Farm land values rise $10 to $30 per acre in 1935 survey
AP survey shows corn belt land selling at $100 to $130 per acre with gains of $10 to $30 from 1934 levels. Activity centers in Iowa eastern Nebraska and southern Minnesota as buyers, mostly farmers and investors, push prices higher amid inflation fears lowered loan rates and strong demand.
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EL Moines
Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Insurance Company
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Minnesota Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Leon
Bethany
Indianola
Kansas City
634 Acres Sold for 31000 Cash in Three Parcels
C E Gray of Oakland California becomes owner of the H M Letts estate farm of 634 acres one mile south of Columbus City. The sale totaled 31000 with parcels of 380 acres to First Iowa Trust and Savings Bank for 17000, 40 acres to Washington Loan and Trust Co for 3000, and 214 acres to seven persons for 11000. Gray paid about 48.89 per acre and is tied to Golden State Creamery of Oakland.
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H. M. Letts
Columbus City
First Iowa Trust and Savings Bank of
Burlington
Washington Loan and Trust Company of
Washington
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Per Capita Milk Consumption in Cities Falls in 1934
Federal data show per capita milk and cream use in cities and villages averaged 377 gallons in 1934, down from 388 in 1933 and 408 in 1929. The South Central states saw the largest decline, North Atlantic the smallest, with a slight rise in the South Atlantic. Total city village milk and cream use was 3,546,395,000 gallons in 1934, down from 3,629,470,000 in 1933 and 3,782,012,000 in 1930, with drought blamed for reduced production.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South Central States
North Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
Fence Drift in Scoven Wire Poem Reflects Autumn Corn Belt
A fragment from a regional page describes Fence Drift caught in the scoven wire with symmetrical three by three foot six squares and corn popping through like green yarn in a giant comforter. The passage notes this town section stays in good condition, with a humorous aside about chinch bugs and showers diminishing the threat.
Cream Licensing Drive Reaches 1,500 Exams in 42 Schools
Iowa dairy officials report 1,500 examinations given so far across forty-two cream grading schools in forty counties. The effort, led by C. S. Bogle, aims to license cream graders and buyers under new statutes, with Ames extension staff aiding and five schools running daily.
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Moines
C. S. Bogle
Dairy and Food Inspection
Iowa
General Assembly
Bogle
Ames Dairy Manufacturing Extension Department
Ames
Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Hardin
Franklin
Floyd
Butler
Chickasaw
Bremer
Fayette
Clayton
Winnebago
Worth
Mitchell
Howard
Winneshick
Allamakee
Hancock
Cerra Gordo
Ames Dairy Extension
Sows With Pigs Sell For 43 At Columbus Junction
Auction report from Columbus Junction shows sows with pigs selling for 43 each, with hogs bringing 9 to 11 cents per pound. Sheep averaged 1125 a head, and fat stock cattle sold between 5 and 8 cents per pound. Hereford bulls topped at 149, Jersey cows 40 to 70, and yearling steers around seven to eight cents per pound. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and H M Duncan led the sale with Farrel Smythe as clerk.
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Columbus Junction
Jersey
Keossuqua
Paul Klotz
H M
Duncan
Farrel Smyhe
Test Progresses Toward Tuberculosis Free Status in Two Iowa Counties
Allamakee and Winneshiek counties are expected to be accredited tuberculosis free by June 1, 1936, says Dr H A Seidell. Five more veterinarians join in Allamakee and one in Winneshiek as a second test begins. For the week ending May 25, 16 reactors were found in Winneshiek from 2 519 head across 95 herds, versus 6 reactors from 1 534 head in 61 herds for the week ending May 25, 1934.
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Decorah
Allamakee
Winneshiek
H A Seidell
C. J. O'Brien
Cultivation Gains in East Central Iowa Amid Wet South
Weather and planting progress dominate reports from Iowa. In east central counties, corn planting advances with about ten percent of farmers cultivating and stands near nine to ten percent in places. South Iowa and Missouri report heavy rains, flooded highways, and widespread delaying conditions affecting haying and crop development.
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Iowa
Iowan
Cedar Rapids Tomes
Lloyd Peck
Raymond Schroeder
Watkins
Peck
Farm Price Index Falls Three Points in May
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports declines in farm prices and in purchasing power for May 15. The farm price index stood at 108, down from 111 in April, with 82 in May 1934. Prices paid by farmers stayed at 128, while buying power slipped to 84 due to price declines and shortages in corn and potatoes.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Bureau
Hickory In Bloom
A country woman extols Iowa spring scenery describing green woodlands blue skies and fields in bloom. She invites tours of woods noting dogwood sumac crab apple and a red blooming hickory as a favorite emblem of spring in rural Iowa.
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Iowa
Towa
Glenn Anderson Named Webster County Agent
Special to The Gazette Fort Dodge Iowa Glenn Anderson Greene county agent has been hired as county agent in Webster to succeed Frank G Lundblad who resigned to join the insurance field.
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Glenn Anderson
Webster
Fort Dodge
Greene County
Frank G. Lundblad
Washington County chinch bug program appoints committee
County Agent Willam J Roudabush announces a committee to aid chinch bug control in Washington County. Members include O. C. Patterson county corn hog chairman Supervisor Boyd Foster W. P. Rawn county engineer and H. G. Vollmer FERA engineer.
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Washington, Ia
Willam J Roudabush
Washington County
O. C. Patterson
Boyd Foster
W. P. Rawn
H. G. Vollmer
FERA
Cattle Bring 11.10 a Hundredweight at Chicago Sale
J J Lang sold cattle at Chicago Tuesday through the Sand Springs Open Market Shipping association for 1025 to 11 10 a hundredweight. They cost 3 30 a hundredweight when placed on feed sixty to seventy days ago. The same consignment included hogs averaging 238 pounds selling for 1020 a hundredweight. They were consigned by Ben Heins.
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Sand Springs
J. J. Lang
Chicago
Fayette 4-H Dairy Team Entered in English Contest
The Fayette county 4-H dairy cattle judging team, national champions, is officially entered for the July 3 international contest in Newcastle upon Tyne England. The entry was cabled by E M Wright Iowa Dairy association field secretary as fund raising continues for the 3 500 needed to send the team aboard the Steamship Normandie sailing June 21 from New York. The team members are Robert Putman Arlington Paul Harrison Maynard Grover Miehe Maynard and Leonard Talcott Randall with 2B Lodwick Fayette county agent on leave as coach.
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Waterloo
Fayette County
Newcastle
Tyne
Northumberland
England
E. M. Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs of
Wright
Iowa
Fayette
New York
Normandie
Dairy Cattle Congress
Robert Putman
Arlington
Paul Harrison
Maynard
Grover Miehe
Leonard Talcott
Randalla
W. Lodwick
Rural Rehabilitation Organization of
Farm income for four months tops two billion dollars
The federal bureau of agricultural economics reports January to April farm cash income at 1.905 billion dollars, up from 1.699 billion in the same period last year. Benefit payments total 222 million this year, versus 104 million in 1934.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Clarence Dethmann Brothers Hog Shipment on Chicago Market
The Clarence Dethmann Brothers north of Clarence in Jones county sold fifty four hogs averaging 278 pounds for 1010 dollars per hundredweight and seven sows averaging 325 pounds for 9.15 dollars per hundredweight. Herman Dethmann accompanied the shipment.
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Clarence
Erosion Work Underway on Bert Roberts Farm
CCC crews from Osceola blaze soil erosion control on Bert Roberts farm two miles west of Delta. They have built several dams and planted thousands of black locust trees this spring and expect to finish soon.
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Delta
Bert Roberts
CCC
Oskaloosa
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Porter M. Hedge
Walter L. Rust
St. Louis
Illinois
Wisconsin Insurance Company
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
C. E. Gray
Oakland
Calif
Quaker Oats Company
2Nd St. NE
T. B
Farm Editor
Missouri
Kansas
Sudan
Des Moines
INS
Weather Bureau
Fridday
Winterset
Hazleton
Gazette
Truart
Schroeder
U.S
H. E. Henderson Higley
First Street
Sunkist
Japan
Armour’s Star
Blue Barrel
Lipton
Camay
Folger's Coffee
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