Bearish pressure extends to all cattle classes in market
Price pressure from buyers has persisted over two weeks. Cattle markets show declines with Wednesday and Thursday drops in interior and central markets. Chicago saw only three droves above 13 dollars, with limited high bids from Michigan and Iowa. Causes cited include beef price weakness versus pork, Lent, and upcoming Jewish holidays. Prospects point to continued pressure and overall market levels 75 cents to $1 lower than the week's start.
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Chicago
Michigan
Iowa
Ed Reiter
Monticello
Fence Drift and Rural Roads Highlight Road Legislation
In Des Moines the contrast between large cream-hauling vans clogging streets and smaller farmer trucks navigating muddy sideroads is noted as a factor in potential road and truck legislation. The piece urges lawmakers to consider rural carrier challenges alongside urban traffic realities.
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Des Moines
Farmer Boys
West Union Named Site for Iowa Brown Swiss Picnic
Special to The Gazette. West Union has been tentatively chosen as the site for the Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders association state picnic on June 20, tied to the northeastern Iowa Brown Swiss parish show at the fairgrounds. H. A. Mabon Randallz is parish president and Harold Iserman Waverly is secretary treasurer. Ralph Bowers Arlington serves as director.
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West Union
Iowa
Harold Iserman
Waverly
Ralph Bowers
Arlington
Orchard grafting demo for Jones county farmers
S. W. Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist will conduct an orchard grafting demonstration for Jones county farmers at the men’s reformatory farm in Anamosa on Monday.
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Anamosa
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Jones County
Parity payments on wheat due soon in Iowa
A Cedar Rapids meeting of 14 eastern Iowa AAA committeemen trained on computing parity payments for the 1939 wheat program. State Chairman O D Klein stated wheat payments—11 cents a bushel times normal yield—will come soon. corn payments will be 6 cents per bushel after initial tests. The session also covered first sealed-corn inspections.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
O. D. Klein
AAA
H. L. Dieterich
Dell de Haan
State Office
Klein
National Congress
Iowa Farm Bureau President Praises Nine Iowa Reps
Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau commends all nine Iowa House members for voting to retain parity payments under the 1939 AAA program. The delegation supported an appropriation to continue adjustment payments, which had been defeated earlier. Johnson urged reconsideration, warning that losing this feature could cost farmers up to 12 cents per bushel on corn.
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DES Moines
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
House of Representatives
Iown
Johnson
Iowa
Corn Hog Ratio Falls for U S and Iowa
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports mid-March hog corn ratios slightly less favorable for feeders. US average: 16 bushels per 100 pounds hog, down from 16.4 a month earlier. Iowa 20.3, down from 20.9. Belt figures 18.4, down from 18.8. year ago values higher.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Iowa
Faye Roudabush Named Assistant 4-H Organizer
Mrs. Faye Roudabush wife of W J Roudabush former county agent has been named assistant state 4 H girls club organizer She will contact clubs and leaders statewide to assist rally day program planning She will report at Ames on April 4 for training and her appointment runs April May and June A Wesleyan graduate she has long supported girls club work in Wayne and Washington counties and has been active in chorus groups.
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Washington
Faye Roudabush
W. J. Roudabush
Roudabush
Ames
Iowa Wesleyan College
Wayne
Washington Counties
Morley Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Highway Safety
Special to The Gevvette reports that about 200 farmers and families attended the Greenfield Township Farm Bureau gathering in Morley. State highway patrol members gave safety information and depicted motion pictures. Rome and Fairview Township Farm Bureau members attended as guests.
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Morley
Greenfield Township Farm Bureau
State Highway Patrol
Rome
Fairview Township Farm Bureau
Local FFA Chapter Elects Officers in Wauk County
Charles Cook was elected president of the Little Switzerland Future Farmers of America chapter with Lloyd Clark as vice president Willard Goeke as secretary Donald Hansmeier as treasurer and Vernis Engelhardt as reporter for the group全
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Waukon
Charles Cook
Little Switzerland
Future Farmers
Lloyd Clark
Willard Goeke
Donald Hansmeier
Vernis Engelhardt
Keokuk Achievement Program Showcases Child Development
The Keokuk county achievement day featured a book parade with characters from Little Boy Blue Ferdinand the Bull and Tom Sawyer acted by township women. Other acts included a four act home project play and an opera dramatization Hansel and Gretel.
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Little Boy Blue
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Keokuk County
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Prairie
Liberty
Lafayette
Clear Creek
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Warren
Richland
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Plank
East Lancaster
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Jackson Township
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Gretel
Arganbright
Benton
Marian Edwards
Ames
Jackson
van Buren
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Washington
Booth
Miss Edwards
Oat Test Plots to Be Planted in 29 Iowa Counties
Ames Oats will be trialed in 29 Iowa counties in 1939 with uniform nursery sowings of varieties Iowa 103 Hancock Iowa 105 Boone Gopher Marion Columbia Fulghum C I 3500 and C I 3502. Four counties Floyd Chickasaw Butler and Bremer join in one plot. Field notes will be kept as plots are harvested and yields tabulated to assess regional variety value.
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Ames
Iowa
E. S. Dyas
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Crawford
Davis
Delaware
Fremont
Hamilton
Hancock
Jasper
Lee
Louisa
Monona
Monroe
Mitchell
Osceola
Page Pocahontas
Sac
Scott
Wapello
Warren
Webster
Floyd
Chickasaw
Butler
Bremer
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Marion
Columbia
Dyas
1,500,000 Bushel Bean Bin Planned Des Moines
DES MOINES AP Swift and company Chicago has called for bids on erecting concrete bins for its proposed $300,000 soybean oil plant in Des Moines. The bins will have a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels of soybeans.
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Des Moines
Swift and Company
Chicago
Reinbeck live stock sale brings steers to Chicago market
Robert Cresnel and sons led a Chicago market sale on Wednesday with 25 steers averaging 1,098 pounds at 11.40 per hundredweight and 22 head averaging 990 pounds at 10.75 per hundredweight.
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Reinbeck
Robert Cresnel and Sons
Chicago
Farm Auction Events Schedule Cedar Rapids Anamosa
Listings show an In. Live stock exchange sale in Cedar Rapids on Friday March 31 and a George Minor sale on Saturday April 1 at 242 mi east Palo Anamosa Livestock Auction.
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Anamosa
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
George Minor
East Palo Anamosa Livestock Auction
Farm Discussions Baffle Demagogs Says Gov Wilson
DES MOINES INS Gov George A Wilson praised Bremer county Farm Bureau members for their get to gether spirit at the county banquet in Waverly saying farmers meet discuss and act in unison to serve their interests and that modern highways aid the get together spirit Nearly 400 farmers and Waverly professionals attended the event served by the men
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Des Moines
INS
George A. Wilson
Statehouse
Bremer County
Farm Bureau
Waverly
Wilson
Steers Sell At 12 Dollars On Chicago Market
Onslow P. H. Paulson received 12 dollars for twenty two head weighing thirteen hundred fifteen pounds each on the Chicago market Wednesday.
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Onslow
P. H. Paulson
Chicago
Iowa farmers plan to seed 20 000 acres to flax this year
Des Moines AP Iowa farmers plan to seed 20 000 acres to flax this year, up from 10 000 acres in 1938, according to an agriculture department report. The 1929 38 flax acreage was 18 090 acres.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Royal flock nets $2000 on 1000 Buff Orpington hens
A. J. and Mrs. Deardorff of Royal Iowa saw their flock of 1000 Buff Orpington hens generate a $2000 profit last year. The birds lay about 700 eggs daily, and Mrs. Deardorff credits a cooperating husband for the success.
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Royal, Ia
A. J. Deardorff
Royal
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