500 Pound Cow Beats Twenty In Butterfat Output
In Linn county cow test results for the year ending June 30, a 500 pound butterfat cow named Blackie yielded 477.7 pounds of butterfat valued $6974 over feed costs, higher than twenty 250 pound cows. Fern produced 255.2 pounds of butterfat with $37.42 return above feed cost and cost owner $3.20 after including all costs. The average herd showed 7,460 pounds of milk and 325.6 pounds of butterfat per cow with $36.74 feed cost and $99.63 product value. Guernsey Post herd led with multiple cows producing over 600 pounds butterfat.
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Pringville
L. C. Adams
Linn County Cow Test Association No
Blackie
Fern
Guernsey
Whittier
George Rose
W S. Penn
B. C. DeWeese and Son
Cattle Record and Cucumbers Noted on 57 Acres Near West Branch
A farm report lists 57 acres of cucumbers near West Branch with one acre per variety. It records butterfat averages for several herds led by W. S. Penn at 424 pounds and includes positions for Schoonover McClellan E R McGrew and C B F Michel and Son. Officers E R McGrew president A R Pearson vice president Albert Standing secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Penn
Schoonover and
McClellan
E R McGrew
C B. F Michel and Son
E. R McGrew
Association
A R. Pearson
Albert Standing
C W. Carver
Iowa Live Stock Exchange Auctions Friday at De Clow Yard
Iowa Live Stock Exchange promotes Friday auctions at De Clow Stock Yards Mahoney with J J Barigan returning for 500 extra Hampshire pigs 400 Duroc 300 Poland China and Chester White pigs. Over 2 000 Dakota pigs sold in two weeks with strong buyer praise. All hogs vaccinated cholera immune and veterinary name required. Sale begins 1 PM. Auctioneer Tony Schmitz. Clerk M Bundy. Phones 7963 and 2-2037.
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Mahoney Wei
J.J. Barigan
Hampshire
Poland
China
Chester
Farm Bureau Leaders Ponder Adjustment Act
In Chicago midwestern Farm Bureau leaders meet to review the new agricultural adjustment act and its impact on farmers. Officials from Iowa Missouri Minnesota discuss funding credit and inflationary provisions with Edward A O Neal and Charles E Hearst leading sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farm Bureau
W. Beeler
Iowa Farm Bureau Federaton
Charles Schuttler
Missouri Farm Bureau
E V. Ripley
Minnesota
Edward A O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
Charles E Hearst
Iowa
R W Brown
Missouri
J S Jones
J Olson
Wheat Meeting Sets Stage For County Allotment Plan
Fifteen townships and 143 wheat growers attend the Marengo meeting to explain the voluntary acreage reduction plan and select a six member county committee. Iowa and Johnson counties form an executive unit to be announced later. Delaware county farmers receive questionnaires to gauge interest in a county wheat adjustment association and possible cross county collaboration if local support is weak.
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Marengo
Iowa County
R. W. Ashby
Farm Bureau
D. H. Zentmire
Iown
Johnson
the Gazette
Manchester
Kermith S. Huehn
Delaware County
Swan Erickson
Delhi
Hopkinton
Hucn
Two Fires Break Out Near Parnell At Same Time
Special to The Gazette reports two fires east of Parnell about three miles apart on Monday at 3 pm. The John Harris farm oats stubble burned while crews fought a second fire at Guido Ruegsegger farm where a barn corn crib and chicken house were destroyed despite threshing crew efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Parnell
John Harris
Guido Ruegsegger
Hog sale in Dysart tops regional livestock market
Gragy and Sawyer of Dysart sold 240 head of prime hogs to a Belle Plaine buyer for 415 dollars per hundredweight. Five trucks were needed to haul the hogs to Belle Plaine, marking the largest individual livestock sale in months.
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Dysart
Gragy and Sawyer
Belle Plaine
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk
Farm brief notes edited by Ray Anderson cover crop prices weather tips and market trends for farmers. Local reports highlight seed sales livestock notes and upcoming cooperative meetings.
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Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Ray Anderson
Washington weighs master grain code to curb speculative abuses
The briefing gathers President Roosevelt officials and grain sector leaders to draft a master code under the industrial recovery act. Minimum prices stay pegged and price swings remain restricted while aims stress orderly production and marketing from growers to consumers. George N Peek calls for unified marketing and warned of a possible overhaul if current systems fail.
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Washington
INS
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Roosevelt
Charles J Brand
Crowers Richt
George N Peek
Peek
Appanoose Farm Bureau Seeks Writ of Mandamus
Centerville AP The Appanoose County Farm Bureau asks the court for a writ of mandamus to compel the county board of supervisors and the county auditor to pay 2300 dollars claimed as the county’s share of 1933 expenses. It states 239 bona fide members exist as provided by law and requests an immediate hearing in the current term.
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Centerville
Appanoose County Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
Keswick Farmer Reports Strong Oats Yield
Keswick area farmer KESWICK Fred Axmear near Keswick averaged about forty bushels per acre for oats as threshing nears completion.
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Keswick
Fred Axmear
Hog cholera outbreaks listed across sixteen counties
The hog cholera situation shows no improvement with 179 new outbreaks in fifty four localities across sixteen counties. Vaccination gains ground as farmers recognize the danger, per Dr L W Kellogg of Ana mora, chairman of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association policy committee.
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L. W. Kellogg
Anamosa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Kellogg
Poweshick
Deep River
Brooklyn
Hartwick
Grundy
Grundy Center
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Marian
Lisbon
Springville
Mount Vernon
Paralta
Ely
Prairieburg
Coggon
Central City
Palo
Black Hawk
la Porte City
Tama
Dysart
Benton—Newhall
Watkins
Atkins
Van_ Horne
Keystone
Vinton
Garrison
Luzerne
Norway
Belle Plaine
Washington
Ainsworth
Haskins
Delaware
Ryan
Muscatine
Wilton Junction
Durant
Clinton
Low Moor
Princeton
Follets
Wheatland
Jones—Martello
Monticello Dubuque
Cascade
Dyersville
Buchanan
Bryantsburg
Hazleton
Independence
Iowa
Ladora
Victor
Jackson
Elmwood
Maquoketa
Cedar—Lowden
West Branch hosts Muscatine canning plant station
Muscatine canning company opens a receiving station at West Branch for pickles and tomatoes with Harry Busch in charge. Fifty-seven acres of cucumbers and sixty of tomatoes are under contract to the plant by local farmers. Crops look good as tomatoes begin to ripen and will be trucked to Muscatine.
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West Branch
4 H Health Contest In Jones Planned In Anamosa
ANAMOSA The annual Jones county 4 H health contest will be held August 1 for boys and August 2 for girls. Dr J D Paul will supervise general exams Dr A N Trevarthen will conduct dental exams and Dr Sigworth will manage optometry. The county health champions will advance to the state contest at the Iowa State fair.
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Anamosa
Jones County
J. D. Paul
A. N. Trevarthen
Sigworth
Iowa
Cedar Farmers to Hear Farm Loan Official
Tipton Arthur Lund Tipton secretary of Cedar County National Farm Loan Association will address a meeting of farmers interested in new farm mortgage loans Wednesday evening at Hotel Tipton.
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Tipton
Arthur Lund Tipton
Cedar County National Farm Loan Association
Early Potatoes Scarce In Tipton Vicinity Under Dry Weather
TIPTON The early potato crop is nearly a failure due to dry weather. Jap Dean found no potatoes on twenty vines, and Shorty Dam mire expects fewer than five bushels this season. Farmers buy potatoes as local supplies dwindle and prices rise. Late potatoes improved with rains, vines kept green by showers. Second cutting alfalfa hay is cheap with many dairymen buyers. Clair Fredricks plans spring break up of surplus alfalfa for small grain and corn.
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Gazette
Tipton
Jap Dean
Shorty” Dammire
Clair Fredricks
Mount Zion
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Post
R, Fla
W Carver
Jersey
F Michel and Son
Iowa Live Stock Exchange
Tony Schmitz
QC M. Bundy
Farm Bureau Leaders Ponder Adjustment Act
Johnson Counties
Quiz Delaware Growers
Camayne Olinilo
Allspice
Kansas
Roosevelt Hotel
2Nd St
1St Ave. E
Eatra
Wisconsin
Doz
Fable Serle
Noz
Pillsbury Flour
Baggle
ARGO
Aioe
van Camp
Appanoose Farm Bureau
Jones
Center Junction
Carl Sechusen
S. G. Thompson
R. J. Kleineck
Kinross
Jess Leitsinger
Perry Wagamon
Mary Denton
Home Service
Bahar
Sua Ave
16Th Ave
4Th Ave
S. 6Th St
Marion
Second Ave
Third St
First Ave
Japan
KRAFT
Dole's
Argo Starch
Prunes
California
Georgia
Peck
Meat
Hamburg
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