Rising Prices Boost Paper Profit On North Iowa Farms
The North Central Iowa Farm Business association reports 1933 net farm income on 56 farms at 2227, reversing a 805 loss year prior. Gains largely from higher inventory values of grain and livestock, kept on safe price basis. Cash income rose to 380 per farm, while farm management return climbed to 995 after expenses. High profit farms averaged 57 bushels corn, 19 percent legumes, and 1,354 pounds pork per litter.
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Iowa
CELEY
Iowa Farm Business Association
L. G Allbaugh
Ames Extension
Farm profits favor larger units with high yields
A report notes larger farms show higher profits when crop yields rise and returns on feed and labor use improve. Differences in feed, livestock prices, and disease losses affect returns. larger farms average 324 acres versus 245 for the least profitable, with corn and hay yields higher on the profitable group. Further price rises in livestock and feed could boost net incomes.
Interior market receipts increase in Des Moines hog trade
Des Moines reports slow trading in Tana hog markets with price declines of 10 to 15 cents and higher receipts this week. Interior point shipments rose about 40 percent in four days, while demand remained weak for fresh pork. Bright spots show better quality in some localities, but fall furrowed hogs remain a small share of receipts with prices mostly $3.70 to $4 for 200 to 260 pounds and lighter weights near top prices.
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Des Moines
West Liberty man hired as 4-H agent for Grundy Hardin
Adrian M Wilson, graduate of Iowa State College at Ames with graduate study at Northwestern and Chicago, has been hired as 4-H club agent for Grundy and Hardin counties. He will divide his time equally between Hardin and Grundy counties travailing in each county.
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Gazette Grundy Center
Adrian M Wilson
West Liberty
Chundy
Hardin
Mr Wilson
Iowa State College
Ames
Northwestern
Chicago
Grundy County
Tabulation Of Contracts Nears Finish In Benton
Final figures show Benton county corn-hog contract signers totaling 2150 with 2131 contracts tabulated and nineteen awaiting supporting evidence. Florence Eldorado and Homer townships led with 97 96 and 95 percent participation as contracts remain open until national adjudication in Washington DC.
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Vinton
Benton County
W. A. Geiger
Florence Township
Eldorado
Homer
Leslie M Carl
Des Moines
Washington, DC
Dairy Barn Floor Blocks Made From Timber On Farm
A. J. Johnson of Elkader uses timber sawed from his 25 acre farm to form 6 by 6 inch wood blocks for stall floors in his dairy barn. Blocks are creosoted and laid over gravel, reducing bedding needs as sand in cracks absorbs moisture and bedding does not slip.Johnson plans the same floor for his hog house with native lumber rafters and nearby quarry stone.
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Elkader
A. J. Johnson
Eikader
Johnson
Art Staack
Reopened Wheat Reduction Drive Closes April 15
Ames Iowa AP reports that the reopened wheat reduction drive ends April 15. It covers in-and-out farmers who sow wheat only periodically under a new program with eligibility rules based on rotation, base acreage, and base production calculations. The plan offers annual adjustment payments for such farmers after the initial 1933 payment, with specified reductions tied to rotation years 1934 and 1935.
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AMES
Murl McDonald
Iowa State College Extension Service
McDonald
Access To Dirt Is One Treatment For Anemia In Pigs
Ames Iowa AP reports nutritional anemia in pigs from early life. Allow pigs access to dirt or sod, provide a ferrous sulfate drench weekly, and swab sows udders with the solution until pigs reach six weeks, to prevent and treat the condition.
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AMES
B H Thomas
Thomas
Soy beans cleaned by Farm Department in High Amana
The Gazette reports the Farm Department here cleaned three hundred fifty bushels of soy beans this week. Local officials noted efficient handling and expected timely market readiness.
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the Gazette
Amana
Farm Department
U S Hog Buying Cleverly Handled Says Ames Circular
Ames AP government hog purchases aided producers, holding prices amid rising taxes and a spring slaughter. The Agricultural Economic Facts circular notes government buying cushioned market, boosted Chicago prices by 43 percent from December lows, and expects further supply reductions as late fall hogs are marketed. Hog slaughter fell in early March and lard and pork storage lagged seasonal moves.
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Chicago
Master Feeders honor Dora Rockwood and two others
Master Feeding degrees were presented to Dora Marle and Carl Rockwood of the Alburnett 4 H club by Linn county agent Mervin Donelson at the home of Donald Boddyker. The group discussed baby beef records from last year and a dairying lesson, and Donelson presented a charter to the club as part of a meeting.
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Alburnett
Dora, Marle
Carl Rockwood
Happy Workers
Mervin Donelson
Linn County
Donald Boddicker
Donelson
Lambs Bring $8 75 At Cedar Rapids
A double deck of lambs from North English sold at Cedar Rapids for $8.75 a hundredweight reflecting scarce fed Iowa lambs and narrowing Chicago interior price margins. New crop California lambs entering central markets overlap old crop Colorado lambs as supply tightens and Easter demand rises. The hot springer lambs forty to fifty pounds last December fetch about $12.50 amid the season's smaller spreads.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago
California
Colorado
Elgin Hatchery Expands With New Electric Incubators
A chick hatchery in Elgin added two large electric incubators this week, bringing the total to fourteen. One more unit is planned for installation at a later date.
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Elgin
Jap April Fool Gimcracks Barred As Farming Menace
Washington report says a Japanese manufacturer's April fool treats were barred as a risk to agriculture. The doughnuts and pretzels used rice straw and cotton innards, wrapped in paper, with artificial sugar and salt. A customs agent and plant quarantine inspector deemed them a potential pest risk, prompting return of the shipment to Japan.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Lfe
America
Japan
Farm Bureau distributes account books at Taylor township
County Agent W. A. Geiger distributed Vinton Farm account books to prospective users during the Taylor township Farm Bureau meeting held Tuesday at the Bers Blocher home. More than seventy five attended. Miss Jane Nelson spoke on eliminating garden pests.
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Vinton
W. A. Geiger
Taylor Township Farm Bureau
Bers Blocher
Jane Nelson
Local Farmer Displays Kangaroo-Legged Pig Sired by Chester White
E N McCluskey of 1844 First Avenue West reports a unique pig from a nine pig litter. The animal, dead at birth, lacks front legs and has hind legs resembling kangaroo limbs, yet otherwise appears normal. Authorities preserve the carcass for study.
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E. N. McCluskey
First Avenue W
Malting Barley Confabs Scheduled
R H Porter plant pathologist and seed expert at Ames partners with Paul Farlow agricultural agent for Illinois Central to host barley confabs for growers elevator men and others next week Meetings at Iowa Falls Waterloo Independence Manchester and a possible Dubuque county session start 1 p m Porter speaks on barley diseases control and good growing practices for malting grain Confabs aim to improve maltster and brewer understanding of requirements
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R. H. Porter
Ames
Paul Farlow
Illinois Central
Iowa
Waterloo
Independence
City Hall
Manchester
American Legion
Benton Farm Women Can Spinach And Carrots
Miss Helen Swinney of the Ames extension service presented the second training school on canning to twenty Benton county 4 H leaders and committee women at the A M Goodell home in Eden township. The session demonstrated with spinach and carrots and featured a noon lunch of home canned meats beets sauerkraut and fruit. A third training school on canning early fruits and vegetables will be held in May at the A R Leffler home in Vinton.
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Gazette
Winton
Helen Swinney
Ames Extension Service
Jesson
Benton County
A. M. Goodell
Eden Township
A. R. Leffler
Vinton
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