Price Level Of Iowa Farm Products Rises 3 Percent This Month
Iowa farm prices show a 3 percent month gain and 28 percent rise from 18 months ago, with July 15 values at 75 percent of normal. Grain indexes advance six points, livestock up five for hogs, but cattle and calves slip. Western area prices mostly lag national averages, except beef and sheep higher while hogs stay lower.
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ES Moines
Julius H. Peters
Peters
Lie Agvance
Caausseeg UY Lille
Washington
Narton
United States
Federal Crop Reporting Board
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Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Calves Groomed for Manchester Fair in 4-H Show
About 80 head of calves are being prepared for exhibition at the Delaware County fair in Manchester for the 4-H calf show on April 15. The county agent reports beef calves are fed and groomed, with eight new members entering beef classes and other 4-H entries planned.
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Manchester
Tre Cinnette
Delaware
Ks&s Huehn Fort
Coil
Market Ambane
Oelwein Cucumber Canning Station Begins Operations
Oelwein starts cucumber canning with 20 tanks each 20,000 pounds capacity awaiting shipment to Marshalltown. Sixteen tanks ready as six to eight workers join at the plant under manager Robert Foy. Locally, growers include Kyle Der Stenberger and Albert Barher, with sites near Arlington Aura Hazleton Stante and Maynard.
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Marshalltown
Counts
Kyle der Stenberger
Albert Barher Tin Aries
Sam Wintraub Fank
Jan
Harvest Record Set For Latham Red Raspberries
V Hoagland, four miles east of Cedar Rapids on Highway No. to Saturday morning picked forty quarts of Latham red raspberries from his garden patch. The berries were extra large and equal the best quality berries raised in years of normal rainfall.
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Cedar Rapids
Highway No
Farm Wives Happy Threshers Carrying Their Own Dinners
A country meeting notes that threshing crews will provide their own meals. Farmers fear oats crops lack value for a noon meal while meat costs are high. After threshing, a large community dinner with fried chicken and ice cream is planned.
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Celine & Breax
Dairy Calf Clubs Enroll 1 667 Iowa Youth in 4 H
Special to The Gazette Waterloo Iowa 4 H dairy calf clubs report 1 667 members across 76 counties owning 2 381 heifers with Holsteins leading in membership and heifers followed by Guernseys Jerseys and Brown Swiss Ayrshire involved too membership declines tied to AAA program demands and calf costs. Black Hawk Polk Kossuth Webster Bremer Boone Franklin Palo Alto and others show large enrollments.
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Iowa
Ernest M Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
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City
AAA
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Coun Wes
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Team
Palo Alto
Dick Inson
Fayette
Jones
Sign-Up Work Nears Completion in Washington Co
Washington County sign-up work on 1500 regular contracts nears completion with Lester Carl of the Mate board of review reporting signatures on regular pay contracts. The contracts cover 18 704 acres of comm acreage and 173 hogs. Farmers in Lime Creek and English River townships were signed by Friday.
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Washington
Lester Carl
Mate Board of Review
Lime Creek
English River
Tipton Boy Wins Poultry Judging Contest Title
Wallace Wincett of Myton scored 710 points of 800 to win the poultry school and judging contest held Thursday afternoon at the Cedar County fairgrounds under Prof M A Crary and W M Vernon Ames extension poultry specialists. Other top contestants were Harry Ailey Paul Ailes and Warne Chapman. two more will be chosen to advance to the state poultry judging championship at the state fair this fall with Prof H G Hallett and Maquoketa students also participating.
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Gazette
Tipton
Maquoketa
Linn County 4-H Birds Tour Teaches Habits and Weather Signs
Linn County 4-H members learned bird habits and the value of wild life on tours at Upper Palisades Park Camp Hitner and Camp Wapsi-Y. Prof. Hendrickson led sections on bird life, soil protection, bobwhites, and local species, with notes on weather signs from birds such as the rain crow.
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Inn County
Upper Palisades Park
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Camp Wapsie-Y
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Schoct
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Linn County
Praf Hendrickson
Farm Bureau President Builds Pool and Court on Brandon Farm
Allan Kline, Benton county Farm Bureau president, resides southeast of Brandon where his farm features a 20 by 39 foot pool with a nine foot depth at one end and four feet at the far edge. An improvised diving board sits near the pool, with water supplied from a windmill via hose. South of the pool is a tennis court, both shaded by elm trees on a well kept lawn.
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Allan Kine
Benton County Farm Bureau
Brandon Armly
Dus
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Kline
Kansas Drought Harsh Across Farmland and Pasture
The report from Warren Bartan in Kansas describes severe drought impact in the northern western parts of the state since 1924. Farmers cut trees for fodder and cattle suffer as alfalfa and hay supplies wane. Water scarcity drives cattle movements 169 to 209 miles south in search of pasture while temperatures top 100 degrees daily.
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Kaneas
Wie Konell Bartan
Bummenfield
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North Teptern
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Mus
Dary Hutchison
Baldwin
Emporis
Buchanan 4-H Calf Club Tour Tuesday
Independence Iowa. The Buchanan county 4-H Dairy Calf club tour will be held Tuesday. Starting at 10 am the 29 members visit R H Nelsons dairy farm two miles northeast of Independence for dinner, then proceed to the Iowa state hospital to judge livestock. They will learn calf chipping halter making horn trimming and calf feeding.
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Buchanan County
Dallas Western
Thomas Hotchkiss
Wapsie Valley
Ernest Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
R. H. Nelsons Dairy Farm
Nelson Farm
Iowa State Hospital
Drought News Aids Storage Butter And Egg Markets
Drought worries push storage butter demand higher while prices hold firm. Eastern heat reduces consumption of butter and other animal products. milk and cream use in New York area declines. Eggs improve as surplus moves from storage though Midwest production shrinks. fowl prices ease with larger sizes rising. Cherry growers face continued low prices due to overplanting. potato markets suffer from heat and drought across regions.
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Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Highlights This Week
Activities listed include 4-H girls and boys health contests at 824 Merchants National Bank building Cedar Rapids and Marion township Farm Bureau meeting at J W Frazee home. College township meeting at Union church. Thursday 4 H demonstration by Miss Florence Forbes Ames extension at 830 aim Central City Methodist Church. Marion Women's Home project camp set for August 3 4 5 at Upper Palisades.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Township Farm Bureau
Marion Women’s Home Project
Upper Palisades
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Precipitation data show July to date at 3.98 inches versus a normal 3.43 inches, an excess of .55 inch. From Jan 1 to date total rain is 11.96 inches, short of the normal 18.94 inches by 6.98 inches. The 24 hour period ending Saturday at 7 am recorded no precipitation.
Oats Threshing Progresses Amid Low Yields in Buchanan County
Special to The Gazette reports threshing nears completion in Buchanan county. Yields range from two to fifteen bushels per acre, with Perry township field at eighteen. Threshers charge two cents per bushel with a $3 minimum. Pastures improve, forage crops and late potatoes grow. corn stands but sweet corn is wormy. Farmers lack grain for livestock and are paying corn loans while cribs are unsealed at about 350 bushels each since July 1.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Perry Township
Manchester Gazette on local harvests and garden yields
Special to The Gazette reports threshing oats in Manchester yields ten to fifteen bushels per acre but often battles threshing costs and hulls. Second alfalfa cuttings underway, corn tolerates heat, soybeans grow rapidly, pastures improve, early potato hills lack tubers. Market offerings include sweet corn fifteen cents a dozen ears, cabbage five to ten cents a head, tomatoes ten cents a pound, cucumbers, and string beans.
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Gazette
Manchester
Oats Failures Hit West Liberty Farmer Ernest Wagner
Special to The Gazette. West Liberty farmer Ernest W. Wagner reports his first oat crop failure in the South Prairie. He harvested sixty five bushels of oats and a load and a half of straw from a fourteen acre field.
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Ernest W. Wagner
South Prairie
Olin Area Threshing and Crops Report
Olin community threshing progresses as farmers turn livestock in oats fields. Corn outlook appears favorable. Alfalfa cuttings are good after a weak first harvest. Potatoes yield shows a poor crop.
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Hopkinton Farmers Report Mixed Harvest Prospects
In Hopkinton area oats threshing yields range from ten to twenty bushels per acre. Some farmers plan to cut a third cutting and there is a heavy stand of alfalfa ready for harvest.
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Hopkinton
Wheat Averages Thirty Bushels Per Acre At Green Island Farm
Forty acres of winter wheat on the Fred Simpson farm near Green Island yielded thirty bushels per acre. August Marburger manages the farm. Dr J C Snyder Ames state garden inspector praised Jackson County gardens during a visit. Rain has boosted crops with lush hay pastures and vegetables thriving. In Fayette County Dan Smith’s alfalfa hay field yielded high per acre after a late cut following rains.
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Green Island
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J. C. Snyder
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the Gazette
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Grundy Tama Wheat Unit Holds Election
TOLEDO L C Davis of Tama was re elected president of the Grundy Tama County Wheat Production Control association at its annual meeting. Harry White Montour was elected vice president James F Gardiner Reinbeck treasurer and Burns Byram Toledo secretary. Louis Varrock Chelsea elected a member of the allotment board with other officers. Total benefits paid out last year were 710.80 and operating expenses 90.39.
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Hog Prices Firmer With Cool Weather
Des Moines dispatch notes hog prices held around week-previous close as cooler weather eased some demand pressures. Dry conditions across southern Iowa and northern Missouri limited supplies, shifting weights and drought-affected hogs to market. Friday sales of 220 to 300 pounds ranged 4.15 to 4.50, with heavier 310 to 350 pounds at 4.00 to 4.35, and extreme weights at 3.25.
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Des Moines
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Missouri
Chicago
Linn Rural Women Camp Aug 3-5 At Upper Palisades Park
Linn county rural women plan a home project camp August 3 to 5 at Upper Palisades park. Gladys Adams, county agent, invites women to bring camping supplies and notes talks on home buying and first aid. Featured events include game night Friday and a Sunday talk by Metta Burd of the Red Cross.
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Linn County
Upper Palisades Park
Gladys Adams
Artie Lauder
Ames Extension Service
Rosemary Cranny
Mamie Shank
Pub- No Health Nursing Association
Farmers Of Iowa County Qualifying Forest Payments
Marengo report notes steps toward a 385000 first corn hog bonus payment in Iowa county as week ends. Total payments estimated 860000 with 46000 received by waiver contract signers. A surplus of 1230 hogs found in contract errors over the 2962 county quota. Reduction of about 800 by fractions and a flat cut of just over 0.5 percent. Compliance checks next week and admin expenses so far 4.15 per contract vs 6 estimated earlier.
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Marengo
Iowa
Luana Creamery Pays 27 for June Butterfat
Luana patrons received 27 cents a pound for June butterfat. The plant produced 88,713 pounds of butter, with 85,056 pounds shipped to market, 2,938 pounds sold to patrons, and 719 pounds sold locally.
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Luana Creamery
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