Direct Marketing's Role in Dairy Prices and Chain Store Influence
New York reports show direct marketing by dairies mirrors livestock trends. Butter values slipped about a cent due to reduced chain-store activity on markets. Chains buy direct from creameries, shaping demand as major packers and cooperatives maintain market branches.
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New York City
Jones County
Iowa
Mike
New York Report
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Heavy steers show market turnaround in Chicago auction
Traders report a rebound in heavy fat steers at Chicago Union Stock Yards with top prices reaching 7.65 a hundredweight for 1 276 pound steers. Prices across 1 312 to 1 344 pound ranges rise and supply tightens as buyers anticipate lighter grain fed stock later in the year.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Linn Dairymen Name Delegate to State Conference
Forty Linn county dairymen met in Cedar Rapids Saturday to designate a delegate for the state dairy conference in Des Moines Monday. They favored a one year adjustment campaign funded by a processing tax on butterfat and discussed eradication of bovine tuberculosis and Bangs disease within any controlled production program. Some opposition arose from producer distributors of fluid milk.
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Linn County Dairymen
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Ray Anderson
Buchanan county contracts near second signature in April
Special to The Gazette Independence Iowa reports Buchanan county corn and hog reduction contracts to date total 2 089. County tabulators finish contracts township appraisers completed their work and the county allotment committee expects contracts ready for second signature early in April before being sent to Washington.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Washington
Hothouse Lamb Outlet Is Limited in New York Market
Hothouse lambs are profitable for a few producers though the outlet is restricted. New York remains the major user, drawing from nearby sections with upstate New York and South Jersey supplying most. Distant states struggle due to transport limits and perishability. Lambs are milk fed, dressed with heads, and shipped refrigerated. prices rise in late winter and early spring, with substantial supply in the first four months.
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the Gazette
New York City
New York
South Jersey
Linn County Farm Bureau Schedule Of Meetings This Week
The Linn County Farm Bureau calendar lists multiple poster meetings Mrs R D Forrest Mrs Walter Ellsworth and Mrs W C Sheets across Maine Jackson North Marion Bertram Linn Union Franklin townships with times from 8 am to 1 pm and a 3 Hindman evening meeting at College township.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Maine
R D Forrest
Jackson Township
Walter Ellsworth
South Marion Township
W C Sheets
North Marion
Hindman
Evening College Township Farm Bureau
Union Church
Bertram Township
C C Foard
Linn Township
Burt Neal
Spine Grove
Grant Townships
Julia Fisher
Franklin Township
Martin Repier
Linn County Records Show Record Corn Loans
Five corn loans totaling 2090 bushels and 234405 dollars were recorded since Thursday noon, bringing Linn County total corn loans to 36250370 dollars on 851886 bushels.
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Linn County
200 Acres Tomatoes To Be Contracted Near La Porte
Plans to open the cannery at LaPorte City for this season include contracting 200 acres for tomatoes by the Iowa Canning company. If agreements with local asparagus growers on last year’s crop can be arranged, asparagus will also be canned here.
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Carella Laporte City
LaPorte City
Iowa Canning Company
Waverly
Farmers From Three States Attend Cattle Demonstration
More than 800 farmers from Iowa Minnesota and Missouri attended a cattle feeders demonstration Friday on R B Blinks farm three miles east of Marion. The event shifted indoors due to falling temperatures as discussion covered feeding results from an experiment started in October. Sponsored by roughage grinder manufacturers, the project aimed to assess the relative value of ground corn fodder in steer ration.
Dairy Surplus Crisis Faces U S Dairymen
A leading 1930s analysis notes 26 million cows in the United States create a surplus as milk prices fall, production soars and farmers pivot to dairy. It outlines proposed government plans, funding via butterfat taxes, and regional conferences to curb output. The piece highlights diverse industry interests and the push to avert national economic fallout.
Corn Brings 42 Cents At Auction In Cedar County
Corn and crops headline two local sales in Cedar County and Lowden. George Harness of Clarence sold corn at 42 cents a bushel, oats at 29 cents, and hay around 5.80 a ton. Livestock includes a 1200 pound black mare at 115 dollars and 13 to 14 year old horses at 77.50 each. Dairy cows 28 to 36, yearling heifers 344, sows 14.50, gifts 11.50. Ed Steffens sale near Lowden totals exceed 5000 dollars with horses selling up to 90 dollars, Hereford steers at 60 cents, yearling steers at 5.25 cwt, yearling heifers 36, milk cows 28 to 55, sows with litters 18 to 26, gifts 12 to 13.75, stock hogs 7.25, corn 37 cents, hay 6 a ton.
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Gazette
Clarence
George Harness
Clarence Oats
Specis
The
Lowden
Ed Steffens
Ford
Greeley Creamery Pays 28 Cents For Butterfat
Greeley creamery patrons received twenty eight cents per pound for February butterfat. The five top producers were Victor DeKeyser with 583.3 pounds J W Matthews 575.1 pounds Paul McElmeel 541.8 pounds J D Fischer 522.4 pounds and Mead Brothers 520 pounds. An automatic can washer has been installed at the creamery.
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Pecal
Gasetta
Cedar county farmer proposes crop control plan for stable prices
Mr. Kelley of Clarence argues current production controls favor overproducers and penalize reductions. He outlines a plan restricting main crops to corn wheat cotton and tobacco with oats and barley as secondary crops, tying tillable acreage to district needs and using cash bonds and deductions to share national agricultural income.
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A C. Kelley
Cedar County
Clarence
Mr. Kelley
Kelley
Surplus levy plan under McNary Haugen principle outlined
The text details a monthly levy on pork sales with 5 percent increases after ten days, a deduction directed at grain or livestock, and monthly statements showing deposits. Prices for surplus are linked to year results, with excess supply sold abroad and 5 percent set aside to cover export losses.
Fertilizer Demand Heaviest This Spring in Waterloo Area
John Coverdale, manager of the fertilizer department at the local packing plant, reports the spring demand for commercial fertilizer is the heaviest in seven years. Farmers buy mainly for contracted acres to alfalfa and legumes, financing with cash and government rental promises. Prices are steady overall with 20 percent superphosphate cheaper than 1933 and complete mixtures up about 60 cents per ton. tankage remains $8 to $100 higher.
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Waterloo
John Coverdale
Coverdale
Wide Spread Hog Reduction Contracts Reach Nearly One Million
Reports from forty two states show 900 000 to 1 000 000 hog reduction contracts signed. Iowa leads with about 165 000 followed by Illinois 110 000 Missouri 94 000 Indiana 82 000 Minnesota 75 000 Nebraska 80 000 Kansas 68 000 Ohio 60 000 South Dakota 50 000 and Wisconsin 33 000.
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AAA
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa Farmers Agree On Corn And Hog Regulation Limits
A Friday meeting of allotment chairmen and county agents from twelve eastern Iowa counties set rules for 1934 harvests. Total contract acres cannot exceed the 1932 or 1933 high, corn must stay to 80 percent of that average, and feed crops together with oats barley and rye must not exceed the higher of 1932 or 1933 totals. Soy beans now count as hay and may be grown even if not planted in the base period, but their acreage counts toward the harvest limit. Orphan acres may only be used for pasture.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Baby Chicks Offered At Low Prices In Classified Ads
Chicks advertised today under classification 39 in want ads promote early purchases with promises of quick cash returns and starter poultry for customers seeking early returns.
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