Southern States adopt unified corn acreage and broiler plan
The article details Moore's poultry program across 43 growers from Ryan to Belle Plaine near Cedar Rapids. It covers broiler production goals, chick supply from Moore's Marion hatchery, 16 week contracts, and financing via banks accepting chicken paper. It notes premium payments and ongoing poultry expert support for management.
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Brooklyn area farm sells 160 acres for 125 an acre
Marvin Griech of Branklyn buys the Schulte farm near Brooklyn comprising 160 acres from the Equitable Life Insurance for 125 per acre. Possession at once. The land is well improved.
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Butter Market Stabilized by FSCC Purchases
The butter market remained steady last week at 28 cents in Chicago and 28 2 cents in New York for 92 grade wholesale. FSCC bought 1,269 tubs at Chicago and 2,639 tubs at New York during the first four days. Storage stocks are only one twelfth of last year, with 670,092 pounds in 10 markets versus 75,678,142 pounds a year earlier.
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New York
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
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Buffalo
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Providence
Omaha
Kansas City
St Lews
Sap and Syrup Simple Joys In A Country Woman
In a country woman piece, children with backyard maple trees learn to fashion spiles from elderberry stalks to tap sap. The clear liquid boils to amber syrup and is enjoyed with warm bread, celebrating simple homemade delights.
Kline To Speak Tuesday Evening At Toddeville
Allan Kline of Benton county will speak Tuesday evening in Toddeville as part of a new member welcome program by the Monroe township Farm Bureau. The event, announced by township director O E Quaas, highlights a doubling of Farm Bureau membership in Monroe township. Kline, formerly northeast of Vinton, is vice-president of the Tawa Farm Bureau federation.
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Toddville
Allan Kline
Benton County
Monroe Township
Linn County
Farm Bureau
O E
Quaas
Kime
Vinton
Tawa Farm Bureau Federation
Maple syrup camps flourish around West Union in Fayette county
In Fayette County near West Union a maple syrup camp industry thrives with about a dozen camps. The largest camp sits four miles east of West Union on the Larrabee farm, tenanted by the Guyers, who have run the camp for seven of eight years. About 400 trees are tapped this season, though a late snap paused sap flow. veterans include William E Morse, age about 70, operating a lease on the Frisbie estate farm.
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Gare
West Union
Fayette
Iowa
Fayette County
William Larrabee
Clermont
Ubrev
Lawrence Guver
Guvers
George Brause
Garrahee
New Engeland
Larrabee
Guyers
William E Morse
Morse
Frisbie
West Umior
Linn County Seals 430000 Bushels Iowa Corn Crop
Iowa corn producers were told no extension will be granted to the March 30 sealing deadline. Linn County reports 430000 bushels sealed surpassing last year by 100000, with no time to complete loans before the deadline. Farm officials warned the state deadline cannot be moved.
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Cream And Egg Regulations Taught To Produce Handlers
Sixty produce handlers from Linn, Benton, Iowa and Johnson counties and others attended a cream grading school in Cedar Rapids. The session outlined the cream grading law, licensing procedures, and introduced new egg buying regulations effective April 15 requiring detailed records of all eggs received including sources and counts of edible versus inedible eggs.
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Benton
Iowa
Johnson Counties
Yuma
Jones
Cedar
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Ford
Dairy and Food Inspector
Marshalltown
Ford
Mr. Ford
H. W. McElroy
State Inspection Force
A. W. Rudnick
Ames Dairy Manufacturing Extension Service
Hamilton to Speak at Brooklyn on Tuesday
Hamilton of Des Moines, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, will be the principal speaker at a Poweshiek county Farm Bureau booster meeting in Brooklyn Tuesday at 7 30 pm. Miller, county agent, announced that Hamilton will discuss what the Iowa Farm Bureau is doing for the Iowa farmer. Movies also will be shown on what the American Farm Bureau is doing.
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Farm Auction Roundups for March 26 27
Stan wood horse sale in Ia City. Livestock auction by Ia City Sales Co on Tuesday March 26. Frank Mavlik public sale at 312 Mine Troy Mills on Wednesday March 27.
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Truck Crops Educational Meeting In Cedar Rapids
A canning and truck crops educational meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce building in Cedar Rapids on March 29 at 7 30 p m. J LeRoy Farmer, Cedar Rapids packer distributor, announced. Principal speakers are E R Tancashire, raw products specialist in a Chicago firm, and W H Collins, Ames extension associate in horticulture.
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Cedar Rapids
J LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids Packer
E R Tancashire
Chicago
W. H. Collins
Ames Extension
Corn Plantings Forecast Dip Across Nation in 1940
The March 1 crop report forecasts overall corn plantings 14 percent below the 1929 38 average with declines in the 10 major western states and the contem porary shifts across southern and northern states. It notes a fourth straight year of reduced acreage and details regional changes, yields, and state by state totals for 1940.
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Cream hauler W F Dunlap to dine on sixty sixth birthday
W F Dunlap of Springville, Dean of cream haulers, has logged 648 975 miles in 44 years. He drove 281 700 miles by team and wagon and 367 275 miles by truck. He started hauling at Linn Grove creamery and has served five managements. Dutch Levsen now manages Springville creamery.
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W. F. Dunlap
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Cedar Rapids
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Horses Top At $155 At West Liberty Auction
Special to The Gazette West Liberty horses topped at 155 dollars with teams at 300 dollars during the P N Gibson annual spring sale. More than 1,000 buyers attended, with many from out of state. Two carloads of horses were shipped Friday to Vernon New York for farming purposes.
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P N. Gibson
Vernon
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Stanwood Farmer Reports 63 Butcher Dogs Sold at $5 CWT
Stanwood farmer Lucian Burgess said 63 choice butcher dogs averaged 302 pounds each were sold in Chicago Friday at 5 dollars per hundredweight.
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Lucian Burgess
Chicago
Edith Hagerman Wins Linn 4-H Record Contest
Edith Hagerman of Marion has been named winner of the Linn county 4-H girls record book contest. She has six years in the club and her records enter a state contest to be judged in June. Two state winners earn a free trip to the national 4-H camp in Washington in June. A parallel 4-H boys contest is held annually.
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Mount Vernon
Arlo Stinger
Linn
Edith Hagerman
Marion
Stinger
Washington
The Unseen God by WM JAMES HEAFS
Poem traces the divine presence in nature from dew and rain to mountains valleys and rivers. The speaker sees the Infinite in every living thing and in all that moves or dies, declaring the Unseen God pervades all.
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James Heafs
Farm Bureau Calendar Linn County Meetings This Week
Linn County meetings include Tuesday training schools at various homes and township meetings. Wednesday features a training school and a YWCA chorus rehearsal. Thursday and Friday list additional township events and a 4-H banquet Saturday at the Presbyterian church in Marion. Lamb kill figures for interior packing plants note daily 9,200 head and yearly 2,500,000.
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Maine Township
Home Project
Paul Stewart
Monroe Township
Farm Bureau
Toddville
College and Putnam Townships
Anton Wnetolicky
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax Township
Wes Karal
Bertram Township Home Project
Anton Biderman
Presbyterian Church
Marion
Mosaic Law And Shakespeare Applied To Pork Production
Frank Edwards of Epworth raises pigs with unusual cleanliness linking biblical Deuteronomy rules to modern swine care. He claims 97 pigs from 13 sows average 35 pounds at furrows, with litters weighing far more than state averages, and says weekly plowing keeps disease and odor away, applying historical sanitation to a practical hog operation.
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Man
Frank Edwards
Epworth
E. l. Quaife
Ames
Edwards
Eldon Olson
Boone County
Olson
Quaife
Chester White
Ed Hemmer
Hemmer
Tax Refund Bill On Pork Tax Delays In House
Washington correspondent reports only 25 to 30 signatures on a petition to force action by the House on the pork tax refund bill. The Senate refused to suspend rules to consider it as an amendment to the agriculture appropriation bill. Senator Frazier plans to reintroduce the proposal as an amendment. Bankhead’s cotton cooperatives bill looms on the calendar awaiting action.
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Alabama
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