Corn Hog Plan Proceeds Amid Regional Conferences
Iowa extension head R K Bliss says corn and hog contract forms are not set until after regional meetings. A Kansas City session led by U S Agriculture officials includes A G Black and A W Warburton. Wallace will speak in Des Moines and at the state legislature as conferences continue in Minneapolis and Chicago.
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Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Kansas City
Bliss
Washington
Minneapolis
Chicago
Wallace
Des Moines
A. G. Black
A. W. Warburton
United States Department of Agriculture
Ralph Moyer
Fairfield
Progressive Farm Union
Moyer
Progressive Farmers’ Union
Reno
FENCE DRIFT AND CROW TALES AT BILL MEYER FARM
A piece recalls two black crows at the Bill Meyer farm east of Conroy and a tamed crow that once perched atop a tree for twenty four hours. The story shifts to rural life as farmers prepare for government programs to curb corn acreage and pork production with local associations and enforcement officers forming the steps to disburse funds. It notes potential early payments before Christmas but hints cash may await the new year depending on farmer organization speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Meyer
Conroy
Mr. Meyer
Amos
Andy
Bliss
Livestock Co-ops Plan 14th Annual Convention
Des Moines hosts the fourteenth annual Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers convention December 11 and 12 with W R Johnson presiding. Delegates will be elected in November to vote on by law revisions and farm price improvements. The program committee includes William McArthur Mason City W R Johnson Perry and L E Staker Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Co-operative Livestock Shippers
W R. Johnson
William McArthur
Mason City
W. R. Johnson
Perry
L. E. Staker
Entries For Hay And Grain Show To Close Nov 10
Joe L. Robinson warns exhibitors entries for the International Grain and Hay show must be mailed by November 10. Show in Chicago December 29 includes 88 classes with cash awards over 5000 and 1500 ribbons. no entry fee. Iowa supplies an official representative to manage state samples and return requested items.
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Gazette
Chicago
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa
Washington C T A Produces 23.9 Butterfat Average
Washington county Cow Testing association reports sixty four cows dry and 185 in milk averaging 23.9 pounds of butterfat. The top cow owned by EB Hayes of Washington yielded 1 752 pounds of milk and 77.1 pounds of butterfat. Second high cow owned by W W Fleig and Son of Richland produced 1 305 pounds of milk and 73.1 pounds of butterfat. Third cow owned by A IL Duensing of Washington gave 1 711 pounds of milk and 66.7 pounds of butterfat. Forty three cows tested produced forty or more pounds of butterfat during the month.
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Spreiat
Gazette
Washington
San
Robert Brasch
Washington County Cow Testing Association
EB. P. Hayes
W. W Fleig
A. IL. Duensing
Insurance Firms Accelerate Growth in Tama County
Traer reports Equitable Life plans to build seventeen corn cribs on as many farms near Traer. Northwestern Mutual will construct a colonial two story house on a Dysart area farm rented by Earl Hotzel, plus a new corn crib. Midland Mortgage to raze the old barn and build a new one on the Lewis Peters farm.
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Traer
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dysart
Earl Hotzel
Midland Mortgage Company
Lewis Peters
Ninth District Buttermakers Meet At Epworth
Epworth hosted the Ninth district buttermakers gathering with attendees from Clinton Cedar Jackson and Jones counties. Lysie Miller of Farmers' Creamery in Epworth led the event and Ralph Blaine of Dyersville served as district president. A butter judging contest was held in the afternoon.
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Epworth
Ninth District
Clinton, Cedar
Jackson
Jones Counties
Lysie Miller
Farmers’ Creamery Company
Ralph Blaine
Dyersville
Harvest Sunday Planned Nov 26 for Iowa towns and farms
Plans unite town and country residents for Harvest Sunday on November 26 across Iowa. The Farm Bureau and clergy are coordinating county programs to promote rural church services, farm visits, and country city understanding.
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Gazette
Des Moines
State Office
The
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Charles E. Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
NRA
Midwest
AAA
Iowa Federation
Shredders Work Near Rowley As Harvest Advances
Rowley area farmers report shredding underway with Will Spece and Perry Sloan finishing first north of Rowley. Husking completed on several farms. Corn yields range from thirty to sixty bushels per acre. Some fall plowing remains ongoing.
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Rowley
Will Spece
Perry Sloan
Ben Stalp Faces National Cornhusking Contest
Ben Stalp, a debt free farmer near West Point Nebraska, prepares for the tenth annual national corn husking contest with eighteen huskers from nine states. He recently added eighty acres to his farm and expects fifty bushels per acre from his corn while the Stalp family, including eight children, watches as crops become feed.
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West Point
Neb
Ben Stalp
Stalp
Dolores
Henry
Imelda
Robert
Marion
Bernard
Lucile
Marcella
Adams Reports High Milk Herds in Linn County
SPRINGVILLE The Linn Cow Test association No 1 lists 282 cows across nineteens herds with average 495 pounds milk and 23.5 pounds butterfat in October. W S Penn’s grade and purebred Guernseys top the list at 754 pounds milk and 38.5 pounds butterfat from nine herds. The two top cows, both 4-year-old Holsteins in M EB Scott and son’s herd, produced 1590 pounds milk 66.8 pounds butterfat and 1271 pounds milk 63.6 pounds butterfat.
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Springville
Linn Cow Test Association No
L. C. Adams
Tester
W. S. Penn
Penn
L. F. Bedell
M. EB. Scott and Son
Corn husking record set in Iowa across the state
Iowa weather and crop chief Charles D. Reed reports more than 53 percent of the corn harvested this fall, the highest level in 13 years. Progress varies by region, frost damage is low, and soybean threshing continues with good yields while hog cholera appears in 32 new spots.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Ladies Aid to Pick Ten Rows of Donated Corn
Members of the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church will husk corn on the Roy Cosselman farm near here. Mr Cosselman offers ten rows of corn if the women pick it themselves.
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Oran
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Roy Cosselman
Cedar Rapids Weekly Farm Consignment Auction Friday
A weekly farm consignments sale is scheduled for Friday November 10 in Cedar Rapids. The listing notes a Friday auction of farm equipment livestock and related items with bidding details forthcoming.
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Cedar Rapids
Native Lumber Cuts Cost Of Two Buildings By $1 500
Homestead Iowa reports axemen felled trees starting September 19 with C J Anthony of Cedar Rapids on site by October 3 and Shwe Larson Norway contractor nearing completion of a 240 by 70 barn and a 40 by 26 corn crib on F W Meyer’s farm. Using native elm basswood and 45 000 feet of lumber at 13 dollars per thousand, Meyer says costs saved exceed 1500 dollars.
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Homestead
C. J. Anthony
Cedar Rapids
Shwe Larson
Norway
F. W. Meyer
Meyer
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