Corn And Hog Contracts Ready By December First
R A G Black head of the corn and hog section says combined application contracts for participation in the proposed reduction campaign likely won’t be ready for signatures before December 1. He and aides wrap up meetings with Midwest farm leaders and head to Washington to refine suggestions and draft contract forms for print.
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R. A G. Black
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Dr Black
Chicago
Washington
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Black
Iowa
Tamia
United States
Jeneth
Farm Bureau
Grance
Poel. Dat Association
New Weed Pest Found In Vicinity of Red Oak
A new farm menace dubbed devils horns was found near Red Oak by two local high school science instructors after a pupil brought in a strange plant. The weed has bright bloom and about 200 seeds, grows two large curved wirelike projections, and impales cattle grazing nearby, causing distress. It is reported as already a Kansas plague and present in Arizona regions.
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Kansas
Arizona
Farmers back $1 hog tax in direct sales plea
Monmouth Livestock Shipping association chief C Hannahs announces that 5,000 farmers favor a $1 per hundredweight tax on hogs sold directly to packers. Telegram to President Roosevelt says packers in Chicago refuse direct bids and calls for forced competition through the tax. A petition of 5,000 producers circulated in eastern Iowa was sent to Roosevlt, per Lee Ripperton.
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Monmouth
Chicago
Monmouth Shipping Association
Iown
Roosevelt
Lee Ripperton
Monmouth Association
Evans
Iowa
Gaernment
Auction near Wadena nets corn at 33 35 cents a bushel
Corn brought 33 to 35 cents a bushel and eats 32 cents Wednesday at the closing out sale of Charles Wenger three miles north of Wadena. The top horse, 85 year old sorve], sold for $120. First farm auction of the season in the area. Wheatland sale sees corn in field at 30 cents a bushel near Wheatland at Mrs. William Meves’s closing out sale.
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Wadena
Charles Wenger
Sorve
Wheatland
William Meves
Tipton Poultry Show Set for November 16 18
Tipton high school agricultural classes and the Cecar County Poultry association plan a three day show offering 150 dollars in prizes. Classes cover standard breeds and special divisions for production and utility hens.
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Tipton
Tipton High School
Cecar County Poultry Association
Government backs hog market with federal purchases
Government aided hog market action emerges as commission men and co ops align with AAA backing to buy thousands of hogs for federal slaughter and relief distribution. Chicago producers, union and old line firms form a six member sales board to set prices amid telegraphed support from Washington and efforts to curb declines.
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Chicago
Commission
Mercantile Exchanges
United States Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
D. L. Swanson
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Ed Bernard
Farmers Union Commission Association
Old Line Commission
Production Records Spur Gains in Amana Herds
In the Amana colony 119 cows were culled from seven herds for unprofitable dairy production in the year ending Nov. 1. Total herd now 531 head, mostly Shorthorns with twenty Holsteins. Average 3.6% butterfat. Records show improved feeding and management, with milk output rising from 115 to 223 gallons daily at Amana, and gains across Home stead 250 percent, East 50 percent, High 100 percent, West 30 percent, South 40 percent. Production profits and cost accounts to be tracked with J J Wallace’s assistance.
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Middle Amana
Amana
Rudolph Pitz
Pitz
Folkers
Scotch Grove
Muscatine
Colony
Pitt
South
Homestead
J J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Wallace
Johnson C T A Averages 23 5 October Butterfat
Clarence Jensen tester reports October average butterfat 235 pounds for 376 cows in Johnson Counts Test association. Donald Jones of Town City posts 34 pounds butterfat from purebred Jerseys. A Holstein from George Mueller's herd in Lone Tree yields 806 pounds butterfat.
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Gazette
North Liberty
Clarence Jensen
Johnson Counts Test Association
Donald Jones
Town City
George Mueller
Lone Tree
Corn Following Soy Beans Yields 72 Bushels An Acre
Farmer Henry Grunewald southwest of Blairstown reports harvesting 12 000 bushels of corn from 204 acres with yields around 72 bushels per acre where soybeans were grown. He notes eight rows without beans underperform seven rows with beans.
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Blairstown
Henry Grunewald
Grunewald
Low Hog Market Triggers Auction Abort Near Wyoming
Special to The Crazette reports farmers halted a sale of pure bred Duroc Jersey boars six miles west of Wyoming after four hours with only six animals sold at an average of 15 dollars. Buyers favored swap deals as bidding remained slow amid a weak hog market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W G, Dawes
Linn County 4-H Frolic Planned For Dec 1 At Marion
A Linn county 4-H committee in Cedar Rapids organized the annual Frolic to be held December 1 at Marion. They will meet again next Friday evening to finalize arrangements.
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Linn County
Marion
4-H Club
Cedar Rapids
Neighbors Help Harvest 28 Acres For Whittier Farmer
Forty five men husked and cribbed twenty eight acres of corn for George Bedell tenant on the George Steffy farm one and a half miles northwest of Whittier. Bedell and four children have scarlet fever. Dinner was provided by Albert Bedell and local women. A snow threat delayed arrivals. many listed workers shown.
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Whittier
Priday
George Redell
George Steffy
Mr. Bedell
Albert Bedell
Bert Stewart
William Bedell
Clarence Dewees
Tom Pollock
Clarence McGrew
Charles Post
Adna Hoge
A. Lassen
A. Pearson
R. Pearson
R. McCleary
B Stewart
Kennedy
Alice Post
Hazel Kennedy
Filts Stanley
Ed Emmons
Frank Hall
Andy Lassen
Arthur Pearson
Ralph Pearson
Adna Hose
Arthur Hore
Clifford Knight
Louis Taber
Gene Reed
Kim Rascher
Eldon Post
Archie Post
Eric Anderson
George Jayer
Roy Prumbry
Carl Plimley
Raymond Hobson
Ed Archibald
Fred Bailey
Will Martin
Carl Lundern
Albert Standing
William Armstrong
Arenold Boge
Morris Hore
Oliver Hampton
Frank Bedell
Hopkinton Creameryman Opens Oxford Junction Plant
C W Rouse, longtime Hopkinton creamer, buys an ice cream and creamery plant at Oxford Junction and begins operations December 1. Rouse served eleven years at the Hopkinton creamery. Oxford Junction lacks a creamery after fifteen years.
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Hopkinton Creameryman
Oxford
Jct
Hopkinton
C. W. Rouse
Oxford Junction
Rouse
New Corn Grades Reported From Cedar Rapids Area
Federal grain supervisor G A Cabinett reports on a fall survey of 150 carloads of new corn at Cedar Rapids Burlington and Des Moines. Ninety eight carloads 65.8 percent graded No 3 with 16.7 percent moisture and 55.8 pounds per bushel. Forty eight carloads 32.2 percent graded No 4 with 18.3 percent moisture and 55 pounds per bushel. The remaining four carloads graded No 5 averaged 20.1 percent moisture and 54 pounds per bushel.
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New. Com
Cedar’ Rapids
Burlington
Des Moines
G. A. Cabinett
Cedar Rapids
New Buildings Rise on Benton Farms Amid Postwar Boom
Benton county farms invest in new structures replacing losses and expanding operations. A Dorsey poultry house shelters 400 pallets using salvaged materials. Clarence Frank’s barn holds 100 tons hay. Lampman’s barn adds stalls and a milk room. Brick bungalow near Shellsburg replaces earlier fire, while other residences rise with new porches and basements.
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The
Gazette
Vinton
Benton County
Charles Dorsey
Clarence Frank
Mount Atuburn
William Ballheim
la Porte City
Alyn Lampman
Shellsburg
Krumm Brothers
Atkins
W. W. McClintock
Woodruff Brothers
Urbana
Robert McIntyre
Farm Auction Notice for Feeder Cattle Sale
A farm auction brief lists a feeder cattle sale on Monday November 11 at West Liberty.
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West Liberty
County Agent in Buchanan Resigns
Independence Iowa special to The Gazettes reports A. L. Walters county agent in Buchanan resigns Saturday to join Union Central Insurance. Walters, a Cedar County native, will stay in Independence until December 1 as a successor is hired. He became Buchanan agent on June 15, 1922 after working as a club agent in Woodbury County.
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Gazetts
Independence
L. A. Walters
Buchanan
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Walters
Union Central Insurance Company
Minnesota
Cedar County
Agricultural College
Woodbury County
Buchanan County
Fight Chin ch Bugs With Fire Urged By Ames Entomologist
W D Worthington Ames extension entomologist calls a coordinated burn campaign to cut chinch bug numbers for 1934. He toured Iowa City Muscatine and Burlington meeting agents and demonstrating winter quarters burning and roadside grass fires to reduce bug survival. He urged burning blue stem slough grass along fence rows and ditches with wind to slow fire and cited past damage peaks while noting crop shifts can aid control.
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W. D. Worthington
Ames
Worthington
Iowa City
Muscatine
Burlington
Sigourney
Iowa
Mr. Worthington
Holiday Assn to Meet In Memorial Hall Nov 14
The Farmers' Holiday association announces a meeting in Memorial hall Springville on November 14. The event aims to organize local farmers and discuss holiday activities and cooperative plans. Representatives from nearby communities are expected to attend.
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Holiday Ass
Springville
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Memorial Hall
Alfalfa Seeds Yield Over Four Bushels Per Acre in Fayette
In Fayette county alfalfa is harvested for seed this season. Will Landas near Lima produced a 140 bushel seed crop from thirty two acres, with first cutting hay and second cutting bound for seed. Seed from the crop appears bright green and high quality just beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
Will Landas
Lima
Landas
John Olson
West Union
Egg Production Drops As Supplies Dwindle Nationwide
Supplies of eggs have fallen to a low ebb across the nation with reduced production in the middle West and on the coasts. Demand remains strongest for large fancy eggs while prices hold steady or rise. Turkey crops show uncertainty. butter prices stay steady as government purchases absorb surplus.
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New York City
Middle West
East
Pacific Coast
Far Western Egg Co-Operativedh
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Rowley Creamery Pays 22 Cents For Butterfat
Rowley farmers receive payment for butterfat delivered in the first half of October at 22 cents per pound. Secretary Albert F. Sloan reports the closing half of September also at 22 cents per pound.
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Rowley Creamery
OWLEY
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Albert F. Sloan
Bute
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar of Weekly Home Projects
Linn County Farm Bureau schedules a week of home project meetings: Monday 10 am at a north Marion residence with Mrs. Ben Carpenter. Tuesday 10 am at Brown and Buffalo home. Bertram township meeting at Upper Palisades in the evening. Wednesday 10 am Monroe with Mrs. Charles Quaas. Linn township in evening. Thursday 2 pm Otter Creek at Alburnett school. Putnam at Ely school in evening. Friday 10 am Franklin with home projects. Four- srolic committee meets in Cedar Rapids evening.
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North Marion
Ben Carpenter
Brown and Buffalo
Bertram Township Farm Bureau
Upper Palisades
Monroe
Charles Quaas
Linn Township Farm Bureau
Otter Creek
Alburnett
Putnam Farm Bureau
Ely
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
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