Sorgo Seed Crop and Ensilage At Mar ion Area
In Linn County Iowa a new sorgo hybrid introduced by Weaver Witwer and local farmers yielded 255 tons from 12 acres of ensilage for the farm at Douglas Ross five miles northeast of Marion. The crop shows promise for ensilage though seed production is reported as the smallest on record in the southwest.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Linn County
Iowa
Weaver Witwer
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Douglas Ross
Ross
Witwer
Kansas
Don Hunsecker
Charles Anderson
Willard Haak
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Corn Prices at J. Wilson and West End Farm Sale
Independence auction reports corn in the field sold at 11 and 12 dollars per acre. Cattle brought up to 92.50 with cows selling 20 to 45 dollars each. Half grown hogs sold for five dollars per hundredweight.
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Independence
J. Wilson and West End Grocery Company
Five Fun Fests Planned by Farm Folk in Johnson
Johnson County Farm Bureau outlines a winter of community entertainment starting Nov 23 with a vaudeville and dance. followed by a December H club banquet for 250 youths and families. January county meeting. February vaudeville dance. and March rural drama finals. County Agent S L Duncan cites corn and hog project pressures as the reason for the busy social series to bolster membership after disrupted meetings.
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Garecen
Iowa City
Zotk
Johnson County
Curta
Dan Overholt
R. N. Spencer
Glen Hope
Sullivan
George Black
Mr. Davis
Glen Burr
West Liberty
S. L. Duncan
Volunteer Oat Crop Near Vinton Yields Ton Of Hay Per Acre
Special to The Gazette details a twenty acre volunteer oat hay crop near Vinton that produced over twenty tons, averaging more than a ton per acre, despite frost and earlier poor yields. The report notes harrowed oats regrowing after frost and a hoped for higher bushel yields that frost prevented.
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The
Gazette
J. C. Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Olin
Characre
Acre
Farner Weenall
Fininer Botan
Grove Succeeds Olson on Hardin County Farm Bureau Board
Ei Dora Williard Grove of Menkee Dallas county succeeds Ky Olson of Eldora as county Farm Bureau board member on Hardin courtly. Olson resigned to join an insurance company. Grove, former head of vocational agriculture at Waukee public schools, met with the Farm Bureau board on Tuesday to map tentative plans for the next year.
Johnson 4-H to Exhibit Beeves and Barrows at Chicago Show
Johnson County 4-H members prepare for the International Livestock Show in Chicago December 18 with 11 baby beeves and 12 fat barrows. Six 1933 34 club members will attend, led by Joe Millner and Eli Yoder, with several others earning trips to the National Club Congress. Dale Williams, Mable Yoder, Elizabeth Niffenegger, and Maynard Peckman are also noted for awards and delegation.
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the Gazette
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Robert Hager
Johnson County
Hager
Chicago
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Towa City
Cleo Yoder
Howard Yoder
Wellman
Leland Stock
Duane Stock
Lone Tree
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Chester White
Duroc
Jersey
Poland
Tamworth
Mable Yoder
Sharon Center
Elizabeth Wniffenegger
Kalona
Maynard Peckman
Estimated Cost Of Contract Recheck In Benton
Benton county Farm Bureau estimates rechecking corn hog contracts costs at about 8000 dollars. The sum covers 2592 paid to four federal checkers plus 54 days at 12 dollars daily, 1000 miles for checkers, 2700 in Benton farmers expenses, and 1620 for county committee mileage. Readers will receive about 8745 dollars less hog money due to rechecking, with over two thousand hogs removed from early and regular contracts.
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Benton County Farm Bureau
Benton County
Benton
Fayette CTA No 4 Averages 17 Pounds Butterfat
West Union Iowa reports Fayette County Tree Association members record a Holstein herd with standout yields. One purebred Holstein produced 1809 pounds of milk and 63.1 pounds butterfat, while the association average was 17 pounds butterfat and 413 pounds milk per cow across 244 test months.
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Eperia
Gazette West Union
Max Grifenberg
Fayette Ca
Tree Association
FC Warner
Steers Top Market At $10 In Chicago Carload
Onslow C. N. Holse, cattle feeder near Onslow, led Chicago market with a carload of Hereford steers averaging 1339 pounds selling for 10 dollars per hundredweight. The sale highlighted strong demand for feeder cattle and the top price achievement reflected in the market report.
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C. N. Holse
Chicago
Railway to Pick Up Stock at Farm
Illinois Central Railway will test a system allowing producers to bill directly from feed lots to market. Farmers within ten miles of a station may ship at regular freight rates with trucking charges absorbed by the railroad. If farmers deliver their own animals the railroad rebates three cents per hundredweight.
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Illinois Central Railway
M. J. Flicker
Flicker
Manchester
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Iowa Sales
A series of livestock events across Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns includes Friday November 9 auction by Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. Saturday November 18 Lake Comely closing sale Cedar Rapids. John Plower sale Cedar Rapids area. Anamosa consignment sale. Wednesday November 14 purebred hog sale Frank Zimmer near Garrison.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange Auction
Cedar Rapids
Lake Comely
John Plower
Anamosa
Frank Zimmer
Garrison
Wallace to Speak at Radcliffe November 16
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak November 16 at 3 p.m. in Radcliffe in the western part of Hardin County, announced L. C. Taylor, superintendent of schools.
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Radcliffe
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
L. C. Taylor
Radcliffe A
Hardin County
Farms Sold for 110 An Acre Led by Waples Firm
F C Waples of the Midland Mortgage Co reports the sale of 100 acres south of Iowa Falls at 110 per acre by a farming buyer and 80 acres in Washington county at 110 per acre bought as an investment. Substantial cash payments occurred in both deals. Also in district court a 120 acre transfer at 4500 total was authorized involving the Johanna Petrzelka estate and M Gunderson administrator with Matt Petrzelka named.
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F. C. Waples
Midland Mortgage Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls
Washington County
Marengo
Johanna Petrezelka
M. Gunderson
Matt Petrzelka
Hatcherymen Meet at West Union Discuss Prices and Policy
Hatcherymen and chick breeders met in West Union to discuss production costs chick prices egg premiums sanitation pallorum testing and the national uniform flock plan the 1935 code and the election of officers.
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West Union
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