Sharply Expanded Hog Production Expected In Canada This Year
The United States Department of Agriculture reports large Canadian domestic pork supplies for 1940 aided by abundant feed grains. Wheat and other grains may feed hogs as exports to the UK rise and cold storage pork stocks grow. Hog numbers are forecast to rise about 26 percent by December 1939, with future expansion uncertain and tied to feed grain prices and competing meat supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States Department of Agriculture
C. C. Taylor
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Taylor
Prairie Provinces
Western
United States
FENCE DRIFT and the pull of farming shifts in Canada
The article reflects on rural life and the allure of electricity in a hay loft while analyzing Canadian hog production shifts toward wheat in the prairie provinces. It notes hog price and yield changes, U S pork import levels in 1939, and historical wartime import fluctuations with the United States as the primary supplier.
Public Sale at Walford Farm Warns of Livestock and Machinery
Public auction set for Thursday January 25 1940 on a farm 2 miles north of Walford and 3 miles west and ¼ mile south of Fairfax. Listing includes 3 horses 7 cows 2 yearling heifers spring calves and a Shorthorn bull plus a large line of farming equipment and 125 Barred Rock pullets. Auctioneer notes usual terms and notes the sale is conducted by Sommire and Long with ARMERS SAVINGS BANK as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walford
Fairfax
Weicht
Jersey
Farmall
John Deere
Emerson Canoe
Harrow
Sommire & Long
Aue Armers Savings Bank
Annual Meeting at Waukon Co op Creamery Jan 27
Senator Paul Stewart Maynard will be principal speaker at the Waukon Farmers Cooperative creamery annual meeting. The program includes election of officers, motion pictures, and music by Waukon high school. The event starts at 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Paul Stewert
Maynard
Waukon Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Roland Herman
Waukon High School
Colesburg Creamery Annual Meeting Scheduled Saturday
Annual meeting of the Colesburg creamery is scheduled here Saturday. Directors and members are set to discuss operations and community dairy concerns.
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Colesburg
The
Colesburg Creamery
Preston 4-H Club Formed in Jackson County
A new 4-H club was formed in the Preston vicinity Jackson county on Saturday with leaders Vern Sires and Karl Nolting as assistant. Officers named Ambrose Ruchostzke president Loren Nolting vice president Carlton Nolting secretary treasurer and Harold Mohr reporter. The Preston creamery aided in organizing the club.
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Preston Dairy Call
Preston
Jackson County
Vern Sires
Karl Nolting
Ambrose Ruchostzke
Loren Nolting
Carlton Nolting
Harold Mohr
Preston Creamery
Power alcohol debate heats Capitol over farm-fuel plan
Congress and industry clash after a USDA report warns against producing alcohol from farm crops for motor fuel. Senator Gurney and Rep Harrington back tax-free blended fuels, while testimony cites costs and potential profits from processes at Peoria and Atchison.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Capitol Hill
Henry G. Knight
Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
Dr. Knight
Regional Agricultural Laboratory
Peoria
Ill
Gurney
S.D
Department of Agriculture
John M. Ledbetter
New York
Chemurgy
Atchison, Kan
Ledbetter
Atchison
Harrington
Gillette
Clark
First to Get REA Electricity in Northeast Iowa
Fred Panncke became the first in northeast Iowa to receive REA power when Harold Panncke and Fred Winters helped switch on the line at the Panncke farm near Postville in Clayton County. The photo shows Fred Winters, with Harold Panncke nearby, at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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Iowa
Fred Panncke
Fred Winters
Panncke
Postville
Clayton County
Harold Panncke
Winters
Clayton- Allamakee
Scie Cooperative
Hopkinton Baby Chicks Shipped to Texas
Hopkinton hatchery sent 160 Leghorn baby chicks to Wichita Falls Texas. The birds hatched Thursday and the shipment was dispatched Friday from Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Texas
Wichita Falls
Tex
Petersburg Shipping Association to Meet
Petersburg Cooperative Shipping association will hold its annual meeting here on Tuesday.
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Petersburg
Petersburg Cooperative Shipping Association
Farm Auction Schedule for January Dates
Upcoming farm auctions listed for January include W H Mathews sale 4 miles southwest of Tipton Vernon Wagner closing out sale 1 mile east of Center Point Yoder horse and mule sale 112 miles north of Kalona Clair R Howard closing out sale 12 miles southwest of Coggon Harold Boddicker closing out sale 442 miles southwest of Newhall Geo Fell closing out sale 4 miles north of West Branch Matt Maloney sale 2 miles north of Walford.
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W. H. Mathews
Tipton
Vernon Wagner
Mi. E. Center Point
City Sales Co
Yoder
N. Kalona
Clair R. Howard
Coggan
Harold Boddicker
Newhall
Geo. Fell
N. West Branch
Matt Maloney
Walford
Calcium deposit disease kills 25 of 1100 lambs near Traer Iowa
Traer Iowa reports calcium deposits similar to kidney stones killed 25 of 1100 western feeding lambs on Elmer Young farm. Dr D N Vestberg says water source suspected though analysis shows no dangerous minerals. Water-softening chemical added. dead sheep sent to Ames vet college for study revealing ruptured bladders and clogged urethras.
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Traer
D. N. Vestberg
Colorado Range
Young
Voetberg
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ames
76 784 Bushels Of 1939 Corn Sealed In Dubuque
In Dubuque county farmers using CCC loans sealed 76 784 bushels of the 1939 crop corn. The first loan on the 1939 crop was issued December 16, according to William A. Daly commodity loan supervisor of the county AAA committee.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
William A. Daly
County Aaa Committee
Timber land auction among O. H. Peck estate items
Executors Guy W. Peck and Henry Seeger sold 20 acres of timber land in Madison township Jones county to Bert Peck of Wyoming for 45 dollars per acre. A 22% acre tract in Wyoming township Pleasant Ridge district went to Mrs Nellie Atherton of Wyoming for 20 dollars per acre. A small house in west Wyoming occupied by the Gerd Dirks family brought 180 dollars to Bert Peck.
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Wyoming
O. H. Peck
Guy W. Peck
Henry Seeger
Madison Township
Jones County
Bert Peck
Wyoming Township
Pleasant Ridge
Nellie Atherton
Gerd Dirks
Moving By Farm Tenants Start In Randalia Area
Randalia area sees tenant moving as Lee Jellings and his family relocate one and a half miles east to a farm he bought last fall. The Everette Polk family leaves the farm for the Maynard farm near Maynard while Harry Brandt of Stanley moves to the Robert Claxton farm vacated by Mr Jellings.
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Randalia
Lee Jellings
Mr. Jellings
Everette Polk
Maynard
Harry Brandt
Stanley
Robert Claxton
Postville Creamery Rehires Staff and Sets Butterfat Price
Ed Riser was re employed as buttermaker at the Farmers Cooperative creamery in Postville. William Ewing is reemployed as assistant buttermaker with Leon Olson as second assistant and Gale Welzel as bookkeeper. December butterfat price set at 34 cents per pound. Annual cooperative dinner date moved to the first Monday in January from early winter.
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Postville
Ed Riser
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
William Ewing
Leon Olson
Gale Welzel
Closing Out Sale Near New Hall and Watkins Iowa
I will hold a closing out sale at my place three miles south and one and a half miles west of Newhall, four miles north and a half mile west of Watkins. The sale is Wednesday January 7 starting at noon. Items include 7 horses, 14 cattle, 34 hogs, poultry, grain, hay and farm machinery. Auctioneers J Sehmuecker. Clerk Harold Bodicker. Watkins Iowa.
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Newhall
Watkins
J. Sehmuecker
Harold
Ave Boddicker Watkins
Lowa
Dubuque C. T. A. Annual Meeting Set for Jan 29
Floyd Johnston Ames extension dairyman will lead a dairy problems discussion at the Dubuque County Contest association annual meeting at the Alfred Breitbach home in Farley on January 29. The event starts at 1 p.m. and officers will be elected for the coming year.
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Dubuque
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Dubuque County
Con Test Association
Alfred Breitbach
Farley
European buyers purchase 3,000,000 bushels corn
Trade reports indicate about 3,000,000 bushels of American corn were bought by European countries during the last week. Argentina and South Africa are noted as the only competitors in the European market, with South Africa curbing exports through March due to drought.
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Harrington
Atchison
Chicago
Argentina
South Africa
United States
Household Finance $100 Loan Offers Flexible Monthly Plans
An advertisement explains how to borrow 100 dollars from Household Finance with several repayment options. It shows monthly amounts of 9.77 for 12 months or 6.43 for 20 months, and notes that larger early payments reduce total costs. The offer highlights that payments include charges and no extra fees beyond listed amounts.
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R.F. A
God
U. S
Waukon Co-Op Creamery
Power-Alcohol Report
Clark H. Galloway
House
Ways and
Jacob
Jake
Williams
Postville Creamery
Nurito
Europe
SERTA
RTA
Nationa Lloyd's Insurance CO
People’s Furniture CO
First Avenue East
Saale
Household Finance Corporation
Higley
Third Ave
R. C. Arnett
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
E. Washington Street
Waterloo
Commercial Street
Household Finance Corporation of America
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