Hogs Touch Five Dollars At Cedar Rapids Market Rise
A Cedar Rapids hog sale Thursday saw twenty head averaging 220 pounds fetch five dollars per hundredweight at the Sinclair plant. A larger carload of sixty head averaged 200 pounds and sold at five dollars and five cents per CWT. Owners were L. C. Barr of Urbana and H. C. Dohrman of Farnhamville Iowa. The market tone remained firm to stronger with Chicago quotes near five fifty. Receipts were smaller than prior weeks and the Iowa packers remained active buyers amid high local prices.
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Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
L. C. Barr
Urbana
Farnhamville
H.C. Dohrman
Chicago
Associated Press
Iowa
Farm house destroyed by fire near Strawberry Point
Special to The Gazette. A broad er house on the R. D Wheeler farm south of here tenanted by Tom Olson was destroyed Wednesday morning by fire. Two hundred two week-old chicks also were consumed.
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Strawberry Point
R. D Wheeler
Here
Tom Olson
How She Lost 29 Pounds in 3 Months
Mrs Thelma Gravel of Roseville California shares her experience with Kruschen Salts. She reports losing 29 pounds in three months while dieting and plans to continue use. The ad promises weight loss with a daily half teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and notes a four week jar price.
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Thelma Gravel
Roseville
Calif
Wan. H
May Drug Co
Fence Drift and Weather Impact on Corn Acreage
A brief 1910s era note describes fence drift and wet corners affecting thousands of Toni fields. It discusses seed corn in Henry Wallace era land, weather as a decisive factor, and expectations of acreage reduction based on current conditions.
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Henry Wallace
Early Planting Yields Strong Corn Stand at Belle Plaine
Alfred Lahn of Belle Plaine reports four and a half acres of corn planted three weeks ago are growing well. The seed was tested and dusted for disease prevention and the stand appears good despite the long time in the ground. He expected to finish planting Thursday.
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The
Gazette
Belle Plaine
Alfred Lahn
Bele Plaine
Lahn
Hospital farm project advances near Independence
Special to The Gazette reports Tom Donnelly, manager of the state hospital farm west of Independence, says ground breaking May 11 shows progress but the site is not yet large enough for an accurate assessment of the stand.
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Independence
Tom Donnelly
State Hospital
Weather notes from Sand Spring fields show slow growth
Heavy rains hinder corn planting and finish plowing while clover and alfalfa advance. Small grain looks good but needs warmth. Gardens progress slowly. Strawberry beds bloom abundantly and mushrooms are being gathered in woods.
Wilton Junction Field Work Halted by Repeated Rains
Special to The Gneette reports field work stopped in Wilton Junction due to ongoing rains. Truck farmers have been pushing out cabbage and tomato plants while several contracted to expand tomato acreage for a Muscatine canning plant. Trade in Wilton Junction improved this week as farmers brined in their practices, raising prices in recent weeks.
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Gneette Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Witon
Corn Planting Delayed Yet Under Way Amid Rainy Locality
Special to tie Garete notes corn planting proceeds slowly in Littleton due to persistent rains. Farmers report wet fields and uncertain timing but proceed as fields become workable again.
Corn Prices Rise as Urbana Trade Moves Markets
Urbana reports corn at 30 cents and oats at 18 cents after a local firm bought 10 000 bushels of corn and 3 000 bushels of oats in two days this week signaling an upturn in prices and market activity.
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Urbana
Wallage Links Corn and Hogs in Price Plan
Secretary Wallace faces a linked price plan for corn and hogs based on production moves. A study by Dr Mordecai Erekie shows strong hog and corn price correlation, guiding a strategy to reduce both supplies for stable prices.
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Roy F Hendricks
Washington
Wal
Siurahan Meous Acon
Mordeca Erekie
Sears Ace
Wallaces
Wallace
Illinois Farmer Receives First Emergency Act Loan
Pleasant Plains resident Ehish Purvines, longtime Sangamon County farmer near Abraham Lincoln's old home site, becomes the first borrower under President Roosevelt's emergency farm mortgage act. The $200 loan, for ten years, funds debt payment and farm improvements, arranged through EJ Badman of the Farm Credit Administration. The loan approval came five days after the act's funding was signed.
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Illinois
Pleasant Plains
Purtines
Sangamon Unity
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Purvines
Seacusat
Purvives
EJ Badman
St. Louis
Farm Credit Administration
Unclear draft on meat packers plan timeline
Fragmentary text describes representatives Walace and George N Peek discussing an act related to meat packers and processors. It mentions possible next month action, limited risk of cornacre curtailment, and corn planting amid weather delays.
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Isest
Walace
George N Peek
Herring Confirms Gazette Report on State Administrator
Governor Clyde Herring, in a release to newspapers, confirmed The Gazette’s report that R. K. Bliss, Ames extension director, was not Iowa administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment act. An earlier May 11 conference at the state house and a telegram to Secretary Wallace sparked confusion over Bliss’s status.
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Clyde Herring
Gazette
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Iowa
Bliss
State House
Wallace
State Administration Board
Iowa farm adjustment plan data gathered in Ames
R KK Bliss of the Ames extension service said Iowa is collecting information to implement the new farm adjustment bill. The Iowa crops and weather bureau is compiling five year and annual corn acreage data by township and county to support potential federal corn acreage control measures.
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Sproiat
Ames
Iowa
Rkk. Bliss
Ames Extension Service
Iowa Crops and Weather Bureau
Hugh Gordon Triumphs at State Chick and Egg Show
Hugh Gordon of Marion won multiple prizes at the Iowa State Baby Chick and Egg Show in Ames, scoring 97 with Buff Orpingtons and securing first and third with White Rocks and top honors in English and Asiatic classes. Three thousand chicks were displayed, with Gordon earning sweepstakes and reserve sweepstakes across several breeds.
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Hugh Gordon
Marion
Ames
Rhode Island
Kansas
Mr Gordon
Order Fixing Time for Hearing to Reduce Bond
Iowa district court in Linn County directs a hearing on May 24 1933 to reduce the bond of the Examiner in Charge in the Ely Trust and Savings Bank case. Notice to creditors via The Cedar Rapids Gazette to run five days before the hearing. Judge H C Ring presiding.
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District Court
State of Iowa
Linn
L. A. Andrew
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
Ely
Iowa
Charse
Linn County Court House
Cedar Rapids
Broilers Move to Market as Shippers Warn on Size
New York reports broilers reaching market in growing numbers. Some wholesale receivers caution shippers against sending birds below 132 pounds live weight. Growers should supply birds weighing two pounds or more. New Zealand and Canadian cheese may enter if domestic demand rises.
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New York City
New Zealand
London
New York
Twenty Five Counties at Sigourney Farm Bureau Meet
About twenty five southeastern Iowa counties attended a district Farm Bureau meeting in Sigourney. Attendees included Charles E. Hearst president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation O W Beeler state organizer Murl McDonald of the Ames extension service and Mrs Ellsworth Richardson Albia state chairman of Farm Bureau women. The men’s and women’s quarters claimed state championships in last winter’s Des Moines contest.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Farm Bureau Organization
Charles E. Hearst
Iowan Farm Bureau Federation
O. W. Beeler
Murl McDonald
Ames Extension Department
Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Maurice Cults
Old Days They Walked Describe Plowing Run Across County
Farmer north of Mount Vernon, Lee Stinger, says his helper Stanford Tallman rode 200 miles while plowing a 55 acre field, finished Tuesday evening. He notes many farmers are making cross country tours to get corn planted.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Lee Stinger
Stanford Tallman
Stinger
Towa Lass Wins National 4 H Club Study Fellowship
Esther M. Friesth of Humboldt county Iowa won a national 4 H club fellowship offering 1000 dollars for nine months study in the agriculture department. She taught at Elkhart high school and is an Iowa State college graduate. She was the sole girl winner nationwide. Edwin Matzen from Iowa ranked among the top five in the boys division with thirty five states represented.
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Washington, D. C
Esther M. Friesth
Humboldt County
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Miss Friesth
Elkhart High School
Iowa State College
United States
Edwin Matzen
Millionth Jersey Cow Recorded in United States
New York City Dreaming Dewdrop, a young Jersey cow on an Arkansas farm, becomes the millionth pure bred Jersey cow consecutively registered and numbered in the country by the American Jersey Cattle Club, the national Jersey breeders organization.
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New York City
Ann Dreaming Dewdrop
American Jersey Cattle Club
National Organization of Jersey Cattle Breeders
No Vacant Farm Homes Along Fayette School Routes
A. E. Beeck of West Union sought a farm home on a school route but found no vacant farm homes in Fayette Randalia and Maynard routes. The only available home lies north of West Union and is not on a school route.
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Fayette
West Union
A. E. Beeck
Randalia
Maynard
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