Poultry Hatch Capacity Delayed Until Mid March Says Phelps
Verne C. Phelps of Central City chairs the Six County District of the Iowa Poultry Improvement association. Hatchery activity in the district shows fewer eggs laid in February, more projected in March, delaying chick production and lowering hatch output until late March. Weather, prices, and feed costs shape the 1937 crop outlook.
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Central City
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Peweshiek
Iowa
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Tama
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Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
United States
Tama Soil Committeemen Begin Setting Conservation Goals
Special to The Gazette reports Tama county township committeemen met Saturday to establish soil conservation goals for individual farms after four sections held practice meetings. Paul Burson and Ross McElhinney advised on erosion, cropping, and gully control as Burns Byram praised the educational impact of the program.
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4-County Soils Improvement Association
Ross McElhinney
Tama County
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McElhinney
United States
Burns Byram
O. G. Milligan
Tama
Walter Wilcox
B. J. Firkins
Jay Merrill
Ames
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Ross ‘McElhinney
Dysart
Officers Named For New F F A Group At Marengo
Future Farmers of America officers at Marengo high school are Marlowe Burgy president, Carroll McKusker vice president, Earl Misel treasurer, DeWayne Langlas secretary, Orlo Buswell reporter, Virgil Young sergeant at arms.
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Steers Sold High At Chicago Market For Cascade Feeder
J Kurt of Cascade sold two loads of 1 180 pound steers in Chicago on Wednesday at 14 35 per cwt. The feeder operation reported strong demand with the cattle fetching a top price and signaling steady beef markets.
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Chicago
Salt Gun Devised For Thistle War
ELEADER Max Zapt custodian of the Central State bank building and the post office, has a new off time project a salt gun designed to kill Canada thistles on his farm. The 36 inch long gun deposits a teaspoon full of salt at the weed root via a simple plunger and tube.
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Central State Bank
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Cumberland Man Tops Ames Horse Judging Meet
Hugh J. Septer of Cumberland won the twenty seventh sophomore horse judging contest at Iowa State College, earning the Wayne Dinsmore medal with 94.5 points. He narrowly defeated Beryl Keen of Marshalltown and Dale R. Nee of Town City, with other top finishers including Lloyd C. Albers, Harlan Jacob Stimson, and Donald Rinner from Mount Pleasant.
Largest Hog Ever Slaughtered In North Liberty
North Liberty residents watched as James Bower of Shueyville delivered a 820 pound Poland China hog, the season’s eighty eighth hinter to be exchanged for supplies. After C A Orris and assistants dressed the creature, the carcass stretched eight and a half feet from gambrel to snout tip.
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Hampshire hogs fetch price at Chicago market
Special to The Gazette notes hogs from Wyoming seller Robert Alden weighed 299 pounds on average and sold at Chicago for 10 dollars per hundredweight. The report places the sale southwest of Wyoming on a Wednesday.
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Chicago
Butter Storage Surplus Shapes Market Outlook
The report notes 20,657,000 pounds of butter in storage and modest European imports expected this week. Prices vary by origin with Austrian unsalted at 19 cents and Polish at 18 1 2 cents c i f. Easter demand, store prices, and light domestic supply influence trading as eggs and poultry markets show tentative strength into spring.
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