Pork In Storage Falls Amid October Declines
Storage data shows October reductions in pork and lard stocks with beef, lamb and mutton rising. November 1 cold storage totals reveal shifts with pork 499,840,000 pounds and lard 107,453,000, while beef holdings top 108,070,000 and lamb and mutton total 3,076,000. Slaughter under federal inspection was exceptionally heavy in October due to government campaigns in drought areas, cattle and calves leading the tally.
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Chicago
Mm Comiutes
Nana
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire by R F A
A short poem notes November as a grand month for getting the job done. It mentions daily efforts and crisp mornings, emphasizing steady progress and routine work.
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R.F.A
October 1933 totals and year to date comparison
The figure reaches 1,668,445 in October 1933, bringing the year to date to 14,635,104, versus 14,607,505 for the same period in 1933. The data highlight a modest year over year rise in total figures.
Cedar Rapids Man To Judge At Ames Horticulture Show
Cedar Rapids man A A Bezdek and Des Moines LaVere Brancht will judge at the Little Mid-West Horticultural Exposition in Ames opening Thursday. The three day event, sponsored by the Iowa State Horticultural Society, features 29 prize donations and lectures by noted speakers. president Robert M. Clark and officers Frank C. Pellett and R S Herrick lead the society with numerous affiliated groups in beekeeping floristry and gardening.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
A. A. Bezdek
Cedar Rapids
LaVere Brancht
Des Moines
Floriculture
H. W. Richey
H. Nichols
Beth of
Porteay c
Holsinger
Epi Ames Clericulane
Graddeck
Honey Products
Robert. M. Clark
Mitchellville
Frank C. Pellett
Atlantic
R. S. Herrick
Malitta Jensen
Madison
Wis
B. S. Pickett
Iowa State College
Roy Grout
Hamilton
J. F. Reinhardt
D. H. Culver
Clear Lake
W. C. Diesing
Marshalltown
T. M. Blackman
Nevada
F. S. Fisher
Tony Lefredo
J. H. Bechtel
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Society of Iowa Florists
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa
Iowa Nurserymen’s Association
Iowa Peony and Iris Society
Iowa State Vegetable Association
Iowa Gladiolus Society
Iowa Rose Society
Combustion Blamed For Fire On Elberon Farm
A barn and double corn crib on the Joe Kriva farm near Elberon were destroyed by fire late Monday. Officials state spontaneous combustion is the believed cause. Hay straw and forage were in the buildings. Four horses and four calves perished. Two year old sealed corn was in the crib along with several machines.
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Elberon
Joe Kriva
Iowa Buttermakers Win National Honor at 1934 Meet
The National Creamery Buttermakers association awarded Iowa the national banner for high grade butter products with 94.199 points. Minnesota followed at 94.191 and Wisconsin at 93.878. Iowa winners included A. E. McLaughlin of Greene with gold in senior fresh butter and Paul G. Engen of Wesley with bronze.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Iowa
National Creamery Buttermakers Association
Minnesota
Wisconsin
A. E. McLaughlin
Greene
Paul G. Engen
Wesley
Gibson And Letts Lads Place High In Judging
Ames Claire A Wemer of Gibson and William T Newell of Letts earned second and third in the freshmen beef cattle judging contest at Town State College. Wemer averaged 91.49 and Newell 90.82 while Richard McWilliams Lehigh Town led with 93.49. Over 100 freshmen participated in the contest.
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Gazette
Ames
Claire A. Wemer
Gibson
William T. Newell
Letts
Town State College
Wemer
Newell
Richard McWilliams
Le~high
Town
Washington Corn Show Will Be Judged Wednesday
M. A. Hauser of the Ames extension service will judge the Washington county corn show next week. On Wednesday he will select winners in twelve divisions and name a grand champion and reserve champion.
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Washington, In
M. A. Hauser
The
Ames Extension Service
Washington County
First Trust and Savings Bank Articles of Incorporation
Iowa Cedar Rapids banking plan filed. capital stock set at 100000 with 100 share par value, directors Mitvalsky Hach Blahnik Pichner Petrovitsky named, officers listed, annual meetings set for January, dissolution rules, and notary acknowledgment dated October 26, 1934.
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State of
Iowa
First Trust and Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
County of Linn
Busine
Towa
House
45Th General Assembly of
State Banking Department of
Mitvalsky
E. Hach
L. L. Blohnik
J. W. Pichner
John ©. Petrovitsky
Mitralsky
J. Dvorak
Linn County
Ons
John C, Petrovitsky
L. IL
Time To Look Toward Ourselves Not Washington Grange Leader Says
Special to The Gazette Hartford Conn master Louis J Taber of the national Grange urges Americans to focus on farms homes and local economies rather than Washington. He warns debt taxes and a rise in moral decline threaten recovery and advocates local self reliance and reforms in farming policy education and cooperative marketing.
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Washington
Grange Head
Gazette
Hartford
Conn
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
America
Tests Indicate Slough Soils Need Potash and Phosphorus
County Agent B W Lodwick reports fertilizer trials on the Kenneth Parker farm in Scott township show no nitrogen needed for lower black soils. Trials using 0-10-30, 0-20-20, 0-20-10, and 4-16-4 increased yields and marketable percentages, with 0-20-20 yielding 52.6 bushels per acre and 76.5 percent marketable.
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Fayette
Enetestee
Kenneth
Parker
Scott Township
B. W. Lodwick
Farmers Near Troy Mills Fix Up Their Buildings
Farmers around Troy Mills undertake extensive remodeling this fall. At the John Simon farm a cement wall goes under the barn and the building is repaired. A windmill tower is fixed with a new wheel at the William Warner farm. A cement feed floor is added to the hog house at the Jess Holman farm. A roof is shingled on the Mrs Lonnie Long house. Lincoln Insurance Company farm reports walls fixed and shingles on the corn crib and hog house.
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Troy Mills
John Simon
William Warner
Here
Jess Holman
Lonni
Trades for farm in Dundee swap by Blanchard and Upson
Delbert Blanchard and his son-in-law Peter Upson who ran a Greeley feed mill for ten years exchanged the mill property and their home for the Heyer farm near Dundee.
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Greeley
Delbert Blanchard
Peter Upson
Heyer
Dundee
Corn Husking Nears Completion in Iowa
Iowa corn husking is nearly finished statewide except the northeast where ten days remain. S. E. Decker reports favorable outdoor conditions with shredding for fodder continuing, livestock feeding in pastures, and a south western water shortage leading to rationing. He notes rain is needed to fill reservoirs before freezing weather and to aid winter wheat growth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
S. E. Decker
Federal Weather and Crop Bureau
Decker
4 H Club Fetes Staged In Fayette And Keokuk Counties
Fayette event drew 300 4 H members parents and friends with Rev John D Clinton directing games and stunts A notable tribute honored state and national dairy judging team members Robert Putnam Grover Miehe Paul Harrison and Leonard Talcott alternates Also recognized was Ronald Grafenberg of West Union for Holstein achievements and Iowa Holstein Breeders recognition.
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Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
John D. Clinton
Robert Putnam
Grover Miehe
Paul Harrison
Leonard Talcott
Slemmons
Iowa
E. M. Wright
Iowa’ State Dairy Association
Ronald Grafenberg
West Union
Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association
Sigourney 4-H fete set with speech by attorney Hamilton
About 225 guests were expected at the Keokuk county 4-H club fete in Sigourney on Wednesday evening. W. H. Hamilton, Sigourney attorney, was to be the speaker and club awards were to be presented to members.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
W. H. Hamilton
Milk price doubled in Washington dairy move
Milk has advanced to ten cents a quart and five cents a pint delivered or cash and carry as dairymen in Washington announce. Higher feed costs cited. Two months ago milk sold for five cents a quart in several stores. All dealers are cooperating to maintain the ten cent price.
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Gazettes
Washington
Debt Council to Meet in Anamosa Farm Advisory Panel
Anamosa Iowa Jones County Farm Debt Advisory committee will meet November 14 and 28 at the Farm Bureau office to aid farmers in need of help or advice. The committee is led by Paul N. Smith Center Junction as chairman with J C McConaughy Martello as vice chairman, Max Wortman Anamosa as secretary, G J Hughes Scotch Grove, and William Hiller Monticello as members.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farm Debt Advisory Committee
Farm Bureau
Paul N. Smith
Center Junction
J. C. ‘McConaughy
Martello
Max Wortman
G. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove
William Hiller
Monticello
Farm Auctions Scheduled Through Mid November
E M Wetherbee closes out sale two miles southeast of Central City on Thursday November 15. Beverly yards hosts cattle sale Friday November 16 at the Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. Walter Hemphill conducts a consignment sale Saturday November 17 at 244 miles northwest of Lafayette.
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Walter Hemphill
Lafayette
Iowa Livestock Exchange
12Th St
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Colorado
Nebraska
Jim Feeney
Lawler
Walter Challis
Jay Patten
O. M. Byndy
E. M. Wetherbee
Central City
Beverly Yards
Iowa
Olin Farm Youth Reports 113 Bushels Per Acre Yield
Delbert Graft, agr iculture student, reports on a five mile NW plot of his father's farm near Olin. Twenty six rows of corn, 105 feet long, yielded about twenty five bushels, or 113 bushels per acre, due to seed quality, manure at twenty loads per acre, thick stands, and clean cultivation. Planting began May 19 on spring plowed ground. detasseling occurred eight times to ensure purity for certification from Iowa State College.
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Olin
Delbert Graft
Iowa State College
Ames
Oats Sold For Fifty Cents A Bushel Near Troy Mills
Troy Mills area reports 250 bushels of oats sold Saturday at 50 cents per bushel. The supplier was Harlie Andrews, who leased the land, with A Bode of Patocia Wisconsin purchasing the grain for feeding on his Wisconsin farm, and the oats moved from the Andrews property.
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Troy Mills
Harlie Andrews
Here
A. Bode
Patocia
Wis
Andrews
Bode
Wisconsin
20 herds listed for Bang's disease test near Cedar Rapids
Dr. R. M. Hofferd and Dr. D. N. Voetberg of the agriculture department report 800 cattle in twenty herds near Cedar Rapids to be tested for Bang's disease infectious abortion. Testing is voluntary and funded under the Jones Connelly act providing funds for indemnities.
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R. M. Hofferd
D. N. Voetberg
Animal Health
Department of Agriculture
Cedar Rapids
National Congress
Black Hawk Lad Captures Iowa 4-H Corn Club Title
Vincent Kelly, 11, of Washburn Black Hawk county wins top 4-H corn club honors in Iowa. Assistant director Paul C. Taff announces the state crown and a December trip to Chicago for the National Club Congress. Kelly's record book and farm activities, including a 55 2 3 bushel per acre yield, earn praise as he entered five years in club work.
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Ames
Iowa
Vincent Kelly
Black Hawk County
Washburn
Paul C. Taff
Ames Extension Service
Vincent
Chicago
Taff
Corn Club
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Trades Aa Council
Rapio
Ames Horticulture
Elberon Farm
Iowa Buttermakers
Cedar Rapiry Rnwa
Tee Ae
Demosthenes
Greece
Taber
Mr. Taber
Grange
L. J. Taber
Fayette and
Keokuk
Debt Council
Pie Tga
Creomatsion
Olin Farm
Black Hawk
Oxfords
Child’s Oxfords
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