Corporate owned Iowa farms rise to ten counties in fifteen months
A 1935 bulletin by Iowa State College economists reports corporate ownership of Iowa farmland expanding to an area equivalent to ten counties, about 101 percent of 34.0 million acres. It notes farm mortgage debt fell to 92 million for 1934, about 74 million less than 1933, with 59 percent tenancy and insurance companies as the largest holders of corporate land.
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Iowa
Northwest
Bulletin
William G. Murras
Willard O Brown
Iowa State College
South Central
North Central
Decatar County
Winneshick
The
Farm’ Credit Administration
FCA
FCA County Farm Debt Advisory Committees
Towa Weather and Crops Bureau
Story County
Holsteins Average $157.91 At Auction In Watersloo
Forty eight head of Holsteins sold for a total of $7580, averaging $157.91. Seven bulls averaged $172, forty-one females $155. Top price $270 for a bull calf, $240 for a cow. Linc Tow bought seven head, Manning Creamery bought five, sales spread to Minnesota Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Grundy Center horses sold up to $230, other farm prices noted.
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Watersloo
Albert B Craig
Pittsburgh
Paul P Stewart
Maynard
Miss Fobes
Pauline Sunbeam
Maytag Farms
Newton
Manning Creamery Company
Manning
Norway
Orville Hamer
Waterloo
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Processing Tax Case From Newark In Chicago Court
The hog processing tax case of A Fink and Sons, Newark packers, moved from March 21 to April 16 in U S district court Chicago. Trustees seek release from a 612000 tax to fund other obligations. Hygrades Foods bought the plant for well under the levy. The government was asked to oppose the request, signaling a potentially lengthy dispute with house circles watching closely.
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Chicago
A Fink and Sons, Pork Packers
Newark
United States District Court
Hygrades Food Products Corporation
Machine Adjustment And Repair Studied In Linn
Forty farmers attended the machinery school at Marion Repair conducted by Ames extension agricultural engineer RBy ton Virtue Tuesday. A second session was to be held Wednesday with emphasis on grain binders, and the Gazette notes district activities and local demonstrations. The Tama county girls club party, Faith Huffman in charge, honors 1934 achievements. A vaccination school for cholera controls is set for Jackson county April 2 and 3, arranged by the farm bureau. two-day course with a $3 registration fee.
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Rbyton Virtue Ames Extension Agricultural Engineer
Marion Repair
Spe
Gazette
Traer Aards
Tama County
S Ho Girls Club
Faith Huffman
Toledo
Bpai
Clarette
Jackson
Parm Bureau
Secret to youth found in a healthy bowel
A health claim ad suggests feeling young by curing digestive issues. It cites a Dr Edwards and a Dr Tdwar who promote a bowel-cleaning compound as a substitute for calomel to treat intestines and improve appearance.
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Tdwar
Tdwarts
Army officers buy team for Dakota farm lad
Chicago report describes how LeRoy Johnson of Volin South Dakota asked the War Department for an old horse team to help his mortgaged family. After an inspection at Fort Sheridan two horses were sold for 35 dollars and donated back to the boy along with donations from officers nationwide totaling modest contributions.
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Army
Dakota Farm Lad
Chicago
LeRoy Johnson
Volin
S. D
Artillery Service
United States Army
Leroy
US War Department (Artillery
Wash
D. C
Roger
Funston
Frank R McCoy
Fort Sheridan
Buffalo
Reno
Third Field Artillery
Max Corpening
Field Artillery Journal
Hwaii
Washington
Santa Claus
Shippers Report 25 Per Cent Gain In Soy Handlings
Soybean shipments for the 1934 crop by handlers reporting to Washington show a 25 percent increase over 1933 and 1933 shipments were 25 percent above 1932. About half the 1934 crop had shipped by Jan 22, with past years at 60 percent two years ago and 40 percent the five year average. Grower prices averaged 105 dollars per bushel for 1934 soybeans, versus 80 cents for 1933 and 50 cents for 1932, against a 140 dollar five year average.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Third Corn Hog Payments in Dubuque County
Dubuque county corn hog allotment committee distributed 101995.80 in third payments with over 1200 farmers signed for the 1935 contract. County agent Kerrigan says checks were mailed and calls for pickup arranged. Nationwide figures show Patterson cites 1450 applications in Washington county and McElroy notes about 1700 in Fayette county as of this period.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Frank R. Kerrigan
Specia
Washington
G C Patterson
Washington County
Counts Carnhog
Fayette
Fayette County
Paul FE
McElroy
Illinois Farmers Plan 1 682 000 Acres Of Soys
Illinois farmers will plant a record soy bean acreage this year with a total of 1 682 000 acres planned, compared with 1 193 000 harvested in 1934 and 568 000 in 1933. Corn intended acreage is 158 018 000, down from 7139 000 in 1934, the lowest in sixty one years.
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Springfield
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Cedar Rapids Area
The notice lists Henry Gerdes sale five miles north of Cedar Rapids on Thursday March 28. A livestock sale at Vinton is managed by Frank Dulen on Friday March 29. C L Evans closes out sale one mile north Linn Junction. Iowa Livestock Exchange sale at Cedar Rapids.
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Henry Gerdes
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Frank Dulen
C. L. Evans
Mile North Linn Junction
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Youtzy Place
Linn Junction
McCormick
Hoening sale and cattle auction listed for Maquoketa
On Saturday March 30 W. L. Husek as administrator conducts a sale one mile north Toddville. Also Page and Bowman hold a cattle sale at Maquoketa.
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W. L. Husek
Adm
Toddville
Page and Bowman
Maquoketa
Relief labor sought for weed killing in Ames area
Seven states in Washington DC request federal relief aid to fund weed eradication on Iowa and neighboring lands. The plan would allocate part of a 4.8 million works relief program to dig, cut, or spray noxious weeds and establish a research department. Cooperating states include Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Wisconsin.
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Ames
INS
Washington
Hawarden
Towa
Porter
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Wisconsin
CCC
Federal Relief Administration
New Crop Arizona Alfalfa Arrives on Kansas City Market
The first new crop alfalfa of 1935 reached Kansas City on March 25 from Arizona, about two months ahead of the usual market date. Drought freight rates favor shipments from California and far southwest into drought states, with central west likely to see early regu lar shipments and advancing harvests in May. Spring-like weather swept the central western drought states as dust storms raged and rain was needed.
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Kansas City
Arizona
Oklahoma
Kansas
California
Central West
Cuticara Soap Promises Tender Skin Comfort Daily
If you are troubled with tender sensitive skin you owe it to yourself to make Cuticara Soap your daily toilet soap. Containing medicinal and emollient properties derived from Cuticara Ointment it soothes comforts and helps to keep the skin clear and attractive. Soap 25¢ Ointment 25¢ and 4c.
Dairy Advertising Funds Sought In Iowa Campaign
A Brooklyn driven campaign seeks dairy advertising funds in Iowa. W T Wasson chairs the committee with E M Wright as secretary. The plan levies 15 cents per 1000 pounds of butter 2 cents per 1000 pounds bottled milk 45 cents per 1000 gallons ice cream to fund advertising. Proponents estimate 25 to 30 cents per dairy farm.
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Gazette
Brooklyn
Iowa
Iowa Dairy Association
W . T Wasson
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
H C. Aaberg
Des Moines
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
C. A. Iverson
C J. O’neil
Ames
E. S Essel
Dairy Cattle Congress
P W Crowley
O Ridgeway
A. P. Anderson
Humboldt
A. Sidwell
Iowa City
Wright
RACC Offers Help in Iowa Lamb Settlement Talks
Ben P Larson of Fort Dodge Iowa says the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation will aid in bringing western sheep growers and Iowa feeders to discuss a settlement. Larson, who represents drought district farmers who fed sheep under federal contracts, notes RACC's willingness but limited commitment. Senator Murphy plans another approach with RACC to seek further aid.
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Washington
Ben P Larson
Fort Dodge
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Iowa
Larson
RACC
Murphy
Fayette County Colt Breaking Demonstrations At Two Farms
Nearly 200 farmers in Fayette county attended colt breaking and hitching demonstrations led by Harry Linn of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association. Shows were held Tuesday at J. A. Medberry’s farm near Elgin and Wednesday at Leo Pearl’s farm near Oran.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
J. A. Medberry
Elgin
Leo Pearl
Oran
Appointment of Executrix for Jacob Morehouse estate
Notice from Linn County Iowa states Charlotte Jane Morehouse has been appointed and qualified on March 12, 1935 as Executrix of the estate of Jacob Morehouse, deceased. Creditors urged to pay debts and file claims with Linn County Clerk. Attorney Fred W Hann represents the executrix.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Jacob . Morehouse
Iowa
Charlotte Jane Morehouse
Fred W Hann
Fence Drift Caught in the Ewoven Wire
A wary dog warns of unforeseen bites as a playful pup noses around. The tale notes the cat Tom may retaliate if provoked, urging caution and lifelong learning through curiosity despite risk in everyday mischief.
Ten Thousand Added To Farm By-Products Lab Fund At Ames
The United States Department of Agriculture agri cultural by-products laboratory on the Ames campus receives a $10,000 public works grant for interior completion and furnishing of the building. P. Burke Jacobs says the job will use PWA labor and be completed by June 1. New laboratory equipment for agricultural waste research has arrived from Washington, D. C.
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AMES
United States Department of Agriculture
P. Burke Jacobs
Washington, D. C
Farms Bring 70 to 125 Dollars an Acre in Humboldt Area
In Humboldt and Pocahontas counties an uptick in farm sales was noted with prices from 70 to 125 dollars per acre. The Watson farm's 120 acres led at 125 per acre, followed by the G Aden 160 acre tract at 110, Fred Hof fert 80 acres at 100, and Bankers Life Insurance 200 acres at 70. Three farms were sold to W J Moran of Peoria Illinois.
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Humboldt
Pocahontas
Watson
G. Aden
Fred Hoffert
Bankers Life Insurance Company
W. J. Moran
Peoria
20 Acres Oats Sown Near Blairstown
Blairstown area reports farmer Frank Brant finished seeding twenty five acres of oats and plans to sow fifty more when weather allows. Heavy Sunday rain halted field work for others while early gardens appear. In Center Point, Clarence Floyd plowed first yardwork of spring as farmers repair barns and fences in anticipation of field work.
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Blairstown
Frank Brant
North English area begins spring field work in region
Special to The Gazette notes North English area farmers starting spring field activity. Glen McKinstry and Wagner Brothers led plowing near North English on Friday while James McDowell near Batavia planted potatoes on Saturday. Will Coffman south of North English dished corn stubble Saturday. Carl Faas north of Millersburg and Herman Guenthner northwest of North English plan to sow oats Monday amid hail at Martinsburg. Urbana farmers await dry weather to finish last year’s corn and prepare soil for this year with Charles Cross sowing oats Tuesday.
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Glen McKinstry
Wagner Brothers
North English
James McDowell
Batavia
Jefferson County
Will Coffman
Carl Faas
Millersburg
Herman Guenther
Urbana
Charles Cross
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