April Feed Egg Ratio Rises. Grain Prices Jump in Iowa
Leslie M. Carl reports April 1939 feed egg ratio at 8.5, up from March 7.7, with eggs at 13.2 cents per dozen. Grain prices in Iowa show month-to-month rises: corn 36 cents, wheat 58 cents, oats 24 cents, barley 34 cents, rye 33 cents, soybeans 75 cents per bushel. Beef cattle and milk prices hold steady. hogs fall from 7.10 to 6.60, butterfat 22 to 29 cents, wool 19 cents.
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Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Des Moines
Iowa
Carl
Towa
Egg receipts in Chicago set daily high since 1931
Chicago brokers reported receipts of 1,637,460 dozen eggs, the heaviest since April 27, 1931, when 1,771,950 dozen were received. Weather movement from rural points and high hen productivity drove the total, with 1,301,000 dozen a week earlier and 1,294,050 a year ago.
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Chicago (Ap
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago
Steers Bring 12 Dollars Per Hundredweight In Chicago Trade
Harry Haack arrived in Chicago with twenty steers averaging 1307 pounds sold at 12 dollars per hundredweight, among the day’s top prices reported by The Gazette.
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Williamsburg
Harry Haack
Chicago
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Sparks Tax Evasion Tale
Rex Conn county agent reports two farm women in an adjoining county planned to churn and store butterfat in lockers during the first half of May to dodge a one cent tax on dairy advertising. The remark comes as Linn's agent criticizes the tactic as penny wise and pound foolish.
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Linn
Rex Conn
Iowa Dairy Day Highlights State Butter Power
Iowa State College officials showcased Iowa’s dairy strength for Iowa Dairy Day. They cited 1937 butter value near 125 million dollars, state output about one eighth of US butter, and a train of 5445 freight cars to store annual butter. Iowa’s butter reaches New York, Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia markets. Nurse sharks have nine rows of teeth in one jaw.
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Iowa
United States
Minnesota
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
First annual Town Jersey breeders sale nets high prices
The first annual Town Jersey breeders sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids drew over 450 people from Nebraska Missouri Illinois and 30 Iowa counties. Average prices ran 105.77 per head across 42 animals with top cow selling for 265 and top bull at 132.50. The sale featured 19 cows totaling 2665 and 4 young bulls at 8375.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Alvin Hitz
Gerald Stevn
Monona
C M. Raner
Mount Pleasant
R. G. Kinsley
McGregor
H. T Opahl
Decorah
Roy F. Learn
Clermont
Ernest T. Smith
Volga City
Learn
H. B. Donavan
Jefferson
Kinsley
Harry Beckner
Oelwein
Wayne Thomas
Marshalltown
Steva
Max
Catherine Byram
Toledo
Arnold Strottman
Sumner
J. L. Gichart
Anamosa
Iluka Jersey Farm
Tama
Otto Pfeiffer
Otto Pfeiffer and Son;heifer Calf Consigned By Veline and Putnam of Eldora
Louise Hoover
Oskaloosa
Fred J. Paullus
Hampton
C. C. Kimpston
Strawberry Point
W. J. Campbell
Sams and
Thomas
Sutherland Cows
Lyon Brothers
A. F. Dankenbring
Waterloo
Lorenz Meyer
B F. Miller
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
Harry W. Farr
Oscar Possehl
St. Olaf
Anton Christensen
Weston Carver
Marion
Dankenbring
Ed Geraghty
L. A. Whitacre
Art Stumme
Waverly
Jones Brothers
City
Pfeiffer and Sons
Clarke W. Long
Vinton
Whitacre
Pfeiffer and Son
Fred Keifer
A. M. Spencer
H. J. Hadley
Cambridge
Earl and Russell Lyon
Traer
Burns N Byram
H. L. M. Brunner
B. F. Hoover
Robert Winders
Herbert Hoover
Kenneth Swaney
Grinnell
R. F. Avery
W. D. Scott and Son
Princeton
E. T. Smith
E. L. Baughman
Bloomfield
George Wood
Leo Scott
Jesup
Sams and Thomas
Polk City
Elkhorn
Neb
Extension Agents Get Pointers On Photography
Extension agents in the sixth district met at Cedar Rapids to study equipment and methods of photography. George Acker man of the federal extension service discussed cameras for extension work. Sam Beck and Gertrude Dicken spoke on news pictures with agents presenting their own work for critique. Ray Anderson commented on photo usage. A field trip to the Orval Quaas farm near Marion provided practice shots.
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Cedar Rapids
George Ackerman
Federal Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Sam Beck
Ames
Gertrude Dicken
Henry Eichling
Ray Anderson
Gazette
Orval Quaas Farm
Marion
Cattle Consignment Brings $9.75 At Chicago Market
Special to The Gazette reports Emil Vajnar sold a consignment of cattle in Chicago on Monday for a total of 9 dollars 75 cents.
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Chelsea
Emil Vajnar
Chicago
Linn Cattlemen Predict Chicago Top at $11.70
Seventy of eighty Linn county cattlemen at a Cedar Rapids meeting guessed the Chicago top price for cattle in the first week of September, averaging $11.70 per hundredweight. Aaberg and Schiloe man led the discussion for Chicago co op, with Oldsen noting an Ames cattle feeders day on May 19.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Linn Farm Bureau
A. Aaberg
Ames
H. H Schiloeman
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago Co-Op
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Oldsen
R B Blinks
Marion
Linn Association
Wilson and Company
Elberon Boys Find Rare White Gopher in Traps
Dean and Howard McLeod eight and twelve year old sons of Mr and Mrs Eugene McLeod near Elberon discovered a rare white gopher in one of their trap series.
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Elberon
Dean
Howard McLeod
Eugene Mcleod
Chorus Tourneys Set Across Iowa This Spring
Seventy county farm women's choruses enter nine district tournaments May 15 to June 6 with class A and B divisions. Class A will sing at Cedar Rapids Iowa Falls Sac City with self judging. class B choruses perform and vote. Final selections for the 1939 state fair will come from both groups. Fayettes Upper Iowa gym hosts May 18 district meet with participating counties listed.
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Ames
Sac City
Primghar
Mason City
Fayette
Red Oak
Chariton
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Falls
Cedar Rapids
Hiss A
Rosalind Cook
Ames Music School
Lucille Gove
Coe
Iowa
Thelma Mae Veils
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer
Delaware
Clayton
Winneshiek
Natex relief praised by North Liberty farmer in Iowa ad
Elmer Kiracofe of North Liberty Johnson Co Iowa credits Natex with curing decade long ailments from digestion to nerves and sleep. He reports improved bowels digestion and energy after using Natex and urges friends to try it. The Natex representative and product are promoted at Podzimek's Pharmacy Iowa drugstores advertise long testimonial.
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North Liberty
Natex
Iris
Elmer Kiracofe
Johnson Co
Podzimek
Second Ave
Iowa
Boatman Named To Federal Position
J. L. Boatman of Des Moines was named chief of the division of subject matter in the USDA extension service in Washington DC. He previously served as regional director in the upper Mississippi region and was chief of the agronomy section at Iowa State College. He arrived in Washington to begin the new post.
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Gazette
Washington
D. C
J. L. Boatman
Des Moines
Upper Mississippi
United States Department of Agriculture
Usda Extension Service
Boatman
Iowa State College
New World
Plowing for Corn Half Finished in Washington County
Special to The Gazette reports plowing for corn nearly half complete in Washington County while little planting will occur this week. Oats seeding started around March 25 and finished a week ago with early fields showing an inch of moisture. reseeding rare. Meadows and hay land are in good condition except in the extreme northwest where rainfall has been scarce.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Poweshiek County Farmers Get 57 Cent Grain Payment
Marvin Mea Lam, chairman of the Poweshick county AAA committee, said farmers in the county have received 57 cent payments on 1,650,497 bushels of corn now under seal.
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Montezuma
Marvin Mea Lam
Poweshick County
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