Insect investigations cited in U S agriculture spending
Ray Raymond Clapper reports on overlapping insect investigations within the Department of Agriculture. The piece catalogs major expenditures across the entomology bureau, the bureau of plant industry, and quarantine, highlighting duplication and high costs in programs like fruit and shade tree insects, cotton pests, cereal and forage insects, and various controls from rust to boll worm and Mediterranean fruit fly.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Calves Bought for 5.15 at Mechanicsville Sale
Clayton Kline of Mechanicsville tells The Gazette he paid 5.15 dollars for feeder calves at a recent sale, correcting a prior report that listed 5.50 dollars.
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Clayton Kline
Mechanicsville
Gazette
December hog and cattle slaughter totals show year decline
December hog slaughter fell 14 percent to 4 583 577 under federal inspection while the year total reached 45 244 951, up about 500 000 from 1931. December cattle slaughter totaled 567 026 plus 326 783 calves with declines of 17 and 16 percent for the year 1932 totals down 6 percent in cattle and 5 percent in calves. Lambs in December were 1 264 292, down 20 percent from December 1931 though annual lamb slaughter was near 1931 totals. Slaughter rose early year then fell as western lamb supplies shrank and feeding conditions improved.
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Des Moines
United States
December Butter Make At No English Co op Creamery
North English high point for December at the English Valley Co operative creamery with 43 936 pounds of butterfat compares to 29 025 a year earlier an increase of 51 percent. Top producers include Paul Peiffer Keota 5692 pounds Harry Morse North English 459.2 pounds Ollie Rowe South English 444.1 pounds and others from North English Deep River Keswick Webster and South English.
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North English
English Valley Co-operative Creamery
Paul Peiffer
Keota
Harry Morse
Ollie Rowe
South English
W. D. Sparrow
Keswick
L. E. Jordan
J. L. Gregory
F. L. Wallace
Henry Norling
L. R. Herrick
Webster
Orval Fry
Annual Meetings Set Across Iowa and Nearby Towns
Calendar lists numerous dairy and shipping association meetings from January through February in Fayette Iowa City Monmouth Brooklyn North Enellah Clarence Anamoas Center June Amber Wil Mamabure Hopkinton Rowley Monticello Cosson and Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy with dates including January 14 25 28 31 and February 3 4 6 14.
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Shipping Association
Fayette
Iowa City
Dairy Marketing Ass‘n
Monmouth
Farmers’ Creamery
Brooklyn
North Enellah
Farmers Creamery
Clarence
Anamoas
Center
Amber
York Farmers’ Creamery
Wil- Mamabure
Hopkinton
Rowley
Monticello
Cosson
Cedar Rapids
Big Timber Near Center Point Being Cleared Out
SPENCER'S GROVE The final stretch of big timber between here and Center Point is being cleared under Urbana supervisor Charles Cross. Mrs Florence Matchelor of Center Point sells red oak and elm to let younger trees grow. Two hundred young trees per acre remain, some as large as red elm sawing 1,600 feet of lumber. Many have four cords of wood selling at four dollars per cord delivered.
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Spencer's Grove
Here
Center Point
Florence Matchelor
Urbana
Charles Cross
Linn 4-H Girls Plan Home Furnishings Project
Thirteen leaders ten assistant leaders five older club girls and two county committee members from fourteen Linn county clubs met at Marion for the first training on the home furnishings project. Miss Florence Forbes of the Ames extension service led the school focusing on floor plans color schemes wall finishes and using existing possessions to avoid new costs.
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Linn County
Marion
Florence Forbes
Ames Extension Service
Butter holdings reach lowest January level on record
Clyde Bechtelheimer of the Iowa Creameries association says January butter holdings are the lowest on record with less than 20 million pounds carried over. Mild weather keeps production at or above demand while creameries report November butter fat prices averaging 25.47 cents, down from October and 1931 levels. Oelwein and Monticello are among top butterfat handlers in November.
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Waterloo
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Iowa Creameries Association
Bechtelheimer
National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Oelwein
Monticello
Hog Market Trend This Week Shows Encouragement
DES MOINES reports that hog prices rose 15 to 25 cents late week to the highest since December as light receipts at direct buying stations and packers spurred bidding. Demand improved for fresh pork and eastern quotations rose 50 cents to $1, with heavy loins up. price ranges varied by weight from 180 to 350 pounds.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Hog prices lead market day at Chicago from Manchester farmer
Frank Dudley of Delaware county drove 194 pound hogs to Chicago where they brought 3.30 a hundredweight, the day's top price. He also sold two loads of 1350 pound cattle at 6.10, the top price for heavy cattle, from Blackfoot country in Wyoming after being fed since September 20.
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Manchester
Frank Dudley
Delaware County
Chicago
Blackfoot
Wyoming
Drifted fence and crowd at state house event
A disjointed report notes a seven wire drift and a tense scene at the state capitol during a late Thursday midnight procession. Governor Herring and dignitaries greeted thousands while organizers, including John Hammill, appeared unfazed by the formal line of attendees.
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State House
Farm Bureau Reduces Budget as Supervisors Cut Wages
The Black Hawk county Farm Bureau will reduce its regular fund from 5000 to 4000 dollars. The Board of Supervisors cuts wage scales for road workers from thirty five to twenty cents per hour while keeping their own daily pay at four fifty, reversing prior reductions for 1932.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
Farm Bureau
Board of Supervisors
Meyers Buy 5000 Bushels Corn at 14 Cents From Collins
Mechanicsville report states Robert Meyers and his son Lovell bought 5000 bushels of corn at 14 cents delivered from Collins Farms. Most corn to be hauled from Collins farm near Clarence. Meyers feed 108 head of cattle and over 100 hogs at Havner place.
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Mechanicsville
Robert Meyers
Lovell
Havner Place
Ferguson Farm
Collins Farms Company
Collins
Clarence
Meyers
Herman Faulkers Named President of Amber Shippers
Herman Faulkers was chosen president of the Amber Cooperative Shipping Association at the annual directors meeting. Philip Bailey was re employed as manager for the fourteenth consecutive year. Directors include George Rickles George Schoon Henry Freese Grover Preston and Henry Holmes.
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AMBER
Herman Faulkers
Amber Cooperative Shipping Association
Philip Bailey
George Rickles
George Schoon
Henry Freese
Grover Preston
Henry Holmes
Shorthorn Herd Sire Brings $104 At Keswick Farm Sale
A purebred Shorthorn bull sold for 104 dollars at John Crouse’s Keswick farm sale six miles north of Keswick. Cows sold up to 38 dollars and yearlings 28 to 30 dollars. Pigs, horses, grain, hay, and other farm items shown strong bidding with large attendance of over 500 people.
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Keswick
John Crouse
Columbus Junction
A. M. Gordon
Ainsworth
Paul Kiotz
Kennedy to Join Met Life as Farm Supervisor
Carl W. Kennedy former assistant secretary of agriculture for eight years will join Metropolitan Life Insurance Company staff as farm supervisor based in southwestern Iowa with headquarters there.
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Des Moines
Carl W. Kennedy
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Farm Auction Schedule Early Week Listings
Consignment sale at West Liberty Monday January 16 followed by a closing out sale of L. W. Burfi at 7 miles north of Cedar Rapids and a horse sale at Marengo fair grounds. Wednesday January 18 features a farm sale of Patten and Patten, 414 miles east of Marion.
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West Liberty
L. W. Burfi
Cedar Rap Ss
Patten
Marion
Malvern Man Named President Of Iowa Veterinary Assn
Dr. Tom Gidley of Malvern was elected president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical association at the close of its 45th annual meeting in Des Moines. Officers include D. D. Tobias Sioux City first vice president W. S. Asquith What Cheer second vice president C. J. Scott Knoxville secretary treasurer and F. F. Parker Des Moines on the executive board.
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Spectal
Des Moines
Tom Gidley
Malvern
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
D. D. Tobias
Sioux City
W. S. Asquith
What Cheer
C. J. Scott Knoxville
F. F. Parker
F. M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
J. F. Cotter
Tabor
Robert Graham
Division of Veterinary Pathology
University of Illinois
Phillip Radford
Slayton
Minn
Radford
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
J.C. Carey
West Liberty
Frank M. Wilson
Fred Crow
Iowa City
P. V. Neuzil
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
California
Ohio
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Department of Agriculture
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Wroe Tree
Lister
Polehna Bros
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Dial
Titilebros
16Th Ave
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Folda’s
Cash and Carry Grocery
Pipal’s
Texas
Monarch
A. Pipal & CO
16Th Ave. W
Swift
Veal
Wilson
Neip & Bowe Markets
First Ave. E
Oleo
Loin Ends
Plue
Frank Zelezny
Mt. Vernon
Ibs
E. Tel
F. A
Daisy
John Hammill
Amber Shippers
Marengo, Ia
Orlo Stoner
Iowa County Law
Harry Hartz and
C. B. Slaymaker
Tipton
Cedar County
Kennedy
Marengo Fairgrounds
Iowa Veterinary Ass'n
Florida
Florida Orange
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