States Move to Cream Grading Laws In July Start
New license act goes into effect July 5 in Iowa as eight principal dairy states adopt cream grading laws. The drive follows federal action in 1934 enforcing pure food standards and educational campaigns to reduce sediment and improve cream quality nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLY
Iowa
W. F. Jensen
Chicago
Jensen
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Federal ‘Food and Drug Administration
Federal
Uncle Sam
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
New York
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Wyoming
Montana
Peas Yield 2400 Cans Per Acre On Harvest Day
VINTON Iowa Canning company used all thirteen inner machines to harvest a record peas crop. Excessive rains slowed work necessitating caterpillar tractors to pull vehicles from fields. On Thursday the Alaska variety produced 100 cases or 2400 cans per acre with both lines running at 150 cans per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Alaska
Dr George J Ronan Optometrist in Higley Building
Dr George J Ronan operates as an optometrist at 415 Higley Building and can be contacted by phone 7626 for eye care services and fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. J. Ronan
Optometrist
Higley Bldg
Ice cream notes promise amid small butter output
The report notes a modest butter production while ice cream dries up slightly, highlighting a small impact on dairy supplies.
Farmers Creamery May Report Shows Higher Butterfat Purchases
Special to The Gasette Postville reports May butterfat bought at 30 cents a pound totaling 78 765 pounds with 98 034 pounds of butter produced. Last year 67 000 pounds of butterfat at 27 cents. Thirty five patrons received over $100. this year sixty two checks ranged from 121 47 to 332 51. Special to The Gazette Sand Springs patrons paid 30 cents per pound for May butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasette
Postville
Farmers Creamery Company
The
Gazette
Sand Springs
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Maquoketa Creamery Association to Meet on Grading Law
Maquoketa Jackson County creamery association plans a Friday meeting at Buckhorp five miles west of Maquoketa. Glen McCarron of Andrew presides as they discuss the new cream grading law and its impact on the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Buckhorp
Glen ‘McCarron
Andrew
Farms Bring $90 to $120 An Acre
Dysart Cliff Nelson, west of Dysart, bought the Jens Kober 160 acre farm three miles west of La Porte City for 125 an acre. Traer Frank Hlavacka of Dysart purchased the Williamson farm of 155 acres near Elberon for 100 an acre cash. Possession next March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Cliff Nelson
Jens Kober
la Porte City
Traer
Frank Hlavacka
Williamson
Elberon
Farmers State Bank of
School instructor buys Joe Svoboda farm on Lincoln highway
H J Robson manual training instructor at Benjamin Franklin junior high Cedar Rapids purchased the Joe Svoboda farm three miles west of Mount Vernon on the Lincoln highway. Ninety dollars per acre for 120 acres. Possession set for about March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Mount Vernon
H. J. Robson
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Cedar Rapids
Joe Svoboda
Lincoln Highway
Linn County 4 H Boys And Dads Inspect Colts
Thirty five Linn County 4 H club boys and dads attended a colt club field day and tour led by Club Agent Harold E Ingle. Harry Linn of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association coached in breaking fitting showing and judging colts. Farm visits included Marion Central City and Alburnet areas with named hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Harold E. Ingle
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
County
Fern Anthes
Marion
Marvin Titler
Robert Hanna
Cecil
Willard Goodlove
Carroll Smith
Central City
H. A. W. Koch
Carl Rockwood
Alburnets
Center Point
Butler County charivari greets new county agent and bride
Two thousand farm folk in Butler county celebrated the wedding of County Agent J. S. Pat Van Wert and Miss Alice Anderson from Worthington Minn. The event organized by the corn and hog control association featured a dilapidated buggy arrival and a courthouse reception with speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Butler County
J. S
Pat” van Wert
Mr. van Wert
Alice Anderson
Worthington
Minn
van Wert
Minnesota
Butler County Corn and Hog Control Association
L. G. Scallon
Scallon
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Floyd Methfessel
E. W. Schrage
H. D. Hunt
E. N. Neal
Ollie Jensen
Oran Barnett
The
County Association
Buyers Pay 979 For Four Horses From Local Farmers
Eastern buyers paid near $1,000 for two teams of horses sold by Earl Leigh and Ed Litts near Lisbon. Leigh received $525 for a pair of 5-year-old geldings weighing 3 610 pounds. Litts earned $450 for a team of 4-year-old geldings at 3 500 pounds. Leigh team to be shipped to Vermont. Litts team to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Earl Leigh
Ed Litts
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Litta
Leigh
Vermont
Litts
Maine
Receipts Slump in Interior Hog Market
Hog receipts on interior markets are about 43 percent smaller than a year ago yet prices fall 40 cents to $1.00, showing retail pork prices higher than demand. Prices declined through the week, with light butchers down 40 to 70 cents and heavy hogs about $1 lower. Packers push to keep values in line amid poor hog quality and grass-heavy rations. Beef price drops and competition with pork further dampen demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farmer Oscar Schroeder Sells 30 Steers in Chicago Market
Oscar Schroeder of Benton County sold thirty head weighing 1090 pounds each at the Chicago market for 10.15 dollars per hundredweight. The sale highlights local farm output and cattle trading activity in midweek market dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Vinton
Oscar Schroeder
Benton County
Chicago
May Butter Production Surges 37.3 Percent From April
Ample moisture and good pastures boosted May creamery butter output to an estimated 175,096,400 pounds, a 37.3 percent rise from April and 0.06 percent up on May of last year. Five-month total reached 606,749,700 pounds, down 7 percent from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States ‘Crop Reporting Board
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Farmland Profits Rise Across Iowa 1934 Summary
Ames Iowa farmers report 516 farms averaged net farm income 2764 in 1934 up from 1990 in 1933. Average net cash income rose to 1485 from 555, management return to 1445 from 790. Drought area vs non drought area shows 1597 vs 3348 average net farm income. Differences due to crop yields and farm size with beef feeders advantaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Ames Extension Service and Experiment Station
Shorthorn Herd Sold at Muscatine Auction records
The G. G. Healy herd in Muscatine sold Friday for 2753 dollars. Eight cows four bulls six heifers and ten calves comprised the herd. Top prices were 202 50 for a cow 137 for a bull 125 for a calf and 122 50 for a heifer. Sudan grass sowed twenty to twenty five pounds per acre will offer pasture in about forty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
G. G. Healy
Sudan
McElroy Named Agricultural Agent for Fayette County
West Union Iowa confirms Paul E. McElroy as agricultural agent for the unexpired term ending January 1 1936. He has served as acting agent since January 1 1935 after B W Lodwick took a leave and moved to rural rehabilitation in Iowa. Lodwick now leads rural rehabilitation statewide and coaches the United States champion dairy judging team in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasette, West Union
Paul E. McElroy
Farm Bureau Board
Fayette County
McElroy
B. W. Lodwick
Iowa
Lodwick
United States
England
Town State College
Sidney
Franklin County
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. A
Spiedipiliess Croceries Co
Quaker Feeds
Third Ave. SE
Glen By8
Midwest
Great Plains
Far West
Potato & Grocery
Farmers Cash & Carry Mkt
First Ave. E
First Street
Strictly Fresh
Bhops
Noast
Sunkist
First Ave
Chofs, i. LO
Watermelon Srott
Zim T
Lemons
Pkc
J. Ib
Blue Barrel
Folger
Ae Srier
Folger’s Coffee
Fayette
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!