Corn And Hog Reduction Campaign Launched In Linn
Nine representative farmers met in Cedar Rapids with County Agent George Dillon to form a temporary Linn County group. They aim to explain the corn hog plan to growers, elect leaders, and set up a permanent organization to access government loans and incentives under the corn hog adjustment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
Lima County
George Dillon
Cedar Rapids
Ben Neal
Mount Vernon
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
When You Are Just on Edge and Weary of Noise
A vintage ad promising a medicine to combat irritability and fatigue. It claims 98 of 100 women report benefit and suggests the product restores energy and makes life feel worth living again.
Edgewood Woman Sells 89 Turkeys For 128 31
Edgewood Mrs. Floyd Ryan five miles south of Edgewood sold eighty nine turkeys here Saturday. The birds weighed 987 pounds and brought 13 cents a pound, totaling 128.31. The birds were shipped immediately to the Chicago market from the 1,000 acre farm where they ranged and fed on homemade mash and buttermilk.
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The
Gazette
Edgewood
Floyd Ryan
Chicago
Tipton Lads Win High School Grain Judging Trophy
Tipton high school grain judging team captured the La Porte City community fair trophy with a composite score of 1750 points on Saturday. The Budson high school team finished second, trailing by forty points per man, while Orange Township consolidated team placed third with Vinton fourth Maquoketa fifth Guttenberg sixth and La Porte City sixth. Harold Hass led the Tipton team as top individual. Paul B Sarver of Waterloo and E E Pearsor of La Porte City assisted as contest organizers and sponsors.
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Vinton
Maquoketa
Guttenberg
la Porte City
Smienth
Harold Hass
Tipton
Paul B Sarver
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Crain
E E Pearsor
Angus win carlot prize at Ak-Sar-Ben show in Omaha
Angus yearling steers exhibited by A H Schmidt of Kansas Cur Mo captured the grand championship in the carlot fat cattle division at the Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show in Omaha. Reserve grand champion went to Dan Casement of Manhattan Kan with a load of Herefords. Anton Winther of Wisner Neb was second and Foster Brothers of Earlham Ia third. Among Angus exhibitors Schmidt placed J S Antehn of Hamburg Ia second and Wayland Holey of Atlantic Ia third.
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Omaha
A H Schmidt
Kansas
Dan Casement
Manhattan Kan
Anton Winther
Wisner
Neb
Foster Brothers Earlham
Angus
Schmidt J S Antehn
Hamburg
Wayland Holey
Atlantic
Eighty Neighbors Husk 4500 Bushels For Widow
Mrs Henderson near Wellman faced a large corn harvest after Mr Henderson's death. Eighty neighbors with thirty seven wagons husked and cribbed about 4500 bushels in one day. Women brought a big noon dinner to the Henderson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Wellman
John Henderson
Mrs Henderson
Mr Henderson
Henderson Home
Wind Storm Damages Farms Near Hopkinton
Hopkinton reports wind and sand storm damage Sunday afternoon and evening. A cupola blew from a cattle barn at Lux farm and a windmill toppled at Woods farm, both in the river valley four miles north. Drivers sought shelter from dust and wind on highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Lux
Woods
Wind damage hits farm as calves suffer triplets amid storms
A strong wind storm damages a windmill and trees on a Surda area farm. The Septic Creek station reports over 200 feet of gravel moved and cattle, including a set of triplet calves, affected. Neighbors attribute the event to recent gusts and the wind’s force.
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Surda
Farm Auction Near Cedar Park this Saturday
A consignment sale is set for Saturday November 18 near Cedar Park with items from multiple consignors up for bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Park
Veterinarians Hear Flu Research Man At Waterloo Confab
Twenty six practitioners from Floyd Chickasaw Bremer Black Hawk Buchanan Linn Tama Hardin and Benton Counties attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary association session in Waterloo Monday. The feature was a discussion of hog flu and human influenza by R E Shope MD of the Rockefeller Institute. Others included R M Hofford Cedar Rapids inspector in charge of cholera control A E Menary Cedar Rapids milk inspector and P V Neuzil Blairstown.
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Waterloo
Floyd Chickasaw
Bremer Black Hawk
Buchanan Linn Tama
P V. Neuzil
Blairstown
F Bacon
Cedar Falls
C Roach
Nashua
W L. Hanson
Aplington
CG Molegard
Eldora
C C Graham
Wellsburg
G Lames
H .S Lames
Dysart
H. J Nuegren
Waverly
Dick N Voetberg
Traer
500-Pound Aberdeen Angus At Columbus Junction Auction
Two hundred head of Aberdeen Angus steers and heifers offered Monday afternoon in twenty five head lots. Calves weighing 500 pounds sold at 5100 per hundredweight. A batch at 475 pounds brought 2350 per head and smaller calves sold around 18.50 each. Floyd K Smith handled the sale with Paul Klotz as auctioneer and H Lee Huston as clerk.
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Gazebo
Columbus Junction
Aberdeen
Floyd K Smith
Paul Klotz
H Lee Huston
Farmers Help Each Other In Wilton Junction Vicinity
Twenty farmers assisted Ralph Telstow east of Wilton Junction in pouring the concrete foundation for a new barn to replace the one burned recently. Mrs H Banger assisted Mrs Telstow in preparing meds for the men. In the same neighborhood Raymond Fix husked corn after an operation, with twenty six men and ten teams completing a Meld of corn. Tone Watters near Atalissa was found to be tempering to enter Oakdale sanatorium for treatment.
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Wilton Junction
Ralph Telstow
H Banger
Telstow
Harmer
Raymond Fix
Atalissa
Oakdale Sanatorium
South Bethel Sunday Schoolers Husk Corn
Philothean Sunday school class members held a husking bee at Lieve Nehereau farm on November 20. They harvested 615 bushels. Ladies Aid joined and, with boards, harvested additional bushels. Generaer class visited Frank Chapman farm and gathered 255 kernels.
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Philothean
Lieve Nehereau
Gemge Drager
Ladies Aid
OWA corn crop totals 429 780 000 bushels in 1933
Iowa leads in corn and soybeans with 1933 production estimates. Carl reports county yields up to 55 percent corn land in Fremont and expects Iowa to exceed 1923 1932 averages by about three bushels per acre, totaling 429 780 000 bushels, with 39 bushels per acre average.
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Des Moines
Leslie M Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Towa
Carl
Fremont
United States
National Grange Meets in Idaho Opens November 15
The sixty seventh annual National Grange session will open November 15 in Boise with representatives from at least thirty two states. National Master Louis J Taber of Columbus Ohio will deliver the keynote address at 2 PM. The report highlights progress in membership expansion and increased Grange influence nationwide during Taber’s decade as leader.
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Boise
Ida
National Grange
Louis J Taber
Columbus
Ohio
Taber
Grange
Bull Pen Finished None Too Soon On Dysart Dairy Farm
Elmer Santman, a Dysart dairyman, hurried to finish a safety bull pen after his herd sire broke the lead staff and tossed a hired man. The pen, already under construction, allows attendants to handle the bull safely. His Holsteins averaged 5084 pounds of butterfat in Benton County Cow Test No. 4. the high cow yielded 571 pounds.
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Gazette
Dysart
Elmer Santman
Mr. Santman
Benton County
Plowing Nears Finish on Central City Farms
Farmers around Central City report plowing largely finished as cold weather nears. Corn picking largely done or wrapping up this week, shredding nearly complete, and fodder stacking underway.
Young Farmers In Fayette Plan Short Course This Winter
Fayette County Young Farmers club officers meet November 28 in Fayette to set plans for the annual short course. Dec 12 marks the first session on butchering and meat cutting. After holidays, educational meetings occur each Tuesday through February and possibly into March open to men 18 to 25 with no expense beyond transportation and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
Young Farmers’ Club
Atkins Man Head Of Benton Holiday Assn
W J Beatty of Atkins was named president of the Benton County Farmers' Holiday association formed here Saturday evening at a meeting of seventy five farmers addressed by Paul Moore of West Branch. Bedford Narber of Shellsburg was elected secretary.
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Vinton
W. J. Beatty
Atkins
Benton County Farmers’ Holiday Association
Paul Moore
West Branch
Bedford Narber
Shellsburg
Conesville Woman Husks 85 Bushels a Day
Marie Hora a 20 year old Cornhusker from Conesville averages 85 bushels of corn daily this season. She travels to the field by wagon each day and brings in harvests on par with the average farm hand.
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Conesville
Marie Hora
Frank Hora
Packers Reduce Holdings of Pork by October Stock Shift
Special correspondent reports Packers moved large pork and lard stocks in October to cut holdings before the November 5 floor stock tax. As of November 1 total pork in cold storage and plants stood at 493,094,000 pounds, down from 630,437,000 a month earlier, with lard at 133,850,000 pounds. Beef and lamb totals also show changes against prior year and five year averages.
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Chicago
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George Chzmpsey
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Roy White
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Raph Lute
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Linn Farmers Holiday Association
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Ohio Potatoes
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