Corn market fears rise as Iowa corn moves fast
Ottumwa buyers pay 80 cents a bushel for corn with several thousand bushels sold in this part of Iowa. Traders report rapid movement of corn by trucks from Missouri and Nebraska into the south and west, alarming terminal handlers. Grain expert H C Donovan of Chicago warns of looming feed shortages as reports show feed grain and hay supplies well below normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theusszé
H. C. Donovan
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Donovan
Iowa
Fragmented OCR Item About Court and Record Details
An unclear OCR passage mentions a court record and references various names and events in a denser historical clerical style. The readable fragments hint at legal or civic proceedings, with sporadic proper nouns and phrases suggesting names, dates, or actions within a public record.
Vernon farm sale notes amid unclear OCR text
A fragmented early 20th century notice describes farm sales and transfers. It mentions a Vernon area sale, a farm to a purchaser, and prices around $70, plus other local property transfers and names such as Lewn and Gerlach in the surrounding area.
3000 Turkeys Shipped In One Week At Wellman
At Maplecrest hatchery in Wellman, 25 000 dressed turkeys were shipped to eastern markets in one week. The plant hired over 150 workers to prepare the birds for market overcoming weather delays. Farmers within sixty miles raised about 300 000 turkeys this season, mostly destined for Maplecrest.
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Garett Washington
Imaplecrest
Wellman
Special Express
Maplecrest Hatchery
Corn futures rise as feed buyers seek December delivery
A bushel higher than wheat and several times recently the coarse grain has topped wheat by a dime in that area. Feeders are reported to be buying December corn on the board of trade expecting to demand delivery. The same situation is true of all futures in corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Chinch Bug Fight Advised By Area Agent flooding fields
Washington Indiana county agent William J. Roudabush urges farmers to burn protective coverings to expose chinch bugs to freezing and thawing. He says destroying bugs before April or May saves costly control next summer. Burning trash should face the wind to create hot fires.
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the Gazette
Washington
William J. Roudabush
353 Loads Entered In Carlot Cattle Contest At Chicago
Three hundred fifty three carloads of fat cattle entered for the 1935 International Livestock Exposition and fat stock show in Chicago on Dec 16. Herefords lead with 241 carloads, Angus 95, Shorthorns 15, and Gallaways 2. Competition splits into yearling and two year old classes, with yearlings far ahead.
Baehler Of Greeley Heads Section 9 Of Buttermakers Ass'n
Baehler of Greeley was elected president Lyle E Miller of Epworth vice president and E J Primus of Earlville secretary and treasurer of section No 9 at the annual meeting of buttermakers held at Bankston last week Art Honn of Colesbury placed first in high average score for the year E J Primus was second and Alfred Johnson of Hopkinton third in the men s judging contest Kamps of Durango won first with Johnson of Hopkinton second The next meeting will be at Hopkinton Dec 12
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Earlville
CGN
Hopkinton
Graduated Scale Fees Adopted In Maquoketa
Maquoketa officials approve a new graduated scale fee for city scales aligning with Jackson and Jones county practices. Rates set ten cents for loads up to one ton, fifteen cents for one to two tons, twenty five cents for two to three tons, and fifty cents for over three tons, replacing the old flat ten cent per load charge.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Jones County
Waxton
Arlington Creamery Butterfat Price Appeals to Farmers
Arlington patrons of the Farmers Creamery company received thirty one cents per pound for October butterfat. The bulletin notes the price paid by the Arlington facility reflects market conditions for dairy fat and supports local dairy farmers.
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Arlington
the Farmers’ Creamery Company of
Outstanding 4-H Girl in Jones County
Miss Eloise Kuhns 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry H Kuhns, named best all around club girl for 1934 at the Jones county 4-H party in Olin. Her record spans clothing cooking home furnishings projects and leadership roles. She is a Monticello high school senior active in student council M club English club drama Luther league and Farm Bureau programs.
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Scotch Grove
Eloise Kuhns
Harry H. Kuhns
Sunshine Girls
Jones County
Olin
Kuhns
Monticello High School
Luther League
Farm Bureau
Yearling Colts Top At $75 In Auction At Tracr
Sixty three head of draft colts were sold here Saturday by D. E. Cole and Son of Sanders Montana. Yearlings topped at $75 and teams brought $150. A 3 year old colt sold for $88.
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Tracr
TRAER
D. E. Cole and Son
Sanders, Mont
Rowley Auction Totals Highlight Rowley and Stanek Sales
Special to The Gazette. At the Hall Miller closing out sale last week 450 bushels of corn sold for seventy one half cents a bushel. Two horses brought 60 and 12 dollars. Thirteen small pigs sold at 3 and 2 60 each. Sixty cattle sold for 15 to 3 dollars. Fifty and five calves sold for 6 and 8 dollars each. A wagon and box 43 50 a drag 18 a gang plow 31 a spreader 57 a binder 26 and a corn plow 11. C B Hopkins was auctioneer. Twenty head of cattle sold from 14 to 33 dollars each. Paul Stanek sale south of Rowley Thursday closing out two horses brought 46 and 50 a head. Fifteen small pigs 120 each and sixteen pigs 130 each. C B Hopkins was auctioneer.
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Gazette Rowley
Hall Miller
C. B. Hopkins
Paul Stanek
Rowley
Ames Extension service lectures on home grounds in Allamakee
Norman Morris of the Ames Extension landscaping department gave three lessons on home grounds improvement to women in the home project course in Allamakee county. Sessions were held at Paint Creek township, Lafayette township, and Franklin township with Esther Pond to present a fourth series next month.
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Waukon
Norman Morris
Ames Extension Service
Allamakee County
James Barlow
Paint Creek Township
Nellie Tisdale
Lafayette Township
Earl Miller
Franklin Township
Esther Pond
Honey crop in Iowa falls to two thirds of normal
Ames report from state apiarist F. B. Paddock notes honey yields across Iowa are about two thirds of normal. Clover failures in the east and poor weather limits basswood and sweet clover periods, with many areas yielding little honey despite early optimistic forecasts.
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AMES
F. B. Paddock
Ames Extension Service
Mr. Paddock
Paddock
Sweet Clover
Fertilizer Boosts Fayette Corn Yields in Third Straight Year
Tests on Clyde Silty Clay loam at Kenneth Parker farm in Scott township show fertilizer improved corn quality and yields over no fertilizer. 85 pounds of 4-16-4 yielded 40.44 bushels per acre with 72.6 percent marketable, while 100 pounds of 0-10-30, 0-20-20, and 0-20-10 treatments produced 50.2, 50.40, and 42.71 bushels per acre with 75.5 to 81.9 percent marketable.
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The
Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
Kenneth Parker
Scott Township
County Farm Bureau
Clyde
Cotton Does Well For Youthful Grower In Tama
Epecial to The Gazette reports 14 year old John Earl Bartusch of Lincoln near Traer grew twenty four cotton plants from seeds sourced near his Oklahoma home. The plants bloomed well and produced a large amount of cotton, reportedly larger than average Oklahoma plants. Bartusch, a Reinbeck consolidated school student, planted the seeds as an experiment amid a favorable Iowa climate for cotton.
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Traer
Lincoln
John Earl Bartusch
Clystie Bartusch
Oklahoma
Reinbeck Consolidated School
Iowa
Abortion vaccine debated in Wisconsin bulletin
In Wisconsin Bulletin No. 1,704 Dr J M Buck warns against abortion vaccine in clean herds and outlines mixed results. Vaccines from low virulent Brucella abortus strains may reduce infection risk in calves and unbred cattle but can transmit disease via milk and complicate tests. Emphasizes vaccination is not a cure and urges sanitary management and careful herd testing.
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Wisconsin
J. M. Buck
Farm Improvements Reported Near Maquoketa
Maquoketa notes two farm upgrade projects. Pete Fugsland, contractor, builds a $2000 addition to the Glenn McCarron farm house on route 3 and an attached barn addition is started at the Will Burke farm on route 3.
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Maquoketa
Pete Fuglsang
Glenn McCarron
Will Burke
Farm Auction Schedule December 28 and November 36
Closing out farm sales listed for Edw. Dostal near North Liberty and Mrs. Mary Lance near Whit tier with Peterson and St Clair at Vin ton. Public sales by D Williams near Alburnett and by G Walters and Barlow Holstein near Toledo.
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Edw. Dostal
North Liberty
Mary Lance
Whittier
Peterson and St Clair
Vinton
D. W. Williams
Alburnett
Iowa fair managers to convene December meetings
Iowa Fair Managers association and the State Agricultural convention will meet December 10 to 12 in Des Moines. Leaders from across the state will discuss the 1935 government program for agriculture, 4-H club work, and fair issues for the coming season.
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Des Moines
Iowa Fair Managers’ Association
Iowa
Fair Managers’ Association
John G. Meyer
Cresco
C. E. Malone
Atlantic
Leo C. Dailey
Spencer
Fred G. Mitchell
Mason City
E. L. C. White
N. J. Ronin
Fremont
Neb
Herring
Association
J. P. Mullen
State Fair Board
A. R. Corey
J. S. Quist
Ames
Ray Murphy
State Board of Assessement and Review
H. C. Aaberg
C. F. Curtis
Horse Department
Allamakee 4-H Frolic Set For Friday Evening
Allamakee county 4-H club boys and girls will entertain leaders, parents and friends at their annual frolic in Waukon Friday evening. Ernest Wright, field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association, will attend. A full evening program is planned with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Waukon
Allamakee County
Ernest Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
No End to the Glycal Praise in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids area ad report highlights Gly-Cas as a cure all. Mrs. Etta Hopker of Marion claims long standing ailments vanished after using Gly-Cas noting improved digestion sleep and energy. She offers herself as a reference and invites inquiries via local telephone exchange.
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Cedar Rapids
Etta Hopker
Marion
Cor
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3Rd Ave
Pale Exchange
Thr
Ay Ave
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