High Grade Corn Loans Expected To Hold Value
H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture says only holders of low grade corn face note expiration on July 1 while sealed corn loans of grade No 3 or better may be kept longer. Most notes are with local banks and notes held by CCC are a small portion of Iowa’s eight million dollar loan pool. Receipts at Cedar Rapids run about 100 carloads daily in June, with grain mostly No 1 to No 3 grades and drought pressure prompting farmers to hold.
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H. C. Aaberg
Des Moines
Aaberg
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Record Wheat Harvest Peak in Missouri Valley
In the Missouri River bottom between Missouri Valley and Sioux City the 1936 wheat harvest began a week early with record yields. Tests averaged 60 pounds per bushel with high protein. one sample showed 57 pounds and 16.1 percent protein. Yields ranged 20 to 30 bushels per acre, some 35, with potential returns of 18 to 30 dollars per acre.
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Onawa
Iowa
Missouri
Missouri Valley
Sioux City
Glencoe
Carl Nikolaison
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem by R. F. A. describes fence drift snagging in woven wire and the scent of new mown hay. The speaker laments heat and sun on a tin roof and farm imagery evokes a sun drenched day with outdoor work and hay.
Chinch Bugs Reported in Southern Iowa Invasion
No new developments in the grasshopper invasion of Iowa were reported. Chinchin bugs were first found in southern counties Fremont Decatur Clarke and Jefferson. Creosote oil was shipped to form barriers and county agents were told to mix bran with poison and set up mixing stations to curb the infestation. One car of bran arrived for Polk County use.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Carl J. Drake
Ames
Department
Fremont
Decatur
Clarke
Jefferson
Drake
Polk County
Linn 4-H Girls Earn State Convention Honors At Ames
Linn county 4-H girls scored in nutrition at the Iowa State Convention in Ames with eighteen delegates among 2,360 total attendees. Highlights include the Best club demonstration Canning Tomato Beverage by Mary Hoover and Betty Rhinehart and several club recognition certificates.
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Linn County
Ames
Mary Hoover
Betty Rhinehart
Linn
Be Natural
Boulder Builders
Jackson Juniors
Linn’s Best
Marionettes
Sunny Susies
Whittier Gleaners
Alice Wallace
Marie Koch
Sunny Susies Club
Mary Shakespeare
Jackson
Iowa
Farm Income Uptick Reported in May
May cash income from farm products is estimated at 521 million dollars, with total May income including rental and benefit payments at 572 million. The report notes gains from crops and livestock, while dairy and hog prices limited increases. June is expected to surpass last year.
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Washington
California
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Growth of corn hill at Dillon Atherton farm near Viola
The hill of corn on the Dillon Atherton farm near Viola gained 4.5 inches in 48 hours. It rose two inches from 5 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday and 2.5 inches from 5 a.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Monday morning height reached 31.5 inches, up from 21 inches last Wednesday. Average field temperatures were 80 degrees Sunday and 88 degrees Saturday.
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Dillon Atherton
Viola
Atherton
29 Percent Gain in Spring Pig Crop in 1936
The department of agriculture reports a 29 percent rise in the spring pig crop in 1936 versus 1935, with a 14 percent hint of more sows to farrow in fall 1936 and a 24 percent higher total farrowing for 1936. Despite larger totals, litters remain below 1932–33 averages, and 1934–35 levels.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Poultry Clinic scheduled at Springville
Dr G B Senior of Creston from the federal bureau of animal industry will lead a poultry clinic Wednesday from 10 a m to 4 p m at Dr W J Pirie veterinary offices in Springville. He will be assisted by other veterinarians and poultry owners are invited to bring birds for autopsy to determine disease causes. No charge is made for the service.
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Springville
G. B. Senior
Creston
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
W. J. Pirie
Senior
Carpenter Crew Erects 40 by 28 Corncrib Near Wyoming
A John Hansen crew is building a 40 by 28 foot corncrib on the Louise Bramer farm, one mile north of Wyoming. The tenanted farm is operated by Ben Fedder son.
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Wyoming
Butter Production Slips in May Amid Poor Pastures in 1936
May creamery butter output fell 2 percent from May 1935 and marked the smallest May production since 1929, with pastures poor across many areas. Five month total butter output reached 645,466,000 pounds, up 2.5 percent year over year. American cheese May output rose 6.9 percent to 48,320,000 pounds, while five month cheese production totaled 168,577,900 pounds, up about 17.2 percent from 1935.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Alleghany Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
New York State
Butterfat Commands 30 And 31 Cents At Monona
Butterfat payments at the Monona Cooperative creamery ranged 31 cents a pound for butter fat in sweet cream and 30 cents for No 1 butterfat in May. A total of 66 509 pounds of butter were produced from 53 482 pounds of butterfat, with 2 483 pounds sold to patrons, 61 440 pounds to eastern markets, and 2 586 pounds to local stores. High patrons were Roy Eifert Will Allert Fred Drahn and A F Wickersheim.
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Gazette
Monona
Monona Co-operative Creamery
Ben Gulsvig
Roy Eifert
Will Allert
Fred Drahn
A. F. Wickersheim
Grain shipments highlight Dysart area crops
Tama-Benton grain company shipped eight cars of corn and one car each of oats barley and soybeans in the past week. Farmer Harry Herring delivered 1400 bushels of white corn of last year's crop to the company, graded No 1, a rare prior year sight for white corn graded at that level.
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Dysart
Tama-Benton Grain Company
Harry Herring
Grain Company
Rooster Day Honors Awarded At Oelwein Event
Two hundred thirty roosters gathered for Rooster Day in Oelwein. The chamber of commerce awarded prizes for most pounds to Guy Miller and Stanley, first. Robert Loeb, second. Most colorful feathers went to B Slater, first, and William Haberkans, second. Smallest rooster was W L Kiefer, first, with J C Bird second. Homeliest rooster earned C H Knoss first and Peter Kraft second. Longest spurs went to Mrs Henry Pieper, first, and Lawrence McCue, second. Heaviest rooster was Mrs F Miller, first, with J C Bird second. Rooster coming longest distance saw Mrs Henry Pieper first and Lawrence McCue second.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Miller
Stanley
Robert Loeb
U.S. Spends 24.4 Million on Dairy Surplus since 1933
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports buying over 162 million pounds of surplus dairy products from 1933 to present. Butter, cheese, dry skim milk, and evaporated milk were bought to aid dairy farmers and supplied to relief recipients. Purchases total about 24.4 million dollars with deliveries ongoing.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Adjustment Administration
Government Secures Large Egg Purchase for Relief Purposes
Officials authorize buying up to 500000 cases of eggs, stated for relief use. The move appears aimed at stabilizing supply while handling surplus eggs.
Federal buys 40 000 cases of eggs to bolster prices
The surplus commodities corporation reports purchases totaling 40 000 cases of eggs this year with 25 cars bought recently, distributed to the needy. Purchases occurred in New York Chicago St Louis Texas and Oklahoma as price support moves ease.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
AAA
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Tama Eighty Sells At $117.50 An Acre
The A. A. Walker farm of eighty acres in Crystal township Tama county was sold to John Dahms for 117.50 dollars an acre cash with possession on March 1. The transaction was handled by Conant and King of Gladbrook.
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TRAER
A. A. Walker
Crystal Township
Tama
County
John Dahms
Conant and King of
Gladbrook
Lightning Kills Work Horse Near Center Point
North of Center Point, a farmer and lamp man lost a work horse during Thursday night’s electrical storm. The horse was struck in a pasture, and several trees were hit in the same vicinity.
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the Gazette
Center Point
T. L. Lampman
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