Egg Market Brightens for Producers as Withdrawals Rise
New York City reports storage holdings of eggs show a lighter July peak than past years. Withdrawals from in storage exceed movement this month, boosting prices and easing top heavy stock concerns. Poultry stores accumulate while butter prices fall and foreign cheeses rise. milk price enforcement solidifies, and powdered skimmilk margins improve.
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York City
New York
Chicago
Milk Board
New York Milk Control Board
Upstate
Hog cholera reaches grave proportions in Iowa counties
Dr R M Hofford Cedar Rapids warns hog cholera outbreaks have grown severe across Linn, Benton, Delaware and Jackson counties with scattered cases elsewhere in eastern Iowa. He urges farmers to vaccinate where possible, prevent dog access, burn or render carcasses, and notify neighbors to curb spread. Officials stress rapid veterinary action for suspected cases.
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Linn
Benton
Delaware
Jackson
Iowa
R. M Hofford
Cedar Rapids
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Hofford
Shellsburg Farmer Loses Horse And 128 Chickens
Shellsburg Fort Bull ten on the James Mison farm northeast of here was lost due to extreme heat during the last week. Mrs Ball reports a flock of 128 chickens thought to have been killed by a weather, or mink.
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Shellsburg
Bull Ten
James Mison
Ball
Oat cutting advances as drought eases in Iowa fields
In Owa County near Williamsburg oats are being cut with yields below normal while straw remains short. Barley and wheat are good. Corn, once drought broken, is laid by. Carl Durr’s twelve acres are in ear after fears of rot. Clover yields fair.第二 crop alfalfa is stored. Raspberry yields fair at 18 cents a quart. blackberries look promising with rain. Apple crop in the area expected at 10 percent, southeastern Iowa at 80 percent. Washington county reports oats largely cut, straw short, some fields at forty bushels per acre, corn improving. late-planted fields may be plowed again. North Liberty reports flax and wheat activity. several farmers delivering oats and corn at local prices.
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Williamsburg
Carl Durr
QC Harrington
Iowa
Washington, In
Washington County
Gazette
North Liberty
John Bowman
Adolph Kadera
Frank Doskocil
Ernest Myers
Mr Bowman
Albert Rhinehart
Town City
R. M
West Branch
Strickler
Appanoose
Shelby
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Independence Farm Loan office processes over 100 applications
Special to The Gazette Independence more than 100 applications totaling about 509000 have been made to the secretary of the Independence Farm Loan association organized Thursday under the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. J B McKay Winthrop is president and others named as officers and directors. Loans on accepted applications are expected within 30 to 60 days after appraisal. Sloan heads loan office in Manchester as secretary treasurer of the Delaware County National Farm Loan association opened here last week to handle Omaha Bank loans.
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Independence
Independence Farm Loan Association
J. D Loudon
Clarinda
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
J B McKay
Winthrop
Fred H Foote
Aurora
Jacob L. Holland
McKay
Foote
Albert DeGrief
Clarence Creamery Raises June Butterfat to 29 Cents
Clarence Creamery paid patrons in June 29 cents per pound butterfat, 3 cents higher than June last year. Checks dated Saturday reflect 26 cents base plus 3 cents for butterfat, with a 1 cent deduction for a singing fund. Albert Gintert, buttermaker, announced refrigerated trucks haul all butter here except Jocanny product to Chicago.
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Clarence
Davison Creamery
Albert Gintert
Chicago
Wheat yields 27 bushels per acre in Wellman
Wellman crop report notes E. C. Henn harvested ten acres of fall wheat averaging twenty seven bushels per acre after threshing on Wednesday. Barley performed poorly due to wet weather which killed over half the stand and let weeds largely smother the rest.
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Wellman
E. C. Henn
Alfalfa second crop yields well near Shellsburg
William Rambo and Albert Donels cut and put up their second alfalfa crop with good yields. Meanwhile farmers in the area are cutting oats.
Oelwein Crops Progress With Early Silk and Fine Beans
Special to The Cazette reports corn tasseling ahead of normal with some silking after recent rains. Beans look fine and acreage is good. Charles Brownell, four miles east of Ostwein, finished cutting cats as others begin. Local oats fetch 35 to 36 cents as carloads ship out. prices drive selling more than yield prospects.
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E. Sauerbry
Here
Charles Brownell
Ostwein
Early Oats In The Shock And Prospects Of Harvest
Garrison farmers report strong yields from barley and oats with the small grain crop ahead of expectation. Corn is excellent, early potatoes damaged by June drought. Early oats in the shock with late crop due for imminent cutting. James Slife threshing rig to start Monday on the R D Forrest farm if weather holds. Soybeans making good growth.
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the Gazette
Farly
Speen
Appraisers For Land Bank Attend Two Day Short Course
AMES Iowa appraisers from the Federal Land Bank of Omaha will attend a two day short course in Des Moines to learn about town agriculture soils crops live stock marketing and other factors used in farm appraisal. The program is being coordinated by L Gaddis chief appraiser for the Farm Credit Administration with HE Baird and F L Liggett reviewing district details after meetings with Iowa State College economists and crop experts.
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AMES
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Des Moines
L. Gaddis
Farm Credit Administration
Gaddis
Far
Plant Food In Soil Drives Profits Says Centerville Farmer
Centerville farmer Paul Strickler, president of a four county farm soils association, argues that soil plant food determines farm profits. He notes his corn yields are strong when soil is rich, cites flax trial in Appanoose county, and shares results from meadow land experiments showing fertilizer rates and forage yields from 1931 to the present.
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Centerville
the Gazette
Paul Strickler
Mr. Strickler
Farm Soils Association
Albia
P C. Weichmann
Cattle Market Up But Hogs Down As Week Ends
Cattle rose and hogs fell in the week at Union Stockyards Chicago as drought and bullish markets influenced receipts. Beef steers and yearlings gained, hog prices weakened after an early rise, and lambs dropped, with top hogs around 4.70 and most beef cattle selling 4.75 to 5.75 per 100 pounds.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
One Ball of Twine Binds 14 Acres of Oats
John Hermann two miles west of Manchester used one ball of twine to bind fourteen acres of oats last week. The crop is slim, averaging twenty to twenty five bushels per acre. Straw stands a foot high in spots. Some rye and barley have been cut. haying is in progress. Hermann stored fifty two loads of hay, with clover yielding fourteen loads from six and a half acres. The next crop will be cut for seed. Ed Daniels expects alfalfa to yield two tons per acre.
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Lotan
Chester
John Hermann
Manchester
Mr. Hermann
Ed Daniels
Market activity shifts as prices vary across period
Week saw price movement with highs near 8 dollars late and 8.75 earlier. Plain natives appeared in larger numbers, drawn by last week's sharp advance, as prices drifted down to 7.50.
Horse Dies In Hole After Pasture Collapses
A horse owned by farmer Edd Garrett near here fell into a seven foot deep hole created when pasture soil subsided after coal was mined under the land twenty to twenty five years ago. The animal died before it could be removed.
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Edd Garrett
Farmer Masonville-Ray Hamilton Buys Pigs in South Dakota
Masonville Ray Hamilton, a local farmer, traveled to Yankton South Dakota and purchased a truck load of pigs for feeding on his farm. He cited grasshoppers and drought devastating crops in the region, forcing South Dakota farmers to sell livestock.
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Masonville
Ray Hamilton
Yankton
S. D
South Dakota
Linn 4-H selects grain livestock judging teams
Linn county 4-H held first round judging with six boys placing in the top four for livestock and grain events. Carl Rockwood led with 480, Roland Neal 455, Gerald Boone 450, and Denny Neal, Willard Neal, and Joe Kwapil tied for alternates. Grain team members include Denny Neal 486.8, Ray Mills 470, Roland Neal 462.5, and Willard Neal 462.1 as alternate. nine competed.
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George E. Dillon
Linn
Carl Rockwood
Alburnett
Roland Neal
Mount Vernon
Gerald Boone
Coggan
Denny
Willard Neal
Joe Kwapil
Palo
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Harvey Rockwood
George Thomas Place
Denny Neal
Ray Mills
Central City
Donald Dukck
Donald White
Ray MiNs
Ralph Hawk
Richard Ware
Drainage District Seeks Federal Flood Control Aid
COLUMBUS JUNCTION. C H Young, Muscatine engineer, met with Louisa and Muscatine county supervisors to explain refinancing plans for district No 12 through federal flood control aid. The district seeks permission to discharge Parker’s Creek waters through the levee and to install a gravity sluice akin to the earlier lower pumping station.
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Columbus Junction
C. H. Young
Muscatine
Boards of Supervisors
Louisa
Muscatine Counties
District No. 12
Michael Ereek
Young
Parker’s Creek
Cole Finds New Data On Lincoln Related To Black Hawk War
Cole reveals new material on Abraham Lincoln drawn from his Black Hawk War study. He notes how the conflict shaped Lincoln’s political insights and military career, and plans to take the manuscript to Iowa for final touches. He will tour historic sites along Iowa and Wisconsin river routes to connect the era’s landmarks.
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Lincoln
Black Hawk
Congress
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Cass
Tecumseh
Mr. Cole
Cole
Iowa
Iowa River
Mississippi
Rock Rivers
Wisconsin
Doojiggers and What You Callems by Mary Brickley
A witty home crafts note encourages transforming an old sewing machine into a dressing table. It outlines placing the unit by a window or wall, adding a glass top with wallpaper or chintz, and creating a gauzy petticoat and mirror setup. The piece invites readers to share time saving homemaking tips for next Sunday’s column.
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Mary Brickley
Crops Specialist Stresses Care In Threshing Barley
L. C. Burnett of Iowa State College warns farmers that threshing method affects barley value for malting. He urges tight end play, proper concave alignment, and avoid skinning or breaking kernels. Wet threshing is risky and lowers price. aim for plump mellow barley free of mixtures.
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The
Gazette
Ames
L. C. Burnett
Iowa State College
Burnett
18 Carloads Of Grain Shipped From Shellsburg
Shellsburg report shows the local elevator under Everett Beatty shipped eighteen carloads of grain in June. July bids are light but shipments continue daily. Farmers Nabholz, Schlotterback, Whitmer, and Mrs. Loren Hite are among those who shelled and sent corn recently.
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Shellsburg
Everett Beatty
J. Nabholtz
Fred Schlotterback
Harry Whitmer
Loren Hite
Corn Hog Producers to Confer Tuesday in Des Moines
Farmers from eleven states gather in Des Moines to shape corn and hog allotments for 1934 under the new farm act. Iowa leads with one fourth of hogs and a sixth of corn. Illinois and Nebraska back Iowa as the meeting aims to curb surpluses and low prices through coordinated state plans.
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Des Moines
Farm Relief Administration
Iowa
Wallace
Iown
Minnesota
Wiscconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Dakotas
A. G. Black
C. F. Sarle
Gerald B. Thorne
Guy C. Shephard
United States
Coon Rapids
George Godfrey
Algona
Ralph Moyer
Fairfield
Oscar Heline
Marcus
R. M. Evans
Laurens
Linn Farm Bureau Caledar Meeting Speaker Foster Beck
Linn and Franklin township Farm Bureaus meet at Mount Vernon country club Tuesday evening. Foster M. Beck speaks on Consular Experiences in the Orient.
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Linn Farm Bureau
Linn
Franklin Township
Mount Vernon Country Club
Foster M. Beck
The
Orient
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