Seasonal Upturn Predicted for Hogs and Cattle This Summer
The Bureau of Agricultural EconomicsForecast sees steady to higher hog and beef cattle prices this summer with stronger demand for stocker and feeder cattle but weaker consumer demand for meats. Hog marketings may fall for two months while pork and lard stocks are small, and dairy production remains high with rising manufactured dairy product consumption despite lower dairy prices.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
D. C
Bureau
FLOCK PRODUCTION UP AS JUNE EGG YIELD RISES
June reports show hens in farm flocks laying at a record seasonal rate with 52.9 eggs per hundred layers, 6 percent above the 10 year average. Young chickens on hand on June 1 rose 11.8 percent from the previous year though overall flock numbers remain below 1936 and the 10 year June average.
Exports of Corn Reach Notable Weekly Total
Exports of corn from American ports in the second week of June totaled 2 750 000 bushels, lifting the season total to about 87 000 000 bushels. Domestic marketings were 6 223 000 bushels at principal terminals. Market tone strengthened as wheat gains and bad weather slowed growth and field work.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Grain Inspection Supervisor Reassigned to Cedar Rapids
Howard A. Harlow transferred from Nashville to Cedar Rapids to serve as federal grain supervisor with offices and testing laboratory in the Cedar Rapids post office building. He succeeds the late G A Dunbinett. The Cedar Rapids office oversees grain inspection in Cedar Rapids Des Moines Keokuk Burlington Davenport Clinton and Savanna NL. In fiscal year 1936 37 a total of 33785 carloads were inspected in the district with 16366 at Cedar Rapids.
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Nashville
Erosion Projects Withstand Severe Tests This Spring
Ames and the soil conservation service report that heavy spring rains tested erosion control methods. Farmers in McGregor Eldora Shenandoah and Centerville saw reduced soil loss on contoured and terraced fields versus non treated lands. The survey credits contour farming and terracing for saving soil limestone and fertilizer.
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AMES
Soil Conservation — Service
Frank H Mendell
CCC
Mendell
Harvey Klasen
McGregor
Ed Kurth
W. C. Thenfeldt
Farley Henkes
John Siegele
C. G. Bellas
Centerville
Roy Finster
Eldora
B. R. Wood
Paul Sievert
C.L. Brindle
Fred
Roy Bloom
Shenandoah
Mendells
Outbreak of Hog Cholera Reported in Brandon
Special to The Gazette Brandon reports an outbreak of hog cholera. A farmer lost twenty old hogs and nearly all his small pigs, signaling a significant livestock loss in the area.
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Brandon
Nine Experimental AAA Counties Projected This Year
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports nine experimental county programs to test simplified methods for the farm program. Initial approvals include Licking Ohio Pulaski Arkansas and Jones South Dakota with six more near approval. Programs feature scorecard farming range goals two distinct class cotton adjustments and soil conservation emphasis aiming for equal payments and long term regional use.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Licking County
Ohio
Pulaski County
Arkansas
Jones County
South Dakota
Upshur
West Virginia
Tama County
Iowa
Thomas County
Kansas
Pondora County
Montana
Meagher County
Weber and Davis Counties
Utah
AAA
College of Agriculture
Beekeepers From Three States Meet At Dubuque
More than 125 beekeepers from Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois attended an apiarists meeting sponsored by Dubuque county and Iowa beekeepers associations. Notable attendees included F B Paddock Howard Shipton L C Dadant N E France Newton Boggs Earl E Killion and Charles Hoffman. A smokers contest showcased restraint methods and prizes went to cakes and pastries using honey.
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Gazette
Dubuque
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dubuque County
F. B. Paddock
Howard Shipton
Sioux City
L C. Dadant
Hamilton
N. E
France
Madison
Wis
Newton Boggs
Viroqua
Earl E. Killion
Paris
Charles Hoffman
St. Paul
Fewer Poult Hatchings in May. Chick Output Rises Sharply
May saw a 10 percent drop in poult hatchings from 1,122,000 a year earlier to 1,010,000 across 103 plants, while hatchery chicks jumped 24 percent to 23,844,000 from 19,290,000. Advance orders for June rose, and Iowa and other states reported higher egg sets and sales, signaling a strong chick year despite fewer poults.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Thee Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Linn Farm Women Camp Planned For June Weekend
Reservations indicate about twenty five farm women will spend the weekend at the annual recreational camp for farm women at the Lower Palisades. The event runs Friday through Sunday with nature study, handcraft, and social activities.
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Lower
Palisades
Lucille Gove
Miss Gove
Palisades Park
Charles Myers
Improvements Made On Farms Near Dysart
Millard Brown living northeast of Dysart is adding rooms and a larger porch to his farm home and installing electric lights a furnace and other modern equipment. The Sutherland farm northwest of town is remodeling. A new wood shed and tank house are being built on the John Drews farm southeast of town and a barn on the Walter Lee farm is being remodeled.
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Dysart
Millard Brown
Sutherland
John Drews
Walter Lee
Three County REA Project Considered in Hartwick
The rural electrification administration has preliminarily considered a loan for a three county project centered in Poweshiek and Tama counties Iowa The sponsors must file cooperative membership applications service applications right of way easements and a detailed project map They should select an attorney and incorporate under Iowa law REA will approve the attorney and provide forms A tentative rate suggests a minimum 3.50 monthly bill for 40 kwh and 5.60 for 100 kwh covering home lighting and several appliances including a major one.
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Hartwick
Rural Electrification Administration
Poweshiek
Iowa
Tama
Rea
W. J. Fisher
T. I. P. Rural Electric Cooperative
Towa
REA Legal Division
Foreign bidders flock to Angus cattle dispersal auction
Maquoketa hosts a large dispersal auction for the Congdon and Battles herd with buyers from Maryland Tennessee Kentucky Virginia Kansas North Carolina Illinois Minnesota New York Oregon Ohio Wisconsin Georgia Oklahoma Missouri Wyoming Montana Michigan and Canada. Governor Nels Kraschel and officials of the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association attend ahead of a sale expected to conclude by Tuesday evening including twenty one show head.
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Maquoketa
United States
Congdon and Battles
Rosemere Farm
Maryland
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Kansas
North Carolina
Illinois
Minnesota
New York
Oregon
Ohio
Wisconsin
Georgia
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wyoming
Montana
Michigan
Canada
Nels Kraschel
Dominion of Canada
C. C. Mullen
American
Aberdeen- Angus Breeders Association
Natex advertised for relief of constipation and indigestion
Thousands crowd May's Drug Store to get free Natex samples claiming relief from constipation gas headaches backaches nervousness and poor sleep. The ad touts Natex as a natural remedy from roots and herbs with testimonials and urges readers to visit the May's Drug Store representative for a free sample or week long treatment.
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Natex
Cedar Rapids
May's
Second St
May
Second Street SE
Nature
5 Second Street
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