Processing tax impact on Chicago Packers margins detailed
Official market reports show that from November 1933 the 2.25 per 100 pounds processing tax was added to packers margins rather than paid directly. Chicago packers kept margins near 3 per 100 pounds, then after the tax was repealed margins shifted with wholesale pork values, reflecting the tax removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Chicago Packers
AAA
East
Chicago
Fence Drift: Barns and Markets Under Strain Across Farms
Weather and wind lash farms as stout barns prove their value with cattle and horses sheltered under one roof. The piece notes tax shifts and packer margins affecting farm income and hog prices, detailing post court decisions and market receipts with price fluctuations and wholesale trends.
Soil erosion scale drives Iowa conservation plan
An Ames based survey shows 56.8 percent of Iowa land has experienced sheet erosion and 56.4 percent gullying. The report supports a new farm bill to preserve soil fertility and stabilize farm prices while outlining county meetings to construct a county geared soil program for submission to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Experiment Station and Extension Service
Ames
Iowa
National Congress
Washington
Agronomy
Story
Herbert Falken
Lester E. Clapp
Old Fashioned Sleigh Ride Memories Inspire Modern Youth
Nostalgic reminiscence describes a group of high school students sleighing six miles home with a bob and a pair of old fashioned horses. Teachers join the fun as colorful scarves and bells brighten a moonlit winter ride. The piece urges communities to promote bob rides and coasting parties for shared wholesome sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Pheasants Wintering Well in Cresco Area
Conservation Officer Hodgson reports pheasants and quails wintering in the Decorah region. Crops near Cresco are checked by farmers to ensure adequate feed as quail numbers remain sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
John W Hodgson
Cresco
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights January 23
Public sale by Godfrey W. Raim 1 mile northeast of Solon. Horse sale by Jim Hansen at DeWitt. Town Livestock Exchange horse sale at Cedar Rapids. John C. Austin sale 8 miles northeast of Marion indefinitely postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey W. Raim
Solon
Jim Hansen
DeWitt
Town Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
John C. Austin
Marion
Sale notices list in Cedar Rapids Fairfax and Tiffin area
Friday January 24 sale at Cedar Rapids Monday January 27 Jansa 80 acre farm auction five miles south of Fairfax Closing out sale by Eldon Brown one mile north of Tiffin indicates multiple local property auctions with dates and nearby landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Eldon Brown
Tiffin
Hereford sales slated for January dates in Iowa towns
Tuesday January 28 features Letts and Turkington Hereford sale near Letts and Eldred Brothers consignment sale near Martelle. Wednesday January 29 includes Secor and Brown Hereford sale about 142 miles west of Mechanicsville. Thursday January 30 signals Legler closing out sale at Marion southeast corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts & Turkington
Letts
Eldred Brothers
Martelle
Secor & Brown
Mechanicsville
Legler
Marion
Allamakee Winneshiek Farm Planners To Confer
A joint planning meeting for Allamakee and Winneshiek counties is set for Decorah on Friday January 31. Attendees will include representatives from the soils and the economics departments at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee-Winneshiek
Decorah
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Soils Department
Ames
Farmers Want Rural Electric Service Across Iowa
A survey of 1,221 farmers in eleven Iowa counties shows high demand for rural electrification beyond lighting. Most would pay monthly fees up to five dollars, with widespread interest in washing machines, irons, radios, refrigerators, and motor driven cream separators, plus power for grinding feed and silo work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank D. Paine
Ames Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa Implement Dealers Association
Paine
Creameries Set Butterfat Prices for December
Rowley Farmers Co operative Creamery paid forty cents a pound for first grade butterfat during the last half of December, thirty nine cents for second grade, and thirty eight cents for third grade, reports secretary Joe McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Butterfat Prices At Monticello Creamery Rise In December
Patrons of the Farmers' Mutual Creamery company in Monticello were paid forty cents a pound for butterfat in the last half of December, after thirty eight cents in the first half of December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Butterfat Averages 31.81c At Fairbank Creamery
Fairbank patrons received an average of 31.81 cents per pound for butterfat in 1935. The creamery produced nearly 164000 pounds of butter that year. William Bradley was re-elected president. O H King secretary. A H Nieman treasurer. directors Delbert Haberkamp John Woods and G E Gallup. Fred Moats rehired as buttermaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbank
Fairbank Farmers' Creamery Company
William Bradley
O. H. King
A. H. Nieman
Delbert Haberkamp
John Woods
G. E. Gallup
Fred Moats
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Ames Economist
Geoffrey S. Shepherd
Agricultural Economics
Towa State College
Prof Shepherd
Grundy
Marshall
Grundy Center
Adams
Cass
Atlantic
Cherokee
Plymouth
Hardin
Franklin
Iowa Falls
Mills
Fremont
Malvern
Sioux
Lyon
Sioux Center
State Agricultural Planning Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
Jingle Bells
Aker
Buttle
Higgins
Jake Hoopele
HS Own Poker
Ieper
A'Sk
Cywn
Williams
Yfgtaes
TR Willia
Nea Porvice, He
Farmers Desire
Taylor Dentists
S. Sleichter
Second Avenue SE
Carter
Jess
Mama
Ladies Aid M. FE. Church
Fred Reppert
Decatur, Ind
Vicks VA
Pat
Science
Gazette
C. Fliermans
4Th St
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