Farmers Face Penalties for Overplanting in 1940 Subsidy Plan
Government subsidies hinge on planting within allotments. Penalties are set for overplanting across crops including corn and cotton with rates up to 50 cents per bushel and 1.6 cents per pound respectively. Wheat and rice carry 9 and 6.5 cents per unit with 50 cent penalties for excess. Eligible farmers may receive up to 725 million dollars in subsidies.
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Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation
Soul Conservation in November Scene At Farm Meeting
A 3,000-pound Canadian Hereford bull poses against a blue November sky as a fenced observer notes safety in the frame. A Country Woman hosts at 10 am for farmers interested in dairying with an evening session in Washington. Winter meetings follow: Jan 11 breeding Feb 8 dairy diseases and sanitation March 5 hay and pasture management.
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Washington
Iowa soil conservation payments to rise in 1940 plan
At a Des Moines meeting led by Claude Wickard it was said Iowa soil conservation payments will average about 4.15 dollars per acre of corn allotment next year up from 3.43 this year. An increase in total payments may occur despite a planned one million acre corn reduction due to higher projected yields. The per acre rate for soil conserving acreage rises to 0.55 dollars from 0.50, while general soil depleting acreage payments are expected around 1.34 dollars per acre in 1940, up from 1.21 in 1939.
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Des Moines
AAA
Iowa
Claude Wickard
North Central
Wickard
Government Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S
Washington Dairymen To Hear Johnson On Dec 13
The Gazette reports the first of four winter educational meetings for Washington county dairymen and nearby townships will be held December 13 with Floyd Johnson, Ames extension feed specialist, as speaker at Wellman.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Floyd Johnson
Ames
Wellman
Certificates Awarded At Marengo Night School Ceremony
More than 400 of 462 members attended the Marengo adult night school banquet and 400 received attendance certificates. Bruce Gates of Waterloo urged a New Patriotism to solve democracy problems. The event featured piano solos by Orland Webert and a 30 minute recital by Mrs. Ruth Crayne’s music class.
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Marengo
America
Bruce Gates
Waterloo
Orland Webert
Ruth Crayne
Iowa City
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Robert Blakely
Des Moines
A. C. Bunce
Ames
Earlville Grange Elects Officers For Next Year
Earlville The Earlville Grange elected officers Monday evening with Harvey Merten as Master Lynn Hunt Overseer Harold Robinson Steward Fred Nebel Assistant Steward Effie Carpenter Lecturer Bessie Hunt Secretary George Kuehnile Treasurer Burt Bishop Gatekeeper Dale Hunt Pomona Rena Seger Ceres Betty Nebel Flora Mildred Hunt Chaplain Ben Holscher Pianist Merle Kuehnie and executive committee Frank Seger Burt Bishop and Sarah Holscher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlville
Earlville Grange
Harvey Merten
Lynn Hunt
Harold Robinson
Fred Nebel
Effie Carpenter
Bessie Hunt
George Kuehnile
Burt Bishop
Dale Hunt
Pomona
Rena Seger
Ceres
Betty Nebel
Flora
Mildred Hunt
Ben Holscher
Merle Kuehnie
Frank Seger
Sarah Holscher
New World Butterfat Record Looms for Brown Swiss Cow Becky
Becky a Brown Swiss cow owned by W H Azeltine of La Porte City has produced 727 pounds of butterfat in 355 days, breaking the prior 604.25 pound record set by Nero's Princess. Becky freshened last Dec 8 1938 and is due to freshen Jan 7 1940. She won grand champion female overall in Brown Swiss at Cedar Rapids and Des Moines shows.
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Laporte City
Butte
Becky
Rebecca A
Melrose
W. H. Azeltine
la Porte City
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
James Emerson
Vinton
Benton
Breed Association
Nero’s Princess of
Swiss Valley
Harold Iserman
Waverly
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Vegetable Growers To Celebrate Silver Anniversary Friday
The Iowa State Vegetable Growers' Association will mark its silver anniversary at the December 1-2 annual meeting in Garner, featuring a peatland session and four talks by Dr. Paul Harmer of Michigan State and Dr. F J Stevenson of Beltsville. A 6 p.m. Friday banquet will precede the two day program with numerous speakers from Iowa and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
Paul Harmer
Michigan State College
East Lansing
F. J. Stevenson
Horticultural Station
Beltsville
Harmer
Stevenson
University of Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
Co L Fitch
Ames
Sorrels
William
Minn
Leonard Brozik
E. H. Hass
Forest City
J. B. Haan
Britt
Cecil Thoreson
Swea City
W. Frank Ward
Hollandale
Urban Felsing
Laurens
T. O. Rye
Hanlontown
Robert Poindexter
Algona
E. S. Haber
Alfred Bohling
Muscatine Island
Calvin Felsing
Robert Laughlin
Blairsburg
Sam Kennedy
Clear Lake
George Shoultz
Bruno Sestier
Des Moines
Claire Rye
Russell Mark
Storm Lake
Orville Thoreson
Paul Petran
Hayward
Ben Picha
J. W. Boulter
Charlottetown
Canada
Leslie Hirt
Stoffer Fisher
Crystal Lake
Lease Troubles To Be Arbitrated By Debt Committees
Iowa farm lease law confusion prompts arbitration by county farm security advisory committees. State FSA head H. W. Anway and Ames extension director R. K. Bliss announced the plan as landlords and tenants work through automatic lease continuation rules from the recent legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Landford
Iowa
H. W. Anway
State
FSA
R. K. Bliss
Bliss
Farm Auction Schedule for Cedar Rapids and nearby towns
Auction listings show Beverly Cattle Co at 5 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids on Thursday November 30. Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids on Friday December 1. Oscar Olson closing out sale 3 miles south of Tipton on Tuesday December 5. Sam Hamee closing out sale 2 miles north of Robins on Wednesday December 6, correction changing from November 29.
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Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Oscar Olson
S. Tipton
Sam Hameé
N. Robins
County committees hold meetings on debt adjustment law
A written notice must be given before November 1 and a series of district meetings is planned to explain the law to county committee members. The first meeting occurred November 24 at Corydon, with others scheduled across Cherokee Waterloo Des Moines Atlantic Cedar Rapids and Fairfield through December.
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Anway
Cherokee
Waterloo
Des Moines
Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Corydon
State Department of Agriculture
FSA
New Markets Seen For Surplus Soys In United States
Washington reports that France Canada Ireland and Java may buy surplus bean crops from Colorado and other western states this winter. Elizabeth Pettus of the Denver bureau confirms notification that these nations seek a new source after Poland’s production was overtaken by Russia and Germany.
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Denver
INS
France
Canada
Ireland
Java
Colorado
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Pettus
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Poland
Russia
Germany
Hazleton Farmer Reaches 100 Bushel Corn Yield
Harold Worman, tenant on the H. E. Worman farm five miles southeast of Hazleton, husked and cribbed 3,000 bushels from 30 acres, a yield of 100 bushels per acre. A hybrid seed was planted and commercial fertilizer used.
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Hazleton
Harold Worman
H. E. Worman
Hog marketings heaviest in years prompts market shift
United Press report notes farmers shipping hogs to market in record volumes as feeding costs rise. Government outlook suggests European war may lift demand for pork and lard, helping prices recover while corn remains costly.
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Chicago
United Press
Contour Planted Corn Yields Better on Indian Creek Farms
Contour planted corn produced 11 bushels more per acre than straight row planting on 15 cooperating farms in the Indian Creek project near Marion. W. H. Cruikshank notes 141 samples show 103.1 bushels per acre on contour compared with 91.7 on up-down slope rows, with less soil loss during heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek Project
Marion
W. H. Cruikshank
Soil Conservation Service
Cruikshank
Dooley Resigns as Clinton County 4-H Agent Chase-Back Adair County Move
John L. Dooley, 4-H club agent for Clinton county since March 1938, resigns effective January 1 to become Adair county club agent until April 1 when he will take over as county agent. He graduates from Iowa State College.
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Dewitt
John L. Dooley
Clinton County
Iowa State College
Adair County
Corn and Oats Hit Prices at Oxford Junction Sale
Oats sold at 4315 cents a bushel and corn at 45 cents a bushel at the closing out sale of Albert Vochoska three miles southeast of Oxford Junction. Mixed hay brought $5 per ton. Angus cows sold from $54 to $100 a head, a 9 year old Angus bull brought $102, and calves sold around $67 to $56 for heifer calves. Gilt prices were $16.50 per five. Farm machinery sold well under auctioneer Ray C. Morry.
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Oxford Junction
Albert Vochoska
Ray C. Mowry
Auction results at Crawfordsville sale near Columbus Junction
Ten tons timothy hay sold at 6.25 per ton and 600 bushels corn at 4.40 per bushel at the closing sale of W. H. Henss east of Crawfordsville. Horses moved 50 to 100 dollars, eight cows 60 to 80, 41 pigs 5 to 5.50, six sows 25, two sows with 19 pigs 40, poultry prices 57 and 65 cents, tractor 75, wagons 5 to 7, plows 7 to 9, harness 5 to 10. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. H. Henss
Crawfordsville
Guernsey
Jersey
Paul Klotz
H. M
Duncan
Donohue
Chester White Bea
Chester
McCormick-Deering
Ladies’ Guild
Bartosh estate farm auction near Mount Vernon sold
The J. M. Bartosh estate farm of 166 acres six miles west of Mount Vernon sold Monday to Neal Christensen of Delhi for 35 dollars per acre. The auction notes rough buildings. Live stock prices: cows 40 to 68, yearling bull 71, bulls and calves 40 to 50, sows 13.75, hogs 4 to 6.75, bout 20, aged horses 68. Wilbur Colby was auctioneer.
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Mechanicsville
J. M. Bartosh
Mount Vernon
Neal Christensen
Delhi
Wilbur Colby
Iowa Corn Crop Very Dry In November Moisture
Iowa meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports a November 20 moisture average of 13.88 percent for the 307 samples from 1,843 fields statewide. The driest ear had 10 percent moisture from Fremont County and the wettest 22.9 percent from Howard County.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Fisher Township
Fremont County
Howard Township
Howard County
Poslam Ointment Promises Faster Skin Healing
A vintage advertisement touts Poslam as a concentrated soothing ointment for eczema and pimples. It claims quick penetration and healing, urging readers to buy a box from a druggist for 50 cents and improve their complexion.
Moisture Variations Reported Across State Corn Crop
Reed notes a contract basis of 15.5 percent moisture would yield an average of 52.5 bushels per acre. Northwestern samples ran 12.5 percent moisture, northeast 16.5 percent, east central averaging 15.9 as the second wettest region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
East Central
Greeley Cow Test Association Meeting Set
Annual meeting of the Greeley Cow Test Association is scheduled for December 4 at 8 p.m. at Earlville High School. Ames extension dairyman Arthur Porter will present information on the dairy outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Greeley Cow Test Association
Earlville High School
Arthur Porter
Ames Extension Dairyman
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