Carcass Hog Buying May Be More Accurate Say Iowa Researchers
Iowa Farm Economist summarizes Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station findings by Shepherd and Beard that carcass grade buying could improve price accuracy over live-weight methods. The Ames study of 100 Good to Choice hogs shows wide cut-out value variation despite uniform appearance, with the top 50 worth about 50 cents more per hundredweight than the bottom 50, while overall Good and Choice spreads are smaller. The report notes corroboration by packer tests and ILEx hogs, and discusses Canada-style implementation and potential solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
di PT
Geoffrey Shepherd
Fred J. Beard
Iowa Farm Economist
County Farm Bureau Livestock Marketing
I. W Arthur
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Shepherd and Beard
Arval Erikson
College Meats Laboratory
United States
Canada
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Sparks Market Grading Debate
The piece argues farmers and hog buyers dispute pricing and grading. It notes added premiums for quality hogs require close grading and questions adoption of U S guaranteed carcass grade, suggesting packers may welcome change before producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Iowa
Louisa County Corn Huskers Set Oct 20 Meet
Tentative date and place for the Louisa county corn husking contest is Oct. 20 on the Cotter Brothers farm. Five entries have been received including Lee Stodgell Morning Sun former state champion. Competing are Otha Wiley Morning Sun John Courney Wapello Harley McGill Grandview and Verne Wilson Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisa County
Cotter Brothers
Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
Otha Wiley
John Courney
Harley McGill
Grandview
Verne Wilson
Columbus Junction
Man Loses Arm in Corn Picker Accident
Emil Valght, 27, a State Center farm hand, was the first corn picker injury in the county. His left arm was caught while clearing a clogged machine on a State Center area farm Monday afternoon. The limb was amputated above the elbow at a hospital Tuesday morning. His condition was listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Emil Valght
State Center
Fannie Buchanan Leads Iowa HDA Music Training
Miss Fannie R. Buchanan Ames extension assistant conducted a district music training for county home demonstration agents at the Y W C A Cedar Rapids. The 4 H girls and Farm Bureau women will use Music Gems From an Old World Treasure Chest for the year. Agents from Linn Winneshiek Fayette Bremer Butler Cedar Scott Black Hawk Benton and Marshall attended and will bring the program to township groups ahead of county achievement day music contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie R. Buchanan
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Linn
Winneshirk
Fayette
Bremer-Butler
Cedar
Scott
Black Hawk
Benton
Marshall
Hort Convention Held in Des Moines November 15 18
The seventy fourth annual Iowa State Horticultural society convention occurs in Des Moines November 15 through 18 with affiliated societies joining. Banquets span Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa November 15, Iowa Beekeepers Association November 16, Iowa Fruit Growers Association and Iowa Nurserymen's Association November 16, and Society of Iowa Florists November 17. A flower show runs November 17 to 19 and holiday exhibits are set for November 15 and 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Soci Cties
Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Iowa Nurserymen's Association
Society of Iowa Florists
Iowa Florists
Iowa Leads Nation In Soybeans Growth 1930 39 39
Iowa's soybeans surged in the 1930s with harvested acres rising over 800 percent and production up about 1,100 percent From 52 000 acres producing 858 000 bushels in 1930 to 433 000 acres yielding 21 bushels and 9 093 000 bushels in 1939 The state moved from fourth to third in national ranking for soybeans by 1939 with Illinois and Indiana ahead only Missouri North Carolina and Ohio next in line The Sept 1 1939 estimates show soybeans likely surpassing several grains in tonnage and nearing barley figures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
Three Soil Control Demonstrations Set Up Near Monticello
The three county soils improvement group near Monticello approves three erosion and moisture control demonstrations. Areas total 1300 acres in Richland town ship Jones county 1600 acres Union township Delaware county and 1400 acres Cascade township Dubuque county. A committee Henry Adams Monticello Herman Eggers Hopkinton and Lee Streets Scotch Grove will plan CCC labor use to crush limestone for cooperating farmers. CCC technicians will map soils and draft a separate farm memorandum of agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
CCC
Timothy Averages Bushel To Acre Near Troy Mills
Farmers near Troy Mills thresh timothy for seed and report about one bushel per acre of high quality seed. A recent frost was light, aiding drying of corn ready for cribbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Troy Mills
Insurance firms accelerate sale of Iowa farms
Insurance Commissioner Charles R. Fischer reports a 200 percent rise in Iowa farm sales by insurers over the past two months versus 1938. One company has sold about 100 farms, roughly one sixth of its holdings, as Gov. Wilson supports a state policy to move foreclosed farms to owner operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Charles R. Fischer
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
A. C. Loepp
Cedar Rapids
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of
Chicago
United States
Wilson
MES Moines
IDPA
Fischer
George A. Wilson
Natex
Podzimek
100 Second Ave. SE
State fair beeves bring over thirty seven thousand dollars
Des Moines reports the 1939 Iowa State fair baby beef sale raised 37027 to 4 H club members from 352 head. Angus led by price with 11.50 per hundredweight while Herefords averaged 958 pounds and Shorthorns 951. Herefords sold most calves. Angus netted the highest per head average at 107.62 versus 106.46 for Shorthorns and 102.96 for Herefords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carl A. Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Ownership statement for The Cedar Rapids Gazette 1939
The Cedar Rapids Gazette discloses ownership management and circulation data as of October 1, 1939. J L Miller as business manager lists publisher The Gazette Company Cedar Rapids Verne Marshall as editor and John Battin as managing editor with detailed owner and stockholder information including residents in Iowa California and Florida. The average weekly circulation is reported as 42 455.
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Congress
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State of Iowan
County of Linn
J. L. Miller
the Gazette Company
Verne Marshall
John Battin
Cedarapids
Towa
J. N. Faulkes
Clare Marshall
Mildred Crawford
Margaret Mense
San Marino
Calif
Mary Ann Rutherford
Miami
Fla
Rachel Holt Davis
Ojnl
Mort Raeces
Louis J Milles
Alfalfa Seed Crop Seen 24 Percent Larger This Year
The Agricultural Marketing Service expects alfalfa seed production to rise 24 percent from 1938, totaling about 1.235 million bushels. Slightly higher yields are anticipated, with prices to growers mainly between 13.50 and 18.50 dollars per hundred pounds for common seed.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Texas
Colorado
Oregon
New Mexico
Utah
County Agent In Benton Suffers Loss From Fire
A Benton County agent Don Groves and his family lost most of their upper story in a Monday fire that began in the attic. The Groves home, owned by the Bostrom estate, had most furniture saved except for pieces in an upstairs bedroom. The loss is covered by insurance.
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Gazette
Vinton
Benton County
Don Groves
Bostrom
Groves
Barn Burns On Randalia Farm Destroyed By Fire
A 24 by 46 foot barn on the Lloyd Sprague farm near Randalia burned Sunday morning from an unknown origin. The fire destroyed the structure and its hay mow contents. Loss is partly covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andalia
Lloyd Sprague
Randalia
Maquoketa Township selects new AAA officers
Seventy two farm owners and operators gathered for the Maquoketa township AAA meeting. Charles Van Gorder is named chairman with W C Baresel as vice chairman and A J Wurster as third committeeman. C E Goodenow elected secretary.
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Maquoketa
Maquoketa Township
W. C. Baresel
Charles van Gorder
Baresel
A. J. Wurster
J F. Marlowe
Henry Schumann
C . E. Goodenow
Farm Auctions Across Iowa In Early October
Readable listings show a sequence of farm auctions across Iowa from Oct 4 to Oct 10. Sellers include J B See husen Chester White estate of Geo Novotny and others with locations in Bassett Center Point Van Horne Cedar Rapids Lost Nation Belle Plaine and Central City. Multiple cattle and Jersey sales listed with dates and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandhills
Bassett, Neb
J. B. Seehusen
Chester White
Mi. S. Center
Geo. Novotny Estate
Shueyville
Dean Thomas
Mi. S. Center Point
Matt Ryan
van Horne
Wertheimer Cattle Co
Marshalltown
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Orben Schoff Hampshire
Lost Nation
Fullmer Bros
Belle Plaine
A. F. Aikin & Son Duroc Jersey
Central City
988 70 An Acre For Jones County Farm
Special to The Gazette Monticello Irving Hintz a farmer three miles west of Monticello bought 200 acres in Cass township Jones county six miles west of here for 8875 an acre Seller Norman Clark of Monticello The 200 acre farm is all tillable and well improved Hintz will operate it along with his existing farm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Irving Hintz
Cass Township
Jones County
Here
Norman Clark
Hintz
Four 1,680-Bushel Corn Bins Erected Here
Four steel corn storage bins with a capacity of 1,680 bushels each were erected here under a contract awarded to Roy Sorden and Son. They will supervise filling operations and oversee the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Sorden and Son
Meat imports persist despite wartime disruptions
New York City ports continue handling meat imports during wartime though European pork supplies are largely cut off. Poland has ceased trade while interior European markets are mostly closed. Italy ships limited specialties at premium prices. Major weekly totals include 1 075 677 pounds of South American canned corned beef and significant consignments from Canada and New Zealand, with New Zealand sending calf livers and mutton.
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The
Gazette
New York City
New York
Europe
Poland
Italy
England
Denmark
Canada
New Zealand
Natex Promises Relief After 30 Days Says Local Man
A local man at PODZIMEK'S PHARMACY touts Natex as life changing after 30 days. George Parliament, a post office night clerk, claims constipation gas and headaches eased, appetite restored, and energy returned, with Natex described as best remedy from trials.
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Natex
Podzimer
Second Ave. SE
P. O
Post Office
Ninth St
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R. PF. A
Louisa Husking
Fannie Buchanan
S In Music
Robert A. Jarnagin
Mae
Buster
Williams
Army and Navy
Oldsen
Merle E. Garmoe
China
Hampshire
Irving
F. E. Nissen and
O. E. Myers
Citizens National Bank
Argentina
Wertheimer Cattle Company
Marshall Packing Company Yards
Idwa
Fair Ground
Ilinois King
A. F. Aikin & Son
Mitchell and Lassen
Aucts
al Schueler
Beverly Yards
Cherry Co
Wyoming
Wyo
Montana
Mont
Lewiston
WMT
Beverly Cattle Company
MR. George Parliament
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