Prime and Choice Lambs Top Iowa Pool Auction Totals
Seventy five percent of 219 spring lambs pooled by Johnson county producers sold Wednesday in Owa City. Prime and choice grades dominated with sixteen prime lambs at $7.50 cwt and 149 choice at $7.25 cwt. other classes brought $5.50 to $4.50. Buyers were T. M. Sinclair Co. Cedar Rapids and lots from Oren Gray Oxford and L. L. Stutsman Sharon Center.
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Sharon Center
Owa City
Johnson County
Iowa City
T. M. Sinclair Company, Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Oren Gray
Oxford
L. L. Stutsman
Stutsman
F. H Kelly
Chicago Producers Commission Association
C. W. McDonald
Nics
Fence Drift in Cedar Rapids Grain Trade
A Cedar Rapids attorney John Grimim at the grain dealers banquet notes the city processes about sixty two million bushels of grain annually. He says one cereal factory uses two and a half bushels as often as a person breathes. The piece links rain to farming conditions and market activity.
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Cedar Rapids
John Grimim
Toa Straster
Wool Prices Seen Moving Higher on Strong Markets
Boston reports higher prices paid to western growers and bullish market conditions. Ohio Delaine fine combing wool quotes at 30-31 cents grease, halfblood 29-30, three-eighths blood 33-34, with high quality wools around 68-70 cents scoured. U S Department notes fair demand for fleece wools and firm to slightly higher prices, with strictly combing wools selling 29-30 cents grease and 30 cents firm for good offerings. Ohio wools in grease 42-43 cents with moderate turnover.
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Boston
Ohio
U. S. Agricultural Department
Olin Farmers Sell 106 Hogs At Chicago Market
William Pruess and Foster Miller, farmers near Olin, sold 106 hogs on the Chicago Monday market. Pruess kept 80 hogs averaging 339 pounds at 140 per hundredweight, Miller’s 26 hogs averaged 264 pounds at 455, and 19 hogs averaged 375 pounds at 4.35. They were trucked to Chicago.
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Olin
William Pruess
Foster Miller
Chicago
Pruess
Miller
Meat consumption rises in 1933 despite hard times
Chicago reports United States meat and lard use in 1933 up from 1931 by about 37.5 million pounds total consumption near 16.69 billion pounds. Per capita beef 4.74, veal 0.68, lamb 0.71, pork 7.22 pounds. Lard per person rose almost one pound from 14.4 in 1931 to 15.2 in 1932.
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Chicago
United States
Charles D. Carey
Cheyenne
National Livestock and Meat Board
R. C. Pollock
Tama Farm Bureau To Stage County Fair At Toledo
The Tama county Farm Bureau will sponsor the Tama county fair in Toledo on Sept. 2 3 4 this year led by County Agent ZRR Mills The event features a Sept 3 Sunday program with 350 4-H clubs from Tama Benton Poweshiek Grundy Marshall and Black Hawk counties as guests A pageant Festival of the New Corn from the Ames 4-H girls convention will be repeated along with local races and Century of Progress fireworks.
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Toledo
Tama_ county Farm Bureau
Zrr. Mills
Tama Benton
Poweshiek
Grundy
Marshall
Black Hawk
Ames
Tama County
North Townships
Poweshiek County
Century of Progress
Wheatland Co Op Sets Butterfat Price at 21 Cents
Wheatland Co op Directors set butterfat price for the last 30 days at 21 cents per pound. Mrs Ernestine Schneider received the largest check 132 dollars while Kinha Brothers were next with 70 dollars. Buttermilk contract for three months sold to Joe Blumer at 25 cents per 100 gallons. Yearlings bring 5 10 85 75 toledo report.
Grain Dealers Urge Repeal Of Threshermen's Lien Law
The Western Grain Dealers' Association urged repeal of House file 266 in Cedar Rapids. The measure allows threshing and shelling services to claim a first lien on grain for fees, with detailed filing and enforcement rules and a July 4 1933 effective date.
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Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
D. O. Milligan
Muscatine Man New Head Of Vocational Ag Teachers' Club
AMES L B Hoopes of Muscatine was elected president of the Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers club at the state conference ending at Iowa State College. Other officers include A H Evans of Hudson as vice president and P I Barker of Iowa Falls as secretary. Dr Ray Fife of Columbus Ohio urged closer ties between vocational education and general curricula and called for local funding reforms and broader public support for training beyond corporate needs.
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Ames
L. B. Hoopes
Muscatine
Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Club
Iowa State College
A. H Evans
Hudson
P. I. Barker
Iowa Falls
L. L. Falck
Belle Plaine
M. M. Rogers
Lytton
H van Vlack
Audubon
I Storrey
Fairfield
W. M Westcott
Waukee
Ray Fife
Columbus
Ohio
American Vocational Association
Fife
Morgenthau Plans Changes In Farm Credit Units
Washington AP reports Governor Henry Morgenthau Jr plans big reorganizations in federal agricultural credit agencies over the next three months. He aims to create a cooperative farm credit system with four units including land banks intermediate banks a bank for cooperatives and a production credit corporation to cut risks and lower financing costs. An agent in charge will handle Washington referrals.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
Morgenthau
Sweet Clover Ready To Be Cut In Fayette
OELWEIN Farmers report alfalfa harvest done and best crop. Sweet clover ready to cut and other hay soon. Rain is needed in days to prevent oats from failing due to moisture shortage. Early potatoes already damaged.
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Fayette
Oelwein
Iowans Protest Market News Service Controversy
Iowa livestock producers protested the discontinuance of the federal market news service directed from Des Moines. Telegrams to Washington and to congressional leaders urged restoring unbiased price information for consignments and direct sales amid statewide disapproval.
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Iowa
Roosevelt
Wallace
Livestock Market
R. F. O'Donnell
Des Moines
Iowa Livestock Corporation
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Federal Market News Service
W. O. Fraser
Livestock Market Service Promotes Iowa Price Advantage
Receipts and price levels from many markets enable selective market choice and consignment when prices favor. The Des Moines office cost is small relative to the financial gains for Iowa livestock producers, according to supporters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Binder Adjustment Schools Planned In Cedar County
Three field meetings led by W. S. Peterson Ames extension agricultural engineer will be held in Cedar county on July 7 and 8. Peterson will oversee binder adjustment operations in the field, with meeting locations to be announced by County Agent Emmett C. Gardner.
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Tipton
W. S. Peterson
Ames Extension
Cedar County
Peterson
Emmett C. Gardner
Barley Crop Prospects Doubted Near Maquoketa
Farmers report severe drought shrinking grain yields. Ernest Chamberlain says his oats are ruined and barley will scarcely be worth cutting, needing a mower due to extreme shortness.
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Maquoketa
Ernest Chamberlain
Jersey Show Head Picked At Waterloo Jersey Show
Competition for top honors at the Jersey Parish show drew forty seven head from six breeders judged by Floyd Johnston of Ames. Hugh G. Van Pelt of Waterloo won grand champion bull with a near margin ahead of W. J. Campbell herd from Jesup. Campbell also showed grand champion cow.
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Gazette
Ee Waterloo
Jersey Parish
Floyd Johnston
Ames
Hugh G. van Pelt
Waterloo
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
van Pell
Campbell
H. W. Farr
Farr
van Eeth Campbell
van Pelt
Glen Morris
H. M. Doughty
Delhi Dairy Day Scheduled for August 2
The Delhi Commercial Club announced the annual Delhi Dairy Day picnic will be held on August 2. Committees were appointed to handle the arrangements.
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Delhi
Delhi Commercial Club
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