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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1934
Page
4
Readers note a statewide effort titled the Iowa Corn and Hog Adjustment Project. The plan tracks changes in agricultural inputs and livestock management across multiple states, aiming to balance production and market forces while highlighting cooperative efforts.
Reports indicate campaign preparations near completion with sign-up expected soon across Iowa and southern states. The text mentions borrowed funds, tentative contracts, and early plans for events, though many details remain unclear.
Long fragmented report notes Newhall growers forming a second corn hog association in the U.S. It references meetings, contracts, county agents, and effort across Benton and Delaware counties with mention of hog production and producer statements.
Caxton County farm leaders led by Lipscomb Berg urge farmers to sign contracts at the town shop. Committee members aim to process about 200 contracts daily as part of the effort to secure labor and supplies for the growing season.
In Iowa City Johnson county records show 13 more farmers signed corn hog contracts on Wednesday. Twelve hailed from Hardin township with only three in that district reporting non signers. County Agent S Lysle Duncan notes more contracts signed but not yet reported. About 1800 of the county’s 2660 farmers attended corn hog instruction schools with roughly 800 nonattenders. Special to The Gazette. Toledo Tama county signs bring total contracts to 909 by Wednesday morning.
Washington AP Secretary Wallace urged careful public debate on compulsory farm production controls. He said administrative ease favors mandatory measures but emphasized considering federal powers only if voter support makes the emergency extraordinary.
Three days of sales listed: Thursday January 25 with Shorthorn sale by Theo Martttr two miles west Monticello and Holstein sale by F D Deischer. Friday January 26 features an Iowa Livestock Exchange consignment sale at Cedar Rapids. Saturday January 27 hosts Anamosa horse sale and Central Cedar Colt Cub 31 miles south of Stanwood plus a Brockyards sale in Cedar Rapids.
Meat prices across western beef veal and lamb edged up by one to two cents per pound in New York City while pork prices dipped slightly. Potato prospects vary by region with shortages in the Midwest and surplus in the Far West. new potato varieties Katahdin Golden and Chippewa show promise for disease resistance. Rice should remain in shock two weeks before threshing.
Fraser, head of the federal livestock market news survey at Des Moines, moves to the corn hog section of the agricultural adjustment administration in Washington. He will handle statistical data in hog markets and depart for Washington Thursday. Urban succeeds him as chief with Heinen as assistant in Des Moines.
Wheatland Co operative Creamery association will pay eight cents per pound for butterfat received in the last thirty days. Klahn Brothers will receive the largest check totaling $10,373. Election of officers and directors is set for the annual February meeting.
Holstein cattle led the sale at J. S. Schulte’s livestock auction near Norway with the top bid of 44 and the first forty head averaging 30. Hampshire pred gilts sold 7.50 to 11, late fall pigs 3, fourteen Shropshire ewes 7.58 each, horses 55 to 150. Tony Schmitz acted as auctioneer and A. J. Schmuecker as clerk.
Linn county corn loans to date total 252 500 40 on 562 012 bushels. Eight loans recorded since Tuesday noon totaling 5 887 80 on 13 084 bushels. Three hundred and fifty six corn loans totaling 220 580 83 filed in Tipton to date. Eleven loans filed during Monday and Tuesday totaling 3 812 40 on 123 718 bushels.
More than 700 patrons attended the annual Brooklyn Co operative Creamery company meeting in Brooklyn. State Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray spoke on agricultural problems. Manager W I Wasson and State Inspector James E Ferguson also spoke. E C Gallagher and A W Rhinebard were re elected directors for three years.
At the National Wool Growers convention in Salt Lake City resolutions oppose including sheep as a basic commodity under the agricultural adjustment act or applying a processing tax to wool or lamb. They protest tariff reductions for livestock and meat products, seek equal agricultural appropriations, call for sheep hearers’ rates to AAA, name Fred A. Ellenwood president, and elect vice presidents A. A. Johns S. M. Jorgensen C. H. Williams and E. S. Mayer.
Thousands seek relief from bad breath with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The vegetable formula gently stimulates bowels and liver to purify the system without griping. Take nightly for a week. available in 15c 30c and 60c sizes.
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