1939 Dairy Consumption Hits 40 Year High
U S bureau report shows total dairy consumption in 1939 at the highest in 40 years. per capita butter cheese condensed milk evaporated milk and ice cream reached new records while fluid milk use lagged. per person intake rose 3 percent from 1938 to 84 pounds of butter and 3.72 pounds of cheese with evaporated milk at 16.32 pounds and ice cream at 2.2 gallons. the report notes oleo margarine declined 22 percent.
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United States
Ashington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Amercans
Soul Conservation Declines in Hard Winter Farming
A country woman notes thinning fruit jars as winter lingers and pasturage suffers from dry weather in the lower plains states. February conditions boosted hen production to near two-year highs, with egg yield per 40.7 cents versus 41.40 last year and a 10-year February average of 38.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Plains
Milk and egg output up in February after cold snap
U S agriculture data show February milk and egg production rising as milder weather followed January’s severe cold. Milk per cow in crop-report herds averaged 1362 pounds in March, up from 1340 a year earlier, with Illinois Minnesota Iowa and North Dakota leading gains, while south central states lagged behind. The gulf states where
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Central
Ilnois
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Central States
Gulf States
Trust Company Finds Little Accomplished By Farm Relief Laws
New York Trust Company reports a study of farm aid trends showing vast effort since 1933 but little real progress. It notes at least fifteen major agricultural laws exist, yet meaningful improvements remain limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trust Company
NEW York
New York Trust Company
Insect Control Meetings Listed In Cedar
Gunderson Ames extension entomologist will conduct meetings on garden and household insect pest control in Cedar county March 20. The south half meeting is at Springdale school at 2 pm and the north half at Stanwood school at 7 30 pm Wednesday evening for interested residents.
Farmer Sells 50 Hogpens Near Vartelle at Chicago Market
Sarcia to The Gagette reports Maley, a farmer near Vartelle, sold 50 head of 250 pound Duroc and Poland cross hogs at Chicago for 520 dollars per hundredweight. The late summer pigs weighed approximately 250 pounds each.
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Sarcia
Gagette Martelle
Willard Maley
Vartelle
Chicago
Poland
Debate over refunds for processing taxes on hog and corn programs
Washington debate moves to refund processing taxes to hog raisers who bore all or part of the tax. A House subcommittee forwarded the proposal to the full Agriculture Committee, with a discharge petition circulating. News from The Gazette's Washington correspondent notes split positions and pressure from the Processing Tax Recovery association as the issue nears a decision.
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National Congress
Gazette
Washington
Senate
House
Subcommittee On
Agriculture
Committee On Agriculture
Mundt
South Dakota
House Agriculture Committee
Iowa
Linn County
Processing Tax Recovery Association
Ed Warshire
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
AAA
Cedar
The
Mastin G. White
USDA
Triple A
White
Mastin White
Gazettes Washington
Ed Hadley
Processing Tax Association
Ed Kennedy
Hindley
Kennedy
Hadley
Iowa farmers seal 117 million bushels of corn for loans
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa farmers have sealed 117,743,221 bushels of their 1939 corn in exchange for government loans totaling 57,113,635 dollars. Figures cover up to March 1 and match or exceed earlier 1938 program totals.
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Des Moines
State
AAA Committee
Iowa
Cedar Women To Hold Achievement Program On May 7
Cedar county Tipton farm women will hold their annual spring achievement day and exhibit of home economics work on May 7. County home project chairman HL Busching announced. The program marks the close of nutrition study and features home produced foods. Guest speaker will be Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth, chairwoman of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation women’s committee, with Marion Edwards of Ames judging exhibits.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Busching
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Marion Edwards
Ames
Cedar Rural Homemakers
Buchanan county women’s achievement day judged by Mabel Phipps
INDEPENDENCE Miss Mabel Phipps assistant home demonstration leader will judge exhibits at the Buchanan county women’s achievement day here Wednesday. The morning program includes community singing led by Mrs L Corkery and talks by N S Frye county Farm Bureau president Dale Irwin and a 4 H girl. The afternoon program features a guest talk by Miss Phipps and a music recognition contest conducted by Mrs Corkery along with demonstrations township leaders and a 4 H girl talk.
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Independence
Mabel Phipps
Buchanan County
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
L . Corkery
N. S. Frye
County Farm Bureau
Dale Irwin
Corkery
Sayre
Madison
Conn
Newton
Farm Auction Schedule for March Near Cedar Rapids and Solon
Livestock sales announced for March 14 by Bever ly Cattle Co five miles southwest of Cedar Rapids and E. L. Hulme five miles southeast of Solon. March 20 features E. L. Riley sale at Linn Junction with details in the notice.
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Beverly Yards
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Beverly Cattle Company
Soptiwest
Cedar Rapids, Lowa
Beverly Cattle Co
E. L. Hulme
Solon
E. L. Riley
Linn Junction
Milk Marketing Pacts Considered by Sioux City Dairymen
Dairy men in the Sioux City area studied ballots on a proposed federal milk marketing administration plan. Ballots were mailed to 1,000 dairymen in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota. The proposal sets minimum prices paid to producers from 2.20 per hundredweight downward. The referendum closes Saturday.
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Sioux City
Federal Milk Marketing Administration
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Federal milk orders boost cooperative memberships, official says
N J Cladakis, federal milk market administrator for Chicago, told Pure Milk association delegates from Illinois and Wisconsin that federal regulation expands cooperative membership. He noted a 1800 rise in district coop members in six months and urged cooperative study to amend the present order. The association’s fifteenth annual meeting was concluding.
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Chicago
N. J Cladakis
Pure Milk Association
Illinois
Wisconsin
Cladakis
Waukon Creamery Resigns Buttermaker Over Ill Health
Gilbert Leikvold aged 60 assistant buttermaker at Farmers Creamery in Waukon has resigned after 14 years due to ill health. His successor will be Howard Gordon the creamery secretary.
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Waukon
Gilbert Leikvold
Farmers Creamery Company
Howard Gordon
Veterinarians to Hear Farm Bureau Serum Sales Report
A special committee of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association will present a report on Farm Bureau serum sales at Tipton during the East Central Veterinary Medical Association March session. Dr. James C Carey and Dr. Voetberg lead the talks, with topics on mold protein food poisoning and Bangs disease control by Des Moines veterinarians.
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Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Farm Bureau Federation
Tipton
East Central Veterinary Medical Association
The
Veterinary Medical Society
James C Carey
West Liberty
D. N. Voeetberg
Tracr
Voetberg
Tama County Farm Bureau
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
W. Moranville
Durant
C L. Lekwa
Bennett
J. A Barger
Des Moines
A Seidell
Barger
Towa
Bureau of Animal Industry
Seidell
Cedar Valley Veterinary Society meets with hog cholera talks
About 53 veterinarians from 17 Iowa counties and Minnesota attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary Medical society meeting in Waterloo. Speakers included Dr John Keen and Dr Joe Winfree on hog cholera control and swine disease, with various committee and program notes announced for upcoming meetings.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Minnesota
Cedar Valley Veterinary Medical Society
John S Keen Af Storm Lake
Joe Winffee
Cedar Rapids
United States
L. P Scott
V. Neuzil
Blairstown
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Top Butterfat Brings 32 Cents A Pound At Rowley
Rowley patrons at the Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery received 32 cents per pound for grade No 1 butterfat during the first half of February with 31 cents for No 2 and 30 cents for No 3. The last half of January saw 34 33 and 32 cents respectively.
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Rowley
Gazet
Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Senators urged thrips fund by Iowa growers leader
Washington AP report says Representative H. O. Talle and Sam Kennedy of Clear Lake asked a Senate appropriations subcommittee to approve a dedicated fund to combat thrips. The proposal targets thrips impacting onion producing regions with support from Clear Lake and St Ansgar growers.
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Washington, DCC
H. O. Talle
Sam Kennedy
Clear Lake
Iowa Vegetable Growers Association
Senate
Talle
St. Ansgar
Letts-Cashman Broth ers Feeders Sell 19 Steers in Chicago
Letts Cashman Brothers feeders near Letts sold 19 steers averaging 1,134 pounds at Chicago market for 11.35 per hundredweight.
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Letts
Cashman Brothers
Chicago
Suggested Rentals For Diverted Acres In Farm Economics
Rentals for diverted acres under AAA rules face new fairness questions for land lords and tenants. Committees propose shared soil-building payments, equal seed costs, and split or no cash rent when income from diverted acres exists, with variations on oats hay and pasture rents and optional tenant choices. India, the United States, Brazil and Russia together supply about half the world's cattle.
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Roland Welborn
Francis Kutishu
Iowa Farm Economist
AAA
India
United States
Brazil
Russia
Closing Out Sale of Clem Stable Farm Property
A public auction will be held on the farm known as Clem Stable Farm located 11 miles northeast of Town City and 3 miles northeast of Morve, 5 miles southeast of Solon, accessible by gravel road. The sale follows the farm’s sale.
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Clem
Town City
Morve
Solon
Livestock Sale Includes Purebred Berke shire Hogs and Cattle
Auction lists 38 head of Berke shire hogs including 25 bred gilts and multiple boars, plus four head of purebred Angus cattle and four years old Milking Shorthorn cows. Also offered are a black 16 year old mare and several Belgian horses and foals, with grain and hay lots of 10 tons soybean hay 500 bushels corn 150 oats.
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Berkeshire
Willow Loder Barron
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Garmoe
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