FENCE DRIFT AND LIVESTOCK BARN FEATURE AT WALRKEIN FARM
The Farm Editor notes Gillette’s livestock bill faces Iowa hearings amid fears it could disrupt interior markets. A photo description shows John Livesind’s 50 acre John Sive sind farm near Waukon with a 32 by 82 stall barn for 28 Guernsey cows using neck chains and adjustable fronts to prevent feed theft. The insulated barn and silo cost $5,000 in 1939, similar to the farm’s 1933 value.
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Iowa
Waukon
John Sivesind
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Livesind
Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorn Shows Planned in Iowa
Eastern Iowa hosts Brown Swiss shows Friday and Saturday with a Brown Swiss picnic at Iowa Falls and a Sigourney show. A Milking Shorthorn picnic is set near Castalia next Sunday. Central City hosts a Brown Swiss show June 30. Delaware 4-H club tour and rally in Manchester includes farm visits and officer elections with a sheet steel use demonstration and a kittenball tournament.
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Iowa
Iowa Falls
Sigourney
Castalia
Central City
Manchester
Delaware 4-H Boys
Colesburg Club
Ed Brockmeyer
W.W. P. Adams
John Keck
Roy Wessel
Colesburg
Postville Creamery Pays 42c For May Butterfat
The Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery reported May as its best month in fifty years, producing 114,699 pounds of butter from 92,404 pounds of butterfat. Directors approved a 42 cent per pound payment for May butterfat, 11 cents higher than May 1940.
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Postville
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
No Hearings Yet on Gillette Marketing Bill
Senator Guy M. Gillette states hearings on his bill to curb direct packer livestock buying have not begun as the Justice Department develops evidence in grand jury meat industry cases. He introduced S 1199 to curb direct purchasing, backed by the United States Livestock Association, with debate expected in a subcommittee.
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D. C
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Iowa
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Neb
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Corn loan totals reveal 1940 program figures across states
Washington June 14 report lists 102,136,342 bushels of 1940 corn loans valued at 62 million dollars with June 14 1941 repayments of over 5 thousand loans worth 3.1 million. State totals show Illinois 13.49 million bushels 8.23 million dollars and Wisconsin 18.9 thousand bushels 11 thousand dollars among others.
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Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
4-H Demonstration Teams To Get Training
Ella Loughran of Ames will meet with 4-H girls demonstration teams Friday at the YWCA Cedar Rapids. Linn county Farm Bureau announced the training aims at prepping girls for county fair demonstration contests.
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All- Iowa Grounds
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Fred Beard
Hawkeye Downs
H. H. Kildee
Ames
J. W. Schwab
Purdue University
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Oklahoma A
M. College
B. W. Fairbanks
University of Illinois
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Frank Love
Wilson and Company
Chicago
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Test Plots to Be Observed at Open House
CONESVILLE Iowa June 25 open house at Southeastern Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association farm offers farmers a chance to view oats flax alfalfa and melon plots and ask crop production questions. New oat varieties 3350 3602 3607 plus released kinds will be shown alongside Boone Marion Hancock Tama and Control oats tested for rust smut resistance against Iogold 105 103 Vanguard and Columbia. Extension plant pathologists will demonstrate weed control chemical mixing and applying.
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Conesville
Southeastern Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Boone
Marion
Hancock
Tama
Vanguard
Columbia
Loveland Named AAA Chief. Smith Confirms Report
Des Moines Iowa Agricultural Adjustment administration chairman Guy Smith confirmed The Cedar Rapids Gazette story that Albert Loveland of Janesville would succeed him as AAA chief on July 1. Smith said Loveland will handle crop insurance with a focus on the south and cotton planters, plus wheat farmers, with headquarters at Russell Iowa.
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Des Moines
Guy Smith
Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Albert Loveland
Janesville
Mr. Smith
AAA
Tour Of Apiaries Planned By Fayette Beekeepers
A Fayette county bee keepers summer meeting is planned at the fair grounds on July 2 at 1 15 p m George P Schatz president of the county association announced F B Paddock of Ames state apiarist will attend and discuss general beekeeping problems
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Fayette Beekeepers
West Union
Fayette County
Fairgrounds
George P. Schatz
F. B. Paddock
Ames
Price Spread Eliminated Between Chicago and Missouri Hog Markets
Officials of the agricultural marketing service say government purchases have had little effect on removing the hog price gap between Chicago and the Missouri river markets. The spread narrowed as western demand rose and drought reduced hog supplies, with Omaha prices sometimes higher than Chicago.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Chicago
Missouri River
Omaha
National Defense
Pacific Coast
Texas
Southwest
Nebraska
Kansas City
Iowa
South Dakota
West
Milking Shorthorn Picnic Set for June 29
Northeast Iowa Milking Shorthorn breeders plan their annual picnic on June 29 at the E. W. Green farm located 44 miles northeast of Castalia.
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