Farm debt and taxes total $10 billion in 1938 reports
Official farm finance figures show 1938 farm income $7.63 billion used to meet debts and taxes, with total farm debt near $10 billion. Mortgage debt stood at $7.082 billion, short-term credit $2.5 to $3 billion, and interest payments about $365 million. Foreclosures per 1,000 farms dropped to 14.3 from 38.8 in 1933.
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Agriculture Department
Federal Land Banks
Land Bank Commissioners
Aone
Farm Credit Administration
Agriculture Credit
Louisa Farmers Back House Farm to Market Road Bill
About 100 farmers from every Louisa county township gathered at the court house to press for passage of the farm to market road bill as approved by the house. They adopted resolutions urging Governor Wilson Senator Corwin and Representative Pine to back the house bill as the only path for a continued farm to market road program.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Court House
House
Senate
Wilson
Corwin
Pine
F.C. Johnston
Columbus Junction
Fence Drift described by R F A Vapor
A short verse noting vapor lock in engines during three consecutive days last week with kerosene added to gasoline to fix the fault and a remark on warm spring weather lifting spirits as automobiles feel spring fever.
Oats Seeding Starts in Washington County
In Washington County Iowa farmers begin sowing oats as warm dry weather continues. A few sowings have been reported to date, but most farmers plan to wait a few more days before starting, with heavy acreage expected by Saturday night if conditions hold.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
160 Attend Louisa County 4-H Fun Night
One hundred sixty 4-H boys and girls from Louisa County attended the annual fun night on Saturday. Many parents and friends were present. The entertainment committee included Max Hafner Mary Perdelwitz Kenneth Blasi Ralph Stone Elna Bailey Dean Lowe and Evelyn Hammer.
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Gazette
Wapello
Louisa County
Max Hafner
Mary Perdelwitz
Kenneth Blasi
Ralph Stone
Elna Bailey
Dean Lowe
Evelyn Hammer
1938 Farm Income Up for Northeast Iowa Group
Carl Malone reported at Elkader that the 160 members of the Northeast Iowa Farm Business association averaged 2320 dollars net income in 1938, about 300 more than 1937, with average management return around 500 dollars. Higher livestock feed returns, especially hogs, aided the year. Leonard Bodensteiner is new fieldman for the northeast group while Malone moves to the Central Iowa association.
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Eleader
Northeast Iowa Farm Business Association
Carl Malone
Association
Elkader
Malone
Leonard Bodensteiner
Northeast Iowa
Central Iowa Association
Farm Auction Schedule Cites Multiple District Sales
Auction notices list sales on March 28 29 and 30 with firms G. J. Moenck Leo Kelly Co Earnest Melberg Hite and Ward. Locations include Amber Cedar Rapids Marengo Norway and Vinton with various commission rates and closings. Local farmers prepare to bid on horses livestock and farm goods.
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G. J. Moenck
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Leo Kelly Co
Marengo
Earnest Melberg
South Norway
Hite and Ward
North Vinton
Corn Exports in March Show Minimal Movement
Exports of corn in March were negligible with a total of 25,000,000 bushels since October 1, versus 44,000,000 last year. Domestic market receipts reached 130,000,000 bushels, down from about 158,000,000, as farmers seal large quantities for federal loan programs, a federal market review notes.
The Marvels of Nematodes in Iowa Outdoors
An exploration of nematodes highlights their ubiquity from Iowa soil to polar ice. The piece notes their vast numbers, diverse habitats, and impact on humans and animals, including disease like hookworm and elephantiasis, while touching on their historical role in genetics and the food chain.
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United States
Iowa 4-H baby beef project feeds in 1938 numbers
Special to The Gazette reports a record Iowa 4-H baby beef enrollment with 4 210 members completing 1938, 6 592 calves fed, totaling 528 652 investment and 708 898 selling price. County Farm Bureaus extension service USDA and Iowa Beef Producers' Association coordinated programs in 98 counties.
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MES
Iowa
John S. Quist
Ames Extension Service
County Farm Bureaus of
Extension Service
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Baby Beef Club
Ensilage Tour in Winneshiek Friday
Winneshiek county farmers will take part in a legume ensilage tour on March 31 visiting Joseph Bodensteiner Farm near Ossian for alfalfa ensilage, Albert Andera Farm near Spillville, Aase Haugen Home Farm near Decorah for sweet clover ensilage, and William Beard Farm west of Decorah for sorghum ensilage. Displays and merit discussions by Bodensteiner, Andera, Rev QC, E Schmidt and Beard will be held at the sales pavilion.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Joseph Bodensteiner
Ossian
Albert Andera
Spillville
Aase Haugen
William Beard
Bodensteiner
Andera
E. Schmidt
Beard
Legume Silage Tour Highlighted by Winneshiek Equity Society
In the afternoon, the Winneshiek equity society discussed legume silage tours, noting Jones as the only other Iowa county to have hosted a similar event to date.
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Winneshiek Equity Society
Jones
Iowa County
Monona Creamery pays 27 cents for top butterfat
Monona farmers cooperative creamery paid 27 cents per pound for butterfat in February and 26 cents for No 1 butterfat. The plant produced 46,324 pounds of butter from 37,218 pounds of butterfat.
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Monona Creamery
Monona
Monona Farmers Cooperative Creamery
18000 Trees To Be Set Out In Winneshiek Co
Decorah area farmers order more than 18000 trees from Clark McNary nursery at Ames as part of forestation and erosion control. Farm sale announces closing out sale on a property five miles north of Vinton, Iowa, with a large catalog of livestock equipment and farm machinery slated for auction Saturday March 50th at noon.
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Winneshiek Co
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Clark-McNary
Ames
E. D. Mee
Central City
Iowa
Vinton
Rock Road No. 101
Guernsey
Molsteins
Berkshire
Chester
Hampshire
Rochester
Sow Farrows Two Litters in 12 Days at Center Point
Center Point farmer George Martin reported two separate farrowings by the same sow within 12 days. On March 13 she bore nine piglets, seven survived. on March 25 she bore 11 piglets, nine survived. The sow tends the first litter while the farmer hand-feeds the second.
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the Gazette
Center Point
George Martin
Today
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Federal Land Bank
Carl Oldson
Cedar County
Tipton
Howard Hamilton
Iowa Beef Producers Association
South Pole
Moses
Ensilage Tour
Winneshiek
Thurs
Norway
Poland
China
New Hampshire
Little Wonder
Rock Island
Endgate
John Deere
King and Hamilton
Jamesway
Harry Hartz
Prentis Folway
Benton Co. Say
Hite and Ward Schmitz & Long
Aucts
State Bank
Clery
Hall-Ekfelt
Davenport
Lagless
Sewmons
Axminster
Judge Benchley
Miramar Park
Williams
TR Wiliams
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