Farm Outlook Sees Modest 1934 Recovery in Agriculture
Economists in Washington release the annual agricultural outlook predicting better balance between supply and demand for farm products in 1934 as industrial recovery proceeds. Domestic demand should rise, while foreign demand remains weaker. credit and low interest rates are expected to support production, with cotton and wheat markets facing varied prospects and meat supplies likely to grow despite feed grain shortages.
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Ashington
D. C
United States Department of Agricuture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Maryland
Adjustment Administration
United States
Corn and livestock outlook for Cedar County 1933
A 1932 Cedar County agricultural summary by Leslie M Carl notes Hoover birthplace Springdale as a high yield area and projects smaller hog slaughter, continued cattle growth, weaker dairy profits, and tentative gains in truck crops. It highlights market shifts, egg production trends, and orchard-adjacent farming as key factors shaping 1934 prospects.
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Leslie M Carl
Des Moines
Cedar County
Springdale Township
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
94 Record Books Entered In Contest By Iowa 4-H Girls
Ninety four 4-H club record books from forty three Iowa counties entered for judging by state club leaders. Eight trips to the national club congress in Chicago may be awarded to top entries, with various recognitions from the International Livestock exposition. Notable entrants include Ellen Marie Borghart Linn county and Verona Jepson Scott with multi year records.
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the Gazette
National Club Congress
Chicago
Iowa
Tama
Benton
Linn
Towa
Johnson
Scott
Muscatine
Des Moines
Ellen Marie Borghart
Linn County
Helen Stanerson
Verona Jepson
Gladys Nathan
Gladys Hagenbuch
Washington
Ida Fleming
Alice Wallace
Frances Hahn
Hazel Hand Linn
Cleo Cooper
Wilma Handorf
Mary Spencer
Doris Newhard Linn
Verona J Meter Scott
Dorothy Plagman
Mary McNamara Linn
Vera Knode
Beef outlook session planned by Cedar feeders group
The Gazette reports a meeting led by County Agent Emmett Gardner and Rex Beresford of Ames to form a county feeders organization to monitor cattle beef outlook. Another November 21 session will unite township Farm Bureau directors to plan monthly programs with Ames officials W H Stacy and Miss Fannie Buchanan.
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Speral
Gazette
Tipton
Emmett Gardner
Rex Beresford
Ames
Township
W H Stacy
Fannie Buchanan
Farmer seeks remuneration after livestock killed by dogs
Edgewood resident William Hoefer reports a loss of thirty five dollars from herds raided by dogs near his pasture two miles and a quarter northwest of town. A Shropshire ewe was killed and an eleven month old registered Red Polled bull calf perished. He petitions the county for compensation.
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Cazette Edgewood
William Hoefer
Here
Nvestock
O'Neal predicts failure of national farm strike
Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau, argues the strike will fail and urges farmers to test Roosevelt's relief plan. He condemns violent tactics, backs crop control, and says city voters will bear higher food costs if the farm program falters. He stresses unity with Wallace and Peek, while noting Midwest discontent.
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Farm Bureau
Peek
Wallace
Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
O’neal
O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
George Peek
Midwest
Anamosa Cow Test reports October milk and butterfat leaders
The Anamosa Cow Test association shows October output of 579 pounds milk and 19.6 pounds butterfat per cow average. Fifty-three cows exceeded 40 pounds of butterfat, led by a Tyler and McGovern Holstein at 73.4 pounds on thrice daily milking. W H Finn and Son’s eight Holsteins averaged 31.3 pounds butterfat from 1,015 pounds milk. Seven honor roll certificates were awarded by the National Dairy Association to members including the Men's Reformatory herd and Tyler and McGovern group.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Cow Test Association
Tyler and McGovern
Lst
Guernsey
Fd Wilcox
H Finn and Son
National Dairy Association
J E. Johnson
Prentice and Streeter
Tom George
J M. Byerly
Monroe
Walderbach
Good Increase in Duck Flock at West Union Farm
Mrs. Herb Kent near West Union raised eighty-one ducks to maturity this season from an initial trio of two hens and one drake. Ducks were hatched under chicken hens early in summer but later in the season the duck hens stole nests and hatched more.
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Spreinl
the Gazette West Union
Herb Kent
Here
Fayette No. 4 Cow Test Assoc Makes October Butterfat Peak
October butterfat averaged 20.1 pounds across Fayette No. 4 Cow Test, up from September as 252 of 344 cows tested produced 471 pounds of milk. Max Grafenberg led with nine Holsteins at 1144 pounds milk and 37.9 fat, including two top cows. H W Gross and Sons ranked second among ten herds with 828 pounds milk and 285 pounds fat, led by a cow at 1556 pounds milk and 60.7 fat. Jerseys from Clyde Blunt were eighth as a herd, with a purebred cow at 1212 pounds milk and 55.8 fat. Other top cows include Learn’s Spotty and Dullard’s Dina, both purebred Jerseys, along with multiple noted owners such as Milton Marting, John Leader, Clarence Hoag, Finch and Osmundson, Karl Miller, Brackin Brothers, and J C Mathews.
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West Union
Fayette No. 4
Max Grafenberg
H.W. Gross and Sons
Clyde Blunt
R. F. Learn
Walter Dullard
Milton Marting
John C. Leader
Clarence Hoag
Finch and Osmundson
Karl Miller
Brackin Brothers
J. C. Mathews
Hog cholera outbreaks hit twenty three Iowa communities
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports hog cholera outbreaks in twenty three communities over the past week. The list includes Wellman West Chester Maquoketa Preston Cresco New Hampton Maple Leaf Barnes City Gibson Montezuma Decorah Ossian Vinton Blairstown Wellsburg Grundy Center Iowa City West Branch Solon Tipton Cedar Rapids Springville and Lisbon.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Wellman
West Chester
Maquoketa
Preston
Cresco
New Hampton
Maple Leaf
Barnes City
Gibson
Montezuma
Decorah
Os Sian
Vinton
Blairstown
Wellsburg
Grundy Center
Iowa City
West Branch
Solon
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Springville
Lisbon
Margin essential for feeding profit in cattle lot tests
J. J. Wallace of Marion, Cedar Valley Farm Business association, reports that four steers fed in 1932 show profit requires a sufficient margin between cost and sale price. Feed cost per hundredweight of gain varied from 4.32 to 7.79 dollars among feeders, highlighting buying and selling efficiency as a major profit factor.
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J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Wallace
Landscaping Is Women's Project In Jones County
ANAMOSA The women s county home project committee with local leaders and 4-H girls will meet November 10 at Mrs B D Heiken s Center Junction home. Mrs Gregg the state home project leader from Ames extension service will join. The second lesson in this year s home project course runs November 13 to 17 with Nord Davis extension landscape architecture specialist conducting the lessons.
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Anamosa
Women's County
B. D. Heiken
Center Junction
Gregg
Ames Extension Service
Nord Davis
Fairdean Farm Girl Hatches Chick Flock Record
Mrs John Fox the Fairfax farm woman reports that a single pullet hatched a flock of chicks in one clutch. The event draws attention for its unusual brood expansion on the rural homestead.
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Fairfax
John Fox
Husking Meet Set for Champ Title at West Point
West Point Nebraska AP Twelve farmers with prior national husking experience prepare for the national cornhusking contest on Ben Stalp farm near West Point. Notables include 1932 runner-up Walter Johansen of Iowa and 1932 winner Carl Seiler of Illinois who won’t compete this year. Contestants hail from Indiana Kansas Missouri Nebraska Ohio Minnesota and South Dakota with many previous national placements.
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West Point
Neb
Ben Stalp
Here
Walter Johansen
Iowa
Carl Seiler
Illinois
Seiler
Indiana
Lawrence Pitzer
Albert Hensler
Charles Bockes
Lawrence House
Kansas
Missouri
Ellsworth Kapp
Layton Roberts
Everett Ford
Ohio
Richard Anderson
South Dakota
Harry Brown
Nebraska
Grundy Center
William Anderson
Albert Tsank
Minnesota
Ted Balko
Ray Hanson
Horses Sell Fast at Manely Farm Sale for 141 Dollars
An eight year old team of horses brought 141 dollars at a Saturday sale on Mrs Nor man Manley’s farm. Implements sold well and drew steady buyer interest.
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DELTA
Norman Manley
Cedar Rapids Weekly Farm Auction Friday Nov 10
A weekly consignment sale is set for Friday November 10 in Cedar Rapids. Local farmers showcase livestock and farm equipment with buyers expected from the region.
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Cedar Rapids
12Th St
12Th Ave
O. B. Clemens
A. F. Schmitz
Mers
Marion farm to host 150 day cattle feed test
A 150 day cattle feeding experiment begins at Rosco Blinks farm east of Marion to test roughage value in rations. L H Fairchild, ex Purdue animal husbandry teacher, leads the study with two similar trials in Nebraska and Texas. 100 head of 625 pound Colorado Herefords will be divided into five lots, each receiving distinct fodder types and a protein mix, plus alfalfa hay and a mineral supplement. Monthly weight records will track progress, with the study ending around April.
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Rosco@ Blinks farm
Marion
L H Fairchild
Purdue
Fairchild
United States
Grand Island
Neb
Lubbock
Tex
Blinks
Colorado
Cows and calves fetch prices at local auction sale
At the second community auction sale at the fair grounds, cows sold up to 32 each and heifers to 12. Weanling pigs brought 170 and two blind horses sold for 850 each. E. J. Hopkins acted as auctioneer.
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Manchester
E. J Hopkins
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