Price Reports Show Only Three Iowa Commodities Above Parity
A June 15 federal price report shows Iowa beef cattle at 8.20 per hundredweight with parity at 6.62, lambs at 8.20 per head vs parity 7.45, and wool at 24 cents per pound vs parity 23.2. Corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, hogs, hay, chickens, eggs, and butterfat vary against parity with several well below targets. Parity aligns prices with a 1910 14 base. hogs and hay show stark gaps.
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Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Iowa
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Carl
United States
Hay fires spark call for farmer awareness on spontaneous combustion
Researchers urge action as hay spontaneous combustion remains a major yearly fire loss. Farmers are urged to understand conditions that lead to stored hay igniting and to implement preventive measures.
Private Guessers Predict Corn Crop Exceeding Last Year
A six member panel of private crop experts in Chicago forecast U S corn output at 2.557 billion bushels, up 57 million from 1938 and above the 1928–37 average. They also project a 721 million bushel wheat crop for the United States and 396.333 million bushels of oats. They foresee Canada spring wheat at 398 million bushels, vs 326 million last year.
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United Press
Chicago
Nat C. Murray
B. W. Snow
H. C. Donovan
R. O. Cromwell
E. H. Miller
C. E. Galvin
United States
Canada
Lightning Burns Barn and Corn Crib Near Riverside
A Riverside area fire damaged a 48 by 52 foot barn and a double corn crib on the Norval Flynn farm two and a half miles southeast of Riverside when lightning struck during a storm. Loss tallies 2500 dollars covering harness hay and farm tools plus 1300 bushels of corn. insurance covers the claim. Riverside fire department arrived, but the buildings could not be saved.
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the Gazette
Riverside
Norval Flynn
Riverside Fire Department
KLINE TO SPEAK AT FARM BUREAU PICNIC IN WATERVILLE
Allan B. Kline of Vinton vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau will speak at the Alla makee county Farm Bureau picnic at Waterville Park on July 9.
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Waukon
Allan B. Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Allamakee County Farm Bureau
Waterville Park
Dairy production dips from 1938 flush season findings
Washington reports June 1939 market review showing flush season dairy output below 1938 levels. Butter cheese and evaporated milk totals lag 1938, with cows up 2 percent but weather and pasture conditions shaping spring to summer yields.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Today
Bureau
Kittenball Meet Headed Farm Bureau Sports Festival
Fayette plans for a county wide Farm Bureau sports festival at Upper Iowa University on July 7 were finalized. The event features a 4 H boys kittenball tournament among six township clubs, county baseball, women’s events, track, horseshoes, tennis and a tug of war with key organizers named.
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Fayette
Farm Bureau
Upper Iowa University
L. A. Kiel
J. B. Turner
Randalia
G. D. Grimes
West Union
Grant Kiel
M. E. Talcott
Harry Olesen
Everette Sinnott
Carl Miehe
Maynard
Roger Sewell
Vern Paul
L. J. Lyons
Upper Iowa
William Diamond
T. R. Collins
Volney Palmer
Hawkeye
Max Medberry
Elgin
W. E. Pace
Pig Club Tour Planned In Linn County Next Saturday
4 H club agent William Horr of Cedar Rapids announced a Linn county pig club projects tour for Saturday starting at 9 am from the Cedar Rapids court house. Morning stops include Junior Hank and Donald Lee farms southeast of Marion and Fisher Brothers northwest of Mount Vernon. Afternoon visits cover Lloyd Maillie north of Mount Vernon Arthur and Robert Williams and Donald Bedell of Whittier and a hog producing plant on Guy Hillier farm northeast of Marion.
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William Horr
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Pig Club
E. L. Quaife
Ameshog
Court House
Junior Hank
Donald Lee
Marion
Fisher Brothers
Mount Vernon
Lloyd Maillie
Arthur
Robert Williams
Donald Bedell
Whittier
Guy Hillier
Iowa Corn Farmers to Get Nearly Double 1938 Payments
Iowa congressmen estimate 1939 parity and conservation payments will total about 212 million dollars for corn farmersDoubling 1938 earnings to roughly 26 million by May 1939 plus 9 cent per bushel conservation payment and 6 cent parity aid will lift 1939 payments per county by more than 50 percent.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
Gilchrist
Sra
Kossuth
Kossuth County
Iowa County
West Branch C T A Cows Milk and Butterfat Averages
In June the West Branch cow test association reported 385 cows on test averaging 738 pounds of milk and 31.3 pounds of butterfat. The top herd was C. C. Erbberg of Centerdale with 16 pure bred Guernseys averaging 859 pounds of milk and 44.2 pounds of butterfat. A Erb Guernsey set a top individual butterfat record over 80 pounds.
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West Branch
Chinch Bug Damage Threatens 16 Acre Corn Patch
Willis Horton near Brighton reports chinch bugs have destroyed a quarter of 16 acres of corn. Bugs moved from an 8 acre wheat field, damaging 40 rows of corn 80 rods long, as harvests begin in the area. Wheat insured at 22 bushels per acre. oats also affected.
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Brighton
Willis Horton
Horton
Commodity Credit Corporation
New 4 H Club Formed in Lowel Township
Ruth Reuter was elected president of a newly organized girls 4 H club in Lowel township Jones county with Betty Adams as vice president Gertrude Ortgies secretary treasurer Lillian Freeze historian and Jean Ann Freeze reporter The group has eight members Leader is Miss Ione Benesh.
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Monticello
Ruth Reuter
Lowel Township
Jones County
Betty Adams
Gertrude Ortgies
Lillian Freeze
Jean Ann Freeze
Ione Benesh
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Montrose
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Dairy Products Marketing Association
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Washington County
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