Oats Prices Fall as Dust Storms End and Rain Arrives
Prices for May oats fell sharply from 45.4 to about 38.14 cents a bushel as growing conditions improved across the producing region. Argentine oats faced shifting demand with shipments to New Orleans and Antwerp, while imports of rye and wheat from Canada rose. Speculation narrowed, and milling demand for 1934 oats remained weak amid poor grain quality. no major change expected until threshing time.
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Atlantic
United States
New York
Antwerp
New Orleans
Buffalo
Chicago
Philadelphia
Nurite Pain Relief Promises Fast Arthritis Nerve Pain Help
A bold ad promotes Nurite as quick relief for neuritis arthritis rheumatism neuralgia and related pains. It claims fast results without narcotics and offers a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve severe pain.
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Nurite
Nurito
Fence Drift in the Woven Wire by K F A Oh
Poem reflecting on fishing life and leisure with lines praising a beloved pastime. Distinct personal voice, mentions of K F A Oh and John Chalkhill in a reflective verse. No clear news event or report. literary fragment with nostalgic tone.
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John Chalkhill
Correction Fewer Pigs Not More in Farm News
A Des Moines office error reversed a livestock market quote on spring farrowings. The Sunday Gazette farm page reported 12 percent heavier, but the correction states farrowings are 12 percent lighter than a year ago.
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Des Moines
Federal Livestock Market News Service
Sunday Gazette Farm Page
Farmers Report Light Fleeces In Troy Mills Area
Farmers near Troy Mills report light fleeces averaging eight to ten pounds with fair quality. Wool buyers bid fifteen to twenty cents per pound, but farmers are slow to sell.
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Troy Mills
Troy Malls
Foreign Egg Imports Likely as New York Market Holds
The piece notes possible imports of Holland eggs amid pricing gaps with domestic stock. A shipment of 3000 to 4000 cases is anticipated, with well graded white eggs and 30 dozen cases. Prices foreign buyers pay are below U S quotes, suggesting speculative interest if domestic prices stay high.
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New York City
Holland
Welland
New York
Morocco
China
Congress
Michigan
Sunday Scene On The Farm Angling Fun Near Independence
Six miles south of Independence on the Henry Passmore farm a family group fished Bear Creek for chubs bullheads and other stream residents. Mr Passmore and his son Dick fished with four neighboring Wing family members Clarence Margaret Patty and Harold Wing.
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Izaak Walton
Independence
Bear Creek
Henry Passmore
Mr. Passmore
Clarence Wing
Margaret Wing
Patty Wing
Harold Wing
Butter market mixed on future prices and June outlook
Opinion split over June prices for New York extras with some expecting declines below 25 cents while others predict retention near current levels. Imports stay moderate into June and much Holland butter remains unsalted stored for summer use as ice cream makers may rely on it for fat content.
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New York
Mahaska Test Ass'n Averages 263.1 Lbs Butterfat For Year
The Mahaska County Cow Test Association reports 352 cows across 12 herds completed 12 months in 1934-35 with averages of 5,782 pounds milk and 263.1 pounds butterfat. Top cows include records from Stevens and Evans Ottumwa and Alex Johnson Munterville herds. Costs and incomes per cow are given, with cows culled and bought during the year. Officers listed include Leighton Ottumwa president and Taylor Delta vice-president.
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Delta
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Alex Johnson
Clair Werner
Gibson
Association
Warren Cadwallader
Oskaloosa
Stevens
Frans
Ottumwa
Muntersille
Carlos Oldham
Mahaska Association
Mahaska
Wapella
Keokuk
Monroe Counties
Bf, Leighton
Ollumwa
Otis Taylor
Howard Aldrich
C A Evans
Clair Wemer
Linn C T A No 3 Butterfat Report Highlights April and May
Otto W Bruns, foster for Linn Cow Test Association No 3, reports an average May butterfat production of 277 pounds per cow, up 36 pounds from April. High herd owned by W E Smith averaged 491 pounds. JoJ Wills herd second at 372 pounds. High cows in the W O T Smith herd yielded 80 and 737 pounds.
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Alburnett Otto W. Bruns
Foster
Linn Cow Test Association No 3
Association
We L Smith
Joj Wills
Wo O T. Smith
Record of 19.3 percent rise in baby chick production seen inApril
U.S. bureau reports commercial hatcheries reached peak for the season in April with a 19.3 percent year over year increase. Eggs set and advance orders rose, while West North Central states and Pacific coast regions showed notable gains and supply challenges. A Philadelphia judge fined a driver $12.50 for not stopping to avoid hitting a dog.
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U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
West North Central
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
West North Central States
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Rural Iowa Housing Needs Survey Highlights Backlogs
A planning board report to the national resources board shows rural Iowa homes face high deficits in basic facilities. In ten counties 18,789 farm and 8,137 non farm homes were surveyed, totaling about 1 million rural residents in farm housing needs and 152000 households in non farm housing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Planning Board
National Resources Board
Planning Board
Benton
Davis
Fayette
Madison
Mitchell
Scott
Shelby
Sioux
Story
Webster
Series Of Farm Bureau Confabs Planned In June
Des Moines announces a complete schedule for district Farm Bureau leader meetings next month. District One at Oelwein June 4, District Two at Mason City June 3, District Three at Spencer June 11, District Four at Denison June 13, District Five at Ames June 10, District Six at Cedar Rapids June 5, District Seven at Fairfield June 6, District Eight at Chariton June 7, District Nine at Red Oak June 13.
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Des Moines
INS
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Oclwein
Mason City
Spencer
Denison
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Chariton
Red Oak
First farmers replant eighty acres near Blairstown
Emil Furler, among the earliest to plant corn in the Blairstown area, replanted about eighty acres last week due to poor seed germination. Some fields are coming up well while pastures provide ample cattle feed and alfalfa shows good growth despite uneven stands in a few fields.
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Blairstown
Emil Furler
Farmers replant corn after poor germination in Grundy County
Special to The Gazette reports Grundy county farmers struggle with poor corn germination and replanting. Some fields show a satisfactory stand while others suspect cold spell damage. In Wheatland the majority of corn is planted, with 10 percent delayed by rain and standing water. small grains are faring well.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Wheatland
Farmers report strong early corn planting progress countywide
Three quarters of corn is in the ground with an even stand emerging. Oats alfalfa and pastures look fine and nearly all dairy cattle are on pasture. Plowing for a record soy bean crop continues as fruit trees especially apples blossom. Pig litters show good luck.
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Independence
Northern Fayette county makes good progress on corn planting
Farmers estimate 50 to 75 percent of the corn crop has been planted in northern Fayette county. The work was pushed all last week under favorable weather. Small grain looks good, fruit trees are in full bloom, and grass is growing well, though meadows are thin from drought.
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The
Gazette West Union
Fayette County
Lowden Creamery Pays 36 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers' Co operative creamery at Lowden were paid thirty six cents a pound for April butterfat. Butter manufactured during April totaled 16 408 pounds. Last week a total of 5 632 pounds of butter was manufactured at the creamery.
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Lowden
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
Farm Land Values Rise to 79 Percent of Prewar Level
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports the farm real estate index at 79 on March 1 1935 up from 76 a year earlier and 73 in 1933. Gains shown in 30 states, with declines in drought areas and the cotton belt leading the upturn attributed to higher farm income easier credit tax relief and fewer distress sales.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Cotton
Bureau
Farm Credit Administration
The
Planting in Garrison as farmers work fields
Garrison farmers plant corn while weather permits. Truck gardeners work on beans and set out tomato plants.
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