Milk War Threat Shapes Cedar Rapids License Plan
The agricultural adjustment administration contends it may delay a market license for Cedar Rapids until a majority of local milk producers support it. A tentative license aiming for July 15 await Secretary Henry Wallace’s review after several other city licenses are issued.
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Ashington
D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
AAA
Washington
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Iowa rain record data shows rainfall totals for July to date at 1.81 inches with a deficit of 0.86 inch. Jan 1 to date precipitation stands at 9.79 inches, against 16.46 inches normal, and a total excess of 6.67 inches since Jan. 1. The report also notes a Cedar Rapids dairy group voting to cut whole milk prices to distributors to a cream price basis beginning July 15 as part of a campaign over licensing for the market.
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Cedar Rapids
Co-Operative
Milk Price Settlement Reached in Mason City Area
Milk producers and distributors in Mason City agreed Saturday to raise producer payments by 63 percent while consumer retail prices rise 25 percent. Des Moines market administrator William Perdue led talks for Washington’s agriculture department. A strike was averted and licensing enforcement under AAA was avoided.
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Mason City
William Perdue
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Washington
AAA
Federal Trade Commission opens milk distribution inquiry
The FTC announced a Saturday investigation into milk sale and distribution under a 1930s resolution. Commissioner Charles H March will oversee with the economics and examiners divisions aiding. Preliminary work will define scope and hearings remain undecided. The probe aims to determine monopolistic practices in dairy distribution. Elgin farmer Sam Yost reports an apple tree bearing walnut-sized fruit with a second bloom this season.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Charles H March
Economic and Examiners Division
Commission
Elgin
Sam Yost
Turkey River
Interior hog market holds slim gains amid slow demand
Des Moines reports interior hog trade last week showed a modest uptrend opposite central markets. Demand for medium and heavy butcher hogs and sows held within 15 to 20 cents of late June highs while light weights and rough sows led weakness, with prices mostly 4.30 to 4.55 for 220-300 lb butchers and 4.15 to 4.45 for 310-350 lb heavies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington Co C T A Picnic Set for July 18
The Washington county Con Test association to hold its annual picnic on July 18 in Washington. Newly elected officers to be installed include Arthur Duensing as president Dean Johnson as vice president Charles Palmer as secretary treasurer and Hugh Johnson and Marvin Matthes as directors.
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Washington
Washington County Con Test Association
Arthur Duensing
Dean Johnson
Charles Palmer
Hugh Johnson
Marvin Matthes
Bunchers and Headers Use Varied Harvest Methods in Eastern Iowa
In eastern Iowa Ray Anderson reports on oat harvest methods including bunchers, headers, binders, and combines. The piece describes local equipment, prices for bunchers, and the role of a Mount Vernon blacksmith who builds them. It notes plans to thresh oats with multiple bunchers and field labor, plus ongoing use of headers and old ground gear in Cedar and Linn county communities.
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Iowa
Lyle Bryant
Mount Vernon
Robert Barnes
H. L. Phelps
Springdale
Barnes
Mount Vernon Smith
Mr. Barnes
Bryant
Eicher Proposes Parity Price Bill for Hog Market
Representative Eicher of Iowa announces a plan to fix hog prices at a basic parity level. The bill would require the agriculture secretary to determine and proclaim the parity price for domestic hogs with receipts for unsold hogs, and government handling of surplus stocks to maximize world prices. A previous measure set a $674 per hundredweight minimum but was not considered.
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Washington
Eicher
Iowa
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Escher
Wheat, Corn, and Oats Conditions in 1933 Grain Report
R O Cromwell of Lamson Brothers reports July 1 1933 grain conditions with oats at 40.2 of normal and corn at 77.9. Spring wheat at 35.4 and oats at 40.2 reflect lower yields than 1922-31 averages, with production estimates of 424 million bushels for winter wheat and 2 339 billion for corn. Barley output stands at 139 million bushels. Canadian bacon sales in Great Britain in 1933 more than doubled 1932.
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R. O Cromwell
Lamson Brothers and Company
Cromwell
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Missouri
Iowan
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Great Britain
Wet spell Revives Manchester Delaware County Fields
The Manchester Delaware area received heavy rain over Wednesday and Thursday, greening pastures and gardens. Soybeans near harvest, alfalfa cut, oats heading and ripening, with an expected at least 50 percent oats crop. Corn mostly laid by and well advanced, some fields tasseling.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Shucks Lets Talk It Over RF A Thematic Psalm Of Tax Burden
A satirical poem imitates the 23rd Psalm to critique government taxation and inflation. It portrays Uncle Sam as provider and controller, condemning wage limits, rising cost of living, and state interference while seeking relief through constitutional safeguards.
$3,000,000 Allocated for Bangs Disease Control Drive
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a $3,000,000 fund to start a Bangs disease control campaign under the La Follette amendment. Indemnities would pay up to $20 for grade and $50 for purebreds, plus salvage value on slaughtered cattle. Virginia has current state aid, others may seek funding next winter for follow up sanitary work.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bang
Virginia
Kalona Farmer B Miller Reports Average Yield
B Miller living east of Kalona reports an average crop yield from his fields. The brief notes farming conditions and measured output, reflecting typical midseason results in the Kalona area.
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Kalona
B. Miller
Early blackberry crop seen as short but of fair quality
Ames Iowa reports that Towa extension horticulturist C V Holsinger says this year's blackberry crop may be small though berries could be large and good in quality due to recent rains aiding green fruit. Dry weather since April dampened prospects though bushes withstood winter better than a decade.
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Ames
Towa
C. V. Holsinger
Towa Extension
Iowa
Judges Named for Washington County 4-H Livestock Show
Washington Iowa Murl McDonald assistant director of the Ames extension service will speak August 10 at the Farm Bureau picnic linked to the Washington county 4-H show August 7 to 10. Judges include Prof A L Anderson Ames pig division Carl Oldson secretary Iowa Beef Producers P S Shearer coach ISU judging team Esther Pond ISU home economics coach girls exhibits August 9 Mrs Harold Ellis Marengo demonstrations August 8. County Agent William J Roudabush in charge and 4-H club tour Friday with Angus Moore Mount Pleasant aiding.
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Washington
Murl McDonald
Ames Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Washington County
A L. Anderson
Ames
Anderson
Springfield
Carl Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers Association
P. S. Shearer
Iowa State College
Esther Pond
Harold Ellis
Marengo
William J. Roudabush
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Joe Caputo
Angus Moore
Mount Pleasant
Troy Mills Reports First New Potatoes Size of Duck Eggs
Troy Mills resident J. B. Diltz records the first spring batch of new potatoes large enough for table use. Farmers are entering late gardens and setting out cabbage and tomato plants after recent rains.
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Troy Mills
J. B. Diltz
Central City Farmers Plant Soy Beans and Sweet Corn
Farmers around Central City plant soy beans and sweet corn for forage on contracted acres after heavy rains made plowing possible. Second cutting of alfalfa is under way. Several fields of oats have been cut for hay. A few farmers have sweet corn and new potatoes from early gardens.
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Central City
Wolfe To Address Linn Holiday Association Tuesday
A Linn county Farmers Holiday association meeting led by president Art Hoover is set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Hall in Marion. Dr. T L Wolfe of Mount Vernon will deliver the main address on Cost of Production.
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Linn County
Blairstown Meetings Discuss New Cedar Rapids Soy Bean Plant
Ray McGuire of Cedar Rapids led discussions at Blairstown and Vinton with farmers on Thursday and Friday about plans for a new soy bean processing plant to be located in Cedar Rapids. The meetings covered planting cultivating and curing methods for beans.
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Gazette
Blairstown
Ray McGuire
Cedar Rapids
Atl
Vinton
Butter Storage Surges as July Stocks Reach 29.8 Million Pounds
New York reports 29,829,332 pounds of butter in cold storage on July 1, down from 54,120,023 a year earlier. June receipts were light, with production likely to stay low amid feed shortages and planned autumn crops. Egg and poultry markets show tight supplies and rising costs, while middle west broilers sold higher due to better quality.
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New York City
New York
Middle West
Iowa City 4 H Show Sees 350 Livestock Entered
Johnson county 4 H club show runs August 15 to 17 with about 350 head entered. Exhibits include eighty baby beeves twenty seven purebred heifers fifty five dairy heifers fifteen colts forty hogs in purebred litter class fifty market pigs sixty hogs in market litter class and fifty sheep. For the first time a poultry show will be held in connection with the event.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Robert F. Hager
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