Fat lamb prices peak at four-year high in Iowa and Chicago
Market on fat lambs hits 9.55 in Iowa and 10.00 at Chicago as prices climb to four-year highs. Bruce Emberling of Cedar Rapids reports a 233 head double-deck load at 89 pounds sold for 9.55, with another Iowa grower at 9.50. Chicago saw two Iowa buyers reach 10 per hundredweight, a first since 1931, amid a short supply and strong feeding economics.
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Iowa
Chicago
Bruce Emberling
Packer
Cedar Rapids
Emberling
Paul Connors
Washburn
Wendl Reh
Palo
Paul Pownall
Cedar County
West Branch
RB. Armstrong
van Buren County
Wyoming
Colorado
Tony Schmitz
Jay Patten
O. M. Bundy
Johnson C T A Averages 25 5 February Butterfat
IOWA CITY The Johnson cow testing association reports February results for 299 cows with 56 dry, averaging 613 pounds of milk and 25.5 pounds of butterfat. Co M Fountain led with 13 grade Holsteins at 1 044 pounds milk and 447 pounds butterfat, followed by George Macl ey of Lone Tree with 39 pounds butterfat. Oakdale State Sanatorium recorded a purebred Holstein high in butterfat at 82.9 pounds. production costs varied from 13 to 29 cents per pound across herds.
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Iowa City
Johnson Cow Test Association
Clark Batchelder
Tester. Co. M. Fountain
George Macl
Ley
Lone Tree
Oakdale
Poultry Leaders Hear USDA Policy Talk In Vernon Visit
Vernon of the United States department addressed more than twenty poultry men hatchery operators farmers and dealers here Tuesday on the administration poultry policy.
Marengo Bect Producers Meet for Delegates Drafts
Marengo Bect producers of Iowa county will meet Saturday to select delegates and draft suggestions for the state meeting called March 7 at Des Moines to formulate a production control program.
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Marengo
Bect
Iowa County
Des Moines
FENCE DRIFT Looks at Chicago Price Figures in 1930s
Column by R F A reviews Chicago price figures through the 1930s, noting oats corn and hogs prices for 1930 to 1934 and pondering effects of a processing tax and dollar value on hog prices. The author questions whether times are better and considers business lines and politics.
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Chicago
Fire Destroys House On Poppe Farm Near Amber
Fire destroyed a newly remodeled house valued at 5000 on the John Poppe farm three miles northwest of Amber Wednesday morning. Neighbors heard the blaze at 11 am and saved most household effects. Monticello fire truck responded. Loss partly insured.
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Gazette
Amber
John Poppe
Iato
Monticello
Cheese Factory to Open Soon at Wilton Junction
Wilton Junction reports an old brick hotel is being remodeled into a cheese factory expected to start within three weeks. Company officers include David Burrows president W A Grander vice president and Harry Nicolaus secretary and treasurer.
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Wilton Junction
David Burrows
W .A Grander
Iarry G. Nicolaus
Iowa corn hog campaign saves millions in volunteer effort
Des Moines report credited county agents and Farm Bureau volunteers with eliminating about 4 060 per county and 396 000 statewide in overhead for the corn hog sign up. 2 900 educational meetings reached over 200 000 farmers, with 6 000 to 7 000 volunteers, avoiding paid offices and secretaries.
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Des Moines
Charles B. Hearst
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Farm Bureau
State College
Missouri Farm Leader Urges Agricultural Regimentation
William Hirth, president of the Missouri Farmers association, calls for compulsory control of farm surpluses and urges farmers to attend the Des Moines conference March 10 11 12 to secure fair prices for wheat hogs and dairy. He warns NRA codes have raised prices and says farmers must be placed on an even footing with industry to avoid agricultural collapse and aid national recovery.
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Columbia
William Hirth
Missouri Farmers Association
Corn Belt Committee
Hirth
Des Moines
Gov Olson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Wallace
Rantz Heads Corn Hog Organization In Buchanan County
A permanent corn and hog control group was formed in Buchanan county on Wednesday. Frank I. Rantz of Washington township was elected chairman, Norman Frye of Byron township named vice chairman, Dallas E. Western named secretary, Homer Soules of Sumner township treasurer, with George Thompson and J B Kenny as other committee members.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Frank I. Rantz
Washington Township
Norman
Frye
Ryan
Adams Township
Delaware County
T. S McRoberts
H J Preston
Roy Emerson
Beef Growers To Meet Monday At Independence
Independence hosts a meeting of beef feeders and breeders Monday to discuss plans under the Agricultural Adjustment act. A county delegate is to be chosen to represent the area at a state meeting in Des Moines on March 7.
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Independence
Des Moines
Iowa countys organize corn hog groups across region
Special to The Gazette reports in Iowa and neighboring counties plans to streamline corn hog programs. Elected leaders include A. E. Hursh chairing in Iowa County with Arthur H. Schultz as vice chair, and D. H. Zentmire as secretary. Multiple townships form permanent allotment committees and hundreds sign contracts. Delaware, Fayette, and Linn counties also organize with various chairs and members as Friday elections loom.
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Williamsburg
A. E. Hursh
Marengo
Iowa County
Arthur H. Schultz
Deep River
O. S. Misel
D. H. Zentmire
Hursh
Schultz
Misel
W. J. Hanson
Holbrook
J. T. McGarry
Victor
Roy A.benzler
A. A. Yeaman
Tuesay
Cold remedy ad touts Bromo Quinine for multiple uses
An advertisement promotes Graves Lassative Bromo Quinine as a cure for a cold through three stages including dry watery and mucous phases. It claims to open the bowels, fight germs and fever, and relieve headaches and fevers, urging customers to ask for the specific product and refuse substitutes.
Blairstown Shippers appoints J R Cline as manager
Blairstown Shipping association hires J R Cline as manager succeeding Faye McIlwain. The group will reach all Iowa markets and Chicago, with one truck dedicated to Cedar Rapids shipments.
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Sordtal
Blairstown
J R Cline
Blairstown Shipping Association
Faye McIlwain
Willaul
Iowa
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Officers Elected For County Fair In Keokuk
Stockholders of the Keokuk County Fair elected Sam McKain president Denver Garret first vice president E M Wilson second vice president Lyle Wright treasurer at their recent annual meeting They set Aug 22 25 for this year’s fair An executive committee will be named by the president and will pick a secretary Directors named include Armstrong Baylor McKain Mateer Miller Clevenger Morris Orr Oldaker Shanafelt Wilson Garrett Grudgings Messenger Fisch Yoakum Shepherd Freller Fas
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Keokuk County
Sam McKain
Denver Garret
E. M Wilson
Lyle Wright
Armstrong
Baylor MckKain
Mateer
Miller
Clevenger
Morris
Egypt's ruler and key clues of a cryptic puzzle
A scrambled puzzle text lists clues and historic hints about Egypt's ruler from 1917 to 1922, along with various crossword style definitions and wordplay references. The layout mixes vertical and horizontal entries with scattered names and terms.
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Egypt
Brickhead
Correction calls out word usage in Washington Journal quotation
William Roudabush county agent at Washington notes an error in the Gazette farm page quotation from the Washington Journal. The incorrect word existence was used instead of assistance in the telephoned quotation in the twelfth line of the tenth paragraph of the editorial headlined Shux.
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William Roudabush
Washington
Washington Journal
Gazette
Shux
Upcoming Farm Auctions Set for March
Livestock sale events planned for Friday March 1 by Albin and Kennedy at West Branch and Friday March 2 by C R and I C Stock Yards at Cedar Rapids.
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Albin and Kennedy
West Branch
C. R
I. C. Stock Yards
Cedar Rapids
12Th St
12Th Ave
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Mgrs
Alfalfa and Bean Hay Fetch Prices at Whittier Area Sale
Items from multiple farm sales across Iowa list prices for hay cattle and equipment. Alfalfa hay sold at $8 a ton near Whittier, bean hay $4, corn 3512 cents a bushel, work horses $7.50 to $61, wagons and bindings sold for various sums, with auctioneers William Mitchell and Paul Klotz noted.
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Whittier
Barclay DeWees
William Mitchell
Fred Bailey
Dysart
James Bannon
Ervin Moeller
Honey-Fed Steers Top Market At 7 19
William sburg farmer John Koester sold thirty one honey fed steers at Chicago Monday for 715 per hundredweight, topping the market and setting a new high for their weight. The home raised herd came from seventy five cows on the Koester farm and was noted for finish.
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Williamsburg
John Koester
Chicago
W. O Jennings
Union Stockyards
Koester
Jennings
Steers Sold in Chicago Carload Sale Near West Liberty
In Cedar county north of West Liberty, the Hinks house feeder sold a carload of 1 311 pound steers Monday in Chicago at 6 25 a hundredweight.
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West Liberty
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