Regional Credit Loans Aid Tama Farmers Through Omaha Branch
Sixty-one Tama county farmers obtained loans totaling 43 044 11 since January from the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation in Omaha. County Agent Z R Mills said seven applications worth 2 030 remain to be processed. Loans range from 125 to 3600 with most under 1 000 and 14 loans 1 000 or more. The program finances refinancing taxes cattle stock machinery and farming inputs with rates around six percent.
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Regional Credit Corporation
Tama
OLEDO
Tama County
Omaha
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of
Sioux City
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Z. R. Mills
Credit Corporation
Mills
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Iowa
Nebraska
Linn Test Group No 2 Delivers February Dairy Averages
In Linn County the Linn Test Group No 2 reports 187 cows produced 706 pounds of milk and 301 pounds of butterfat in February. Sixty two cows exceeded 40 pounds of butterfat for the month. The Forest herd at Mount Vernon led with 1,663 pounds of milk and 998 pounds of butterfat for two top cows.
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Linn County
Vinton farmer exhibits hogs at Chicago market
Cedar county farmer Hageert traveled to Chicago on Thursday with a load of hogs that sold for 378 dollars with ten cents near the top of the market.
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Gazette
Vinton
G Hageert
Cedar County
Chicago
Farm auctions slated for March 15 and 25 across states
Auction notices show Holbert Belgian and Percheron sale at Greele and LaFayette by Jim Elliott on Wednesday March 15 and Holstein sale at Waterloo slated for Thursday March 25. Local listings name participating farms and organizers.
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Greele
LaFayette
Jim Elliott
Waterloo
Lieutenant Governor to Cry Holbert Sale
Greeley reports Lieutenant Governor Nelson G Kraschel will officiate at the Holbert dissolution sale of Belgian and Percheron horses next Wednesday. Sixty imported and American bred mares and stallions will be offered to settle a partnership. Sale proceeds are described as major for the season. banking holiday will not delay the auction.
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Greeley
Thomas R Holbert
Nelson G Kraschel
State House
Holbert
Col Kraschel
Mr. Holbert
United States
Fred B Holbert
Europe
America
Holbert Horse Importing CO
Delaware County
Iowa
Brooder Stove Causes Fire On Anamosa Farm
A fire on the Mrs C R Weiss farm near Anamosa destroyed a chicken house with 105 baby chicks and a hog house while damaging the barn. The blaze started from a brooder stove and was fought by Anamosa firefighters using chemical extinguishers due to high winds threatening the residence and other buildings.
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Anamosa
C R Weiss
Ralph Ditch
Anamosa Fire Department
Holiday Association Formed in Otter Creek Township
About 300 people attended a Friday talk by Paul Moore of West Branch at Otter Creek high school. Moore outlined the Farmers' Holiday association program and an Otter Creek township unit was organized with A Clark of Marton as acting secretary in place of President Glenn Hoagland.
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Speecl
Alburnett
Paul Moore
West Branch
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Moore
A Clark
Marton
Linn County Association
Glenn Hoagland
Otter Creek
Mare Foals After An Interim Of Twenty Years
Special to The Gazette reports a mare owned by Harry Fiver, three miles southwest of Marengo, foaling a strawberry roan colt around President Roosevelt’s New Deal inauguration. Neighbors say the mare’s age is unknown, with her next youngest foal over twenty years old.
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Marengo
Harry Fiver
Balanced Rations For The Soil As Well As Livestock Is Brandon Farmer's Creed
Herman R. Brock of a 160 acre farm near Brandon preaches soil and livestock balance. He limed fields, spread six tons of superphosphate, and grows alfalfa in corn to boost yields. He favors fewer acres better tended, crops rotated, and soil building with beans and pasture over expanding land holdings.
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Brandon Farmer’s Creed
Brandon
Herman R. Brock
Mr Brock
Towa
Brock Farm
Brock
Farmers Discuss Economic Crisis and Roosevelt Leadership
In a back room discussion at the Garrison Co operative creamery office Benton county farmers debate banking, inflation, and policy. They praise Roosevelt and urge coordinated action, backing co operatives and a government backed banking system while considering land investment and commodity price rises.
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Garrison Co-operative Creamery Office
Kinsel
Greaser
Herger
Zimmer Roosevelt
Hoover
Zimmer
Henry Wallace Kinsel
Wallace
Benton County
Canada
Four Iowa dairy associations cut butterfat feed costs in winter
G G Gibson reports four Iowa cowtesting associations averaged 11.5 cents per pound butterfat in feed costs this winter, down from 17.5 cents last winter, with farm butter prices at 21 cents and margins at 9.5 cents. Record says grain costs dropped as dairy farmers rely on home grown feeds and growing soy bean use.
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Brock
L. A. Combs
AMES
Iowa
G. G. Gibson
Ames Extension Dairyman
Gibson
Washington
Bremer
Chickasaw
Shelby
New York
The Big Grey Mare And The Little Brown Foal
The piece notes that 1932 saw a horse powered farm despite declines since 1918 and 1925 for horses and mules. It discusses shortages of cash and low wages curbing mechanization while predicting future needs for work stock and possible shifts to tractors if prices rise. Farmers are urged to plan future stock, with young mares potentially becoming income sources.
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Zimmer
Roosevelt
Kinsel
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy
Herger
Greaser
Kensel
Iowa State College
Ames
Twenty Five Sows Farrow and Raise 171 Pigs in Nine Days
Mechanicsville farmer Alvin Davidson reports twenty-five Spotted Poland sows farrowed in under ten days and now total 171 pigs. His sons furrowed a month early. In nearby news Miss Hallie Lampa reports six hens hatched twelve chicks each from thirteen Buff Rock eggs, preferring hens to brooders.
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Mechanicsville
Alvin Davidson
College Accepts Corn At Twenty-Five Cents For Tuition
MissourI State Teachers College in Maryville accepted corn as payment for tuition as many students had no cash at enrollment. The college set corn at 25 cents per bushel and granted extensions until April 1 for those unable to pay. The corn will feed the college farm stock.
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College
Maryville
Missouri State Teachers College
Hogs Bring 3.55 at Waterloo Sale
Lyle Sutton, a farmer near Delaware, sold 145 heavy hogs at Waterloo on Wednesday for 3.55 per hundredweight.
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Delaware
Lyle Sutton
Waterloo
Membership in Cow Test Ass'n Rises 45 Percent
Edgewood leader Evert H. Neal says the depression is over as membership in the Elkader-Volga Cow Test association climbs 45 percent with the new testing year. The group reports 364 cows milked in February averaging 637 pounds of milk and 24.1 pounds of butterfat, with Smith Brothers of Garber leading herds at 1,308 pounds and 43.1 butterfat among 17 grade Holsteins. J. L. Cords of Elkader breds 14 purebreds averaging 1,054 pounds and 33.8 butterfat, while a Smith Brothers grade Holstein produced 1,604 pounds and 61 butterfat. Eight cows were culled as unprofitable for February.
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Edgewood
Evert H. Neal
Elkader
Smith Brothers of
Garber
J. L. Cords
Smith Brothers
Farrowing Pen Converted Into 800 Bushel Feeder
Mount Vernon farmer Lee Stinger converts a four-pen farrowing house into an 800 bushel self feeder. The all weather hopper sits over a 22 by 12 foot concrete feeding floor, supported by eight pillars. The unit, built near a corn crib, allows shelling and elevation of corn directly into the feeder.
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Mount Vernon
Lee Stinger
Blythe Holsteins Lead Iowa County Association
The Blythe herd of twelve Holsteins owned by Fred R Blythe topped February results in the Iowa County Cow Test association with 1010 pounds of milk and 38.6 pounds of butterfat per cow. J D Misbach’s eight Holsteins were second at 919 pounds milk and 37 pounds butterfat, while Marvin Matthes' eleven Guernseys ranked third with 776 pounds milk and 36.9 pounds butterfat.
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Marengo
Fred R. Blythe
Iowa County
J.D. Misbach
Marvin Matthes
Livestock Market Has Hectic Week At Union Stockyards
A Chicago market report notes cash constraints and bank holiday impacts on livestock trading. Prices fluctuated. hogs reached six month highs before late declines, while fed steers and yearlings posted modest gains and cows held steady.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Linn County Farm Bureau Schedule for Coming Week
The Linn County Farm Bureau lists activities: Monday 10 am home project meeting in South Marion with Mrs. W. C. Sheets. Tuesday 10 am home project meeting in Jackson with Mrs. J. Gunderson and evening Bertram township meeting at McRoberts school. Wednesday 10 am home project meeting in Bertram with Mrs. Anton Biderman and 6:30 pm Linn township meeting with Robert Beckman. Thursday Putnam township meeting at Legion hall Ely. Friday 10 am home project meeting in Washington with Mrs. Frank Colyer.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
South Marion
W. C. Sheets
Home Project
Jackson
J. P. Gunderson
Bertram Township Farm Bureau
McRoberts School
Bertram
Anton Biderman
Linn Township
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Linn
Alfalfa Hay
O. E. Quass
Cedar Rapids
Holbert Sale
Anamosa Farm
Holiday Ass
Otter Creek Township
TrueArt
Brock Head
Lord
Zimmer Kinsel and Herger
Max Zimmer
Lewis Greaser
Chris Kinsel
Henry Herger
Blythe Holsteins
Iowa County Association
Wisconsin
Chester Hagan
Atkins, Iowa
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar
I. E
Page Cattleompany
Beverly
Geo. Price
A. J. Schueler
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