Butter Stabilization Purchases Surge in February Markets
FSCC bought 5.9 million pounds and DPMA 540 thousand pounds of butter in February as part of ongoing stabilization efforts. Total February purchases reached 6.44 million pounds with New York pricing at 26 14 cents for 92-score. DPMA held 69.5 million pounds, FSCC 14 million, while storage totals in 35 cities stood at 89.75 million pounds.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
FSCC
New York
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Te Fscc
DPMA
Chicago
American Butter Institute
Chemical Aid In Grading Corn For Damage Announced
Washington grain specialists announce a new rapid chemical test to measure corn damage. The method chemically determines deterioration of the fatty oil in the germ, an indicator of overall soundness, promising more precise grading and stronger market value signals than odor or damaged kernel counts.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Hog market sermon ties to hog sorting parable
In Greenfield Indiana, a farmer compares preaching to sorting hogs on a hot September day. He argues a preacher should filter ideas like pork, keeping only market ready sermons. The tale, told by Rev Ware Wimnberly, ends with the notion shorter sermons could travel farther.
Veterinarians To Meet Next Thursday At Tipton
The East Central Veterinary Medical Society schedules its March technical program for Thursday evening at Tipton. The meeting begins at 6 30 PM at Hotel Tipton with Dr L E St Clair of Ames delivering the headline talk on practical comparative anatomy followed by speakers including Joe W Giffee Cedar Rapids in charge of federal hog cholera control and doctors A R Stephenson Bennett A R Menary Cedar Rapids and F M Wilson Mechanicsville.
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Tipton
East Central Veterinary Medical Society
Hotel Tipton
L. E. St. Clair
Department of Anatomy
Division of Veterinary Medicine
Ames
Joe W. Giffee
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Stephenson
Bennett
A. R Menary
F. M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
$100 An Acre For Oxford Jct Farm Purchase
Oxford Junction August Hansen buys the 200 acre Barney Hansen farm two miles northwest of town for $100 an acre. The buyer had rented the farm for several years.
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Oxford
Oxford Junction
August Hansen
Barney Hansen
Here
West Coast Egg Co-Op Sets New York Auction
New York prices held steady to end the week as receipts rose and trade output improved amid lower retail egg costs. Pacific Egg Producers announced a New York auction for top grade eggs to set value, following 16 years of their own brand sales. Fresh broilers and fryers from nearby states are ample, while midwest frozen roasters sell well to avoid Atlantic coast competition.
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the Gazette
New York City
Pacific Egg Producers
Pacific Coast
New York
Pacific Egg
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
West Union Coop officers reelected at annual meeting
J S Crowe was reelected president L H Neumann vice president Harry Keig secretary and manager W E Halstead Harry Stolle and W Pape were reelected directors F W Pape appointed recently to fill vacancy from John Pape s death and elected to a full term as director at the same gathering.
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West Union
J. S. Crowe
L. H. Neumann
Harry Keig
W E Halstead
Harry Stolle
W. Pape
West Union Cooperative Commission Company
F W. Pape
John Pape
Temperature Sense in Family Home
Willie Willis notes a unique household thermostat, saying he can tell the right temperature by feel. He observes that heat is uncomfortable for him but suitable for his mother, while cold feels right for his father, reflecting family comfort preferences.
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Momma
Dad
Poultry Feed Egg Ratio Improves Slightly for Egg Production
The feed to egg price ratio has become marginally more favorable for egg production in the last 30 days. February farm chicken prices held firm though below last year and the ten year average, while egg prices fell 11 percent from January to February. Marketings and supplies are expected to stay higher into spring due to larger hatch and income effects. The article notes weather and storage factors influencing prices and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Milk Market Open After Court Decisions In New York
New York's milk industry faces an unsettled future after a state supreme court ruling against price fixing by the agriculture and markets commissioner and a federal district court ruling against the milk marketing order. The market remains wide open with uncertain price effects and prolonged appeals. Smaller dealers and producer groups voiced opposition to price fixing amid ongoing coexistence with the Dairy Men's League. Milk production runs high in the milkshed, raising the danger of price-cutting as the market lacks enforceable price controls and clear legislation.
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New York City
New York
State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
New York State
Dairymen's League
C T A Members In Jones Receive Recognition
Seven members of the South Jones Con Test association received honor roll certificates last week at Anamosa in a meeting presented by the National Dairy association. The honorees include Prentice and Streeter, C. C. Jones, W. H. Finn and Son, J. M. Byerly, Monroe and Walderbach, and Schoonover and Oltman. North Jones members set to receive certificates include Claude Latta Smith and Meade Thomas Shover J. E. Ahtrichs Balster Brothers and J. Edward Muller.
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Anamosa
South Jones Con
National Dairy Association
Prentice and Streeter
C. C. Jones
Men’s Reformatory
Soul Conservation by A Country Woman
A vivid reflection on how yesterday's hardships forged today’s beauty. The narrator notes a changed yet familiar landscape and recalls the harsh winds and snows that shaped its present splendor.
88 Per Cent AAA Compliance Seen In Washington County
Wayne Norman of the Washington county agricultural committee reports township committeemen checked 743 farms in the county and 649 or about 88 percent of those interviewed have signed up for the 1939 farm program. There are 2,388 listed farms in the county. Three townships reported 100 percent participation among the farmers interviewed.
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Washington
Wayne Norman
Washington County Agricultural Committee
Farm Bureau Speaker to Address Elkader Meeting
V Vanniman of Chicago district director for the American Farm Bureau Federation will be the principal speaker at the Clayton county Farm Bureau meeting in Elkader at 10 am Saturday. E C Campbell manager of State Service company and Wayne Garretson Iowa district organizer will also speak. Afternoon program includes motion pictures on a sound motion picture machine recently obtained by the county Farm Bureau.
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Elkader
V. Vanniman
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clayton County Farm Bureau
E. Cc. Campbell
State Service Company
Wayne Garrettson
Iowa
Clarence Shipping Co-op Sees Steers Sold At Chicago Market
Clarence Shipping association marketed eight home raised 1 075 pound steers at Chicago for August Keitel at ten dollars per hundredweight and sold a 2060 pound bull for Elmore Ruther at 7 85 dollars per hundredweight with Arnold Pruess as manager.
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Clarence
Clarence Shipping Association
Chicago
August Keitel
Co-Op
Elmore Ruther
Arnold Pruess
Cheap wheat holds back corn exports
The federal grain markets review says cheap European wheat reduced foreign buying of American and Argentine corn last week. U S exports totaled about 200000 bushels while U S grain sold 4 cents under Argentine corn at Liverpool. Argentina shipped just over 2 million bushels, mostly on orders, with about 14 million bushels of exportable corn remaining at February's end.
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Federal Grain Markets Review
United States
U. S
Liverpool
Argentina
Program for Pet Clinic At Burlington March 8
A Midwest Small Animal Association clinic set for Burlington on March 8 was announced by A. R. Menary. The program opens at 2 p.m. with Dr. H. W. Reiser of Des Moines on hospitalization and treatment of cats, followed by several specialists. A 6:15 p.m. banquet precedes officer elections and a business meeting, then Dr. Haigler discusses building a small animal hospital and practice at 8 p.m.
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Burlington
Midwest Small Animal Association
A. R Menary
Cedar Rapids
Menary
H. W. Reiser
Des Moines
S. W Haigier
St. Louis
Leon J LaCroix
Evanston
Ill
R. L. Anderes
Kansas City
H. C. Smith
Fort Dodge
Haigler
Riverside livestock sale average prices noted
Cows averaged $100 at a sale near Riverside in a Bert Cray closing out event. Fifty pound pigs sold for $10 each and sows brought as high as $40. About 1,600 people attended the sale.
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Riverside
the Gazette
Bert Cray
Wapsie C T A Averages 27 2 February Butterfat
Independence reports the Wapsie Valley Cow Test association with 446 cows on test averaging 686 pounds of milk and 27.2 pounds of butterfat for February. Glen Cavin, tester, noted the Arvid Magnussen grade Holsteins led with 1,289 pounds of milk and 454 pounds of butterfat, while Vern Osborne’s grade Guernsey topped individually at 1,428 pounds of milk and 68.5 pounds butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association
Glen Cavin
Arvid Magnussen
Guernsey
Vern Osborne
Fayette Apiarists Plan Annual Meet Thursday
Fayette County Beekeepers' association members will gather Thursday afternoon in Fayette with F B Paddock state apiarist as principal speaker. George Schatz of West Union, the president, announced the meeting.
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Fayette
F. B. Paddock
Fayette County
Beekeepers’ Association
George Schatz
West Union
Meat Demonstration in Manchester by Ames Expert
A meat cutting and frozen foods demonstration will be presented in Manchester Thursday by F J Beard Ames meat specialist, sponsored by the ice cream and locker storage company. The meeting will start at 10 a m.
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Manchester
F. J. Beard
Ames Meat Specialist
Planning Committee DeWitt Meeting Noted
A Clinton County planning committee meeting of the DeWitt agricultural planning group will be held in DeWitt on March 7.
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Dewitt
Clinton County Agricultural Planning Committee
Farm Auction Schedule Moves Through March Week
Farm auction notices list sales in Cedar Rapids Center Point Central City North English and Cedar Rapids with sellers Paul DeForest Neil son consignment Chas Kemme Milo Stover. Auctions run Tuesday March 7 through Thursday March 9 with distances ranging from 44 to 734 miles and locations Cedar Rapids North English Central City and Cedar Rapids.
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Horsees
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Paul DeForest
Center Point
Neilson
Central City
Chas. Kemme
19Th St
Milo Stover
North English
Bids Sought March 15 For REA Line in Buchanan County
Independence Iowa March 15 set for bids on 271 tile of electric lines in Buchanan County and portions in Black Hawk County by the Buchanan County Rural Electrification Cooperative. Line work aims to place lines and poles just inside farmers fence lines with meters transformers to be furnished and set. Right of way work to start Monday, says Alvin Town superintendent.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Caution Urged in Buying Crossbred Chicks in Iowa
Iowa farmers are urged to beware when purchasing crossbred poultry this spring. Experiments show some crossbreds offer little or no egg or growth benefits, with barred rock sires crossed to New Hampshire or Rhode Island Red dams proving most popular for market poultry. Crosses between white egg producers and brown egg producers are discouraged due to egg grade misfits.
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AMES
Iowa
Ames Poultrymen
Jersey
College
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New
Iowa Wool Output Tops 9.7 Million Pounds in 1938
A Bureau of Agricultural Economics report shows Iowa ranked eleventh among states in wool production in 1938, with 9,701,000 pounds at an average 18 cents per pound earning about 1,746,000 dollars. Sheep shorn reached 1,228,000 and average fleece weight was 7.9 pounds.
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Washington
Iowa
Western
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Reed Of Missouri Named Assistant B A E Chief
Washington the appointment of Harry E Reed as assistant chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics was announced today by C W Kitchen associate chief Reed a Missourian with a broad background in livestock production and agricultural marketing work has been with the bureau for eight years Since early 1935 he has served as agricultural commissioner in the bureau s London and Berlin offices In his new capacity Mr Reed will assist in the administration of all marketing research service and regulatory work including the federal state crop and livestock estimating service the nation wide market news service the farm products standardization and inspection services and the administration of various federal laws pertaining to the marketing of farm products These service and regulatory activities comprise the agricultural marketing service as contemplated by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace in the departmental reorganization program announced last October.
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Washington
Harry E Reed
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
C. W. Kitchen
Reed
Bureau
London
Berlin
Agricultural Marketing Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Buttermakers To Meet At Maynard Thursday
Iowa Creamery Operators association Section No 11 will hold a meeting Thursday at Maynard with Glen Mittlestadt, buttermaker present in Maynard.
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Maynard
The
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Glen Mittlestadt
Stacyville Creamery Operators Meet March 9
A meeting of Section No. 3 of the Iowa Creamery Operators is set for Stacyville on March 9 with host Louis Ethen, the buttermaker, presiding.
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Stacyville
Iowa Creamery
Louis Ethen
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