Lard Output Forecast At Near Record 1.3 Billion Pounds
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts 1940 lard production may total about 1.3 billion pounds, up 224 million from 1938, with higher hog slaughter and yield per hog. Exports likely exceed last year’s 234 million pounds but remain well below the 1929–33 average. Prices in Chicago are near a low not seen since 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weesiden
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Germany
Bureau
Chicago
Eastern Iowa cattle and hog prices top Chicago market
Eastern Iowa feeders secured high Chicago bids on June 14 at Union Stockyards. Highlights include J. P. Kurt of Cascade selling 18 steers at 1268 pounds for 10.75, F. L. Kurt at 19.60 for 20 head, and Dinse and Dougherty at Stanwood with five heifers at 9.75 and nine steers at 9.90, among others from Clinton county and Atkins areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Iowa
J. P. Kurt
Cascade
F. L. Kurt
Bernard
George Kurt
Pete Hosch
Dinse and Dougherty
Stanwood
Walter Lehrman
Clinton County
R. J. Hansen
August Hansen
Olin
Wade P. Wolf
West Liberty
Charles Gardemann
Atkins
Louis Weichman
Ayrshire Show Highlighted by Brooklyn Dairy Queen Victory
The Brooklyn district Ayrshire show crowned Dairy Queen as senior champion and grand champion female. Russell Lang and Sons of Grinnell showed the 3-year-old cow with James Lang pictured. Officials elected for the Iowa Ayrshire Breeders association included Richard Sears of Grinnell as president and Floyd Arnold of Ames as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Elmer James
Ankeny
Carl Lindemann
Humboldt
Howie Lang
Ayrshire
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Russell Lang and Sons
Russell Lang
Dubuque Milk Pact Set to Take Effect Friday
The federal department of agriculture orders an amended federal milk marketing program for Dubuque to take effect Friday. It classifies milk into four classes, introduces seasonal price changes for class 1 and 2 milk, creates a market-wide pool, enlarges the marketing area, and changes the definition of handler. In a referendum, 166 of 181 producers voted in favor. Also in Ames 1500 4-H girls elected Dorothy Goeders as state president with a slate of officers and planned events including the Better Groomed Girl contest and a large outdoor pageant Flag of Our Land. Four Iowa 4-H girls were named to attend a national leadership camp at Minwanca Michigan July 31 to Aug 13 on Danforth foundation scholarships, announced during the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Department of Agriculture
Dubuque
Department
MES
Ames
Dorothy Goeders
Cylinder
Francise Holschlag
New Hampton
Margaret Vigars
Eldora
Jane Blythe
Williamsburg
Miss Go
Iowa
Ilene Niebuhr
Blairstown
Dorothy Hildebrand
West Liberty
Rita Waechter
Epworth
Nelda Paulsen
Stockton
Flag of Our Land
Wilma Lee Hudson
Johnson County
Miniwanca
Mich
Danforth Foundation
Elnora Illian
Walcott
Maxine Dial
Blakesburg
Tipton Feeder Roger Bolton Sells Steers at Chicago Market
Roger Bolton of Tipton Cedar county sold twenty steers weighing 1 206 pounds each at Chicago for a price of 9 60 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Tipton
Roger Bolton
Cedar County
Chicago
Market Report: 850-Pound Heifers Sell in Chicago Trade
Henry Holmes of Anamosa Jones county sold a load of 850-pound heifers at Chicago on Tuesday for $9.15 per hundredweight. The sale highlights the steady demand for feeder cattle as buyers seek ready-for-finish stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Henry Holmes
Jones County
Wapello Feeder Steers Bring 10 a Cwt in Chicago Sale
Herbert Lieberknecht of Louisa County sold 17 steers weighing 987 pounds at Chicago for ten dollars per hundredweight. The deal reflects a strong demand for feeder cattle as of Tuesday.
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Speal
The
Gazette
Wapello
Herbert Lieberknecht
Louisa County
Chicago
Wyoming Feeder Sale Records Mixed Prices in Chicago Trade
Lyle Tompkins of Wyoming sold five head of 790 pound yearlings at Chicago Tuesday for 9.25 dollars per hundredweight and 19 head averaging 981 pounds for 9 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Wyoming
Lyle Tompkins
Chicago
Farmer Receives 9.25 Per Hundredweight For Heifers and Steers
Anamosa farmer Carl Merdorf in Jones County sells forty one 806 pound heifers and fourteen 828 pound steers at 9.25 dollars per hundredweight. The sale price applies to all cattle sold totaling a substantial ranch income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Carl Merdorf
Jones County
Chelsea Buyer Sells 1240-Pound Steers At Chicago Market
Chelsea S A Brush sold a load of 1240 pound steers at Chicago on Tuesday for 10.15 per hundredweight and another load at 9.25 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
S. A. Brush of
Chicago
Tipton Ezra Werndt Tops Chicago Market Hog Sale
Ezra Werndt of Tipton Cedar county feeder led Tuesday’s Chicago market with thirty 262 pound hogs selling for 6.30 dollars per hundredweight. The sale highlights the steady demand for large hogs from Iowa farmers and feeder operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Tipton
Ezra Werndt
Cedar County
Chicago
Hog market shows Chester White price at Chicago
Anamosa reports B. L. Lockwood of Jones county received 6.40 dollars per hundredweight for sixteen 187 pound Chester White hogs at Chicago on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
B. L. Lockwood
Jones County
Chester White
Chicago
Cholera Outbreak Reported in Seventeen East Iowa Communities
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports hog cholera outbreaks in seventeen east Iowa communities including Mount Hamill West Branch Vinton Grundy Center Beaman Marengo Riverside Nashua Stanwood Keystone Traer Waukon New London West Point Belle Plaine Washington and Oxford Also rabies cases in a horse and two dogs near Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association Today
East Iowa
Mount Hamill
West Branch
Vinton
Grundy Center
Beaman
Marengo
Riverside
Nashua
Stanwood
Keystone
Traer
Waukon
New London
West Point
Belle Plaine
Washington
Oxford
Ryan
Iowa County C T A Plans Picnic At J R Wallace Farm
The Iowa County contest association annual picnic is set for June 29 at the J. R. Wallace farm near Williamsburg. Arthur R. Porter will attend. Forrest Durey reports on May with 312 cows on test averaging 924 pounds milk and 35.8 butterfat, Fred Gingerich herd high with 958 pounds milk and 49.1 butterfat, and a purebred Holstein top cow yielding 2317 pounds milk and 89.2 butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Iowa County Contest Association
J. R. Wallace
Williamsburg
Arthur R. Porter
Ames Extension Dairyman
Forrest Durey
Iowa County Association
Fred Gingerich
Wellman
High Amana
Cows Milk Output Drops After Switching to Twice Daily Milking
The Herbert Kleiss Holstein herd near Brooklyn reduced milking from three to two times daily. Butterfat production fell 11 percent and milk yield dropped 1 percent. Only one cow showed an increase, per Walter Keller, tester for the Powersheik-Jasper test association of which Kleiss is a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Herbert Kleiss
Walter Keller
Powershiek-Jasper Test Association
Kleiss
Brooder House Burns on Bieber Farm East of Waukon
Fire caused by kerosene stove explosion destroyed the Bieber farm brooder house east of Waukon. Philip Bieber saved 100 three week old chicks from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Booder
Philip Bieber
Bieber
Butterfat Price Set By Aurora Creamery
The Aurora Farmers Creamery Association paid patrons 25 cents a pound for butterfat received during May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Aurora Farmers Creamery Association
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertised for Kidney Relief
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush excess waste from the kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It links symptoms like backaches puffy eyes leg cramps and moist palms to kidney trouble and urges buying the genuine GOLD MEDAL product from Haarlem in Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Pork imports reach fifty two million pounds in 1938
In 1938 the importation of pork totaled 52,382,000 pounds, reflecting late interwar trade volumes and domestic supply trends affecting the meat market.
$120 An Acre For Farm Near Marion
A Cedar Rapids businessman purchased the George Strong estate farm of 217 acres one mile northwest of Marion for about 125 dollars per acre. The deal was handled by George P. Witwer and company of Cedar Rapids. The farm is highly improved and adjoins a surfaced highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
George Strong
Marion
George P. Witwer and Company
Young Farmers of Johnson Meet With Linn County Group
Fifteen members of Johnson county rural youth association attended a Linn county Junior Farm Bureau meeting at Claire Booth's home near Marion. The gathering featured talks by Rev. C. V. R. De Jong of Marion and Cedar Rapids police identification officer R. C. Hopwood. Milo Soukup spoke on a proposed Iowa rural youth tour to the New York World's Fair, and Booth outlined plans for a rural sports festival at Ames this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Rural Youth Association
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Claire Booth
Marion
C. V. R. de Jong
R. C. Hopwood
Cedar Rapids
Milo Soukup
Iowa
Ames
Edgewood dairy test shows strong May output in region
The Clayton-Delaware cow testing association reported 266 cows milked and 17 dry in May with an average 893 pounds of milk and 35.5 pounds of butterfat. The Harold Brockmeyer herd of seven Holsteins led at Edgewood with 1,471 pounds of milk and 49.5 pounds of butterfat, while a Guernsey owned by Roy Walters in Garber produced 84 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Clayton- Delaware
Francis Scott
Harold Brockmeyer
Guernsey
Roy Walters
Garber
Rains Improve Crop Prospects Across Regions
The weekly crop bulletin from the U S weather bureau notes heavy showers last week improved conditions in the midwest and northwest. Soil moisture is adequate in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, Great Plains, Kansas and Oklahoma, while much of the south remains overly wet and the southwest needs rain. Winter wheat harvest is underway with good progress. spring crops show improvement and corn areas report ample moisture. cotton progress is favorable across western and eastern belt regions.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Mississippi
Great Plains
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Boy injured in wheel disc accident near Morley
The 3-year-old son of William Hartwig was badly injured Monday when a tractor disc ran over him two miles northwest of Morley. He fell from the tractor suffered cuts to his arm and leg and one eye. He was treated and returned home from Anamosa hospital.
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Morley
William Hartwig
Anamosa
Riverside fire saves brooder house at Rotenburger farm
Riverside fire company battled a blaze two miles south of town Tuesday at the John Rotenburger farm. The effort saved the structure and only a few chicks were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Riverside Fire Company
John Rotenburger
Here
Hog Prices Hit Cedar County Feeder Willer
Tipton reports Forest B Willer of Cedar county sold twenty nine hogs weighing 233 pounds each at Chicago for six dollars and fifty cents per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton —Forest
B. Willer
Cedar County
Chicago
Ames Tour Monday by Louisa County Farm Folk
A Wapello Louisa county delegation plans an annual tour to the Ames campus next Monday. The visit follows prior years with farmers from the region observing campus agricultural facilities and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County
Ames
Beauty Seen From A County Promontory
A country woman recalls standing on a high promontory over a valley. She contrasts the ugliness and waste seen from above with the beauty of farmsteads and timber blocks in the distance. Down in the valley the barren view becomes transfigured as perspective shifts.
Butter judged for national creamery contest
Decorah buttermaker Elliott Nelson and teammates from Clermont and Luana took part as judges on Wednesday in Minneapolis for the National Creamery Buttermakers Association contest. They were named to the committee by Nels Larson of Decorah, president of section 1 of the Creamery Operators Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Elliott Nelson
Luana
Gordo Junker
Clermont
Mike Wilde
Churchtown
Minneapolis
Creamery Buttermakers Association
Nels Larson
Debcorah
Creamery Operators Association
69 Inch Tall Center Point Hybrid Plant Reaches Height
A 69 inch tall Center Point Hybrid car not a cold resistant strain was planted by L. W. Heefner in his town garden on April 21 and has reached 69 inches this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Heefner
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East Iowa Livestock
Harry Hopkins
Grinnell
Secretary of Commerce
Richard Sears
Ayrshires
Miss Fannie R. Buchanan
Extension Rural Sociologist
Leadership
Francise Holschlam
Chesters
Erie
Iowa County
Brooder House
Young Farmers of
Johnson
Linn County Group
Clayton-Delaware
C.T. A
Near
Idahos
Ettuge
Elery
Dial
Sapples
PLUMS
Ae Bu
Omatoes
Rob Ross
Isala
Fresh Potato
Ibs. de
Asprys
Lifebudy Health
Lever Bros
Spaghett
Kelloge’s Rice
Ric
Bowlene
D. E. Brickley
Lee Bebee
Kresse
Kresge
Otis Small
Mei
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