Fayette County Wool Sale Nets 24 284 Cents A Pound
A. M. Cohen of LaCrosse representing Silberman and Son of Chicago bid 2843 cents a pound for grade No 1 medium wool and 24 cents for grade No 2 at West Union. Wool will be assembled June 8 and 9 at the Graham warehouse. about 30 000 pounds expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M Cohen
LaCrosse
Silberman and Son
Chicago
Cohen
Fayette County
Graham
West Union
Paul McElroy
Peer (Special
Heirs Agree Value for Cedar Land at 150 An Acre
Heirs to the Reed Maley estate including 160 acres northeast of Mechanicsville waived appraisement in district court and fixed a valuation of 150 per acre totaling 24000. They will pay inheritance taxes on the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Reed Maley
Mechanicsville
District Court
Farmers prepare county sports festivals across Iowa counties
Ray Sorensen of Des Moines, chairman of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation sports events committee, says county sports festivals are planned in Linn Dubuque Fayette Cedar Jones Scott Clinton Benton Bremer Tama Black Hawk and many other counties this summer. The festivals lead to a state event in Ames in September with farmers from all 99 counties competing. Baseball teams form in Linn Dubuque and other east Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Dubuque
Fayette
Cedar
Jones
Scott
Clinton
Benton
Bremer
Tama
Black Hawk
Ray Sorensen
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Gazette Saturay
Ames
Iowa
East Iowa
Sorensen
Allamakee
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Howard
Winneshiek
Hardin
Poweshiek
Jackson
Johnson
Muscatine
Keokuk
Louisa
Washington
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Week List
The Linn county Farm Bureau schedule lists events for the week. Activities include an eight pm annual meeting of contest association No 1 at Community hall Whittier and a Thursday 4 H dairy calf club tour starting at Cedar Rapids courthouse with a noon visit to Willard Haak farm southeast of Marion. A county agricultural planning committee meeting follows at the Farm Bureau office Cedar Rapids. Saturday features a 9 30 am girls 4 H chorus rehearsal at the Y W C A Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau
Contest Association No
Community Hall
Whittier
Courthouse
Cedar Rapids
Willard Haak Farm
Marion
County Agricultural Planning Committee
Farm Bureau
Iowa farm census shows 110 831 tractors and 197 556 cars
The 1938 Iowa farm census reports 110 831 tractors on farms Jan 1 1939, up 11 028 from 1937. Automobiles total 197 556, up 2 826 from 1937. Northern and central Iowa lead in tractors and autos with county figures for eastern Iowa listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A Jarnagin
Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Allamakee
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Howard
Winneshiek
Hardin
Poweshiek
Tama
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Linn
Muscatine
Scott
Keokuk
Louisa
Washington
Fence Drift and Railroading Ties in Farm House
In the old farm house, Fred Sargent faces illness that forced his resignation as North Western president. The note expresses wishes for a rapid recovery and welcomes a new neighbor, reflecting farming and railroading as his two major interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sargent
The
North Western
Fred Sargent Leaves Rail Job to Farm Near Lisbon Iowa
Fred Sargent resigns as North Western president due to illness and becomes an eastern Iowa farmer near Lisbon. He owns about 1 200 acres across five farms in Linn and Cedar counties, partners in four livestock ventures, and rents one farm for grain shares. He plans Mayo Clinic follow up after a period of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Chicago
Linn
Cedar
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Brady and Sons
Brady Farm
Mr. Sargent
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mrs. Sargent
Lisbon
Brady
Livestock Handle by Johnson Co-Op Reaches Record Pounds
Iowa City Johnson County Farmers Livestock Marketing association reports 7,860,244 pounds of cattle calves hogs and sheep handled in the year ended April 30 an increase of 266,099 pounds. Shipments totaled 1,401 cattle 107 calves 26,586 hogs 1,891 sheep with receipts $612,574.75 from packers and members paid $595,806.68. Annual meeting set for Thursday evening at the community building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Johnson County Farmers Livestock Marketing Association
E. L. Hegg
Towa City
Shipping Co-Op
Linn County Farm Debt Advisory Board to Meet
The Linn county farm debt advisory board will meet at the re settlement office third floor of the post office building Cedar Rapids Monday at 1 30 p m Interested persons may call at that time C B F Michel chairman said Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Debt Advisory Board
Cedar Rapids
C. B. F. Michel
Alfalfa Haying Nearing Start On Iowa Farm
Otis Tuttle, a farmer near Norway, predicts alfalfa will be cut soon as buds swell on phosphated ground. He notes alfalfa on the Tuttle Brothers farm is knee high with blossoms nearing, a standout hay yield this season. Rain could delay mowing, but other meadows lag behind the drought tolerant alfalfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Tuttle Brothers
Iowa
Neighbors Help Harvey Ceeske Family With Corn Planting
South Bethel farmers near Tipton donated two fields of corn to Harvey Ceeske who lies in Town City hospital after an emergency operation. Neighbors used four tractors and two teams over two days to seed and harrow. The community’s long standing neighbor policy prompted the act following the birth of a child and the wife’s hospital return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Tipton
South Bethel
Harvey Ceeske
Town City
Exhibits Rate Superior At Tama Home Project Day
Seven of eleven Tama county townships earned superior ratings in the home project day with four at good. Miss Marian Edwards judged the clothing exhibits. Buckingham led with the top overall score. Otter Creek, Geneseo and Perry highlighted publicity and organization at the event attended by 117 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAER
Tama County
Marian Edwards
Ames
Buckingham
Perry
Grant
Spring Creek
Tama
Salt Creek
Otter Creek
Highland
Geneseo
Carroll
Oneida
Farm Bureau
Edwards
Booth
Poweshiek County Hosts Cattle Feed Lot Tour
About 100 farmers attended Poweshiek county's first cattle feeding lot tour. Eight herds were inspected. The group picnicked at Sheridan Church near Brooklyn. Rex Beresford from Ames Herman Aaberg from the Chicago Producers Commission and H H Schloeman from Des Moines discussed cattle outlook at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Harold Miller
Sheridan Church
Rex Beresford
Ames
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers Commission Association
H. H. Schloeman
Chicago
Des Moines
Meat Exports Drop In April Compared March
US meat trade shifted in April with exports of pork and beef down while lard fell. American packers sold 8,060,277 pounds of pork abroad, 2,804,140 pounds less than March. Beef and veal exports dropped 32 percent to 709,971 pounds, and lard exports declined 20 percent to 17,531,127 pounds. Foreign buyers bought 8,858,833 pounds of US beef and veal, up 42 percent from March. Pork imports rose 12 percent to 5,207,976 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
United States
Department of Commerce
Five Experimental Steers Appraised In Ames Feed Day
Two Chicago experts valued five experimental steer lots at Ames for 9.65 a hundredweight on a Chicago basis. Last Tuesday the steers were killed in Chicago by Swift and Company, with dressings determined and high return above feed cost noted for the whole fodder steers referenced May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Chicago
Swift and Company
Gazette
Fodder and Silage Steers Show Varied Dressed Percentages
The Chicago Drovers Journal reports experimental lots with dressings from 58.2 to 60.8 percent. Whole fodder steers led prices at Ames 9.40 while recut fodder brought 9.00, with market shrink from Ames to Chicago ranging 3.43 to 5.44 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Chicago Drovers’ Journal
Chicago
Ames
Corn In Good Condition In Stanwood Community
Special to The Gazette reports Stanwood farmers see relief from recent rains easing drought. Oats suffered minor damage likely below normal. corn prospects remain positive with uneven germination, improved by warm moist weather. Pastures are good and alfalfa hay is being cut. several corn fields have had first cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Rain Delivers Needed Relief to Blairstown Area
A much needed shower moved through Blairstown Thursday afternoon and evening, following a dust storm that unsettled the region. The brief rain offered relief from dry conditions and helped settle dust across local streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Blairstown
Blaistown
Storm Whirls Over Fields Wilt Flowers In Town
High winds over the past three days dried topsoil and caused flowers and early vegetables to wilt as the storm swept through town.
Guernseymen To Meet At Independence May 31
District 2 of the Guernsey Cattle Breeders association will hold its annual meeting at the Farm Bureau office here Wednesday evening to set a date for the parish show. The show moves earlier this year to select a herd for the state Guernsey show at the All-Iowa exposition in Cedar Rapids, as All-Iowa and Buchanan county fair dates coincide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
The
Guernsey Cattle Breeders Association
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Monona Creamery Pays 24 Cents Butterfat in April
Union Farmers Cooperative creamery at Monona paid 24 cents per pound for sweet cream butterfat and 23 cents for No 1 butterfat in April. Total butter produced was 53,798 pounds from 43,211 pounds of butterfat. 49,600 pounds shipped east, 2,403 sold to patrons, and 1,795 sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Union Farmers Cooperative Creamery
E. E. Drahn
Steers Bring 316 And 31 Buk Marks in Chicago Market
Luana Hubert Doerring sold 45 head of 1 305 pound steers at Chicago for 11 dollars per hundredweight and ten lots of 1 152 pound averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LUANA
Hubert Doerring
Chicago
Butter production falls in April amid dry weather
The Agriculture Department reports April butter production at 145,123,000 pounds, down from 148,072,000 a year earlier, the first drop since November 1937. Drought tightens supplies while prices rise and demand remains solid across eastern milk sheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gagette
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
L. Brown
New York City
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County Sheep and Wool Association
F J. Schroeder
Wadena
Fred Handley
Oelwein
L. K Osmundson
Clermont
C. E. Ostrander
E. L. Carlin
Castalia
F Shaffer
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
J. C. Hennig
Hawkeye
William Halsted
Charles DeWees
A. V Brady
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
AAA
Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Farm Bureau Calendar
E. Garmoe
Autos
Ray Anderson
Johnson Co-Op
Geretie, Phere
Osterdock
Charles Bowman
Tom Moser
Bowman
Monona Creamery
Supreme Court
New York
London
Egg Market
E. Com and Sons
St. Avenue
Hereford
Nebraska
J. Gatens
Mer
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