Murray predicts quicker rise in farm land values this time
Iowa State College economist Dr William G Murray told mortgage bankers at their national convention that farm land values will rebound sooner in the current war than they did in World War I. He cites lower prewar values, falling farm prices, reduced exports, and public memory of past price spikes as key factors.
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Murray
William G. Murray
Iowa State College
Ames
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Farm Bureau Women Plan 1940 Program
Mrs N May Larson of Ames will meet Tipton Cedar county women on Oct 10 at 10 am to outline this year's home project goals and upcoming Achievement day scoring. Discussion covers farm family living problems living conditions in the country 1940 music plans and 1940 chorus tournament plans. County committee township chairs cooperators and leaders will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
N. May Larson
Ames
Cedar County
Ames extension clothing expert to visit Jones county
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Miss Elizabeth Peterson Ames extension clothing specialist will be in Jones county Oct 17 20 to present the first phase of the year's clothing project Smartness in Dress to home project leaders These leaders will carry the lesson to township groups The four phase program includes line in dress personal design and fitting problems in patterns and ready to wear A clinic for problem dresses will accompany the last lesson Mrs Warren Bissell of Wyoming Jones county Farm Bureau women's chorus director says the chorus will be reorganized for the coming year with assistance from Mrs Lloyd Robertson of Anamosa Miss Ruby Simpson Ames extension specialist will visit Washington county for four days next week to discuss the first lesson of women's home project work Business problems and papers will be the topic and discussions will cover required records for the effort
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Gazette
Anamosa
Elizabeth Peterson
Ames Extension
Jones County
Warren Bissell
Wyoming
Jones County Farm Bureau Women's Chorus
Lloyd Robertson
the Gazette
Washington
Ruby Simpson
Ist
Washington County
Fence Drift Amid Autumn Harvest Fields
A brief verse sketch describes fence drift entangled in woven wire as October's harvest of corn and sorrel soybeans frames flocks of blackbirds. The scene blends rustic farming imagery with the season's vivid hues and movement.
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RB. F. A
County women to hold all day budgeting meetings
Mrs. Clayde Knapp, women's county chair, announces all day meetings starting at 10 am on Tuesday in Washington, Wednesday in Wellman, Thursday in Crawfordsville, and Friday in Brighton. Florence Schuerman will lead four Aliamakee county sessions next week on color in the home as the first phase of Farm Bureau women’s study for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayde Knapp
Women’s County
Washington
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Two Buildings Burn On Farm Near Washington
Fire discovered at 2 a.m. Monday destroyed a large cattle barn and small granary on the Mrs. Martha Gordon farm tenanted by Glenn Fuhr seven miles northwest of Washington. Calves, hay, shelled corn, oats and baled straw were lost. Mr. Fuhr and Mrs. Gordon carried some insurance.
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Washington
Martha Gordon
Glenn Fuhr
Fourth Batch Of Parity Checks Arrive Decorah
A fourth consign ment of parity checks numbering 342 and totaling 16 303 64 arrived at the Winneshiek county soil conservation office this week. Total checks received now amount to 2 253 totaling 107 927 18.
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Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek
Tax receipts show sharp oleo drop in Iowa
Iowa sales of oleomargarine fell 61 percent in the first nine months of 1939 versus 1938. Tax receipts totaled 54319 dollars for the nine months, down from 139039.40 dollars, per a state agriculture department report.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Durant Farmer Sells 18 Steers at $10.25 Cwt
Albert Glazer of Durant sold 18 head of 1126 pound steers at the Chicago market on Monday for 10.25 dollars per hundredweight.
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Durant
Albert Glazer
Chicago
AAA Officers Named In 8 Linn Townships
Eight Linn county townships completed AAA officer elections by Wednesday with ten more set for evenings ahead of the county officer vote scheduled for Saturday at Cedar Rapids. Notable posts include chairmen and delegates for each township and alternates to fill third members. Special note that Maynard Fayette county township AAA officers elected Monday include H M Brownell as chairman and James J Murphy spoke on wildlife conservation.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Maine
H. A W. Koch
Guy C. Hutchins
Charles Heller
John W. Miller
Clarence J. Byerly
Boulder
Frank Kula
Ollie R Kula
Donald S. Dolan
Harley Whitney
Albert C. Kula
Jackson
L. A. Hinton
Hiel Henderson
Roy Chismore
Donald Ashby
Leo F. Smith
Buffalo
Henry J. Hood
George Kolda
Jacob Bowers
Monroe
Carl Schluntz
Arlie Brenneman
Earl Hopker
Orville Quass
Orville Edaburn
Spring Grove
Mark Baty
Harlan Biggs
Orrie Long
John Simon
Forest Cherry
Troy Mills
Spring Grove Township
Washington
Center Point
Brown
Springville
College
Township Hall
Fairfax
Fayette
Palo
Marion
Linn
Mount Zion Church
Grant
Walker
Putman
Ely
Otter Creek
Alburnett
Clinton
Covington
Maynard
Harlan Township
Fayette County
AAA
H M. Brownell
Robert Ponsar
Fred H. Steege
I. A. Patridge
W. E. Pace
A. E. Smith
James J. Murphy
Independence
Allamakee AAA Delegates Meet Oct 11 for 1940 Plan
M F Burke AAA chairman announced that WAUKON Township delegates will gather Oct 11 at 9 am to elect the county committee overseeing the 1940 agricultural conservation program in Allamakee county.
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Allamakee
Waukon — Township
Allamakee County
M. F. Burke
AAA
Six District Husking Tourneys Are Scheduled
Des Moines reports six district elimination contests to precede the state cornhusking event near Fairfield on October 31. Preliminary rounds are set for Mitchellville October 24, Hartley October 6, Mason City October 6, Clarence October 6, Cedar Falls October 27, and Atlantic October 24 or 26.
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Des Moines
INS
Fairfield
Mitchellville
Hartley
Mason City
Clarence
Cedar Falls
Atlantic
Eastern Iowa Five Steer Feeding Project Planned
About 55 young men in 12 counties plan to feed five steers each for the second annual eastern Iowa commercial junior feeders contest leading to the 1940 All Iowa Livestock exposition. Calves have been bought in Muscatine and Delaware counties, with deadlines set at November 15 and participation targets in listed counties.
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Muscatine
Delaware
Texas
Delaware County
Nebraska
Sand Hills
Linn
Cedar
Clinton
Johnson
Jones
Tama
Benton
Buchanan
Washington
Dubuque
Keokuk
Poweshick
Five Jones County Farmers Named for FSA Purchase Plan
Keith Noll of Cedar Rapids confirms Jones county tenant purchase committee recommended five men for federally funded farm buys. Selected were Marvin Nissen Hale Marian Clark Onslow Howard Edwards Olin Carl Lactare Center Junction and William Martin Anamosa. The program lends and supervises repayment over forty years with improvements funded.
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Keith Noll
Farm Security Administration
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones Counties
Jones County
Marvin Nissen
Hale
Marian Clark
Onslow
Howard Edwards
Olin
Carl Lactare
Center Junction
William Martin
Anamosa
Jones
Iowa
FSA
Nic Holst
Phil Daly
Amber
Oscar Kinler
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Farm Auction Listings Across Iowa This Week
A sequence of upcoming farm auctions includes Beverly Cattle Co near Cedar Rapids on Thursday and Friday October 6 in Lost Nation and Belle Plaine auctions. Also listing Oct 10 Cedar Rapids livestock exchange and Oct 11 Mount Vernon Poland China sale with other sales in Central City and Belle Plaine.
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Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Orben Schoff Hampshire
Lost Nation
Fullmer Bros
Belle Plaine
Livestock Exchange
A. F. Aikin & Son Duroc Jersey
Central City
E. C. Forest Poland China
Mount Vernon
Hog Growers Meet in Johnson County Thursday
Iowa City reports E L Quaife Ames extension animal husbandman will address swine producers Thursday at 1 15 p m discussing cross breeding sow selection feeding and care of brood sows and will share feeding test results A second meeting with Dr K W Stouder and further sessions are planned for next year and May or June in county farms to study good swine production methods
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Gazette
Iowa City
E. L. Quaife
Ames Extension Animal Husbandman
Emmett C Gardner
Quaife
K. W. Stouder
Ames
Gardner
Ocr
Waukon
Greeley C T A Averages 16 9 Pounds Butterfat
In September the Greeley Cow Test association reported 417 cows with 104 dry on test. The group averaged 439 pounds of milk and 16.9 pounds of butterfat. Earl Sadleer led herds with 25 cows to 532 pounds of milk and 24.9 butterfat. A Gibbs and Slick cow topped individuals with 1800 pounds of milk and 68.4 butterfat.
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Manchester
Greeley Cow Test Association
Robert J. Keck
Earl Sadleer
Gibbs and Slick
No Damage to Corn From Recent Frost in Iowa
Federal statistician Leslie M. Carl reports late planted fields matured without serious frost damage. About five percent of corn has been harvested. 22 percent of normal September precipitation sped maturing. Wheat seeding delayed as moisture remains scarce across western and central Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl
Charles D. Reed
Missouri River
Reed
Private Guessers Forecast Corn Crop at 2 477 000 000 Bu
Chicago reports private crop experts forecast a national corn crop of 2 477 000 000 bushels this year, 65 million below last year and 46 million under Sept 1 government estimate. Estimates range from 2 428 000 000 to 2 512 000 000 bushels with old corn on farms at 532 000 000.
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Chicago
Nat C. Murray
B W. Snow
Murray
E. H. Miller
Shields and Co
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Curable
A booklet containing expert opinions on epilepsy will be sent free to readers. Send your request to the Educational Division at 551 Fifth Avenue New York NY. Dept 0-270.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Dairy Cattle Congress Impresses at Waterloo Exhibition
A Country Woman notes the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress featured diverse educational, industrial, and agricultural exhibits. She compares the event to a child’s wide eyed wonder at the giraffe, concluding the display’s breadth seemed almost impossible to match.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Man Named On Board of Nat's Grain Dealers
Elmer H. Sexauer of Brookings South Dakota was elected president of the national grain and feed dealers association at its convention in Minneapolis E G Kiburtz St Louis was chosen secretary and Ron Kennedy Des Moines assistant secretary New directors elected to the 45 member board include Hugh Hale Royal Iowa and R C Booth Cedar Rapids Iowa
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Minneapolis
Elmer H. Sexauer
Brookings
S. D
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
E. G. Kiburtz
St. Louis
Ron Kennedy
Des Moines
Association
Hugh Hale
Royal
R. C. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Independence-A Weiner Roast Replaces Club Banquet
Buchanan county 4-H clubs schedule a community Weiner Roast for October 16 at 8 p.m. to replace the annual club banquet. Edward Snydergaard, assistant state club leader, will attend.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Edward Syndergaard
Butterfat Payment Set for Delhi Creamery Patrons
Patrons of the Delhi Silver Spring creamery received 30 cents per pound for butterfat collected in the first half of September.
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Delhi
Delhi Silver Spring
Poland China Sale Tops $62 For Boar At Ruess Brothers
Ruess Brothers Poland China sale near West Liberty saw a top price of 62 dollars for a boar. Thirty-nine boars averaged 35 dollars each, with 89 head sold. Nearby at Dyersville Williams and Posten bought the Nebraska state fair grand champion boar for 1000 dollars from Huber and Sons of Irvington Neb.
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West Liberty
Ruess Brothers
Poland
Dyersville
Williams and Posten
Villisca
George A. Huber and Sons
Irvington
Neb
Otto Hess
Worthington
South Prairie Grange to Hold Fall Festival in October
WEST LIBERTY announces a home Grange fall festival set for October 5. Eighty three guests attended the annual banquet where festival committee members were named James Birkett Vaughn Sanders and Preston Brown. Vernon Wright was elected state Grange delegate for Grinnell October 10 to 12, with James Bar clay as alternate. National Grange meeting at Peoria Illinois scheduled for November 15.
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West Liberty
South Prairie Grange
Grange Hall
James Birkett
Vaughn Sanders
Preston Brown
Vernon Wright
Grinnell
James Barclay
National Grange
Peoria
Ill
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Mortgage Bankers’ Convention
W. G. Murray
Farm Bureau
Florence Schuerman
Aliamakee County
Linn Townships
Maynard Aaa
Riod
R. Clyde Martin
George M. Buser
Conesville
John W. Kaalberg
Nichols
Ed W. Barnhart
Ira Ziegenhorn
Martha
Eddie
Jakha
Williams
Johnson Co
Greeley C. T. A
Nat's Grain
Ruess Bros
Iowa Livestock Exchange
the Big Shoe Store
Zuider Zee
HENS
Ee Eel
Snow Boots
Dent
The
New Manter
Facm
Minnesota
Gladstone
Universal
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E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon, Iowa
H. S. Duncan
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