Linn County Farms Sell At 225 And 150 An Acre Cash
A 65 acre Linn County farm known as the Hruska place near Fairfax sold for 14625 cash equating to 225 per acre. Buyer Louis Melsa, tenant on nearby Nesetril land, takes title March 1. Lenicek also bought the Lefebure estate 127 acres at 150 per acre, adjoining Fairfax.
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Linn County
Eeeney
Hruska
Joe Lenicek
Fairfax
Louis Melsa
Anna Nesetril
Linn-Johnson County
Lenicek
Melsa
Leander Lefebure
Jis Rock
Lefebure
Hruska Place
Tne
Fence Drift Captures Moonlit Dawn in Woven Wire
A fragmented verse recalls a drift caught in a fence at dawn. The scene features a moonlit morning, frosty naked tree tops, and a vivid image of a creature amid a shredded cocoanut-like setting.
Linn County Corn Loans Update
Linn county corn loans recorded by Friday noon totalled 203,964 dollars on 453,320 bushels. Since Thursday noon nineteen corn loans totaling 8919 dollars were recorded on 19,620 bushels.
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Linn County
Moon
Hartwick Shippers Net $56 223 39 For 97 Cars Livestock
Hartwick shipping figures for 1933 show 97 carloads of livestock bringing a total of 56 223 39. Hogs accounted for 85 carloads and cattle for 12, with net proceeds and expenses listed plus shrinks. Godfrey Weit re elected president and Fred McCulloch secretary.
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Hartwick Shippers
Hartwick
Hartwick Shipping Association
Godfrey Weit
Association
Fred McCulloch
C W Sherwood
F. G
Riverside Breeders Sell Steers at Chicago Market
Knotek Brothers breeders in Washington County south of Riverside sold a carload of 1.417 pound steers Wednesday in Chicago for 5.50 a hundredweight.
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Boetias
Riverside
Knotek Brothers
Washington County
Chicago
Crib Run Corn Show Sees Morris Top Entries at Whittier
D M Morris, a farmer near Whittier, won the crib run corn show at Linn County Farmers Institute with a 223.18 score from 60.75 pounds shelled as 86.78 percent, test weight 53.1 pounds and moisture 16.7 percent. Second went to C C Post, third Earl Bailey, and others followed. speeches highlighted institute program and state figures.
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Whittier
D. M Morris
Linn County Farmers’ Institute
Institute
G A Dabinett
Cedar Rapids
Morris
C Post
Earl Bailey
George Joyce
Henry Hood
Herbert Pollock
Dale Napier
Andy Lassen
Arthur Pearson
Veterinarians Hear Army Officer Report Horse Feeding Tests
Colonel J. D. Derrick, Fort Des Moines Army veterinarian, spoke at the Linn County Veterinary Association dinner in Cedar Rapids. He described feeding trials in the Philippines showing alfalfa hay from the United States corrected mineral deficiencies in cavalry horses and noted some native diets caused deficiency diseases without balanced rations.
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United States
Philippines
J. D. Derrick
Fort Des Moines
United States Army
Linn County Veterinary Association
Cedar Rapids
Derrick
Black Mawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Jones Scott
Cedar
Benton
Johnson Counties
Linn Burt Neal
Mount Vernon
I Linn Jones
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Benefits Women Say
Readers share testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's remedies for postnatal weakness pregnancy pains and overall well being. Women from Altoona Goodwater Alabama and Terre Haute report improved strength relief from headaches and nerves after use of the Vegetable Compound and Tablets.
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Marion Stevens
Goodwater
Alabama
Lydia E. Pankham
Pinkham
William McDonald
Jenne Stoynhotich
North 16Th St
Terre Haute
Ind
Lydia F. Pinkham
Iowa corn hog payments seen at seventy five million
Des Moines reports Secretary Murray estimates total corn hog reduction payments will hit 75 million dollars in Iowa. About 28 million already paid, with corn loans projected near 60 million. Roughly 215000 farms in Iowa receive average 628 dollars each. 23 percent of federal farm revenue supports incomes.
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Murray
DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Ray Murray
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Eastern Iowa Veterinary group sets June clinic date
Cedar and Johnson counties discussed the corn and hog program. William Vincent, herdsman at the Anamosa reformatory dairy, led dairy topics. The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association executive committee met in Cedar Rapids and voted to hold the fourth annual clinic on June 14 in Mechanicsville.
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Cedar
Johnson
William Vincent
Anamosa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Cedar Rapids
Mechanicsville
Lisbon Creamery Averages 21.2 Cents For 1933 Butterfat
Lisbon farmers creamery paid an average 21.2 cents per pound for butterfat in 1933. Gale Frink, manager, reported 386,696 pounds of butter produced, with 331,119 shipped to New York and total cream revenue of $65,587, up $5,452 from 1932. Directors elected were Howard Reiger Milo Lehr and Sailor Phelps.
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Lisbon
Gale Frink
Frink
New York
Howard Reiger
Milo le
Home Butchering Week Aims to Boost Profits in January
Ames Iowa launches its third annual Home Butchering Week from Monday to Saturday led by C W McDonald Amesmeat Specialist. The campaign urges butchering before February with emphasis on cold weather curing to prevent spoilage and maximize profit amid low livestock prices.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
C. W. McDonald
Amesmeat
McDonald
Strawberry Point Farm Loan Association Elects Directors
Stockholders of the Strawberry Point National Farm Loan association met Wednesday and elected Directors J H G Schofield Ed Lundt Charles Gottschalk J J Kuehl and Henry Whitford. Officers include President J G Schofield Vice-president Henry Whitford Secretary Charles Meder Acting Secretary J F Riley. Capital stock doubled from 10000 to 20000.
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Eleader
Strawberry Point National Farm Loan Association
J H G Schofield
Ed. Lundt
Charles Gottschalk
J J. Kuehl
Henry Whitford
J . G. Schofield
Strawberry Point
Volga City
Charles Meder
Elkader
J F. Riley
Keokuk Farm Union Re-Elects Smith President
Warren M Smith of Gibson was re-elected president of the Keokuk county Farmers Union at the regular monthly meeting in Sigourney. Officers named include Dave Vollmer as vice president Oscar H Pfanebecker secretary treasurer Grandville McCay WF Snakenberg Orville Mitts John Williams and Ed Drew as directors. Dave Van Fleet was elected county buyer.
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Sigourney
Warren M Smith
Gibson
Keokuk County Farmers Union
Dave Vollmer
Oscar H. Pfanebecker
Grandville McCay
WF Snakenberg Orville Mitts
John Williams
Ed Drew
Dave van Fleet
Steers Sell At Four Forty A Hundred Weight
Williamsburg Clark Heitman Iowa county feeder sold a load of 1485 pound steers in Chicago at 4.40 per cwt. This livestock sale item notes steady demand and pricing for weight class cattle.
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the Gazette
Williamsburg — Clark
Auction Sets 94 Horses at West Liberty Show and Sale
Ninety four horses sold for ten thousand dollars at a West Liberty auction connected to a horse show. Top price was 215 dollars for a mare consigned by Joe Ernst of Urbana and purchased by Fred Elders of Nichols. Work horses ranged 65 to 95 dollars per head. Attendance reached six thousand. Show placings awarded to S. G Schafer Center Point for farm mares and multiple other entries including J R Williams Crawfordsville and M A Hemingway West Liberty.
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West Liberty
Joe Ernst
Urbana
Fred Elders
Nichols
S. G Schafer
Center Point
J. R. Williams
Crawfordsville
S.G Schafer
William Kelley
Wapello
Larson Brothers
West Branch
M. A. Hemingway
Lawrence Hall
Lone Tree
Lewis Yoder
Kalona
S. G. Schafer
Wallace Urges Retirement of Unproductive Land
Washington and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace call for retiring unproductive farm lands as part of reducing surpluses and guiding conservation. He cites past expansion, warns against waste, and favors converting emergency programs into a permanent plan to fit land use needs, noting a $25 million PWA allotment for submarginal land retirement.
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Washington
Wallace
Fat cattle shipped to Chicago by Dysart pair
Three carloads totaling sixty one head of 1 200 pound choice fat cattle were shipped to Chicago Sunday. John Alcorn and James Montgomery of Dysart accompanied the cattle, Alcorn driving twenty head and Montgomery forty one head.
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Dysart
Chicago
John Alcorn
James Montgomery
Alcorn
Montgomery
Hereford Cows Bring $0 to $90 at Mechanicsville Sale
The Tom Brown estate Hereford herd attracted bidders from a wide area. Prices included a 3 year old bull at 136, six cows 50 to 90 per head, a 1,250 pound grey mare at 130, an 8 year old mare at 110, two weanling colts at 47 each, a late full colt at 37, and 20 spotted Poland sows 9.50 to 11.00 per head. Pigs, hay, corn, soybeans, and machinery also sold well.
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Mechanicsville
Tom Brown
John Boling
Wilbur Colby
Live stock sale at La Porte City auction
Horses brought from 106 to 115 a head at the H. H. Wieneke sale six miles east of La Porte City Tuesday. Cows sold for 18.50 to 33. Coming two year old heifers sold for 17 to 93. A two unit milking machine sold for 36 and a cream separator 26.50. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne was auctioneer.
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Gazette
LA Porte City
H. H. Wieneke
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Center Point sale rings up varied bids for livestock and implements
Horses sold for 23 to 91 dollars at the Norman Kennedy sale held six miles northeast of Center Point on Wednesday. Cows brought 18 to 46, late summer calves 15, a bull 41.50, binder 36, corn planter 46, harrows 23 and 11.50, feeder 11, pigs 3.15, corn 35 cents, oats 27 cents, hay 4 a ton. Tony Schmitz acted as auctioneer.
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The
Gazette
Center Point
Norman Kennedy
Tony Schmitz
Dealers Commend Recovery Plan Endorse NRA Support
Resolutions commending the federal government recovery plans and a program of trade compliance to the NRA were passed in the final session of the Town Implement Dealers convention. The Iowa machinery men closed their meeting with year records and officers elected for 1934. J. J. Deering of Boone was named president, J. M. Duffy of Vail vice president, Charles Chase of Ames secretary treasurer. New directors include B. S. Tande of Kanawha and Rex McCreary of Perry, with C. R. Peters joining the central NRA code committee. Mrs. L. Hilleman of State Center was named president of the women’s auxiliary.
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DES Moines
NRA
Town Implement Dealers Association
Iowa Machinery Men
J. J. Deering
Boone
J. M. Duffy
Vail
Charles Chase
Ames
Tande
Kanawha
Rex McCreary
Perry
Central
NRA Code Committee
C. R. Peters
L. ©. Hilleman
State Center
Women’s Auxiliary
Buchanan County Fair Officers Elected
Independence directors of the Buchanan county fair met on January 9 and elected George Klotzbach as president C E Miller as vice president A R Hoffman of Central City as secretary and John Rowland as treasurer.
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Independence
Buchanan County
George Klotzbach
C. E. Miller
A. R. Hoffman
Central City
John Rowland
First Contracts Signed in Benton County for Corn Hog Program
The first corn hog contracts in Benton County were signed by John Anders and Herman Selk in the county agent W A Geiger's office. A training school at Vinton drew forty-six township committeemen who will spread contract signups in their townships next week, with district schools planned in Newhall Fairview Big Grove and Vinton.
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Benton
Cerro Gordo
Crawford
Davis
Marion County
Vinton
Benton County
John Anders
Herman Selk
Monroe Township
W. A. Geiger
John Franzenberg
Kane
H. O. Kray
W. C. Kray
Eden
E. R. Mayhew
Lewis Kruckenberg
Cedar
Carleton Hagan
Canton
Geiger
Earl N. Shulta
Dairy Extension Department
Ames
Newhall School
Fremont
Florence
St Clair
Eldorado
Fairview Church
Bruce
Monroe
Jackson
Big Grove
Homertowne
Howard Miller
Vinton High School
Harrison, Polk, Taylor
Louis Flack
Belle Plaine
Leroy
Union
Kane Township
Farmers ‘Savings Bank
Keystone
Maquoketa Agent Reports Wheat Decline in Markets
Maquoketa county agent F. E. Krause reports a broad drop in wheat prices from $1.60 to $14.42 per bushel, a trend affecting local growers awaiting further guidance and support.
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Maquoketa
F. E. Krause
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