Egg market in New York shows light storage and firm tone
Light egg holdings persist with 4.8 million cases estimated as of Oct 1, while actual stocks stand at 7.06 million, less than a year ago. Pacific coast output declines ahead of fall, auctions sprout from New England to Ohio, and roasting chicken supplies rise with prices expected to ease. Fryer prices stabilize with possible gains for fancy fryers, and potatoes stay firm as Maine harvests underperform.
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Colonel L. Brown
New York City
Pacific Coast
New England
Wooster
Ohio
Maine
Chippewa Potatoes Highlighted in Edgewood Family Farm
Special to The Gunette notes Walter Fritz grows 2 pound Chippewa potatoes this season. Mrs. Fritz says her family cannot finish a single potato, even the medium sized ones, underscoring the crop’s heft and novelty.
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Edgewood
Walter Fritz
Best Junior Farmer Named for Kansas City Event
America's best young farmer was selected today by a judging panel. The winner will receive 500 dollars at the American Royal Livestock show in Kansas City on October 15, for ranking first among 171000 vocational agriculture students in farming ability teamwork and scholarship.
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Washington
America
Kansas City
Hereford Yearling Steers Sold For 12 Dollars Per Cwt
A. H. Stuart of Newhall sold 45 Hereford yearling steers to Wilson and Company of Cedar Rapids for 12 dollars per hundredweight. Dressing percentage reported at 63.1 percent by packing plant officials on Saturday.
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Newhall
H. Stuart
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Farm Auction Notices Include Several Sales Near Cedar Rapids
Local notices list multiple farm auctions in October. Charles Dedek, agent, closes out near Cedar Rapids while Graham and American Mutual Life Co. handle another sale 444 miles SE. Listings show brokers, towns like Lisbon and Burg, and varied farm items up for bidding.
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Moonday
Charles Dedek
Cedar Rapids
Graham and American Mutual Life Co
Shucks! R F A reshuffle over USDA reorganizes plans
A Washington restructuring of the United States Department of Agriculture aims to separate planning from action programs in a move spurred by land grant college input. Officials say coordination is now centralized under Tolley to streamline planning across agencies and ensure uniform guidance in marketing research and farm programs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Land Grant College
Usda Department
Ed Hadley
Gazette
Washington
Agriculture Department
Land Grant Colleges
AAA
FSA
SCS
Forest Service
Tolley
Sigourney Farmers Debate Interior vs Central Packing Plants
Sigourney high school farmers night school hosts a Monday debate on interior packing plants versus central packing plants. Proponents include H. H. Shanafelt Ralph Chilton and Roy Snakenberg. opposition features Vern Sherwood Lynn Brower and Ansel Seaba. About 120 farmers attend weekly led by A. E. Hagen.
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Sigourney
Sigourney High School
H. H. Shanafelt
Ralph Chilton
Roy Snakenberg
Vern Sherwood
Lynn Brower
Ansel Seaba
A. E. Hagen
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled
The Linn county Junior Farm Bureau meets Wednesday at Emil Novak's home five miles southeast of Fairfax. Policies will be discussed and Cedar Rapids guest speaker Mrs. Rex B. Conn will speak. Catherine Reinheimer is program chairman.
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Fairfax
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Emil Novak
Rex B. Conn
Cedar Rapids
Catherine Reinheimer
FOCC Takes Over Government Butter Buying
Special correspondent reports that FSCC and DPMA quotas on butter were in flux as FSCC took over government purchases on New York and Chicago exchanges. DPMA total reached 111,324,172 pounds with 115,000,000 pound quota. FSCC total rose to 12,702,576 pounds. Peak storage season seems near as markets cut holdings slightly in the week ending Oct 1.
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New York City
DPMA
New York
Chicago
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
FSCC
DMPA
Owens Shorthorns Bring $130 Average at Williamsburg Auction
Forty females and four bulls sold for $5,701.50 at Owens Shorthorn sale. Forty females averaged $129 totaling $5,169 while four bulls brought $532.50 at an average of $133. The top animal, an April yearling bull, sold for $150 to L E Watson. Auctioneers were A W Thompson and assistants Halsey and Sherlock.
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Williamsburg
E. E
H. K. Owens
Lon Ellis and Son
Given
L. E. Watson
Stockport
A. W. Thompson
Lincoln, Neb
Jack Halsey
Des Moines
Tom Sherlock
Homestead
Holstein Dairy Cattle and Livestock Fetch Prices in Dysart Auction
In the Dysart area near Dysart the Mond and Bushnell dissolution sale saw twenty seven Holstein cows average 59 dollars with top 68. Twelve 2 year old Holstein heifers averaged 55 with a high of 68. Angus calves sold up to 24 dollars, an Angus bull at 89 dollars. A team of males aged 7 and 8 brought 305 dollars, a year old mare 102.50, a 5 year old mare 115, a 10 year old mare 87. Spring pigs 100 to 150 pounds sold 11.50 to 14.50 each. A milking machine brought 180 dollars.
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Dysart
Redmond and Bushnell
Davis Named 4-H Club Agent in Iowa County
Joseph Davis of Avoca was appointed 4-H club agent in Iowa county succeeding R W Ashby, who becomes agricultural agent in Palo Alto county. Davis, an Ames graduate, previously served as 4-H agent in Van Buren and Davis counties.
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Marengo
Joseph Davis
Avoca
Iowa County
R. W. Ashby
Palo Alto
Mr. Davis
Ames
van, Buren
Davis
Iowa Farm Program Study Shows AAA Participation Factors
Ames and Washington researchers report Iowa farm responses to the 1938 AAA plan. The study finds cooperation linked to corn acreage reductions, with southern Iowa showing higher participation and payments per acre, while northeastern Iowa faced larger reductions. The analysis notes soil-management goals, tenant relations, and perceived program fairness shaping participation and payments.
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Walter W. Wilcox
Ames
Roger P. Matteson
Washington, D. C
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
AAA
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Iowa Farm Economist
Electrical Clinic On Farm In Benton Attracts Hundreds
About a hundred farmers from Benton and nearby counties gathered at the Fred Kerkman farm eight miles south of Vinton for a second eastern Town electrical equipment clinic. The event, sponsored by the REA with county REA groups and Ames engineering, featured demonstrations of motor operated devices for farmsteads and houses.
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Everal Hundred
Benton
Fred Kerkman
Vinton
Federal
REA
Agricultural Engineering Division
Ames
Kerkman Clinic
Harry Fagan
Mount Auburn
Oscar Meier
Washington, D. C
Murdoch McLeod
Dan Teare
C. H. van Vlack
Ames Engineering
Louisan Ma~mer
Irvin Nervig
Tama
Iowa
Poweshiek Rea
Harold Beatty
James Morrow
Franklin County
Hampton
D. M. Harrison
Franklin Co-Op
James McGarry
Victor
TIP
Mamer
Leo Ockenfels
Watkins
AAA corn acreage payments and incentives under the 1938 program
The article analyzes 1938 program payments to corn producers and crop allotment incentives, noting farmers who reduced acreage or met soil-depleting quotas receive specific sums. It explains why cooperative participation varied, with comparisons to 1926-37 acreage and previous AAA programs, and previews forthcoming reports on conservation outcomes and program effectiveness.
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AAA
Miss Lucille Gove Schedules Farm Bureau Programs
Linn county home demonstration agent Miss Lucille Gove sets two home economics programs this week. The first is Wednesday in Maine township at Jordans Grove church and the second Friday in Otter Creek township at the Alburnett Methodist church.
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Lucille Gove
Linn County
Maine Township
Jordans Grove Church
Otter Creek Township
Alburnett
Milk surplus prompts dairy show to seek uses and sales
At the twenty ninth national dairy show in Columbus officials discuss a 110 billion pound 1938 milk output with a potential 10 billion pound rise. They seek ways to boost consumption as producers push cheese and butter campaigns amid high grass and hay crops.
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Columbus
Uncle Sam
United States
Canada
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