Direct Marketing Not Harmful To Hog Producers Study Says
A U S Department of Agriculture report concludes direct marketing of hogs has not lowered prices or reduced producer returns. It notes only slight harm to stockyard operators and market agencies in some markets while urging uniform grading standards and expanded federal market news service to improve transparency and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Tive
Nils A Olsen
Secretary of Agriculture
Net
Packer and Stockyards Administration
Federal Market
Iowa
Minnesota
Corn Belt
Bureau
Corn
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Illinois
Towa
Dietitians and dieters bid to meat demonstration
The Cedar Rapids talk by Max O Cullen of Chicago promotes lean meat in weight reduction. The Iowa demonstration is one of nine in the region to boost meat consumption and showcase new cuts.
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Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Max O Cullen
Chicago
National Livestock and Meat Board
Cullen
Iowa
Minnesota
Normal thigh bone bears 12 ton load without breaking
A study or claim states that a healthy human thigh bone can support a load of 12 tons when resisted by the normal thigh bone structure. The assertion highlights high bone strength under compression and suggests remarkable load bearing capacity for the femur.
Meat stocks exceed five year average in January
Cold storage holdings of all meat classes on January 1 exceeded both a year earlier and the five year average. Pork on hand totaled 690,862,000 pounds, lard 118,152,000 pounds, beef 141,186,000 pounds, frozen lamb and mutton 4,526,000 pounds, miscellaneous meats 125,122,000 pounds, and frozen poultry 131,752,000 pounds, with butter at 47,093,000 pounds. December pork frozen or cared totaled 309,813,000 pounds, above the prior year and near the five year December average.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Feeder Cattle Top Maquoketa Sale At $8.20 Hundredweight
About 700 head sold at Bowman sale barn with the top load at 8.20 per cwt. 800-pound Hereford yearlings brought 8.00. Some heavy cattle sold at 7.50. Purchases mainly by Clinton County feeders and some Illinois feeders. Local cafes eye15 cent beef and pork sandwiches due to rising meat prices.
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The
Gazette
Maquoketa
Bowman
Clinton County
Illinois
Farm and Horse Auction Totals at Castalia and Columbus Junction
The Castalia area sale fetched 1100 bushels of corn at 80 cents. Fodder and hay sold, with a nine year old hay mare and other horses deriving prices up to 85 dollars. At Columbus Junction Fred Chandler sold 25 well broken horses with prices from 20 to 85 dollars and three thousand bushels of corn at 93 cents for new and 192 dollars for old. Local farm equipment also traded with a binder at 170 dollars and other items ranging from 5 to 27 dollars.
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Postville
A. F Smith
Castalia
Guernsey
Columbus Junction
Fred Chandler
H.M. Duncan
Fred Chandler, Jr
Clyde Carey
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A federal report on direct marketing is cited while observers note the fence drift incident and mention Jim Poole and Nels Kraschel as figures related to the debate.
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Jim Poole
Nels Kraschel
General Purpose Livestock Ration Contains Tankage
Paul Gerlaugh of the Ohio experiment station outlined a general purpose ration for hogs poultry lambs and cattle at an eastern Iowa feed dealers dinner in Cedar Rapids. The mix relies on tankage soybean meal cottonseed meal linseed meal and a mineral blend with trials showing higher weight gain in steers and dairy feeding potential for tankage.
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Ray Anderson
Corn Belt
Cedar Rapids
Paul Gerlaugh
Animal Husbandry
Ohio
Wooster
Prof. Gerlaugh
Ohio University
Iowa
Glen Burr
West Liberty
Burr
Cholera Outbreaks Listed By Eastern Iowa Veterinarians
Hog cholera outbreaks are reported by the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association across Hazleton Aurora Winthrop Independence Brandon Rowley Walker Center Point Springville Keystone Vinton Shellsburg Atkins Norway Nashua New Hampton Waucoma Ke1wein Fayette Hawkeye Manchester Solon Iowa City West Branch Dysart Tama Grundy Center Anamosa. Canine distemper is reported frequently in eastern Iowa with rabies in the western half of the state. Influenza in farm horses is prevalent in eastern Iowa.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Hazleton
Aurora
Winthrop
Independence
Brandon
Rowley
Walker
Center Point
Springville
Keystone
Vinton
Shellsburg
Atkins
Norway
Nashua
New Hampton
Waucoma
Qelwein
Fayette
Hawkeye
Manchester
Solon
Iowa City
West Branch
Dysart
Tama
Grundy Center
Anamosa
Iowa
Winneshiek County Receives $151,634 Payment Approval
Special to The Gazette reports Winneshiek county has been approved for a second installment payment totaling $151,634 in Washington. Checks are expected soon.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Washington
Iowa Ships Most Poultry to New York in 1934
Iowa sent 40 370 404 pounds of dressed poultry to New York in 1934, up from 38 090 042 the year before, while total receipts fell to 204 066 859 pounds from 223 094 264 in 1933. Minnesota was next with 27 632 095 pounds as drought conditions limited supplies early in the year.
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the Gazette
New York City
Iowa
New York
Minnesota
McDonald Lists Corn-Hog Training Meetings This Week
Murl McDonald assistant director of the Iowa State College extension service released the schedule for county training schools for township corn-hog committee men. Listings cover Monday through Saturday with counties including Calhoun Emmet Mitchell Winnebago Boone Keokuk Marion Audubon Dallas Madison Dickinson Clay Hancock Howard Grundy Jasper Mahaska Washington Adams Harrison Page Sac Floyd Hardin Marshall Adair Guthrie Ida Pocahontas Shelby Buena Vista Greene Osceola Webster Cass Ringgold Palo Alto. County agents and committees prepare to hold the training on the 1935 contract and rulings with extension workers assisting.
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Ames
Murl McDonald
Iowa State College Extension Service
Calhoun
Emmet
Mitchell
Winnebago
Boone
Keokuk
Marion
Audubon
Dallas
Madison
Dickinson
Clay
Hancock
Howard
Grundy
Jasper
Mahaska
Washington
Adams
Harrison
Page
Sac
Floyd
Hardin
Marshall
Adair
Guthrie
Ida
Pocahontas
Shelby
Buena Vista
Greene
Osceola
Webster
Cass
Ringgold
Palo Alto
Shipping Association At Newhall Disbanded
After more than a dozen years serving local livestock growers the Newhall shipping association disbanded at its last annual meeting. The group has been inactive for two years due to reduced business from truck competition. Secretary William Schirm and President Turney Risdal led the organization.
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Newhall
Newhall Shipping Association
William Schirm
Turney Risdal
Farm Auction Schedule For January
Coming farm auctions list sales on January 15 16 and 19. Penn's dairy cattle sale at Mount Vernon closes out by George H Currie three miles north of Alice. Howard Minehart and H C Platner close out sales near Anamosa and Springville. John C Adams conducts sale near Marion. Page and Bowman hold cattle sale at Maquoketa.
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Penn
Mount Vernon
George H. Currie
Alice
H.C. Platner
Howard Minehart
Anamosa
Fred Bebee
Springville
Page and Bowman
Maquoketa
Benton Farm Bureau Receives State Membership Award
Des Moines reports the Benton county Farm Bureau will be awarded a state trophy at the 16th annual convention for outstanding membership effort. O W Beeler cites Benton as having the largest membership and the greatest gain last year with nearby counties close in second. Governor Clyde L Herring will deliver the welcome address at the opening session.
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Des Moines
Benton County Farm Bureau
State Federation
O. W. Beeler
Benton County
Beeler
Wapello
Dallas
Brenkin
Scott and Davis Counies
Cedar
Muscatine
Jefferson
Standard Farm Bureau
Clyde L. Herring
Oneida Corn Show Set for January 23
Oneida hosts the seventh annual corn show on January 23 with classes for baked goods hybrid corn shelled corn and divisions open to high school and grade pupils. Miss Iona Faber serves as secretary of the event.
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Oneida
Iona Faber
Milking Record Aimed at Cedar Rapids Farm
T W Hoagland of an acreage on Cedar Rapids east edge milks 18.25 pounds in three minutes, timed by John Earl, with a high producing Holstein cow.
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T. W. Hoagland
Cedar Rapids
John Earl
Butterfat Averages 28 48 Cents at Oelwein Creamery
Oelwein Farmers Co operative Creamery paid patrons 28.48 cents per pound of butterfat for 1934, up from 25.35 in 1933 and 23.9 in 1932. Buttermaker F H Harms churned 1 864 086 pounds of butter from 1 508 768 pounds of butterfat, with 23.55 percent overrun. The year saw 1 520 722 pounds of butter received, and total income after costs left 0.98 cents net per pound of butterfat churned for patrons. The creamery also moved 215 carloads of merchandise, yielding a profit of 5139.60.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
F. W. Schroeder
F. H. Harms
Farmers' Co op Creamery to Elect Officers at Earlville Meeting
Officers will be elected by the Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Association of Earlville at its annual meeting here Thursday.
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Earlville
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Association of
Buttermakers to Meet in Arlington Thursday
Earleville reports a gathering of butter makers from Section No. 9 scheduled at Arlington on Thursday to discuss union matters and cooperative plans.
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Earlville
Arlington
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