Wallace First Avoids Answer On Corn Limits Farm Program
Secretary Wallace, in Des Moines, avoids a direct yes or no on corn limits and later says the radio speech was misinterpreted. He notes the program remains a plan of abundance and urges steps to move toward an ever normal granary with loans and transfers of CCC duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enry Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Grain Dealers Association
Wallace
George Mills
Iowa Daily Press Bureau
The
Gazette
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Mills
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
O. D. Kline
Henry Eichling
Ames Extension Service
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFC
Chicago
Congress
Administrators of Program Named at Jones County Meeting
L T Lorenzen of Wyoming was reelected chairman of the Jones county agricultural conservation committee by township chairmen in Monticello. William Stanton of Gerard became vice chairman, Ray Stivers of Olin joined as third member, Ray Sanford of Scotch Grove as alternate, LeRoy Dirks of Center Junction reelected treasurer, and County Agent Carl Smith of Anamosa named secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa county men study dairy herd management at Williamsburg
Twenty five Iowa county men met in Williamsburg to study dairy herd management with focus on feeding and culling. Floyd Johnston of the Ames extension service urged culling to allocate scarce feed to cows delivering the best return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Service
Fence Drift Henry Wallace Advocates Soil Storage
Henry Wallace urges storing surpluses in soil as well as above ground. He cautions against fueling city expectations of cheap food from soil-exploitation systems and calls for practical measures to align production with storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Six Day Short Course Planned For Dairy Manufacturers
More than 100 persons are expected to attend the annual dairy industry short course at Ames the week of February 15 to 20. Martin Mortensen head of the dairy industry department announced today. Lectures discussions and demonstrations will emphasize butter ice cream cheese and market milk and cream quality along with new economical developments in dairy manufacturing. Latest testing methods will be explained and scoring contests in ice cream butter and market milk will be featured. Buttermakers ice cream manufacturers market milk men and superintendents of both large and small plants will find items of interest in the program designed to keep them abreast of latest developments.
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Ames
Dairy Industry
Martin Mortensen
Mortensen
Iowa State Corn and Small Grain Show At Ames Feb 8 12
Iowa growers will compete for over $1000 in cash prizes at the State Corn and Small Grain Show during Farm and Home week in Ames. The event in the college armory features corn as the main display with wheat barley clover soybeans and flax also shown. Association officials and experts will speak at the opening meeting and corn yield reports for 1936 will be read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Corn and
Association
Louis Quirin
Alta
H. D. Hughes
E. W. Lindstrom
Thomas L. Curran
M. M. Rhoades
Farm Crops Department
First Chick Season Hatch Report From Mrs Finger Plays
First report of chicks hatched this season comes from Mrs. Irving Finger of near Marion who had approximately 800 hatched on Jan. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Finger
Marion
Iowa official disapproves jackrabbit introduction plan
F T Schwab head of the Iowa Conservation Commission fish and game division says no exotics should be introduced until research proves it wise. Cedar Rapids Jackrabbit Club plans to import South Dakota blacktail jackrabbits, with 215 farms already willing to host pairs, despite federal opposition and concerns over disease and impact on native cottontail rabbits.
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Fish and Game Division
Iowa Conservation Commission
South Dakota
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Biological Survey
Washington, D. C
William Baldridge
Jesse Manes
Schwab
Mr. Schwab
Jackrabbit Club
Skating Aid Feeds Birds on Mount Vernon Farm
Farmer R P Ink near Mount Vernon used ice skates to reach quail and pheasants stranded under four inches of ice while Marion CCC camp workers set up three bird feeders on the Ink farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
R. P. Ink
Marion CCC
Cost Of Breaking Meadow Ice Figures At Fifty Cents An Acre
Manchester area farmer Lawrence Gienapp spent two days with a tractor trying to break a one inch ice crust on his sixteen acre alfalfa field. He estimates fifty cents per acre for fuel and wear on equipment plus possible strain on the tractor. He notes this seventh year on the farm and the field produced forty tons of feed last year. Three cuttings were taken previously and late harvest may reduce stubble needed to insulate the seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lawrence Gienapp
Gienapp
Home Project Women Plan Benton Achievement Day
Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis state home demonstration agent leader and Ann Nygaard Benton county home demonstration agent met with home project leaders the women's committee and music chairmen to plan the Benton achievement day set for next May. The group voted to contribute five dollars to flood relief funds.
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Vinton
Sarah Porter Ellis
State
Ann Nygaard
Benton County
Benton
Stanwood sale posts high animal and grain prices
In Stanwood at the Robert Domer farm, twenty four 909-pound Hereford feeder steers sold for 8.80 per hundredweight. Angus cows brought 55 to 75, bull calves 45 to 52.50, forty four sons and gifts averaged 34.50, bred ewes 5.50 to 10, smooth mouth horses up to 125, and corn in the crib fetched 1.09 a bushel. Boling and Colby served as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Robert Domer
Boling
Colby
Prices at Paul Kial sale near Oxford
At the closing out sale near Oxford this week ORD corn brought $1.10 a bushel. Oats sold for 55 cents a bushel and hay for $8.50 a ton. Horses topped at $170, cows averaged $69, sows $29.50, and gifts $33 a head. A tractor brought $88, corn planter $28, disc $36 and a shredder $37.
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Gazette Ord
Paul Kial
Oxford
School of Instruction Held on Agriculture Plan in Williamsburg
Mare ngo H Dietrich of Brooklyn member of the state agricultural conservation committee led a school of instruction for the 1937 agricultural conservation program in Williamsburg. Fifty five Iowa county committeemen studied the program provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
H. L. Dietrich
Brooklyn
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Local Soil Conservation Board Elects New Officers
Herman Franzenburg of Keystone was reelected chairman and Earl Wallace of Vinton became vice chairman of the Benton county agricultural soil conservation committee. New members include Merle Fry of Vinton as third member, Mrs Zelman Harder of Keystone as secretary treasurer, and Hearther of Atkins as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Herman Franzenburg
Keystone
Benton County Agricultural Soil Conservation Committee
Earl Wallace
Merle Fry
Zelman Harder
of Hearther
Atkins
Winneshiek County Agricultural Committee Elects Officers
The Winneshiek county agricultural committee organized on Wednesday electing Leo Herold of Fort Atkinson as chair man C M Langland of Highlandville as vice chair man Olvin C Howden of Ridgeway as third member Albert Womeldorf of Decorah as alternate E J Weigle as secretary and Emmie Ellickson as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County Agricultural Committee
Leo Herold
Fort Atkinson
C. M. Langland
Highlandville
Olvin C. Howden
Ridgeway
Albert Womeldorf
E. J. Weigle
Emmie Ellickson
Oregon man named chair of county soil committee
Washington Wayne Norman of Oregon township was elected chairman of the soil conservation committee in Washington county Thursday. Carl Oldfield of Lime Creek township was named vice chairman, Charles Kennedy, Washington, third member, Ray Lambert, Highland, alternate, and W. O. Morgan, Clay, secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wayne Norman
Oregon Township
Soil Conservation Committee
Washington County
Carl Oldfield
Lime Creek Township
Charles Kennedy
Ray Lambert
Highland
W. O. Morgan
Clay
Creamery Reports 1936 Butterfat and Butter Prices
Ludlow Cooperative Creamery of Waukon reports 34.86 cents paid for butterfat and 31.05 cents received for butter in 1936. Total income 108 494.20 from 347 755 pounds of butter made from 278 389 pounds of butterfat. Officers named Henry Opfer president Edward Fiet vice president Edward Stock secretary. directors Fred Becker John Grotegut John Osterholtz. H L Gravedal butter maker Helmer Larson assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ludlow Cooperative Creamery Company
Henry Opfer
Edward Fiet
Edward Stock
Fred Becker
John Grotegut
John Osterholtz
H. L. Gravedal
Helmer Larson
Maybe She's Heard Ostrich Egg Story in Nevada
A farmer near Colo la Merle Mersman pondered the odd egg tale when he handled an unusually large egg laid by a Leghorn pullet. The egg weighed over four ounces and measured 6% inches around one way and 8% the other as he considered the hen’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Ins
Merle Mersman
Colo
Farm Sales Illustrate Local Property Moves
West Union Ford Barthelme of Eldora sold his dwelling and six acres in the village to Henry G. Koester for 6000 dollars, with two lots retained for future building. Koester then sold his 94 acre Eldorado area farm to Walter Winter, now farming near Ossian, for 12100 dollars. Possession to be given March 1, 1938.
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West Union
Ford Barthelme
Eldora Thursday
Henry G. Koester
William Mullane farm sold near Ossian for 22600 dollars
The 309 acre William Mullane well improved farm one mile northeast of Ossian was bought by Paul Brothers of Winneshiek county for 22600 dollars about 73 dollars an acre. Possession will be given March 1.
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Decorah
William Mullaney
Ossian
Paul Brothers
Winneshiek County
Meintz Elected President By Farm Union In Clinton
ELWOOD Carl Meintz of Grand Mound was elected president of the Clinton county Farmers Union in county convention here Tuesday. Alex Johnson state president was the chief speaker. Other officers named Harold Eden Calamus vice president Jess Scott Elwood secretary and treasurer and Mrs William Wulf DeWitt corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Carl Meintz
Grand Mound
Clinton County
Delmar Farmers Shipping Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Delmar Farmers Shipping association elected Frank Ebersole president at the annual meeting held Thursday. T. J. Costello was named vice president, Paul Heneke secretary and treasurer, A. J. Zismer shipping manager, and directors appointed were Harry Peterson E. A. Omer and P. H. D. Zismer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar
Farmers’ Shipping Association
Frank Ebersole
T. J. Costello
Paul Heneke
A. J. Zismer
Harry Peterson
E. A. Omer
P. H. D. Zismer
Four Factors Cited In Hog Price Drop
Market reports cite four major factors behind hog price declines: flood disaster, labor strikes, unseasonable weather, and large early-week receipts following a prior price upswing. Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota prices hovered around 10 a hundredweight as 82,200 head arrived Monday, the second largest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Minnesota
Coming Farm Auctions Saturday in Iowa
Peter Procek closes out sale at 1144 miles SE of Cedar Rapids and Possehl horse and mule sale at 1145 miles NE of Blairstown. Auction at Anamosa livestock pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Procek
Cedar Rapids
Possehl
Blairstown
Anamosa Livestock Pavilion
Local Auctions Set Near Central City and Troy Mills
On Monday February 1 Kahle administrator holds a sale 3 miles southeast of Watkins, Clark conducts a closing out sale 3 miles west of Central City, and McNamara runs a closing out sale 4 miles northwest of Troy Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McNamara
Quasqueton
Troy Mills
Hoover Church
Kahle
Watkins
Clark
West
Central City
McNamara
Bell and Gott Closeout Sales Near Alburnett and Center Point
On Tuesday February 2, Bell sells at a closing out sale five miles southeast of Alburnett while Mrs Edd Gott holds a closing out sale three miles south of Center Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stick
Center Point
Toddville
Bell
Alburnett
Edd Gott
South Center Point
Lawrence Closing Out Sale Near Prairieburg
On Wednesday February 3 a closing out sale will be held 34 miles southeast of Prairieburg. The event lists Lawrence as the organizer and is expected to draw local shoppers seeking discounted merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Prairieburg
Dividends Declared by Linn Oil Co-Op
Linn Cooperative Oil company announced two dividends for 1936 at its Marion meeting. Each at eight percent, one patronage dividend and one interest on capital stock, were declared by manager C W West. Directors elected included C B F Michel Marion F H Hoppe Cedar Rapids and M A Lehr Lisbon. Hold over directors are W B Meeks Martelle R B Blinks Marion Charles Quaas Marion Gilbert Batchelder Alburnett Godfrey Vondracek Fairfax and R B Beckman Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
C. W. West
Linn Cooperative Oil Company
C. B. F. Michel
F. H. Hoppe
Cedar Rapids
M. A. Lehr
Lisbon
W. B. Meeks
Martelle
R. B. Blinks
Charles Quaas
Gilbert Batchelder
Alburnett
Godfrey Vondracek
Fairfax
R. B. Beckman
Mount Vernon
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Ray Anderson
Oregon
Centra City
Alist
Rogers Crossing
Black Mare
Concord
John W. Clark
al Schueler
E. A. Kriz & Son
First St. SE
Jersey
John Deere
Mrs. Edd Gott
Glenn Hoglan
Eldon Dennison
Foh
New Idea
Mc- Cormick-Deering
McCormick-Deering
Emerson
Holt
Monticello State Bank
Tom Lawrence
W. F. Mitchell
School OF Instruction
T. B
McCormick Deering
Fay Miller
Earm Maching
Trumbauer
GRCHI
T. McNamara Walker Savings Bank
Joe Stark
First ST. NE
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Arptes
Cae
Veal Asteak
Graham Crackers
Idahos
Burlington
Ito Bae Pound
Turnisi
Rutaba
Parsnips
New Calif
Sunkist
Idaho
Ohio
Red River
Folger’s Coffee
Third Avenue
Franzenburg
Winneshiek
Riverside Feed Mill
Frank Patek
14Th Ave
1St St. NE
Meintz
Clinton
Delmar Shippers Elect
Farm Editor
Ohio River
United States
Linn Oil Co-Op
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