Processors See Insuperable Obstacles To New Farm Bill
Cedar Rapids processors express fear the Roosevelt Wallace farm relief plan would be an experiment with insurmountable economic difficulties. Executives from T M Sinclair Quaker Oats Three Minute Cereal Penick Ford Hut chinson Ice Cream and more warn tax shifts and price impacts threaten livestock markets and consumer prices while urging cautious, countrywide consideration of any new legislation.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Harry A Palmer
T. M. Sinclair and Company, Ltd
Arthur Poe
Harold J. Brownlee
Quaker Oats
John C. Reid
Three Minute Cereal Company
A. W. H. Lenders
Harold Horan
Penick and Ford, Ltd
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
A. J Murray
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Palmer
Roosevelt
Mr Poe
Poe
Brownlee
Reid
USA
Cevcement
Busines
United States
Reids
Maiiadua
Murray
Henry Wallace
Hog Prices Rise Amid Strong Hog Trade Push
Des Moines reports hog prices climb despite large arrivals as direct sales rise in Iowa. Prices moved up late week to within 4 cents of early March highs, with 170 to 250 pound hogs at 3.50 to 3.75 and 260 to 300 pound hogs at 3.40 to 3.60, while sows brought 2.75 to 3.10. Packers face improved confidence as farmers consider aiding the industry with recent sentiment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Homemade soap trend fuels Tama farm soap making
Tama county women attended nine demonstrations by Martha Rath of Chicago on farm soap making. Mrs Laurin Fisher near Montour reports home made soap cures in two weeks and proves effective for washing clothes and cleaning hog troughs. Fat sources include taIls and meat scraps, with guidance on lye temperatures and safety. The article also notes how farmers kept livestock and meat markets stable despite holidays and credit concerns in 1929.
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Montour
Laurin Fisher
Turnal
Carroll Fisher
Fisher
Tama County
Martha Rath
Chicago
Aive Manufacturing Company
Traet
Amity Church
Harold Seebach
Drsart
Mulls
Inexpensive Watering System Made With Separator Bowls
Garnavillo dairyman Eldo Meyer installs a low cost cows watering system two miles southeast of Garnavillo. Bowls on stanchions fed by pump fill from a deep well. some bowls made from junked fuel tanks others from cream separators. A second local dairyman, Karl Kainz, uses half kerosene barrels for drinking bowls.
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Sprcis
the Gazette
Garnavillo
Eldo Meyer Dairyman
Garnavilo
Mr. Meyer
Karl Kainz
Chicago Union Stock Yards cattle hog lamb prices ease advance period
Prices for fed steers and yearlings rose with light steers gaining 25 to 50 cents while heavy steers moved 25 cents higher. Choice long yearlings hit 7.50 as loads ranged 6.75 to 7.25. Hog prices jumped 20 to 35 cents to levels not seen in five months, with typical weights around 170 to 270 pounds at 4.10 to 4.20 and 280 to 350 pounds at 4.00 to 4.10. Fat lambs edged up 10 to 15 cents, with Goed to choice fed lambs mostly 5.40 to 5.75. Colorado fed lambs dominated the week’s supply, with 935,000 lambs left in the territory on March 11, down from 1,125,000 a year prior.
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UNION
Chicago
Colorado
World hog situation outlined by bureau of agricultural economics
The February report notes a marked rise in German import duties on lard and a sharp cut in hog slaughter supplies in the United States as the most important developments. Hog prices rose in the United States and Europe from January to February, while pork prices increased domestically and abroad. Lard exports from the United States in January were the largest for any month since December.
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Washington, DC
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
Central City Co-Op Pats 17c Butterfat February
Bernard Johnson, manager of the Farmers Mutual creamery, reports patrons have just been paid 17 cents a pound for the last half of February butterfat. More patrons are being added weekly, the interior is being redecorated.
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Gazette Central City
Bernard Johnson
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Rowley Creamery Pays February Butterfat in Cash
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers' Co operative creamery will receive cash payments for the last half of February butterfat on Monday. They had been paid in cash for the first half of February butterfat on March 9.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
Warren township Farm Bureau elects leaders in Keokuk county
Otis Taylor was named president at a joint meeting of men and women held at the Elmer Root home in Delta. Mrs. John Williams was elected vice president, Gordon Beman treasurer, and Mrs. Gordon Beman secretary. County project chairman Rollin Brown and county agent Maurice Soults spoke.
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Delta
Otis Taylor
Warren Township Farm Bureau
Keokuk County
Elmer Root
John Williams
Gordon Beman
Rollin Brown
Maurice Soults
Limestone prices average 70 cents a ton in eastern Iowa
Farm Editor reports agricultural limestone in eastern Iowa averages 70 cents per ton at the quarry, with some quarries higher prices discounted under certain terms. Tama county area features a 25 cent bushel corn trade for limestone at 70 cents a ton, effective since March 9, while truckers charge about five cents per mile per ton. Other barter deals occur, including manure for pulverized limestone near Manchester. In Anamosa Jones county quotes 80 cents per ton with a 10 cent discount for cash, and delivery ranges 5 to 6 cents per ton per mile with one offer of $1 per ton delivered within the county.
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Iowa
Tama County
Farm Bureau
LeGrand
Gladbrook
Frank Dudley
Manchester
Ed Castle
George Barnoske
Marion
Dudley Place
Myr
Dudley
Castle
Barnoske
Jones County
Anamosa
State Board of Control
Jones
Fifteen Graduate From Strawberry Point Farm School
Strawberry Point adult farmers night school closed with a special program honoring fifteen graduates. Names include Alvin Borcherding William Borcherding Ray Chattinger Ray Alderson Harold McKean Charles Wilcox Mike Miller Will Halsted George Halsted Elmer Bartels John Knight I A Burgin Bert Talcott A J Stamp Arthur Dittmer. Di plomas were presented by E M Tanruther. Special awards for efficiency were given to Bernard Frenchel Jerome Pugh John O'Brien and Homer Miller.
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The
Gazette
Strawberry Point
Alvin Borcherding
William Borcherding
Ray Chattinger
Ray Alderson
Harold McKean
Charles Wilcox
Mike Miller
Will Halsted
George Halsted
Elmer Bartels
John Knight
I. A. Burgin
Bert Talcott
A. J. Stamp
Arthur Dittmer
H P Sweany
Smith-Hughes
E. M. Tanruther
Bernard Frenchel
Jerome Pugh
John O'Brien
Homer Miller
Future Farmers
Farm auctions announced for March 21 and 23
A series of sales scheduled including a farm sale 5 miles south of Anamosa by W J McNamara and a community sale 2 miles north of Springville on Jesse Stiller arm on Tuesday March 21. On Thursday March 23 a state Holstein sale at Water and a consignment sale at Lisbon are planned.
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Anamosa
W.J McNamara
Springville
Jesse Stiller
Lisbon
Cedar Livestock Co operative Meets in Stanwood
Directors of the Cedar County Iowa Livestock Marketing association were reelected at the Stanwood annual meeting. Ralph Wingert of Tipton will continue as manager. A dog grading demonstration by Pat O Donnell highlighted a discussion on hog marketing, mange control, and transport methods with producers favoring rail for long hauls and tracking for shorter hauls.
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Stanwood
Cedar County
Iowa Livestock Marketing Association
Glenn Agne
Tipton
Charles E. Hoyman
Harry Crist
Clarence
Frank Thomson
Mechanicsville
Ralph Wingert
R. FP
Pat” O'Donnell
Des Moines
Lme
Wingert
O'Donnell
Butterfat payments reach Jesup creamery patrons
The Jesup creamery paid 1,580 patrons 19 cents a pound for February butterfat, totaling 32,825.12 dollars for 188,234 pounds churned. New York butter receivers sent cash by air and express per request to enable cash payments, while Farmers State Bank of Jesup gains permission to resume patron payments by check.
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Jesup
Rogers
New York
Farmers State Bank of
State Banking Department
Waterloo 4-H Basketball Tourney Set For March 25
Waterloo Black Hawk county 4-H clubs will compete in a county tournament March 25 at the YMCA gymnasium here. County Agent Paul Barger says each club is expected to enter a quintet.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium
Paul Barger
Iowa Des Moines debate on horse and mule groups funding
A proposed economy bill in Des Moines targets the Horse and Mule Breeders' association and related groups. Proponents cite costs and potential benefits of preserving horse education programs run by Harry Linn, highlighting the 4 H colt club growth and per horse tax implications. The piece argues for retaining state horse education to support colt clubs and farmer skill development.
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Des Moines
Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Beef Breeders’ Association
Dairy Association
Harry Linn
Horse and Mule
Colt Club
State Horse Association
Let's Talk It Over A farmer’s horse demonstration plea
A writer praises horse demonstrations led by Harry Linn, noting 61 events in 1932 with 11,580 attendees. He thanks Des Moines legislators for cutting public expenditures but urges reexamination of a $5,000 appropriation to preserve a valued program. The piece concludes with a humorous nod to a mule laugh.
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Des Moines
Harry Linn
Hogs sold at Chicago by Tipton feeder R H Maley
R H Maley of Cedar county sold 120 head of 287 pound hogs Friday in Chicago at 4.05 dollars per hundredweight. The sale highlights the strong demand for feeder hogs in midwestern markets and reflects favorable feeding costs for producers in Cedar county.
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Tipton
R. H H. Maley
Cedar County
Chicago
State improves 170 acres pasture at Anamosa reform school
Superintendent Max Wortman at Anamosa Reformary farms reports lime, manure, discing and reseeding on 170 acres to rejuvenate rough pasture. After a year with 70 acres, 100 more acres were treated, with lime and manure spread, discing, and new seed including alsike, sweet clover, and possible Hubam. Costs are low due to in-house lime and fertilizer, and potential pasture rents at $3 an acre are discussed.
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Max Wortman
Anamosa
Wortman
C. H. Ireland
Acre
Alsuke
Hubam
Mr. Wortman
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar Shows Weekly Meetings
Linn county Farm Bureau lists next week activities with multiple home project meetings. Tuesday 10 a.m. in Maine township with Mrs Charles Norris, evening Franklin township with John Meyer. Wednesday 10 a.m. for Spring Grove and Grant with Mrs Walter Baty. Thursday 10 a.m. for Clinton and Fayette with Mrs A Frantz, evening Marion township at Marion Library. Friday 10 a.m. Monroe meeting with Mrs Charles Quaas.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Maine Township
Charles Norris
Franklin Township
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