September Livestock Prices Rise Amid War Stimulus
September livestock prices surged on war fears with raw wool up 9 to 15 cents a pound and cattle hides up six. Feeder cattle rose to 8.85 a hundredweight as demand pushed prices higher. lambs and hogs also posted sizable gains before prices moderated. Cattle receipts were about 171,000 head, hogs 282,000, and sheep 210,000, with imports and exports shifting as Poland’s war impact looms.
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Europe
Chicago
Iowa
West
South‘west
Middle West
Poland
Department of Commerce
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire Mystery
A humorous item notes cockle burrs at a dollar each and a Gullible tourist who stopped at Colorado agricultural college for hatchery advice on five prickly morsels in cotton. He claimed to have bought porcupine eggs in Kansas, prompting a quip about Iowa farmers.
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Colorado Agricultural College
Kansas
Cattle Imports Drop Amid Quota Fill
The report notes a sharp decline in cattle imports from Canada and Mexico as the third quarterly quota nears completion. Only 37 beef cattle arrived from Canada last week, with year to date totals reaching 104,319 beef cattle 9,602 dairy cattle and 71,461 calves.
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Canada
Mexico
Clayton County Husking Contest Set Near Garnaville
Special to The Gazette Ed McNeil reports five entries so far for the Clayton county corn husking contest to be held Oct 17 on the John Bossard farm three miles southwest of Garnaville. The field is one-half mile long with a uniform hybrid crop and favorable weather could set a county record. Entries close Oct 10 with committee members McNeil Oliver Eno and Grover Hahn in charge.
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Eikader
Clayton County
John Bossard
Garnaville
Ed McNeeil
Mr. McNeil
Oliver Eno
Grover Hahn
Soil Erosion Meetings Planned in Clayton County
Two field demonstrations on soil erosion control in Clayton county are set for Tuesday at Keith Sherman farm near Edgewood and Wednesday at Alfred Pufahl farm near Garnaville. Start 9:30 a.m. end noon. Floyd Parks, four county soils agent, will attend.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Keith Sherman
Edgewood
Alfred Pufahl
Garnaville
Floyd Parks
Wheat Bins Hold 2,029,074 Bushels in Iowa
A federal report shows 2,029,074 bushels of wheat stored in Iowa as of Sept 22 under federal loan. Farm storage accounts for 138,043 bushels while country and terminal warehouses hold 1,891,031 bushels.
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Iowa
Farm Auction Schedule From Sandhills and Iowa Listings
Auction lineup for October lists sales in Nebraska and Iowa. Key events include Sandhills feeder calves at Bassett and City Sales Co. in Des Moines area, Atkinson Livestock Market in Atkinson, and multiple closing out sales nearby. The week runs October 3 to 6 with auctions in Center Point Center Jet Shueyville Van Horne Cedar Rapids Lost Nation and nearby towns.
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Sandhills
Bassett, Neb
Ta. City Sales Co
Ia. City
Atkinson Livestock Market
Atkinson, Neb
Howard Burkhart
Winton
Bassett
Neb
J. B. Sechusen
Chester White
S. Center
Geo. Novotny Estate
E Shueyville
Dean Thomas
Center Point
Matt Ryan
van Horne
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Orben Schoff
Lost Nation
Speakers Set For Ag Parley In Cedar Rapids
The all day agricultural planning parley will be held Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce building in Cedar Rapids. Linn county officials Rex B. Conn and Rex B. Cohn will lead the program with discussions on county planning and federal programs. Afternoon sessions cover operation and impact of federal programs with speakers John F. Wager Keith Noll W. H. Cruickshank J Henry Dye Lloyd Grover and the hosts Mr Conn and Mr Robson.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
Rex B. Conn
R. F. Robson
Marion
Linn County Agricultural Planning Committee
Burns Byram
Toledo
Rex B. Cohn
John F. Wager
Central City
Linn County Agricultural Conservation Association
Keith Noll
W.H. Cruickshank
Soil Conservation Service
Terracing progress reported in Decorah area camps
In the Nordness watershed south of Decorah soil conservation camp enrollees have built 14 000 feet of terraces. On several farms including Willard Torgrim Helmer Orvel La Orlando Towson and Paul Ode more terraces totaling 2 486 1 650 2 336 and 7 528 feet have been completed.
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Gazette
Decorah
Nordness
Soils Conservation Camp
Willard Torgrim
Helmer Orvella
Orlando Towson
Paul Ode
Exports Highlight Corn Trade From Kansas City Office
The Kansas City federal agricultural marketing service reports last week’s corn exports at 225000 bushels. Argentine corn afloat sold at Antwerp for 100.375 dollars per bushel. October shipment at 95 cents. U S and South African corn afloat fetched 78.75 cents to English buyers.
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Kansas City
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service Today
Antwerp
United States
Washington County Receives Parity Payments for Farmers
Washington County soils conservation chairman Wayne Norman reports $29 655 74 in parity checks distributed Friday and Saturday to county farmers raising total parity payments to about $175 000 with roughly $14 000 still due. He notes corn resealment rose from 73 to 75 percent after extending sealing time to Oct 1 and details on reception points and shelting delays at Wellman Riverside Ainsworth and Crawfordsville.
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the Gazette
Washington
Wayne Norman
County Soils Conservation
Washington County
Norman
Wellman
Riverside
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Delaware county conservation program tally of checks and funds
The Delaware county agricultural conservation program chair Chester C. McCarthy announced that 177 comparity checks totaling 10023.84 have been received. He reported that to date 2323 checks totaling 165000 have been received for farmers in Delaware county.
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Manchester
Chester C. McCarthy
Delaware
Reed reports Cedar county comparity checks total
Tipton James Reed AAA chairman disclosed a sum of 178,093.57 dollars in comparity checks received in Cedar county on Saturday.
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the Gazette
Tipton
James Reed
AAA
Cedar County
Buchanan county soils treasurer reports parity checks totals
Leonard Brame treasurer of the Buchanan county soils committee announces that 537 parity checks totaling 47 457 were received here Friday. The county now records 2080 checks accumulating 154 434 15 dollars in total parity payments.
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Independence
Leonard Brame
Buchanan County Soils Committee
Buchanan County
Acre Transfers Reflect Iowa Farm Sales Near Columbus Junction
Earl Sherman of Brighton bought 160 acres from Connecticut Life Insurance Co at 105 dollars per acre for the Owen Wehr farm northwest of Columbus Junction. Improvements are good. Duncan and Johnston of Columbus Junction handled the sale. WELLMAN the Perry Ayres estate sold 240 acres west of Wellman at auction to Mrs W L Carr of California for 88 dollars an acre. One hundred sixty acres are level, 80 acres rolling but tillable. D C Yoder of Wellman was the auctioneer.
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Columbus Junction
Earl Sherman
Brighton
Owen Wehr
Connecticut Life Insurance Company
Duncan and Johnston
Wellman
Perry Ayres
W. L. Carr
California
D. C. Yoder of
Corn Husking Under Way in Clayton County Farms
Corn husking has begun on many farms in the McGregor Garna ville and Farmersburg areas, earlier than usual due to warm dry weather and a strong spring start. New mechanical pickers are being used and much of the crop will be machine harvested.
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Mcgregor
Garnaville
Farmersburg
Iowa
Tipton County Hay and Corn Harvest Update
Production of red clover seed yields good on local farms with Lester Kep hart and W H Matthews reporting 114 and 144 bushels per acre in second crop. Soybean hay, alfalfa harvested, hay baled, corn drying for reseal with up to 75 cribs erected in 25 miles and about 80 percent expected to be resealed.
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Tipton
Lester Kephart
Huber Farm
W. H Matthews
Delaware Boys Buy Calves For 5 Head Lot Feeding Contest
Twenty five western feeder calves were purchased at Bartlett Nebraska by five 4 H club members in Delaware county to be raised in the 5 head feeder calf project of the Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders club. Entered in the feeder club project for the coming year are Dale Wendt of Delhi Karl Keck of Greeley John Childs of Manchester Richard Ryan of Manchester and Wilmer Robinson of Earlville. John Hunter English anatomist transplanted a rooster spur to its comb.
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Thomas
Alburnett
Linn County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Dean Thomas
Muriel Thomas
Harold Thomas
William Marr
Cedar Rapids, Linn County
Manchester
Bartlett
Neb
Delaware County
Eastern Iowa
Dale Wendt
Delhi
Karl Keck
Greeley
John Childs
Richard Ryan
Wilmer Robinson
Earlville
John Hunter
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A. W. Thompson
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Commonwealth Barn
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