Increased Poultry And Egg Marketing Expected This Fall
The midsummer outlook from the Department of Agriculture predicts more poultry and eggs marketed this fall and winter than last year. Storage eggs are 4 percent above the five year average and dressed poultry is higher than a year ago. Chick production by commercial hatcheries rose about six percent in the first half of this year.
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Ashington
D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Local pickling station opens under Robert Fox in Marshalltown
The Gazette reports a new pickling station opened Monday with Robert Fox as manager for a Marshalltown canning company. The firm has contracted cucumbers with local farmers and projects a harvest exceeding 175 tons this season, up from 150 tons last year.
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Eperial
Oflwein
Robert Fox
Marshalltown Canning Company
Fence Drift Race Reports Veiled Weather Ticker
A fragmented item notes a fence drift incident and a slow start to a major crop period with a hot yet mild breeze. The report mentions a race for finish and remarks on growth, development, and pallinization like weather observations.
June Butter Make Totals 124,019 Lbs at Garrison
Garrison cooperative creamery patrons received 26 cents a pound for June butter, a 33 percent rise from June last year. Butter make for the month totaled 124,919 pounds, per manager C Ridenour. For the first six months of 1933, 575,907 pounds were produced with patrons averaging 22.08 cents per pound, while butter sold for 118,161.59 dollars total or an average of 30.54 cents per pound.
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Gazette
Garrison
Garrison Co-operative Creamery
T C Ridenour
Life Saving Tire Prevents Blow-Outs
An advertisement touts the Goodrich Lifesaver tire, claiming it prevents blow-outs and improves skid resistance. It cites laboratory and gas-test comparisons, noting superior tread protection and safety features versus standard tires.
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Abich
Rte
Saur
Jiafe-saver Geaden
Thais Pew
Hormel advocates price fixing for hogs and corn
Packer Jay Hormel of Austin Minnesota urges state and industry action to fix base prices for heavy hogs at Chicago and set premiums for lighter weights, with a coordinated corn price and feeding ratio. He proposes government aided registration, county level production records, and priority marketing numbers to regulate hog and corn markets.
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Jay Hormel
Austin Minn
Hormel
Packers Trade Agreements Committee
Chicago
Chicaco
Eac
Iowa Creameries in St Paul Code Conference Message
Five Iowa delegates including Prof A W Rudnick of Ames attended a St Paul code conference representing Iowa creameries and cooperatives. The draft code will be reviewed by producer groups before submission to national officials H C Darger and Secretary Wallace in Washington.
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A. W. Rudnick
Ames
St. Paul
Iowa
H. C Darger
Wallace
Washington
Mason City
P Anderson
Humboldt
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
W I Wasson
Brooklyn
A W_ Stewart
Oclwein Co-operative Creamery
A. A Stone
Avoca
Julius Brunner
New Haven
Prof Rudnick
Ames Dairy Manufacturing Department
Thresher Injured in Steam Engine Explosion Near Walker
Otis Waddle, 50, substitute engineer on a threshing crew, suffered extensive burns when the boiler of the steam engine exploded at the Harry Reiterman farm three miles west of Walker. Taken to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids, he rested easily Thursday morning. Reiterman owned the outfit. Waddle was driving the tank wagon and was at the engine time. Two other threshing incidents occurred nearby on Wednesday with injuries to Giles Kuhn and Darwin Differding.
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the Gazette
Walker
Otis Waddle
Harry Reiterman
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Reiterman
Waddle
Giles Kuhn
Fred Gaasch
Darwin
Calves Pass Tuberculin Test for County 4-H Show
Wilton Junction reports Muscatine County 4-H club members fed baby beeves passed the tuberculin test recently administered by County Agent Carl Rylander. The calves will be shown at the West Liberty and Iowa State fairs.
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Wilton Junction
Muscatine County
4-H Club
Carl Rylander
West Liberty
Iowa
Daily Farm News for Farm Folk
Agricultural brief notes edited by Ray Anderson report crop conditions and farm tips for readers across rural communities. Weather outlook and market chatter accompany practical guidance for daily chores and seasonal planting.
Old Oats May Be In Demand For Seed Next Year
Washington specialists at the U S Department of Agriculture warn that 1933 oats crop quality is generally poor, especially in the north central belt. They urge farmers with 1932 harvest oats to save or sell as seed for 1934 due to potential seed shortages and high demand for good quality varieties.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Possum Trapped on Lawrence Utterback Farm
A Delta A steel trap set for rats on the Lawrence Utterback place near Nere caught a baby possum. The owner had blamed rats for chicken thefts.
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the Gazette
Delta
Lawrence Utterback Place
Nere
Bugs Continue To Menace South Iowa
AP reports chinch bugs in southern Iowa counties threatening corn crops. Dr. Carl J. Drake warns the second generation will overwinter and reinfest next spring, with burning debris to control them and a cooperative campaign planned. The potato tuber moth also appears in Polk and Story counties, mining leaves and tunneling stems, risking spread through potato storage and shipments. Destroy tubers from infested patches to curb the moth.
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AMES
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Drake
Iowa State College
Polk
Story
United States
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