Mortgage Conciliators To Confer Monday In Cedar Rapids
The first of seven Iowa sectional conferences on farm mortgage conciliation takes place Monday at the Hotel Roosevelt in Cedar Rapids at 10 30 a m. Delegates from eleven eastern Iowa counties will attend led by Prof W G Murray Ames and Secretary Ray Murray. The aim is to promote refinancing through the Farm Credit Administration and avert foreclosures by reaching settlements satisfactory to debtors and creditors.
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Iowa
Herring
Cedar Rapids
Ray Murray
Hotel Roosevelt
Linn
Jones
Tama
Benton
Towa
Johnson
Cedar
Scott
Clinton
Jackson
Muscatine
Murray
D. W. Bates
W. G. Murray
Ames Agricultural Economics Section
State Farm Debt Advisory Council
State House of Representatives
Merritt Greene
Marshalltown
CWA
Greene
Alvin Anderson
Washington, D. C
W. I. Myers
Federal Farm Credits Administration
Federal Land Bank
Omaha
Ames
Federal Farm Credit Administration
United States
Fence Drift and a Vintage Coppered Coffer Reappear
A woven wire fence harbors a coppered coffer revived from Grandma's attic after decades. Described as a vogue item again, it may serve as a fancy cask or sewing do-funny. The piece once held brown or maple sugar in Iowa, tied to old borbons, and recalls an event when its contents were plundered after Sunday churchgoing.
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Iowa
Ames county conciliation meetings schedule released
An Ames economist will present the plan with schedules for conciliation committee meetings. Conferences are set for Tuesday in Ociwein, Wednesday in Mason City, Thursday March 15 in Cherokee, Friday March 16 in Council Bluffs, Saturday March 17 in Des Moines, and Monday March 19 in Ottumwa. County committee personnel in eastern Iowa were printed in The Gazette on Thursday.
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Ames Economist
Herring
Ociwein
Mason City
Cherokee
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Iowa
The
Gazette
Mounting Prices Hinder Shaping Of Dairy Control Plan
Washington AP report outlines dairy industry hesitance toward production control as prices rise. Government butter purchases eased storage and supported price trends, while factory payrolls climbed and reaction sales increased. Congress debates beef cattle as a basic commodity and a $200 million fund for dairy farmers. Linn county corn loans to date total 36,544,20? on 813,976 bushels. several loans filed for 7,570.75 on 7,939 bushels.
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Washington
Farm Administration
I 5
Farm
Congress
Linn County
Farm Price Index Rises Six Points in February
Special to The Gazetta reports the farm price index climbed to 76 on Feb 15, up six points from Jan 15, the largest monthly gain since last July. Prices for most farm goods rose. cotton and cottonseed led with an 11 point jump, while grain, fruits, dairy, meat animals and eggs also advanced.
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Gazetta
Washington
D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Five Year Old Team Sells For $280 At Columbus Junction
Special to The Gazette a 5yearold team weighing 3000 pounds sold for 280 at the consign ment sale in Columbus Junction. Geldings brought 115 to 120, suckling costs 35, aged work horses 35 to 85. Sixty horses consigned, truck from Minnesota and South Dakota, milk cows 20 to 25, yearling calves 375 to 450 per hundredweight, heavy hogs 3.60 per hundredweight, ewes with lambs 975. Harness and machinery sold well.
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The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Minnesota
South Dakota
Paul Kiotz
H. M. Durican
Jersey Breeders Schedule Show At Postville June 12
Northeastern Iowa Jersey Cattle club members plan Parish No 1 show at Postville June 12. Districts across Iowa will hold parish shows feeding into the all Iowa Jersey show at Des Moines. R G Kinsley reelected district club president and other officers named. abortion testing urged. prizes planned for top Jersey 4 H members. Additional district shows scheduled in Hampton Winton Iowa City Osceola and other counties with meetings to elect officers and set sites.
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Jersey Breeders
Postville
Monona
Iowa
Ers
Fred Idtse
Indianola
American Jersey Cattle Club
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College
Hampton
Idise
Iowa Falls
Jersey Cattle Club
Parish No. 2
Fred Paulus
Harold Masse
Nashua
B. W. Putnam
Eldora
Winton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Benton
Jones
Jackson
Linn
Iowa City
Central
Tama
Osceola
Fairfield
Year's Butterfat Brings $54,170 At Arlington Creamery
Arlington farmers creamery annual report shows 12,447 pounds butter from 5,293,179 pounds milk and 228,795 pounds cream. 274,709 pounds butter sent to New York, 37,738 bought locally. $54,170 paid to patrons for butterfat. Allen Foster elected president and manager. Frances Bates reelected secretary. Walter Waskow replaced as buttermaker by Will Behren. Harold Waskow as assistant. Arch Oderflinger and Ernie Schmidt named directors. Henry Quitmeyer fills vacancy. Other board members listed.
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Arlington
Francea W. Bates
Arlington Farmers Creamery
New York
Allen Foster
Harry Humphrey
Frances W. Bates
H R. Young
Will Behren
Siegel Creamery Company
Tripoli
Walter Waskow
Harold Waskow
Arch Oderflinger
Ernie Schmidt
Henry Quitmeyer
Mr. Foster
Richard Nus
Jasper McAllister
Dean Richards
Two Herds Tie For Top In Iowa County Assn
In February the Iowa County Test association saw the County Home herd of 21 Holsteins with an average 36.2 pounds of butterfat share first place alongside Leo B. Smith herd of 14 Jerseys. J. R. Wallace herd of Jerseys ranked third with an average 353 pounds of butterfat, while the high cow in the association, a Jersey from the Wallace herd, weighed 631 pounds of butterfat.
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Williamsburg
Iowa County Test Association
Leo B. Smith
J. R. Wallace
Wallace
Prolific Sows Undercut Contract Plans Near Oelwein
Prolific sow breeder George Bauerbry east of Oelwein failed to meet his 1934 contract with Henry Wallace as 12 sows farrowed 118 pigs this spring due to favorable weather and corn. He must cull some spring litters to preserve fall pig production while managing eight remaining sons of the same strain.
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Oelwein
George Bauerbry
Sauerbry
Henry Wallace
Farrow
Dairy production declines and price rises reported in 1933
Washington reports a marked drop in principal manufactured dairy products from 1932 to 1933 with milk per cow on February 1 down 80 percent from last year. Butter and cheese prices rose, cheese on the Wisconsin exchange climbing from 8 to 12.75 cents, while condens ed milk fell 23 percent. Evaporated milk led gains at 9.2 percent despite overall declines.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Bureau
Johnson corn hog signers organized in Johnson county
M F Sullivan of Iowa City named chairman of the permanent corn and hog organization in Johnson county by electors from each township. Glen Hope Oasis named vice chairman, S L Duncan secretary, John O Conner treasurer. About 1700 growers have signed corn and hog reduction contracts.
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Iowa City
M. F. Sullivan
Johnson County
Glen Hope
Oasis
S. L. Duncan
John O’connor
Lone Tree
Mr. Sullivan
Omar Yoder
Sharon Center
Glen Burr
West Liberty
M. W. Davis
George G. Raim
Solon
Randalia Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Mandelia Creamery association received twenty seven cents a pound for butterfat for the first half of February. The report from Randalia notes the average price paid by the cooperative during this period.
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Randalia Creamery
Randalia
Mandalia Creamery Association
Farm Auction Schedule Notice for Cedar Rapids Anamosa
A historical notice lists farm auctions across Iowa with consignments. Friday March 98 at C R and I C Stockyards Cedar Rapids and Saturday March 10 at Anamosa consignments slated for sale.
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Anamosa Fairgrounds
C. R
I. C
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Senior Class Wins Grain Judging Meet at Tipton High
Tipton high school senior class won the annual grain judging contest for the third time, earning the class name on a trophy donated by the Tipton Lions club in 1924. Nine top scorers included Harold Wehde and Harry Wehde, both seniors, with high marks across clover, shell corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, and barley.
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Tipton
Tipton High School
Tipton Lions Club
M. A. Crary
Agriculture Department
Lester Hominghausen
Harold Wehde
Harry Wehd
Gladys Adams Rehired as Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Gladys Adams was re employed as home demonstration agent in Linn county Tuesday evening at the March meeting of the county Farm Bureau board of directors. She is president of the home demonstration agents state organization and will begin her fifth year in Linn on April 1.
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Gladys Adams
Linn
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Miss Adams
Home Demonstration Agents
World feed grain output falls to 1924 low in major producers
Washington reports principal feed grains barley oats and corn produced in leading exporting countries were at their smallest since 1924. Output dropped about 11 percent from the 1932 record and over six percent below the five year prewar average due to bad weather and reduced acreage. US and Canada exports fell while Argentina faced drought locust damage and acreage abandonment.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Canada
Europe
Garnavillo Ship Association Buys Heavy Hog Carload in Chicago
The Garnavillo Shipping association marketed a carload of 193 pound hogs in Chicago on Tuesday, selling at 4.60 per hundredweight, the top price for that weight category.
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Garnavillo
Garnavillo Shipping Association
Chicago
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