Prices Of Commercial Feeds Show Tendency To Decline
Mild weather across many regions influenced feed values as wholesale prices eased for corn feeds and linseed meal while other feed components showed mixed moves. The report notes higher wholesale costs earlier in winter, then declines driven by record grain prices and lighter demand, with regional variations and ongoing weather impacts on supply.
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Terete Econom.cs
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Sears
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Kenser
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North Tama C T A Averages Butterfat February 342 Cow Test
February dairy report lists North Tama C T A averages 342 pounds of milk per cow and 222 pounds of butterfat per herd. Named breeders and cattle names appear, including several individuals and a Len Shuun herd purebred entry.
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Tama C.T.A
Willialmsburg
Rc Tee Lowe
Arion Hentsruser
Leo
Wallace
Mertun
Jereev
North English vote recount figures amid disputed totals
Vague OCR text mentions North English area figures with names Paul Pef fer and Harry B Marse tied to a questionable tally. It references pounds and weights, suggesting a financial or electoral dispute with unclear depictions of North English leaders and Federal context.
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Gutterfet
Engene Wales Creges
North
Ergier
Paul Peffer
Harry B Marse
North Prgesh
Tama county fills farm program posts as signups surge
Washington reports 673000 farmers have signed 1935 corn hog contracts with town leading at 125000. Missouri accounts for 70000 and Illinois 65600 each, Nebraska 65600, Indiana 50000, Kansas 50000, South Dakota 37000, Texas and Oklahoma around 30000. County officials in Tama appoint officers and committees for administration and fiscal oversight.
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Cations
Illinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Pair of yearling colts bring $300 at Martelle sale
Special to The Gazette a farmer near Martelle sold a pair of yearling sorrel Belgians for 300 to a Western buyer. The Martelle colt club praised the quality as scarce. In Columbus Junction 35 head of purebred Abergeen Angus cattle sold at a consignment sale with spring bulls and stock cattle bringing varied prices. top mare sold for 160 dollars and matched steel gray mares brought 32250 a pair.
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Shotwell
Weromirg
Martelle Colt Club
Tre Gazette
Columbus Junction
Herbert Harbison
Paul Klotz
H WF Duncan
Ferrel Smylie
Eignie
Beret Cave
Farraon Saar Bro
Sagen
Hom
Ofuncan
W “Weber
Chicago Packer Feeds Sheep On Grundy Fair Ground
A Chicago packer fed more than 3000 sheep this winter at Grundy fair grounds near Tipton. The operation involved bright double deck cars to transport the sheep to Chicago port, with ten carloads of 1000 pound steers sold on the Chicago market for 12 dollars per hundredweight.
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The
Gazette
Chiago
Chicago
Tipton Witerrr
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Louisa county corn and hog control group reorganized
Lyle Duncan of Cotter was elected chairman of the Louisa county corn and hog control association in a re organization meeting of township chair men. R G Lowe of Letts was elected vice chairman Cleve Cotter of Columbus Junction treasurer and County Agent Earl Peterson of Wapello secretary. Members elected to the allotment committee with Duncan and Lowe included L M Hiller of Wapello Florent Beauchant of Santee and Guy Hardman of Wapello. Kurk Armstrong of Morning Sun named alternate committeeman. Signers of applications for 1935 contracts now exceed 800 in Louisa county.
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Wapello
Lyle Duncan
Cotter
Louisa County
Herring Probes Contract Sheep Feeding Situation
Governor Herring said reports would come from federal inspectors on charges farmers in northwest Iowa were cheated on sheep feeding contracts. Drought stunted sheep from Montana were to be fattened on Iowa corn, but the sheep were too thin to gain weight, causing farmers to lose their feed costs.
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Des Moines
Guy Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Montana
Herring
Monticello Man Buys 33 Acres Near Amber for 2750
Fritz Husman of Monticello purchased the H. Atwood farm comprising 33 acres located one mile southeast of Amber for 2750 dollars, equating to 86.36 dollars per acre. The deal was reported by The Gazette.
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Amber
Fritz Husman
H. Atwood
Corn loan arrears in Winneshiek County in 1934 and 1935
In Decorah, payments on 1934 corn loans in Winneshiek county since Dec 10 total 5072.40 on 11272 bushels, with 18484.90 still unpaid. Six loans on 1935 controls amounting to 1767.25 on 3195 bushels have been paid. Only thirty three loans filed for 1935 on 17296 bushels of corn.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Public Sale Near Cedar Rapids and Toddville
Auction lists many livestock and farming items sold on site including horses cattle heifers steers and cows with weights and ages. Equipment offered includes farm machinery such as a mower disc plows planter and garden implements. Hay silage and soybeans are part of the sale alongside miscellaneous tools and rakes with usual terms stated on the grounds.
Many Signers Plan Maximum Corn Cut
A Gazette survey shows 44 percent of corn hog signers in 53 Iowa counties plan to shift the full 30 percent of their corn land to other crops this year. J L Boatman of Ames Extension notes many aim for better profits or a balanced rotation including legumes to restore soil fertility. About 30 percent will shift 20 percent and 26 percent 10 percent. oats and soybeans replace corn, with alfalfa or clover as possible companions. Since the war Iowa has kept about 52 percent of cropland in corn, 32 percent in small grain, and 13 percent in legumes and hay, with plans for a 3-year rotation on half the land.
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Gazette
J. L. Boatman
Ames Extension Service
Iowa
Boatman
Farm Auction Schedule For March Sales In Iowa
Auction listings for March include Page and Bowman cattle sale in Maquoketa Anamosa consignment sale by D E Buckley Mer Consignment sale at Spring wile John Alexander Mer Glen Baker closing out sale three miles north of Mechanicsville on Monday March 11 and W C Hemmerling sale with mules south of Toddville on Tuesday March 12.
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Maquoketa
Anamosa
D. E. Buckley
Mer
Springwile
John Alexander
Glen Baker
Mechanicsville
W. C. Hemmerling
Toddville
Iowa farmers urged to rotate crops for soil health and balance
Mr Boatman explains a four year rotation of corn corn small grain and legumes across half the productive land to match previous corn acreage while preventing erosion. Extension service has long recommended rotations to balance feed for livestock and safeguard soil fertility under demand shifts.
Cattle Laid In At $5 Are Marketed For $12
William David Stanwood, a Cedar county farmer, sold twenty head of two year old Hereford cattle weighing about 1225 pounds on the Chicago market for 13 dollars a hundredweight. He had paid a dollar amount previously for the cattle, yielding a margin of eight dollars above cost.
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Stanwood
William Davidson
Cedar County
Chicago
$100,000 weed eradiation fund eyed by Congress
Representative McLaughlin of Nebraska announced Secretary Wallace recommends a $100,000 appropriation for a national weed eradication program. The proposal, backed after weeks of effort by midwestern lawmakers, awaits budget bureau approval before possible Roosevelt backing. If approved, funds may expand weed pest work at the Ha ward experiment station in Iowa.
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McLaughlin
Neb
Wallace
Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
Congress
Nebraskan
Gillette
Wilton township corn hog officers elected in Muscatine
Wilton township in Muscatine county elected Ed Freiedli as chairman Charles Drumm as vice chairman and H M Hain as secretary for the local corn hog organization A brief township notice lists the newly chosen leadership and positions.
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Wilton Junction
Wilton Township
Muscatine County
Ed Freiedli
Charles Drumm
H. M. Hain
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