Poultry Industry Drives Iowa Farm Economy Through Eggs and Chickens
Iowa farms averaged 1.727 billion eggs yearly from 1925 to 1934 with an annual value of 28.484 million and 32.062 million chicks sold worth 21.033 million. Poultry and eggs total 63.3239 million in state output, led by egg and chicken sales, with Iowa first in U S chicken numbers and chicken value at 22.813 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
L. M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Des Moines
United States
Missouri
Seed corn sources listed in Iowa growers directory
Iowa seed corn suppliers are cataloged by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers' Association. The directory names eastern Iowa farms with seed corn and crib corn, plus additional seed oats, barley, wheat, soybeans and grasses. It notes no quality guarantees and advises buying on sample. Louis Quin and Joe L. Robinson hold president and secretary posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Jonas J. Akre
Decorah
Theodore Gronna
Waterville
E. E. Pearson
la Porte City
John W. McKee
Rowley
D. E. Lowe
Volga City
Charles Cornelius
Bellevue
Tabor
Tipton
Dyas and Sons
Curtis Mackey
Stanwood
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick
C. M. Estle
Conesville
Gilbert Cornelius
Otto Weideman
Maquoketa
Beaton Brothers
H. L. Remaud
Grinnell
George Steen
West Liberty
William Moeller
Dickson
D. W. Hinke
Coa
South English
L. W. Garrison
Wapello
Growers’ Association
North Central
Joe Newell
Grundy Center
Bert Thompson
Dike
William P. Baum
Hopkinton
South Central
Ella Kay
Eldridge
Henry Bramer
Wyoming
Lewis Searles
Frank Sears
Anna Ingalls
Jerome Jansen
Victor
George Hills
Bernard
Ernest Timm
M. E. Hobbie
Mount Pleasant
John A. Schweitzer
Hedrick
J. T. Winborn
Kalona
Charles D. Chandler
Washington
Charles W. Willhoit
Batavia
L. B. Miller
Fred L. Eyler
Gibson
I. L. Eyler
Reid
Louis Quin
Alta
Joe L. Robinson
Ames
Bennett Reports Expansion in Soil Conservation Work
Washington DC 1935 erosion control drive expands with 141800 active participants and 501 CCC camps. Over 51000000 acres in 41 states now under demonstration programs and thousands of contracts with farmers for five year soil conservation plans. More than 2500000 acres influenced, potential 50000 new farmers adopting methods in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Washington, D. C
Soil Conservation Service
H. H. Bennett
CCC
Easton
Darling Urges Major Reform Of Public Grazing Lands
Des Moines AP notes J N Darling former head of the federal biological survey calls for drastic limits or retirement of public grazing lands. He argues such land under government control harms farmers, depletes soil, causes erosion and dust storms, and threatens wildlife. He faults the Taylor act and cites vast federal grazing areas while urging a shift toward wildlife conservation and restricted grazing.
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DES Moines
J. N
Ding” Darling
Farm Magazine
Federal Biological Survey
ACA
Darling
Uncle Sam
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Nels G. Kraschel
Mojave
Louisa County Fair Directors Elected At Annual Meeting
Directors elected to the Louisa county fair association include B. H. Shearer G. W. Weber W. T. Duncan F. C. Johnston and R. G. Lowe. Holdover directors are C. E. Pierce J. J. Jenkins Harry Fletcher J. L. Estle W. H. Hull and David Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair Association
B. H. Shearer
G. W. Weber
W. T. Duncan
F. C. Johnston
R. G. Lowe
C. E. Pierce
J. J. Jenkins
Harry Fletcher
J. L. Estle
W. H. Hull
David Hull
Local Chick Store Sees Surge in Orders for 1937 Season
The Allied Chick Co owned by Vance McCray reports orders peaking with 17 000 chicks in a day as buyers from New York to California place large orders and Oklahoma to Florida show steady demand. The Cedar Rapids shop at 411 Second Ave SE keeps 2500 started chicks on hand and invites visitors to see the operation.
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Allied Chick Co
Vance McCray
McCray
Lincoln
John Hardinger
New York
California
Washington
Texas
Florida
Allied Chick Store
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue SE
Dairy Professor Advises Delaying Pasture Turnout
Ames AP Professor Elmer Hansen of the dairy husbandry department urged farmers to delay turning livestock onto pastures until early May for fertilized fields and mid May for unfertilized fields. He recommended rye could be grazed in early April and second year sweet clover by late April, plus grain rations rising with production and salt and bone meal provided. He outlined specific grain mixes and supplements for cows producing different levels of butterfat to maximize milk output.
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Ames (Ap
Elmer Hansen
Ames Dairy Husbandry Department
Hansen
Grain And Poultry Show At Vinton March 25 28
VINTON The eighth annual grain poultry and egg show sponsored by the vocational agriculture department of Vinton high school L B Carlison instructor is set for March 25 28. George Carlson is secretary. Exhibits cover corn oats soybeans eggs and poultry classes. Judging includes adult grain judging Thursday and high school judging Friday with Traer Maquoketa Hudson Delhi LaPorte City Lamont Belle Plaine Jesup Olin Tipton and Orange township listed as participating schools. Thursday night is High School.
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Vinton
Vocational Agriculture Department of Vinton High School
L. B. Carlison
George Carlson
Traer
Maquoketa
Hudson
Delhi
LaPorte City
Lamont
Belle Plaine
Jesup
Olin
Tipton
Orange Township
Velma Packer Named Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Velma Packer of Whitten will begin work as home demonstration agent in Keokuk and Wapello counties on March 23. An instructor in Whitten schools and a graduate of Iowa State College, she will oversee girls 4-H club work in both counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Sigourney
Velma Packer
Whitten
Keokuk
Wapello
Miss Packer
Iowa State College
Alfred Mommsen Sells 81 Hampshires at Market High Price
Clinton county farmer Alfred Mommsen sold eighty one fancy 226 pound Hampshires in Chicago at ten dollars sixty five cents per hundredweight, a top price of the day for the weights. The hogs were described as stick out quality and were sold at a single price without sorting.
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Dewitt
Alfred Mommsen
Clinton County
Chicago
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Ding
Department of Agriculture and Interior
H. C. Aaberg
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Business Association
William H. Lapp
Poultry Department
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
Benton County Poultry Association
Willard Wilson
Fair Ass’n
Baby
Riverside
Riverside Feed Mill
14Th Ave
1St St
Rhode Island
O. E. Lantz
First Avenue
Conkey
Ruse
Hamilton Seed and Coal Co
New Post Office
Dial
Glas
Ft. Ge
Montgomery Ward
Keokuk and
Wapello Counties
U. S
Marion — Coggon, IA
Champlin
First Avenue Bridge
E Avenue
Ball Park
Champlins
Champlin Hatchery
E Avenue NW
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