Plan to force middlemen to co operate with AAA revealed
Outlined AAA amendments aim to compel processors shippers and handlers to cooperate in producer backed marketing plans. Proposals include licensing as a last resort, fines for violations, and reports and audits. Other items would tax new quotas prices and interstate commerce definitions to stabilize farm programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Ashington
Ae Tee
Neteokst
Agriculture Committee
Chester C. Davis
Farm Auction Notices Across Iowa Listings
Public and closing out farm sales announced by various bidders across Iowa. Alfred Mallic auction near Mt. Vernon. Bebce and Zisko postponed near Springville. Gearhart sale near Lisbon. John Franta sale near Viola. Ray J Blain sale near Cedar Rapids. Iowa City Sales Company overseeing events. Dates include January 23 and January 29 with directions and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Mallic
Mt. Vernon
Bebce
Zisko
Springville
Iowa City Sales Company
Federal refinancing plan freezes debts on overindebted farms
The plan allows a five year adjustment if indebtedness exceeds four times real estate taxes with no loan issued during that period. The owner must agree to USDA imposed crop reduction, forestation or improvement programs and payments for land taken out of cultivation would reduce contracted debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J. Zylstra
Hawarden
L. Brownlee
Sioux City
Gillette
Farm Bloc
Zylstra
United States Treasury
United States
Treasury
Secretary of Agriculture
Marion And Brown Township Checks Distribution Planned
Linn county contract signers in Marion and Brown townships may obtain their second installment coin and hog checks Tuesday at Legion hall Marion. Payments run 8 am to 9 pm. Twelve Marion checks and two Brown checks remain undelivered. other townships show slower receipt ahead of Monday distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Marion
Brown
Legion Hall
Ben Neal
Winneshiek County corn hog checks near thousand
Nearly 1,100 second payment corn and hog checks totaling about 90 000 were received in Decorah as of Saturday. Winneshiek county farmers have 1 900 checks in total. Distribution is scheduled to begin Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County
C. W Dack
Iowa Farm Payments Near Approval For Jonas Corn Hog Checks
Washington reports Jonas's corn hog checks clearing farm administration systems and most second payments mailed by Feb 1. Contracts in all Iowa counties except Green and Marion are "placed in line" for payment, with twenty three counties still awaiting processing before checks go out in the daily mail stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonas
Farm Administration
Iowa
Green
Marion
Eaist
Appanoose
Benton
Bremer
Buena Vista
Cedar, Clay
Dallas
Decatur
Dickinson
Emmett
Floyd
Johnson
Louisa
Lyon
Madison Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth Shells
Warren
Winnebago
Worth
Loans of Elkader PCA Total 31 421 in 1934
Loans totaling 31 421 have been made to farmers in Clayton Allamakee Delaware Dubuque Fayette and Winneshiek counties by the Elkader Production Credit association. W R Phelps secretary treasurer reported at the annual meeting. Officers re elected are Joel Clark president Alvin Prestemon vice president W R Phelps secretary treasurer and directors John A Heinz Alvin Prestemon Casnt Louer and Leo Harold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fikader
Clayton
Allamakee
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Winnestick
Elkader Production Credit Association
W. R. Phelps
Elkader
Joel Clark
Alvin Prestemon
Waukon
W. R Phelps
John A. Heinz
Peosia
Casnt Louer
Eldorado
Leo Harold
Fort Atkinson
Last Singmaster Buffalo Sold Marking End of Heritage
KEOTA The last buffalo from the Singmaster herds was sold at A. B. Carr and Son in Washington. Arnold Carr shot it with a 32 caliber rifle as steaks and roasts went on sale Friday morning. The herd traced to 1902 with C. F. Singmaster and two origin cows from Yellowstone, later split between Maplehurst and Maple Grove farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Singmaster
A. B. Carr and Son
Washington
Arnold Carr
C. F. Singmaster
Yellowstone Park
Maplehurst
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
C. A. Singmaster
Carr and Son
Corn Brings 120 a Bushel at Sharon Auction
Old corn sold for 120 dollars a bushel at the D. J. Otto sale near Sharon Center. Timothy hay brought 23 dollars a ton. Breeding sows sold for 2.25, fall pigs for 5.85, and milk cows topped at 62 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
D. J. Otto
Sharon Center
Timothy
Iowa County Receives Second Rider Payment Invoice
Iowa County officials reported that 188 early payment or rider checks totaling 27 872 68 were invoiced from Washington. Signers of rider contracts will not receive second payments for ten days to three weeks, with most 1934 contracts already paid except nineteen delayed for minor errors. To date 1 974 second payment checks totaling 150 419 70 have been received statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
DNH
Zentmire
Iowa
Jesup Creamery Pays 37 Cents For Butterfat
Jesup Creamery patrons received thirty seven cents a pound for December butterfat, the highest price since September 1931, per Secretary Arnold Jensen. A total of 135342 pounds of butter were manufactured during the month. the annual meeting was scheduled for February 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
Arnold Jensen
Ice effects and seed prices from Iowa notes
Eastern Iowa ice on meadows may damage grass and winter grain in flooded low spots if cold weather returns. Seed prices rose for red and sweet clover as demand drives costs higher. Chinch bugs may be affected by prolonged ice, though relief is uncertain. The article also critiques direct marketing and calls for regulation to protect livestock producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sfor
Old Line commission firms face escrowed fees over new USDA rates
Since April 20 1934 old line commission firms have kept in escrow the portion of their charges above USDA ordered rates. The Chicago Farmers Union and Chicago Producers cooperatives implemented the cut, but an injunction kept the higher fees tied up. Estimates put escrow at over 500000 dollars, possibly 600000, to be refunded if the ruling favors the department. otherwise brokers keep the money. The decision, overdue from December, could determine the fate of small firms amid drought and reduced receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Line Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Chicago
Farmers Union
Chicago Producers
Old Line
Department of Agriculture
Commission
Closing Out Sale at Farm Auction Near Cedar Rapids
Auction at the owner Ray J Ream's residence 70 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids on the Cedar Rapids and Ivanhoe road Tuesday January 29 1935 at 1 pm. Livestock include horses cattle hogs and layers with farming implements grain fodder hay and house hold items offered. Proceeds benefit F First Trust and Savings Bank clerk and local notices list contact numbers and directions.
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Cedar Rapids
Bowers Grove Cemetery
Ivanhoe
Farrow
Ray J Ream
Bern
Cefor Redids
1St Trust and Savings Dank
Buttermaker at Strawberry Point Resigns After Thirteen Years
Otto Weger, longtime buttermaker for Strawberry Point Farmers Creamery, has submitted his resignation effective once his successor is hired. The board plans to hire at the February 2 meeting. Weger cites health issues as the reason, though he says his health is excellent. He previously won national and state butter prizes, including first in the United States in 1923 for fresh butter and the 1924 national Stregs butter prize. The Strawberry Point creamery is the largest whole milk butter factory in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Otto Weger
Strawberry Point Farmers Creamery Association
Weger
United States
Syracuse
N. Y
Milwauee
Oneida to Host Key Speaker at Corn Show
Dr. Arthur E. Bennett president of Upper Iowa University Fayette will be the keynote speaker at the seventh annual Oneida corn show on January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Arthur E. Bennett
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Butter market shows lighter January receipts and firming outlook
In January butter receipts across four leading markets were about 10 percent below last year, with storage at 20 percent of 1934 levels. Fancy butter remains scarce, imports via New Zealand and Denmark rise, and prices are expected to stay firm or rise. Eggs storage dwindles, poultry prices hold steady, and meat prices show less downside than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Chicago
New York
New Zealand
London
Daisy V Williams to resign as Iowa Farm Bureau official
Daisy V Williams of Union asks for a leave of absence effective April 1 as secretary treasurer of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. A nationally known figure in state and national Farm Bureau circles, she was the first woman in the United States to hold a state Farm Bureau secretary treasurer post. Williams joined the group as secretary to J G Mitchell and helped secure eighteen Farm Bureau bills into law in a single Iowa legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Daisy V. Williams
Union
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Miss Williams
United States
State Farm Bureau
Hardin County
Farm Bureau
J. P. Howard
Iowa Federation
National Farm Bureau Federation
J. G. Mitchell
Iowa
Bertram Farmer Loses Horse After Ice Slip
Bertram area farmer Bertram J. Nagle on Thursday reported a horse slip on ice breaking a leg and being shot. He keeps to a farm west of Bertram and the incident ends with the humane termination of the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram
J. H. Nagle
Center Junction hogs beat Chicago by 13 cents a hundredweight
E L Cady Ames extension economist releases 1934 analysis at livestock cooperative meeting. Center Junction association hogs net 130 cents more than Chicago top on a weighted average, creating a $3,909.05 gain for consignors. Six markets used, association volume up 13 percent from 4601 to 5190 hogs. Directors and officers re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Center Point
Center Junction Shipping Association
Chicago
E. L. Cady
Ames Extension
Wellman Creamery Averages 25.1 Cents For 1934 Butterfat
Wellman Co operative Creamery patrons received an average net price of 25.1 cents per pound for butterfat in 1934. Butter output reached 522,091 pounds, up 107,926 pounds or 26 percent from 1933, the largest gain since operations began. Sixty six percent of butterfat came via creamery trucks. L J Miller was elected a director for three years replacing Frank Romine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Wellman Co-operative Creamery Association
R. G. Weeks
L. J. Miller
Frank Romine
Clarence Shipping Association to Meet January 26
Correction notes the Clarence Shipping Association meeting is set for Saturday January 26, with Jim Poole of Chicago livestock market news reporter speaking at 1 p.m. The previous report listed January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Clarence Shipping Association
Gazette
Jim Poole
Chicago
Livestock Market
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Fred Neher
Joe Zisko
Springside
Ray J Blain
Marion and Brown Township
Elkader Pca
Washington Meat Shop
Lang Srs
Sharon
Iowa County
Buchanan
Gazette Independence
Dallas E. Western
Buchanaa County
Jesup Creamery
Exchange Avenue
Exchange
Henry Wallace
Hatairedi
Los Angeles
Mississippi River
DR. Bennett
Viola
Waubeck
Hoosier Bend Road
Fowler
John Franta
WF Mitchell
Avel. Oommons
Springville Exchange Bk
Clk
Iowa Farm Bureau
Datey Y
W. Esslinger
Towa Theater Bldg
Towa
Wellman Creamery
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