Jones County farmers hear corn-hog plan explained
One thousand Jones county farmers gathered in the high school auditorium to hear Senator William McArthur of Cerro Gordo explain the corn loan and corn-hog action adjustment campaign. McArthur spoke via loud speaker relay to a crowd overflow group while critics asked questions about land use, government payments, and hog and corn quotas.
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Jones County
Monticello
Toear
William McArthur
Cerro Gordo
McArthur
Iowa
A. G. Black
Ralph Moyer
Fairfield
Secretary of Agriculture
Missouri
Verflow
Granasium
Samompson
Center Junction
County meeting backs corn hog program guidance
In Manchester a large gathering of Farm Bureau Farmers Union Grange bankers lawyers and cooperative members from across Delaware county heard Ames economist John C Gallo explain the corn hog program More than 100 attended and the group appeared nearly unanimous in supporting cooperation with the new program.
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Gazette
Manchester
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Union
Grange
Delaware County
John C Galloway Ames
Corn Hog Program Explains County Meetings
Marengo Thriee of Town coun ty townships heard preliminary explanations of the federal corn hog program by County Agent Dr Zentmire. After Friday night meetings for Marengo and Washington townships and a Wednesday session in Williamsburg for Troy township, Zentmire postponed further meetings until after a state corn loans conference Tuesday. Iowa county warehousing committee members named include Anton Heitshusen, J D Misbach, Herman Bushman, Park Wilson, W J Hanson, and others.
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Marengo
J. D Misbach
Williamsburg
Herman Bushman
North English
Park Wilson
Ladora
W J Hanson
Holbrook
Corning Farm Auctions Tuesday Sale Schedule
Moving sale at William Ellison farm four miles north of Lisbon. Closing out sale on E W La Plant farm three miles east of Springville. Vaughn and Scott farm sale two miles east of Walker.
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William Ellison
Lisbon
E. W. LaPlant
Springville
Vaughn and Scott
Walker
Dairyman Loses Fight to Save Herd Near Frankville
Miss Ruth Letchford wins a judgment of 6853.28 against dairyman Sherman Bollman. He fails to obtain a satisfactory loan and settles by surrendering a herd of sixty five purebred Holsteins. President Roosevelt advised delaying the sale. Judge Goheen had granted a temporary injunction.
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Decorah
Ruth Letchford
Sherman Boliman
Frankville
Miss Letchford
Bollman
Roosevelt
Mike Graf
Delaware 4 H Club Boys And Girls Stage Frolic
Fifty 4 H club members attend the first county club party at the Grange hall. Donald Carruthers and Marjory Maurer open with short talks. community singing follows, then roll call. The group splits into three sections for a play hour supervised by Fannie Buchanan with folk songs, Mother Goose dramatization, questionnaire, relay races and games.
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Manchester
Grange Hall
Donald Carruthers
Masonville
Marjory Maurer
Fannie Buchanan
Ames
Oelwein Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein Co operative creamery pays 27 cents per pound for butterfat for the last half of October. Checks were issued this week as reported by secretary Frank Schroeder.
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Oelwein Creamery
Oelwein
Oelwein Co-operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
Delta Poultrywoman Sells 300 Buff Orpington Chickens
Mrs Frank White a noted poultrywoman three miles south of Delta sold 300 young Buff Orpington chickens Thursday at seven cents a pound for a total of one hundred dollars.
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The
Delta
Frank White
Monmouth Hogs Sell High on Chicago Market
Monmouth Shipping association sold hogs on the Chicago open market Thursday, topping at 4 dollars. Three hundred seventy-two head were consigned.
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Monmouth
Chicago
Monmouth Shipping Association
Outstanding Birds At Independence Show Of Winthrop
A Buchanan show features a champion pullet photographed with W M Ferrin chairing the Buchanan board of supervisors. A. E. Muxlow of Independence exhibits a fancy pheasant pen. Muxlow stands with a golden pheasant cock at the right.
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Independence
Winthrop
W. M. Ferrin
Buchanan Board of Supervisors
A. E. Muxlow
Tru-Art Cuta
Ferrin
R. I
Buchanan County
Rhode Island
Corn Brings 376 At Sale Near Olin
Special to The Gagette Olin Twelve hundred bushels of corn brought 37 cents a bushel at the sale of Don Gilck four miles southeast of Olin. One hundred bushels oats sold at 28 cents and 900 bushels at 27 cents. Twenty five tons of hay 5.50. A 2-year-old gelding 33, a yearling mare 50. Cows 38 to 41. Broad sows 8.50. One sow with ten pigs 17.50. Ten summer pigs 36. All machinery sold well binder 108 hay loader 61 corn planter 55. White Rock chickens 55 cents. A broader house 21.50. Otto Evers clerk. John Boling of Stanwood auctioneer.
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Gagette
Olin
Don Gilck
White Rock
Otto Evers
John Boling
Stanwood
One-Point Rise In Farm Buying Power Reported
Washington AP The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported the second week of November shows farm prices at 21 percent of pre war prices with 117 percent paid by farmers. The purchasing power index rose from 60 to 61 and the dollar’s gold value fell to 61.2 to 62.5 cents.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Hundred Million Loaned To Farmers Says Credit Chief
Washington AP reports the Farm Credit Administration has lent upwards of 100 million dollars to farmers since March to ease mortgage stress. Governor William S. Myers disclosed 400 000 aid applications, totaling more than 1.5 billion dollars in requested loans, with growth seen since May.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Credit
William S. Myers
Henry Morgenthau
Mount Vernon And Lisbon Dairymen Buy Holstein Sire
Mount Vernon dairy firm E. C Forest and Son and Lisbon partners Bert Muller and William Reimer bought an eight month old Holstein bull calf named King Bessie Ormsby Belle 2nd. The calf, from the Elmwood herd in Deerfield Illinois, is from a promising test cow two generations with strong butter production records. King Bessie's sire is a son of King Bessie, and his six closest dams include former world and state records.
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Mount Vernon
E. C
Forest and Son
Bert Muller
William Reimer
Lisbon
King Bessie Ormsby Belle
Elmwood
Deerfield
Max View
Fayne
King Bessie
Ohio
Holiday Poultry Demand Depresses Livestock Prices
Union Stock Yards Chicago reports weak wholesale meat markets amid cheap poultry. Cattle and lamb values rose from a low week, with heavy steers at 4.25 to 5.50 and yearlings around 6. Stockers weak, hogs slid to 3.90 to 4.25 before a late rally. Lambs steady to higher, tops near 7.50 with bulk 7.00 to 7.25.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
15 Cent Advance Expected in Domestic Wool Prices
In Boston AP report prices show domestic wool rising after a week of stronger trade. Foreign wool commands higher rates with best fine combing wools at about 1.092 dollars per pound clean, while domestic wools lag at 85-86 cents. Ohio and Delaware fine combing wools trade around 34-35 cents grease. further grades range from 41 to 43 cents for half and three eighths bloods. Territory staple wools fetch 84-86 cents clean. half blood 81-83. three eighths 78-80. quarter blood 71-73.
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Boston
Ohio
Delaine
Central City Creamery Pays 25c For Butterfat
CENTRAL CITY The Farmers' Mutual Creamery paid 25 cents for butterfat delivered in the last half of October. Records show a gain of 3,000 pounds compared with the previous two weeks in September.
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Central City
Farmers' Mutual Creamery Company
Walker A 16 by 32 addition to Horak barn on farm
A 16 by 32 addition is being built to a barn on the William Horak farm east of Walker. The Jean-Llo replaces a horse stable that burned last summer after a lightning strike.
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Walker
William Horak
Jean-Llo
Young 4 H Guernsey heifer tops Iowa butterfat list
Bennett Bedell of Cedar Heights Farm Cedar Rapids owns a senior yearling Guernsey heifer that produced forty six pounds of butterfat in November ranking first among 4 H club heifers in Iowa.
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Bennett Bedell
Cedar Heights Farm
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grieve Farm Clears Timber for Plowing Prep
Workmen blast stumps on the Grieve farm southwest of Troy Mills as Burroak timber is cleared to prepare fields for plowing. Mr Grieve has refenced most of his farm and made extensive improvements recently.
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Walker
Grieve
Troy Mills
American Honey Institute Located in Madison Wisconsin
The American Honey Institute sits at 417 North Few Street in Madison Wisconsin.
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The
American Honey Institute
North Few Street
Madison, Wis
Rain Shortage Hits Iowa County Crops and Stock
North Iowa county farmers report rainfall of half an inch in thirty days with drought conditions persisting since October. Wells dry near Williamsburg and creeks low in North English. West Iowa and east Poweshiek see sparse rain while farmers haul water to stock and compare periods to prior drought months.
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Marengo
Iowa
John Oliva
North
South Iowa
Wil Hamsburg
North English
Fillmore Township
Parnell
Poweshiek
Victor
Burned buildings replaced on Leverton farm near Oelwein
Special to the Gazette reports new structures rising on G. P. Leverton’s farm northeast of Oelwein to replace those lost in the Oct. 24 fire. A 32 by 54 hollow tile barn on the old foundation nears completion along with hog and milk houses. Nine workers have labored since the blaze and expect to be ready in six weeks. I O O F members aided Ellsworth Bond with corn husking to allow progress. Leverton and Bond plan to restock when finished.
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Oelwein
G. P. Leverton
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Ellsworth Bond
Mr. Leverton
Mr. Bond
New Barn Near Mount Auburn On Farmer Frank Norwood Farm
Frank Norwood builds a new 40 by 42 foot barn on his Mount Auburn area farm, located three miles southeast of Mount Auburn.
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MT. Auburn
Mount Auburn
Frank Norwood
Light Hogs Decline Despite U S Buying
In Des Moines the price for light hogs fell again despite the Federal Surplus Relief purchase of 30 million pounds of pork. Officials expected higher values from contracts but market supply rose as corn prices surged. Government bids ranged 15.50 to 17 per hundredweight with several packers accepting lower bids.
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Des Moines
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Relief Corporation
Wiltshire
New County Agent at Independence Named
Independence Farm Bureau board picks Western as county agent. Twenty six year old Union county native raised on an eight acre farm. Former vocational agriculture instructor at Jesup High School for four and a half years. Town State College graduate 1924 with a bachelor of science in agricultural education and animal husbandry. Married, plans to move to Independence on December first or soon after.
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Independence
Dallas
Western
Buchanan County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Union County
Jesup High School
Town State College
Buchanan
Jesup
Creston
Butterfat Losses Highlight Iowa Dairy Testing Findings
Iowa testers report cream loss from sevarauing in dairies. Homer Hadley cites a Chickasaw County case losing 3.75 dollars monthly. Oscar Strand notes five dollars monthly saved by trading an old separator. Linn County tests show speed changes improve skimming. The piece also covers AAA loan effects on corn and hog allowances, plus traits of a new Red Headed county agent in Buchanan.
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Iowa
Homer Hadley
Chickasaw County
Oscar Strand
West Branch Association
New Agricultural Leader Assumes Critical Role
RA takes on a pivotal position amid historic farming challenges. He is already a familiar figure across Buchanan County.
Farmers respond to price support and production cut plans
The author notes widespread farmer interest in testing the administration program to boost prices and cut corn and hog production. After a three day layoff amid a tumultuous week, most contacts express a keen desire to try the proposition, with one man claiming more than 100,000,000 bushels involved.
Butter in Storage Reveals Surplus and Substitute Concerns
W M Reed of Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy warns patrons that USDA reports show 174,857,000 pounds of butter in storage on Oct 1. He questions fairness to farmers if 400,000,000 pounds of butter substitutes are sold annually and argues surplus rather than shortage would persist without substitutes.
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W. M. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Needy To Receive Free Butter For Thanksgiving
Relief Administrator Hopkins announced the first shipment of federal relief butter for the unemployed. A carload of 20,000 pounds was moved from Jersey City warehouses into New York City to be distributed among the needy before Thanksgiving.
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Washington
Hopkins
Jersey City
New York City
New York Turkey Prices Uncertain Ahead of Thanksgiving
The article notes large buyers delaying purchases as Thanksgiving nears and prices hovering near 25 cents a pound for retail turkey. Demand for poultry remains fair while meats slump, butter oversupply persists, and butter and egg futures collapse amid market speculation.
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New York City
Tures Keys
New York
High Amana Harvest Yields 7000 Bushels Of Corn
The High Amana corn crop totaled 7,000 bushels this season at an average of forty bushels per acre. Thirty acres on the colony farm are being limed. One hundred twenty five 20 foot piling were sold to the state highway commission for use on No. 149.
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AAA
High Amana
State Highway Commission
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Highlights
A Linn County Farm Bureau slate lists events at Monroe Towne Toddville and Linn Township. Monday evening hosts a farm bureau gathering, Tuesday 10 AM a home project meeting with Mrs Ray Kirkpatrick, and Friday at 1 PM a Marton High School 4 H club annual frolic program.
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Monroe Towneship Farm Bureau
Toddville
Linn Township
Ray Kirkpatrick
Marton High School
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