Foreclosures Rise With Prosperity In Iowa County Study
Story county research by William G. Murray finds a mortgage foreclosure cycle tied to farm prices. From 1910 to 1931 total mortgage debt climbs from 5.9 million to 18 million, while land mortgage share stays around 58 percent and debt per acre peaks at 111 dollars in 1920 and 86 in 1931. most farms owed $50 or more per acre in 1931.
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Story County
William G. Murray
Ames
Iowa
Murray
Bulletin Advises Horse Care in Heat and Disease Notes
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association bulletin urges shading noon feed and avoiding work during peak heat. Horses should rest before feeding, and water offered during pauses. The report lists numerous infectious outbreaks in pigs cattle poultry and horses across towns including Tipton Iowa City Iowa and Mount Vernon.
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The
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Tipton
Garrison
Kalona
Morning Sun
Pairfield
Columbus Junction
Esstens Sunbury
West Branch
Iowa City
Maqueeta
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Reinbeck
Preston
Manchester
Dubuque
Vinton
Mount Vernon
Belle Plaine
Mechanicsville
Grand Mound
Central City
Monticello
Ringville
Center Junction
Traer
Oxford
Londen
Brooklyn
Ti Vinton
Mount Hamill
Warly
Jin Fen
Nashua
Amber
Durant
Keystone
Sretriebure
Columbe Susmen Airie
la Porte City
What’s What Out on the Acres Township Trustee Interview
Interview with L. R. Halstad of a Quasqueton area farm on 120 acres discusses politics and policy. He supports Governor Turner’s income tax approach, tax revision, home control of school funds, Farm Bureau value, and elimination of double taxation while commenting on road taxes and local aid. He plans to vote Democratic with Turner's plank alignment and Roosevelt support.
45 Muscatine 4-H Girls At Annual Club Camp
Miss Flor fice Armstrong Muscatine county home demonstration agent reports forty five girls members of the 4-H club in camp at Rotary lodge Staley lake. The camp ends Friday with the George Washington bi centennial pageant. Mrs Carl Le Fever chairs the county committee and Miss Florence Forbes Ames state 4-H leader and Sylvan Runkel extension forestry specialist assist.
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Wilton Junction
Flor
Fice Armstrong
Muscatine County
Rotary Lodge
Staley Lake
George Washington
Carl le Fever
Florence Forbes
Ames
Sylvan Runkel
Fence Drift Through Darkened Wooded Lanes
A vivid description of wooded lanes with sudden vistas and serpentine aerial views over pine silos and cows, swirling along sharp descents away from main roads in a rural county setting.
More Than 30 Per Cent Moisture Hay Unsafe
Ames Iowa States College graduate student Earl D Anderson warns hay with under 30 percent moisture risks spontaneous combustion. Fire losses on Iowa farms exceed $200000 annually. He advises thorough wilting before storage and thorough spreading in mow or stack to minimize heating and fires. Professor E Henson notes fermentation-initiated heating accelerates to a blaze once microbes survive below 150 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Ames
Earl D. Anderson
Iowa State College
Iowa
Erson
Anderson
E. Henson
Ears Form in Corn Near North Liberty
Clarence La cina on the Preston Roser farm northwest of North Liberty reports fifteen acres of corn fully tasseled and beginning to shoot ears. The field was planted May 10. Stalks stand over six feet tall. Harvest of small grain has started while haying is delayed by frequent rains.
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North Liberty
Clarence Lacina
Preston -Roser
Hay and Wheat Progress Report from Amana and Bethel
South Bethel near Durant reports sixty one loads of hay from fifteen acres with fifteen more in the field awaiting putting up. Farmers shift to oat harvesting as it ripens rapidly. High Amana foreman Otto Scha edlich notes corn tasseling on the Fourth of July and 100 acres of fall wheat started with excellent prospects. West Amana remains the only Amana village with a flour mill.
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South Bethel
Ned Arnout
Durant
High Amana
Otto Schaedlich
West Amana
West
Amana Corporation
Harvest Season Advances In Walford Area
Farmers in Walford report progressing hay malting and cutting of barley and wheat. Cabbage ready for use and a large yield of bush fruit, notably raspberries, is noted in the area.
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Walford
Rowley Creamery Pays 16 Cents Butterfat for June
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers' Co operative Creamery receive checks for butterfat delivered in the first half of June. Albert F. Sloan was paid 16 cents per pound, down from 17 cents in the last half of May.
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Rowley Creamery
Wley
Rowley Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Company
Albert F. Sloan
4 H Boys Camp Awards At Rotary Lodge Wilton Junction
Special to The Gazette twelve boys received letters at the close of the 4 H Boys camp held at Rotary lodge Russell Bill received a fountain pen from the Muscatine club for his work as president of the Iowa Association of the Farmers of America Thirty five boys enrolled and the camp was the first ever held During the summer several project tours will be made by the group A committee was chosen to arrange a booth at the West Liberty fair This will be the first time for the 4 H boys to enter the West Liberty fair.
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Wilton Junction
Rotary Lodge
Russell Bill
Muscatine Club
Iowa Association of the Farmers of America
Attempt To Name Valuation Board For Peverill Cattle
Waterloo AP County Attorney John W. Gwynne set Friday morning for an effort to agree on a third member of the appraisal board to value H. G. Peverill's cattle before tuberculosis tests. Letters were mailed to Jesse Refshauge Cedar Falls and W. H. McIntosh Dunkerton to meet at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Waterloo
John W. Gwynne
H. G. Peverill
Jesse Refshauge
Cedar Falls
Peverill
W. H. McIntosh
Dunkerton
State Department of Agriculture
Co operative hog market proves strong at Independence
The speaker praises a centralized co op selling system at Independence for hogs. It supports higher prices matching Cedar Rapids and Waterloo and notes buyers come to the country, with orders reaching local markets and hogs not only sent to Chicago.
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Independence
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Chicago
Sinex Returns To Cudahy's Tama Plant
F A Sinex head buyer for the Cudahy Packing company has moved to Tama from Milwaukee to head the central hog buying plant here. He formerly led the Tama plant, left about two years ago. Virgil Smith, formerly with Cudahy, will join Western Lives Buyers here soon.
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Tama
A. F. Sinex
Cudahy Packing Company
Milwaukee
Mr. Sinex
Virgil Smith
Cudahy Company
Progressive Wing of Iowa Farm Union Elects
SIOUX CITY AP Albert Beltman of Hospers was elected president of the self styled progressive group of the Farmers union. About 300 members attended after walking out of the state convention at Des Moines. Directors named include Hans Wilen, H P Lasher, Jake Eversman, John Haverhall, C P Rusher and G A Putbrese.
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Sioux City
Albert Beltman
Hospers
Farmers Union
Des
Hans Wilen
Rock Rapids
H. P. Lasher
Cushing
Jake Eversman
Burlington
John Haverhall
Sioux Center
C. P. Rusher
Battle Creek
G. A. Putbrese
Ulmar
Hog price climb stalls as Des Moines market pauses
Des Moines reports a four week bull run in hog prices with gains of about 1.75 on butcher hogs and 1.50 on packing sows. Thursday's 35 to 40 cent rise lacks the prior market spark as receipts show good to choice hogs 180 to 230 pounds selling mostly 4.60 to 4.35, with some long-haul loads at 4.90 to 4.95.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Fayette C T A 4 Averages 25.9 Lbs Butterfat In June
Fayette Cow Test association No 4 reports June production down from May due to heat and long milking period. 483 cows on test averaged 625 pounds milk and 25.9 pounds butterfat with 72 cows above 40 pounds, 22 above 50 and 3 above 60. J C Mathews had high herd. Kenneth Kerr high cow. Maternal Jerseys averaged 719 pounds milk and 42.4 pounds butterfat. Kerr Holstein cow produced 1875 pounds milk and 67.4 pounds butterfat.
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West Union
Fayette
Beatrice Mercedes Sets North Dakota Dairy Record
Beatrice Mercedes of Coggon established a new junior production record for North Dakota at Mandan. The 365 day yield reached 19,199 pounds of milk and 670.3 pounds butterfat, with a 3.5 test. Mills and Son sold her dam and four daughters to the U.S. Bureau of Dairy Industry in May 1930.
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Coggon
Beatrice Mercedes
North Dakota
United States Dairy Station
Mandan
Mills and Son
Unit States Bureau of Dairy Industry
Doris Segis Rue
Wellman Farm Trade Sends 156 Acre Plot for 136 Acre Way
Wellman trader Wellman Eardley Bell Jr. exchanges his 156 acre farm west of Washington near Fort Madison bank for the W Hale farm of 136 acres located two miles southwest of Wellman.
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Wellman
Eardley Bell, Jr
Washington
Fort Madison Bank
W. Hale
Insurance bid wins at Dysart sheriff sale on Thiessen farm
An insurance company placed the winning bid of 28209 at a sheriff's sale for the Thomas Thiessen farm located 240 north of Dysart. The bid came in 1500 under the total claim costs.
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Dysart
Thomas Thiessen
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Quasqueton
Turner
L. R. Halstad
Farm Bureau
Test Association
Roosevelt
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
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Congress
Tru
Muscatine
BR. F. A
Ahivtee
County
Philip Leibsohn & Company
First Ave
Peverill Cattle
P. N. Gibson Commission Company
West Liberty, Iowa
Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Ray Anderson
Sinex
Cudahy
Progressive
Iowa Farm Union
Fayette C. T. A
A. Pipal & CO
16Th Ave. W
Jean
Polehna
6Th Ave
DIAL
Shankless Picnic
Sinclair
Fidelity
Binder Twine
Per Bale
Tittle Bros. Packing Co
16Th Avenue
Bologna
Brookfield
Pure Creamery
Zelezny & Plotz Markets
Mt. Vernon Ave
Third Ave. W
JOE Dytrt Grocery
16Th Avenue S. W
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