October Butter Output Falls to 1929 Low in U.S. Creameries
October butter production in U S creameries as estimated by the USDA fell to 119 602 000 pounds the lowest for the month since 1929 and dropped 15 2 percent from September and 10 6 percent from October last year Total ten month output reached 1 434 487 000 pounds down 2 8 percent from a year earlier Wisconsin shows a 34 8 percent rise in cheese while butter falls 2 percent in that state American cheese output for October hits a record 41 567 000 pounds and first ten months total stands at 393 498 000 pounds up 1 percent over last year Wholesale butter prices stay above year ago levels despite a mid month dip and storage butter fills in tighter supplies in some markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Texas
Washington
Oregon
New York
Wisconsin
United States
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Tire on the Farm
Mid morning on the farm features brilliant sunshine on snow and a hesitant herd near the tank heater. Sows move toward the lane to feed while a pup discovers winter’s strange coat, getting a wallop from the new phenomenon as cattle browse near a straw stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Butter shipments hint at local trade sufficiency
Reports indicate weekly production barely meets local trade needs with butter moving from Chicago to producing areas that typically have surplus supply this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Three Pasture Tests Projected In Clayton
Three eastern Clayton county farms will host pasture demonstrations next year by the Ames extension service to show how pastures can support more livestock. Farms of Rufus Grinsley near McGregor Arno Kregel near Garnaville and Theo Schiller near Monona will receive lime phosphorus and potassium and be reseeded with a pasture mix from a long studied experiment station formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Clayton County
Ames Extension Service
Rufus Grinsley
Arno Kregel
Garnaville
Theo Schiller
Monona
Dairy Confabs in Town County Set for December 12
The Gazette reports a four meeting dairy cattle feeding and management short course begins in Marengo Williamsburg on Dec 12 led by Floyd Johnston Ames extension specialist with further sessions in January February and March. Dr Row Stouder extension veterinarian and E S Dyas extension agronomist will also participate as co speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Town
Williamsburg
Floyd Johnston
Ames
Willie
Row Stouder
Extensen
E S Dyas
Extension Agronomuist
Farm sale notice listing livestock and equipment in Lisbon Tennessee
A detailed auction advertisement from Lisbon Tennessee lists cattle horses sheep and equipment for sale. It notes Jersey Shorthorn Guernsey and Holstein cows and heifers, 10 yearling heifers, Shropshire sheep, poultry, tractors, plows, harness and farming gear. Lunch stand to be provided by L. Pettit. contact W F Chattis owner and M Kennett clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giat Kb
Bert
Tuk
Jersey
Guernsey
Shropshire
Buck Maqiunlay
Parm Mason
McCormick-Deering
Chukhena
Pettik
Glorgl
Strale
Chattis
Lisbon
Om Kennett
Favorable Farm Factors Listed for 1936 Prospects
Farm leaders across the corn belt anticipate a brighter 1936 with income slightly above 1935. They expect more short term credit, higher hog production, near normal hog output by fall, and modest rises in corn and wheat crops. Optimism hinges on weather and stable prices amid potential economic shocks. Local officials from Ohio Purdue Kansas Nebraska Iowa weigh in on brighter outlooks and potential risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
South Dakota
University of Ohio
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Purdue University
J. C. Mohler
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Kansas
A. E. Anderson
Nebraska
Iowa State College
Iowa
Turkeys Dressed At Reinbeck In Nine Days
Twenty-two tons of turkeys were dressed in Reinbeck for the holiday market. A total of 3,216 birds weighing 45,554 pounds were prepared, bought locally for 10,696 92. Managers and top producers named include Charles J. as plant manager, Mrs. Pearl Schlicht east of Reinbeck with 1,041 birds and 16,479 pounds, and Albert Brothers west of Reinbeck with 945 birds and 16,172 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Charles J
Pearl Schlicht
Albert Brothers
Buchanan Chickasaw Declared T B Accredited
DES MOINES AP Dr H A Seidell state veterinarian reported that two more counties Chickasaw and Buchanan will be listed as accredited bovine tuberculosis tested counties in December. They are the largest dairying counties in the state he said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H A Seidell
Chickasaw
Buchanan
Traer Horse Dies En Route to Cedar Rapids Sale
A horse valued at $75 died while being transported to Cedar Rapids for a sale this week. Frank Sackett, a Traer horse dealer, stated the animal likely died of fright during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Cedar Rap
Frank Sackett
Trae
Cedar Rapids
Farmers Want Ads Seek Stock Equipment and Supplies
Farmers may buy or sell farm stock equipment and poultry. Read and use the Want Ads classified under sections 38 38 A and 39 for listings of hay feeds and supplies.
Monumental Ivanhoe steer sold amid Cedar River downsizing
A massive Holstein steer from the Milo Carrol farm near Ivanhoe and Mount Vernon drew $104 at Cedar Rapids auction before selling to a packing plant for 6 15 per pound. He weighed about 2160 pounds with an age estimate of 13 to 16 years. Sows at Carrol fetched $28, pigs $6.75, calves $27.75, corn $54.2 per bushel, oats 28% cents, alfalfa hay $7.50 a ton. Lisbon sale followed with corn 4Sts cents, sows $56, yearling boar $34, cattle and horses also sold to total around $3,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe
Mount Vernon
Milo Carrol
Walt Challis
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Ivanhor Bridge
I. B. Sturges
McCurdy and McClosky
W. E. Challis
Lisbon
G. L. Hill
Murray's Plan to Improve Farm Credit Policy
Dr William G Murray directs research for the Farm Credit Administration to develop better credit policies for farmers. He aims to tailor lending to regional needs, study total mortgage debt, and involve local colleges to address drought and variable crop yields while ensuring loans are affordable yet repayable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Administration
Murray
AAA
Iowa
FCA
Agriculture Department
Dakotas
Duroc Jersey Sale Near Wilton Junction Totals High Prices
A Duroc Jersey sale at Mf G Thede near Wilton Junction topped at 45 dollars with an average of 35 dollars. Auctioneer H W Kretschmar of Wilton Junction led the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Junction
Mf. G. Thede Duroc Jersey
H. W. Kretschmar
Garrison Auction Near Joe Berig Ends Sale Day
Spetial to The Gazette reports a closing out sale five and one half miles southeast of Garrison. About twenty head of horses sold from 60 to 150 dollars each. Milk cows brought 40 to 76 dollars apiece. Summer calves 20 dollars. Feeder shoats 15.25. Com sold for 40.5 cents a bushel. A wagon and box 50 dollars, a tractor 180 dollars, corn planter 50, harrow 29, feeder 30, gas engine 25. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne served as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spetial
Gazette
Garrison
Joe Berigan
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Brandon Gilts lead at Fred Soden closing sale near Brandon
Special to The Gazette reports prices at a rural sale four miles northeast of Brandon. Gilts sold for 19 to 26 dollars each, cows 40 to 60 dollars, aged horses 60 to 120 dollars. Various farm tools and equipment brought 21 to 93 dollars. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne officiated the bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Fred Soden
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Conn Elected Linn Corn Hog Group Secretary
Rex E. Conn, newly appointed county agent in Linn, was elected secretary of the Linn county corn and hog committee, succeeding George Dillon. The vote occurred during a Cedar Rapids meeting of township corn and hog commit teemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Name Conn
Linn Corn-Hog Group
Rex E. Conn
Linn
Linn County
George Dillon
Conn
Cedar Rapids
Rural Electrification Session Planned In Cedar
A meeting is scheduled at the Tipton courthouse at 8 pm on Dec 2 to discuss financing rural electrification in Cedar county. A representative of the Rural Electrification Administration from Washington will attend. Fifty thousand persons attended the 1935 cheese day celebration at Monroe Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Monroe
Wis
Foreign Livestock Imported for Tests
A shipment of twenty two Red Danish milk cattle and a separate shipment of six Nonius horses and four Puli sheep dogs from Hungary arrived at the U S Department of Agriculture for breeding experiments. Cattle go to Minnesota and Beltsville dogs and horses to Maryland facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Nonius
Vermont
Maryland
Gazette
Washington, D. C
Hungary
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Morgan Horse Farm
Middlebury
Department
Research Center
Beltsville
Denmark
Virgin Islands
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Waseca
Minn
State Experiment Station
Federal Department of Agriculture
Europe
O. E. Read
John R. Mohler
Farmer Exhibits 59 Purebred Hereford Cattle in Chicago
Hugh Morris, a Cotter area farmer, trucked fifty nine head of purebred Hereford cattle to Chicago this week for exhibition at the International Livestock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Hugh Morris
Cotter
Chicago
Watson Supermarket Ad Lists Broad Groceries and Prices
A scanned Saturday sale page shows a long list of groceries and prices from Watson’s, including sugar, oleo, oil, Crisco, cheeses, canned goods, nuts, dried fruits, baking powders, vanilla, pepper, cocoa, coffee, cereals, flours, cereals, soaps, and fresh produce like celery and apples. The ad features multiple price points, bulk quantities, and a note of free delivery with a telephone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank’s Kraut
Fey
K. C
Baker’s
Hershey
Watson’s
Maxwell
M.J.B
Jersey Cr
Larabee
Graham
Lima
Upcoming Farm Auctions in Iowa This Week
Public sale at Alburnett by Katherine Pfleiger and Anamosa consignment sale on Saturday. On Monday December 2 H A Ferguson sale ten miles NW of Cedar Rapids, Will Rouse closing out sale near Urbana. Wednesday December 4 635 acres up for auction three miles west of Sigourney by R D Kelley referee. Closing out sale by George Straub two and a half miles SW Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vhacre
Liston
Mounterhon Ko
Rawdale School House
Alburnett
Katherine Pfleiger
Anamosa
H. A. Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Will Rouse
Urbana
Sigourney
R. D. Kelley
George Straub
Lisbon
International Livestock Exposition Carlot Entries Reduced
Chicago reports 186 carloads of fat steers entered for the international livestock exposition carlot division were culled to eighty one carloads by judges. Clinton and Jackson counties Iowa remain represented among the loads with twelve Shorthorns thirty eight Angus and thirty one Herefords. Culls from Henry Harsen Teeds Grove and John Mommsen Miles sold for fifteen dollars per hundredweight and calls from Frank Friedrichsen Miles brought fourteen dollars and seventy five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Chicago
Clinton
Jackson County
Iowa
Henry Harmsen
Teeds
Frank Friedrichsen
Miles
Neighbors Help Abe Mochal Harvest Over 900 Bushels
Nineteen friends and neighbors gathered at the Abe Mochal farm near Traer this week to pick and crib more than 900 bushels of corn. Mr Mochal has suffered sciatic rheumatism for a month. The group included members of the Clutter 7 and the C B J lodge of which he is a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Abe Mochal
Lowden Creamery Pays 33 Cents For Butterfat In October
Lowden creamery paid 33 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat 32 cents for first grade and 29 cents for second grade butterfat in October. A total of 17 254 pounds of butter were manufactured that month with 1 871 pounds sold to patrons 1 880 pounds to local stores and 213 tubs consigned to eastern markets. High patrons were Schade Brothers Henry Men ter Alfred Freese and Charles Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Lowden
Farmer's Co-operative Creamery
Schade Brothers
Henry Mente Sr
Alfred Freese
Charles Conrad
120 Acres Sold At 130 An Acre North Of Hudson
Thomas Pearson a tenant farmer near Hudson bought the Mrs Anton Mickelsen farm consisting of 120 acres four miles north of Hudson for 130 dollars per acre. Possession will pass March 1. The deal was arranged through George M Saul of Reinbeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Thomas Pearson
Hudson
Anton Mickelsen
George M, Saul
Allotments For Growers Of Sugar Beets Announced
The AAA announced 1936 sugar beet acreage allotments to fund a 1.5 million short ton marketing quota under the Jones Costigan act. Individual district quotas mirror 1935 levels for non used or excess allotments. processors will contract with growers in winter and spring and report contracted acreage by April 10. Districts listed include Iowa Mason City and E Grand Forks Minnesota. Wisconsin Janesville and Green Bay. South Dakota Belle Fourche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Iowa
American Crystal Sugar Company
Mason City
Minnesota
E. Grand Forks
Chaska
Wisconsin
Women Training Schools in Allamakee County Dec 3 6
Miss Ruby Simpson of the Ames extension department will hold a second series of training schools for women's home project work in Allamakee county from December 3 to 6 inclusive. Schedule of meetings announced later. The subject will be Sanitation and Safety Planned for the Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ruby Simpson
Ames Extension Department
Allamakee County
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Center Point
Tunch
van Morne
Ralph Remer
Connie
Toul
Edeor Marts
Toddyne
Abs Th. A. Ferguson
Ena
Uctioneer
R. B. Schmilckle
Clayton
Buchanan, Chickasaw
John McClelland
Lis
Washington, DC
William G. Murray
Durocs
Cedar
Danish Islands
Jutland
A Watson
Third Avenue SW
Ely
Pilsbury
SPE
Smith -Jones
Lowden Creamery
Women’s Home Project
Allamakee
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Palmer
Reale
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