Upturn Expected in Egg Prices in Second Half of 1938
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports February’s sharp egg price drop due to weak consumer incomes, large frozen egg stocks, high production, and an unprofitable storage year. They project higher prices in late 1938 if spring output falls and storage stocks stay low, with hatch expectations rising about 5 to 10 percent and hatcheries showing a 36 percent gain in salable chicks in January 1938.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Wapsie C T A Milk Test Averages Report February
The Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association reports February results for 417 cows on test. An average of 668 pounds of milk and 265 pounds of butterfat were produced, with the Arvid Magnuson herd leading a high group using eight grade Holsteins. One Magnuson cow topped the list at 1,892 pounds of milk and 65.1 pounds of butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley
Appoint Evans To AAA Crop Insurance Board
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace names assistant R M Evans a director of the federal crop insurance corporation. The body, created by the new farm act, extends crop insurance starting with the 1939 wheat crop.
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Evans
AAA Crop Insurance Board
Washington, D.C
Henry A Wallace
R M. Evans
Iowa Corn-Hog Committee
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
the Corporation
New Farm Act
Aurora Farmers Creamery elects officers at annual meeting
Albert Hahn was elected secretary of the Aurora Farmers Creamery association at the annual meeting held Saturday in Aurora. LeRoy Waskow was rehired as buttermaker and Harold Dravis as assistant buttermaker.
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Aurora
Albert Hahn
Aurora Farmers Creamery Association
LeRoy Waskow
Harold Dravis
Fence Drift at Colesburg Farm Bureau Meeting
A Colesburg Farm Bureau gathering Monday evening discussed Seeds and seed centers with emphasis on future breeding. The takeaway questions why geneticists have not yet developed a bluegrass that lasts all summer and resists heat, considering potential long tap roots and practical use today.
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Satin
Farm Bureau
Colesburg
TVA Phosphate Plans For 293 Acres In 1937 38 Cooperators
Thirty three thousand pounds of TVA phosphate will be applied this year by five 1937 and five 1938 TVA demonstration cooperators. The material will cover 283 acres of oats to be seeded to red clover alfalfa or sweet clover at rates of 150 pounds on alfalfa and 100 pounds on the other clovers. Cooperators and amounts include Rothlisberger Elgin 4000 pounds. Klammer Westgate 1120 pounds. Bodens tiner West Union 3430 pounds. Kerr Clermont 3535 pounds. Miehe Fayette 1920 pounds. Olesen West Union 3775 pounds. Wilbur Hawkeye 2860 pounds. Teague Oelwein 1850 pounds. Chapman Fayette 3930 pounds. Wegner Randalia 6725 pounds.
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Fayette
TVA
Paul E. McElroy
Rothlisberger
Elgin
Fred C Klammer
Westgate
Carl Bodensteiner
West Union
J. Kerr
Clermont
JF. Miehe
Harry Olesen
Austin Wilbur
Hawkeye
Ray G. Teague
Oelwein
Homer I. Chapman
Emil Wegner
Randalia
AAA Committeemen To Meet Friday In Fayette
Fayette event to explain the 1938 farm program to township committeemen at the Legion hall at 9 am on Friday. W S Bissell of the state soil conservation committee will lead the meeting.
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AAA
Fayette
Legion Hall
W. S. Bissell
State Soil Conservation Committee
Hog sale in Chicago tops at high price
Special to The Gazette reports Tipton Forest B Miller Ce dar county feeder sold fifty three head of 234 pound hogs at Chicago Monday for nine hundred eighty five dollars per hundred weight, one of the day’s high prices.
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Tipton—Forest B
Colony Township Farm Bureau Discusses Grass Seed Brands
In the March Colony township Delaware county Farm Bureau meeting the merits of various viene grass seed brands were debated. Dealers reputations for integrity and fair trading were also discussed.
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Colony Township
Delaware County
Farm Act Seen as Price Stabilizer for Iowa
Iowa economists WW Wilcox and G S Shepherd say the new AAA program could stabilize corn prices by linking loan values to crop size. They estimate a 10 percent crop rise would cause only a 5 percent price drop, reducing livestock market volatility and lowering production costs across cash grain, hogs, beef, and dairy sectors.
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Ames
Iowa
Ames Agricultural
WW Wilcox
G S§ Shepherd
Veterinarians To Hear Karl Lieb At Iowa City Thursday
Karl E. Lieb of the University of Iowa College of Commerce will address the East Central Veterinary Association dinner in Iowa City on Thursday evening. The program features talks on breeding cocker spaniel dogs, Bangs disease in Jones county, and springtime equine and bovine practice by local veterinarians. An Iowa sleeping sickness report by H. A. Seidell will be presented as the association’s executive board plans the annual clinic and convention.
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Iowa City
Karl E. Lieb
College of Commerce
University of Iowa
East Central Veterinary Association
Lieb
D Snell
Maquoketa
Bang
Jones County
C. E. Bassler
Ainsworth
George R. Fowler
Ames
F. M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
James C. Carey
West Liberty
Iowa
H. A Seidell
Des Moines
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Fifteen Year Old Tops Fayette County Cow Test
A fifteen year old Holstein cow from the CJ Decker herd led Fayette County Cow Test Association No. 3 in February with 1679 pounds of milk and 67.9 pounds of butterfat. The Decker herd averaged 1266 pounds of milk and 436 pounds of butterfat for the month, while the association average was 761 pounds of milk and 28.1 pounds of butterfat.
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Maynard
Decker
Fayette County
Association
George A. Youmans
Deadline Set For March 31 U S Loans On Corn
Des Moines Iowa March 31 deadline for federal loans on sealed corn announced by the state department of agriculture officials. Crib sealing and loan agreements must be completed by March 31 with loans through local banks or postmarked if from the commodity credit corporation. Total sealed corn this year reaches 24,654,050 bushels.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Thomas L. Curran
Commodity Credit Corporation
Landscape improvement course held in Fayette county
Ninety five participants attended the two day landscape improvement study event in Fayette county conducted March 1 and 2 by Russell B. Johnson Ames landscape architect with West Union vocational agriculture students among attendees.
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West Union
West Union Vocational Agriculture
Fayette County
Russel B. Johnson
Ames
Maud the Mare and Her Five Colts Count a Profit
Ray Anderson reports on Maud a 12 year old grade mare in Winthrop area. John Briggs bought Maud for 26 dollars eight years ago at Independence in a no guarantee sale. Two colts sold for 315 dollars while five more remain. Briggs values them at 900 dollars plus the earlier 315 total over 1 200 dollars from the initial investment. He accounts for service fees feed and care and ensures the foals are sired by a top stallion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
John Briggs
Maud
Mr Briggs
Halter
Independence
Vinton Chosen for 1938 Benton Achievement Day
Vinton was selected as the site for the 1938 Benton county achievement day to be held April 26. Plans were set at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Oakley Thompson near Van Horne with township and publicity chairmen. The event will feature a pageant demonstrations and a music memory contest. Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Ackworth will speak as women's chairman of the executive committee of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation.
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Vinton
Benton County
G A Carlson
Home Project
Oakley Thompson
van Horne
Carlson
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Extension Conference Draws 200 At Ames
Two hundred Ames extension staff members county agents club agents and visitors have registered for the twenty fifth annual extension conference this week. Three out of state speakers addressed the assembly Tuesday morning Arthur Upgrew University of Minnesota Quincy Wright University of Chicago and Leonard S Cottrell Jr Columbia University. Two major themes are agricultural policies and policies in relation to adult and youth education. The conference will close Saturday.
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Gazette
AMES
Arthur Upgrew
University of Minnesota
Quincy Wright
University of Chicago
Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr
Columbia University
Fred W. Klopping Elected to Iowa Farm Bureau Board
Francis Johnson announces from Des Moines that Fred W. Klopping of Underwood was chosen by Ninth district delegates to join the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation executive board. He succeeds Harold J. Teachout of Farragut who resigned to seek political office.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Red Oak
Fred W. Klopping
Underwood
State Farm Bureau Executive Board
Harold J. Teachout
Farragut
Mr. Klopping
Farm Bureau
Reduced Sales Forecast For Clover Seeds And Alfalfa
A Washington report based on 1,815 U S seed dealers predicts smaller spring sales for red and Alsike clover alfalfa and millet seeds with declines of 15 10 and 15 percent respectively Yet prices rise for Alsike clover ryegrass alfalfa and red clover while other grasses grow cheaper Timothy seed up 5 and lespedera up 55 per cent Also 106 Iowa reports show varied percent expectations across seeds and a rise in seed corn demand due to hybrid varieties.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
United States
Iowa
More Ideas Sought On Farm Tenancy Issue in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the town farm tenancy committee seeks ideas from citizens prior to drafting its state related report. Chairman Fred K. Hawley of Laurens said a questionnaire should be completed and returned to committee headquarters before April 15. The final county hearings are scheduled for next week.
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Des Moines
INS
Town Farm Tenancy Committee
Fred K. Hawley
Laurens
Des Moines Committee
Louisa Rea Meeting Called by Eastern Iowa Power
Chester Lake manager of the Eastern Iowa Light and Power cooperative calls a special Louisa county meeting for March 18 at Wapello High School starting at 2 p.m.
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Wapello
Chester Lake
Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Louisa County
Wapello High School
Shorthorns Average 172 In Iowa Sale
Eighteen bulls sold for an average of 192.22 and twenty seven cows and heifers for 150 in Des Moines in the Iowa Shorthorn Breeders association sale. The top price was 403 paid by Mathers Brothers Mason City Ill for a yearling heifer from McCone Brothers Manila. Sultan's Pride, a 3 year old bull, brought 310 to P W Keeler Weldon and placed first at the 1936 Iowa State fair. A long list of buyers from Des Moines to Mason City paid varied sums for numerous readied lots. J E Halsey of Des Moines acted as auctioneer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Shorthorn Breeders Association
Mathers Brothers
Mason City
Ill
McCone Brothers
Manila
William C. Anderson
West Liberty
P. W. Keeler
Weldon
Iowa
L. A. Marsh
Joe Coufals
Swisher
Duane Wheeler
Coon Rapids
Dr. Cowman
Prairie City
C. S. Zunkel
Ogden
Harry Thompson
Grimes
C. L. Rees
Pleasantville
Frank Kennedy
Nodaway
S M Hogue
Waukee
Raymond Coffland
Watkins
Carl Henkel
Holmes Brothers
Corwith
Jake Burkhart
Guthrie Center
Frank Squire
Gale
Meyers Brothers
Carroll
H. H. Hand
Independence
Lomas Farm
Villisca
W. C. Graham
Clark Williams
Stuart
Howard Bergeson
Ellisworth
Heifers
H K Owens
Homestead
J. E. Halsey
Veal calves and cattle bring high prices at weekly sale
In the weekly community sale here veal calves sold as high as 1750 dollars per head. Twenty two head of Shorthorn feeding steers averaging 600 to 700 pounds brought 4150 dollars each. A Hampshire sow with seven pigs at side sold for 4550 dollars. The 113 head through the ring grossed 3063 dollars.
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the Gazette
Washington
Hampshire
Pruning Demonstrations Set for Jackson County Farms
Maquoketa extension horticul turist W. Fdlge combe will lead two pruning demonstrations in Jackson county on March 17. The first at 9 30 a.m. at Martin Dairy farm near Maquoketa and the second at 1 30 p.m. on the John L A Kruse farm southeast of Preston.
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Maquoketa
S. W. Fdlgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Jackson County
F. E. Krause
Martin
John L. A. Kruse
Preston
72 Million Paid to Farmers Under 1937 Program So Far
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration said about 72 million dollars in benefits have been paid since January 1 for cooperation in the 1937 agricultural conservation programs. It estimated total benefits of about 335 million dollars will be distributed from March 1 to June 30, higher than the 287 million in 1937 and 168 million in 1936 for similar periods. The estimate excludes 130 million dollars in price adjustment payments authorized but unfunded.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Fire kills 150 chicks at Roy Edwards farm near Millersburg
A Saturday night blaze on the Roy Edwards farm north of Millersburg destroyed a brood of 150 baby chicks. Local firefighters contained the fire, with no human injuries reported.
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Millersburg
Roy Edwards
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Louisa
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