U S Feed Grain Output Seen Lower Than Five Year Average
The 1936 U S feed grain production is estimated at 74 848 000 tons, down from the 1929 33 five year average of 115 000 000 tons. Minnesota station expert W H Peters reports continued hay and feed supplies, notes a 3 per cent rise in animal units from 1935 but 10 per cent below the five year average.
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T. Paul
United States
W. H. Peters
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Here
Peters
Federal Livestock Feed Agency
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Minnesota
FENCE DRIFT cements farm feed price list in woven wire note
A rustic ledger catalogs 40.75 dollars in soy oilmeal to 52.25 dollars in oat feed with low grade options and hay prices from 21.70 to 23.40 per ton. It cites digestible nutrient bases from Feeds and Feeding by Henry Morrison and notes no mineral or palatability adjustments.
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Sudan
Henry and Morrison
Walford Husking Harvest Yields Reported
Special to The Gazette Walford sees husking in progress with corn yields from twenty to thirty bushels per acre. Ears are small but grain quality is good.
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Walford
Public Sale of Purebred Livestock and Saddle Horses
Auction set for Thursday November 5 at 1 PM near Marion on the old Granville Farm grounds. Purebred Guernsey bulls listed numbered 1 through 9 with dam butterfat notes. Red Poll Vallee Duke and Aberdeen Angus entries. four Hampshire boars, incubator, turkeys, pullets, ewes and saddle horses described. terms Half cash and balance monthly at 6 percent interest.
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Guernsey
Aberdeen
Marion City
Old Granville Farm
Bonnie Brae
Archer
Lindy
Fred
Noble
Paul
Ellanor W
New Hampshire
Linn County Ready For State Husking Contest
Linn county farmer Chris Griem six miles northwest of Marion will be among eighteen entrants in the state corn husking contest near Newhall on Thursday. Arthur Thompson of Wallaces Farmers announced the lineup, with Leo Bremer of Sumner as the eighteenth entrant. Griem, champion of Jones county last year, qualified in Linn county trials overseen by the county Farm Bureau. Bruce McCullough of Mount Vernon also tried out. Griem previously operated a farm north of Clarence.
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Linn
Chris Griem
Marion
Newhall
Arthur Thompson
Wallaces
Thompson
Griem
Leo Bremer
Sumner
Bremer
Linn County Farm Bureau
Bruce McCullough
Mount Vernon
Jones County
Clarence
Fayette Bureau Items on Nov 24 Meeting
Fayette county Farm Bureau schedules a special meeting for November 24 to vote on increasing annual dues from 5 to 10 dollars for 1937. The meeting will be held in Fayette with members urged to participate in the vote.
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Fayette
Soil Conservation Topics Taught At Marengo Night School
Marengo high school instructor R L Amsbury announces a weekly night school starting November 16. Topics include crop rotations soil types Iowa county pasture management limestone manure fertilizer soil conserving practices terracing gully control forestry wildlife and soil conservation.
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Marengo
R. L. Amsberry
Marengo High School
Iowa County
Corn Yields 15 to 40 Bushels in Oelwein Area
Farmers in the Oelwein area have finished corn husking with yields ranging from 15 to 40 bushels. Shredding is nearly complete and some farmers are cutting soybeans for threshing. Pastures remain good but rain is needed for plowing.
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Oelwein
Monticello Farm Sale Reveals Corn and Livestock Prices
At Clem Liddie farm two miles northeast of Monticello the corn field sold for 32 dollars per acre. Old corn brought 1.18 per bushel, eats 0.48 per bushel. A herd of 49 cows and heifers averaged 53 dollars per head. Summer pigs averaged 8.50 per head. Lee Bebee of Anamosa auctioneered. A brood mare sold for 200 with a 2 year old filly at 197.50. Top Jersey Guernsey cow fetched 96 dollars. Ewe lambs 7.50, old ewes 10.50. Spring gifts 16.50 per head and fall pigs 4.70. A harness set cost 30.
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Monticello
Clem Liddie
Lee Bebee
Anamosa
William Allen
Iowa Livestock Entered At Chicago
Exhibitors from several Iowa counties entered livestock for the International Livestock show in Chicago from November 28 to December 5. Dygert brothers of Manchester in Delaware County sent six Percherons and eight Belgian horses. Walter Puls of Grinnell in Poweshiek County entered purebred Shorthorn and Angus steers with daughter Shirley in the junior feeding contest. Jarard Horse Company of New Sharon in Mahaska County sent nine Clydesdale horses. Charles W. Willhoit of Batavia in Wapello County three Clydesdales. Edwin Osterman of Ocheaden Osceola County entered Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn steers. Perry O. Brown of Lamoni in Decatur County sent steers. Carl A. Henkel of Mason City in Cerro Gordo County sent one Percheron horse, three Shorthorn cattle, and nine Berkshire barrows.
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Hicago
Iowa
Dygert Brothers
Manchester
Delaware County
Walter Puls
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Shirley
Jarard Horse Company
New Sharon
Mahaska County
Clydesdale
Charles W. Willhoit
Batavia
Wapello
Edwin Osterman
Ochevedan
Osceola County
Perry O. Brown
Lamoni
Decatur County
Carl A. Henkel
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Seven Johnson County Lads to Exhibit at Chicago
Iowa City seven Johnson County youths will exhibit stock at the International Livestock Exposition junior feeding contest in Chicago on November 28. Leading names include Cleo Yoder of Wellman who showed the grand champion steer last year, with teammates William R. Hunter Paul Fuhrmeister Alvin Meyer Duane Stock and Howard Yoder.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Chicago
Yoder
William R. Hunter
Paul Fuhrmeister
North Liberty
Alvin Meyer
Leland
Duane Stock
Lone Tree
Howard Yoder
Cleo
Fayette County Cow Testing elects officers at Oelwein meeting
Oelwein Fayette county Cow Testing association elected President Charles Schlumbohm and Vice President J S Alshouse. Directors chosen were Harold Downer Walter Falck and Clarence Alshouse at a recent meeting.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
What’s What Out on the Acres Opposes Farm Subsidy
Interview with Robert G. Kelly of Clarence area, 660 acres, 33 years on the land. He argues against Roosevelt farm policies, cites wars and soil erosion, proposes a 10 percent sales tax on farm products to fund soil conservation, and urges government storage and import controls to stabilize prices and protect soil for future generations. The piece is the final farmers interview in a daily series begun Aug. 2.
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Robert G. Kelly
Lester Kelly
Glenn Kelly
Clarence
Clinton
Coming Farm Auctions This Week in Iowa Towns
Farm auction notices list sales on Thursday November 5 including purebred livestock by Weaver Witwer near Marion and closing out for R C Greenwald near Solon, plus community sales at Tipton and Beverly. Friday November 6 features Town Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids. Saturday November 7 sale at Anamosa livestock pavilion. Monday November 9 closing out sale by Oren Gray six miles east of Oxford.
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Weaver Witwer
Marion
R. C. Greenwald
East
Solon
Tipton
Beverly
Cedar Rapids
Oren Gray
Oxford
Tipton Community Sale Co. Fairgrounds
Iowa
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U. S
Stig
DIAL
C. Lassen
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Beverly Yards
Colorado
Amana
Beverly Cattle CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Linn County
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Bebee
Anamosa D. E. Brickley
Roosevelt
England
Germany
Gerber
Paul H. Huston
Peoples Savings Bank
Emma Gerber
First Avenue E
Idaho
Heynen
Clothing & Shoes
First St. SE
Baltimore
Hills
K.C
Market Basket Food Shop
Third Avenue
Oxfords
van Heusen Colla
Eng
Girls Union
Blue Melton
Flint and Welch
Big Yank
Molan
First Street
Lisbon
Colorado Mountain
West
Lisbon, Iowa
Anamosa Livestock Pavilion
H. E. Henderson
Higley
Boling and Colby
Henry Walters
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