Ownership Reframed as Trust Says Soil Chief Bennett
Washington Special The head of the Soil Conservation Service Bennett told Secretary Wallace that land ownership should be treated as a trust to conserve. He cited expanding erosion control to 8.5 million private acres with over 30,000 cooperative agreements and 140 million plants provided for demonstration projects. He highlighted laws, vegetation use, strip-cropping, terraces, and research across regions including North Appalachian and Texas blackland areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
H. H
Soil Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A .Wallace
Bennett
Ecc
Weather Bureau
North Appalachian
Coshocton
Blackland
Waco
Texas
Farmers Creamery reports 1937 gains and higher butter prices
West Union Farmers Creamery balance sheet shows 1937 gains over 1936 and 1935. Butterfat averaged 38.84 cents per pound gross with total butterfat at 395,059 pounds and butter output at 473,961 pounds. Total income and expenses are itemized, with undistributed balance and officers listed for 1987 terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
O. E. Reeder
West Union Farmers’ Creamery Company
Floyd Netzger
Maurice Olesen
Carl Fels
H. L. Pape
F. J Grafenberg
Clarence Hoag
R. F. Whitcher
Henry George
A. C. Palmer
H. A. Stolle
Central City Creamery Meeting Slated for January 26
Annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Creamery company will be held at the American Legion hall in Central City on January 26. Ernest M Wright of Waterloo, field secretary for the Iowa Dairy association, will speak and present movies on dairy production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Farmers' Mutual Creamery Company
American Legion Hall
Ernest M Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Iowa Beef Surplus Would Supply Chicago Residents
A surplus of beef produced in Iowa each year could provide every man woman and child in Chicago with enough beef for two years according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chicago
Foreign poultry arrives in New York amid price shifts
Report by Colonel L Brown from New York describes large imports of frozen poultry from London including 2316 cases of chickens and 300 of turkeys. The market shows tight supplies, rising prices, and evolving retail and wholesale dynamics influenced by mild weather and peddler activity. Butter and cheese markets ease as milk production increases and cream flows back to creameries.
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New York City
New York
London
New York City Board of Health
New Zealand
Bond
New York State
South Prairie Institute Sets Events Near West Liberty
Plans were announced for the annual South Prairie Institute three miles southwest of West Liberty on January 12 and 13. Buckman named as president. grain judged by Harry Nauman, fruits and vegetables by Harry Schooley, and women's goods by Mrs. Harold Keele. Officers to be elected Thursday noon. Muscatine county Farm Bureau chorus to perform and Dr. L R Patment will speak on the golden rule of economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
South Prairie Institute
Ray Buckman
Harry Nauman
Harry Schooley
Harold Keele
Muscatine County Farm Bureau
L. R. Patment
World Traveler
Farm Dreamer Jimmy Wallace Tries Rat Trade in Marion
Seven year old Jimmy Wallace of Marion laments failed sale of surplus white rats in the town business district. He aims to expand his menagerie with a parrot and a monkey though demand is nil amid sluggish import trade. The piece notes Des Moines debate over an international trade pact committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Wallace
Marion
Jimmy
International Trade Pact Committee
Des Moines
Soybean Growers Receive 84 Cents Per Bushel On Dec 30
Prices to growers of soybeans rose an average two cents from Nov 30 to Dec 30 with thresher run beans averaging 84 cents per bushel. Movement slowed in December though about 65 percent of the crop had been sold by Dec 30. The crop reporting board estimated 1937 U S production at 40 997 million bushels, up from 29 983 million in 1936 and 12 491 million as the 5 year average. Iowa production for 1937 was put at 4 236 000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Crop Reporting Board
United States
Iowa
Committees Named For Veterinary Association 1938 Setup
O E York of Monticello and Oliver T Douglass of Davenport named to lead the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association policy and advisory committees for 1938. John J Strand berg of Belle Plaine announced the new committee personnel at an executive board session. Officers for 1938 were installed. A summer practitioners clinic was funded and a 1937 livestock disease control effort was praised and expanded. The advisory panel plans a disease outbreak tabulation for 1938 with funds approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. York
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Oliver T. Douglass
Davenport
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
John J. Strandberg
Belle Plaine
Winners Determined In West Union Corn Show
West Union held a corn show during a Farm Bureau meeting where Union township winners included Harry Olesen and G D Grimes with Gold King. Clarence Hoag won early yellow dent. Blanche M Beall and Dave Brause placed in popcorn. Dover township winners were W A Dover for Yellow Murdock. Walter Dullard took Golden King and first hybrid and white varieties. Eugene Lauer won popcorn. First place winners will keep their corn for the Fayette county fair booths next August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Farm Bureau of Union
Dover Townships
Union Township
Harry Olesen
G. D. Grimes
Clarence Hoag
Blanche M. Beall
Dave Brause
Dover Township
W. A. Dover
Walter Dullard
Eugene Lauer
Fayette County
United States Exports 715000 Bushels of Corn Last Week
The federal bureau of agricultural economics reports US corn exports last week reached 715000 bushels, lifting total exports since Oct 1 to just over 4500000 bushels. Export bids closed at 71 to 7144 cents per bushel for No 2 yellow gulf delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Gulf
AAA
Washington
Iowa Corn Sealing Loans Estimated At 10 to 15 Million
Iowa sealing program estimates place money to be loaned between 10 and 15 million dollars. About 14 million bushels are under seal in cribs averaging roughly 1 000 bushels each. Webster Pocahontas and Calhoun counties exceed 500 000 bushels sealed. Buena Vista Fremont Monona and Story counties range 400 000 to 500 000. No prospect of a program matching 1933 34 scale where 50 cents a bushel loans were made on nearly 130 000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Webster
Pocahontas
Calhoun
Buena Vista
Fremont
Monona
Story
Iowans At Chicago Hearing On Rail Freight Raise
Iowans will testify at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing this week on a proposed 15 percent railroad freight rate boost. AMES official T W Schultz leads a list including Oscar Helmne Marcus of Farmers Grain Dealers Iowa J C Williamson Chariton secretary Iowa Cooperative Livestock Marketing J Francis Johnson Terrill Iowa Farm Bureau Ron Kennedy Des Moines Western Grain and Feed Dealers Mark Morris Ames Iowa highway commission statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
T. W. Schultz
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oscar Helmne
Marcus
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Joe Anderson
Thompson
National Association of Local Creameries
J. C. Williamson
Chariton
Iowa Cooperative Livestock Marketing Association
Francis Johnson
Terrill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ron Kennedy
Des Moines
Western Grain and Feed Dealers’ Association
Mark Morris
Iowa Highway Commission
Kline to Appear Before ICC on Freight Charge Rise
Allan B. Kline, farmer northeast of Vinton and vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, was set to appear Tuesday in Chicago before the Interstate Commerce Commission representing agriculture in a hearing on a proposed 15 percent railroad freight increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Allan B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Agriculture
4-H Leaders Meet in Cedar Rapids Training School
Fifty-one Linn county 4-H club officers from fourteen girls clubs attended a leader training school at the Y M C A in Cedar Rapids. Miss Lucille Gove supervised the session. County officers were chosen to represent clubs in county events and training, each assigned four clubs for their district. Officers include Charlotte Lillie president Esther Booth vice president Ula Mae Wilson secretary and Edith Hagerman historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Lucille Gove
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Lillie
Central City
Esther Booth
Ula Mae Wilson
Edith Hagerman
Marion
Planning Groups At Maquoketa Discuss District Soils Bill
About twenty farmers from Jones Jackson Clinton and Dubuque counties attended a Maquoketa district meeting of county planning committees led by Horace Cheney and Herbert Folken. Topics included forming local soil conservation districts, farm tenancy law improvements, and expanding soil conservation practices. Attendees included county agents F E Krause Carl Smith Frank R Kerrigan M D Lacy and others from multiple towns. discussion noted owner operators may be tenants due to high mortgage equity.
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Maquoketa
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Dubuque
Horace Cheney
Ames Extension Agronomist
Herbert G. Folken
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
N. G. Kraschel
State Planning Committee
Iowa
F. E. Krause
Carl Smith
Frank R Kerrigan
M. D. Lacy
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Roy Stivers
Olin
George Fishwild
Wyoming
Frank Kuhlhorg
Oxford Junction
eEd Ruggeberg
Lost Nation
Marvin Jargo
Andover
F. L. Kruse
Goose Lake
L. W. Teeple
H H. Merrick
Ben Downey
Charles van Gorder
Ed Schumann
J. F. Kunan
Jackson County
John A. Heinz
Joseph Byrne
Peosia
Soil Conservation Service CCC
Iowa planning committee meets in Cedar Rapids on land use plan
Linn Delaware and Buchanan county planners met Monday in Cedar Rapids with Ames agronomist A J Englehorn to discuss a land use program to be incorporated into national farm legislation. The session was one of several similar Iowa meetings this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Delaware
Johnson
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
A. J. Englehorn
Ames Agronomist
Iowa
Rowley Creamery Pays 44 Cents For Top Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery patrons received 44 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat delivered in December. No 2 sold for 43 cents and No 3 for 42 cents per pound, according to secretary Joe McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Stanwood farmer buys 80 acres near Stanwood for 10000
Carl Wigger of Stanwood buys from Mrs. Millie Mackey of Glidden an eighty acre farm adjoining his own for 10000 dollars. The farm known as the Dick Mason property lies six miles northwest of Stanwood and is described as well improved at 125 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Stanwood
Carl Wigger
Festtace
Millie Mackey
Glidden
Wigger
Dick Mason
Delhi 4 Her Boys Club Elects Officers for 1938
Thirty three members attended the Delhi 4 H boys club organization meeting for the 1938 program. Bill Oehler was elected president with Bill Harder as vice president Louis Guetzke secretary and treasurer and Jimmie Cramer reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manzette
Delhi
Walter Appleby
Charles Wendt
Ray Lanning
Edward Molin
Bill Oehler
Bill Harder
Louis Guetzke
Jimmie Cramer
Bernard Funk
Russell Schnittjer
Dale Wendt
Harlan Appleby
Gilman Jackson
Paul E. Pettlon
Bobby Grapes
Howard Meister
Harvey Little
Raymond Pettlon
Norbert Haas
Lloyd Reth
Harold Pettlon
Lester Brutsman
Erland Carlson
Louis Guetzko
Earl Reth
Cletus Hargraphen
Edward Hardick
Market Lamb
Lloyd Hugh
Dean Smith
Donnie Smith
John Michels
Harry Swinburne
L. J. Williamson
Kenneth Keith
Paul Pettlon
Kinross Shipments Highlight 1937 Grain and Livestock
Kinross station shipped 277 carloads in 1937 including 153 cars of new corn 40 cars of soybeans 40 cars of new oats and other grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinross
Oelwein Creamery Reports 1937 Butterfat Average 39.4 Cents
Oelwein Farmers Cooperative creamery reported 1937 butterfat averaged 39.4 cents per pound and over 1.6 million pounds churned at 2.23 cents cost. Total butter output 1,537,037 pounds from 235,492 pounds butterfat delivered. receipts 513,608.54 with patron payout 494,486.86 and expenses 36,357.36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers Cooperative Creamery
F. W Schroeder
Veal calves lead Washington auction at $22 top
In Washington community sale last week eighteen veal calves were nearly all sold to Muscatine packing, with 16 grade boars at $28 top, a Holstein cow at $70, heavy butcher cows up to $60, and feeds at 12 cents per pound. The sale total reached 191 animals, grossing about $2,200.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Packing Company of Muscatine
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Billings Gate
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Williams
Kline
Nature
Richard Goodall Sale
Weing Rd
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L. C. Wieneke Auction
Druggista Everywhere
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U.S
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MR. Farmer
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