Four Provisions Of New Pact Outlined By AAA Officials
AAA officials told sixty institutional land owner representatives from five northwestern states about four definite provisions in the new corn and hog contract. They noted eight additional suggested changes, including base determinations, grouping of acres, and hog base rules, with bases to be overhauled this year by community committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry King
AAA
Harry Muir
Minnesota Corn and Hog Committee
Arden McKee
O ' Kline
Cosmic rays and a 1937 farm program update
The text describes cosmic rays per Tom Poulter saying they are atoms' building blocks. It also reports farm policy details on crop hay classifications and hog base payments under a new 1937 contract, with institutional land owners favored and applications due in February and approval not before December 1.
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Tom Poulter
Triple A
Land classifications proposed for farm acreage use
Officials discuss a corn to crop acre ratio and hogs to corn acres to set a community quota. Intensive acres cover cultivated land while extensive acres include buildings, feed lots, roads, woodlands, waterways, ponds, swamps, unused cropland, pastures, meadows, erosion areas, and other crops per rulings. Cowpeas and grain sorghums are always intensive. millet peanuts and sweet sorghums vary by use.
Farm auctions set for November dates in Cedar Rapids area
Auction notices announce farm sales on November 14 at Klaubees farm near North Liberty and November 16 by Charles Pennmegroth at a Cedar Rapids dairy farm, with an EE Wood acreage sale listed for November 23 at 42 St SE Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kloubee
North Liberty
Dave Williams
Alburneth
Charles Pennmegroth
Dairy Farm
Cedar Rapids
EE Wood
St. SE
Hazleton Creamery Pays 32 Cents For Butterfat
Hazleton Farmers Creamery paid 32 cents a pound for butterfat in the last half of October, per secretary M C Coy. The report appears in The Gazette.
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Hazleton Creamery
Hazleton
Hazleton Farmers Creamery Company
M C Coy
Advertising decision over cost information
The note states that the recipient should figure the ad cost and mail it back. It adds no obligation to place an advertisement after costs are received unless the recipient wishes to proceed.
Grange Leader Lays Out AAA Reform at Sacramento Convention
Louis J. Taber, master of the National Grange, praises the AAA and urges eight reforms including farmer control, cooperative production, and simplified contracts. He warns against large-farmer bias, supports tenant rights, consumer interests, and soil restoration. He cautions on tariffs, opposes a national sales tax, and calls for a seven year ratification limit on amendments. He champions rural electrification and warns against moving city workers to farms. He closes with a moral appeal and nations’ peace goals. 39 percent of towns’ population live on farms.
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AAA
Mr. Taber
Taber
Grange
America
Europe
National Grangemaster
Longs Set Husking Records Near Clarence
Mr Merl Long and his wife near Clarence achieved high one day husking marks during a fall contest season. Mr Long harvested 140 bushels in a 1 day effort while Mrs Long increased her best from 98 to 105 bushels. They work from 5:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a noon break at Elmer Sawyer's and unloading at the Sawyer elevator. The corn comes from C G Sawyer farm, planted with seed bought twelve years ago from Earl Elijah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Merl Long
Elmer Sawyer
Longs
C. G. Sawyer
Earl Elijah
Onslow Tract Sold At 125 Per Acre In Chicago Buyer
William Chamberlain of Chicago, a prominent Onslow landholder, bought the Peter Schmalfeldt 35 acre tract south of Onslow for 125 dollars an acre. the land is under cultivation with no improvements. In Littleton, Dr. F F Agnew’s 200 acre farm sold to a Kansas buyer for 70 dollars an acre. tenant John Stoner remains. local rents range from 5 to 6 dollars per acre.
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Onslow
William Chamberlain
Chicago
Peter Schmalfeldt
Mr. Chamberlain
Littleton
F. F. Agnew
Kansas
John Stoner
Fayette Youths Plan Standard 4-H Club County
Eighty five 4 H club members from seventeen townships in Fayette county attended a party for county 4 H club committee members at the Legion hall Tuesday evening. Plans were made for a county canvass to be completed in all townships by December 15 to establish standard 4 H club work in every township.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Legion Hall
Lamb Prices Reach 53 Month Highs at Chicago Market
Lamb feeders enjoy top prices as receipts stay moderate and demand for dressed lamb and mutton stays strong. A fresh peak of 10.50 per hundredweight was paid for native and fed western lambs, highest since June 1931, while feeding lambs bring 9.40 and breeding ewes hit 5.00, new highs for the period.
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The
Gazette
Union Stockyards
Chicago
80 Percent of New Corn Grading No 4 Or Poorer
A Cedar Rapids livestock and grain market discussion reported 80 percent of new corn this year grades No 4 or poorer, versus No 3 or better a year ago. Excess moisture and late maturity contribute to poorer quality amid ongoing wet weather across Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Western Grain Dealers Association
Hotel Montrose
S. W. Wilder
National Grain Dealers Association
National Association
George Booth
Chicago
National Legislative Committee
Dave Milligan
Des Moines
Walter Musker
Penick and
Ford
Henry Sorensen
R. C. Booth
Winthrop Cribbing of Corn Still Burdens Farmers
Corn cribbing remains a farmers problem in Winthrop as fields yield uneven crops and storage losses raise costs. Local agriculture agents report ongoing damage from pests and weather stress, urging better grain handling and preventive measures.
Agricultural Benefits Equal To Tariff Benefits Advocated
In the southwestern divisional meeting of the United States chamber of commerce held in Kansas City on November 8 9, a resolution urged national agricultural policy favor export markets for staple crops while supporting domestic consumption with continued financial aid to producers to balance tariff benefits enjoyed by industry.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Farmers salvage corn amid soft ears and moisture
Farmers cope with widespread spoilage as ears stay soft from excess moisture. Some harvest by hand to separate good corn from spoiled in the wagon box, crib the two grades, and some sprinkle salt on the good corn to deter mildew.
Farming Prices and Harvest Delays Noted Near Littleton
Farmers around Littleton are paying four cents a bushel for buskels and threshing corn husking is common. Some farmers southwest of Littleton still must thresh soybeans for seed. Recent rains slowed threshing and seed soybeans are selling for sixty-one to sixty-five cents a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Corn husking hampered by moisture and mold in Hazleton
Hazleton reports corn husking slow due to damp ears with heating and mold in the crib. Some corn sold at 35 cents per 80 pound bushel while seed corn picked before the freeze shows mold near the cob, risking quality.
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Hazleton
Autumn Farm Roundup Notes On Plowing And Feed
The report notes shredding begins once fodder dries properly. Fall plowing is mostly completed and the soil is in good condition thanks to recent rains.
Iowa official protests 1935 corn loan grading rule
Des Moines AP H C Aaberg assistant Iowa agriculture secretary wrote Henry Wallace federal agriculture secretary Wednesday to protest the corn loan clause requiring corn to grade No 3 or better to be sealed. He warned the rule would shrink loan eligibility in many counties and reduce loan numbers by 10 to 20 percent unless changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
H. C. Aaberg
Iowa Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Aaberg
Iowa
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Calif
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Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Farm Organization
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Thor
AGRE
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Frank Patek
Riverside Feed Mill
14Th Ave
Iltry
Iowa Livestock Exchange
12Th St
12Th Ave
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Nebraska
He Miller
First Avenue East
S. H. Miller
D.C
Lisbon
Colorado
Meyers
Frank Lisbon
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