June Hog Prices Exceed 1931 35 Average By 87 Percent
Leslie M. Carl reports Iowa farm prices for June 15 show hog prices up 87 percent over the 1931-35 five year average. Hogs led gains with an increase from $8.70 to $9.10 per hundredweight while corn held at 51 cents a bushel. Other notes include higher lambs wool butter eggs and milk cows up modestly. oats barley rye and apples posted declines or flat changes.
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Carl
Eport
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa
Easasia Ss
Ees Baws
Fence Drift and Whiteface Cattle Near Maquoketa Bridge
In Jackson county near a rattly bridge north of Baldwin, fence drift and wan dering cattle along the Maquoketa reflect a landscape of changing scenery. The river, old bridge, weeds, and livestock offer a rustic antidote to pests and parasites amid Eastern Iowa’s mix of beauty and roughness.
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Maquoketa
Rattly Bridge
Baldwin
Jackson County
Iowa
Mt Vernon Civic Club Hosts Farmers on Tour
Linn county farmers and town businessmen visited ten erosion control and soil conservation projects by the CCC camp at Marion. The group joined a noon picnic lunch hosted by the Mount Vernon chamber of commerce at the country club.
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Linn County
CCC
Marion
Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Bluegrass Seed Yield Falls Behind 1935 by Half
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates Kentucky bluegrass seed production this year at 1.2 to 1.4 million bushels, about half of 1935’s ~2.7 million. The decline follows a decade of varied outputs with 1935 a peak amid a drop from last year due to multiple factors.
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Kentucky
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Weather and pests cited as key factors in crop season
Growers and dealers point to unusually dry weather in May and June as the main factor affecting the season. Other factors include a severe winter, late spring freezes, large yields in some districts last year, and damage from insects.
Hopper invasion advances to Jasper County
County agent Zahn reports a general grasshopper infestation in Jasper County. More than 400 farmers filed for poison bran to combat the invaders as a five ton supply carried over from last year was exhausted serving fifty applicants.
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Newton
Zahn
Jasper
Randalia Creamery Purchases Farmers Co operative Building
The Randalia Mutual Creamery association bought the Farmers Co operative building in Randalia for 500 dollars at auction. Auctioneer was R. B. McCormick of Fayette. The partly vacant structure has housed a grocery store for the past year. the creamery will use the vacant half to store feed supplies for farmers.
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Randalia
Randalia Mutual Creamery Association
Farmers Co-operative
R. B. McCormick
Fayette
Haying Nears Completion in Littleton Area
Haying is nearly finished in the Littleton vicinity. The crop consists mainly of clover and yields are fair with good quality. Corn, beans, and sand-area pastures need rain. raspberries and plums show good crops despite shortages.
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Littleton
Steers Bring 8 85 At Chicago Sale From North Carolina Farm
Holst, a farmer near Onslow in Jones county, sold 1234 pounds of steers at Chicago for 8.85 dollars per hundredweight on Wednesday. The sale emphasizes regional cattle market activity and farmer gains.
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Onslow
N. C. Holst
Jones County
Chicago
Interior hog receipts rise in Iowa and Minnesota markets
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog receipts increased sharply in the first four days of the week while trading slowed slightly from last week. Heavy and packing hogs fell 10 to 20 cents, light to medium weight butchers near steady, and four day totals reached 118200 head, about 26 percent above last week.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Series Of Soybean Confabs Scheduled For Eastern Iowa
Aims to host five soybean conferences in eastern Iowa next week with E S Dyas announcing. Meetings schedule Toledo Cedar Rapids Washington DeWitt Maquoketa with growers buyers and processors attending. H H Whiteside will explain soybean grades and conduct demonstrations along with variety guidance and processing plant input.
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Ames
Iowa
E. S. Dyas
Ames Extension
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Washington
DeWitt
Maquoketa
Dyas
H. H. Whiteside
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dr. Dyas
Rex Beresford
Linn County Dairy Averages Highlight June Milk Fat Output
Linn C. T. A. No. 3 reports June results for 178 cows in 14 herds averaging 845 pounds of milk and 32.4 pounds of butterfat. W. L. Smith’s 27 purebred Holsteins led with 1,643 pounds milk and 51.2 fat. high cow produced 99.5 pounds fat in 29 days. Eleven members fed balanced rations during June.
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Linn County
M. I. Rice
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Smith
Milk Yields in Edgewood-District Dairy Test
In June the Clayton-Delaware Cow Test association reported 481 cows, 26 dry, on test with an average of 725 pounds of milk and 25.6 pounds of butterfat. Howard Sampson led a Colesburg herd with 980 pounds of milk and 45 pounds of butterfat. White and Gull, also of Colesburg, averaged 1,018 pounds of milk and 38.5 pounds of butterfat. A White and Gull Holstein named High scow yielded 1,854 pounds of milk and 68.6 pounds of butterfat.
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Edgewood
Clayton-Delaware Cow Test Association
Roland Neal
Howard Sampson
Colesburg
Gull
Clarence-Average milk and butterfat tested in Linn County herds
In Linn County Cow Test association No 2 June averages show 414 cows in 21 herds producing 678 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds butterfat. Clarence Stonerook led with high herd, 24 Holsteins at 1191 pounds milk 38.6 butterfat. Decker led second herd 996 pounds milk 34.6 fat. High cow was a purebred Jer-
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Clarence
Linn County
Robert Decker
Protein Boost Raises Butterfat in Cedar Rapids Herds
In two similar tests at Cedar Rapids Dows Manii Dairy No 2 herd production rose 19.6 percent with soybeans added to the ration while another herd dropped 19.6 percent when linseed oilmeal was removed. The average butterfat yield recorded was 87.4 pounds per herd.
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Dows Manii
Cedar Rapids
Neighbors plan to lay by Bowser corn in Muscatine county
Twelve farmers in Muscatine county plan to lay by the corn of Joe Bowser who has been ill since his crop was planted. They have plowed and cared for the field. Names listed include Paul Satterwaite R Paetz Jim Beatty George Monson L Goddard William Martz Fred Satterwaite H Bridge Harold Garvin E M Goddard Chet Howard Fred Monson and Clarence McConnaha.
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Wilton Junction
Muscatine County
Joe Bowser
Paul Satterwaite
R. Paetz
Jim Beatty
George Monson
L. Goddard
William Martz
Fred Satterwaite
H. Bridge
Harold Garvin
E. M. Goddard
Chet Howard
Fred Monson
Clarence McConnaha
4 H Fair at Grinnell Set for August 24 26
Grinnell Poweshiek county’s annual 4 H club fair will run August 24 25 and 26 at Grinnell Wilbur Molison president of the association announced The event is sponsored by the Grinnell Kiwanis club and Grinnell merchants.
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Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Wilbur Molison
Grinnell Kiwanis Club
Grinnell Merchants
Soybean harvest soars from 1925 to 1935
The report shows a jump from 5,131,000 bushels in 1925 to 39,637,000 bushels harvested in 1935 reflecting a dramatic increase in soybean production.
Auction Brings Varied Prices at Walton Farm Sale
Thirty-two acres of corn sold for 6.20 6.75 and 7.50 an acre at the closing out sale of Mrs. Grant Walton near Littleton. Corn in the crib 53 cents a bushel. A large potato patch sold for 12.75. garden patch 2.50. Two horses 150 and 77. five milk cows 54 to 60 each. Three Chester White sows 25 each. Eight sow pigs 8.90 each. eight barrows 7.90 each. 60 Leghorn hens 60 cents. 219 spring chicks 23 cents. Household items including stove 17, heater 20, cabinet 13, table 3, sewing machine 15, washer 47.50, coupe 25. Auctioneers Fay Miller Blasier clerk.
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Littleton
Grant Walton
Chester
Fay Miller
W. W. Blasier
Three Car Loads of Blue-Grass Seed Shipped from Mount Vernon
Two car loads of blue-grass tops were shipped this week from Mount Vernon by Ouran Seed Company of Council Bluffs. The area served as a concentration point for strippings near Blairstown, Monticello and Tipton. The grass was dried and packed in large burlap bags for shipping.
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Mount Vernon
Ouran Seed Company
Council Bluffs
Blairstown
Monticello
Tipton
Best Judges Named At Buchanan C T A Picnic
Independence hosts the Wapsie Valley Contest Association picnic with Thomas Hotchkiss and Roy Crawford earning top judging honors to represent the association at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. The Iowa state hospital herd led the year with 471 pounds of butterfat. Arvid Magnuson herd was second. Glen Gavin organized events including talks, music, stunts, and kittenball.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Contest Association
Thomas Hotchkiss
Roy Crawford
Perry Township
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa State Hospital
Arvid Magnuson
Glen Gavin
Inner Leaves Grow Faster On Dillon Atherton Corn
The Ga zette hill corn on the Dillon Atherton farm near Viola showed rapid inner leaf growth, three and a half inches in 24 hours, while outer leaves lagged. A related test with irrigation produced four and a quarter inches of growth in the same period, confirming rain benefits. Extreme temperatures ranged from 53 to 106 degrees with an average of 79. Ground temperature was 80 degrees at seven inches deep. Atherton noted inner stalks may lead growth moving forward.
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Gazette Hill
Dillon Atherton
Viola
Atherton
O. J. Elston Farm Sold for 80 Per Acre
The 160 acre Elston farm two miles south of Gladbrook was sold for 80 an acre to M. C. Thomas of near Elkader. The Elston Brothers, long time owners from Toledo and Waterloo, will move to the property next year.
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TRAER
O. J. Elston
Gladbrook
M. C. Thomas
Elkader
Elston Brothers
Toledo
Waterloo
Sweet Corn Doing Well In Vicinity Of Tipton
In Tipton area sweet corn is ahead of normal for the season with eight hundred acres contracted for the local canning plant. Most plantings are hybrid corn and growers will be paid seven dollars a ton. Raymond Wehde has the largest contract at sixty acres. R S Swinney, plant manager, expects packing to start by mid August and about one hundred workers will be employed for six weeks.
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Tipton
Raymond Wehde
R. S. Swinney
Soybeans Hit Record High Above One Dollar In Chicago
Chicago prices for No 3 yellow soybeans surged to 1.03 per bushel the highest since the market began up 2 cents from the prior day and 18 cents in the last month. Demand and exports boosted the market as about 1 500 000 bushels have cleared for foreign ports since lake navigation opened.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Lake Navigation
Weed Poison Used By Road Engineers
Ames Iowa grasshoppers aren t the only pests being poisoned these days. A carload of weed poison is being distributed by the highway commission to thirty division engineers throughout Iowa. They begin the annual attack provided by law on noxious weeds along state thoroughfares. The law allows destruction of Canada thistles sow thistles and quack grass but crews also are killing sour duck and creeping Jenny.
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Ames
The
Highway Commission
Iowa
Canada
Corn-Hog Payments Totals $3 497 50 In Grundy County
Fifty four corn-hog benefit checks totaling 3497.50 were issued for 1935 contracts and received this week at Grundy Center in Grundy County.
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Reinbeck
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Mixed yearlings fetch $8.35 at Chicago market
J J Napper, a Jones county farmer from Anamosa, sold a load of mixed yearling cattle on Tuesday in Chicago, bringing $8.35 per hundredweight. The sale highlights the ongoing regional cattle trade and Napper's participation in the market.
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Anamosa
J. J. Napper
Jones County
Chicago
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