Bank Forecloses On Iowa Poultry Co op Notes
Omaha Bank for Cooperatives demands payment on poultry notes from about 8600 farmers in 21 east central and south Iowa counties totaling more than 150000 dollars. Ottumwa processing plant closed by court order January 20 and liquidation begun. Notes pledged to deduct one cent per pound of poultry and one cent per dozen of eggs from net returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau
Towa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Town Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Ottumwa
Town Farm Bureau
Bank For Cooperatives
Mason
Co-Op
Hog Raising Tips From Iowa Farmers In March Weather
Jones County farmers discuss moving to cleaner farrowing grounds near Martelle and Waukee. Jack Armstrong notes long practice of using clean ground for sows and pigs. Advice includes washing sows, cleaning pens with lye, and grazing on clean pasture until four to five months old. An oil stove helped save pigs during cold weather. Harvey Lund and J Keith Noll are also mentioned in farm problem talks.
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Jack Armstrong
Jones County
Martelle
Texas
Armstrong
Harvey Lund
Marvey
Joteae Wavertige
Fence Drift on Neighboring Driveway Sparks Feud
A terse verse notes a fence drift snag in woven wire and a shovel used to divert melting snow from a childless neighbor’s driveway. The road between a farm and school stays open for pupils, while the other man benefits, fueling a wintertime neighborhood dispute.
Argentine Corn Crop Seen Larger Than Usual
Washington reports 1940 41 Argentine corn crop now seen at 400 to 470 million bushels based on latest acreage and favorable weather. 1939 40 crop was 408 million with 250 million bushels of old crop exportable surplus, yet world demand is weak and storage issues loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Argentine Grain Board
Tt 18
Steers Average 1103 Pounds Bring 1225 Per Hundred Weight
Fred Butterbrodt of Tipton sold 27 steers near Tipton trading at Chicago for 1225 dollars per hundred pounds. The lot averaged 1103 pounds each, reflecting steady demand for heavier cattle in early week trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Tipton
Fred Butterbrodt
Chicago
West Union butter grader named in federal post
Special to The Gazette Floyd Neitger, buttermaker at West Union creamery for 16 years, is appointed a federal butter grader in Chicago, a civil service position. He won a silver medal in national competition and another in state. He led the Iowa Creamery Operators' Association district unit. Donald Neumann becomes his assistant, with Richard Trapp as secretary. Duties begin April 1.
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Gazette West Union
Floyd Neitger
West Union Creamery
Chicago
Wefzger
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
Donald Neumann
Netzger
Richard Trapp
Mr. Netzger
April L
Sap's Runnin West Union Maple Season Starts Late
First batch of maple syrup for the season was turned off this week at the Aubrey Guyer camp the largest local producer The season is late due to cold and snow of March The syrup is heavy and dark but of usual tasting quality There are several other sugar camps in West Union and elsewhere in northeastern Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
West Union
Aubrey Guyer
Towa
Pig with double headed anomaly born on Beebe Farm
Special to The Gazette reports a freak pig born at Mrs. Alva Beebe’s Central City farm. The animal had two normal eyes and a center eye with two eyeballs, located between two heads. The ninth pig died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Central
Illinois Swine Day Set at University of Illinois
Special to The Gazette Chicago April 4 marks swine growers day at the University of Illinois. The program will present results from the college experiments in breeding feeding and management and discuss swine industry problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Chicago
University of Illinois
Milk Tops Farm Income in United States
Milk remains the leading source of farm income in the United States, surpassing cattle, cotton, wheat, and tobacco by wide margins. The data shows milk income exceeding cattle, twice cotton, three times wheat, and five times tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Two Per Cent Decline in January Farm Income in the West North Central
Cash farm income in the west north central region fell 2 percent in January from a year earlier. Livestock income rose 13 percent, crops fell 9 percent, and government payments were down except in Iowa and South Dakota. Iowa January income reached 81.8 million with 6.62 million in government payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West North Central
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Shepherd To Study Effect Of Ever Normal Granary
Geoffrey S. Shepherd of the Ames agricultural economics staff receives a six month leave to work with the Bureau of Agriculture Economics in Washington D C. He will study statistical problems from operating an ever normal granary for corn under Frederick Waugh and begin duties this week.
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AMES
Geoffrey S. Shepherd
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Washington, D. C
Shepherd
Washington
Frederick Waugh
Milk livelihoods shape one in fifteen American families
A USDA estimate shows about one fifteenth of U S families rely on milk as a major source of income. The report highlights dairy farming's economic role and regional dynamics influencing production and prices.
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United States
Administratrix Public Sale of Blacksmith Equipment
The estate of Charles Modracek offers a public auction on Monday March 31 1941 at 12 30 PM five miles south of Cedar Rapids on Sixth Street near Lefebvre crossing. Complete blacksmith shop with forge, anvil, tools, belts, drills, grinder, lumber, a Fairbanks Morse scale and more plus a 195 Willys coupe automobile. Mrs Charles Modracek administratrix JW Challis clerk Cedar Rapids Iowa roots listed.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Fairfax Road
Lefebvre
Larce
Fairbanks Morse
Willys Automobile
Charles Modracek
JW. Challis
Tisben
Wank
Tewa
Natex touted by happy user and sister
An advertisement recounts Art McNeal praising Natex for easing sluggish bowels and improving sleep and energy. He credits his sister for urging a trial at K and M Pharmacy and mentions relief from stomach distress gas and backaches. The notice promotes Natex as available at K and M SE and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natex
Second Avenue SE
Art McNeal
Seventh Avenue SE
Thor
Boost In Hay Indicates Boost In Hay
Kansas City reports an expected rise in hay supplies for 1941 as farmers plan to cut 62,398,000 acres of tame hay, up from 61,592,000 acres in 1940 and above the 10 year average. Increases of five percent or more are seen in North Dakota South Dakota Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi and Kentucky. The shift reflects local conditions and remaining crop reductions rather than a general hay shortage.
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The
Gazette
Kansas City
Hay Market Review
Agricultural Marketing Service
North Dakota
South Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kentucky
Soul Conservation by A Country Woman
Poem notes springtime rural life with sunny skies and working fields The speaker describes farmers seeding trades and social exchanges amid bright weather and seasonal optimism.
Cow tester hired at Dairy Herd Improvement No. 2
Kenneth Enderland of Thompson Ames, a student for two years, is hired as supervisor for Dairy Herd Improvement association No. 2 and will begin April 1. He succeeds Dwight Rogers who resigned to start farming near Albia. Karl Miller of Elgin, secretary and treasurer, announced the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Kenneth Enderland
Thompson
Ames
Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 2
Karl Miller
Elgin
Enderland
Dwight Rogers
Albia
Holsteins Average $147 At Waterloo
Fifty four Holsteins including 13 club heifers sold at the state Holstein association auction in Waterloo. The sale averaged $147.40 with 33 breeding cows and heifers at $180, and eight bulls totaling $1,275 averaging nearly $160. Top price was $405 paid by Ben Bowne for a 2 year old heifer. Bowne also bought two more aged cows, totaling $1,365 for five head. Bulls peaked at $175 with three bulls at that price.
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Waterloo
State Holstein Association
Ben Bowne
Ottumwa
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Bowne
Herbert Kleiss
Brooklyn
W D. Mitchell
Reinbeck
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Omaha Bank For Cooperatives
Ray Anderson
Poweshiek County
Montezuma
Emory Grosenbach
Searsboro
Johnson County
Town City
Farm Bureau
Grundy Center
Louisa County
Wapello
Manchester
Delaware County
Waukon
Allamakee
Fayette County
van Horne
Benton
Loren Brown
Byard Caerree
A. C. Knapp
Vinton
Waubeek
J. Keith Noll
Peppies Savings Bank
Cedar Rap
Neczger
Sap
Freak Pig
Illinois
E. Cohn & Sons
9Th Ave
3Rd St
Percen
Arl McNeal
Soul Conservation
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Town
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