Iowa Farm Income Jumps in First Quarter of 1935
Iowa farm income rose sharply in January through March 1935 with cash gains of 23.035 million dollars versus 1934. January income reached 43.0 million and February 36.0 million as cattle and hog prices lifted totals while drought and feed scarcity limited grain income. Analysts from Iowa State College project continued gains into mid 1935, led by livestock markets.
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MES (Ins
Iowa
Lauren K Soth
Iowa State College Economics Extension Division
Seth
Milk prices and livestock income rise in 1935 farm report
An Extension Division summary notes March total income at 416 million dollars excluding benefits and 465 million with benefits. February was 433 million and March last year 415 million. Livestock income climbs on a rising market while crop income stays below year-ago levels.
Cow Fetches 104 60 At North English Sale
North English farmer Will J Thomas sold a beef cow to a North English buyer for 104 60 dollars. The transaction is reported as part of local livestock trading coverage in The Gazette.
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Will J Thomas
Erosion Survey Details Distress Missouri and Iowa Farmlands
Regional federal erosion survey shows wind and sheet erosion affecting vast acreages across Missouri and Iowa. Data by Willam S DeYoung indicate 15 million plus acres with little or no erosion, while over 21 million show topsoil loss and gullies, with severe gullying in Missouri and widespread scarring in Iowa.
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Joua
Federal
Creatigg
Willam S DeYoung
Missouri
Iowa
Missour
de .Young
First Corn Planting In Linn County Iowa
J M Gordon began planting corn ten miles north of Cedar Rapids near Toddville marking Linn county’s first season. He will plant fifty acres while a parallel field north of Center Point to Walker shows four men with two wagons picking corn. Heavy snowfall last Thanksgiving left much corn standing across central and northeast Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Toddville
J. M. Gordon
Linn County
Gordon
Jordan
Mr. Jordan
Center Point
Walker
East
Iowa
Erosion Crisis Urges National Public Works Plan
Cincinnati based official Morris L. Cooke warned the American Water Works association that soil erosion could destroy most U S farmland within fifty years. He proposed a twenty year program with 500 million dollars annually to fight erosion, flood control, reforestation and other aims, stressing urgent change in land ownership attitudes and the need to study watersheds.
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Cincinnati
INS
United States
Morris L. Cooke
Philadelphia
National Resources Board
American Water Works Association
Cooke
Mass Meeting Of AAA Supporters Suggested Here
DES MOINES Ed O NeaI president of the American Farm Bureau federation and Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture will be invited to address two or more mass meetings of farmers in Iowa soon plans made here at a session of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation directors Vv B Hamilton secretary and Francis Johnson vice president were authorized to contact Mr O NeaI and Mr Wallace Cedar Rapids and Des Moines were named as possible sites for the meetings These meetings aim to demonstrate farm support for a Triple A program.
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Des Moines
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
B Hamilton
Francis Johnson
Onecal
Mr Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Des Mommes
Club Agent in Fayette
Morris Fox of Dallas County started work Monday as 4 H club agent in Fayette County. He graduated from Ames in 1934 and has previously served as club agent in Shelby and Audubon counties.
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Fayette
Gazette
Morris Fox
Dallas County
Fayette County
Fox
Ames
Shelby
Audubon
Jersey cattle sale at Sherman estate auctions steady
In Charles City the E. M Sherman estate sale featured Mon day cattle auctioned by Jersey standards. Fifteen cows averaged 160 dollars, sixty heifers 85, ten heifer calves 70, bulls 250 and bull calves 110. W. D Shew of Hartford bought fourteen head with top prices of 255 for a bull and 225 for a cow. Bidders came from New York Illinois Arkansas Missouri Wisconsin Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa.
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Des Moines
Jersey
E. M Sherman
Charles City
W. D Shew
Hartford
Conn
Mr Shew
New York
Ilinois
Arkansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Forty Tractors Reconditioned In Local Machine Shop
Special to The Gazette North English Forty tractors have been overhauled this season in a local machine shop. Work included reboring cylinders and replacing sleeves on different tractor types. Farmers are also custom operating tractors this spring. Everett Johnson and Ed O'Brien, northwest of North English, own a general purpose tractor partnership and plowed 105 acres and disced 75 acres the week ended April 27. Orval Fry, north of North English, bought a tractor grain drill for custom work and to plant small grain and soybeans on his farm. The community suffered five wet days in early May.
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North English
Everett Johnson
Ed O’brien
Orval Fry
Calves on Feed Highlight Cedar County 4-H Clubs Status
Tipton County Agent Morrell Leeds reports Cedar County 4-H baby beef club members feed forty one calves this year. Despite scarce feed, most calves are in good condition and members plan to have them show ready by Cedar County Fair in August.
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Tipton—County
Morrell Leeds
Cedar County
Industrial tycoons probe farm problem at Dearborn meeting
Wheeler McMillen opened a two day conference on agriculture industry and science in Dearborn with 150 leaders including Henry Ford and Charles F. Kettering. He urged shifting farming toward raw materials for industry and projected agriculture income rising from 7 billion in 1934 to over 12 billion. He cited tung oil cellulose anhydrous ethyl alcohol soy beans levulose and pine pulp as future lines, and urged broader use of agricultural energy to feed the nation.
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Dearborn
Mich
Wheeler McMillen
New York
McMillen
Henry Ford
Charles F. Kettering
Irenee du Pont
William Dow
China
Kansas
Charles H Herty
Four Corn Variety Tests Planned in Cedar County
Four corn variety test plots will be planted in Cedar county this year on farms owned by Paul Pownall West Branch Alvin Stonerook Clarence Lloyd Dickinson Wilton Junction and Glen Agne The Tipton yields will be computed as a percentage of a check variety planted in all four plots The check variety is furnished by George Gaul winner of the county contest and Killian cup for 1934 The Killian company of Cedar Rapids awards a trophy annually to the high producer in Cedar
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Tipton
Cedar County
Paul Pownall
West Branch
Alvin Stonerook
Clarence
Lloyd Dickinson
Wilton Junction
Glen Agne
George Gaul
Killian Company of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Records Show Southern Iowa Farm Losses In 1934
Records from fifty-three South Iowa farms show a management loss and lower net farm income in 1934 despite government payments and higher prices. Receipts per farm rose to 4501 dollars, but debits jumped to 3191 dollars, yielding a net income of 1310 dollars versus 1952 in 1933.
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Osceola
Southern Iowa Farm Business Association
Northern Iowa
Farm Business Association of
North Central Iowa
Ames Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa
Southern Iowa Association
Southern Iowa
Towa
Tama County Holstein Breeders Reorganize Group
TRAER reports the reorganization of the Tama county Holstein Breeders association this week with members R. C. Wood W. D. Mitchell E. M. McElhinney Joe Chezik Jr R. K. Bruene C. T. Mitchell Rehder and Son W. G. Barker and Son John Martens J. W. Mitchell Hayward Brothers and A. D. Mitchell and Sons enrolled so far.
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TRAER
Tama County Holstein Breeders’ Association
R. C. Wood
W. D. Mitchell
E. M. McElhinney
Joe Chezik, Jr
R. K. Bruene
C. T. Mitchell
Rehder
Grundy Farms Sell At 85 To 105 An Acre
Four Grundy county farms sold last week with prices from 85 to 105 dollars per acre. Claus Kruger farm 160 acres sold for 100 an acre to Menno Buskel and Albert Kruger will vacate March 1 1936. Walbaum estate 200 acres south of Dike brought 85 an acre to Joe Stumberg. Elmer Chew bought 120 acres seven miles NW of Conrad for 105 an acre cash and possession given. George Brasted 166 acres NW of Grundy Center sold for 14750 to Edward A. Ruppelt and Henry Cramer. Northwestern Life Insurance had owned it last five years. Lease held by James Connell.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Claus Kruger
Colfax
Menno Buskel
Albert Kruger
Walbaum
Dike
Joe Stumberg
Elmer Chew
Melcher
Will Draper
Conrad
Edward A. Ruppelt
Henry Cramer
Steamboat Rock
George Brasted
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
James Connell
Rowley Creamery pays 37 cents for butterfat
Rowley cooperative creamery patrons received 37 cents a pound for first half of April butterfat, reports Joe Mc Grath, secretary. Last half of March butterfat commanded 38 cents.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
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