U S Buys Corn For Relief Distribution In Drought Areas
A government fund of about 5 million dollars is reported for relief corn distribution to drought areas in Wisconsin South Dakota North Dakota and the northwest. Cedar Rapids reports show over 100 carloads about 110000 bushels reconsigned to FSRC agents in Wisconsin counties in the last month including Shawano. Trade observers see the move as sheltering loans at 45 cents a bushel by reducing visible supply before the next crop.
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FSRC
Gazette
Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Northwest
Farmers National
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapide
Shawano
Young Farmers Start Keeping Business Records
Special to The Gazette reports Fayette area youths, twelve of the twenty four Young Farmers members, begin formal business record keeping as part of a conservation and farm management effort.
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The
Gazette
Fayette—T
Young
Farmers Club Seeks Records at Monday Meeting
Farmers club held a meeting to obtain books for keeping farm records. Members include Martin Knief Howard Wardell Arnold Garnier Homer Chapman William Fuller Louis Garnier George Frieden Gilbert Meyer Franklin Thompson Donald Hamilton Clay Miller and Glen Bennington. Howard Klinetop, Floyd county farmer, represented the department and explained the work with the extension service.
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Farmers Club
Martin Knief
Howard Wardell
Arnold Garnier
Homer Chapman
William Fuller
Louis Garnier
George Frieden
Gilbert Meyer
Franklin Thompson
Donald Hamilton
Clay Miller
Glen Bennington
Howard Klinetop
Floyd County
Extension Service
March crop report updates corn and wheat stocks and prospects
The March crop report from Lamson Brothers estimates on farm corn for grain at 871 million bushels or 43.5 percent of the grain crop, with oats and wheat figures also given. Disappearance figures from Jan 1 to March 1 1934 show substantial use, while wheat and winter wheat prospects improve modestly and spring wheat intentions are outlined alongside AAA acreage plans.
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Lamson Brothers and Company
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Indiana
Ohio
AAA
London
AEG
Fasette Holstein Breeders Hire Fisth Secretary
Fasette Holstein Breeders plan to hire a new secretary amid ongoing operations. The notice cites internal talks, tentative timelines, and potential candidates from local agricultural groups.
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Fasette Holstein
Fisth
Who Says The Woman Pays And Pays And Pays
The ad warns that waiting to trade a car costs more as prices rise and old car value falls. It promotes trading in The Gazette Want Ad section, highlighting a protective code for safe trading and urging immediate action.
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Gazette
Strawberry Point Creamery Reports 1933 Butterfat Averages
The Strawberry Point Farmers' Creamery association, Iowa's largest whole milk creamery, averaged 22.33 cents net per pound butterfat from 810,637 pounds of butterfat in 23,221,635 pounds of milk. The recording secretary B R Cole announced at the annual meeting attended by about 200 patrons.
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Strawberry Point
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Chicago
New York
J. R. Alderson
B R. Cole
G. E. Dunfrund
Mr. Cole
Otto F. Weger
Arthur Dittmer
Carl Zwanziger
Charles Wilcox
Will Linderwell
Harley Evert
Louie Frederick
W. G. Smith
Poweshiek Beef Growers Back Control Plan
At a Poweshiek county meeting 250 beef producers named A. J. Blake as delegate to a Des Moines state meeting. They adopted resolutions urging beef inclusion in the AAA, a processing tax starting Jan 1 1935, and benefits paid to eligible producers and feeders, with calls for tariff boosts on meats and hides and for stamping inferior cattle as unfit for human consumption. They commend Secretary Wallace for supporting farmers.
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Malcom
A. J. Blakely
Grinnell
Des Moines
AAA
Production Credit Association Formed in Waterloo
A new Production Credit Association organized to serve farmers in Black Hawk, Bremer, Howard, Chickasaw, Buchanan, Butler, and Grundy counties was formed at a board meeting in Waterloo. R. F. French was elected president, Benj Neal vice president, and L. B. Cunningham secretary treasurer. The loan committee includes French Neal and I. L. Cakerice.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk
Bremer
Howard
Chickasaw
Buchanan
Butler
Grundy
R. F. French
Independence
BE N J Neal
Shell Rock
L. B. Cunningham
Cresco
French
Neal
I. L. Cakerice
Eldora
Oelwein Creamery Pays 29 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein creamery pays 29 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in the first half of January. Officials expect to raise the price to 30 cents for the last half of the month for its eleven hundred patrons.
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Oelwein Creamery
Oelwein
Oelwein Co-Operative Creamery
Land values in Iowa to hold near 1933 levels Peck says
Iowa farm land prices dropped from 115 to 65 dollars per acre between 1914 and 1933 and are expected to stay near 1933 levels in 1934. Millard Peck, Ames agricultural economics professor, cites price supports, tax effects, and population demand as key factors shaping land value and notes regional soil differences and erosion issues in the state.
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Ames
Iowa
Millard Peck
Peck
Professor Peck
Public Auction at John Schlue Farm near Blairstown
Auction set for Thursday March 8 at 16 o'clock. Sale includes 25 native work horses 1400 1650 pounds 5 milk cows 200 head feeding hogs 125 150 pounds and a full line of farm machinery in good condition plus an International cream separator 750 pound capacity three sets of harness and one Cowboy tank heater. SARGENT ROTH proprietors Tony Schmitz Auctioneer Blairstown Bank Clerk.
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John Schlue
Blairstown
van Horne
Farm Auctions Highlight Two Iowa Sales
Public auction on the John Schlue farm near Blairstown is set for Thursday March 8 and a consignment sale at O. R. and I. C. Stockyards in Cedar Rapids on Friday March 8.
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O. R
I. C
Cedar Rapids
C.R. & J. C. Stock Yards
12Th St
12Th Ave
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Mgrs
Hay Sale At $9 A Ton Near Littleton
Mrs. Kate Odzias of nearby Littleton sold part of twenty five tons of baled hay to an Independence buyer for nine dollars per ton. The baled hay was produced by Frank Gestenberger of Hazleton last week.
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Littleton
Kate Odzias
Here
Frank Gestenberger
Hazleton
Holsteins Average $46.70 At Auction Near Manchester
Sixteen Holsteins and other farming items sold at Roy W. Haynes sale six miles south of Manchester. Twelve Holsteins averaged $46.70 with individual cows priced up to $53. Other sale items included horses, brood sows, hens, a manure spreader, mower, wagon, endgate feeder and a corn plow. Auctioneer was E. J. Hopkins of Manchester.
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Manchester
Roy W. Haynes
E. J. Hopkins
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