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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1934

Page

2

Institute Of Co Operation Opens Convention At Madison

Madison Wis UP The tenth annual session of the American institute of co operation opened with a debate on New Deal farming policies. Secretary Henry A Wallace and AAA leaders plan discussions on crop reduction cooperative distribution tariffs foreign markets extension and stabilization. Other speakers include Jerome Frank Mordecai Ezekiel Frederick Howe A H Lauterbach Willie John D Muller Dr Glenn Frank Charles Teague and University of Wisconsin experts. Wallace will address the future course of social control of agriculture under the New Deal.

Charles E Hoiman Washington Wallace Jerome Frank AAA Mordecai Ezekial Frederick Howe H_ Lauterbach Aaas Daily Willie John D Muller National Co-Operative Council Glenn Frank University of Wisconsin Charles Teague California Food Growers Exchange

Price Fixing Debated By Robbins Farm Woman

Mrs Elmer Davis near Robbins reports farm price inconsistencies in cattle and pork pricing. A cow sold at 50 cents a hundredweight, wieners at 15 cents a pound, and a half cent cow demand trigger debate over price fixing and production control affecting many farmers.

Elmer Davis Robbins Davis

Improvements Made In Elgin Creamery Building

Improvements at the Elgin creamery last week included raising the engine room nearly six feet and roofing the building. The roof is sealed to improve ventilation and fire safety, while the sides receive metal cladding. The new addition will be pebble dashed to match the older structure.

Sperial Gazette Elgin The Elgin Creamery

Emergency Feed Furnished Tama County Farmers

Through the Iowa Emergency Relief committee a carload of corn and two cars of hay are being made available to Tama County farmers in need. Twenty five cases of serious need were reported to County Agent Burns Byram with drought relief officials aiding. Farmers must show financial inability to buy feed or borrow money and will repay costs after August 1 as credit wages, not donations, with work credited at county relief project rates.

TRAER Iowa R. W Schultz Tama Burns Byram R. C McElhinney Dysart Corn-Key Committee

Cystex claims quick kidney relief and a money back guarantee

An advertisement touts Cystex as a fast working remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It promises relief from leg pains nervousness and aches, claiming the formula cleanses toxins within 15 minutes and soothes irritated membranes, with a money back guarantee if unhelpful.

New York Butter Receipts Decline

New York butter receipts fell sharply in the first half of 1934 from 148.0 million to 135.7 million pounds. Iowa shipments dropped to 40.1 million pounds, with May and June driving most of the drop due to drought. Iowa still supplied about 29 percent of total butter, while poultry market tensions disrupted costs and credits, prompting possible live poultry shipment delays and negotiations between buyers, shippers, and officials. Leroy Peterson will meet with Secretary Wallace to seek a settlement amid track holds and overstocked cars.

Spee A the Gazette New York City New York Iowa Leroy Peterson Live Poultry Code Authority Wallace

Iowa farmers receive 70000 bushels soybeans from relief program

Iowa emergency relief distributed about 70000 bushels of soybeans and 150000 pounds of sudan grass to drought areas with 80000 bushels of corn in June. W J Albers notes hay requests small so far but could rise. Program aims to tide farmers over until September 1 and is work-relief funded for public property projects.

Des Moines Iowa Iowa Emergency Relef Administration W J. Albers Albers Towa Berstad

Van Horne Farms Roaring Revival Amid Modern Improvements

Spectal to The Gazette reports Van Horne and nearby communities rebuild after 1930 drought with new corn cribs, barns, hog houses, and a remodeled farm home. About $10,000 in projects underway including garages, elevators, and metal-roofed structures. Builders include A O Reinhardt, Grover Lechtenberg, J H Krumm, and W C Hoover with several farms expanding capacity and updating dwellings.

van Horne A. O. Reinhardt

Oats Yield Six Bushels Per Acre at Webster Farm

Seventeen acres of oats on Jesse Snakenberg’s Webster farm yielded 108 bushels, the first oats threshed in the Webster community. Oats are light this season with harvest by binders and mowers and some by combining while much land is pastured. Early corn tassels and needs rain. sweet corn burned. alfalfa pastured due to dry pastures. Water must be hauled for stock and homes as little rain fell last week. Walford area rains July 4-5 boost farmers’ outlook for corn and soybeans. some fields laid by and oats ripening fast. gardens poor and grape vines dried.

W. C. Kading August Thurman Henry Raue Here Raue James Nolan van Horne Nolan Lson Webster Jesse Snakenberg Walford Ralph Levig

Independents and Co-Op Directors Meet Over Milk Prices

Independent producers and Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy directors planned a Monday meeting at the co op offices to discuss the milk market. Manager W M Reed noted the co op would drop the basic fluid milk price about 55 cents per hundredweight next Monday unless a federal dairy plan is agreed. The session aims to avert a price war as factions seek a deal amid rising producer costs and competition.

Dairs Cedar Rapid Co-operative Dairy Company George Cgrnfith W M Reed

Five Million in U S Funds Advances In Johnson County

A Johnson County survey reports nearly 3.9 million dollars in federal benefits advanced in the past year. The National Farm Loan as location and the Federal Land Bank program loaned farmers over two million dollars, with 253 loans committed in the county. The Home Owners Loan Corporation offices in Davenport indicate total federal earnings and payments surpassing 200 thousand, with expectations to exceed one million next year.

Toa City Johnson County Wee Teade Ivor Federal Land Bank Wroebe Home Owners Davenport

Just Start Haying If You Need Rain

Manchester resident Francis Dunham claims credit for recent rain by mowing alfalfa. He states rain follows his mowing, a pattern he notes has held for five years. Last week his field dried in rain, yielding waterlogged hay described as good feed for his dairy herd next winter. He plans to persuade a neighbor to cut first to ensure rain before harvest.

Manchester Francis Dunham Dunham Mr. Dunham

Bowman Explains Frazier Lemke Act and Farm Debt Relief

Des Moines AP Bowman, head of Iowa Farm Debt Advisory council, says the Frazier Lemke Act offers a five year moratorium for debt ridden farmers not a bankruptcy. It allows farmers to keep farms while settling debts, paying taxes and interest or rent, with debt cancellation and no deficiency judgments. The council will continue mediations between debtors and creditors to aid the work under the new act.

Des Moines Roosevelt L Bowman Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council Bowman Moe Advisory Council

Chinch Bugs Change Color and Lay Eggs

Chicago AP reports Midwestern farmers warned that chinch bugs are maturing colors shift from gray to pink as they shed coverings. The pink bugs are healthy and ready to lay eggs after flight to green fields, causing possible misinterpretation as pest deaths.

Chicago W. P. Flint Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station and Natural History Survey

Chinch bugs to cause less corn damage in Iowa says official

Des Moines reports state agriculture secretary Ray Murray says damage from chinch bugs will drop to under ten percent in infested fields as bugs disperse and corn stalks are sturdier. He notes earlier infestations cut yields by about twenty five percent across forty counties, with possible greater losses prevented by oil barriers. He warns of future fall hatch and seeks a winter burning program to destroy hibernation refuges, though a severe winter or wet spring could still worsen future damage.

Des Moines INS Iowa Ray Murray Murray

60 Cent Corn Loans Sought For 1935 Farm Plan

Des Moines AP report on Iowa leaders proposing 60 to 75 cent corn loans for 1935 as part of a broader farm recovery plan. R M Evans Ralph Moyer and T W Schultz urged AAA to cut hog payments, end corn land rental, and require land rentals to the government for 1936. Proposals hinge on 1935 crop conditions and farmer reaction before any firm production controls are set.

DES Moines Towa AAA Washington R. M. Evans Ralph Moyer T. W. Schultz Iowa State College Agricultural Economics Department

Independence Old Settlers Picnic Draws Hundred in Westburg Area

The Independence Old Settlers Association of Westburg and Jefferson townships held its annual picnic Sunday with about one hundred attendees. Members came from Waterloo Walk er Jesup Brandon Iowa City Ames and Long Beach. Officers elected include President Upton Kepford Waterloo Vice-president Mrs Joe Clark Waterloo Secretary Mrs Joe Kenney Shady Grove and Treasurer Mrs Larry Houck Jesup. Next year’s meeting is set for the second Sunday in July at Walker. Roast chicken belongs on the table not in the poultry jot. Provide shade in hot weather.

Independence Old Settlers Association of Westburg and Jefferson Townships Waterloo Walker Jesup Brandon Iowa City Ames Long Beach Upton Kepford Joe Clark Joe Kenney Shady Grove Larry Houck

Rain Record To Date In Iowa Sets July Excess

The report shows 0.35 inch of precipitation in the 24 hours ending Monday at 7 am. July totals reach 2.16 inches, compared with a normal 1.22 inches for July to date. Excess for July to date is 0.94 inches, while year to date precipitation is 10.14 inches versus a normal 16.77 inches, creating a 6.63 inch deficiency since January 1.

International News Service

Rye Imports Equal North Dakota Crop

Chicago reports 900000 bushels of Polish rye arriving in two weeks with a 324000 bushel shipment due Friday. North Dakota crop matches total imports at 1130000 bushels while drought and heat shrink its prospects. South Dakota harvest about 290000 bushels. both states may fall short for seeding next fall and spring.

Chicago United States North Dakota South Dakota

Internal approach combats piles with Hemroid medicine

Thousands suffer from piles due to internal poor blood circulation. External remedies fail to address the cause. Hemroid, prescribed by Dr. J S Leonhardt and sold nationwide, boosts circulation, clears congestion, heals affected areas, and comes with a money back guarantee via May Drug Co.

J. S. Leonhardt May Drug Co

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Institute of Co-Operation Madison Henry Wallace Frederick Howie Adison Wis American Institute of Cooperation Secretary of Agriculture Henrys A Wallace RE. F. A Stoudine 1St Ave E. Dial Frau Shg ROUNS Boston I Rmit Niagara Falls Adirondacks Canada New England Atlantic Seaboard Atlantic City Toronto Montreal Quebec Saguenay River New York Central Michigan Tama County NORGE Luberger Berty Iowa Fruit Marketing Co 1St Ave. E V. Wan Horne W. C. Hoover U.S Johnson Cedar Rapids Gusette Evans, Moyer Schultz Iowa Theatre Bldg
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