Tama county referendum launches on farming plan choice
Tama farmers begin a week of referenda Monday to decide between a regional corn conservation plan and Tama county’s soil conserving program for 1938. The Tama plan rewards soil conservation with graded payments, limits on surpluses, and specific lime and seed payments, differing from the regional plan in many incentive details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama County
Tama
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Fr 1Soledo
Washington
North Central
Robert Lyon
Traer
Julius Bruene
Gladbrook
R. S. Stephenson
Reinbeck
Ross McElhinney
Dysart
E. P. Skrable
Elberon
Referenda Schedule For Grant Township Meeti ngs
The notice lists a series of upcoming referenda meetings across townships and towns. Monday through Saturday sessions are scheduled at various churches schools and community buildings including Amity Buckingham Tama Geneseo Lincoln Spring Creek Indian Creek Carlton Howard Elberon U B church Crystal Salem Oneida Clutter Toledo Clark Richland Haven Salt Creek Chelsea Prairie Traer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Amity Church
Buckingham
Tama
Columbia
Tama City Hall
Otter Creek
Center School
Geneseo
Geneseo School
Lincoln
Spring Creek
Wooden Methodist Church
Gladbrook
Indian Creek
Methodist Hall
Montour
Carlton
Howard
Garwin
York
Elberon
Highland
U. B
Crystal
Salem
Oneida
Carroll
Clutter
Toledo
Court House
Clark
Community Building
Richland
Haven Church
Salt Creek
Chelsea
Prairie
Traer
Land Bank Reports 90 Percent Loans In Good Standing
The Omaha federal land bank says nine of ten Iowa farmers with loans are current. As of Feb 28, 33,326 Iowa loans totaling 208 million dollars were 90 percent in good standing, neither extended nor delinquent, about half the bank's total in four-state region. Fort Dodge association leads with 955 loans at 94 percent current, deemed excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
National Farm Loan Associations
Fort Dodge
Wellman Turkey Growers Dine At Gobble Inn
About 125 turkey growers from Wellman and nearby counties attended a meeting at Gobble Inn to discuss issues facing the turkey raising industry. Speakers included A. C. Gingerich, E. N. Foster, and Ben Swartzendruber of the local turkey packing plant.
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Wellman Turkey Growers
Gobble Inn
Wellman
A. C. Gingerich
E. N. Foster
Ben Swartzendruber
Ryan sale reports strong bidding on ranch stock and equipment
Seven horses averaged 125 dollars with a top price of 180 dollars for a four year old roan mare. Cattle averaged 40 dollars per head while feeder pigs sold well. Horses ranged 34 to 106 dollars each and steers 6.30 to 7.50 a hundredweight. Equipment and other items include a brooder house 59 dollars and a hay loader 91 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
RYAN
Jake Meyers
Banta Hopkins
Soil Conserving District Plan Proposed for Benton County
Benton county farmers vote unanimously for a four district layout to govern soil districts and a state committee. The plan calls for land acquisition by districts, tree planting on eroded land, grazing allowed, 65 percent vote on land use rules, and equitable costs for landlords and tenants. Moderate erosion affects six townships with only 15 percent of farmers using recommended land practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
Benton County Agricultural Planning Committee
Herman Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Benton
Benton Committee
State Planning Board
State
Polk
Benee Taylor
Iowa
Leroy and
Dear
County Agricultural Committee
Five Granges Meet in Manchester Delaware County
Five Granges held a joint meeting in Manchester on Wednesday led by Lawrence Gienapp of Pomona Grange No. 9. Attending groups included Gre Ida Prairie Center Grange Delhi and Jones Mill with Homer Burhans of Prairie township directing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County
Lawrence Gienapp
Pomona Grange No. 9
Gre-Ida
Prairie Center
Grange O' Delhi
Jones Mill
Homer Burhans
Prairie Township
Boys play checkers on Roy Joslin farm near Clarence
The caption identifies Bob Joslin and Les Humphry as expert checkers who stay home rather than attend social events. Rennie, Bob’s brother, is the kibitzer. The photo was taken one evening on the Roy Joslin farm southwest of Clarence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Joslin
Les Humphry
Bob
Kibitzer
Rennie
Roy Joslin
Clarence
Georgia Egg Stamp Rule Sparks Interstate Trade Talk
Iowa egg shippers accuse southern states of discrimination as they push for freer exchange with western states. Florida charges four cents per 30 dozen, Georgia requires shell stamps reading shipped, and South Carolina requires carton labels. Iowa also notes a proposed tax on lard substitutes using cottonseed oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
T. L. Curran
Memphis
Iowa
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Hogmarket Peak as 221-pound hogs fetch 9.75
Stanwood H J Safley and Don Safley Cedar County feeders topped the Chicago market Thursday with a shipment of 221 pound hogs selling at 9.75 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Stanwood
H J Safley
Don Safley
Cedar County
Chicago
Cattle Smothered by Toppled Straw Stack Near Conesville
D. L. Buser, a Conesville farmer, lost five head of Hereford cattle Wednesday when a straw stack toppled and suffocated the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
L. D. Buser
Farmers In Reinbeck Invent In Spare Winter Time
In Reinbeck area farmers spend winter hours inventing devices. Louis J Karkosh, northeast of Reinbeck, built a mechanical device to make automobile driving safer on slippery roads. Lawrence Shield, southwest of Reinbeck, developed a ladling device for ice cream that won’t stick and speeds service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Reinbeck
Louis J Karkosh
Lawrence Shield
Reinbeck Shield
Steers Bring 89.85 at Chicago Market
Anamosa George Manter nach Jones county feeder received 9.85 per cwt for 1 315 pound steers sold in Chicago.
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Anamosa
George Manternach
Jones County
Chicago
Tamworth hog buyers pay top rate at Chicago sale
Iowa buyers Petsel Brothers and Johnson county feeders sold 28 prime Tamworth hogs averaging 315 pounds in Chicago for 9.25 dollars per hundredweight, an extreme top for the weight class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa City
Petsel Brothers
Johnson County
Chicago
Earl Escher Hog Receives 960 Each Hundredweight
Earl Escher of Tipton Cedar county feeder sold sixty four hogs weighing 258 pounds each at Chicago Thursday, fetching 960 dollars per hundredweight for the lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tipton
Earl Escher
Cedar County
Chicago
Steers Bring $10 Market Price at Chicago Sale
Washington trader Sam Turkington sold thirty six Hereford steers weighing about 1006 pounds each at Chicago for ten dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
Sam Turkington
Chicago
No New Loans Reported by Buchan County Board
Independence report notes no corn loans issued in Buchanan County since March 1. At that date 126 loans covered 81,226 bushels valued at 37,805 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett Independence
Buchanan County Compliance Board
March favorable for spring pigs
March weather has aided spring pig production with larger farrowings than a year ago though some doubt a seasonwide heavy 1938 litter. Iowa and southern Minnesota hog receipts fell 24.5 percent in four days from last week to 55 700 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Farm Auctions Set With Multiple Sales In March
Farm auctions planned including Bill Bobst sale on March 19 one mile south of Robins and Charles Guhl sale on March 22 three miles southwest of Olin. McArthur closing out postponed one mile west of Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Bobst Sale
South Robins
Charles Guhl Sale
Olin
McArthur
Fairfax
Market readings show narrower spread for meat weights this season
Observers note lighter meat cuts at higher premiums while medium and heavy butchers lag on cutout returns. Buyers expect more balanced pricing as receipts normalize, foreseeing May and June trade to bring more medium and heavy weights into the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Soybean Seed Supply Higher Than Year Ago
Stocks of soy beans at 653267 bushels held on Jan 7 by 175 seed shippers reported to the federal bureau of agricultural economics were about 90 percent larger than a year earlier. Prices paid to growers for the 1937 crop averaged 91 cents a bushel versus 1.40 for 1936, 72 cents for 1935, and 88 cents for the 1930-34 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lost Nation Hatcherymen Announce Egg Settings
A. A. Christensen reports 18 000 eggs set to hatch March 21 and estimates a total of 225 000 eggs in incubators this season. John O'Connell at Lost Nation plans to start his incubators March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Nation
A. A. Christensen
John O'Connell
Heifer Brings 101.25 at West Union sale
A high grade Shorthorn spayed heifer, three years old and weighing 1350 pounds, sold six miles northeast of West Union to a Casitalia livestock buyer for 10.25 dollars. Mr. O Helger son listed as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
West Union
O Helgerson
Castalia
Iowa Horse Population Tops 824000 as of Jan 1 1938
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse and Mule Association cites a USDA report showing Iowa with 824000 horses valued at 474648000 on Jan 1 1938 plus 57000 mules valued at 5964000. National totals: 11163000 horses and 4477000 mules worth 1562081000. Dinsmore says Iowa farms favor horse and mule use and offer surplus sales to neighbors and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Dinsmore
Poultry Meetings in Linn County Tuesday Planned
W M Vernon Ames extension poultryman will conduct two Linn county meetings on chick rearing and poultry management. The first at 1:15 PM on the Arlo Sanger farm north of Mount Vernon. the second at 7:30 PM at Alburnett High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W M Vernon
Ames Extension Poultryman
Linn County
Rex B Conn
Arlo Sanger
Mount Vernon
Alburnett High School
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E. Cohn & Sons
H Ave
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Ryan Sale
William James Company
West End
F Avenue Bridge
Vigor
Black Hawk
Eggers Market
Third Avenue SW
Heifer
Linn
Dial
Baby Beef
Idaho
Russell
Babs
Inland
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