Iowa Butter Shipments to New York Reach record six month total
Iowa sent 46,641,000 pounds of butter to New York City in the first half of the year, up more than 6,000,000 over last year and far surpassing 1922 levels. Minnesota remains a rival supplier while New York’s overall receipts rose by over 10,000,000 pounds.
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Meat Advertising Fund Authorized At Iowa Packing Centers
In Des Moines the meat producers and packers approved a new schedule of fees to fund meat advertising. Starting July 18 packers will deduct to a total of 1 3 cent per hog and calf, 1 5 cent per sheep and lamb, and 1 cent per cattle head, with matching amounts added by packers. Revenue will go to the National Livestock and Meat Board for an ad program, with Omaha and St Joseph markets already collecting the higher charges.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Livestock and Meat Board
Omaha
St. Joseph
Iowa Plan Discussion Attracts Producers And Packers
Iowa officials and producer delegates meet to discuss a plan with fees, while Sioux City and St. Paul consider adoption. Attendees include R. C. Pollock Ida Grove A. Sykes and Nile Kin nick. Packers Jay Decker Mason City T. H. Foster Ottumwa J. W. Rath Waterloo H A Palmer Allen Nash Cedar Rapids.
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St. Paul
R. C. Pollock
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Nile Kinnick
Adel
Jay Decker
Jacob E. Decker.and Sons
Mason City
T. H. Foster
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
J. W. Rath
The
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
H. A. Palmer
Allen Nash
T. M. Sinclair and Company
Cedar Rapids
Favorable Growing Weather Continues Harvest Started
Special to The Gazette notes favorable growing weather since warm spells and intermittent showers. Corn is laid by and tasseling. oats and barley show rapid growth with many fields harvested. Soybeans, hay crops, and alfalfa rebound after heavy rains. Gardens and early potatoes yield well. raspberries harvests rise as rain favors vegetation. Local reports from Hawkeye mention alfalfa from six acres at fifteen loads and large tomatoes, cabbage, and Ohio potatoes improving the harvest.
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The
Gazette
Manchester
Austin Wilbur
Ohio
What’s What Out on the Acres Interview with James Downey
James Downey owner of 344 acres near Garna ville shares views on beer saloons boosting agriculture and employment. He recalls running a Guttenberg saloon in 1905, favors Roosevelt, criticizes Hoover, and blames bank examiners and the Federal Farm Board for economic woes.
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Garnaville
Guttenberg
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Legge
Congress
Farm talk and political rants from an Iowa town panel
A respondent details economic strains and local government failures, arguing for county reforms in Elkader. He blames inefficiency and extrav agance on county supervisors, cites tax bills and farm costs, and recalls scrip and war debt debates. He condemns lazy road crews and poor culvert work, urging local housecleaning.
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Board of Supervisors
Wapsie Valley Cow Test Assn Averages 26.1 June Butterfat
Independence Iowa reports Thomas Hotchkiss tester shows June averages for 337 cows in the Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association. Milk 675 pounds, butterfat 26.1 pounds. highs by Arvid Magnuson and others. IS hospital herd ranked second with 989 milk and 34.1 butterfat. Cedar Rapids and Marion Farm Bureau activities listed for the week.
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Thomas Hotchkiss
Wapsie Valley Association
J. Campbell
Jesup
Jersey
Pleasant Valley onion crop eyed for bumper year
Davenport reports Pleasant Valley district expects a bumper onion crop as scores are employed in topping onions before packing. The area spans about 400 acres on Mississippi bottom land, making it one of the Midwest’s large onion districts.
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Pleasant Valley
Middlewest
Mississippi
Keokuk Livestock Valuation Sets Local Tax Basis
Keokuk county auditor Migourney Milo C. Miller reports the 1933 taxable value of Keokuk livestock at 1,056,508 with 63,635 head recorded excluding young stock. Detailed valuations list cattle, horses, mules, swine, sheep and goats with counts and dollar amounts across categories.
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Migourney
Milo C. Miller
Keokuk County
West Branch Cow Test Association Reorganizes
WEST LIBERTY The West Branch Cow Test association reorganizes with Frank S. Carson Iowa City president Hillis R. Phillips West Liberty vice president and W A Cameron Downey secretary and treasurer Directors for one year are L A Whitacre E R Richards West Liberty and W A Young North Liberty Elmer James Ames tester reports average 28 pounds butterfat in June Lawrence Pratt had high herd eight cows averaging 42.5 pounds butterfat High cow owned by J M Woltz Iowa City eight-year-old Holstein fresh since 27 produced 641 pounds milk testing and 73.8 pounds butter.
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West Liberty
West Branch
Frank S. Carson
Iowa City
Hillis R. Phillips
W. A. Cameron
Downey
L. A. Whitacre
E. R. Richards
W. A. Young
North Liberty
Elmer James
Ames
Lawrence Pratt
J. M. Woltz
Local Harvest Reports and Poultry Yields Nearby
George Herwig harvested the first oats in the vicinity last Friday. Mrs. M. Anderson, a mile west, hatched 2,000 chickens this spring and sold 150 at about three ads each, averaging 16 cents a pound for the first batch and 15 cents for later ones.
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Donnan
George Herwig
Here
Milnor's Assistant Quits From Grain Firm
Josh Chilton resigns as assistant to George L Milner general manager of Farmers National Grain Corp effective August 15.
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Milnor
Chicago
Josh Chilton
George L. Milner
Farmers National Grain Corporation
How Do Farmers Get Into Debt in Michigan
A report from Michigan conferences notes that farmers face debt due to cash outlays surpassing income, high machinery costs, and taxes. It links debt to tariff materials, market knowledge gaps, illness, and farm size inefficiencies, warning of broader economic and social decline.
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Grant
Mich
Liberty Bonds
Canning Confab Planned At Marion
Miss Gladys Adams Linn county home demonstration agent schedules a Marion Memorial hall canning demonstration for rural and civic women leaders. It aims to answer preserving methods and use ordinary kitchen canning tools with optional discussion on pressure cookers steam and oven canning.
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Memorial Hal Marion
Low Test Association
Alba
Linn County
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Marion
Township Farm Bureau
Canning Demonstration Slated In Ames July 18
Miss Ruth Cessna of the Ames extension service will conduct a canning demonstration here July 18. Representatives from rural groups PTA Red Cross relief committees churches and women's clubs will attend and act as leaders in similar demonstrations as part of the statewide food saving campaign. ANAMOSA.
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Ames Extension Service
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Anamosa
12-Foot Combine Ready To Cut 350 Acre Barley Field
W R Buchela prepares a 350 acre barley field on Rockford farm near Beverly Junction southwest of Rapids for harvest with a 12 foot combine. He shares the land with Waconia Mills, leased the farm, and expects a 14009 bushel yield. Seeding last spring cost 1.67 per acre for seed labor and fuel, tractors excluded.
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Iowa
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Beverly Junction
At Rapids
Waconia Mills
Farm Union President to Speak on Holiday Move
H H Baker of Belle Plaine arranged farm holiday meetings across Linn County drawing 200 to 1000 attendees. Glen B Miller Iowa Farmers Union president will address Marion Tuesday on Farm Holiday objectives and movement progress and a Prairieburg meeting is set for Monday With stops listed in several towns including Marion Fay ette Monroe and Washington.
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Putnam
Old Corn and Shoats Brought In At Local Farm Sale
Mrs. Lou Bunker sold 1500 bushels of old corn four miles northeast of Tipton at 27.64 cents a bushel. Twelve hundred bushels of old oats brought 14 cents, with oats prices as low as 10 cents predicted for new oats. A large hay crop has been cut. Herman Lang bought eighteen shoals at about 90 pounds each for $2. D B Winslow bought Tolbert M Straub s age crop of purebred Chester White hogs, handling around 1000 head of feeders in recent weeks.
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Tipton
Lou Bunker
Herman Lang
D. B. Winslow
Tolbert M. Straub
Chester White
Mr. Winslow
Alfalfa, Timonthy crops yield. raspberries at 12 cents
The article notes the second alfalfa crop nearly ready and in fine condition, with timely Timothy harvests yielding heavily. It mentions last year’s dry weather hurting growers, and raspberries on the market at 12 cents per quart. Beans, cabbage, beets and potatoes are plentiful with an early market surplus.
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Gazette
Rowley
Timothy
Tipton Rural Harvest Report Notes Crop Progress
Tipton area reports most corn laid by or too tall to cultivate with tassels appearing. Oats changing color and haying solid with alfalfa near second cut. Berry crop abundant. red raspberries fetch 15c a box and green apples and garden produce selling well. Gardens reported pest free and ready for market.
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Tipton
Garden harvests and market berries noted in Elgin
Mrs. Joe Habeger reports ripe matoes and green cucumbers from her garden one mile east of Elgin on July 4. Early cabbage and good-sized ears of sweet corn appear in other gardens. Red and black raspberries are now on the market.
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Elgin
Joe Habeger
Here
Storm Hail Damages Crops North of Wellman
A hail storm five miles north of Wellman struck Wednesday night and severely damaged corn and oats. In some areas oats were beaten into the ground and straw shredded by the impact.
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Wellman
Homemade four-row soy bean weeder from dump rake
A farmer near Hamilton built a home made weeder that cultivates five rows of soy beans at a time. It uses wheels from a dump rake and teeth spaced by a log chain. The device has been used on double rowed soy beans.
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Sera
Hamilton
Armer
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