Cerro Gordo Farm Bureau Rejects State Federation Support
Cerro Gordo county Farm Bureau voted unanimously to withhold financial support from the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, effectively seceding, amid protests over state actions and use of funds for cooperatives and service activities. The dispute centers on how dues flow and whether commercial activities are properly funded by member money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerro Gordo County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Cerro Gordo Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
Mason City
Fann
Francis Johnson
The
Gazette
United States Grain Growers Association
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Federation
Johnson
State Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Crawford and
Page
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Mitchell
Floyd
Wright
Guthrie
Carroll
Adams
Linn
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Farm Bureau Cooperatives
REA
Livestock Marketing Corporation
Farm Bureau Auction Notices at Cedar Rapids Area
Farmers will attend auction sales on Wednesday March 30 near Cedar Rapids five miles southeast. Iowa Farm Bureau federation acted without state executive board approval at the January Des Moines meeting. Delegates previously allowed a $1 return of the $4 to counties for educational work, a resolution later rescinded at the convention’s final session.
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Aisa A
Cuimlluvelsy
Wincil Ucbratl
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
State Farm Bureau Federation
Sam
Mi. SE
CR. Lami
Averill Farm
Jersey Guernsey
Guernsey
Corn Exports Top One Million Bushels for Week
The grain market review reports U S corn exports exceeded 1,000,000 bushels in the week ended March 25, boosting the season total to about 35,000,000 bushels. Argentine shipments are negligible as European buyers seek U S corn amid South American crop concerns. Texas planting has begun with favorable conditions. Record receipts totaled 4,893,000 bushels, aided by a freight rate increase taking effect soon.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economies
South America
South Africa
United States
Texas
Imported alfalfa and clover seeds largely unadapted
Washington reports 3,590,000 pounds of alfalfa seed and 4,990,000 pounds of red clover seed imported from July 1 to March 1, mostly unadapted varieties. Authorities note relevance to farm program requirements for adapted seeds and a short supply of suitable stock, with Canada and Argentina providing major shares among the imports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Canada
Argentina
South Africa
France
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Chile
Latvia
The
Netherlands
Austria
Germany
Great Britain
Iowa AAA Benefit Payments Reach 3.58 Million in 1937
O D Klein announces Iowa farmers received 3 578 932 in benefits under the 1937 AAA soil conservation program. Woodbury County led with 256 804 among 24 counties listed in the report.
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Iowa
Des Moines
O. D. Klein
AAA
Woodbury County
Series of weed meetings projected in Buchanan
Independence plans for four meetings on eliminating noxious weeds in Buchanan County. Martin Sylvester, state weed specialist, will meet with the county board of supervisors, the county engineer, the county weed commissioner, and County Agent Dallas Western in Buchanan County on Tuesday.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Martin Sylvester
County Board of Supervisors
Dallas Western
Champion Belgians at Storm Lake Horse Show
A Belgian stallion owned by B. F. Barber of Fonda and a mare owned by A. M. Koenig of Storm Lake were judged grand champions at the second annual horse and colt show. Seventy five horses entered and fifty five won prizes.
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Storm Lake
B. F. Barber
Fonda
A. M. Koenig
Creamerymen Hear AAA Debate At National Convention
Ames dairy expert A W Rudnick announced that at the National Butter Makers convention in St Paul on April 26 and 27 two collegiate teams will debate the question Resolved that the agricultural adjustment act of 1938 is detrimental to the dairy industry The affirmative will be Iowa State College and the negative the University of Minnesota Iowa entries must be shipped by April 4 for the national butter contest
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Ames
Export Of Eggs From China To Be Reduced This Year
China will ship far less dried and fortified eggs this season due to interior unrest high transport costs and heavy chicken losses. The 1938 39 processing season may reach only about 50 percent of recent averages with Shanghai Tsingtao and Tientsin stocks small. Exports, mainly dried and frozen eggs, rely on the UK and US markets.
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Gazette
Washington
China
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Tientsin
United Kingdom
United States
15 Percent Cut In Flax For Seed Indicated This Year
The 1938 flax seed acreage is forecast at 1,112,000 acres, about 85.4 percent of 1937 sowing, with declines expected in North Dakota and South Dakota and smaller gains in Minnesota and Montana. Harvested flax seed area could drop to around 870,000 acres versus 924,000 in 1937.
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Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Ham Exports From New York Reach 856 860 Pounds in 10 Days
New York reports exports of hams totaling 856 860 pounds across three cargoes from March 12 to 21. Lard shipments exceed 2 000 000 pounds for the month to date. Polish and other European dams still enter, but current prices discourage heavy imports.
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New York
March Brings Strong Survival for Farm Chicks Pigs Lambs
On the H. A. Ferguson farm two miles north of Olin a brood shows high vitality. Of 829 chicks bought three weeks earlier only eighteen failed to live. Chicks cost seven dollars per hundred at Wyoming. The couple remodeled a 16 by 38 building costing about one hundred dollars for a broader house and laying flock. Mrs. Ferguson plans 350 pallets in production next fall.
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H. A. Ferguson
Olin
Wyoming
Bangs disease conference opens in St Paul
The opening session of a Bangs disease conference in St Paul features reports on control progress from nine north central states. Speakers include Arlie Mucks of Wisconsin and Gov. Elmer Benson, with Dr. AE Wight outlining national progress in eradication efforts. Officials from North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota also present.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Location of Farm Research Lab Pends Committee Decision
Washington AP The Agriculture Department moves to chart a broad research course before selecting four regional laboratories under the farm act Each lab must serve major farm producing areas and focus on crops with regular surpluses A Jardine led committee drafts procedures while states offer site suggestions and potential funding signals
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Robert W. Trullinger
Wallace
J. T. Jardine
Office of Experiment Stations
Trullinger
Jardine
Agricultural Department
State
Soon To Farrow Sows Top Auction At 38 50
Washington weekly community sale sold 218 head of livestock. The top brood sow due to farrow soon brought 38.50, and feeding heifers around 300 pounds averaged 32.50.
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Farrow
the Gazette
Washington
Seeding Underway in Winneshiek County Weather Delayed
Sore plowing and some seeding occurred in Winneshiek County last week with more planned this week. Ground remains too wet for general field work, delaying full seeding until next week.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Spring Fever in Rural Youth Describes Restlessness
A Country Woman sketches the symptoms of spring fever among boys. They display a distant look, lack of finish to tasks, wandering habits, and idle curiosity while the season lures them to aimless fencing and careless pockets knives at sticks. The piece notes a fully developed but hopefully not chronic condition.
Windbreak Planting Demos Planned Across Iowa This Week
Ames extension division launches its annual drive to promote windbreak plantings in eastern Iowa with demonstrations on Marion Olson's Gilman farm and A L Burgett's near Deep River. Ramsey notes only 5 percent of farms have adequate wind breaks and promotes pine and spruce varieties for effective barriers.
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Ames
Marion M Olson
Gilman
A. L. Burgett
Deep River
Ames Extension Division
Iowa
G R. Ramsey
Ramsey
Marion M. Olson
R. P. Morse
Wyoming
Iowa Senators Clash Over Proposed Pork Tax
Iowa Senators Herring and Gillette express concern as the finance committee weighs a pork import tax raise from 3 1/4 to 9 1/2 cents per pound. Gillette says he may offer a floor amendment to shift to a 2 3/4 cent rise to protect farmers while preserving foreign markets.
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Washington
Senate
Herring
Gillette
Iowa
Finance Committee
House
Poland
New Farm House Rising On Messer Farm North Of Here
Construction has begun on a new all modern story and a half bungalow 28 by 34 feet at the Harry Messer farm located north of town. The old dwelling has been moved to one side to make way for the new structure.
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Dysart
Harry Messer
Here
Bulk of Stored Eggs in Chicago Pressure Markets
The article reports heavy egg storage in Chicago driving market trends with government support preventing price declines. It notes roughly two thirds of stored eggs are in Chicago warehouses, weak eastern demand, rising shell egg storage, and tentative price stability amid seasonal production and consumption campaigns. Butter prices in New York remain steady due to government purchases but show a weak undertone with limited support on the Chicago board.
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Brown
New York City
Chicago
West
New York
Chicago Board
Red Clover Seed Tops Iowa Prices At Four Cents A Pound
Iowa average prices for twenty four field seeds as of February 15 reported by the federal bureau of agricultural economics show fourteen seeds lower or higher than last year. Red clover leads at 41.75 per hundredweight followed by alsike and white clover, with soybeans at 1.50 per bushel and seed oats at 0.40 per bushel among others.
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Iowa
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Corn Sugar Domestic Distribution Drops From 1936
Washington AP Agri culture department economists report domestic corn sugar distribution last year reached 412,989 pounds, down 172 percent from 1936 when 419,879,240 pounds were distributed. Estimated production exceeds distribution by about 5,000,000 pounds in both years. Iowa’s production was not listed in the records.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Corn Industries Research Bureau
Iowa
Japs Set Up New Nanking Puppet State
Li Tsung Jen reports Chinese forces on the Tientsin Pukow front retreating in southern Shantung as Lun Cheng and Tsining are recaptured. Japan proclaims a puppet regime at Nanking while Chinese troops advance on all fronts and foreign contracts with Hankow government are not recognized. Japanese-claimed protection for foreigners is noted amid mission property warnings.
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Hankow
INS
Li- Tsung-Jen
Tientsin- Pukow
Shantung
Luncheng
Tsining
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Nanking
Nippon
Tientsin-Nanking
Will Rogers' Son On Honeymoon After Meeting On Golf Course
Hollywood report says James Blake Rogers son of Will Rogers and Marguerite Kemmler are on their honeymoon. He is the late humorist Will Rogers' heir and the couple wed recently after a three year courtship that began on a golf course.
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Will Rogers
Hollywood
Ins
James Blake Rogers
Marguerite Kemmler
New York
Notice for Proposals for Concrete Paving Cedar Rapids
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for seven inch reinforced concrete paving on Sixteenth Avenue Southwest from Ninth to Eleventh Street. Work begins by April 25 1938 and finishes by July 1 1938 with assessment certificates issued to the contractor within forty days after completion. Proposals open at 10:00 p.m. on April 8 1938. BID security ten percent required. council may reject any or all bids.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Ninth Street
Eleventh Street
Iowan Bank
L. J Storey
M. M Krebs
Notice to Plumbers for Cedar Rapids Sewer and Water Bid
Sealed proposals will be received by the City Clerk of Cedar Rapids for sanitary sewer and water connections on selected streets. Bids due April 14 1938 at 10 a.m. with 5 percent bid security. plans on file in City Clerk's office.
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Cedar Rapids
Towit
Sixteenth Avenue
K Street
Twelfth Street
Linn County
Iowa
Bss
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
L. J Storey
Mexico Faces Severe Plight From U S Silver Ban
The United States halts Mexican silver purchases starting April 1, sending Mexico into economic distress and risking mine closures and mass layoffs. President Cardenas vows to stabilize the economy and seeks a 100 million peso bond issue to pay oil firms. Ambassador Nejera relays Washington’s move as a blow unseen since World War II.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Washington
Lazaro Cardenas
United States
Francisco Cehtillo Nejera
Cardenas
Josephus S. Daniels
London Silver Slump Follows U.S. Mexico Silver Policy
Silver prices fell sharply on Monday in London after the United States ended purchases of Mexican silver causing a broad sell off on the London exchange.
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London
INS
London Exchange
United States
Fire destroys Corona hotel injuring eight in Montreal
A morning blaze at the Corona hotel in Montreal injured eight people early Monday. Hotel employee William Peck, 28, suffered critical burns as the historic building burned.
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Montreal
Corona
William Peck
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