Personal Efficiency Drives Hog Profit in Cedar Valley Study
Eastern Iowa farmers in the Cedar Valley Farm Business association studied hog profits across eight counties. Jim Wallace fielded analyses from eighty five members showing top twenty farms earned 174 dollars per 100 dollars feed, vs 88 dollars for the bottom twenty. feed costs and litter performance varied. He attributed gains to ear-marking, strain selection on each farm, disease prevention, and close post farrowing care. Wallace plans further work to identify factors influencing hog profits alongside cattle and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
Iowa
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Wallace
Benton County
Linn
Jones
Buchanan
Cedar
Washington County
Farm Auction Notes and Profit Findings From 1933 Analysis
The report covers farm auctions on March 6 at DeClow Stockyards Marion boulevard and March 7 by Kilne Bros near Mechanicsville. It analyzes debt, feed costs, legume versus grain cropping, power costs per acre, and returns, noting higher debt parents show higher expenses but larger net earnings when prices rise, with horse versus tractor farm dynamics and feed costs per hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Farm Bureau Calendar Set With Township Meetings
Linn county Farm Bureau schedules this week a series of home project meetings in multiple townships including South Marion Jackson Otter Creek and Boulder with hosts Mrs. Sheets Mrs. Henderson Mrs. Schantz and Mrs. McEvoy. A beef cattle feeders and breeders meeting is planned in Room 2 of the federal building. An evening Farm Bureau board meeting is planned at the Farm Bureau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau
South Marion Township
W. C. Sheets
Federal Building
Jackson Township
Walter Henderson
Farm Bureau Board
Farm Bureau
Otter Creek
Frank Schantz
Home Project
Boulder Township
William McEvoy
Not From A Sow's Ear But Materials As Inexpensive
4 H club girls in Cedar county demonstrate making attractive purses from inexpensive by products. Esther Pond shows a dime purse pattern to Tipton and Mechanicsville leaders and club girls. The training stressed economy, utility, proper clothing care, and accessories like purses scarves collars and hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Esther Pond
Ames
Miss Pond
Elizabeth Williams
Sunshine Circle Club
Bonnie Wood
Mechanicsville
Dorothy Kroeplen
Go Getters Club
Jesson
Two Duroc Jersey Associations Unite in Industry Merger
Special to The Gazette Chicago reports the consolidation of the National Duroc Record association of Peoria Illinois and the American Duroc Jersey association of Chicago into the United Duroc Record association with a 10000 membership. Dr W J Fitts of Gallatin Tennessee was elected president with B C Marts Hampton Iowa as vice president and W A Terpening Galesburg Illinois as treasurer. Iowa directors include Marts Anderson Des Moines and Elmer Hoge Walnut. Five directors from each former group were chosen. The merger was agreed February 26 and took effect March 1 with headquarters in Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Duroc Record Association
Peoria
Ill
American Duroc Jersey Association
United Duroc Record Association
America
Duroc
Peoria, Jr
P. J. Hanks
Ee —- Evansation
Superin Mt
W. J. Fitts
Gallatin, Tenn
B. C. Marts
Hampton
Iowa
W. A. Terpening
Galesburg
Mr. Marts
H. F. Anderson
Des Moines
Elmer Hoge
Walnut
Central City Creamery Pays 27 Cents for Butterfat
The Farmers Mutual Creamery in Central City paid farmers 27 cents per pound for butterfat for the first half of February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City Creamery
Central City
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Village Cat Becomes Unlikely Commentator on Beef Program
A rambling column blends a family cat tale with riffs on livestock policy. The narrator notes EK M 18 aging, his pride in a mouse caught in a trap, and shifts to debates on beef and dairy markets, urging practical action at a Des Moines session and imagining a bull hunters club with cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Hudson Creamery fined for illegal overrun at Waterloo
Henry Lafrenz secretary treasurer of the Hudson Farmers Cooperative Creamery pled guilty to illegal overrun. He was arraigned in Waterloo Municipal Court and fined 25 dollars plus costs, with the fine suspended on good behavior. The maximum penalty for the offense is 100 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Henry Lafrenz
Hudson Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Company
B. O. Brownlee
M. H. Kelly
State Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture. “Lafrenz
Howry
Hudson Creamery
Jackson Cattlemen Draft Suggestions For Production Cut
Fifty Jackson county cattlemen met in Maquoketa and drafted production control suggestions to submit at the March 7 state meeting in Des Moines. Delegates named were Alex Reed of Bellevue and Fred Etting of Tete Des Morts township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Des Moines
Alex Reed
Bellevue
Fred Etting
Tete Des Morts Township
Rainbow Flour Chicks Feed Specials Advertised
A small ad lists Nutrena feeds for chicks at Rainbow Flour 46 16th Ave SW with phone 2 9988. It promotes Chop Feed 100 lbs at 1.10, Big Egg Scratch 100 lbs, Rainbow Egg Mash 100 lbs at 1.55, and hay baled options including Clover and Timothy and Third Cutting Alfalfa. W. L. Matus is mentioned with a price 1.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
16Th Ave
W. L. Matus
Delaware and Jones Signers Organize in Manchester
Delaware county permanent allotment committee formed at a Friday meeting with Patrick as president and Drummy as vice president. Other officers include Ker mith Huehn secretary and Bert Bishop treasurer. Directors include Bissell Winch and a dozen township chairmen. March 10 set as signing deadline for corn hog contracts. about 1,550 contracts signed to date in Delaware county. A resolution allows feeder pig purchases only under extreme conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Martin Fitzpatrick
Elk Township
Delaware County
D. E. Drummy
Hazel Green Township
Kermith
Huehn
Bert Bishop
Oneida Township
Warren S. Bissell
Delaware Township
Warren Winch
Union Townsip
George Kuhlman
Colony Township
John Tegeler
Honey Creek
William Barclay
Coffin's Grove
Andy Schuster
Bremen
Clarence Kramer
North Fork
Chester O. McCarthy
Milo
Henry Carrothers
Prairie
Thomas S McRoberts
Adams
Lyle Joseph
South Fork
August Nieman
Delhi
A. N. Ahrens
Richland
E. L. Quaife
Ames Extension Service
Anamosa elects leaders for corn and hog panel
ANAMOSA township electors formed the Jones county permanent corn and hog production adjustment organization Thursday. L. T. Lorenzen of Wyoming was named chairman, Herman Helgens of Monticello vice-chairman, and Carl Smith of Anamosa secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
L. T. Lorenzen
Wyoming
Herman Helgens
Monticello
Carl Smith
Lorenzen
Helgens
William Stanton, Jr
Bernard
John Specht
Harry Holcomb
Martello
Oscar Kinler
Hale
Arlington Butter Tops Edgewood Contest in 94 Score
The Iowa Creamery Operators Association District 11 met at Farmers Creamery. Walter Waskow of Arlington won the butter contest with 94.34 points. A Harms and F Harms of Oelwein tied for second at 94.1. Otto Weger of Secatary Point finished third. Women's judging had Mrs. Weger and Mrs. Waskow tied for first with 21.4, while Mrs. Lusson and Mrs. Waskow tied for second at 20.4 and Mrs. Mitchell was third at 20.4. Men's judging saw Weger and Lusson tied for first at 22, Mitchell second at 23.4, and L. Waskow third at 23.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Iowa
Farmers Creamery
Walter Waskow
Arlington
A. Harms
F. Harms
Oclwein
Otto Weger
Seca Etery Point
Weger
LeRoy Waskow
Phil Lusson
Alpha
A. E. Mitchell
St. Lucas
L. Waskow
Farm Union Shippers To Meet Monday At Tipton
Four Northwestern railway officials will attend the Farmers' Union Shipping association annual meeting in Tipton Monday evening. More than four hundred farmer-shippers are expected, says president George J. Ormsby. Attending railway men include C. H. McNie Chicago general livestock agent A. J. Parish Boone division superintendent J. L. Burgar Cedar Rapids division freight and passenger agent J. J. Nedved Cedar Rapids traveling agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
North Western Railway
Farmers’ Union Shipping Association
George J. Ormsby
C. H. McNie
Chicago
A. J. Parish
Boone
J. L. Burgar
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Nedved
Colesburg Leghorns Lead Iowa Poultry Effort
Mrs. A. F. Hogan near Colesburg owns the top 1933 Iowa Leghorn flock with 258 laying hens and a per hen profit of 1.13. The flock earned 3.68 dollars per hen from market eggs, poultry, breeding stock, and hatching eggs, while feed costs stayed low through home grown grains. The Hogans, after a decade of breeding English White Leghorns, will move from their 120 acre Colesburg farm to an 80 acre site near Farley this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colesburg
A. F. Hogan
Iowa
Ames Poultry Department
Hogan
Pat
Hogans
Prince
Farley
Iowa Experiment Station To Work Out AAA Policy
Ames Iowa The AAA asked the Ames experiment station to help shape corn hog beef and dairy control programs Dr T W Schultz acting head of agricultural economics said Saturday after returning from Washington Schultz noted the plan to decentralize AAA work and involve station researchers in policy and farm management planning under R H Tolley AAA planning division and with Prof John A Hopkins Jr directing here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
AAA
Ames Experiment Station
T. W. Schultz
Agricultural Economics Department
Washington
Grant Township Organized Meeting Chooses Officials
Grant township in Linn county held a Saturday session to organize the allotment committee. S. M. Wiley of Center Point was chosen chairman, E. G. Owler of Walker named vice-chairman, and John H. Fairchild elected as the third member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Walker
Linn County
S. M. Wiley
Center Point
E. G. Owler
John H.fairchild
Co Op Church Resumes Services in Tipton
Red Oak Grove Presbyterian church resumes services after a two month winter vacation. Operates on a cooperative basis with volunteer personnel and local community supplying teaching, music, fuel, and preaching. Since October 1983 the plan has been successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Red Oak Grove
Maquoreta County Chooses Permanent Corn Hog Committees
Special to The Gazette reports five Jackson county townships selected permanent corn hog allotment committees this week. County agent F Krause tallies 1359 contracts filed by Friday night with chairmen listed for Butler Earl Burke Grace Mahoney. Van Buren John Kruse Grant Nolting Meineke Jones. Richland Berthel Wathier Coakley. Prairie Springs Connolly Kremer Mertz Felderman Wicke. Tete Des Morts Felderman Griebel Hueneke Schenk Haxmeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
Jackson County
F. ¥. Krause
Butler Township
Edward Grace
Earl Burke
Henry Mahoney
van Buren
John L. A. Kruse
J. Clifford Grant
Math Nolting
Bert Meineke
Elmer Jones
Richland
Arthur Berthel
Waldo Wathier
Roy Coakley
Prairie Springs
John Connolly
Joe Kremer
John Mertz
Alvin Felderman
George Wicke
Tete Des Morts
Allen Felderman
Louis Griebel
Fred Hueneke
John H. Schenk
Paul, Haxmeler
Farm income soars in January with 484 million gain
U.S. Department of Agriculture reports January cash farm income at 484 million dollars, 41 percent above year earlier. Most of the rise from farm product sales, plus AAA rental and crop control payments. Price indices show stronger purchasing power and higher farm product prices and a 75 percent of prewar average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Linn Corn Loans Reach 360 059 95 In Delaware County
Linn county corn loans total 360 059 95 on 802 011 bushels with four loans since Thursday noon. Delaware county farmers hold 399 loans totaling 152 954 91. 42 loans last week totaling 11 925 55. Largest loan 904 50 to Equitable Life Insurance Iowa for 2 010 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Manchester
Delaware County
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Large corn seal and loan totals reported in Iowa counties
In Benton county 11 504 bushels of corn were sealed on the Henry Silek Jr farm in St Clair township, noted as among the county's largest. Sealer G H Plagman cited county-wide corn seals and acreages at Biek farms, while Clayton county reports 106 corn loans totaling 643 35, with Elkader noting the same loan total to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
Henry Silek, Jr
St. Claie Township
Benton County
G. H. Plagman
Sealer
Biek
Elkader
Clayton County
Timothy Hay Brings 5.40 At Columbus Junction Sale
Twenty tons of timothy hay sold for 5.40 a ton at the Richard Thomas sale four miles west of Columbus Junction. Milk cows brought 18 to 34, calves 12 to 20, brood sows 9.50 to 12, fall pigs 1.50 to 2.05. A wagon sold for 20, binder 76, rake 70, plow 5, disc 10, drill 20, mower 7.50, binder 15, end-gate seeder 10. Paul Klotz acted as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Richard Thomas
Paul Klotz
Corn hog contracts signed in Clayton county
A total of 2,135 corn hog contracts have been signed to date in Clayton county reinforcing local farm program participation and showing continued uptake by farmers in Elkader and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Elkader
Clayton County
Consignment Sale at Kline Bros Sale Barn
Consignment sale Wednesday March 7 at 12:30 PM at Kline Bros sale barn four miles south of Morley and four miles north of Mechanicsville on a graveled highway. Horses cattle and hogs listed with farm equipment and harness. Cash terms with sale managers Clayton Kline and Harlan Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilne Bros
Mechanicsville
Kline Bros. Sale Barn
Morley
Scott
Clayton Kline
Harlan Russell
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Jim Wallace
Marion
Abbe
Marion Boulevard
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar
Ben C. Johnson
J, Bundy
Elisabeth Williams
Dorothy Kroepten
Duroc Jersey Associations
UNITE
Tom
Jackson Cattlemen
Delaware and Jones
Tru
L. T. Lerensen
Arlington Butter
Farm Union
Colesburg Leghorns
A. F, Hogan
Co-Op Church
Jackson
Delaware
J. A. Minnis Prairieburg, Ia
Harness Sale
Hame
Curry Combs
Cotto
Emil G. Kriz
Prop
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Timothy Hay
Columbus
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