Pork Exports Surpass Imports in First Half 1938
The Institute of American Meat Packers in Chicago reports pork exports in the first half of 1938 exceeded imports for the first time since 1937. Exports rose 16 million pounds about 60 percent from 1937. imports fell 10 million pounds about 26 percent. Wholesale meat prices also declined across beef pork and veal with pork loins belly bacon and hams showing notable drops. Exports of lard more than doubled year over year while overall meat production is expected to rise in the next six months.
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American Meat Packers’ Institute
United States
Institute of American Meat Packers
Chicago
Institute
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Population Drops to 939800 in 1938
Iowa's farm population declined again in 1938 to an estimated 939,800 as of January 1, 1938, continuing a trend dating back to 1900, according to Dr. Ray E. Wakely of Ames.
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Iowa
Ames
Ray E. Wakely
Winneshik 4-H Boys Plan Spillville Picnic Thursday
Spillville hosts the Winneshick 4-H boys annual county picnic at River side park. Speaker will be Grover Miehe state 4-H president from Maynard.
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Spillville
River~ Side Park
Grover Miehe
Maynard
State
Buchanan 4-H Rally Day Moved to August 3
The Buchanan county 4-H girls achievement day at Rowley is rescheduled from August 5 to August 3. Miss Selma Ekquist of the Ames extension department will judge the exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Rowley
Buchanan County
Selma Ekquist
Ames Extension Department
June hatchery output nears 1936 peak amid gains
Washington reports 238 hatcheries with capacity for 29.225 million eggs set in June produced 5.948 million chicks hatched, up 88 percent in eggs and 73 percent in chicks from a year earlier. Regions show broad gains with New England at 142 percent and Pacific coast improving 29 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pacific Coast
New England
West North Central States
Brown Swiss Breeders Picnic At Marion District 6
Fifteen Brown Swiss breeders and families picnicked Sunday at Thomas Park in Marion and planned the parish show to be held during the Buchanan county fair at Independence August 16 to 19. A herd will be selected for the All Iowa Livestock Exposition in Cedar Rapids September 4 to 9. Fieldman Fred Tdtse of Beloit Wisconsin represented the Brown Swiss association at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Park
Marion
Independence
Cedar Rapids
Fred Tdtse
Beloit
Wis
Brown Swiss Association
Farmer Tate Grows 98 Inch Field Corn
John Tate, a farmer northwest of Independence, harvested stalks of field corn measuring 98 inches tall. He states he has a forty acre field of this corn.
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Independence
John =‘ Tate
Tate
Terraces Stop Soil Loss In Half Hour Rain
A Dan Lilly farm near Alburnell shows terraced vs non terraced corn fields after a 2 inch 30 minute rain. Left bank silting contrasts with the right bank where terraced contours prevent washing.
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Dan Lilly
Alburnell
Oats Bring 20 Cents A Bushel At Kinross Market
Wellman W C Hradek marketed the first load of oats in Washington county to the Fischer Brothers elevator at Kinross. The winter variety, averaging 28 pounds per bushel, brought 20 cents a bushel as Hradek began combining in a 65 acre field.
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Wellman
W. C. Hradek
Washington County
Fischer Brothers
Kinross
Hradek
$15,000,000 For Rehabilitation In Five Midwest States
Indianapolis AP R C Smith regional chief for the farm security administration said about 15 million dollars would be available for rehabilitation loans to farmers in Ohio Indiana Winds Iowa and Missouri in the next year. The funds are for short term operating capital loans at five percent interest for up to five years. He noted that low mood crop failure flood fire and sickness left thousands of farmers in precarious economic condition.
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Indianapolis
R. C. Smith
Farm Security Administration
Ohio
Indiana
Winds
Iowa
Missouri
Smith
Flock Sorting And Pullorum Testing School Details
AMES Iowa hosts a poultry program July 11 to 16 for flock sorting and pullorum testing. Open to poultry workers and farmers with a $2 registration. additional fees apply for inspectors and testers exams. Bring six birds across three varieties and attend all days. birds later sold to the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association at Ames market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Soul Conservation in a Country Woman’s Busy Day
A day in the life of a farm wife shows time pressure from dawn to night. She plans meals hay hands dinner pies fruit raspberries garden vegetables and chicken care while ironing patching and cleaning. The piece ends with quiet after chores and hope for tomorrow.
Five Iowans Named On World Poultry Meet Board
Five of the fourteen members on the national board of directors for the World Poultry Congress and Exposition in Cleveland are Iowans or former Iowans. Henry A. Wallace, secretary of agriculture, heads the board as president. Other Iowa members include C. W. Warburton, W. B. Termohlen, Glen H. Campbell, and Ed B. Heaton, with ties to Iowa State College, Sioux City, Ames, and Chicago respectively.
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Ames
Towa
Cleveland
W. M. Vernon
Iowa Poultry Congress Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
National Board of Directors
C. W. Warburton
Iowa State College
Buchanan County
Federal Agricultural Extension Service
W. B. Termohlen
Sioux City
United States Department of Agriculture
Glen H. Campbell
Ed B. Heaton
Iowa County
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Chicago
Exports of American corn reach two million bushels
Exports remained sizable with about 2,000,000 bushels of corn shipped from Chicago in the latest weekly grain market review by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Domestic receipts fell to 4,892,000 bushels, down from over 7,000,000 the prior week.
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Chicago
The
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Back To The Farm Movement Reported By Census Bureau
Census Bureau special 1938 survey shows one in nine of 3 000 farms enumerated had residents who had not lived on a farm five years earlier. Data from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes 1 160 000 people moved from farms to cities in 1937 while 872 000 moved to farms. births more than losses kept farm population up 90 000 by Jan 1 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Linn County to Exhibit at State Fair
Miss Lucille Gove Linn county home demonstration agent at Cedar Rapids announced Linn will be among twenty five counties chosen to exhibit home projects at the state fair in Des Moines. The Linn booth will illustrate Cost of Adequate Meals as prepared by Brown township. A panel discussion by Linn and Franklin township women on Does Farm Life Provide Satisfaction in Living will be the program number.
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Lucille Gove
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Linn Booth
Brown Township
Franklin Townships
Serious Wheat Rust Spreads in Spring Wheat Belt
Washington agriculture officials report a serious stem rust outbreak across the spring wheat belt with widespread crop effects. No damage forecast yet on the 1.04 billion bushel wheat crop. crown rust also grows on oats and barley shows rust in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ins
Department of Agriculture
Department
Wapsie Cows Show Profit of 80 60 In 1937 38 Test Year
Independence reports the Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association records for 1937 38 showing 523 cows across 27 herds averaged 80.60 profit over feed costs. Average product per cow 140.57, feed cost 59.84, and 373.19 cow years yielded 8132 pounds of milk and 327.2 pounds butterfat. The Campbell Jersey herd led with 9332 pounds milk and 49.5 butterfat per 15.67 cow years.
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Independence
Wapsie
W. J. Campbell
Jersey
State Hospital
Verne Osborne
Arthur Sattterlee
Arvid Magnussen
Kremer and Robinson
Clarence Boddicker
Hla
Bahe
Zummak
Ray Hall
E. G. Potter
C. Butterfield
Campbell
Central City Cow Test Reports Strong Returns for Linn Co Op
Otto W Bruns reports June figures for Linn Cow Test Assn No 3 showing average profit above feed cost at 7.88 dollars per cow with a range of 5.93 to 11.74. Butterfat cost per pound ranges 6.2 to 22.1 cents, average 11 cents. The 421 cows on test produced 760 pounds of milk and 30.4 pounds of butterfat. J J Mills and Son herd leads with 1394 pounds per herd member and 51.5 pounds of butterfat.
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Central City
Otto W. Bruns
Linn Cow Test Association No. 3
J. J. Mills and Son
Fayette County Cow Test results show top herd averages
The Fayette County Cow Test association No 3 reports June results with 384 cows averaging 804 pounds of milk and 31 pounds of butterfat. The King and Kiederlen mixed herd of 22 cows led the group at 818 pounds of milk and 40 pounds of butterfat.
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Fayette
Fayette County
George A Youmans
King and Kiederlen
U S Corn Crop Seen Near 2.5 Billion Bushels
Washington reports mixed growing conditions since June 1 with excess rain in some areas and drought in others. Officials project a bumper wheat crop between 950 million and 1 billion bushels while Chicago dealers forecast a corn crop around 2.498 billion bushels, with exports up 39 percent year to year and wheat loan needs tied to July 1 estimates under the new farm act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Chicago
Crop Board
Commodity, Credit Corporation
Hogs Sell at $9.25 a Hundredweight at Chicago Sale
John Ales of Clinton county feeder marketed seventeen Hampshire hogs weighing 273 pounds at Chicago Friday for $9.25 per hundredweight, one of the season’s high prices for the weight.
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Gazette
Dewitt
John Ales
Clinton County
Hampshire
Chicago
Fair judge named to oversee Delaware county fair exhibits
Frank Chandler of Rosebrae Farm Kellerton has been named to judge livestock at the Delaware county fair in Manchester from August 30 to September 1.
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Pmanchester
Frank Chandler
Rosebrae Farm
Kellerton
Delaware County
Manchester
Hog grower receives 7.35 per cwt in Chicago sale
DeWitt Adolph Bendtschner of Clinton County sold eighteen hogs weighing 422 pounds each at Chicago receiving seven dollars and thirty-five cents per hundredweight.
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Dewitt—Adolph Bendtschneider
Clinton County
Chicago
Make This Model At Home
Anne Adams offers pattern 4804 with a basque bodice and swirling skirt in junior and misses sizes. The ad promotes versions in printed silk or synthetic and another in taffeta with varied sleeve and collar details. Pattern and book are 15 cents each, 25 cents for both, with orders to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
W. 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Luncheon Menu and Recipe Highlights From Mrs Alexander George
The menu features veal salad with boiled salad dressing served on crisp lettuce with hot rolls and fixings, followed by dessert and iced tea. Included are detailed dressing instructions for boiled salad dressing and a spiced pecan bar recipe with pastry flour and brown sugar plus a spiced sugar coating.
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Pimientos
Vitamins and nutrition in modern American life
Personal Health Service by William Brady discusses malnutrition in 27 percent of American children and widespread vitamin deficiencies. It traces causes to refined foods, lack of vitamin D and B, and reduced sun exposure, contrasting past diets with today's energy-rich but vitamin-poor intake.
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Barnett Sure
Frostbite Aftercare and Chest Hair Question Column
A reader reports lingering cold sensitivity in frostbitten hands despite healing. The expert notes light X ray therapy may relieve the sensitivity. The column also answers about chest hair variation having no significance and provides a toe remedy pointing to a booklet on the Core of the Feet.
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WJ. C
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