West Branch manure and lime boost corn oats and hay yields
Five year field trials by Paul Pownall near West Branch show manure and limestone raise corn yield by 56 bushels per acre, oats by 146 bushels, and hay with clover and timothy. Adding rock phosphate or complete fertilizer increased yields but not enough to cover costs, with weather and soil factors affecting results.
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ST Branch
Paul Pownall
West Branch
State Experiment Station
Pownall
A. J. Englehorn
Ames Soils
Mr. Englehorn
FENCE DRIFT in the Woven Wire and Moratorium Talk
The piece lampoons moratorium proposals and Secretary Ray Murray's TB moratorium while noting reactions from dairy men. It recalls Hoover and FENCE DRIFT motifs with a playful jab at officeholding and cow tails as political symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Ray Murray
Iowa
Auction Notice for Beatrice Bealstead Estate Sale
Beatrice Pidima administratrix announces a closing out sale near Cedar Rapids Iowa on Saturday January 28 featuring 4 head of horses 2 teams cattle hogs machinery and various farm equipment including tractors trucks and hog equipment. Items include a 1929 Chevrolet truck, 1927 Chandler sedan, seed corn and feed, chickens, household goods, and farm supplies. Auctioneer A T Ben a Cedar Rapids. Lunch on grounds. Terms stated.
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Cedar Rapids
Lefehure
Irterutbar Ceotung
Iona
Eecauc $C Fe
Ats Machinery
Beraer Jeoust
Deere Bas
McCeorr
Bas Tate McCory
Fordson
Chevrolet
Chandler
Florence
Beatrice Pidima
A T. Bena
R. R
Iowa State Savings Bank
Fertilizer experiments on Pownall farm show payoffs
Trials indicate manure and limestone deliver good returns while chemical fertilizers raise costs. Limestone costs 50 cents per acre yearly. super phosphate 1.50. commercial fertilizer 2.50. rock phosphate 2 per acre annually. Soil is Tama silt loam.
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Pownall
Success! This Man Got His Big Job
A fragmented advertisement signals a self help or employment pitch claiming opportunity for many men. It references competition for jobs and asks readers if they will seize the chance, mentioning Cedar Rapids and the phrase Free Saver.
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Circe
Feeder Movements Heat Up In January At Iowa Markets
Iowa feeders show renewed interest in cattle and sheep since January start with a 60 percent rise in lambs and 55 percent rise in cattle shipped from twelve markets into seven corn belt states. Indiana and Kansas also see gains while Nebraska, Missouri, and Michigan receive fewer lambs. Cattle receipts stay slightly below last year but finished beef makes up a larger share. Chicago prices average 417, Kansas City 440, St Paul 348 per hundredweight with lighter weights. Feeder steers sell at Tipton Cedar County for six dollars, heifers at five to five and a half dollars.
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Gazette Union Stockyards
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
Kansas
Inois
Ohio
Kansas City
St. Paul
Public Auction at Mary Cole Farm South of Lisbon
Frank Franta owner offers 4 good horses 19 cattle 7 hogs 7 Hampshire feeding shonats 1000 bu corn 350 bu IOY seed mats 10 tons hay plus machinery corn hay grain and various articles. Auction Saturday January 28 starting 12 30 at residence on rock road three miles south of Lisbon. Challis listed as auctioneer and Lisbon Bank & Trust Co clerk.
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Mary Cole
Lisbon
Rock Road
Hampshire
Frank Franta
Wfe Challis
Lisbon Bank & Trust Co
Public Auction Near Cedar Rapids At Resdience Farm
Farmer announces sale of his farm by public auction at his residence located five miles north of Cedar Rapids one mile north of Louisa and two miles south of Robins on an unspecified route.
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Cedar Rapids
Louisa
Robins
Annual meetings scheduled for late January to February
A list of upcoming annual meetings across multiple creameries and dairy associations. Dates include January 26 January 28 January 30 February 1 2 4 6 8 and February 14 with locations Anamosa Earlville Williamsburg Marion Center Junction Central City Rowley Amber Sand Spring Wil liams bore Hopkinton Monticello Coggan Littleport West Liberty and Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy.
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Anamosa
Earlville
Shipping Association
Williamsburg
Marion
Center Junction
Central City
Rowley
Amber
Sand Spring
York
Williamsbore
Hopkinton
Monticello
Coggan
Littleport
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Illinois Farmers' Association Opens Peoria Convention
Illinois farmers gather at Peoria for the eighteenth annual Illinois Farmers associations convention. Earl C Smith, longtime spokesman, leads thousands seeking higher prices, tax relief, mortgage debt relief, and currency inflation remedies. Notable speakers include Edward A. O'Neal Fred P. Lee and Henry S. Harriman.
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Peoria
Earl C Smith
Illinois
Illnois Agricultural Association
American Farm Bureau Federation
Smith
Edward A. O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
Henry S. Harriman
National Chamber of Commerce
H A Wallace
Des Moines
Fred P. Lee
Washington
Alma Jones to visit Sigourney for cereal use demonstration
Alma Jones of the Ames extension service will speak in Sigourney on January 30 to demonstrate use of home grown cereals. Frank P. Reed, state 4-H boys' club leader at Ames, will visit January 31 to plan club work for the coming year.
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Sigourney
Alma Jones
Ames Extension Service
Frank P. Reed
Ames
Linn County Oil Co-op declares patronage refunds total
Patronage refunds totaling 12 279 25 equal to a 15 percent dividend are due 517 Ginn and Jones county farmers per Linn County Co-operative Oil company manager Charles West at Marion. Total earnings for 1932 reach 12 849 65 with 570 40 in interest dividends.
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Ginn
Jones County
Charles West
Linn County Co-operative Oil Company
Marion
Co-Op
Radio schedule chaos across networks and dates
A dense listing shows an all day radio schedule with programs on CBS NBC and ABC. It covers concerts orchestras talk shows and crime drama across time slots from morning to late night featuring teams hosts and bands like the Flyers and Jack Benny.
Coming Farm Auctions Near Lisbon and Cedar Rapids
Farm sales advertised 74 miles SE of Lisbon by Evelyn Dance Hocken plus consignment sales at West Branch DeClow and multiple farm sales around Cedar Rapids. Listings name Beatrice Pidima Frank Franta A P Burgess and locations near Lisbon Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids area with dates in January.
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Lisbon
Evelyn Dance Hocken
West Branch
Cedar Rapids
Beatrice Pidima
Frank Franta
Hybrid corn outyields open pollinated in Iowa test
Hybrid strains of corn again outyield open pollinated varieties in the Iowa corn yield contest. Joe L. Robinson announced the 1932 results with 483 entries, 159 open pollinated. Farm and Home Week events Feb 6–11 include exhibits, meetings, and lectures with Ray Murray among speakers.
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Ames
Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Association
Ray Murray
Cows Top At 36 Dollars At Columbus Junction Sale
COLUMBUS JUNCTION The top price on milk cows was 36 dollars at the Midway pavilion consignments sale. Calves sold 9 to 14.50 dollars. shoats 1 to 2.50 a head. others 2.90 per hundredweight. Mules brought 150 dollars. horses 25 to 65. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan served as auctioneers.
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Iowa
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Midway Pavilion
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Fairbank Farm Bureau Plans Three Day Institute
The fifteenth annual four county Farm Bureau and community day meeting is set for February 9 10 and 11 with J H Williams as president. Other officers include E O Troxel as vice president and Mrs Carl Nourse as secretary. Directors of the men’s department are Ira Finch Roy Elliott E E Everett and F W Richards. Women’s directors are Mrs F W Richards Mrs I E Richards Mrs Henry Goeller Mrs John Youngman and Mrs Dan Shannon.
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Fairbank
Farm Bureau
J. H. Williams
E. O. Troxel
Carl Nourse
Ira Finch
Roy Elliott
E. E. Everett
F. W. Richards
I. E. Richards
Henry Goeller
John Youngman
Dan Shannon
Manchester Co operative Creamery reports 1932 butterfat totals
The Manchester Creamery patrons averaged 21.16 cents per pound on 567 7325 pounds of butter fat yielding 702 852 pounds of butter. Overrun reached 135 119 5 pounds while overall butter price averaged 19 45 cents. Eastern shipments and officer reappointments noted.
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Manchester
Manchester Co-operative Creamery Company
Garret L. McGee
M. R. Maurer
Ray E. Glew
L. F. Porter
Fred L. Darey
Walter Lehman
Earl A. McGee
C. O McCarthy
Frank L. Jordison
C. H. Kolsrud
Farm and Home Week Outlook Reports Planned at Ames
Special programs for hog feeders beef cattlemen sheepmen and horse and mule breeders run Feb 6 to 11 at Ames Farm and Home Week. Hog feeders day Feb 7 will present last year feeding experiment results and the Iowa swine outlook. Feb 8 covers horse and mule breeders and sheepmen with judging demonstrations and talks on mutton veal. Beef cattle feeders and dairy topics Feb 9 include judging home grown feed and market outlook.
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Ames
H. H. Kildee
Department of Animal Husbandry
Iowa
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Washington
Sheldon Man Heads Farmers Elevator Service Company
J. A. Seward of Sheldon was elected president of the Farmers Elevator Service Company to succeed Gayle Snedecor at the annual meeting during the Farmers Grain Dealers association convention. W. L. Peterson Nashua is vice president M. C. Stark Luther secretary treasurer and E. L. Kreger Ralston manager. The Iowa co operative reported 1933 business of 22 627 aided by 1 457 carloads of coal flour feed twine salt seeds and tankage. Oscar Helme Marcus president of the Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers association called the convention Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
J. A. Seward
Sheldon
Farmers Elevator Service Company
Gayle Snedecor
George
Farmers’ Grain Dealers Association
W. L. Peterson
Nashua
M. C. Stark
Luther
E. L. Kreger
Ralston
Service Company
Iowa
Oscar Helme, Marcus
Iowa Farmers’ Grain Dealers Association
Moving Season Begins in Buckhorn
Moving season starts as Allie Miller family relocates to Andrew and Frank Kigmme family moves from near Delmar to the Bert Morehead farm near Buckhorn.
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The
Gazette
Buckhorn
Allie Miller
Andrew
Frank Kigmme
Delmar
Bert Morehead
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Harry Schlopkohl
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A P. Burgess
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Big Shoe Store
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DeClow Barn
A. P. Burgess
Fairbank Institute
Second Street
Kneip & Bowen
First Avenue E
Sheldon Man
Montgomery Ward & CO
DR. Stout
DIAL
Ohio County
Kentucky
Burchard
Coal Company
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DeSoto
B. Factory
Wagner Motor Co
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