Farm population rises to 31.26 million in 1932
United States Department of Agriculture estimates 31,260,000 people lived on farms on Jan 1 1932 up from 30,612,000 a year earlier a gain of 648 000. The report notes migration between farms and cities and a subsistence shift as relief agencies aid garden plots.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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New England
South Atlantic
East North Central States
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West South Central States
Fence Drift Warns of Farm Vehicle Hazards
R.F.A. Threshing warns of drift and grain movement as silo filling and shredding begin. Caution is urged for auto drivers at farm entrances and on hilltops where grain may be hauled. dusk is high risk as farmers return. reflectors on wagons could prevent injuries.
Direct Receipts Lead Chicago Livestock Figures in 1932
The six month period shows a fall in total receipts with direct hog receipts down 18.8 percent and direct share at 32 percent of totals. Most directs came from country points while private yards and inter ior packers absorb more hogs. Cattle receipts fell 14.5 percent. federally inspected slaughter declined 4 percent from last year, amid shifts to direct slaughter and private yards.
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United States
What's What Out on the Acres: Voter Talks Hoover
Phillip A. Schneider, owner of 160 acres near Wheatland, backs Hoover and predicts a lively election with dirty tricks possible as Democrats split and Roosevelt loses traction. He favors lower taxes, opposes high teachers’ wages, and advocates local testing options for cattle alongside TB testing.
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Wheatland
Hoover
Roosevelt
Farmer Views on Prohibition Tariffs and Economy
A farmer discusses prohibition enforcement, tariffs, reparations, and economic outlook. He criticizes federal enforcement, notes beer quality issues from high taxes, and supports capitalism but questions unemployment remedies. He reflects on farming viability, land prices, tractor use, and banking competition amid high loan rates.
Dust Treatments In Cedar Control Smut Demonstration
Special to The Gate Tipton reports on a Fairfield township demonstration plot at Arnold Meier farm where liquid formaldehyde dust formaldehyde and ceresan dust treatments achieved 100 percent smut control. The ceresan treatment yielded 30 percent more than other treatments, says County Agent Emmett C. Gardner, compared to a 4 percent smut rate where untreated.
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Arnold Meier
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Emmett C. Gardner
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Cattle Feeders Day Program Set for Ames July 29
Ames hosts the annual cattle feeders day program on July 29. Ten groups of steers fed since last November at about 400 pounds will be inspected along with two groups of heifer calves. The event will report results from feeding trials using whole soybeans, soybean oilmeal, linseed oilmeal, other protein feeds, shelled corn, roughage, salt and minerals.
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Ames
Housewives In Fayette Learn Food Conservation
Sixty five women from thirty one organizations and fourteen township Farm Bureaus attended Fayette county canning demonstration in Fayette directed by Miss Geraldine Brainard. They processed tomatoes spinach peas beets peaches berries and rhubarb juice using the hot pack method to reduce bulk and preserve flavor. A later season lesson will cover vegetable storage and canning and curing of meats as part of extension work sponsored by Ames and county Bureau organizations.
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Geraldine Brainard
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Cedar county food campaign to boost fruit and vegetable canning
A Cedar county plan for a food conservation drive invites public interest in preserving this year's abundant fruit and vegetable harvest. The first meeting is July 27 under Miss Elizabeth Armstrong Muscatine county home demonstration agent with two Cedar county 4-H club girls assisting. Groups cooperating include the Red Cross relief committee American Legion auxiliary Parent-Teacher association church organizations and women s clubs.
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Ambitious Spuds Grow Above Ground in Troy Mills Patch
Elias Shaffer Jr a farmer near Troy Mills reports a rare phenomenon in fifty five years of farming Early Ohips are bearing tubers on the vines above the ground. Digging into the hills reveals many potatoes forming in the normal manner and easy to harvest at current prices without threshing from vines.
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Troy Mills
Elias Shaffer
Fewer Cows Lower Butterfat Yet More Cash Says Dairyman
Kirk Clime of Harrison township reported to Gravers Underburg, tester for Benton county Cow Testing association No. 1, that his income rose last year with eight cows to 711.53 in cream checks after four years in the association, while five years ago with twelve cows he earned 266.32 before joining. He cited higher prices, culling of low producers, and better breeding and feeding as reasons for the gain despite lower butterfat prices from 50 cents to 30 cents per pound.
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Keosauqua Co op Cleared of All Debts After Five Years
Keosauqua marks its fifth annual creamery celebration on July 20 with news that all external debt has been paid. The co op now owns over 62 000 dollars in capital outright, controlled by patrons. Joe Hervey was the first patron in 1927. G E McGrew has led as president for five years, with officers Barker Fellows Sheets Williams Beggs among the board.
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Winthrop Grain Men Offer 12c A Bushel For New Crop Oats
Winthrop buyers offering 12 cents a bushel for new oats as corn looks good in the area. High temperatures aid rapid growth and hay yields exceed expectations. Oats stand well though red rust appears on rich ground. Red raspberries selling at 20 cents a quart.
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Brandon area oats yields vary with fields to the acre
Brandon area report shows oats on the Albert Hart farm northeast of Brandon averaged over fifty bushels per acre. The adjacent Charles Geater farm just south of Brandon produced a small yield. Haying is complete in this locality.
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Mount Vernon area crops show tassel and rust delays
Fields north of Mount Vernon show tasseling in some corn and rust in early oats while late oats incur more damage. High heat is slowing harvest as farmers report uneven maturity and weather pressure.
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Mrs Johnston’s Garden Yields Two One Pound Tomatoes
Mrs S R Johnston gathered two tomatoes weighing one pound each from her garden last week. Many farm women in the South Bethel community have canned peas beans and carrots this season.
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South Bethel
S. R. Johnston
Linn County 1932 Budget Hearing and Budget Emergency Levy
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets July 12 1932 to file sheriff fees April June 1932 and approve budget estimate hearing date August 1 1932 at 10 30 AM in Cedar Rapids with publication of notice. Emergency levy of 27000 dollars proposed to cover county poor fund overdraft and other needs.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Geo. R. Craft
Linn County
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