Chicago Board of Trade inaugurates futures trading on soybeans
The Chicago Board of Trade approved rules to start soybean futures, aligning them with corn rules. Soybeans are treated as grain by traders, while the USDA treats them as forage. Henry Sorensen notes current Cedar Rapids inspections. First new crop beans appeared Sept 26 from Block, Illinois at $1.18 1/2 a bushel.
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Chicago Board of Trade
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Board of Trade
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Henry Sorensen
Sorensen
Block
Ill
U. S
Soybean futures debut marks new grain market on board
Chicago AP reports soybeans became the priciest item on the board as the first full futures market opened at 10 15 a.m. EST. Prices held near steady with Dec and May beans at 1 20 per bushel, then December beans slipped a cent, while December wheat and December corn traded around 1 15 and 95 cents respectively.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Fence Drift and Milking Practices Reflected in Rural Suburban Life
A fragmented rural-urban vignette notes fence drift in woven wire and a recurring task of washing a separator bowl. It contrasts a herdsman's twice-daily routine with a housewife's heavier workload, mentioning milking machines and a flock of cans to rassel.
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Rassel
Roudabush Rehired For Five Years As Washington Agent
W. J. Roudabush, county agent of Washington County, was re employed for five years at the Washington position. The Farm Bureau board approved the decision following his two year tenure. He organized and expanded 4 H clubs and township Farm Bureau groups, boosting membership.
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Roudabush
Washington
W. J. Roudabush
Washington County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Compliance Checking In Johnson County Farmers Near Completion
Iowa City reports on Johnson county farmers in the 1936 soil conservation program nearing completion. Farm reporters will finish checks this week and applications will be filled out once the work ends.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
M. F. Sullivan
80 Million Trees Planned for Soil Conservation Effort
The Soil Conservation Service estimates over 80 million trees will be planted to curb erosion across Iowa and four neighboring states by next spring. About 24 000 acres are already planted with main species including black locusts to add nitrogen and curb gullying, while other species such as green ash and oaks fill the program.
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Des Moines
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
R. E. Uhland
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Uhland
Mississippi Valley
What's What Out on the Acres Interview with David Jones
David R. Jones, owner operator of 290 acres near Cotter, discusses political views from a Republican stance, the 1930s farm programs, local tax effects, crop conditions, and views on insurance and distribution. He notes Welsh heritage locally, Kansas governor Landon, and concerns about drought, grasshoppers, and soil conservation awards. He also mentions sales tax support and doubts about regimentation in farming policy.
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David R. Jones
John Jones
Cotter
Rural youths employment survey highlights high work rates
Ames extension sociologist Dr W H Stacy reports 1800 rural young people in 42 county groups formed the rural young people's section in Iowa last December. The average member age is 23.5 for men and 22 for women with 97 percent employed. Incomes average $500 last year. 65 percent earn at home or away from home.
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Ames
W. H. Stacy
Ames Extension Rural Sociologist
Iowa
Stacy
Farm Bureau membership tops 706 in Marengo area
County Agent D. H. Zentmire reports 1936 Farm Bureau membership in Marengo county at 706, the highest since 1926, compared with 766 members in 1926.
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Marengo
Iowa County Farm Bureau
D. H. Zentmire
Steers Bring Ten Dollars a Hundredweight in Chicago Trade
J G Thomas of Louisa county sold twenty 1086 pound Texas steers last week in Chicago for 10 dollars per hundredweight. He had bought the cattle in December when they weighed 505 pounds.
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Wapello
J. G. Thomas
Louisa County
Chicago
Dysart Lease Secures Hartgreave Tenant for Mehl Farm
The John A. Mehl half section southeast of Dysart has been rented for next year to Charles Hartgreave of Ladora for seven dollars and fifty cents an acre cash.
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Dysart
John A. Mehlhaus
Charles Hartgreave
Ladora
Separator washing costs influence cow tester decisions in Linn association
Otto W. Bruns reports show three separators washed twice daily incur 23 cents loss per herd from unskimmed butterfat, while 23 other separators washed once daily lose $3.36. The 393 cows in 26 herds averaged 456 lb milk and 20.9 lb butterfat in September. W L Smith led with 1 044 lb milk and 35.6 butterfat from 27 Holsteins at three times daily milking.
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Alburnett
Linn Cowtest Association No. 3
Otto W. Bruns
Bruns
Mr. Bruns’ Association
W. L. Smith
Central City
H. F. Gensicke
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Corn-Hog Ratio Falls in September Update
Washington AP reports the USDA monthly farm price index shows Iowa's corn hog ratio dropping to 9.3 bushels per 100 pounds of hogs on Sept 15 from 9.6 earlier. Nationally the ratio slipped to 9.2, with hog prices down to 9.70 per hundredweight while corn rose to 1.06 a bushel.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa
New FASTEETH Ad Promises Secure Teeth Fit
An advertisement claims FASTEETH lets wearers eat talk and laugh without embarrassment. The fine powder supposedly holds dentures firmly with no gummy taste and improves breath. Available at May Drug Co and other drugstores.
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Fasteeth
May Drug Co
Farm Auctions Set For October Including Four Iowa Sites
Auctions planned Tuesday October 6 include the Inabnit farm 1142 miles west of Central City and the Omar farm 4 miles south of Garrison. On Wednesday October 7 Krofta farms 3 miles north of Oxford and a 200 acre Moody farm 7 miles northeast of Walker. A Poland China boat sale is listed by O J Hess in Worthington.
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Inabnit
Central City
Omar Farm
Garrison
Krofta Farms
Oxford
Moody
Walker
Poland
O. J. Hess
Worthington
Cattle Auctions Mark October Farm Sales in Iowa
On Thursday many sales occur around Solon and Cedar Rapids. Joe Raim Duroc Jersey herd and E R Jellison sale at Auman farm north of Cedar Rapids. Beverly cattle company conducts a live stock sale in the region.
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Joe Raim Duroc
Jersey
Solon
E. R. Jellison
Auman Farm
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Cattle Company
Auction of Wachal estate farm near Walker
Auction of the Wachal estate farm takes place Wednesday October 14, located two miles south of Walker.
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Wachal
Walker
Farms Sold At Hopkinton And Buckingham Prices
The A. D. Le Clerc eighty acre farm on the edge of Hopkinton was bought by Mrs. H. J. Dunlap for $40 an acre. In Buckingham a 160 acre farm north of town owned by John Cummings of Dubuque sold to Ernest Thierer for $45 an acre. the land is unimproved.
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Hopkinton
A. D. LeClerc
H. J. Dunlap
Buckingham
John Cummings
Dubuque
Ernest Thierer
Near Here
Soil Conservation Tour Planned for McGregor Area
A soil conservation field day for agricultural committees and farm leaders from northeast Iowa will be held in the McGregor Farmersburg project area. W. K. Webster announced plans for a 10 a.m. gathering at the Farmersburg opera house followed by a tour of practices including terracing strip cropping gully control tree planting grassed waterways and crop rotation demonstrations.
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Iowa
Soil Conservation Service
W. K. Webster
McGregor-Farmersburg
Opera House
Farmersburg
Argentine corn imports reach nine hundred thousand bushels
About 900 000 bushels of Argentine corn were received at U S ports in the week to Oct 2. Over half entered via Pacific coast ports with a small 8 000 bushel shipment arriving in New York from the Dominican Republic. Spot prices were $1 a bushel in New York and $1 015 to $1 035 in San Francisco with November shipment at 98 cents c i f U S ports duty paid. New Georgia corn arrived in larger quantities around Atlanta at $1 05 to $1 10, while No 2 yellow from central western markets traded at $1 275 in St Louis.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Pacific Coast
Dominican Republic
New York
San Francisco
C.i.f
Missionary Rev Hartzell to speak on Our South American Neighbors
The Rev C F Hartzell, after thirty years as a missionary in Bolivia Chile and Central America and now living on a farm near Mount Vernon, will present an illustrated lecture at the Otter Creek township Farm Bureau meeting on Wednesday.
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Alburnett
C. F. Hartzell
Bolivia
Chile
Central America
Mount Vernon
Otter Creek Township
Club Officers Elected At Cedar Rapids Farm
At the C Square F Square 4-H club meeting held at the Plucar farm south of Cedar Rapids on Saturday, new officers were elected. Esther Booth was chosen president, Esther Plucar vice president, Irene Plucar secretary-treasurer, Hollis Booth program chairman, and Ruth Marek historian.
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C Square
Plucar
Cedar Rapids
Esther Booth
Esther Plucar
Irene Plucar
Hollis Booth
Ruth Marek
Aurora Farmer Hurt in Pony Accident
Harold Hoaglan, a farmer south of Aurora, was injured when a pony reared and fell on him Friday. He sustained chest and shoulder injuries.
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Aurora
Harold Hoaglan
Hoaglan
Auction Terms and Parties Listed
Terms require 10 percent down at sale with balance due December 1. C. B. Hopkins, auctioneer J. D. Hoffman, referee.
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Manchuria
Ray Anderson
Indiana
North Carolina
Ohio
Johnson
Kansas
Topeka
Landon
London
Waterloo
Gazette
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Dean Thomas
Boarder
Williams
I. Ove
Kneip Markets
Dial
McGregor Area
T. W. Moody
Hoover Church
C. B. Hopkins
J. D. Hoffman
Edwin G. Yost
Podzimek Pharmacy
First Street
Second Avenue
W. A. Mason
D.C
Basic Technician Health Service
Fifth Ave
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
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