Cooperative Poultry And Eggs Marketing In Iowa Survey
A 1938 Iowa State College survey shows cooperatives handle less than 3 percent of eggs, chicken, and turkey marketing. About 59 coops operate eggs and poultry, mainly selling locally. two active processors exist, Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing at Ottumwa and Iowa Turkey Producers at Oskaloosa. The report notes most farmers have small flocks, limiting coop involvement.
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Iowa
Tas
Towa
Iowa State College
Iowa Poultry Producers’ Marketing Association
Ottumwa
Iowa Turkey Producers
Oskaloosa
Ottumwa Association Assemblies Pour
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Woven Wire
Old Man March Wind proclaims a spring cleaning, sweeping rubbish and dusting the air as he blows winter away. In central and southeast Iowa, 21 organizations report 20 egg purchases, with various grade standards and current receipts practices. Poultry marketing cooperatives face volume limits from small flocks, but consolidation and better grade practices could boost farmer returns.
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Old Man
Iowa
New York
United States
Hatcherymen Meeting Scheduled in Mechanicsville Tuesday
Hatchery men from districts No. 6 and No. 10 in eastern Iowa plan a dinner and gathering in Mechanicsville Tuesday evening. Harold Nicols said more than 75 members are expected, with A Christensen of Lost Nation serving as District No. 10 chairman and host.
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Mechanicsville
Iowa
Harold Nicols
Mechanicsville Hatchersman
160 Acre Farm Near Hudson Sold For 9000 Dollars
Special to The Gazette Bucks Buckingham Mr and Mrs Joe Kubik farmers between Buckingham and Traer recently sold a 160 acre farm in Black Hawk counts two and one half miles southeast of Hudson to a son Frank Kubik who has been tenant on the farm The reported consideration was 9000 Twenty five percent of the worlds cattle are in India.
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Buckingham
Joe Kubik
Traer
Black Hawk
Hudson
Frank Kubik
Startling Changes in Farming Cited
Bruce Catton reports on a Department of Agriculture study noting fundamental shifts in American farming. The draft outlines 400000 workers displaced, rising commercialized farming, bigger farms, income disparities, and big gains in corn and wheat due to better seeds, plus more livestock from feed of surplus hay and grains. Political hurdles complicate forming a unified program.
Industrial Revolution Hits Farm Effects Discussed
A report examines how the industrial revolution affects farming and agriculture, noting that thousands of farms and farmers still operate much as before and many are likely to continue doing so in the future, with focus on averages across the sector.
All American Hampshire Herd Named By Breeders Association
Five college hog specialists named the first All American Hampshire hog herd from ten fullbacks and ends selected to boost pork production. Photos show boars and sows including Silver Clansman Dixie Highway Cornerstone Cesar Clan Springdale Clan Rosedale Kit Special Pet Will's Best Cesor Lady Clan Society Sue with owners in Illinois Kentucky Indiana Michigan Iowa Kansas Fort Dodge and Lake Beulah areas.
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Nile Kinnick
Hampshire Swine Breeders Association
Hampshire
JL. T. Hibbs and Sons
LeGrand
Dixie Highway
Kentucky Cardinal Farms
Henderson
Cornerstone
A J. Johnson
Princeton
Cesar Clan
Cesar Farms
Farmington
Mich
Springdale Clan
Wo M
Harold Tice
Oskaloosa
Rosedale
Ulinois
Rosedale Farm
Fort Dodge
Oscar Behling
Lake Beulah
Will's Best
Cesor Farms
Cesor Lady Clan
Sue
Quigley Hampshire Farms
Williamstown
Kan
Industrial shift hits agriculture amid global contraction
Department spokesmen describe the ongoing changes as an industrial revolution within agriculture. An economist notes that while cities navigated the first revolution during expansion, agriculture now faces a downturn as the world economy contracts.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Women Plan Achievement Day Apr 3
Mrs Merle Tutnam of Crawfordsville Washington county woman’s home project chairman announced the annual Achievement day program in Washington on April 3. Miss Marian Edwards of the Ames extension service will judge.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Merle Tutnam
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Woman’s Home Project
Marian Edwards
Ames Extension Service
Hogs top at 550 per hundredweight at Chicago market
Ed Wenndt of Lowden sent 28 hogs averaging 222 pounds to the Chicago market. The Lowden Shipping association managed by H L Boedeker handled the sale, topping the market at 550 dollars per hundredweight Friday.
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Sncelal
Lowden
Ed Wenndt
Chicago
Lowden Shipping Association
H. L. Boedeker
Snow and Mild Weather Cut Corn Grading Shares
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports that heavy snows in January followed by milder February weather lowered corn grades at 10 markets in the first half of February. No. 1 shares fell to 27 percent, No. 2 to 57 percent, and No. 3 to 14 percent, with 98 percent No. 3 or better for the period.
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the Gazette
Washington, DC
Agricultural Marketing Service
Argentine corn crop set to break harvesting record this year
Washington reports 16,738,000 acres of corn ready for harvest in Argentina, far surpassing last year’s level and signaling a potential exportable surplus. May and June futures in Buenos Aires quoted around 36.4 cents per bushel, with U.S. corn moving to Europe and February inspections totaling 5,843,000 bushels.
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Washington Today
Market Review
Buenos Aires
European
United States
Europe
Wapsie Valley Milk Averages 31.1 Lbs Butterfat in February
INDEPENDENCE An average of 772 pounds of milk and 311 pounds of butterfat were produced by 459 cows on test in February for the Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association. Arvid Magnusen led with high herd 1,582 pounds milk 592 pounds butterfat. Canary cow in Magnusen herd produced 1,917 pounds milk 767 pounds butterfat on thrice daily milking.
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Independence
Wapsie
Canary
Emde Leads February Dairy Honors in Washington County
Morton Emde of West Chester captured both high cow and high herd honors for February in the Washington County Cow Test association. His 12 purebred Holsteins, all milking, averaged 1481 pounds of milk and 536 pounds of butterfat, while his high cow yielded 2105 pounds of milk and 884 pounds of butterfat. The association average was 806 pounds of milk and 29.2 pounds of butterfat from 347 cows, 48 dry, tested that month, with 99 cows producing more than 40 pounds of butterfat.
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Sperctal
the Gazette
Washington
Morton Emde
West Chester
Washington County
Alvin J Lueders
High February milk herd record at Center Junction farm
Center Junction area the County Farm northwest of Center Junction reported the Jones County Cow Test association top herd for February with 17 cows, averaging 1,203 pounds milk and 39 pounds butterfat. The high cow was a Holstein in the Men's Reformatory herd at Anamosa yielding 94.2 pounds butterfat in February.
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Center Junction
Jones County
Anamosa
Mendell urges soil storage for surplus crops in Iowa
Frank H Mendell state coordinator for the United States soil conservation service proposed storing surplus corn and wheat in the soil as a supplement to the ever normal granary. He said a soil storage system could lower costs, protect fertility, reduce erosion with hay and grass cover, and help stabilize farm prices while maintaining an ever normal plan.
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Ames
Iowa
Frank H Mendell
United States Soil Conservation Service
Mendell
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights March Sales
Upcoming farm auctions list two March dates with multiple sellers including Mrs. Adolf Kvetensky at 445 mi south of Fairfax Iowa, City Sales Co. livestock auction, Walker Livestock Exchange horse sale, Ernest Kula closing out near Prairieburg, and E. L. Riley sale at Linn Junction.
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Adolf Kvetensky
Fairfax
City Sales Co
Walker Livestock Exchange
Ernest Kula
Prairieburg
Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Two Iowa Farm Families Aid
AMES AP Harold W Anway director of state rural rehabilitation reported that 9 802 Iowa farm families used Farm Security Administration aid during the 1939 crop year. Since the program began five years ago a total of 13 195 Iowa farm families have been aided. The FSA has loaned 9 062 000 across five years, with over a quarter repaid, and most aid came as rural rehabilitation loans averaging 700. The ten ant purchase program has issued 121 loans with 138 more planned in 31 counties. There are 541 community and cooperative service groups, totaling 2 974 farmers, borrowing 136 503 for joint purchases. A Granger Dallas county subsistence homestead project includes 50 homesteads averaging 3 1/2 acres. The biggest gain was in farm and home management, increasing net worth by 1 500 000 for low income families in 1938.
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AMES
Harold W Anway
Iowa
Farm Security Administration
Anway
FSA
Tawa
Granger
Dallas County
35 000 More To Be Asked For 4 H State Fair Building
Des Moines AP Iowa State Fair board seeks 35000 to fund a 4 H dormitory and dining hall on the fairgrounds. The project totals about 141000 with 50000 previously appropriated and WPA potential up to 52000. Senate support exists to lift WPA limits but time is short for early April work to finish by late August. The dormitory would house about 750 4 H members.
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DES Moines
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Fairgrounds
Here
A R Corey
Fair Board
Corey
Iowa
Delaware corn seed sealings total 360000 bushels in 1939
Delaware county figures show 360000 bushels of 1939 corn sealed to date, per Chester McCarthy, chairman of the county agricultural conservation committee. Total sealings of old and new corn reach 406000 bushels, including 146000 bushels of old corn resealed, with loan value around 288420 dollars.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Chester McCarthy
Delaware County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Hatchery Output Drops in February Across Nation
A preliminary summary from 419 hatcheries shows about 14 percent fewer eggs set and 39 percent fewer chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries in February 1940 than February 1939. Poor late January and early February weather limited hatching egg supplies, with some recovery in late February as temperatures moderated and settings increased, likely aligning early March output with last year’s levels.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Canneries Set to Restart Season at Partial Capacity
The J L Farmer canneries in Cedar Rapids Marengo West Liberty Tipton and Monticello will resume operations at 50 to 60 percent capacity this season after a year off except Cedar Rapids which packed beans. Sweetcorn remains the sole canning focus at Marengo Monticello and Tipton while West Liberty limits to tomatoes. Cedar Rapids will pack sweetcorn tomatoes and beans with contracts setting prices per ton for beans sweetcorn and tomatoes.
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J L
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
West Liberty
Tipton
Monticello
Farmer
Guernseymen to Meet in Fayette March 20
Lamont dairy man and district Guernsey Breeders' association chairman Will Oelrich announced a meeting of Guernseymen on March 20 at Fayette to plan a district show in June.
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Lamont
Will Oelrich
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Mondas
Fayette
SSS Tonic Promises Quick Recovery After Cold
The advertisement urges immediate use of a five dollar eight cent tonic to speed recovery from colds and restore strength. It claims rapid improvement within ten days and touts vast consumer testimonial as proof, urging patients to tell friends their experience and feel like themselves again.
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A. D. Oderkirk
Pary Dodds
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa Farm Cooperatives
Poultry and Egg Marketing Association
Ege and
Poultry Department
R.F. A
Cps
India
Bruce Catton
Department
Wallace
Sherman E Johnson
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
FF Elliott
Hampshire Herd
Martha
Jake
Twiggs
Janee Twiggs
Williams
Wilkiami
Wapsie Valley Assn
Emde Werd
Hign
E. L. Riley Sale
Linn Junction
Delaware
Turkey
First Street
Wallaces
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