Land Bank Farm Mortgage Loans Reach Over Two and a Half Billion
A Farm Credit administration report shows federal land banks hold about one third of all farm mortgage debt as of 1935 with loans exceeding 2.533 billion. Refunding programs reduced overall indebtedness by more than 1.9 billion and saved farmers money through refinanced obligations.
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Igang D. C
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
Life Insurance Companies
Federal Land Banks and
Land Bank Commissioner
Fence Drift and Farm Accident Prevention Gains Highlight 1935 Updates
The Home and Farm Accident Prevention program shows progress with repairs and safety measures. Private creditors write off over 150 million in old debts to support refinancing, while low rates on land bank and commissioner loans reduce farmer costs by more than 55 million this year. Farm mortgage activity shifts as life insurers and banks reduce totals but increase new lending amid improving agriculture.
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Land Bank
Commissioner
Federal Land Banks and Commissioner
Iowa Potato Tax Exemption Sets 1.399 Million Bushel Allotment
Washington AP reports A E Mercker, AAA potato control chief, says Iowa can produce about 6.86 million bushels without tax stamps though the tax exempt sales allotment is 1.399 million. Estimates compare past sales and production, noting regional differences and anticipated adjustments for commercial grower areas.
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Washington
E. Mercker
AAA
Potato Control
Iowa
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Mercker
Butterfat Prices At Keosauqua Creamery
Patrons of the Keosauqua Farmers creamery paid 33 cents a pound for cream butterfat and 32 cents for premium cream butterfat. The best grade butterfat brought 33 cents with values for B grade butterfat for the latter half of October.
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Speare
Keosauqua
Haliday Association Wins Behind Taiin County Meet
The Haliday association is scheduled to be held Tuesday evening at the Memorial Hall Maron. Art Houver announces the event and presence of key figures for the gathering.
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Taiin
Haliday Association
Maron
Art Houver
Farm Auctions Scheduled Across Iowa on Nov 14 and 16
Kloubec farm near North Liberty will be auctioned on Thursday November 14 with Dave Williams closing out the sale two miles south of Alburnett. A timber sale by Charles Penningroth at a Cedar Rapids dairy farm is set for Saturday November 16.
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Kloubec
North Liberty
Dave Williams
Alburnett
Charles Penningroth
Dairy Farm
Cedar Rapids
Callan
Indian Creek
Penningroth Dairy
East Iowa Grain Dealers Convene In Cedar Rapids
S W Wilder of Cedar Rapids president of the National Grain Dealers association and other leaders from Lamson Brothers Chicago Des Moines and Cedar Rapids were scheduled to speak at a grain dealers meeting in the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids Tuesday evening More than seventy persons were expected to attend discussions centered on handling the new wet corn crop.
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S W. Wilder
Cedar Rapids
National Grain Dealers Association
George Booth
Lamson Brothers
Chicago
Dave Milligan
Des Moines
Western Grain Dealers Association
R. C. Booth
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Training schools in Buchanan county for fifth year clothing project
Mrs Ruth Brown Ames extension specialist leads a series of project training sessions across Buchanan county. The schedule lists Tuesday meetings at Independence and area townships, Wednesday at the home of Mrs Lloyd A Thom, Thursday at the home of Mrs E J VanTassel, and Friday sessions at Independence city hall. Sessions begin daily at 10 am.
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Gazett Independence
Ruth Brown
Ames
Buchanan County
Fairbank
Hazleton
Perry
Washington
City Hall
Independence
Buffalo
Byron
Madison
Fremont
Lloyd A. Thom
Middlefield
Newton
Cone
Liberty
E J. VanTassel
Quasqueton
Sumner
Homer
Jefferson
Westburg
Dany
Oneida Ag School For Adults To Open Nov 20
Oneida’s eighth annual adult school opens November 20 at 2 pm with Prof C H Van Vinck Ames extension agricultural engineer speaking on farm water systems. He will lead other sessions on farm planting rural electrification farm structures and the Oneida corn show. R L Amsberry superintendent will head most remaining meetings on dairy farming trends with women’s classes led by Miss Iva Brayton home economics instructor.
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Oneida
C H van Vinck
Ames Extension
Prof van Vinck
R L. Amsberry
Iva Brayton
Youngsters Aid Campaign for Home Accident Prevention
Linn county school children join a Red Cross campaign led by Mrs. C. B. F. Michel to cut farm and home accidents. Teachers provide data on hazards and first aid while students survey homes and report progress to reduce risks for families and workers. First aid stations will be set up along major highways with two sites planned near Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon.
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Red Cross
Linn County
C. B. F. Michel
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Farmers' Night School Planned At West Liberty
West Liberty announces an evening agriculture class for adults opening December 5 at West Liberty High School led by E. C. Darling principal and vocational agricultural instructor. The program runs ten weekly sessions with topics on hog production hybrid corn alfalfa and soybean farming. Daytime butchering demonstrations also will be held.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
West Liberty High School
E. C. Darling
Butterfat Output Declines Across Iowa Cow Tests
Drought lingering effects show in October butterfat averages for Iowa cow testing associations. Across 53 associations the October average is 19.7 pounds, down from 21.5 pounds a year earlier, with feed shortages and poor fall forage cited as main causes. Top herds include Fremont-Page-Mills and South Hardin with 25.6 and 24.5 pounds respectively.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Dairy Husbandry Extension Service
Fremont-Page-Mills
South Hardin
North Tama
Scott
Grundy
Sac Carroll
Linn No
Charles Stubbs
F. H. Methfessel
Clarksville
M. R. Ringeon
Ridgeway
K. B. Simmons
Waukon
Fred Stangel
Sac. City
I. C. Hastings
Garner
20-Pound Average in Waukon Dairy Test
During October the 444 cows across 25 herds in the Lamakee Cow Test Association No 1 averaged 450 pounds of milk and 20 pounds of butterfat per cow. Fifteen cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat, four exceeded 50, one over 60, and one over 70. K. B. Simmons led with 1054 pounds milk and 382 pounds butterfat from 16 Holsteins. George Goeke ranked second with 732 pounds milk and 30.2 pounds butterfat from 10 Holsteins.
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Waukon
Allamakee
George Goeke
Eighteen Veterinarians Attend Waterloo Meeting
Eighteen veterinary practitioners from Mitchell Linn Black Hawk Bremer and Tama counties attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary association meeting in Waterloo Monday. Speakers included Dr. C. E. Juht Osage J L Thompson Waterloo R C Byrnes Traer H D Osborne and O T Onstott Gladbrook and C A Stewart Tripoli.
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Waterloo
Mitchell, Linn
Black Hawk
Bremer
Tama
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
C. E. Juht
Osage
J. L. Thompson
M. D
R. C. Byrnes
Traer
H D. Osborne
O. T. Onstott
Gladbrook
C. A. Stewart
Tripoli
Jersey Cows Fetch $86 At Rossville-Area Sale
Jersey cows sold for $86 a head at the Arthur Wagner closing-out sale on the George Leet farm near Rossville. The sale totaled $1,574.65 with two calves at $33 and two mares with suckling colts at $55.50. A truck brought $305 and hay brought $4 a ton.
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Gazette
Waukon—Jersey
Arthur Wagner
George Leet
Rossville
Husking In Full Swing As Rowley Reports Good Corn
Corn husking is underway with yields large and quality good. Hired hands are paid from 314 to 5 cents per bushel for husking.
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Rowley
Malvern Youth Wins Meat Animal Prize in 4-H Contest
Ames Ed Wearin 17 of Malvern Mills County 4-H club boy is 1935 Iowa and county champion in the Thomas E Wilson 4-H meat animal contest. Paul C Taff Iowa State College extension service announced. Wearin has 15 purebred Angus cattle valued at 1500 and total income 2445.20 from sales prizes and trips. He has earned eight grand championships and three reserve titles and attended national 4-H congress and camps. Wearin son of J F Wearin and a Malvern senior.
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Ames
Ed Wearin
Malvern
Mills County
Iowa
Thomas E. Wilson
Paul C. Taff
Iowa State College Extension Service
Chicago
Agricultural College
Wilson
Wearin
Taff
Bruce
Kilpatrick
Washington, D. C
Farm Near Delmar Sells for 150 An Acre
Delmar area buyer Schr oeder farmer Raymond Wolfe purchased 115 acre tract at 150 dollars per acre. He also acquired 45 adjoining acres from W H Cook totaling 5000 dollars.
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Delmar
Delmar—Raymond Wolfe
Schroeder
Hoepner of Reinbeck Named District Farm Debt Adjuster
Rudolph Hoepner of Reinbeck has been appointed district adjuster for the Resettlement Administration in the Farm Debt adjustment office shake-up in Des Moines. His district covers Tama, Grundy, Buchanan, Clayton, Allamakee, Delaware, Black Hawk, Bremer, Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek, and Fayette counties.
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Reinbeck
Rudolph Hoepner
Tuins
Resettlement Administration
Des Moines
Hoepner
Grundy County
Tama
Grundy
Buchanan
Clayton
Allamakee
Delaware
Black Hawk
Bremer
Chickasaw
Howard
Winneshick
Fayette Counties
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Linn No. 1
Jersey
Frank Leidtch
Robins, IA
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Adm
Lassen
Malvern High School
J. F. Wearin
42Nd Street
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