Western Feeder Says AAA Forced More Beef Production
Special correspondent reports that the AAA wheat reduction program spurred more cattle on feed in Washington and the western states, as ranchers could not sell allotted hay. Billy Coon of Spokane County notes 40 percent more cattle in feed lots, with high weight demand at Pacific coast markets and midwestern trial outlets.
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NION
Chicago
AAA
Washington
Billy Coon
Spokane County
Wash
Mid-Western
Coon
Monticello Creamery Butter Prices Noted
The Monticello Creamery pays 38 cents for butterfat with a sequence of garbled text likely reflecting market notes. Readers are reminded that the readable figures indicate a price around forty cents per pound, with surrounding lines too damaged to extract clear details.
Creameries Hold Annual Meetings Sum of 1935 Butterfat Records
Aurora and Rowley dairy creameries reported 1935 butterfat totals with Aurora patrons averaging 33.3 cents per pound and $46 152 08 total receipts on 54 85 49 total. Rowley patrons averaged 22 26 cents per pound, receiving $43 540 68 on 134 968 pounds.
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A weather note describes fence drift snagging in woven wire and contrasts mud season with a grid of regularity. The piece remarks that stagnation is habitual and hints at ongoing hardship as mud returns.
National Forest Purchase Planned in Southern Iowa
The National Forest Reservation Commission is set to act Thursday on purchasing 38 000 acres in southern Iowa for about 400 000 dollars to establish the state's first national forest. Four purchase units Grand River Charton Chesquest and Keosauqua cover multiple counties near the southern border and east of the center, with local congressmen urging rapid closure of deals.
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Washington
National Forest Reservation Commission
Iowa
Congress
Grand River
Charton
Chequest
Keosauqua
Sever
Town Planning Board
Thorsdas
Langworthy Creamery reports butterfat payout and production
At Langworthy annual meeting, Farmers Mutual Creamery reported 324,798 pounds of butter produced in 1935, average butterfat price 3.128 cents per pound, total butterfat value $81,701.68, cost 2.07 cents per pound, overrun 24.38 percent, with 130 patrons and re-elected officers. New directors include G D Schafer and Henry Afferts.
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Langworthy
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
George Poppe
John D. Poppe
William J Oltmann, Sr
Paul T. Schuetz
Henry Andreesen
Henry Doden
C J. Gerdes
Gerd Poppe
A M Black
Monticello
G D Schafer
Henry Afferts
Clifford Arduseris
Seventy Pigs Survive Cold In Keokuk County Colony
Webster reporter details F L Wright near Webster who saved seventy January pigs from eleven sows amid record cold. Seven sows lost pigs, but Wright’s double-litter system and straw banked four-pen colony houses kept most alive. market value bolstered by high prices.
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the Gazette
Webster
F. L. Wright
Wright
Keokuk
Farrow
Hampshire
Maquoketa Dairy Report Shows Large Milk and Butter Output
Secretary’s report reveals extensive dairy activity with 24 224 pounds of milk received at an average test of 37 and 9117 pounds of butter fat from milk. Cream received 2 514 086 pounds with 28 6 average cream test and 720 2502 pounds butterfat from cream. Total butterfat 721 1619 pounds churned 720 9726 and butter made 895 753 pounds with 174 780 4 percent overrun and 24 24 average price for butterfat at 33 08 cents. Patrons listed as 450, butter shipped 762 427 pounds, local consumption 133 326, total receipts from butter sales 249 494 85 dollars.
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Maquoketa
Secretarys
Dividend Payments Reported at Farmers Elevator Meet
The Farmers Elevator Company at Malcom announced dividends to stockholders after its annual meeting held Saturday. A 10 percent dividend plus patronage refunds were distributed based on various business activities, with Lola Landes of Brooklyn receiving the largest amount at 7058 dollars and leading grain sales. Other leaders included LV Phelps on seed and Cecil Griffin on building material. Attendees included County Agent H F Miller and Manayzir H B Booknall. Only 10 cars shipped. Separately, Maynard Co-operative Commission patrons received net 9374.18 for ten carloads of live stock in 1935 according to the secretary’s annual report.
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Farmers Elevator Company
Malcom
Lola . Landes
Brooklyn
Phelps
Grinnell
Cecil Griffin
Montezuma
Shadel
Keller
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Commission Company
Frank Cummings
Egvnnual
Yearly Commerce Report Highlights 1935 Rural Co op
The 1935 annual meeting reports record high year for consignments with 298 hogs 66 cattle and 63 calves. Total year sales reach 36893 53 surpassing 1934 and 1933 figures. Officers elected include Garnier Meyer Cummings Maynard bank director Schrader and Meyer with holdovers Simpson McLeish Gantenbein.
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H. Paul
W C Garnier
A J. Meyer
Frank Cummings
Maynard Savings Bank
Henry Schrader
C. J. Meyer
A. E. Smith
F. C. Simpson
Robert McLeish
John Gantenbein
Patrons Forum Planned at English Valley Co op Creamery
Patrons forum set for the English Valley Co op Creamery annual meeting in North English on February 13. O O Hauskins, manager, outlines topics including butterfat payment rules and price differentials by quality. Ray Murray of Des Moines, agriculture secretary and national congress candidate, will speak. About $6,000 in plant improvements to be shown. Also notices advertising early chick orders.
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English Valley Co-operative Creamery
O. O Hauskins
Ray Murray
Des Moines
Agriulture
Iowa
National Congress
Sorted corn receipts top farm sale bids near Maquoketa
Sorting corn sold for 59 12 cents a bushel at the Frank Sodeman farm sale near Maquoketa. One thousand bushels of corn brought 53 1/2 cents, oats 40 1/4 cents, and hay 8 50 a ton. Livestock ranged from sows at 45 each to horses 125 175, cattle 45 160, sheep 11 75 a head, and poultry per-item prices. Buyers came from La Motte Zwingle Bellevue Goose Lake and nearby communities.
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Gacette
Pmaquoketa
Frank Sodeman
Maquoketa
Hampshire
Lamotte
Zwingle
Bellevue
Goose Lake
Columbus Junction
Lee Colton
Haskins
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Poland
I. H
McCormick
Emerson
McCormick-Deering
H.v
Gene
Warner’ Monarch
Good Baker
Hole Tange
Ususerms
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Hank & Trust CO
W. E. Challis
Phc
Liston G
Hill
Farm Auction Schedule Sinks Into January and February
A dense list of upcoming farm auctions across Iowa cities and towns from January 29 to February 6. Entries include consignments, closing out sales, and postponed dates, with locations near Mechanicsville, Whittier, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Solon, Newhall, Mt. Vernon, Central City, Martelle, and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Wiese
Cedar Rapids
John van Note
L. McConaughy
Martelle
Farm sale results at Neman Meyer and nearby auction
At the Neman Meyer farm sale last week cows topped at 61 50, corn 57 cents a bushel, oats 35 cents, chickens 80 cents each, and a smooth mouthed team sold for 111 50. Stock cattle brought 6 percent per pound, twelve young brood sows averaged 26 50 a head, a harrow 2250, and L P Waddock served as auctioneer at both sales.
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Neman Meyer
L. P. Waddock
80 Acre Farm Sells for 150 At Acre Near Vinton
An 80 acre farm with light improvements northwest of Vinton in Benton county was sold by Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York to Leroy Lassen of Gar rison for 150 dollars per acre. A fractional 160 acres in southwest Canton township was sold to Elmer Moeller of Shellsburg for 90 dollars per acre. The Armstrong farm, rented forty years, joins the purchaser's father Peter Moeller's land.
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Vinton
Bruce Towneship
Benton County
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Leroy Lassen
Garrison
Canton Township
Elmer Moeller
Shellsburg
Chester A. Armstrong
Peter Moeller
Rural Drama Tourney In Cedar Slated This Week
Five Cedar county townships join the county’s rural drama tournament this week. Fremont Rochester and Fairfield perform Thursday at Tipton starting at 7 p.m. Dayton and Red Oak perform Saturday at Clarence. The winning play goes to Ames on February 5.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Fremont
Rochester
Fairfield
P.m
Dayton
Red Oak
Clarence
Ames
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Western Feeder
Cmaccu Panica Aive
Mero Coops
Monticello Creamery
Thor Borger
Aurora
Aurora Farmers Creamery Association
A. J. Hahn
Otto Martin
John Werner
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
J W. McGrath
Chris Gunzenhauser
KA. F. A
JD Hadley
Aker
ST Olaf
Farmers Cooperative Creamery of
B. J Palas
Harry Larsen
Presdent
Ted Thoreson
A J Larson
Louis Matt Dave Wright
Hale Corlett
Pod Ruglund
Fred Wilke
Auctiale
Manchester
Manchester Cooyerrive Creamery Company
Wartin
Kolsrud
Simpson
Tew State College
State College
Williams
Dallas
O.L
Ante
NEA Biante
Daves
Jacoby
McNeill Brothers
M. Ford
Marion
Highway No
John Deere
Rock Island
Concord
Sale Lane
Lee Legler
Gene Fagan
Merchants National Bank
Secor & Brown
Mechanicsville
Schoonover & Wilkinson
Whittier
J. C. Wilkin
Anamosa
Sale
SE Corner
G. W. Raim
Solon
Iowa Livestocke Exchange
L. E. Morgan
Newhall
Cipran Keneeny
O Ave
Jerry Lesher
Carl R. Weber
Central City
Grange Hell
Springville
Rock Road
Colorado
Lisbon
Meyers
Frank Lisbon
OWA Livestock Exchange
C. R. & J. C. Stock Yards
12Th St
12Th Ave
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Cedar
H. E. Henderson Higley Building
Maretelle
St. Lambert
Jersey
Fairbanks- Morse
Carl Mohn
Owen L. McConaughy
W. BE Challis
Audt
Guy Martin
15Th Street
Catholic Seminary
Guernsey
Guernsey-Jersey
Dersey
Berkshire
Dahn
Deering
Janesville
Deere & Mansure
Hayes
Satler
Vie Rola
Carl
Mohn
WE Challis
Liboni
Rudolph Fitzgerald
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