Hog Prices Rise as U.S. Receipts Fall and Eastern Packers Compete
Iowa hog market turns optimistic as prices climb with about a dollar gain per hundredweight. Receipts drop over 30 percent year over year, while eastern packers push into the western belt. Shippers handle most hogs in Omaha Kansas City and St. Louis markets as buyers cover lean runs.
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ES Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Corn
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chalmers Succeeds Reno As Head Farm Holiday Association
Des Moines reports Representatives from farm holiday groups in eighty eight counties met to set the start of a farmers holiday. Indications by Saturday afternoon point to a start in early August rather than July 4 due to money and planning constraints. Milo Reno resigned as president. John Chalmers of Madrid elected to lead the association.
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Des Moines
INS
Milo Reno
Farm Holiday Association
John Chalmers
Madrid
Imported Turkeys Put Pressure On Prices In July Trade
Argentine turkey imports expected to be light as domestic storage bulges. Early July shipments due to New York with prices around 20 to 22 cents per pound after 2 cents freight and 10 cents duty. Domestic 1931 crop holdings keep Argentine sales constrained and tariffs plus rising U S production curb yearly imports.
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New York City
New York
United States
Jones County forms 4-H club boys organization
A Jones county 4-H club for boys was formed after a picnic and program at the state park Anamosa Officers elected were Donald Meeks Martello president Maynard Allen Anamosa vice president Marvin Blohm Center Junction secretary and treasurer Alfred Manwiller Olin historian The group includes 151 members in eight units with Ray Sanford Scotch Grove as county 4-H chairman and local supporters listed.
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Anamosa
Jones
Donald Meeks
Martello
Maynard Alien
Marvin Blohm
Center Junction
Alfred Manwiller
Olin
Cmiet Te Tellers
Jones County
Ray Sanford
Scotch Grove
Mr. Sanford
Lloyd Hudson
Fred Heiken
Fred Kromminga
Castle Grove
A. F. Walker
Monticello
Truman Stanton
A. Alyea
Gene Porter
Loyal Byerly
Jackson Township
Delbert Mayberry
Wyoming
Morrell Leeds
Murl Murfield
Donald Ruhl
Fairview
Food cost issues, farm holiday plan spur Iowa debate
A Chicago convention discussion on food prices highlights beef and produce costs, while Iowa farmers debate a proposed Farmers' holiday or price- setting plan. Anton Green leads talks. Ed Kennedy chairs a committee to determine production costs. duration and implementation remain unsettled with no fixed start date.
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Green
Clinton
Iowa
Ed Kennedy
Kankakee
Ill
Farmers’ Union
Glenn Miller
Jesse Sickler
Ogden
W. K. Powers
Duncombe
Mr. Green
Ames 4-H Girls Convene on Campus for State Event
About 1,500 Iowa 4-H girls from every county gather at Ames for the fifth annual convention running through Wednesday. Highlights include state officer elections, queen selection, best groomed girl contest, and a Music Memory contest. The Mount Vernon on the Campus festival features Martha and George Washington with Miss Gertrude Warren and R. K. Bliss portraying Washington. The program ends with four numbers by Ira Schroeder at the Stanton Memorial.
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Ames
Iowa
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Fannie R. Buchanan
Gertrude Warren
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Martha Washington
R. K. Bliss
Farmers complete third cultivation in Walford region
Most farmers in Walford have finished the third cultivation of their corn. Several have begun cutting clover, reporting a heavy yield from the crop.
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Walford
Keota-A farmers meet for holiday planning in Keokuk county
Roy Stead presided at Wilson park as Lafayette township discussed a farmers' holiday. Otto Kitzman of What Cheer led the meeting with Galen Weaver Warren Smith and Hazen speaking. E C Gilbert named permanent chairman to recruit members in each school district. A July 4 picnic is planned at What Cheer fair grounds.
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Keota
Lafayette
Keokuk County
Roy Stead
Wilson Park
Otto Kitzman
What Cheer
Galen Weaver
Warren Smith
Gibson
Mr. Hazen
E. C. Gilbert
Sigourney
Walter Fancher
English River Township
Plank Township
Adams and
Prairie
Washington
van Buren
Fairgrounds
Oelwein Co-Op Pays 20c Last Half May Butterfat
Patrons of the Oelwein Farmers' Cooperative creamery receive 20 cents a pound for butterfat from the last half of May. The two week total butterfat handled was 59 143 pounds, up 11 000 pounds from the first half of the month, per secretary J L Butler.
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Oelwein Co-Op
Oelwein
Oeelwein
Adams County Recommended for TB Free Reaccreditation
Adams County has been recommended to the state department of agriculture for reaccrediting as free from bovine tuberculosis effective July 1. Testing led by Dr. G. B. Senior of Creston found infection at 0.34 percent, marking a second reaccreditation for the county.
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Des Moines
Adams County
State Department of Agriculture
G. B. Senior
Creston
Favorable Growing Season Boosts Iowa Corn and Crops
Eastern Iowa reports an exceptional growing season with ample timely rains across the region. Some areas suffer wind and hail damage while cutworm and wireworm cause local losses. corn tassels appear in early fields as rye and wheat advance toward harvest and hay yields remain high.
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Iowa
Local Garden Crops Begin to Reach Markets
Special to The Gate reports early harvests in NORTH LIBERTY with new potatoes peas beans and beets from area gardens. Gooseberries are being picked with uneven yields while raspberries start to ripen promising a good crop. Clover hay putting up has begun and some farmers report heavy yields.
Corn brings 35 cents Alfalfa seven dollars in Fayette
Mrs M Anderson and Sons living a mile west of this week sold several hundred bushels of corn for 35 cents a bushel. A E Smith farmer living a mile from Maynard reports a yield of two and a half tons to the acre from thirty five acres of alfalfa. Surplus is being sold to neighbors at 7 dollars a ton.
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Donnan
Annual meeting of Partners' Livestock Marketing Assn
Iowa City manager E L Hegg announces the annual meeting of the Partners' Livestock Marketing Association of Iowa City. The notice dates June 36 but the lead details a livestock group gathering to discuss cooperation, marketing, and member affairs.
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Iowa City
E. L. Hegg
Partners’ Livestock Marketing Association of
Corn Fields Progress Note
Notes indicate corn fields are being laid by as some crops dry and prepare for harvest.
Bennett reports bumper alfalfa yield near town
D A Bennett, local farmer, says his four acre alfalfa field produced sixteen large loads of hay this season and was judged the finest stand in the county. The stand stood waist high with dense growth and only a little bluegrass at the edge. Bennett expects four cuttings or about forty large loads this year.
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Gazette
S —D. A. Bennett
Corn Harvest Progress In Stanwood Area
Fields report corn laid by tasseling sweet corn in silk in Stanwood. Small grain growing rapidly with old corn shelled and stored in local elevators at 30 cents a bushel reflecting early harvest activity.
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Stanwood
Knee High Corn Report From Local Farmers
In Oelwein area farmers Vern Logan Charles Clark and George Sauerbry report knee high corn. Much cultivating has occurred since the heavy rain and soil conditions are said to be good. Some corn may be laid by this month.
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Oelwein
Vern Logan
Charles Clark
George Sauerbry
McNee family farms 165 acres of corn near Norway
Norman McNee and his two sons farm 165 acres of corn, with a 40 acre stand planted May 5 on fall plowing. The crop is uniform in height and color. They intend to feed most of the corn to livestock on the place, believing grain is more profitable as feed than as cash crop.
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Norway
Norman McNee
4-H Delegates to State Convention Named
Anamosa Jones county 4-H club girls chosen to attend the state convention at Ames next week are Loretta Specht Margaret Behrends Frances Soper Geneva Loomis Wilma Kuhns Eloise Kuhns Gwelda Fairbanks Oriole Florence Mardorf Wise Owl Roberta Livingston Madison's Merry Maidens Erma Lincoln Tru Blu Elizabeth Fish Wild Happy Hour Ruth Humphrey Good Luck Lois Bramer Be Square. Leaders accompanying them are Miss Mildred Deischer Mrs Grace Vrooman Mrs Nona Terhune and Miss Marecella Kahn.
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Jones County
Ames
Loretta Specht
Fortune Finders Club
Margaret Behrends
Lovell
Laboring Lassies
Frances Soper
Rainbow
Geneva Loomis
Wilma Kuhns
Eloise Kuhns
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Gwelda Fairbanks
Oriole
Florence Mardorf
Wise Owl
Roberta Livingston
Madison
Merry Maidens
Erma Lincoln
Tru Blu
Elizabeth Fishwild
Happy Hour
Ruth Humphrey
Lois Bramer
Be Square
Mildred Deischer
Grace Vrooman
Nona Terhune
Marecella Kahn
Iowa county 4-H Rally and picnic draws 250 attendees
North English hosts Iowa county 4-H and Cow Test Association Rally day on the Milo Stover lawn. Dairy judging winner Ralph King of North English scores 192 and earns state contest berth. Wilma Misbach named queen for 4-H girls. Toasts, pageant, and music complete the bicentennial themed event.
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Milo Stover
Ralph King
North English
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Sumner Township
Mildred Peters
Rachael Langlas
Pauline Rathjen
Wilma Plagman
Hilton
Margaret Hillbruner
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Williams
Ann Collins
Ruth Ellen Husted
Mary Timm
Nellie Struble
Dayton
Ramona Simmons
Wilma Misbach
Williamsburg
Ames
Helen Shaub
Naomi VeVerka
Marjorie Frick
George Washington
Ora Lown
George
Martha
Little Homemakers Club
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Little Homemakers
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Northeastern Iowa fair secretaries meet in Manchester
Northeastern Iowa fair secretaries gathered in Manchester Friday to discuss fall county fairs. They voiced optimism despite expected reductions in attractions and emphasized Farm Bureau and 4-H focus. Attending were E. W. Williams president and C. S. Miller secretary, with others including Charles D. Moore W. G. Wood J. M. Addieman E. M. Phillip George Klotzbach C. E. Miller J. H. Dannerbrink George R. McAthur fence T. P. Eichels H. Tracey Archie Lyman and Fred W. Francis B. Dunham ter.
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E. W. Williams
Northeastern Iowa Association
C. S. Miller
Tipton
Williams
Mr. Miller
Charles D. Moore
Urbana
W. G. Wood
Blairstown
J. M. Addieman
Farm Bureau Calendar Listings For Linn County
Week shows meetings across townships with the Monroe Charles Van Note home on Monday College Alfred Minor home on Tuesday and Seton Friday near Floyd Ems tons home.
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Monroe Town
Ship Farm Bureau
Charles van Note
College Town
Alfred Minor
Ing. Seton
Floyd Emstons
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