U S Lamb Crop Shrinks 2.5 Percent Since 1932
The United States 1933 lamb crop totals 28 998 000 head, 2.5 percent below 1932 and the smallest since 1929. The drop stems from fewer breeding ewes and a lower percentage lamb crop, with most declines in western states. Death losses in the first half of 1933 rose above normal, driven by spring storms and feed shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion Stockyards
Chicago
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
Post Office Department
Farm Credit Administration
Grain Men Name Code Committee Formed in Chicago
National Federation of Country Grain Elevator associations organizes in Chicago to draft a code aligned with the agricultural administration program Temporary directors are named to serve until December and to draft the code. Members include Booth Huff Bowden Farlow Boyd Robinson Culbertson and others from Illinois Minnesota Washington and Kansas. They will meet to propose formulate adopt and enforce the regulations.
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Bloomington
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Minors
E. A. Boyd
Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Harry L. Robinson
Salina
Kan
Associated Southwest Elevators
Ww. E. Culbertson
Delevan
Illinois Grain Dealers Association
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk
Farm field updates and livestock notes from daily edition edited by Ray Anderson. Practical tips and short market tidbits tailored for farming households and rural readers.
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Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Seen
Ray Anderson
Winneshiek Farm Sells at 113 ACRE
Ossian OttO L Gunderson sold his 120 acre farm west of here to Joe Eiick for 115 dollars an acre. Possession to pass next March 1. The farm is well located, improved and all under cultivation.
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Ossian
Otto L. Gunderson
Here
Joe Eiick
Poultry And Egg Man Named On Farm Act Administration
W D Termohien extension poultry and egg marketing specialist at Iowa State College receives six months leave of absence to join the agricultural adjustment administration. He becomes the second adjustment administration appointee with Dr A G Black having moved to national roles. Termohien is a ISU graduate and has six years of Extension Service experience studying marketing in eastern consuming points.
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Ames
W. D. Termohien
Iowa State College
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Termohien
A. G. Black
Department of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Barley Field Destroyed in Stubble Fire Near Martelle
Perry Russell’s barley field on one and a half acres burned Friday afternoon killing 125 shocks of barley before a threshing crew from the Ira Hempy place subdued the flames. The Russell family was away from home at the time.
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The
Gazette
Martelle
Perry Russell
Ira Hempy Place
Russell
Indian Men On Sac And Fox Reservation Employed Under Reforestation Act
Twenty Indian men on the Sac and Fox reservation west of Tama have steady employment under the National Reforestation Act since July 5. Under Russell Getty, they are digging an open drainage ditch to reclaim fifteen acres, moving 500 yards of dirt weekly. The project runs six months plus with future plantings, springs development, and ongoing erosion control work.
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Tama
Bac
Russell Getty
Ames
Getty
Sac and Fox Reservation
Linn 4-H Health Champions To Be Picked This Week
Linn county prepares for the annual 4 H health contests with girls examined Thursday morning and boys Friday morning in Cedar Rapids. County health officials Dr. B F Wolverton and Dr J L Hartman supervise tests to promote health awareness among 4 H members and clubs.
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Linn
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Misa
Gladys Adams
B. F. Wolverton
J. L. Hartman
H. M. Ivins
Dairy Industries
Courthouse
Marion Township Farm Bureau
C. B. F. Michel
Fall Apples Fair Crop Seen With Rain Needed
Benton county orchardist S A Mc Candless says fall apples especially Wealthy will be a fairly good crop three miles north of Belle Plaine but rain is needed to reach normal size. June pollen washout caused heavy drop and drought later reduced fruit size with overall Iowa crop not expected to exceed 50 percent of normal.
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Belle Plaine
S. A. McCandless
Benton County
McCandless
Iowa
Barwick Melon Boom Sends Town to Chicago Exposition
In Barwick Georgia a riot of money and pride sweeps through the town as 24 residents hitch a ride to the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. They tote a produce truck filled with 300 loads of watermelons and boast 45 000 dollars from the harvest.
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Barwick
Chicago
Chicago-ward
Georgia
Baby Beef Show to Be Largest on Record This Year
Iowa farm youth from ninety seven counties will stage the nation’s largest baby beef show at the state fair from August 23 to September 1. About 2,635 4-H club members fed 4,529 baby beeves, with 850 top calves to be brought for state championships. Marshall county leads in calves, and judging teams from over forty five counties will compete in the championship contest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Billy Yates
Keokuk County
Twinkle Smith
Decatur
Marshall County
Polk
Adair
Cerro Gordo
Crawford
Greene
Linn
Keokuk
Madison
Poweshiek
Scott
Wapello
Tax Value Of Iowa County Land Falls Sharply
The county wide taxable value of land and live stock in Iowa county drops from 1920 to 1934 with land per acre falling from 75.02 to 91.63 in 1921 to 38.20 to 51.34. Live stock values for three year old horses feeder cattle cows and hoes decline markedly. Assessments will now stand four years instead of two.
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Iowa County
Marengo
J. L. Hendershot
Lowe's Livestock Exchange Moves to New Location
Jack Clements and Tony Schmits announce Iowa Livestock Exchange weekly auctions will relocate to a remodeled covered pavilion at the C. R. and I.C. stockyards in Cedar Rapids. Last Friday the sale of 1 200 Dakota feeding pigs weighed forty to eighty pounds sold at 1.50 to 3.60 per head.
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Jack Clements
Tony Schmits
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Marion Road
Cedar Rapids
C. R
I.C
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Clements
Schmitz
Dakota
Picnic groups to join Vinton Benton county contest Aug 9
County Agent W. A. Geiger will announce the event at Riverside park. Floyd Arnold of the Ames extension service will be the speaker for the picnic in Benton county.
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Vinton
Benton County
Riverside Park
W. A. Geiger
Floyd Arnold
Ames Dairy
Farm price index jumps to 76 amid July gains
The July 15 price index for all farm commodities rose to 76, up 12 points from June 15, led by grains and fruits and vegetables. Corn prices increased as hog prices stagnated, and cotton prices climbed due to strong mill activity and anticipated acreage cuts. Potatoes and eggs surged, while meat animal prices fell year over year.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
United States
Doojiggers and Whatyoucallems By Mary Strickley
A mother uses a leather harness or clothesline tether to keep a wandering toddler safe while shopping or at home. The piece argues humane parent methods protect children as surely as animals and criticizes harsh views of tethering.
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Robert
Lite Depor
4 H Hog Judging Contest Held On Ainsworth Farm
One hundred fifty 4-H pig club members and leaders gathered at the Acheson and Dunsmore farm in Ainsworth for the annual judging contest. Teams from six counties faced six classes including boars and aged sows with 230 hogs entered for selection ahead of the state fair. Joe Caputo assisted in class selection alongside 4-H leaders from Washington county.
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Ainsworth
Acheson
Farm Emergency Loan Act Talkes To Cedar County Farmers
Arthur Lund secretary of the Cedar county National Farm Loan association spoke to sixty Tipton area farmers on the federal farm emergency loan act and mortgage refinancing.
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Tipton
Arthur Lund
Cedar County
National Farm‘Loan Association
Hogs Bring High Price at Cedar County Sale
Clarence Buresh of Cedar County sent fifty nine hogs weighing 186 pounds each to Chicago by truck on Thursday. The cross bred Duroc Jersey Spotted Polands sold at 4.70 per hundredweight, top for their weights, with total receipts around 4.76 per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Clarence—John Buresh
Cedar County
Chicago
Threshing Yard Tales and Codes in a Parched Summer
A rambling reminiscence blends farm life with code talk and noisy machinery. The narrator recalls butter and grain codes, heat waves, threshing dangers, a runaway belt incident with a grey mare named Becky, and hearty meals during long days on the farm. The piece closes with memories of sisters, chores, and bustling yard life.
Cow Produces High Butterfat Near Alburnett
Emil Hodgin's cow Crackers near Alburnett yielded milk with 19.6 percent butterfat in a test by Harley Hansen of Linn association No. 3. The 3-year-old grade jersey, not usually a pure cream producer, was finishing lactation and milked once daily from 64 pounds of milk.
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Alburnett
Emil Hodgin
Harley D. Hansen
Linn Association No
Small grain yields rise across eastern counties
In Bento and Cedar counties farmers report high yields as threshing progresses. Jacob Klar and Roy Lassen each averaged 33 bushels per acre on 27 and 20 acres of barley respectively, while oats and wheat yields vary by farm. In Tipton alfalfa and barley fields reach 64 bushels per acre in Red Oak township. Oats average around 50-56 bushels statewide with Clarence Peet and Gus Goldsmith posting top local numbers.
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Speclal
Vinton
Bento
Bruce Township
Jacob Klar
Roy Lassen
Ernest Reiss
Garrison
James Bevins
A. G. Mowbray
Big Grove
L. J. Pritchard
Tipton
Cedar County
E. B. Dallas
Red Oak Township
Martelle
Clarence Peet
Harry Newman
George Darner
Martele
Charles Kohl
Kohl
Ted Martin
W. B. Meeks
Howard Drach
Clarence
Roy Cashman
Fred Meier
Arnold Lerch
Gus Goldsmith
Earl Elijah
Oats Yields Reported Near Manchester and Local Crops
John Leonard reports 1400 bushels from 30 acres of oats eight miles northwest of Manchester. John Schneider on the Mrs. Edmunds farm near here averages 38.5 bushels from 65 acres. Corn stands well in hot dry weather and expected normal yields. Sweet corn 10 to 15 cents a dozen cars. 50 to 60 cents a bushel for canning. Early potatoes a night crop at $2 a bushel. Tomatoes cabbage cucumbers also on market. pickling cucumbers $1 a bushel.
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Manchester
John Leonard
John Schneider
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George Buffalo
Oscar Kapayou
Frank Earl
Frank Eagle
Frank Pushitanequa
James Papake
Robert Youngbear
Frank Leaf
McHanon Keahna
Grant Mitchell
John Buffalo
John Blackcloud
George Blackcloud
John Roberts
Valentine Davenport
Joe Mayache
Percy Bear
John Jones Mitchell
Farm Bureau Calendar
SS. A. McCandless
Lowe’ Livestock’ Exchange
Mary Srickley
Paradise
Robin
Ben
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Helangon
Becky
Sis
East
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Hazleton
C.O. Wharram
Stanley
Dysart
Ed Norden
Tama-Benton Grain Company
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