Dysart Carload Crops Up 29 Percent From 1936
Rock Island station reports 1937 outshipments of farm goods reaching 343 carloads, up from 266 in 1936. Grain dominates with 171 corn, 43 soybeans, 28 oats, 16 barley and rye. most grain moved in October and November. hog shipments fall to zero by truck, unlike 1936. Inshipments total 458 carloads, led by lumber, mill feeds, petroleum products and cement. overall farm supplies rose despite declines in cattle, coal, and automobiles.
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Rock Island
Dysart
Invention Aims to Replace Check Wire on 4 Row Planter
O H Myers of Central City invents a four row corn planter that uses a rotating chain with spade lugs to trip planter shoes and replace the check wire. Roscoe Blinks near Marion will test the device as conditions permit with frost resistant corn planned for spring.
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O. H. Myers
Central City
Marion
Roscoe B. Blinks
Mr. Blinks
Blinks
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Judging Awards Conferred At Block And Bridle Banquet
Special to The Gazette Ames Gold judging awards were to be presented to twenty one Town State college students at the Block and Bridle Club banquet. Recipients include leaders in livestock dairy cattle poultry and meats judging with speakers Samuel R. Guard editor of the Breeders' Gazette Spencer Ind.
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Gazette
AMES
State College
Henry Kling
Kellogg
Harold Hofstrand
Church's Ferry
Wayne Jackson
Hurley
S. D
Safe Hood
Ottumwa
Wayne Simington
Spencer
Lloyd Henryson
Story
C T A Cows In Anamosa Cull Rate Hits Six Percent
In December six per cent of cows in the Anamosa Cow Testing Association were culled raising the association butterfat average to 24.4 pounds from 18.8 in November. The J Edward Muller herd of sixteen grade Holsteins led groups with 1 253 pounds of milk and 47 7 pounds butterfat. The top individual was a grade Holstein in the E Wilcox and Son herd with 82 9 pounds butterfat.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Cow Testing Association
Delbert Mayberry
J. Edward Muller
E. Wilcox and Son
Pittsburg Chemist Claims Inexpensive Straw Based Paper And Cotton
Dr Frederick W Hochstetter a Pittsburg scientist and former Edison and Steinmetz associate says his process yields cheap newsprint at about 30 a ton versus 50 and creates synthetic cotton from waste farm products. He claims straw is hydrated treated and dehydrated to yield a pulp like wood pulp and the non fibrous components hold the key. Farmers could profit by selling waste materials for 2 to 5 per ton.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Edison
Charles P. Steinmetz
Frederick W. Hochstetter
Germany
America
Hochstetter
Delhi F F A Grain Show Planned Jan 25
The fifth annual Future Farmers corn and grain show at Delhi will be held in the high school at Delhi Jan 25. Premiums will be offered by Delhi merchants and others.
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Delhi
Future Farmers
Hog market report from Clarence feeder sale
Clarence Gerhart Werndt feeder near Clarence sold forty five head of 240 pound hogs on Monday in Chicago at eight dollars and twenty-five cents per hundredweight.
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Clarence
Gerhart Werndt
Chicago
Special Sessions Set With Iowa Farm Bureau Meeting
Officials of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation announced a schedule of special group meetings to accompany the state organization's annual session in Des Moines January 19 to 21. Events include sessions for voting directors, organization and insurance departments, 4-H clubs, county agents, and farm bureau officers plus numerous dinners and luncheons.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Shrine Temple
Iowa Farm Bureau Service Company
Kirkwood
Iowa Farm Bureau
Hotel Savery
Insurance Department
Shrine Auditorium
Iowa Livestock Marketing
County Agricultural
M. E. Church
Farm Bureau
Fort Des Moines
Younkers
Methodist Church
West Liberty Shorthorn Champion Of Utah Show
Ogden Utah. W C Anderson and Son of West Liberty showed the grand champion Shorthorn female at the annual Ogden livestock show.
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West Liberty
Utah
Ogden
W. C. Anderson
West Liberty, Jr
Coming Farm Auctions This Week
Auctions scheduled across Cedar Rapids and surrounding area begin Thursday January 13 with Richard Goodall sale on Weing Rd and J Ave. Beverly Cattle Co hosts a livestock sale followed by Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids on Friday January 14. Tuesday January 18 features Leo Wicke closing out 44 miles north of Fairfax. Wednesday January 19 has L C Wieneke auction northeast of Marion.
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Richard Goodall
Weing Rd
J. Ave
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Cattle Company
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Leo Wicke
Fairfax
Traders See Livestock Prices Drop Ending Stall in Markets
Chicago traders report the lowest livestock prices in two years may ease with abundant cheap feed from 1937 crops. Heavy hogs fetch about 1 per hundredweight less than lights, while the corn hog ratio sits near 14, with a 10 ratio deemed profitable for feeding operations.
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Chicago
Iowa Corn Prices Rise 2 Cents in December Half
Iowa State College extension economists report corn price levels rose about 2 cents a bushel from December 15 to January 1. They note northeast Iowa prices did not rise while most other regions showed increases.
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Ames
Iowa State College Extension Service Economicts
Iowa
Contour Tillage Proves Effective In Halting Erosion
A soil conservation study near Denison shows contour tillage cuts erosion on sloping land. In Crawford county two watersheds, nearly identical, lost one inch of topsoil with rotations alone versus 4/ in a protected watershed using contour farming and rotations. Conservation tillage could save six sevenths of annual soil loss.
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Denison
Soil Conservation Service
Cecil A. Saddoris
CCC
Crawford County
Sadderis
Beef storage method extends chilled shelf life to 70 days
Mixing air with carbon dioxide allows beef to be stored in a chilled state for 60 to 70 days, extending freshness and food safety.
One of Those Days on an Iowa Farm
A country woman notes a harsh Iowa winter day with subzero temps and biting winds. Equipment breaks and chores mount as a frozen pump, broken plunger rod, ill hired man, and a new litter of pigs strain farm work. Coal and fuel needs rise while a mistimed shout hints at an injured pig.
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Iowa
State Veterinary Convention At Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the fiftieth annual Iowa Veterinary Association meeting January 18 to 20. Dr James C. Carey of West Liberty presides. sessions cover horse, cattle, poultry and hog diseases, milk inspection, and pet animal practice with speakers from Iowa and across the nation.
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Des Moines
James C. Carey
West Liberty
Iowa Veterinary Association
Iowa
Frank M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
C. L. Crider
Elkader
Walter Wisnicky
Wisconsin
Ashe Lockhart
Kansas City
Bang
E. B. Dibbell
Baltimore, Md
F. F.parker
Dwight A. Smith
Ames
I. A. Merchant
Unity of Industry urged at Purdue conference
Carl B. Fritsche of Dearborn told the Purdue agricultural conference that idle men and acres can be solved by uniting agriculture, industry, and science. He said America's agricultural plant, valued at 55 billion dollars, could supply food and industrial raw materials, urging new farm based industries to absorb surplus and boost factory payrolls.
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Lafayette
Ind
Carl B. Fritsche
Dearborn
Mich
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Purdue Agricultural Conference
United States
Fritsche
Feeding cows on dairy farms discussed at West Liberty meeting
West Liberty roundtable on feeding dairy cows set for Thursday at the farmers night school. Vocational agriculture instructor Fredric Maltas leads the session with former students C Earl Smith Lee Herrold Ernest Gertz and Ivan Gates among the participants.
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West Liberty
West Liberty Farmers
Fredric Maltas
C. Earl Smith
Lee Herrold
Ernest Gertz
Ivan Gates
Corn and livestock fetch values at Delhi area auction
Charley Drasler closing out sale near Delhi drew 500 attendees as corn sold for 49.13 dollars per bushel and oats at 33 cents. A horse brought 126 dollars, a top cow 77, a grain binder 81, and a tractor 561 dollars.
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Delhi
Charley Drasler
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Myers
C.T.A
L. C. Wieneke Auction
MR. Blitz
Blitz
the Hoople Detective Agency
Hace
William
BIG Shoe Store
Second Avenue SE
MR. Farmer
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