Iowa Grain Supply Favorable Says Hughes Head Of Crops Dept
Iowa faces a favorable grain outlook as feed supplies stay ample and corn prices drop. The state harvests a large corn crop while national supplies rise, with carryover expected to be sizable despite heavy feeding. Prices in Iowa are typically 8 to 10 cents below the U.S. average, and Oct 15 Iowa corn sold for 46 cents versus 59 cents nationwide.
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Iowa
United States
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fence Drift in Iowa Cornfield Sheds Light on Night Harvest
At 5.30 p.m. in pitch darkness a wagon crews fears drift as corn drops from a scoop into a full crib. The scene includes a 50-bushel load, shoats beneath the wagon, and a creaking team as the crib fills. A cheerful yell marks the moment when the corn air roars against the roof, signaling heavy harvest activity in eastern Iowa.
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Iowa
Poslam Promises Quick Relief for Complexion Problems
A single box of Poslam helps complexion by soothing irritated surfaces and promoting healing. The ad claims physicians recommend Poslam for pimples and blotches, noting it penetrates outer skin layers while calming affected areas. Instructions included with each box available at druggists for 0 cents.
Feed Supplies Outlook Amid Drought and Harvest Variations
Report notes cheaper cottonseed and lower grain prices due to large crops, with cottonseed cake and meal up 40 percent, soybean cake similar to last season, linseed scarcer, and soybean production up about 30 percent. It warns of a severe legume seed shortage, especially red clover and alfalfa, with alfalfa seeds pricier than 1920s highs and sweet clover seed abundant but below average supplies.
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Iowa
Northeast Iowa Farm Business Assn to Meet Dec 1
The Northeast Iowa Farm Business association will hold its annual meeting at West Union December 1. The group includes farm businessmen from Clayton Fayette Allamakee Winneshiek Dubuque Black Hawk Chickasaw and Howard counties with Carl Clia Jone as fieldman for the group.
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Tre Gazette
Pewest Union
Iowa Farm Business Association
West Union
Fayette County
Paul B. McElro
Clayton
Fayette
Allamakee
Winneshiek
Dubuque
Black Hawk
Chicnasaw
Howard Counties
Carl Clia Jone
Mississippi Valley Farm Business meeting set for Davenport
The Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association will hold its annual meeting in Davenport on December 4. Fieldman Herbert Howell announced the event, detailing plans for the gathering and related activities.
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Davenport
The
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Herbert Howell
Dairymen Face 3 or 4 Bright Years Ahead Says Ames Study
Ames economists predict Iowa dairy farms, ranking fourth in U S milk output, will enjoy a relatively favorable economy over the next three to four years if feed supplies stay normal. Butterfat prices may peak this winter, and overall production should rise slightly in 1938, with pasture conditions after May acting as a key control.
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Ames (Ap
Towa
Ames
Iowa
United States
Allamakee C T A Reports October Milk Averages
Special to The Gazette WAUKON The Allamakee county Cow Test association No 1 reports October averages for 486 cows, including 86 dry, at 424 pounds of milk and 161 pounds of butterfat. The William Stevn and Sons herd of 14 purebred jerseys topped the group with 616 pounds of milk and 315 pounds of butterfat.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
William Stevn and Sons
Association
Hog sale records set at Chicago market by Talbot firm
Tipton Erwin Niemeier a Ce Dar county feeder sold thirty three hogs averaging 230 pounds each on the Chicago market at 875 dollars per hundredweight.
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Tipton
Erwin Niemeier
Cedar County
Chicago
Hogs Bring $8.80 at Chicago Market
Pat Drew of Winneshiek County sold thirty six Poland China hogs averaging 215 pounds at Chicago. The twenty ton or weight sale brought $880 per hundredweight for the batch, reflecting strong demand for feeder hogs in midweek trading.
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Decorah
Pat Drew
Winneshiek County
Poland
Chicago
To Rent Apartments on Fourth Street NE
Two room apartment at 118 4th St NE was rented. Gazette Want Ad readers called to advertise.
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Tnel
4Th St
Gazette Want
Corn Kings Named In Annual Grain Show At La Porte
Frank Krebs won the senior corn king title at the La Porte City community fair with Marion Langer as junior corn king. Amateur corn division firsts went to Oren Hoyt Dallas Lange George Loeb Frank Krebs and Lloyd Sheffler. Junior division firsts earned by Marion Lange Kenneth Eastman Merlin Fell. Raymond Craft led professional class firsts. Apple division sweepstakes won by Jerry Frahm, who with Don Ashley claimed two firsts. Poultry sweepstakes went to Lavern Walker on a White Rock pen. First poultry winners include Dean Flickinger Louis Neimeyer and others. Waterfowl firsts went to Donald Hager Robert Powers Glenn Moore Grover Parks and F D Schappaugh. E E Pearson was the show general superintendent.
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LA Porte City
Frank Krebs
Marion Langer
Oren Hoyt
Dallas Lange
George Loeb
Lloyd Sheffler
Marion Lange
Kenneth Eastman
Merlin Fell
Raymond Craft
Jerry Frahm
Don Ashley
Ronald Runyan
Roger Powers
Harriet Hager
John Kahler
Lavern Walker
Donald Richards
F. D. Schappaugh
Waterloo
Forest Peck
Dean Flickinger
Louis Neimeyer
Lavern Wolker
Stanley Moline
Robert Cutler
Will Rupple
James Bell
Vernon Palmer
Ida Kahler
Wallace Winegar
Tom Elliott
Donald Hager
Robert Powers
Glenn Moore
Grover Parks
F. D. Scha
Corn Sealers Named for Linn Benton Clinton Counties
Des Moines announces appointment of 201 corn sealers across 39 Iowa counties. East Iowa listings include Clinton county appointees B H Manneman Eugene L McGongle Elmer A Bousselot and Thomas W McConohy. Benton county appointees J E Harper George W Schnorr A H Rathje G H Plagmann and Louis T Albertson. Linn county appointee Henry Hood plus R L Stallman and Floyd Emmons. Sealers will attend instruction before December 1 when 50 cent federal loans become available. They will inspect cribs issue warehouse certificates and re inspect cribs to ensure grain safety.
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East Iowa
Clinton County
B. H. Manneman
Clinton
Eugene L. McGonegle
Delmar
Elmer A. Bousselot
Grand Mound
Thomas W. McConohy
DeWitt
Benton County
J. E. Harper
Vinton
George W. Schnorr
A. H. Rathje
Atkins
G. H. Plagmann
Blairstown
Louis T. Albertson
Keystone
Linn County
Henry Hood
Springville
R. L Stallman
Fairfax
Floyd Emmons
Marion
Durocs Sell Strong At Wilton Junction Dispersion Sale
Special to The Gazette Wilton Junction Iowa Sons topped at 61 dollars and boars at 54 in the annual dispersion sale of Duroc Jersey hogs by M J Thede near Wilton Junction Friday Average price for the sale was 34 dollars a head J B Gibson of Walcott was auctioneer
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Wilton Junction
Towa Fruit Growers To Meet At Ames This Week
Ames Iowa fruit growers, members of a five million dollar industry, will meet in Ames for a two day session on orchard management disease and pest control pruning and marketing. Leslie M Carl of Des Moines will present the 1937 Iowa fruit and vegetable report during the combined growers short course and business session.
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Ames
Iowa
Leslie M Carl
Des Moines
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
GouL CONSERVATION GouL CONSERVATION
Through an open kitchen door the tang of burning leaves and fall wood smoke fills the air. A group of boys sit near a smoldering fire as flames leap and blue smoke curls toward the sky. They drift into quiet reflection on childhood memories and distant places.
Allamakee 4-H Boys Feed 51 Baby Beef Calves in 1938
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Records show fifty-one baby beef calves selected and started on feed by 4-H club members in Allamakee County for the 1938 feeding season. Twenty-five members fed the calves, including Curtis Pigott and Harold Dee among others.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Curtis Pigott
Harold Dee
Theodora Ferring
Zita Ferring
George Ferring
Frederick Zimmerman
Leo McNeil
William Wullner
Erna Wullner
Ernest
Guernsey And Holstein Meetings Planned Dec 7
Ames Guernsey and Holstein breeders hold district meetings ahead of a state gathering in Ames on December 7. State association president Charles Mountain of Des Moines and national fieldman C B Finley of Minneapolis attend. meetings were set for Atlantic Mason City and West Union on prior dates.
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AMES
Guernsey
Charles Mountain
Des Moines
State Association
C. B. Finley
Minneapolis
Atlantic
Mason City
West Union
Iowa Holstein Breeders to Meet December 7 in Waterloo
Waterloo report says the Iowa Holstein Breeders association holds its annual meeting at Higtel Russell Lamson on December 7. Leaders and members are expected to discuss breed developments, show schedules, and dairy policies.
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Waterloo
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
Higtel
Livestock Preview At Ames Meats Lab Wednesday
Approximately ninety seven head of steers hogs and fat and breeding sheep from Iowa State College will be shown at the meats laboratory in Ames on Wednesday November 17 for an advance preview ahead of the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The date was previously misannounced.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Chicago
Meats Laboratory
Dairy Breeding and Feeding Schools Planned in Allamakee
Floyd Johnston of the Ames extension dairy department will lead dairy breeding and feeding schools in Allamakee county on December 16 and 17. The county agent says meeting schedules will be announced later.
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Waukon
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairy Department
Allamakee County
Practical Top at Chicago Market for Large Hog Lot
Special to Ente Ga report notes Richard Meyers sold sixty four hogs at 238 pounds and eight at 233 pounds for a total price of eight dollars and seventy five cents per animal, marking a strong Monday market showing at Chicago.
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Ente Ga
Richard Meyers
Chicago
Delhi corn test yields top two hybrids at 67.47 and 67.38 bushels
Fu ture Farmers chapter of Delhi high school reports 21 hybrids and four open pollinated varieties tested on August Nieman farm tended by Harold Nieman. Pioneer 322 led with 67.47 bushels per acre at 15 percent moisture, National 118 followed at 67.38. The four open pollinated varieties averaged 50 bushels. Highest and lowest hybrid yields averaged 64 and 17 bushels apart respectively.
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Delhi
Future Farmers Chapter
Delhi High School
Nieman
Harold Nieman
DeKalb
Pioneer
National
Kingcrest
Kingcrost
Monticello Creamery Pays 42c For Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers Mutual Creamery company of Monticello were paid 42 cents a pound for butterfat delivered during the last half of October.
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Monticello Creamery
Gazette
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Farm Auction Schedule for November Dates
Auction listings announce sales for William Jones near Parnell on Wednesday November 17 and J M Redmond Robins Arden Schulze near Van Horne on Thursday November 18. An auction at Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids is set for Friday November 19. Tehl estate 148 acre farm near Walker is slated for Friday November 26.
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J. M. Redmond
Robins Arden Schulze
van Horne
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Tehl Estate
Walker
Harvest Sunday Observed at Fayette County Farm
A Fayette county home observance of Harvest Sunday on November 21 is planned by Superintendent and Mrs D C Carvey. A 1 p.m visitor hour will include a tour of the county farm, followed by a 2 p.m religious service led by Rev John D Clinton. A quartet of Upper Iowa university faculty will sing. A second Fayette thanksgiving vespers is set for 4 p.m. in Fayette featuring a verse speaking choir from Iowa State College directed by Miss Hazel Strayer.
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Brecal
Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
D. C. Carvey
John D. Clinton
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Iowa State College
Hazel Strayer
Husking Finished in Wilton Junction Area
Majority of farmers in Wilton Junction report corn husking finished. Fall plowing underway and farmers prepare equipment and supplies for winter.
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Wilton Junction
Hush Heads Iowa Tenancy Committee Appointments
Homer Hush named chairman of the Iowa tenancy committee with Secretary Wallace approving the full panel. Members include Harold Teachout Farragut R K Bliss Ames Clifford V Gregory Wallaces Farmer Des Moines Lester Gillette Fostoria Fred Hawley Laurens Raymond Sayre Ackworth Paul P Stewart Maynard and E L Stewart Washington. Tenancy committees have been named in each agricultural state as part of the Farm Security Administration.
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Washington
Homer Hush
Iowa Tenancy Committee
Wallace
Hush
Iowa
Harold Teachout
Farragut
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Clifford V. Gregory
Wallaces
Farmer
Des Moines
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Fred Hawley
Laurens
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Paul P. Stewart
Wilton Junction plans two new 4-H clubs in Muscatine
Club agent Ernest Burke with state leader Frank P. Reed outlines a plan to organize two additional standard boys 4-H clubs. The initiative will raise Muscatine county 4-H clubs to nine, expanding activities for local youth.
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Wilton Junction
Ernest Burke
Frank P. Reed
Muscatine County
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