Wallace Urges Compulsory Marketing Control Of Corn In Granary Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace outlines an ever normal granary plan to store surplus corn during good years and lend government funds to farmers. He proposes compulsory marketing control through penalties for non coopers and a two thirds refer endum in the corn belt before storing surplus. He stresses self financing and potential non loan losses covered by a tax on processed corn. He cites regions including Indiana Illinois Iowa and Ohio among others as the corn belt.
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Cam
Fence Drift Screen Scene In An Obscure Note
A fragmented caption describes a Colsr-marked old gelding stretched on a warm field, oblivious to the rattle of a mechanical picker. The piece hints at a broader era of unemployment and indifference.
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Baractor
Farmers Call for Ever Normal Granary to Steady Economy
A speaker argues that increasing normal reserves of corn will stabilize the economy. He likens agriculture to an engine without a flywheel and urges implementing an ever normal granary plan to provide a balance wheel for the nation's economic advance.
75 Percent Of The Corn Husking In Buchanan County
Independence reports corn husking in Buchanan County two weeks ahead of normal with at least 75 percent of the crop husked. Dallas Western, county agent, notes excellent weather, high picking rate, yields from 35 to 40 bushels per acre, good moisture content, and a potential 50 cent a bushel loan after cold weather sets in.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Dallas Western
Fox steals show at John Thias auction in Linton Township
A fox with a red apple in its mouth disrupted a local auction last week at John Thias auction in Linton Township. The animal dashed from an open field into a hog yard, ignored the bystanders cries, dropped the apple, and seized a hog by the ear before being driven off.
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Koga Way
25 Carloads Of Cattle Shipped By Dinsdale Man
Sper and The Gazette report that a Dinsdale cattleman shipped about 514 head of cattle in 25 carloads from Breaken-Pdy e to western Nebraska. The cattle were fed and in good condition, with plans to ship more in the months ahead to western Nebraska buyers.
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Dinsdale Man
Sper
Dinsdale
Breaken- Pdye
Catte Tras
Canned Vegetable Supply Seen Rising for 1937 38 Season
Government forecast shows larger canned vegetable stocks than normal for 1937-38 with prices 20 to 25 percent below year-ago levels. bean, corn, tomato, and beet crops are discussed, with notes on acreage changes, yields, and future planting plans affecting supplies and prices.
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Washington
D. C
Bureau
Smd Ihe
Cmefir Becaase
Tus
Bureaa
Possibly Finest In Jones County Barn Near Onslow
A new barn near completion on Cedar Vale farm owned by Garret Julfs northeast of Onslow is described as possibly the finest in Jones county. The $0 barn measures 112 by 37 feet with curved rafters and holds 5 000 bushels of grain and 150 tons of hay. It provides stanchion space for forty cows six horses and thirty calves plus a 40 by 24 loose run for young cattle.
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Onslow
Jones County
Cedar Vale
Garret Julfs
Bureau cites acreage cut in watermelons to boost grower returns
The bureau says a moderate reduction in watermelon acreage for the coming year would likely raise returns to growers.
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Bureau
Renters On One Farm Since 1900
Special to The Gazette Tipton Mr and Mrs Dick Juehring have rented the 160 acre Rider Farm southeast of Lon don since March 1 1900. They moved on as a young couple and after two years leased the farm no lease or evidence after 1902 until Rider died in 1931. They paid the landlord 226.20 per acre in rent up to that time. Now at 61 Mr Juehring and his wife continue the arrangement with Mrs Jessie Williams and Mrs Nina Treichler daughters of Rider.
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Tipton
Dick Juehring
Rider
London
J. M. Rider
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County Farm Bureau to Meet in Tipton on Dec 6
The Cedar County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting in Tipton on December 6. Frank R. Kerrigan, Dubuque county agent, leads the program with a main afternoon speech followed by officer elections and reports not covered in the morning.
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Frank R. Kerrigan
Dubuque County
Kerrigan
Library Provided For Farm Women In Fayette
A Fayette county home project program will have a library of 150 books this year to support child development and family relationships coursework. The collection is provided by the extension service at Ames for farm women in the area.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Ames
Hog shipment sells for 39.40 per hundred in Garnavillo
Last week Garnavillo feeder J. H. Kaiser sold a shipment of 209 hogs at 39.40 per hundred. The transaction occurred at Ciitage with no sorting reported.
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Boretal
Garmnavillo
J. H. Kaiser
Garnavillo
Ciitage
315 Pound Herd Sets Milk Fat Record at Mahaska Sale
A purebred Holstein herd from Raion Sarver, Hose Hill, Delta, posted an average of 21 percent butterfat at the Mahaska sale on October. The 315 pound herd met strong demand as buyers evaluated dairy cattle quality.
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Boasial
Sarver
Hose Hill
Mahaska
Ottaher
Farm Aid Costs Highlight Five Year Outlay
Washington reports about 3.5 billion dollars spent on farm aid in the first five years of the current administration. Benefit payments totaled over two billion dollars, with loans and drought relief also contributing heavily. Officials note possible shifts to loans and reduced benefits under the ever normal granary plan, while 4.1 million farmers are expected to receive 1937 checks.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Treasury
Agricultural Department
Supreme Court
New England
AAA
Farm Price Index Declines 16 Points in Iowa
Special to The Gazella reports Iowa farm price index fell from 142 in Sept to 126 in Oct as corn prices plunged from 88 to 46 cents per bushel. Hog prices dropped to 1.30, with per unit purchasing power slipping. economists foresee smaller 1937-38 hog marketing and mixed spring outlooks for cattle and lambs. Dairy and poultry prospects remain favorable for winter 1937-38 despite flat egg prices.
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Gazella
Iowa
Ames
Towa
Rother
Iowa State College
Rowley Creamery Pays 40 Cents For Top Butterfat
Rowley cooperative creamery paid farmers for October cream butterfat with 40 cents per pound for No 1 butterfat 39 cents for grade 2 and 34 cents for grade 4. The rates matched the previous half of September per Secretary Joe McGrath at the Rowley unit.
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Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
4 H Club Buys Calves Near Mercer and Princeton
Fourteen head of calves including eleven Hereford and Angus and three heifer calves were bought near Mercer and Princeton Missouri by Janes County 4-H club boys for next year's club work. Buyers included Raymond Sorensen the county 4-H club leader Irvin Slevers of Wyoming the county 4-H president and three other representatives.
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Wyoming
Mercer
Princeton
Janes County
County
Raymond Sorensen
Irvin Slevers
County 4-11
Executor's Sale Near Mechanicayille Farm Items Include Livestock Machinery
An executor's sale will occur Friday November 12 at 6 am sixty miles north of Mechanicayille on Morleyan Road. The catalog lists 48 head cattle including Holstein and Shorthorn stock, two-year-olds, a milking Shorthorn bull, a white boar, corn, hay, and a full line of farm machinery led by a Chalners tractor. Auctioneer John F. Boling conducts with Gibeaut as Clerk.
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Euchy
Alls Chalners
BOOTS
John F. Boling
Ek, Gibeaut
Louisa Peniclery
Marion
Blair Ferry
Chester Whiteettte
John Deere
F. Kena
Cedar Rapids
Caited State Bank
T. H. Friedbauer
Farm Auction Listings for Tuesday November 9
Several sales scheduled around Iowa locations. Fe Fisher at Springville, Iowa City Sales handles the event. Howard auction near Cedar Rapids Langworthy closing out Folkers estate. Shaffer at Center Point and Parkyn estate near Fairfax. Friedbauer near Marion. Bezdek dairy sale west of Cedar Rapids scheduled Saturday November 13.
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W. Fisher General Sale
Springville
Iowa City Sales Company
ML. A. Howard General Sale
Cedar Rapids
Folkers Estate
Langworthy
Shaffer Auction
Center Point
L. E. Parkyn
Mile
Fairfax
H. Friedbauer
Marion
Wes Bezdek Dairy
West Edge
Feeders Bought On Markets Up To October 22 1937
Cattle feeders in the corn belt bought more stockers and feeders this year to date than in 1936 but fewer than in 1935. Through October 22, 1,169,553 head were shipped from twelve markets to seven corn belt states, up from 1,075,303 in 1936 but below 1,281,274 in 1935. Weekly shipments reached 93,927 head for the week ending October 22, up from 56,000 a year ago and 67,902 in 1935.
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Spertal Ta the Gazette
Chicago
Corn Belt
Judges Announced For Chicago International Livestock Exposition
The Chicago International Livestock Exposition and Horse Show will distribute over 100000 dollars in prizes to 30 breeds. Alexander Ritchie of Royal Farms Windsor England will judge steers with royal permission. U.S. judges hail from Iowa Kansas and Ohio plus Canada.
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Alexander Ritchie
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Iowa
H. H. Kildee
Ames
J. G. Hanmer
W. C. Anderson
West Liberty
Virgil C. Smith
Belle Plaine
R. L. Pemberton
Toledo
Arthur L. Anderson
Harry Hopley
Atlantic
Biermann To Consult Buchanan Men Tuesday
Independence Democrat Fred Biermann of Decorah will hold a meeting here Tuesday at 7 30 p m for farm legislation and crop control discussion. He aims to talk with farmers to get their views on steps to take now. Meeting called by J T Barnett Democratic county central committee chairman.
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Independence
Fred Biermann
Decorah
J. T. Barnett
Democratic County Central Committee
Iowa corn now being exported from Iowa by barge
The federal grain market review reports Iowa corn is shipping by barge down the Mississippi for export. A barge loaded with 12 000 bushels on Nov 1 at Burlington headed to New Orleans, moisture at 15 percent, with ultimate destination unknown.
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Mississippi
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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The
Gulf
Chicago
Montreal
Corn Loan Likely To Barely Lift Prices In Iowa Markets
Ames economists say the Commodity Credit Corporation loan will hardly raise corn prices. The loan sets a 50 cent per bushel base for 14 percent moisture, translating to about 45 cents for Iowa farmers for four months. Moisture adjustments reduce loan value for higher moisture content.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Ames Agricultural Economists
Agricultural Economic Facts
Iowa
Towa
Experiment Station
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