Onion Crop Shrinking Across the Nation in 1933
The onion crop this season is projected to be 65 to 75 percent smaller than 1932, with Massachusetts and Oregon showing the best prospects. Weather, heavy rains, and a hot dry spell reduced yields coast to coast, while New Jersey and New York markets anticipate tight supplies and rising prices as buyers begin to stock up.
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York City
Iowa
Bermuda
Texas
California
North Texas
New Jersey
Atlantic Seaboard
Pleasant Valley
Scott County
Massachusetts
Oregon
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mitchell
Cerro Gordo
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Drift on Farm Holiday Plans Dominates Des Moines Meeting
The corn hog conference at Des Moines debated leadership and influence with John Chalmers and the Farm Holiday Association facing opposition from George Godfrey BH McArthur Oscar Helmne Spike Evans and Ralph Moyer. The Timis delegation led by C V Gregory and Earl Smith controlled the proceedings while Roswell Garst’s chairmanship was contested. The outcome hinges on the Plan’s appeal and financial benefit to growers, not on individual leaders.
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John Chalmers
Des Moines
Chalmers
George Godfrey
McArthur
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Chalmers’ Holiday Association
Farm Union
Godfrey
Oscar Helmne
Spike Evans
Ralph Moyer
Committee of Twenty-Five
Timois
Prairie Farmer
C. V. Gregory
Agricultural Association
Earl Smith
Indiana
Minnesota
Missourian Hirth
Roswell Garst
Committee of Twentyve
Garst
Holiday Association
Smith
Corn-Hogs
Wheatland Farmers Top Market With Livestock
Five carloads of livestock shipped from Wheatland in the first half of the week. Freese Brothers and Albert Burrichter marketed hogs at 4.90 per hundredweight for the top price. Henry Penningroth shipped two carloads.
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Wheatland
Freese Brothers
Albert Burrichter
Henry Penningroth
Cattle and grain movement across Wheatland and Calamus
Cattle shipments increased with loads on Tuesday led by George Ott. Wheatland saw limited corn outflow amid rising prices. Mueller Grain Company at Calamus moved twelve carloads in May, twenty two in June and fifteen in July to date.
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George Ott
Wheatland
Mueller Grain Company
Calamus
Farmers eye new farm loan plan from Delaware County office
The Delaware County National Farm Loan Association reports about 80 000 in loan applications since opening on July 11 with first loans averaging around 96 000. Borrowers may refinance debts, pay off creditors, or exchange mortgages for farm bank bonds with loans at 4 1 2 percent for five years no principal payments, then up to 5 1 2 percent.
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Manchester
Delaware County National Farm Loan Association
J. P. Sloan
Woo
Sloan
Federal
Mr Sloan
Corn and oats outlooks in Littleton and Delta regions
In Littleton the corn outlook is excellent with sweet corn yielding roasting ears and field corn laid by. oats are largely shocked but not threshing yet with yields about half normal. In Delta oats are poor with short straw and light heads from drought since late May. wheat and rye harvested, hay good, threshing underway near Clayde Augustine and nearby farms.
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Littleton
Delta
Clayde Augustine
Drought Cuts Truck Crop Yields Across Cedar Rapids Area
Dry weather lowers onion and potato yields in Amana colonies and Cedar Rapids markets. Onions fetch 1 dollar a bushel locally and 3 cents a pound wholesale at Amana, far above last year. Early potatoes look only half a crop, with rains needed soon to aid late crops and overall prices rising nationwide.
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Amana
Cedar Rapids
Henry Bendorf
United States
Rain Needed As Crops Cry Out For Water
A dry spell hits farms with pastures, late potatoes, and gardens showing stress. Farmers urge timely rainfall to restore pasture forage and potato yields, stressing the danger of prolonged drought on local crops.
Wheatland Oats Yields Reported Near Wheatland
On the Emil Riedesel farm north of Wheatland the oats averaged fifty bushels per acre. Theodore Riedesel east of Wheatland reports an average of thirty five bushels per acre.
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Wheatland
Emil Riedesel
Theodore Riedesel
Feed Oats Yield Tops 40 Bu Per Acre at Churchill Farm
Spectalt reports Keith Churchill farm in Millersburg yielded oats at forty bushels per acre during this week’s threshing, the best yield yet recorded.
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Millersburg
Keith Churchill
Austrian Entomologists Study Iowa Chinch Bugs
In Ames, Dr. Leopold Fulmek and Dr. Josef Loeschnig of Vienna spent part of the last week with Town State College entomologists and plant pathologists to study pest and disease control. They focused on chinch bug outbreaks in southern Iowa and methods used to combat them, noting the bug as a potential menace to Austrian grain crops.
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Ames (Ap
Leopold Fulmek
Institute of Plant Protection
Vienna
Austria
Josef Loeschnig
Agriculture of
Town State College
United States
Iowa
Engineers Advise Farm Buildings Be Bolted Down
Washington AP reports that the U S Department of Agriculture urges bracing and bolting farm buildings in tornado prone areas to protect people and livestock. Studies show many structures would suffer less damage with basic nailed and braced reinforcement, applicable to both old and new buildings and not costly.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Creamery at Shellsburg Reopens After Five Month Closure
The Shellsburg creamery resumes full time operations after a five month shutdown. Manager F. D Ford said new equipment was installed in expectation of higher business.
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Shellsburg
F. D Ford
Superintendents Named For State Fair Departments
DES MOINES AP Officers and department heads for the 1933 Iowa State Fair were announced. Named superintendents cover horse cattle swine sheep poultry dairy agriculture culinary textile implements concessions public safety admissions speed ground livestock sanitation publicity and advertising art salon boys and girls 4 H and other exhibits with state and local officials guiding the final month of preparations for Aug 23 to Sept 1.
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Des Moines
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
H. L. Pike
Whiting
E. T. Davis
Town City
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
W. G Warner
Bloomfield
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Earl Ferris
Hampton
J. C. Beckner
Clarinda
F. E. Sheldon
Mount Ayr
Sears McHenry
Denison
Carl E. Hoffman
Atlantic
C. Ed Beman
Oskaloosa
John F. Griffin
Henry Deers
L. R. Fairall
Iowa
Henry Ness
Ray Murray
Secretary of
FP. P. Reed
Josephine Arnquist Bakke
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
H. W. Spaulding
Walter L. Blerring
N. W. McBeath
A. R. Corey
T B Retentions Decline At Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports tuberculosis condemnations in beef and hog carcasses dropped sharply in the year to June 30. Only 904 beef carcasses condemned out of 1 344 568 killed, and 6 563 hog carcasses out of 6 269 081 killed, reflect a major eradication effort across Illinois Iowa Michigan Ohio Indiana and Wisconsin where 77 percent of counties are officially TB free.
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Chicago
H. L. Smith
Mr. Smith
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Corn Belt
United States
Butterfat Price Set At 26 Cents In Local Creameries
Local patrons of the Jesup creamery in Littleton receive 26 cents a pound for June butterfat. Dairymen supplying the Oelwein creamery in the area also report 26 cents a pound for the first half of June.
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Littleton
Jesup Creamery
Oelwein
Ten New Cases Of Hog Cholera Near Mount Vernon
Special to The Gazette reports ten new outbreaks of hog cholera around Mount Vernon including two near Lisbon. Dr. John Bryant, the Mount Vernon veterinarian, urges farmers to take precautions during the harvest season and recommends a straw pile treated with disinfectant as the best way to prevent spread.
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Mount Vernon
Lisbon
John’ Bryant
Bryant
Milk Cows Bring High Prices At Local Consignment Sale
Milk cows sold for 28 to 35 dollars a head at the Midway pavilion consignment sale in Columbus Junction. Calves fetched 3.50 to 4 dollars per hundredweight while 150 pound pigs averaged 4.20 per hundredweight. smaller pigs sold for 3.50 to 4 dollars each. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H M Duncan.
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The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Midway Pavilion
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Fayette County Fair Set for Aug 21 to 25 in West Union
The Fayette County fair is scheduled August 21 to 25 in West Union, with a team pulling contest as a feature. Other attractions include daily entertainment, an all county minstrel show, and the Little German band of Elgin performing.
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West Union
Fayette County
Ed Bauder
Elgin
136 Acres Sold For 100 Dollars An Acre Near Van Horne
George Stueck of Van Horne purchased the 136 acre Herman Kuehl farm one and a half miles northeast of Van Horne for 100 dollars per acre with possession March 1. The property is operated this year by Fred Hagen and lies near a rural school.
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van Horne
George Stueck
Julius Strellner
Farmers Savings Bank
Hans Peterson
Peterson
Strellner
Streilner
Louis Brehm
Garrison
Tony Schmitz
Kruschen Salt Weight Loss Ad Claims Safe 70-Pound Trim
A testimonial touts Kruschen Salts as a safe easy way to lose 70 pounds, with a New York City user noting a drop from 200 to 130 pounds. The ad promises a daily dose in hot water, claims reductions in double chins hips and stomach, and urges customers to try a four week supply with a money back offer through May Drug Co.
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May Drug Co
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