Benton farmers sign corn hog contracts in county drive
More than half of Benton county's 2400 corn and hog growers are expected to sign production adjustment agreements with the federal government by Tuesday evening. County Agent W A Geiger in Vinton reports 1025 signed contracts in a partial survey, with township committees forming to organize the signups across the county.
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Benton
Benton County
W A Geiger
Vinton
Geiger
Keystone
Alimesdt
Permaaent Botur
F. Beart
Teracan
Chasmar Sam Rieke
Oortana
Gav
Oman
Marcon
Tama
Burns Byram
Toledo
Earl Shultz
Ames Extension Department
Mr. Byram
Linn County
Maine
Jordans Grove
Central City
Grart Town
Wilker
Washaneton Township
FENCE DRIFT AND MEETING SITES ACROSS TOWNSHIPS
The Gazette reports widespread farm sign up efforts across Poweshick and neighboring towns. Meetings are scheduled in Fairfax Clinton Outer Creek Colees Putnam Buffalo Marengo and other areas this week and next, with dates ranging from Thursday to Saturday. Community agents urge participation as campaigns aim to complete signups this week.
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Fairfax
Farfax
Clinton Township
Outer Creek
Alburnett
Colees
Putnam
Epecias
Marengo
Gatmness
Marenno
Millersburg
Honey Creek
Pilot Hall
Sumner Dall
North English
Lenox
Iowa School
Ladora
Conroy
York School No 2
Victor and Holbrook
Williamsburg
Parnell
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Brooklyn Butterfat Averages 23 Cents In 1933 Meeting
Brooklyn Co operative creamery patrons heard an average butterfat price of 23 cents per pound for 1933. Total patron sums reached $211,820 for 667,199 pounds manufactured. Yearly consumption rose 4,453 pounds. total patron value about $92,972. Over 500 patrons attended a meeting opened with a dinner funded by the creameries. Other notes: Des Moines official Ras Murray spoke. annual figures show 779,842 pounds butter produced Manchester Co operative Creamers reported 77,9842 pounds butter produced and price paid to farmers averaged 22.62 cents with over 24 percent butterfat. Officers elected: Martin Ro Maurer president, Ray E Glen VP, Garrett L McGee secretary, L. F Porter treasurer. Directors named: Fred L Durey, Walter Lehman, Earl A McGee, Chester O McCarthy, Frank L Jordison.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Co-operative Creamery
John Carlson
South
Iowa
Ras Murray
Des Moines
Manchester
Garrett le McGee
Manchester Cooperative Creamers Company
Martin Ro Maurer
Ray E Glen
Garrett L McGee
L. F Porter
Fred L Durey
Walter Lehman
Earl A McGee
Chester O McCarthy
Frank L. Jordison
Linn corn loans total grows to 24661260 in Linn county
Thirteen corn loans filed since Monday noon total 4395.15 on 9767 bushels. The Linn county ledger shows 24661260 in 548928 bushels of corn loans. Delaware county corn loans reach six thousand with 240 loans filed, per The Gazette.
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Linn County
Recorder’s Office
Manchester
Delaware County
Vinton Show Draws 85 Crib-Run Entries From Farmers
Ninety five farmers from nine townships entered the Vinton high school corn show commercial class to be held February 14 to 17. Crib-run corn samples weighing a half pound each were collected six days before the event. Judging will consider current maturity as a key factor. The Warnes Cooperative Elevator will award cash prizes of 27 dollars for first, second, and third places in each category, to encourage farmers to improve postharvest care.
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Serra
Vinton - Fichts
Vinton High School
Matture
Warnes Co
Farm Bureau In Black Hawk To Receive 3270
Edgewood Creamery Pays 19c December Butterfat. MOATEPT OOD reports prices at the New York market and local wholesale levels. Butterfat values around sixteen cents in regional trading.
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Fogewood
the Fores Creamers Camypansy
Rabeteon
Ures Tetee
New York
Dysart Farm Sold At About $100 An Acre
Dysart farm estate of Adin S Feith southeast of here reported sold for about $100 an acre. Martin Landgrebe and partners held the purchase, and possession will be given March 1.
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Dysart
Dysart Martin Landgrebe
Somes
Adin S Feith
Here
Farm and livestock auctions set for January dates
A sequence of farm auctions runs January 24 to 27 across Iowa towns including Arlington Martelle Monticello Cedar Rapids Anamosa and Siouxland area. Listings cite C E Flower Mrs Clara Schmickle Theo Martin F D Deischer John Louvar and the Central Cedar Colt club with shorthorn Holstein and horse consignments.
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E. Flower Farm
Arlington
Clara C Schmickle
West
Central City
Town City
Theo
Martin
Martelle Holstein
Deischer
Monticello
John M Louvar
Western
Anamosa Horse Sale
Central
Cedar Colt Club
Sianwood
Linn C T A No 2 Averages 28 1 Lbs January Butterfat
The Linn County Cow Test Association No 2 reports January averages: 374 cows produced 592 pounds of milk and 281 pounds of butterfat. Huston McKennon herd averaged 1112 pounds milk and 548 butterfat. Two top cows yielded 2188 and 1773 milk with 875 and 78 butterfat. The Forest Holsteins average 1194 milk and 43 butterfat. Butterfat cost ranged 11.8 to 18 cents. all members feed alfalfa.
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Drs
Linn County
Huston and McKennon
E. C. Forest
Fifteen Good Cows Return As Much As Forty Poorer Cows
Fayette Cow Test association No 4 notes Fifteen top cows matched income above feed cost of forty poorer cows last month Alvin Thoreson reports from records sixty seven cows produced over forty pounds butterfat while 226 were under forty high producers averaged 47.5 pounds butterfat low producers 23.3 pounds butterfat butterfat valued at 24 cents a pound yielded 940 dollars per high cow and 5.59 per low cow income above feed cost was 4.53 for high cows and 1.69 for low cows the high group produced 3183 pounds of butterfat versus 5274 pounds by the low group a herd of 15 average cows above forty pounds would net 67.95 monthly forty average cows under forty would match that profit breeding and feeding urged as ways to reduce dairy production and improve efficiency.
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Fayette
Fayette Cow Test Association
Alvin Thoreson
Thoreson
Dairy Products Association
Keokuk Singers to Attend Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
Keokuk winning singers and a mixed quartet, national champions this winter in Chicago, will attend the Iowa Farm Bureau convention in Des Moines on January 25. The women’s quartet includes Mildred and Adah Coon of Sigourney, Joyce Humes of What Cheer, and Maurine Brower of South English. The mixed quartet features Mildred Coon, Maurine Brower, George Grave, and Orlo Ruth of South English, with Marvin Bryant of Sigourney as accompanist.
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Gazetta
Sigourney
Seamens
Keokuk
Farm Bares Federation
Chicago
Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Mildred and
Adah Coon
Joyce Humes
What Cheer
Maurine Brower
South Enish
Mildred Coon
George Grave
Orlo
Ruth South English
Marviin Bryant
Dyas Warns Against Misrepresented Hay
Ames area drought areas face misrepresented hay sold at high prices. E S Dyas urges buyers to use US standards and demand a federal hay inspection certificate with invoices. When unavailable, contracts should follow US grades and hay samples sent to nearest federal inspector. Information from W R Crispin and H H Whiteside.
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Mr Dyas
Dyas
United States
W R Crispin
Genesee Street
Kansas City
H Whiteside
Chicago
Ill
Cascade Farm Sale Brings High Prices Across Stock and Machinery
At the Thomas Flannigan farm sale seven miles south of Cascade hay sold for 675 a ton cows averaged 35 each horses topped at 100 a high bid on the machinery. Corn brought 41 cents a bushel and shoats averaged 4. Attendance exceeded 2,500 people and the sale netted 2876 dollars.
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Cascade
Thomas Flannigan
Cattle Sale Tops at Bowman and Heneke Sale Barn
The weekly cattle sale drew 498 head with a top load of 550 pound Herefords at 5.25 a hundredweight and Angus loads at 5.15, while several other lots sold above 5.00.
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Maquoreta
Bowman and Heneke
12Th St
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Megrs
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Jay Patton
O. E. Bundy
Washington County Livestock Marketing group reelects directors
Special to The Gazette. Washington annual meeting reports 210 patrons served once to twelve times in 1933 by the Washington County Farmers Livestock Marketing association. Theodore Oriez Franklin township, Joe Knotek and E L Stewart Jackson township, Dennis Flynn Washington township, and Marion Stranksky English River township were re elected directors. Stanley Simpson of Des Moines serves as manager until a successor is elected to fill the vacancy from Joe Caputo's resignation.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County Farmer's Livestock Marketing Association
Theodore Oriez
Franklin Township
Joe Knotek
E L. Stewart
Jackson Township
Dennis Flynn
Washington Township
Marion Stransky
English River Township
Stanley Simpson
Des Moines
Joe Caputo
Wadena Co-op elects officers and rehires manager
At the annual meeting of the Wadena Cooperative Commission company George Lewis was elected secretary and Fred Dempster. Charles Oldfather, Chris Wenger, E E Gehrine, Tom Baldwin, and Tim Leahy were named directors. A C Cline, manager, was re employed.
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Wadena
Wadena Co-operative Commission Company
George Lewis
Fred Dempster
Charles Oldfather
Chris Wenger
E E. Gehrine
Tom Baldwin
Tim Leahy
A C Cline
Lambs Arrive In Pairs On George Beem Farm 1934
On the George Been farm in 1934, seven lambs hatched with twins for all but one, reflecting a rare pairing trend in the flock.
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West Liberty
George Been
Delegates Gather Form Convention Of Farm Organization
Des Moines reports the Iowa Farm Bureau federation begins its fifteenth annual convention with 5000 delegates arriving for a three day program. Wednesday features forenoon meetings and contests, a welcome by Gov Clyde Herring, awards, and 4-H musical highlight. Thursday includes speeches by Hearst and Ray Murray among others, plus a pageant on agricultural progress and auxiliary farm women meetings.
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Gazette Des Moines
INS
Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Clyde Herring
Charles E. Hearst
Ray Murray
W. S. Myers
Federal Farm Credit Administration
George FE. Farrell
AAA
Progress of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Volunteers to Back Iowa Corn Hog Reduction Drive
Cedar Falls reports a corps of 12 000 to 14 000 volunteers will form the backbone of a 75 million dollar federal corn hog crop reduction campaign in Iowa. Director R K Bliss of the Iowa State college extension service outlined the plan and the educational outreach that has already reached over 226 000 farm folk in 1 317 meetings.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
R K Bliss
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
Bliss
Federal Land Bank Association
Extension Service
Agricultural Extension Service
R. M. Evans
Laurens
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
North English farmer buys tractor and plow
Will O Rourke, a farmer west of North English, bought a new 15 30 general purpose tractor and a three bottom plow this week. He traded his two bottom plow and his prior general purpose tractor, used for five years, toward the purchase.
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Will O'Rourke
North English
700 Attend Grain Dealers Convention Fort Dodge
About 700 company managers and officials attended the 30th annual Farmers Grain Dealers convention in Fort Dodge. The three day session featured speakers from banking, grain marketing, and state economics agencies, with allied groups and a roster of officers and directors named.
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Fort Dodge
Farmers Grain Dealers Association
J H Metzger
St. Paul
Minn
St. Paul Bank of Co-Operatives
Frank Robotka
Ames
H. C. Peterson
Omaha
Omaha Bank of Cooperatives
T W. Schultz
Iowa State College
R. M. Evans
Lloyd Eveland
Boone
Farmers Elevator Service Company
Farmers National Co-operative Elevator Mutual Insurance Association
Farmers Agricultural Credit Company
Iowa Co-operative Grain Company
Grain Dealers Association
Oscar Heline
Marcus
Harry Sumners
Clarion
W. H. Thompson
Harry Degroot
Industry Flas Much At Stake In Corn Hog Plan
Ames AP reports Prof S S Davis of Leland Stanford University food institute urges a permanent farm rehabilitation program to stress consumption outlets for farm products. He warns declining per capita demand as key cause and says relief depends on foreign trade or new markets, else land abandonment risks national welfare.
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Bliss
Davis
Brookings Institution
Washington
Federal
AAA
Cox To Succeed Erickson at Center Junction Creamery
Center Junction Wisconsin Albert Erickson buttermaker resigns to manage a milk plant and creamery in Polk county. Herbert Cox of Sand Spring will succeed him and take charge of the Center Junction creamery February 1.
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Center Junction
Albert Erickson
Polk County
Wisconsin
Herbert Cox
Sand Spring
Hartwick folk condemn directs urge rail shipping
Hartwick farmers and businessmen adopted resolutions urging railroad shipments of grain livestock coal and merchandise while condemning direct buying of livestock as a major cause of reduced rail traffic A North Western official warned the railroad may abandon the Hartwick line unless more business is developed Suggestions included truck rail pickup and farm billing and store door delivery to boost rail revenue.
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Hartwick
M. E. Boatman
John Rowland
Fred McCulloch
Godfrey West
C. c. Day
The
North Western
Hartwick Shipping Association
Railroad Commission
Sand Spring Creamery Pays 20c For Butterfat
Farmers Mutual Creamery patrons received 20 cents per pound for December butterfat. Manager Ed Cox reports the annual creamery meeting will be held February 2.
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Sand Spring
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Ed Cox
Keystone fat Herefords sale at Chicago for $6.40 cwt
Herman Franzene burg of Keystone sold thirty four head of 1162 pound Herefords Monday at Chicago through the Producers Commission association. The sale price was six dollars and forty cents per hundredweight.
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Keystone
Herman Franzeneburg
Key Stone
Chicago
Producers Commission Association
Just What He Had Been Needing Gly-Cas Amazes Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents publicly endorse Gly-Cas as an unmatched remedy for rheumatism neuritis stomach kidney bowel and blood troubles. Peter Konen recounts relief after two years of incapacity praising Gly-Cas and inviting inquiries at Thrifty Drug Store corner First Street and Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street
Third Avenue SE
Peter Konen
Fifth Avenue
Konen
Gly-Cas Man Is Kept Busy Every Day At the Thrifty Drug Store
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