East Iowa committee men demand changes to 1935 corn hog plan
East Iowa allotment committees in three counties express dissatisfaction with the proposed 1935 corn hog adjustment program. They urge regional conferences to adopt changes, warning that without stronger incentives and possibly compulsion many signers will refrain, risking failure of progress and inviting opposition from farm commodity handlers. The text notes concern over immediate gains versus long term benefits and potential pro rating of funds to ensure profitable returns for signers.
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Lum
Iowa
AAA
Corn Belt
Fence Drift On the Desk This Morning
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Wallace Defines Future Of AAA As Controlled Expansion
Secretary Wallace told the National Grange that agriculture should expand under controls to tide the country over drought years. He warned of a drive to scrap crop control led by idealists and business groups and predicted price-driving pressure in Congress. He argued agriculture cannot survive as philanthropy and warned against a laissez faire push.
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Hartford. Conn
Wallace
National Grange
Congress
Grinnell Botanist Details Mass to Curb Soil Erosion
Grinnell botanist Prof H S Canard from Grinnell College spoke at a botany symposium on the Ames campus last weekend. He cited moss and dense leaf litter as key absorbers of rainfall, reducing runoff and sediment in forest floors, with mats covering soil limits erosion in a mass research context.
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Ames
H S Canard
Botany
Grinnell College
Town State College
Denmatd
Soil Conservation Association Formed in Jackson County
Jackson county farmers formed a county soil conservation association to keep the CCC emergency conservation camp for another year. The camp handles soil erosion work with terracing, diversion ditches, reforestation, check dams and related methods. Membership aims for 100 with at least $500 working capital. directors to be chosen at township meetings.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County
County Soil Conservation Association
CCC
G B “MacDonald
Ames
Johnson Junior Farmers To Form County Organization
Johnson County Iowa city meeting unites forty former 4-H members to form a county organization. Gladys Hagen buch elected temporary chair man and Florence Warren temporary secretary at the gathering called by an organizing committee. 290 former members invited via Johnson county Farm Bureau office. next meeting set for Dec 12 to adopt a program and official setup.
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Iowa City
Gladys Hagenbuch
Florence Warren
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Garsin Slemmons
Martha Ann Isaacs
Long Time Land Policy Urged by U S Commerce Group
Washington AP report outlines a Chamber of Commerce plan to remove submarginal land from production. It calls for credit withholding to submarginal farmers, rural zoning, consolidation of scattered communities, and higher taxes, with gradual government acquisition to protect former owners' employment.
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Washington
Land Policy Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Thieves butcher beef in pasture near Edgewood
Thieves entered a field on the John Kraus farm east of Edgewood and butchered a beef. They took the two hind quarters and left the rest of the carcass. Local authorities investigate the pasture crime and search for suspects.
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Edgewood
Gazette
John Kraus
Here
Amber Creamery Pays 32 Cents For Butterfat
Amber Creamery patrons received thirty two cents for butterfat in the latest market update. Glenn Heals of Wilton Junction bought 450 heads of northern lemos, plans to run corn, and reported total livestock figures including 50 head of sheep and 100 head of pigs. Thomas F. Wilson, president of Chadge Packing Company, was honored for meat animal 4-H club recordkeeping achievements.
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Wilton Junction
Glenn Heals
Onear
Wapfellog Keath
Toutse
Thomas F. Wilson
Proved Sires Are Factor In Benton Jersey Herd Records
Five Benton county Jersey dairymen show high butterfat records per Gravers Underberg. Miller, Rog ers, Epperson, Chime, and Fuehrer each achieved top per cow fat. tests span five to eleven years. A notable C C Epperson sire increased daughters as a group by 28 pounds. six dams average 441 and six daughters 469 pounds. Four Jersey bulls proven in Benton in five years, with sons and grandsons in use. Fuehrer bull sired forty two heifers in six years, eleven daughters averaging 446 pounds versus 407 for their eleven dams.
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Vinton
Jersey
Benton County
Gravers Underberg
H. W Miller
Herman Rogers
Shellsburg
C C Epperson
Kirk Chme
Edward Fuchrer
Darymen
Underberg
Kirk Chime
Edward Fuehrer
Ames News: New Cheese Developed at Iowa State College
Research at Iowa State College Dairy Industry department describes a cheddar process cheese with delicate flavor similar to fine butter. Professors Mortensen, Hammer, Goss, and Lane isolated diacetyl producing organisms to speed curing and improve taste, aiming for a new cheese a year and a profitable Iowa dairy industry.
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Ames
M Mortensen
Iowa State College Dairy Industry Department
Iowa
B. W. Hammer
E. F. Goss
C 3B Lane
Mortensen
Lowa
Mortenson
Towa State
Rexford
Tugwell
Racquefort
Availability Of Green Feed Curtails Demand For Alfalfa
Alfalfa trade at principal terminal markets remained limited through the week ending Nov 12 as green feed from grass and wheat pasturage reduced demand. Kansas City alfalfa held steady with light receipts. California hay moved to storage. Prices ranged around 19 to 22 dollars per ton while truck movement and distant sales varied, with Platte valley Nebraska showing better demand.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas City
California
Central West
Garden City
Kansas
Pawnee
Platte Valley
Nebraska
Foreclosures On 1 775 Acres Filed At Marengo
Foreclosures filed against 1 775 acres of MARFENGQ Farm land in Towa county. Estimates place the property at about 20569 acres or F6A percent of the county’s land. Projections show possible increases of around T7535 acres as foreclosure suits head to the November term of court.
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Marengo
Towa
Carpaine Hens
Ames Econorists
Elgin Farmers Use Shredded Fodder for Feed and Bedding
Farmers in the Elgin area shred corn fodder to supply feed and bedding amid hay and straw shortages. Abundant fodder available. heavy plowing occurred this fall due to wild weather.
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Elgin
Popcorn Pioneer Grows Rainbow Harvest Near Cresco
Perry grows fourteen color varieties of Golden Bantam popcorn on a 40 acre Cresco farm. He began in 1913 by cross breeding Jap rice pop corn with Golden Bantam sweet corn, creating a superior popping kernel. The crop ships nationwide and to South America, with seed sold at up to 3 dollars per pound.
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Gazette
Cresco
Warren B. Perry
Perry Farm
Mr. Perry
Burbank
Perry
American Pop Corn Company
South America
4-H Club Members In Jackson Dine Together
More than 100 members and leaders attended the fourth annual Jackson county 4-H banquet in Maquoketa. Dale Marvin presided as county boys’ president. Carol Riedinger, girls’ county president, served as toastmistress. Speakers included representatives from seven clubs and county agents briefed on 4-H programs and state events.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Dale Marvin
Carol Riedinger
Charles Butterworth
Andrew
Wilda Bowman
O A. R. Irwin Lingle
Rain Or Shine
Betty Lubben
C. B B
John McGinn
Pauline Beaver
Helping Hand
Ruth Beck
Rainbow- Sunshine
F. E. Krause
M. B Walker
Edward B. Syndergaard
Ruth Evelyn Holtz
Mina
Frances Walker
Ames
Sylvester Schwager
Dysart Farmers Sell Soy Beans On The Market
Dysart farmers in the Dy sart community delivered between 500 and 600 bushels of soy beans to the Tama Benton Grain company in the last ten days. Most of the crop is held in reserve for seed and feed. Yields ranged from fifteen to twenty five bushels per acre.
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Dysart
Tama-Benton Grain Company
Center Junction creamery group formed in Jones county
An organization of the creameries of Jones county was formed here Thursday evening. Phil Daly of Amber was named temporary chairman and Hazel Smith of Anamosa temporary secretary. Main speakers were Herbert Harmison of Dubuque and B O Brownlee of Des Moines. The next meeting is planned in December at Anamosa.
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Center Junction
Jones County
Phil Daly
Amber
Hazel Smith
Anamosa
Herbert Harmison
Dubuque
B O, Brownlee
Des Moines
Upcoming Farm Auctions Schedule in Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm auctions announced for November and December. J R White sells near Toddville and Roy Ireland near Wyoming. Nearby sales include W E Tucken near Monticello and Mrs Scott Walker near Iowa City. P N Gibson Co hold Angus sale at West Liberty. Administratrix Mrs QO Sent near Marion. G Walters and Barlow Holstein sale near Toledo.
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J. R. White
Toddville
Roy Ireland
Wyoming
Col
Wm. Cooper
P. N. Gibson Com. Co
West Liberty
Iowa
Livestock auction totals and top prices reported
Special to The Carelly Stanwood sale saw 35 weanling draft colts bring 1785 dollars total and 41 dollars per head on average. Angus steers topped 70 dollars with over 50 a head average while Hereford heifers averaged about 80 a head and 21 head of 600 pound Angus steers brought 5 30 a hundredweight. More than 1 000 head sold at Grinnell sale with hogs topping 5 20 cwt and lambs at 5 85 cwt and cattle fat cattle at 5 50 cwt.
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Carelly Stanwood
Willan Hanson
Grinnell
J. L. Mellrath
Grinnell Livestock Exchange
Dysart sale yields oats horses cows hay and milk prices
Special to The Gazette describes a closing out sale at the northwest edge of Dysart where seed oats brought 79 cents a bushel on Monday, horses sold from 41 to 66 dollars, milk cows brought 61 dollars, and hay sold for 6 75 a ton. Auctioneer was F. E. Nissen of Traer.
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Dysart
George Wiebbecke
F. E. Nissen
Traer
Federal office approves second payments for corn-hog contracts
Checkers from the federal corn-hog office reviewed and approved the compliance sheets of the contracts for the second payments in Washington Saturday. Compliance sheets will be sent to Washington D C for the disbursement. Miss Agnes Manthey of Milwaukee was named Wisconsin’s most beautiful waitress at a statewide beauty contest.
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Gazette
Washington
Federal
Corn-Hog
Washington, D. C
Agnes Manthey
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Public Auction Announces Farm Sale After Widow’s Death
On Friday November 23 a public auction will sell the farm four and a half miles southeast of Hills and nine miles south of Iowa City. Items include team of grey geldings, cattle with calves, 800 bushels yellow corn, and assorted farm machinery led by a McCormick Deering tractor. Sales start at 12 30 with lunch on grounds. Admx Mrs Scott Walker. Auctioneer George E Parrack. Clerk Albert Droll.
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Hills
Lone Tree
Iowa City
McCormick Deering
Scott Walker
Admx
George E.parrzck
Albert Droll
Cholera Enzootic Reported in Dubuque Iowa
Outbreaks of hog cholera are enzootic around Dubuque and threaten to generalize along both sides of the Mississippi River. The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin lists twenty eight localities in eastern Iowa as affected or at risk including Dubuque nearby towns such as Maquoketa Anamosa Decorah Mount Vernon Tipton and Nashua with extensive cases reported.
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Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Preston
Teed’s Grove
Maquoketa
Tracer
Vinton
Keystone
Norway
Belle Plaine
Ainsworth
Washington
Anamosa
Wyoming
Calmar
Ossian
Decorah
Springville
Mount Vernon
Waubeek
Fort Madison
Grinnell
Hartwick
Deep River
Nashua
Mechanicsville
Tipton
Clarence
Lowden
35 000 Bushels Of Hybrid Seed Dried At Durant
A Durant report states about 35 000 bushels of hybrid corn raised locally were sorted by hand shelled dried and graded for seed. The old sales pavilion was remodeled for the project bringing employment to carpenters and farmers with 150 men in lasseling time and about 120 men during husking season.
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Byedal
Gazette
Durant
Anthrax Outbreak Reported in Pottawattamie County
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP The first outbreak of anthrax in Pottawattamie County in three years was reported Tuesday by C H Brokman. He lost two cows with the disease last week and is undergoing lab tests after contact with the animals. Precautionary measures have been taken at his farm west of McClelland.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
C. H. Brokman
McClelland
Gly-Cas Restores Health, Farm Boy Proclaims Cure
Local farmer John Johnson reports Gly-Cas restored appetite and sleep, eased stomach pain, headaches, and fatigue. He credits Gly-Cas with overall strength return and describes feeling like a new man after years of suffering. Thrifty Drug Store advertises Gly-Cas at its corner location.
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John Johnson
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Third Avenue
Mr. Johnson
Third Avenue SE
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