U.S. milk output falls to 98.94 billion pounds in 1934
The 1934 farm milk production totaled 98.94 billion pounds, down about 3 percent from 1933 and the lowest since 1929. Output drops tracked drought effects in 14 states, with per cow production at a ten year low and herd numbers only slightly higher than 1933.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Washington County 4-H Fair Dates Announced
Washington County 4-H club fair is set for August 5 to 9 with events featuring exhibits and demonstrations. Rebel Bowers leads the Washington Husters club on a Saturday tour starting at Lester Veen farm and visiting local stops including Parl Schuetman farm and other Washout area sites.
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Fred Woongton
Rebel Bowers
Washington Husters Club
Tifts
Lester Veen
Parl Schuetman
Wash Neten
Nann
Contracted Forage Just Right To Meet Needs
Waterloo reports contracted forage supplies of the conservation service were just sufficient. L W Plager, field chief, said all contracted forage in Iowa has been placed and about 100 cars more could have been shipped. Emergency orders for fifty car loads for Nebraska were filled from Missouri stocks. Indiana has about 2 000 tons left, turned over to relief for hammermilling and mixing with molasses for shipment to Colorado.
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Waterloo
Conservation Service
The
AAA
L W Plager
Towa
Iowa
Nebraska
Agricultural Relief Division
Missouri
Indiana
Colorado
Plager
Belle Plaine Gardener Sells Early Harvest
Special to The Gazette Belle Plaine truck gardener Leslie Brown marketed his first asparagus April 16, beating last year's mark by three days. Two lots on his four and a half acre tract grow radishes lettuce greens onions spinach and turnips with beans peas carrots cabbage tomatoes and corn in early stages ready to market.
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Gazette Belle Plaine
Leslie Brown
36 by 72 Barn Goes Up On Farm Near Blairstown
A new 36 by 72 foot barn with 80 ton capacity rises on Fred Kern's 240 acre farm near Blairstown to replace last December's fire damaged structure. It will have cow stalls, horse stalls, a box stall, a calf pens, a cat bin and a trolley litter carrier. The Kern brothers also bought a 3 year old dapple gray Percheron stallion from D F Newton to replace the lost horse, weighing about 1800 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
Fred Kern
Kern Brothers
D F Newton
Mare Brings $197.50 At Columbus Junction Sale
A young mare sold for $197.50 at the Columbus Junction consignment sale on Wednesday. Other young horses brought $135 to $160, a-year-old mules sold for $200, and Hereford cattle topped with brood sows and veal calves also traded. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and HM Duncan conducted the sale with Farrel Smylie as clerk.
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Sperial
Ciazette
Columbus Junction
Kansas
Paul Klotz
HM Duncan
Farrel Smylie
Correction on Farm Page Photo Error
Claude Whickard of Washington chief of the corn and hog section is set to confer next Tuesday at Des Moines with allotment committeemen from 100 Iowa control associations. The farm page photo error appeared in Thursday's Gazette and a Friday morning issue.
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Claude Whickard
Washington
Des Viones
Hog Marketings In May Unlikely To Exceed April
A Des Motines report notes stable hog trade for weeks with prices steady then rising 20 to 30 cents last Thursday. May marketings expected not to top April, possibly lighter receipts, while pork values show cautious strength. 200 to 250 pound butchers sold at 875 to 910, with variants at 885 to 905 and some trucks to 915. averages for various weight ranges detailed.
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Des Motines
Howe
Canary Grass Promises Drought Resilient Forage in Oxford Junction
Oxford Junction farmer Anton Kula plans to replace alfalfa with canary grass known as miracle grass. The seed, first obtained from Washington in 1929, has been sown across Wapsie bottoms. Canary grass resists drought and flood, germinating early in spring and spreading like watercress with birds eating some seeds.
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Oxford Junction
Anton Kula
Kula
Hog shipment nets $2404.56 for 101 hogs at market
Henry Hoelzer received a payment of 2404.56 last week for 101 hogs shipped to the market through the Farmers cooperative. The price was 8.60 per hundred pounds and the hogs averaged 276 pounds each.
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ELGIN
Henry Hoelzer
Farmers Co-Operative
Field Conditions Across Iowa Mirror North and South Regions
Windshield observations over the last two days from Elkader to Fort Madison show similar field conditions throughout Iowa. Southern counties report wet fields and delayed planting while northern areas see delayed work but better pastures and crops, with moisture near normal and sun and warmth as urgent needs.
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Elkader
West Union
Fort Madison
Iowa
Henry and
Lee
Mount Pleasant
Weathered week slows but corn planting presses on in Fayette
Special to The Gazette reports persisting cold and cloudiness with one heavy rain but farmers in northern Fayette county continue field work. Much corn land is still to be plowed and some grain yet to be sown while grass and meadows show moisture benefits for livestock and drought damaged pastures. In Millersburg C J McCamant plants sweet corn for livestock feed. pastures are good and fruit trees and early vegetables advance. Egg prices steady at 21 cents a dozen and butterfat at 27 cents per pound.
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The
Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
Millersburg
C. J McCammant
Farmers Begin Corn Planting After Weekend Rains
Oelwein reports most farmers started corn planting this week after weekend rains. Plowing remains, fodder and soybeans yet to plant. Pastures and gardens grow slowly while cattle graze. Fruit trees are budded. excess moisture may shift small grain fields to other crops.
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Oelwein
Oakdale Cows Average 1.2 Lbs Butterfat Daily
During sixty eight days of test in cooperation with the Holstein-Friesian Association Oakdale state sanatorium herd of purebred Holsteins produced a daily average of 12 pounds butterfat per cow. High individual Clive Alice Pride yielded 183 pounds butterfat and 4590.8 pounds milk. Lassie Pontiac Walker Legis led in milk with 4692.5 pounds milk and 1576 pounds butterfat. In April the Oakdale herd produced 86615 pounds of milk for the institution. Two cows exceeded a ton of milk: Aggie Tritomia Cherokee and Daisy Fobes Ormsby Finance with 2406.4 and 2329.6 pounds milk respectively.
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Oakdale
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Madison
Wis
Oakdale State Sanatorium
Clive Alice Pride
Lassie Pontiac Walker
Elkader-Volga dairy cows post strong year in butterfat and milk
The Elkader-Volga Test Association reports 567 cows across 26 herds averaged 8 627 pounds of milk and 337.2 pounds of butterfat per year. Average feed costs 56.66 per cow, return above feed cost 38 93, 155 cows culled (27.3 of all cows), L C Leath leads with 432.6 pounds butterfat, Clayton county tops proven sires, and 13 cows exceed 500 pounds butterfat led by a Holstein 619.8 pounds. Officers and directors named.
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Elkader
Elkader-Volga Test Association
Evert Neal
Association
L. C Leath
Leath
Contest Association
Iowa
Neal
Clayton County
Guernsey
Baby Beef Tours Set in Linn County May 22 23
Club Agent Harold Ingle announces two full day inspections of 4 H baby beef projects in Linn county May 22 and 23 under C A Oldson Iowa Beef Producers' association. May 22 tour starts Rockwood farm Alburnett with stops at local farms and Marion area. May 23 assembles at Marion city square and visits farms in Alburnett Marion Central City Springville Mount Vernon. Demonstrations on feeding and caring of baby beeves will be given by Oldson.
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Harold Ingle
Linn County
C. A Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Rockwood Farm
Alburnett
Merrill Flitsch
Donald Boddicker
Marvin Mills
Central City
Billie Lennox
Coggan
George and
Eugene
Gerald Hampton
Springville
Albert Hindman
William Barnhart
Marion
Winifred Neal
Theodore Stinger
Mount Vernon
Mr. Oldson
Hungary Also Has Surplus Problem
Dr Imre Szladits Hungary s agriculture minister during a 10 month US tour said Hungarian farmers face a wheat surplus similar to the United States. Within the Danube basin trade barriers tariffs and currency differences hinder sales. Wheat in Hungary brings 75 to 80 cents per bushel, after a 20 cent ticket kept it near $1. the ticket plan has been dropped.
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AMES
Imre Szladits
Hungary
United States
Szladits
Danube
Churches And Fire Dept Get $200 From Shippers
Following a vote to dissolve the Cooperative Livestock Shipping association in Shellsburg, the $200 treasury was distributed as $50 to Oak Grove Church, $50 to Parker's Grove Church, $50 to Federated Church and $50 to the Shellsburg fire department.
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Gazet
Shellsburg
Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association
Treasury
Oak Grove
Parker's Grove
Federated Churches
Inspector Probes Dairy Conditions in Cedar Rapids
William E. Teidt of Minneapolis, investigator for the U S Food and Drug Department, arrived in Cedar Rapids to inspect area creameries and discuss sanitary and efficiency improvements with city dairy inspector Dr A R Menary and district inspector Milton J Hand. He seeks voluntary cooperation to establish federal standards for interstate shipments and inspected wholesalers and drug stores handling such goods.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
William E. Teidt
Minneapolis
United States Food and Drug Department
Teidt
A. R. Menary
Milton J. Hand
Menary
Iowa to Field Test Grasshopper Killing Parasite
The University of Iowa will open a summer laboratory at West Okoboji lake near Milford on June 17 to test a minute parasite that can kill grasshoppers. Field tests may determine the parasite's effectiveness in open conditions. Dr. R. L. King leads zoology research with Dr. A. D. Taylor supervising zoology and Dr. W. A. Anderson heading botany studies.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
West Okoboji Lake
Milford
R. L. King
Zoology
University
A. D. Taylor
King
W. A. Anderson
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