Iowa canneries plan smaller 1937-style pack due to carryover
J LeRoy Farmer, operator of Cedar Rapids Marengo Monticello Tipton and West Liberty canneries, says Iowa will reduce canned outputs by about 40 percent this year. He cites excess national carryover from last year with 24 million cases of sweet corn 25 million beans and 20 million tomatoes canned. Prices for sweet corn contracts vary with field corn, minimum $5 per ton, tomatoes and beans priced per ton at Cedar Rapids cannery.
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Iowa
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Monticello
Tipton
West Liberty
Farmer
United States
Vegetable Plantings Signal Ample Harvest Supplies
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports broad vegetable plantings for spring truck crops and some fall and winter vegetables totaling about 302 418 acres across eighteen major crops. Onion storage remains tight with firm prices while early 1938 potato supplies are rising from 1937 levels, and new potatoes sell well below December prices.
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the Gazette
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
Bureau
Storage figures spark bullish tone for livestock market
United States meat stock data show packers expanding pork holdings in February despite lower receipts. Prices rose by 1 to 1.50 per hundredweight, aiding storage push. March 1 pork in storage stood at 582.37 million pounds, beef fell, poultry declined, and total meat stocks rose 22.0 million pounds from Feb 1.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
126 Calves On Feed By DeWitt Clinton 4-H Club
DeWitt Clinton county 4-H club members report 126 calves fed this year. The herd breakdown shows 68 Herefords 32 Angus and 26 Shorthorns.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
4-H
Bull, horse operated on at Dysart veterinary barn
The Farm Editor reports a 9 year old 2200 pound Holstein bull was strapped to an operating table at Dr. Harry Lames’ veterinary hospital in Dysart. Lames drained a pus pocket in a hoof while blacksmith R L Noble fitted an ox shoe. A second procedure shoeed a sore footed horse, and a dehorning with novocaine preserved the horn removal without distress.
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Harry Lames
Dysart
Elmer Santman
Lames
Dr. Lames
R. L. Noble
Mr. Noble
Joe Kohoutek
Gazette
Sows Farrow 42 Pigs in Three Hours At Lyon Farm
Sows on Robert Lyon's farm near Traer farrowed 42 pigs in three hours. Lyon, Tama County Agricultural Conservation Committee chairman, reports litters numbered six to thirteen, bringing his spring pig total to 175.
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TRAER
Robert Lyon
Lyon
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Tama
Mr. Lyon
Linn County Farm Bureau calendar highlights meetings this week
The Linn county Farm Bureau lists events across the week including county home project committee and various Farm Bureau meetings. Activities span Cedar Rapids Y M C A venues Lisbon High School Merle Goudy farm and Alburnett High School with participants such as Mrs C B F Michel and Mrs Forest Fuhrmeister.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
County Home Project Committee
Cedar Rapids
Girls’ Club
College Township Farm Bureau
A. J. Minor
Franklin Township Farm Bureau
Lisbon High School
Home Project
South Marion Township
C. B. F. Michel
Linn Township
Farm Bureau
Merle Goudy Farm
College and Putnam
Forest Fuhrmeister
Spring Grove
Riley Slocum
Alburnett High School
Demand for Farm Hands Sluggish in Cedar Rapids
Lloyd C. Grover of the Iowa Employment Service reports no appreciable demand for farm labor yet in Cedar Rapids. About 120 farm hands are registered. 35 single and 75 married, including 15 couples. Wages expected to be $30 a month for singles and from $40 for couples with families, including board and lodging. The service is affiliated with the U. S. Employment Service and is free to farmers and workers.
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Lloyd C. Grover
Iowa Employment Service
First Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
United States Employment Service
United States Department of Labor
C A Winneshiek Dairy Report Shows Butterfat Averages
In February the Southeast Winneshiek Cow Test association recorded 391 cows producing an average 21.3 pounds of butterfat. The Brown Swiss herd of M R Ringoen Ridgeway led with 35.6 pounds and a Willard Torgim Holstein southeast of Decorah achieved a single cow record of 66.4 pounds.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Cow Test Association
M. R. Ringoen
Ridgeway
Willard Torgrim
US Statistician Seeks Century Old Farm Price Data
Des Moines federal statistician Leslie M. Carl calls for historical price records from farmers for the 19th century to study pre 1910 farm prices. Data from old business records and diaries is sought, with correspondence to the Des Moines court house. He collaborates with H H Kildee and T W Schultz of Ames and R K Bliss of Ames Extension.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Statistician
Carr
U. S. Court House
H. H. Kildee
Ames
Iowa State Planning Board
T. W. Schultz
R. K. Bliss
Soils Association In Jackson To Meet Tuesday
Jackson County soil conservation association schedules a 1:30 p.m. meeting in Maquoketa on Tuesday to elect officers. William F Watkins, a soils specialist from the federal soil conservation service, will speak.
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Soils Association
Jackson
Maquoketa
Jackson County Soil Conservation Association
William F. Watkins
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Wheatland Farmers Form Protective Association
Farmers near Wheatland met to organize a protective association to guard against wholesale theft of live stock.
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Wheatland
Farmers' Protective Association
Government grants $50 million wool loan to hold clip
Washington The federal government authorized a $50,000,000 loan program to wool producers and producer owned pools to store and market 1937 1938 clipped wool. Loans run ten months at 4 percent with rates 15 to 22 cents per pound on grease basis, warehoused in central approved warehouses.
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Washington, D. C
Gazette
Boston
National Wool Marketing Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
National
Farm Auction Notices Across Several Iowa Locations
Auction listings for March 13 to March 16 detail sales by E. B. Lynch 4 miles south of Anamosa Martin Neilsen consignment 2 percent miles west of Waubeek Iowa City Sales Company handles the event Consignment sale on Baldwin farm 1 mile west of Mt Vernon and Zack McArthur closing out 1 mile west of Fairfax.
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Fred Baldwin
Mount Vernon
E. B. Lynch
Anamosa
Martin Neilsen
Waubeek
Iowa City Sales Company
Baldwin Farm
Mt. Vernon
Zack McArthur
Fairfax
Bard Efseed
Norway
Jan Zack McArthur
Roy P
Early spring lamb crop up 15 percent from 1937
Washington AP reports the 1938 early spring lamb crop was 15 percent higher than 1937 as of March 1 with favorable weather and feeding. The bureau of agricultural economics predicts marketing before July 1 will be materially larger than in 1937.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa Farms Sell 385 Acres At 101 Per Acre Average
Glen E. Peck of Mutual Trust Life Insurance disclosed three Iowa farms totaling 385 acres sold for an average of 101 dollars per acre. Purchases were all cash with buyers to operate the farms: an 80 acre tract west of Oelwein to Harry and Amos Lenius for 7200. a Story county quarter near Cambridge to a local farmer for 15000. and a quarter near Greene in Butler county for 16750. Total price 38950.
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Glen E. Peck
Cedar Rapids
Mutual Trust Life Insurance Company
Iowa
Mr. Peck
Oelwein
Harry
Amos Lenius
Lenius
Cambridge
Story County
Greene
Butler County
Farm Laborites Demand Tax Withdrawal From Iowa Farm Bureau
In Des Moines the state central committee of the farmer laborite party adopted a resolution calling for ending public tax support for the Iowa Farm Bureau. It denounces the bureau as a company union serving commercial interests and argues repeal is essential for agriculture’s proper influence in the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
State Central Committee
Farmer-Laborite Party
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Voice of Agriculture
Delaware Singers Point For Chorus Tournament
Delaware county farm women chorus rehearses under Mrs Reeve of Hopkinton for a May district tournament. They seek a spot to sing at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines.
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Gapetta
Manchester
Delaware County
Reeve
Hopkinton
Delaware
Des Moines
Pruning Demonstration at Stevenson Orchard
W Edge Combe Ames extension horticulturist will conduct a pruning demonstration in the Harry Stevenson orchard near Camanche. The event will start at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Camanche
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Harry Stevenson
Butter and Eggs Prices Stay Steady Under Government Support
Government purchases kept butter prices steady across major markets in New York Chicago and the West amid light consumer demand and rising receipts since March. Extra prices on the New York market hover around 30 and a half cents while free distribution may curb retail sales. egg markets show weakness with rising supplies and plans for purchases from a federal surplus operation starting on declines.
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New York
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San Francisco
Elie? Corporation
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