Cedar Rapids Area Pays Out First Corn-Hog Funds
Eight county region led Cedar Rapids with total first payments topping $285,485,038 as of Monday. Remaining unpaid contracts number 208, mostly Benton county, with an estimated $41,600 still due. Second payments, about $1.5 million, will be rushed after compliance checks and certificate processing.
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Ashington
Cedar Rapds
Linn
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cedar Rapids Gazette Aaa
Cedar Rapids
AAA
Benton County
Benton
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Jones
Buchanan
Delaware
Innea
Fence Driet Repair Echoes In Uncle Sam Mailbox
An odd scribble depicts a fence line scene with an Uncle Sam mailbox and shredded rope suggestive of decorations. The note includes playful phrases about Hallo weeener and Santa Claus, creating a whimsical, rustic snapshot.
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Santa Claus
Iowa County Tax Parcel Listings From OCR Fragments
Fragmentary OCR list shows numerous Iowa county names and tax figures with scattered percentages and codes. It appears to catalog town or parcel values, with totals and various numeric identifiers interspersed, lacking clear context or dates.
Surplus Hogs To Be Distributed In Buchanan
252 surplus hogs collected from Buchanan county farmers will be distributed this week by county hog representative Clyde C Heyward under the supervision of the county Federal Emergency Relief Office and Harry L Beaver state representative. Hogs go to relief families who will care for them until slaughter. permission to butcher must be obtained and penalties apply for misuses.
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Buchanan County
Clyde C Heyward
County
Federal Emergency Relief Office
Harry L. Beaver
Unclear OCR Notice on Local Event and Names
Fragmentary OCR text mentions various items including numbers and names such as Grinsett and Mertey with unclear context. The readable parts hint at a local event or notice but lack coherent details to identify a clear event, date, or outcome for a concrete summary.
Tractor tromps ensilage in pit
Special to The Gazette reports a trench silo near Oxford Junction filled with corn from a 25 acre field using a tractor for packing. The silo measures seventy by twelve by fourteen feet and is sealed with paper. Frost killed pasture, rye and fall wheat show growth, and late potatoes are large.
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Oxford
George Shimerda
Jones County
Oxford Junction
October Dairy Cow Tests Report in Linn County
The Linn County Cow Test Association No 2 with 501 cows on test in October averaged 633 pounds of milk and 256 pounds of butterfat. Several herds in Mount Vernon and Mahaska County posted high results including Forest, Beckmann, Cadwallader, and Wemer with notable yields of milk and butterfat across purebred Holsteins and other breeds.
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Gavett
Mount Vernon
Linn County
Harald Klingler
FC Forest of Mount Vernon
Robert B. Beckmann
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Frank Fry
Clin Wemer
Cabsen
Nebraska Lad's Hamps Top Aksarben Hog Show
Omaha circles report Nebraska lad’s hamp Top Aksarben Hog Show with reserve ad champion in hog contest. Winners include heat from Walters Livestock and entries by Robert Walkens, Wennord Washington, and Nebrashes. Brower Whe recenth returned from Big Timber Montana with sheep for feeding and first double deck car load.
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Nebraska Lad
Omaha
Prand
Robert Walkens
Wennord
Washmitten
Spral
Brower
Big Timber
Montana
Holbrook rancher predicts bright beef future and urges continued farm programs
W J Hanson, owner of 200 acres at Holbrook Barn in 1878, discusses cattle and hog shortages driven by the production control program and drought. He endorses corn sealing, favors continued production controls, and backs political leaders including Sen. Murphy and Gov. candidate Herring, stressing a planned agriculture system.
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W J. Hanson
Holbrook Barn
Iowa County Corn
Iowa County Corn Loan Board
Census of Farming to Be Taken in 1935 and 1939
Official notice displayed in post offices announces the U S census of agriculture to begin January 2 1935 nationwide. Farmers and ranchers will report farm tenure acreage value crop yields livestock poultry eggs and population with enumerators visiting in January.
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United States
Butterfat Averages 24.4 Cents For Nine Months At Decorah
Decorah Farmers Ice Cave creamery reports nine months ending Sept 30 with 834 126 pounds butter from 673 622 pounds fat an over run of 160 500 pounds. Butter sales total 184 204 dollars. Average payments to farmers 24.4 cents per pound, up from 23.6 cents last year. Company serves 27 routes with 850 patrons. 20 collectors and 12 creamery workers.
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Decorah
Burnett Named To Determine Value Of Seal Corn For Seed
Des Moines AP report states Ray Murray Iowa secretary of agriculture appointed L C Burnett of Iowa State College as special scaler inspector of corn to judge seed suitability. He notes 3 655 cribs are sealed under the 1935 corn loan program though many more are sealed but notices must reach his office.
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Des Moines
Ray Murray
L. C. Burnett
Iowa State College
Murray
Farm Auction Schedule Near Cedar Rapids Area
Listing of upcoming auctions across Iowa with Page and Bowman feeder cattle sale in Beverly W B Meeks Curoe sale at Anamosa Town Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids and John Plower closing out sale located 594 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids on November 1 to 3.
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Page and Bowman
Beverly
W. B. Meeks
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
John Plower
Colorado
Nebraska
Tony Schmitz
Walter Challis
Jay Patten
O. M. Bundy
Fifty Thousand Acres in West Stricken by Alkali Poison
Washington AP Fifty thousand acres in western states are poisoned by selenium in the soil. The land is unfit for crops and cattle. Experts provisionaly suggest withdrawal from production. Selenium enters plants, poisons grazing stock, and has caused some land abandonment. No human fatalities or public health alarm at present.
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Washington
H. G. Knight
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
Knight
Sand Springs Creamery Pays 29c For Butterfat
Farmers Mutual Creamery in Sand Springs pays 29 cents per pound for September butterfat. Manager Ed Cox reports the price to patrons.
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Sand Springs Creamery
Sand Springs
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Ed Cox
Iowa corn largely safe before October frost arrives
Des Moines reports virtually all Iowa corn escaped the first general killing frost on Oct 28. Crop director Charles D. Reed notes mild late week temperatures followed by a general frost, aiding corn drying and husking. Late planted corn for fodder was harvested. potato digging nearly finished. pumpkin canning ended. apples fair but pears blown down by wind.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Crop and Weather Bureau
Reed
Transfer of Sires Involves Caldwell Tittle and Kennedy Herds
Tipton farmers Mrs J C Caldwell and William Tittle transfer sires affecting their Tipton herds and George Kennedy of West Branch also involved. Kennedy herd is Guernsey while Kennedy himself raises Herefords. The move links multiple local cattle operations in the farm page notice.
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Tipton
Gazette
J. C. Caldwell
William Tittle
George Kennedy
West Branch
Kennedy
Guernsey
Feeder Cattle Shipment Arrives by Rail from Omaha
Hermann Brun scheen received a rail shipment from South Omaha of 133 head of feeder cattle Tuesday in Wyoming. The load marks a sizable livestock delivery to the region, reflecting ongoing cattle trade activity and transport efficiency between markets.
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Wyoming
Hermann Brunscheen
South Omaha
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