Record crowd recounts achievements of Buchanan REA meeting
Independence special analysis reports 475 attendees as Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative energizes 300 miles of line serving 570 patrons with 180 miles under construction. New lines will bring 960 patrons served, plus demonstrations on electric appliances by patron members and remarks from REA officials and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
Alwin
Verle Manson
Quas
Farm Auction roundup for area sellers and dates
Coming farm auctions Friday January 31 with W Strickel closing out sale 34 miles north of Waubeek Iowa Live stock Exchange sale Cedar Rapids Wednesday February 5 Helgens Bros Poland China sale six miles southeast of Monticello John English closing out sale one mile west of Viola Thursday February 6 La Live stock Exchange horse sale Cedar Rapids Monday February 10 Harold Wehrman Berkshire sale Belle Plaine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Strickel
Waubeek
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Helgens Bros
Poland
Monticello
John English
Viola
Livestock Exchange Horse
Harold Wehrman
Berkshire
Belle Plaine
Steers Sell For 15.50 At Omaha For 3 Year High
The highest steer price in over three years was $15.50 per hundredweight at Omaha. Galbraith brothers of Beemer Nebraska sold 1,165 pound steers to eastern shipping interests.
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Omaha
Neb
INS
Eastern
Galbraith Brothers
Beemer
Waukon Farm Security Committee Set Meeting Date
The Allamakee county farm security committee will meet at the Farm Bureau office in Waukon on February 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. John Stewart district supervisor will assist the committee with problems presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County Farm Security Committee
Farm Bureau
John Stewart
Natex hailed by Allis Chalmers worker for relief of constipation
Mr. G. E. Brown of Springfield Illinois credits Natex with curing headaches dizziness appetite loss stomach issues and leg aches caused by constipation. He reports improved sleep calm nerves and better digestion while praising the medicine and urging readers to consult PODZIMER'S PHARMACY for samples and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis Chalmers
Natex
G. E. Brown
Allis Chalmers Co
South 11Th St
Springfield
Podzimer
100 Second Ave SE
Butterfat Averages Reported for Amber and Center Valley Creameries
Amber creamery reported 1940 butterfat data with 474864 pounds of butterfat for 590569 pounds of butter produced at 28.26 cents per pound. Overrun 2437 percent. manufacturing cost 199 cents per pound. Center Valley creamery noted 1940 butterfat of 18453.99 pounds costing 59501.14 for 226694 pounds of butter at 28.6 cents per pound. Officers reelected. new directors named.
Aurora Creamery reports 1940 gains and leadership changes
Secretary Albert Hahn announced at Aurora Farmers' Creamery annual meeting that 336,497 pounds of butter were produced from 272,420 pounds of butterfat with 64,076 pounds overrun. Ben Maudlin was elected president with Seedorff as vice president and reelected directors Emery Wilson and Fred Martin. WAUKON Creamery of Church paid an average 32.4 cents per pound for butterfat in 1940, producing 633,617 pounds of butter from 510,155 pounds of butterfat, with 123,461 pounds overrun and butter at 27.84 cents per pound. Joseph F Weipert is president. W. J. Thompson, VP. Fred Zimmerman, sec.-treas. directors H. A. Lenzand and Ole M. Orness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Amber Mutual Creamery Company
Ed Herren
J E. Johnson
Hawkeye
Center Valley Creamery
Ray Dahrkopf
Paul Fridler
Art Traeger
Roy Robertson
Ed Kaeppel
Ludwig Leyh
Ervin Burkhart
Marvin Burkhart
Herbert Leyh
Roy Traeger
Floyd Hoth
Floyd Primus
Aurora
Aurora Farmers’ Creamery Association
Albert Hahn
Ali Hahn
Ben Maudlin
Albert Seedorff
Seedorff
Emery Wilson
Fred Martin
Otto Martin
John Werner
John Hearn
Speetal
Waukon
Calhoun Creamery Company
Church
Joseph F Weipert
W. J. Thompson
Fred Zimmerman
H. A. Lenzand
Ole M. Orness
Evans outlines farm surplus problem and corn quotas
R M Evans AAA head tells Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa that 4 to 5 million farmers are surplus to current needs and must find new opportunities. He warns of shrinking foreign markets, urges tight corn acreage controls and possible marketing quotas to avert a 1932-like crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment Administrator
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
AAA
Evans
Miss Ruth Gallentine Becomes Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Ruth Gallentine of Green Mountain Marshall county will start duties as home demonstration agent in Iowa county this Saturday. She fills the vacancy from Miss Jeanne Verne's resignation due to ill health and will divide time between Keokuk and Iowa counties. A graduate of Iowa State College in home economics she grew up in a Farm Bureau family and was a five year member of a 4 H club, serving as president of the Campus 4 H club at Ames in 1939.
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Ruth Gallentine
Green Mountain
Marshall County
Iowa County
Jeanne Verne
Keokuk
Iowa
Iowa State College
Miss Gallentine
Ames
State college warns price fixing would breed bureaucracy
A state college argued that fixing prices would create a bureaucratic system undermining democracy, contending centralized controls harm political equality and free enterprise.
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State College
Keokuk Farmers To Study Hog Raising On Feb. 3
Keokuk county hog growers meet in Sigourney on February 3 to hear E. L. Quaife and Dr. K. W. Stouder of the Ames extension service. The program runs from 10 am to about 3 pm with talks on pig weight factors, problems of young pigs, 200 pound hog production in 180 days, and diseases of older hogs including enteritis and erysipelas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
E. L. Quaife
K. W. Stouder
Ames Extension Service
Quaife
Dr. Stouder
Towa
Stouder
Hog producers meet in Columbus Junction February meeting
Louisa county swine producers plan a February 4 gathering in Columbus Junction to discuss hog raising problems with E. L. Quaife and Dr. K. W. Stouder from the Ames extension service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
E. L. Quaife
K. W. Stouder
Ames Extension Service
Delaware 4-Hers Feed 145 Baby Beeves in County
Fifty three 4-H club members in Delaware county feed 145 baby beeves this year marking a record in both participant count and calves on feed. County agent Edward L. Molin announced the all time high, noting Hereford calves lead in number among breeds.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Edward L. Molin
Winneshiek Recent-Weds Plan Meeting on Feb 7
DECORAH rural young couples plan the third in a series of meetings on Feb 7 in Decorah. The discussion will tackle how to add $500 to yearly farm income led by James Green former Benton county agent who originated the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
James Green
Benton
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Meeting Set for Feb 4
The annual meeting of the Farmers Cooperative Creamery at Volga City is scheduled for February 4. Special to The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga City
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Plans Dairy Ad Bill in Iowa Senate
A bill to fund advertising Iowa dairy products for two more years is being prepared by the senate committee on dairying. Senator Stewart says the tax on butterfat raised about 100000 dollars annually and may be extended with June collections. critics argue the tax should target processors, not producers, and warn of broader tax implications.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Committee On
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Iowa Dairy Industries Commission
Stewart
Len Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Goode
Hartwick Sale Brings $232 As Auction Closes
A Hartwick sale brought in 232 dollars led by H N Mcll rath as auctioneer. Cattle sold to 91 dollars, oats at 3812 cents per bushel and corn at 51 cents, with buyers and bidders noted in the closing event.
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Hartwick
Gazette
Amy Coats
H. N. Mcllrath
Louisa 4-H Members Feed 127 Baby Beeves
Louisa county 4-H club members have 127 head of baby beeves on feed this year announced by County Agent Lael Moon. The tally includes 12 Shorthorns 72 Herefords and 43 Angus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County
4-H Club
Lael Moon
Hatchery Opens Manchester Branch With 32000 Egg Capacity
Dundee hatcheryman announces a new Manchester branch on Saturday. The facility features 32000 egg capacity and electric incubators. A 2000 capacity forced draft incubator will handle waterfowl including geese and ducks.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Waldo Sandhagen
Dundee
Soul Conservation on Mind Types
A reflective piece contrasts volcanic minds that erupt with rapid action and molasses minds that amble and accumulate, weighing down thought. The author favors the volatile, brief eruptions, noting the molasses mind's slow, unhurried retention and eventual useless heaviness. BT A COUNTRY WOMARK.
Kansas Develops Sweet Potato High In Vitamin A
Kansas breeders at the agricultural experiment station unveil the Nancy Gold a new sweet potato variety from Nancy Hall noted for high vitamin A content. Dr O H Elmer started work in 1932 to find a stem rot resistant line and cited a serving of Nancy Gold meeting the daily vitamin A requirement due to carotene color.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Nancy Hall
Kansas
O. H. Elmer
Agricultural Experiment Station
Butter Production For U S Drops 1 Percent
DES MOINES AP Creamery butter production in the United States for the week ending Jan 23 fell 1 percent from the previous week. It was 5.7 percent higher than the same week in 1940. In the West North Central division including Iowa, production was 8 percent above last year but 27 percent below the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central Division
Iowa
Cooperative creamery widens churn capacity to 1500 pounds
TRAER The True Cooperative creamery has installed a new churn with a 1500 pound capacity replacing the old 1200 pound unit. Butterfat receipts have risen over the past year and a favorable outlook for next year supported the expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAER
Truer Cooperative Creamery
Poultry Paralysis Topic Dominates Iowa Veterinary Meet
Des Moines reports nearly 400 attend the Iowa Veterinary Medical association convention. Dr. C A Brandly of East Lansing discussed poultry paralysis lucosis, a costly disease said to cause up to 50 million dollars in annual losses. He urged three controls: cull affected hens, maintain sanitary henhouses, and avoid introducing new stock after a healthy flock is established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Vetterinary Medical Association
C. A. Brandly
East Lansing
Mich
U. S
Brandley
Agricultural Outlook Brighter in Nebraska Says Official
Lincoln Nebraska State Federal Crop Statistician A E Anderson reports winter precipitation above normal and soil moisture ready for a good winter wheat crop. Pasture and hay prospects are very bright with higher feed demand due to heavy snows increasing hay feeding needs.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ins
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Anderson
Ander
Son
Manchester Farm Group Buys Belgian Stallion
Manchester breeder Gus Steffens sold a sorrel Belgian stallion to a farmers club south of Manchester. Club members include Dale Mangold Vernon Chapman John O Wilson Ray Kehrli George Vifian Dean Smith Howard Richmond L M Kehrli Ed Mangold F E Davis Clarence Thompson Clarence File Clarke Thompson William Clement Arthur Fike S R Smith Harry Haynes Freeman Smith Otto Scharff Herman A Harte man J A Jarvis Vincent Haverington and Herman Iben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Gus Steffens
Dale Mangold
Vernon Chapman
John O. Wilson
Ray Kehrli
George Vifian
Dean Smith
Howard Richmond
L. M. Kehrli
Ed Mangold
F. E. Davis
Clarence Thompson
Clarence File
Clarke Thompson
William Clemen
Arthur Fike
S R., Smith
Harry Haynes
Freeman Smith
Otto Scharff
Herman A. Harteman
J. A. Jarvis
Vincent Haverington
Herman Iben
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Norman S. Fry
Independence
HO H Hand Independence
Ross S Cherry Winthrop
Tom
Fry
Hand
Cherry
Peter J Gaffney Winthrop
Robert Bryan
la Porte City
Robert Hogan
Jesup
Earl Jenks
Lamont
Clyde Whalen
Ledgard Zummak
Fairbanks
FSA
MR. Brown
EGAD
People
Mozart Club
Fanet
Mammoth
Wei
Carl Wilken
Sioux City
National Raw Materials Council
A. C. Bunce
Iowa Livestock Exchange
O. B. Clements
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
George B. Basker
Williams
Pali CN Skey
HDA
Columbus Jct
Delaware
Winneshiek
Bill
Louisa 4-H
Hai
David Bradley
Sears Rofrblick and CO
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Cedar Rapids, Lows
Maxwell House Coffee
Buehler Bros. Market
1St Street
Manchester Farm Group
the Big Shoe Store
Second Ave
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