Quaker Oats Buys 1 Million Bushels Oats
The Quaker Oats company purchased 1,000,000 bushels of oats this week, tightening the Omaha oats supply amid strong demand for feed and seed oats in the southwest. About 280,000 bushels have moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, with Omaha elevators showing 1,631,000 oats on hand versus 4,742,000 a year ago, while rye is absent and corn stocks shrank to 383,000. Oats sold for up to nearly 60 cents per bushel this week.
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MAHA
Quaker Oats Company
St. Joseph
Omaha
Isham Leaves Linn County Farm After 29 Years Of Service
Gene Isham and wife announce a year and a half travel spree starting from Linn County Farm near Marion after 29 years of overseeing the institution. They plan Florida to Canada, with a deluxe trailer home and a driver for early miles. William H. Bleakly succeeds Isham as superintendent.
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Linn County
Gene Isham
Mrs. Isham
Wenty
Marion
Isham
Gazette
Ishams
Florida
Texas
Old Mexico
California
Canada
Dakotas
Provinces
Gene
William H. Bleakly
Farmers to finance pumps in drain district No 13
Special to The Gazette Columbus Junction details on funding the Louisa and Muscatine counties drainage district No 13 pumps. Farmers who benefit will finance operation, with cash payment demanded for future business. warrants used to cover debts previously. Supervisors J Carson Duncan and J Henry Shafer named 1937 committee.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Louisa
Muscatine
Joint Board of Survivors
Wapello
J. Carson Duncan
J. Henry Shafer
Joint Board
Egg Market in New York Sees Heavy Receipts and Speculation
New York reports heavy egg receipts in the third week of January totaling 176000 cases. Excess supply prompts speculative demand and some storing as producers face losses from the current egg feed ratio. Purchases by AAA representatives are not enough to improve prices without a market shift in production.
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the Gazette
New York City
New York
AAA
Formation of Rural Business Service by Iowa Farm Bureau
Des Moines forms the Iowa Agricultural Business Corporation service as a subsidiary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. Directors from counties with rural electrification hold seats. Francis Johnson is president, E N Neal is vice president, W B Hamilton secretary treasurer, with R R Cejaka and others on the executive board. Robert Combs, Davenport, named manager with office to be in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Business Corporation Service
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
W. B. Meeks
Jones
Glen Curtis
Cherokee
Paul V. Mather
Wright
F. Z. Souque
Harrison
Ralph J. Mason
Hardin
E. O
W. B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Farm Bureau
Mather
Souqup
Ockenfels
R. R. Cejaka
Pocahontas
Robert Combs
Davenport
Farm Auction Listings for Monday February 1
A series of farm auctions scheduled for Monday February 1 includes Kahle administrator's sale eight miles southeast of Watkins, Clark closing out sale three miles west of Central City, McNamara closing out sale four miles northwest of Troy Mills, Bell closing out sale five miles southeast of Alburnett, Mrs Edd Gott closing out sale three miles south of Center Point, Lawrence closing out sale three and a half miles southeast of Prairieburg, and Stockman and Son dissolution sale nine miles south of Oxford.
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Kahle
Watkins
Clark
Central City
McNamara
Troy Mills
Bell
Alburnett
Edd Gott
South Center Point
Lawrence
Prairieburg
Stockman and Son Dissolution
Oxford
Night schools for farm folk planned at Tipton
Tipton opens a series of farm night school sessions Wednesday with M A Crary in charge. The Why of Soil Conservation is the topic. The homemaking class for farm women will meet next Wednesday on Windows and Curtains with Miss Olivette Pehrson and Miss Marie Johnson assisting.
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Gazette
Tipton
M. A. Crary
Olivette Pehrson
Marie Johnson
Carl reports farm commodities higher in January 1937
Federal agricultural statistician Leslie M. Carl said Iowa farmers received higher prices for most major commodities on Jan 15 than on Dec 15 1936. Eggs fell, wool held steady, and farm purchasing power rose despite uneven gains for hogs. Beef cattle veal and sheep rose, while alfalfa and clover seed prices surged due to drought and reseeding needs.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Iowa
Champion 4-H Lamb Brings 75.5 Cents A Pound At Waterloo
Irene Moore of Hardin county earned 75.5 cents per pound for the champion lamb at the first annual 4-H lamb show and sale in Waterloo. The champion weighed 103 pounds. the pen of sixteen weighed 1,512 pounds and averaged 16 cents per pound. Other top placers included Andrew Arnholz of Black Hawk county and Platz Grass of Butler county with the pen. individual leaders from Grundy, Tama, and Black Hawk counties earned up to 30 cents per pound.
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H Lamb
Waterloo
Irene Moore
Hardin County
Andrew Arnholz
Black Hawk County
Platz Grass
Butler County
Walter Pippert
Tama
Roland Loveland
Bremer
Henry Arnholz
Black Hawk
Paul Brasch
Harry Adair
Grundy County
Ralph Marken
Grundy
John Miller
Hogs Bring $10 at Chicago Sale
August Amend of Cedar County sold 47 hogs weighing 271 pounds each in Chicago at ten dollars per hundredweight.
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Lipton
Amend
Cedar County
Chicago
Head Consults Farmers On Farming At Lisbon Dinner
Fred Sargent president of the North Western railroad said he would travel to Lisbon to learn how to cope with the winter ice threatening small grain and grass seedings. He seeded 70 acres to winter wheat and 20 to alfalfa on about 1000 acres north of Lisbon and Mount Vernon. He aims to learn from local farmers about crust breaking with tractors and air to roots while discussing pasture and emergency crops. Rex Conn and Royal Holbrook were also scheduled to speak.
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Lisbon
Fred Sargent
North Western Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Sargent
Rex Conn
Royal Holbrook
Iowa
Delaware Committeemen Donate $62.50 to Red Cross
A flood relief donation of 62 dollars and 50 cents was collected by Delaware county committeemen and handed to the Red Cross at the close of their instruction meeting in Manchester. The amount was raised among attendees to support flood sufferers.
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Delaware
Red Cross
Manchester
Delaware Co
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar Week Schedule
Linn Farm Bureau lists weekly events with training schools at 10 a.m. Each day includes a township or meeting location with listed hosts and partners such as Mrs. Glenn Stoner Mrs. Fr Rabe Mrs. G. M. Booth Donald Ashby Mrs. Jacob Gerber and Mrs. G. J. Gormly. Tuesday includes a Farm Bureau board meeting at the Y M C A.
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Linn Farm Bureau
Home Project
Linn Township
Glenn Stoner
Trainin
Fayette
Fr Rabe
Farm Bureau Board
G. M. Booth
Jackson
Clinton
Jacob Gerber
Franklin Township
G. J. Gormly
Ames Crops Expert Outlines Pasture Improvement Methods
H G Hughes of the Ames crops department spoke at a Cedar Rapids meeting of the Eastern Iowa Farm Managers association. He compared domestic versus imported clovers, supported the ban on non Canadian varieties, and detailed pasture improvement steps including lime, early reseeding, drilling, rolling, 125 pounds of superphosphate per acre, and rotating grazing. He proposed a spring seed mix and suggested Sudan grass for midsummer supplemental pasture.
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H. G. Hughes
Ames Crops Department
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Farm Managers Association
Hughes
Ames
Board of Control
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Canada
Agricultural Conservation Administration
Mahaska C T A Averages Milk and Butterfat in January
The 362 cows tested by Mahaska county C T A averaged 471 pounds of milk and 21.7 pounds of butterfat in January. Reed and Small of Oskaloosa topped the herd with 682 pounds of milk and 33.5 butterfat from twenty grade Guernseys. Stevens and Morain of Ottumwa owned the high producing single cow at 1 435 pounds of milk and 66 butterfat.
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DELTA
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Association
Reed and Small
Oskaloosa
Stevens and Morain
Ottumwa
Butter imports hold market from rising in New York
New York butter values stay flat as imports meet demand. Foreign shipments, including 8,783 tubs two weeks ago and 1,000 boxes from Argentina last week, keep supplies ample. Domestic butter receipts rise slightly to 244,229,056 pounds, Iowa leads in state receipts with 67,654,703 pounds, while egg and poultry numbers show drought-driven shifts.
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New York City
Mississippi Valley
New York
Iowa
Minnesota
Towa
Traer Hatchery to Welcome First Chicks March 1
Special to The Gazette says Traer Hatchery begins its twelfth season February 1 with L. L. Sawyer as manager and plans to hatch baby chicks on March 1.
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TRAER
Traer Hatchery Company
L. L. Sawyer
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