Argentina Tries United States In Search For Oats Market
Special to The Gazette Ames feature of the fifth annual agricultural engineering field day at Ames will include a contour plowing contest among four engineers from Iowa State. Machinery worth 50,000 dollars will be shown with demonstrations of the endless belt moldboard plow and a rotary cultivator to remove weeds. A baby show of small tractors and several soil and water control devices will highlight the program.
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The
Gazette
Ames
Weishea
Iowa State
Edward Dugger
Rose Hill
C A. Hefley
Oskaloosa
Coulter
Towa
Wool pools set for May 7 and 28 in Washington County
Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers announce wool pools on May 7 and May 28. Wool received 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Washington County Produce and Supply warehouse for weighing tagging and transport to Des Moines for grading. Producers are paid 15 to 20 cents per pound with the balance after grading. Members pay nine cents per head and non members ten cents. A lamb grading demonstration is planned for early June.
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Washington, Ia
Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Washington County Produce and Supply Company
Iowa Sheep and Wool Grower’s Association
Des Moines
Hubert West
Washington
Farm Debt Advisory Board to Meet in Cedar Rapids
Linn county Farm Debt Advisory board will meet Monday at 1 p.m in the resettlement office on the third floor of the post office building in Cedar Rapids. Chairman C B F Michel announced the Saturday meeting details.
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Farm Debt Advisory Board
Linn County
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
B. F. Michel
Top Cow In Dubuque Test Association
Gazette photo shows Al fred Breitbach testing for the Dubuque county test association. A Jersey owned by Hawkins Brothers northwest of Cascade set the highest production record at 6958 pounds of butterfat in the year. Feed cost 6849 dollars, return above feed cost 127.80 dollars. Average production 3296 pounds, average feed cost 50.82 dollars, average return 63.17 dollars. Feed cost per pound 1.55 cents, about 60 percent of total butterfat cost.
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Gazette
Dubuque
ECENT
Alfred Breitbach
Dubuque County
Breitbach
Association For the Year
AG Trade Relations Corporation Formed in Des Moines
AG Trade Relations Inc opened an Iowa branch in Des Moines to provide research and data development for agriculture business and industry. Raymond W. Miller of Linden California serves as president and directs the office with QC Wise, a former Wright and Clinton county ag agent, as director. Burlin Hamer of Humboldt county 4-H added as Wise's assistant.
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Des Moines
Agriculture Trade Relations, Inc
Iowa
Raymond W. Miller
Linden
Calif
Wise
Wright
Clinton
Burlin Hamer
Humboldt County
4-H Club
Miller
Chamber of Commerce and Co
Advent of Agricultural Trade Relations and Chain Stores Council in Iowa
Iowa sees the launch of the Chain Stores Council at Cedar Rapids with B D Silliman Ron Kennedy and George Seigle as field and PR contacts. Agricultural Trade Relations Inc joins to push farm surplus merchandising in Iowa mirroring California efforts. The move builds on early National Associations of Food Chains initiatives led by Cy Denman to manage surplus commodities through targeted campaigns.
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Agricultural Trade Relations, Inc
Iowa
Iowa Chain Stores Council
Cedar Rapids
B. D. Silliman
Ron Kennedy
Western Grain Dealers Association
Des Moines
George Seigle
Iowa Daily Press Association
Chain Stores Council
Federal Farm Board
Denman
5 Head Feeder Show Moves to Coldwater Kansas
Kansas City report notes the Kansas Oklahoma 5 head feeder call show and sale was changed from Sept. 26 to Oct. 9 10 with date and place moved to Coldwater Kan Lester H Ryan manager Producers Commission Association said observers will attend Cedar Rapids Iowa during the All Iowa show Aug 11 16 to study the fat steer event.
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Kansas City
Lester H. Ryan
Producers Commission Association
Coldwater
Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Corn Brings 471 Cents At Sale Near Volga City
Volga City sale north of Volga City Wednesday saw corn fetch 47 cents a bushel. Tame hay sold for 5 and 5.50 dollars per ton. A hayloader brought 9 dollars, a farming mill 1250, a grain binder 2.50, a wagon 5, and an old cutter and light sleigh 1.50.
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Volga City
Lyman Sherman
Linn county selects Edith Hagerman 4-H nominee
Edith Hagerman a 17 year old farm girl from near Marion was chosen Friday as Linn county's nominee for state 4-H club office. Mrs Arlo Stinger of Mount Vernon county 4-H chairman announced Saturday. Hagerman as vice president of Linn's Best 4-H club has held all offices there and has six years of club membership.
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Edith Hagerman
Marion
Linn County
Arlo Stinger
Mount Vernon
Miss Hagerman
Linn
Argentine oats shipments reach New Orleans after drought gaps
Test Argentine oats imports arrive in New Orleans amid war disruptions and limited cargo space. Chicago grainmen estimate 200000 to 400000 bushels in May, with Argentina seeking a U S market for its 60 million bushel annual crop.
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Chicago Grainmen
SouL Conservation Notes On Sun And Grain Markets
A column blending rural reminiscence with farm market data discusses sun warmed days, rhubarb, quilts, and memories. It then surveys grain conditions in the United States and Canada, noting oats imports from South America, distribution from New Orleans, limited mill use, and smaller U.S. oat stocks. Crop prospects remain favorable but uneven with acreage up modestly and moisture adequate but farming season backward.
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Martha Raye
Chicago
New Orleans
United States
Canada
New England
Chicks Thrive In $9 Electric Brooder
Otto Steuri of Monticello area uses a homemade four story battery brooder in a spare room to raise chicks this spring. From Leg horns to White Rocks, the flock is growing with minimal losses and low operating costs around two to three dollars monthly.
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Otto Steuri
Monticello
Edgar Beach
Maquoketa Valley
Stears
Grain brokers stir oats markets amid imports and shifts
In Cedar Rapids editors note oats shipments to southern markets faced disruption as Argentine oats opened cheaper supplies in New Orleans. Chicago markets rose a cent Friday then fell 38 of a cent Saturday amid a cautious bid from the nation’s largest oats processor and lingering import impact.
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Cedar*Rapids
Nashville
New Orleans
Chicago
One Of The 140 Club Reeves In Cedar County
Kathleen Kichl of Mechanicsville farms a 750 pound Hereford on Cedar county 4 H project. The calf gained 95 pounds in 30 days and will be sold as finished beef to settle part of the cost. The animal came from Bert and Ed Moffit. Kathleen feeds out the calf under an agreement to pay half the selling price to Moffit Brothers. Additional livestock include another Hereford, an Angus steer, and three Angus heifers from Ed Warshire’s herd near Mechanicsville.
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Cedar County
Kathleen Kichl
Mechanicsville
Kathleen
Bert
Ed Moffit
Moffit
Ed Warshire
Alde
Aide
Weishing
Oxford Junction 120 Brings $30 an Acre
T. G. Murray, farmer between Oxford Junction and Lost Nation, recently purchased 120 acres near his farm from Mrs J. J. Mulvihill of Oxford Junction for 30 dollars per acre. Murray plans to use the land mainly for pasture for his Hereford herd.
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Oxford Junction
T G. Murray
Lost Nation
J. J. Mulvihill
Corn Yield Preferences From Drilled Planting In Iowa
Ames Iowa with J N Robinson of Iowa State College reporting on weed free plots drilled corn out yielding checked planting. He cautions results depend on weed control weather and variety timing. Best stand came from five kernels per hill in north Iowa and three in south. Early varieties fared worse when planted late compared to full-season at normal date.
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Iowa State College
Farm Science Reporter
Iowa
Hatchery at Elgin sets 933000 eggs at once
Elgin hatchery operates at full capacity with 35 incubators in use and more than a million eggs currently in incubators or awaiting placement. Extra help has been added in the last two weeks to meet demand.
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Gazette
Elgin
Plowing For Corn Planting Delayed By Cool Weather
Tipton reports slow progress on corn planting due to cold weather last week. Over 60 percent of ground is ready, awaiting warmer days. Small grain shows good stands, Vanguard oats planted is thriving, early gardens up, fruit buds swelling, pastures short, alfalfa robust at eight inches.
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Tipton
Farmer first to plant corn in vicinity near Oxford Junction
Raymond Benishek, a farmer northeast of Oxford Junction, is reported as the first in the area to plant corn this year.
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Oxford Junction
Raymond Benishek
Ground Ready for Corn in Buchanan County
Special report notes corn ground plowed and in fine condition for planting across Independence County. Dry weather aided plowing and pulverizing while some farmers began planting with general planting expected next week. Oats look good and grass grows. gardens nearly all planted yet slow to progress after light sand from high winds and minor frosts caused little damage.
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Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
British farmers push production in wartime acreage drive
February and March weather aided British agriculture as of March 15, 1,370,000 acres of new crop land were created. The aim is a 2,000,000 acre increase by May 1 with Northern Ireland adding 250,000 acres by March 31. Despite labor and tractor shortages and one of the worst winters in memory, about 60,000 tractors operate now, with 70,000 planned for summer. Farmers urged to share tractors. government-owned machines available where grassland farming dominates.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Northern Ireland
New Buildings Begin On Elgin Farm Division
A five room bungalow is under construction on a 70 acre tract south of Elgin, part of the 310 acre Mrs Myrtle Medberry farm set aside for Mrs Medberry and her son Kenneth. Another son Howard and family will occupy the old farm. A new barn and other structures will be built or moved from the old site half a mile south.
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Elgin
Myrtle Medberry
Medberry
Kenneth
Howard
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