to 16 and girls clubs from 8 to 20.
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Vinton
Benton County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Tama County Farm Bureau
Janet Nelson
Benton
Tama
Toledo
Fayette Test Ass'n Averages 22.9 Lbs December Butterfat
In December the Fayette Cow Test Association No 4 recorded 301 cows, 63 dry, averaging 229 pounds butterfat and 586 pounds milk. Max Grafenberg led with eight Holsteins averaging 39.4 pounds butterfat and 1,177 pounds milk. Deering and Son supplied top cows with 704 pounds butterfat and 1,804 pounds milk, and 70 pounds butterfat with 1,841 pounds milk. Average feed cost per pound of butterfat was 24 cents, ranging from 15 to 33 cents across herds.
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Sprinal
Gazette West Union
Fayette
Hatcherymen Meet in Belle Plaine This Thursday
Hugh F Gordon of Marion district chairman announces that hatcherymen from the sixth Towa hatchers district will gather at Belle Plaine Thursday. Attendees include hatcherymen from Benton Tawa Johns, Tawa Poweshik and Toma counties. The meeting will feature sales talks and discussions on hatchery industry problems.
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Hugh F Gordon
Marion Distrit
Towa
Columbus Jet Cannery's Pack Is Third Of Normal
Fragmentary OCR text discusses tomato canning and pack levels, noting reduced output and references to growers, periods, and local figures. The passage is garbled but centers on cannery packing being a fraction of typical yields and mentions farmers and years.
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Columbus
Cannery
Land Bank Loans in Jackson County Average $27 per Acre
Maquoketa reports 1934 figures for Jackson County farmers through the Jackson County National Farm Loan association. Loans on 177 farms covering 32,983 acres totaled 888,700 dollars, averaging 27 dollars per acre. Average loan size was 5,020 dollars on 186 acres per farm.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Jackson County National Farm Loan Association
M W . Joiner
August Levsen
Henry Luett
Arp. Beck
Near Maquoketa
Harry Gilmore
Monmouth
Hugo Ericksen
Miles
Mr. Joiner
Powwow on Weed Control Planned at Ames
About 200 men from all Iowa weed control agencies are expected at a state weed and seed conference in Ames January 25. The event is called by the college extension service and the state department of agriculture with participants including county supervisors township weed commissioners the state highway commission county engineers and several farm and loan groups along with railroads and Smith-Hughes instructors.
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Ames
Iowa
College Extension Service
State Department of Agriculture
State Highway Commission
Federal Land Bank
Iowa Seed Dealers Association
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers’ Union
The
State Grange
Smith-Hughes
First Buying Of Cattle To Be At Ottumwa Saturday
The federal drought relief plan to remove 6000 head of cattle from southern Iowa will begin with an Ottumwa sale announced by Henry Fichling, assistant state drought relief director. He said it is unlikely the government can remove more than a small portion by the January deadline, with about one third of the target to be turned over at Ottumwa.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
Ottumwa
Henry Fichling
Tentat
Mendis
Aiba
Fichling
Wallace
United States
Maquoketa Corn Poultry Show Planned Jan 17 18
Maquoketa WAQUOKETA officials announce the annual Jackson County corn and poultry show set for January 17 and 18. Secretary A G Hallett says prizes and lists have been arranged for exhibitors.
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Maquoketa
Waquoketa
Jaxson County Corn and Poultry
Wallace outlines alternatives if processing taxes are dropped
Washington AP Wallace says the present AAA processing taxes and payments are an emergency measure and explores substitutes. He lists seven methods from compulsory production control to foreign loans and quota systems, plus the possibility of a general sales tax or higher income taxes if taxes are eliminated.
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Wallace
Washington
Capitol
United States
Mount Vernon Area Farm Sells for 6400
Mount Vernon S Ellison purchased an unimproved 80 acre farm two miles north of Mount Vernon from Charles Laycock for 80 dollars an acre. The tract with tillable soil sits on a rock surfaced highway. Local landowners call the price a bargain.
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The
Gazette
Mount Vernon
J Ellison
Charles Laycock
Ellison
Elgin Creamery Pays 34 Cents For Butterfat
Farmers Dairy patrons in Elgin received 34 cents a pound for first half of December butterfat. The payment update notes the higher rate reflects market prices for dairy commodities during the period.
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Elgin Creamery
ELGIN
Farmers’ Dairy Company
Bennett Co operative Livestock Shippers Plan Friday Meeting
Bennett The annual meeting of the Bennett Co operative Livestock Shippers association is set for Friday announced by Jay W. Smith manager. The gathering will review the year's trading and cooperative plans for members.
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Bennett Livestock Co-Op
Bennett
Bennett Co-operative Livestock Shippers’ Association
Jay W. Smith
Cedar Rapids PCA loans total amid first annual meeting
Cedar Rapids Production Credit association reports 34 farmers borrowed 52359 in the last year with an average loan of 1539. Roy Lukanitsch announces 017000 repaid. The group, organized Feb 9 1934, operates in Linn Benton Johnson Tama counties as a subsidiary of Omaha’s Production Credit Corporation.
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Cedar Rapids Production Credit Association
Roy Lukanitseh
Lukanitsch
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson
Tama
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
Intermediate Credit Bank
Omaha Corporation
Henry J Grunewald
van Horne
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
Lukamitsch
Farm Auction Notices January Sales Across Multiple Locations
Public sale by K. W. Brandt six miles northeast of Keystone on Thursday January 16. Dissolution sale for Kimm and Friese at 444 miles southeast Blairstown on Friday January 11. Penn's dairy cattle sale at Mount Vernon on Tuesday January 15. Closing out sale by George H Currie three miles north of Alice.
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K. W. Brandt
Keystone
Kimm and Friese
Blairstown
Town Livestock Exchange
Penn
Mount Vernon
George H Currie
Alice
Executive committee and directors named for Iowa group
The executive committee includes W. J. Break enridge of Dinsdale A. E. Hursh of Marengo and John C. Thomas of Iowa City other directors also listed for the organization with designated towns.
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W. J. Breakenridge
Dinsdale
A. E. Hursh
Marengo
John C. Thomas
Iowa City
Buchanan County Farm Bureau Moves to Larger Quarters
INDEPENDENCE The Buchanan county Farm Bureau has leased larger quarters in the Sooner building on Main street and will move about Feb 1. Increased activities and duties of the Bureau have necessitated the change.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Main Street
Bureau
Johnson County approves Farm Bureau appropriation
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted a 3000 dollar appropriation to the county Farm Bureau after the Bureau filed a membership certificate showing 300 or more bona fide members under Iowa statute.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
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