Manipulation Drives Butter Prices in Late March Market
The March butter market was driven by a squeeze play engineered by speculators in Chicago rather than basic supply and demand. Short sellers bet on imports and production, while "songs" forced a price advance in the last week, squeezing shorts and perplexing producers, with New Zealand butter flowing into New York stores at about 32 cents a pound and tariffs yielding about 1.39 million dollars this year.
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ThanAlare
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New York
the Gazette
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Jan. i
Holland
Baltic States
Europe
Closing Out Public Sale of Livestock and Machinery
Auction notices advertise a mixed sale featuring 5 year old heifers, bred ewes, and Sired stock, plus heavy farming gear. Catalog lists Masterpiece Morty cattle, multiple Deere tractors, plows, harrows, wagons, and assorted farm equipment. Sale stresses suitability for herd improvement and upcoming rebred ewes in April, with usual terms and early bring-ins welcome.
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Bite Iit
Bronte
Hull
Gailtord
Ts Crawford
Arness
Derry
Junin Deere
Wwe
Duets Deere
Piow
Hay Ark
Concord
Another Job For 4-H Clubbers To Prevent Farm Fires
Washington AP John Strohm Iowa State fire marshal said plans were under way to organize 4 H clubs to aid rural fire prevention. He predicted this could cut 500000 to 1000000 dollars off the nation’s annual fire loss. He noted rural areas account for about half of Iowa’s fire losses and cited a ten year drop in Iowa’s annual fire losses from four to eight million dollars and a per capita cost fall from 3.99 to 1.72 dollars. Strohm serves on the agricultural committee of the Fire Waste council studying rural fire problems.
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Washington
John Strohm
Iowa
National Fire Waste Council
Strohm
Iowan
Fire Waste Council
Peat Litter Sales Double This Year In Poultry Industry
Poultry producers struggle with straw shortages and turn to peat and cottonseed hulls as litter options. Peat litter doubled from last year, sold in 125 to 150 pound bales at about 3 dollars, enough to cover a 10 by 12 brooder house twice. Cottonseed hulls arrive from Nevada at about 165 dollars per 50 pound bag, used to fill similar space and kept dust free with chemicals. Other litters like ground corncobs oat hulls saw increased use, but mold and dust pose risks to chicks. Dustless sand or gravel is preferred by some, while weather changes demand tight housing and even temperatures.
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Nevada
Outstanding Tama 4-H Girls and Club Winners of 1934
Vera Knode of Gladbrook named best all around 4-H girl in Tama county 1934 while Ida Fleming of Dinsdale wins long time record book prize. Both are high school graduates with extensive club work and state fair experience. Medals for boys 4-H projects awarded to Wayne Stevenson, William Irvine, and Walter Pippert. judges include R L Pemberton, L W Plager, and M L Brook.
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Traer
Vera Kerney Knode
C. Knode
Gladbrook
Tama County
Ida Fleming
James Fleming
Dinsdale
Miss Knode
Gladbrook High School
Miss Fleming
Vera Knode
Clever Carltoneers
Carlton Township
Arnquist Pioneers
4-H
Grant Township
Ames
Washington, D. C
Edith Huffman
Burns Byram
Wayne Stevenson
Paul Stevenson
Shropshire
Wayne
Peppy Pioneers Club
William Irvine
John Irvine
Chester
Walter Pippert
John F Pippert
R. L. Pemberton
L. W. Plager
M. L. Brook
Tama
Corn and hog program labeled unfair and biased
A reader accuses the crop adjustment program of favoritism toward Ohio and Indiana teachers pets, citing state-by-state benefit payments and hog counts. The piece argues the program is inequitable across states and counties and calls for drastic reform before 1935 to preserve soil fertility and national wealth.
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Washington
Soil Tills Well As Field Work Gets Off To Slow Start
Start of spring field work in eastern Iowa is erratic with scattered sowing and plowing. Southern counties show more progress before recent rain and snow. Higher ground discs and plows working well, oats ready to be planted quickly once general start arrives. Brandon area reports a few farmers sowing oats. many fields remain poor due to low land.
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Towa
Morrell Seeds Appointed Agricultural Agent in Cedar
Special to The Gazette Morrell Seeds former vocational agriculture teacher at Olin was hired as Cedar county agricultural agent to replace Emmett C. Gardner who becomes Johnson county agent April 1. Mr Leeds has taught at Winfield this year after four years at Olin and plans to start in Cedar by May 1 depending on Winfield successor timing.
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Gardner
Cedar
Tipton
Leeds
Winfield
Olin
Auction of 41 Horses Highlights Decorah Sale
DECORAH Forty one horses were sold Thursday at the Goodno and Ronan combination sale here. Fifteen horses averaged $100 a head with a top price of $157.50. Broad sows sold for $38, cows $52, ewes $725, a disc $45 and a harness $47. Over fifty consignments were included and buyers came from Wisconsin. The sale totaled about $6,100 with 95 percent paid in cash.
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Gazette Decorah
Goodno
Ronan
Wisconsin
Farmer Near Wyoming Threshes Soy Beans
Roy Ireland, a farmer west of Wyoming, began threshing a 25 acre field of soy beans after wet weather prevented harvest last fall. Many beans are reported damaged as the work starts on Thursday with a crew.
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Wyoming
Roy Ireland
Mr. Ireland
Garden activity and weather delay in Lowden area
Many gardeners in the Lowden vicinity planted vegetables in the last two weeks. A weather shift last week caused farmers to postpone potato planting.
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Lowden
Closing Out Sale At Ayprit Near Walford Iowa
Frank Houser of Amana Iowa advertises a closing out sale two miles west of Walford featuring items for sale including a brooder house, planter, mower, wagons, engines, a corn harvester, lumber, tools, a cider press, chicken coops, a scale, stoves, gun, rifles, and various household goods. Contact J Re Krall Fairfax State Savings Bank for details. phone 3 2252.
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Walford
New Brooder House
Miackhawk
McCormick Mower
Frank Houser
Amana
Alt. Eng
Pet Enerre
Cedar Rapids
Saue
Hog market receipts fall to seven market low since 1917
Union Stockyards Chicago reports March hog receipts at seven Midwestern markets totaling 770000 head, the smallest March since 1917. Seven market total for the 14 year span averaged about 1.94 million, with notable declines blamed on drought, corn hog balance, and the government program. Prices rose from late 1934 through early March but retreated as supplies remained tight and consumer demand lagged.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Department of Agriculture
Farm Auction Sale Near Walford This Saturday
A closing out auction conducted by Frank Houser takes place Saturday April 6 two miles south of Walford. The sale features farm equipment and related items available to bidders in the region.
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Botroayi
Mount Verona
Frank C. Russell
Springville
Frank Houser
Miles South
Walford
Hog market shows advance in fresh pork prices
In the hog market during the week just ended and considerable advance was scored in the fresh pork market, indicating that hogs probably will continue to sell at relatively high prices despite consumer resistance owing to extreme lightness of available supplies.
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Chicago
Calves on Feed Rise in Clinton County 4-H Projects
Special to The Gazette reports 72 beef calves on feed in Clinton County in 1935, up 125 percent from 1934, across ten 4-H clubs led by Miles with 22 calves. Among breeds, 28 Angus, 25 Herefords, 19 Shorthorns. seven purebred heifers. Noted members with prize-winning calves return to feed again. Officers named for the Aug. 7–9 livestock show include W. R. Storey as chairman and Mrs. Burkinshaw as vice-chairman.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
M. D. Lacy
Miles Club
Jackson County
Charlotte
Goldie Harmsen
Ervin Svenksen
Wayne Mommsen
Lloyd Harmsen
Angus
W. R. Storey
Camanche
Charles Burkinshaw
Lea Coverdale
Carl J. Smith
Lowden Creamery Pays 38 Cents For Butterfat
Farmers Co operative Creamery at Lowden paid 38 cents per pound for February butterfat. Buttermaker Leroy Hansen reports 13,400 pounds of butter manufactured during February.
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Lowden
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Association
Leroy Hansen
Linn County Farm Bureau calendar two meetings set
Two meetings are listed this week on the Linn county Farm Bureau calendar. On Tuesday evening the Farm Bureau board meets at the Commercial club rooms in Marion. On Wednesday evening Otter Creek township Farm Bureau members gather at Alburnett high school.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Commercial Club Rooms
Marion
Otter Creek Township
Iowa corn and hog contracts signup eyed at 90 percent
A. M. Evans, Iowa corn and hog committee chair, asked 100 county chairmen to report by telegram on contract applicants for 1935, estimated corn acreage reductions, and new signers. Monday is signing deadline, with a Wed tabulation expected. Indications put 1935 signup near 90 percent of 1934, about 158000 contracts.
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A. M. Evans
Iowa Corn and Hog Committee
Des Moines
Evans
Gazette
Iowa
Grundy Center Receives Third Batch of corn hog Checks
Grundy county corn hog headquarters reports 900 checks totaling about $100,000 received Thursday after 700 earlier that week. Otto Albert, Black Hawk township hog raiser, got three payments totaling $2,257. By Friday 1,235 1935 corn hog contracts had been signed in Grundy County. appraisals finished and tabulation to begin Monday.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Otto Albert
Black Hawk Township
Grundy
Corn-Hog Applications Seen Rising This Year
Manchester Delaware county corn-hog officials expect 1935 applications to exceed 1,823 last year. By Friday afternoon about 1,700 had been received, said L. B. Bishop chairman of the corn-hog committee, with rapid influx continuing.
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Manchester
Delaware County
L. B. Bishop
Linn county farmers sign 1935 adjustment contracts
The Linn county corn and hog headquarters at Cedar Rapids reported Saturday that 1,850 farmers signed applications for 1935 adjustment contracts. Final figures expected Monday, deadline day, will show about 90 percent as many contracts signed as last year. Total in 1934 was 2,480.
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Linn County Corn and Hog
Cedar Rapids
Winneshiek county handles 1632 corn and hog contract applications
Figures displayed at the corn and hog headquarters in Decorah show Winneshiek county has recorded 1,632 applications for 1935 corn and hog contracts as of Saturday.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Cattle bring $12 a hundredweight at Chicago market
Clarence W Pruess Fred Backman Henry Pruess and William Roth, farmers near Clarence, sold five carloads of fat cattle last week in Chicago. Thirty eight head averaging over 1300 pounds brought $12 a hundredweight, while other lots sold from $10.50 to $13 a hundredweight.
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Clarence
Wilfred Pruess
Fred Backman
Henry Pruess
William Roth
Chicago
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