Mortensen Urges Iowa Creamery Patrons to Use Dairy Products
Ames dairy chief Mortensen denounces creamery patrons who buy oleomargarine, urging broader use of Iowa and American dairy products. He notes creameries promote home consumption to lift butterfat prices and cites cocoanut oil as a major oleomargarine fat source. He concludes with a call to support U S policies aiding farmers.
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Iowa
M Mortensen
Department of Dairy Manufacturing
Ames
Mortensen
United States
Fence Drift in Woven Wire and Iowa Butter Talk
A fragment discusses Fence Drift caught in woven wire and comments on dairy topics. It claims eastern Iowa makes the best butter and pays the highest butterfat price. The speaker contemplates the ethics of dairy substitutes and mentions a cow named Old Brindle.
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Iowa
Could We Not Assist Them by Helping Ourselves
A terse query argues that self aid may counter external aid in a broader dilemma. The line hints at strategic restraint and self reliance as a solution.
Grange asks Hopkins curb oleomargarine use by federal funds
The National Grange urged Harry Hopkins to ban federal funding for oleomargarine purchases to feed the unemployed. It cited butter surpluses of 20 9 million pounds above five year averages and oleomargarine sales rising 27 million pounds in early 1933, while noting navy rules and high usage in veterans’ homes.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
National Grange
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Grange
United States Navy
Bertram farmer finds eighteen inch Yellow Jersey sweet potato
Special to The Gazette reporting from Bertram notes Floyd Kitchen while harvesting Yellow Jersey sweet potatoes one and a half miles east of Bertram found a potato measuring eighteen inches long.
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The
Gazette
Bertram Floyd
Bertram
First New Corn Inspected Here In Cedar Rapids
First carload of 1933 corn received in Cedar Rapids was graded Sunday by federal inspector George W. Ramsey Jr. The Blairsburg shipment to Piper Grain and Milling showed 19 percent moisture, no damaged kernels, and test weight 55 pounds per bushel, graded No. 4 yellow rather than the usual No. 6. Grower received about 17 cents a bushel. old corn movement into Cedar Rapids was 100 carloads daily.
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Cedar Rapids
George W. Ramsey, Jr
Blairsburg
Hamilton County
Piper Grain and Milling Company
Ramsey
Livestock Co-Op At Independence Handles 232 Decks
Independence reports 107 92718 dollars paid on 3 538 817 pounds of hogs in the last fiscal year. The Buchanan County Farmers' Livestock Marketing Association shipped 232 decks to eight markets, two competitive. Fred Cowell of Hazleton township elected to the board. Guy Grover re elected. other directors named.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farmers’ Livestock Marketing Association
C. G. Burchfield
Fred Cowell
Hazleton Township
Guy Grover
Clare Miller
Buffalo Township
A. P Tielebein
Newton Township
Ed Donovan
Jefferson
James McDonnell
Washington
George Slemmons
Liberty
Eggs Pay Better Than The Chickens Says Poultrywoman
Maquoketa Mrs. Fred Wilcox a leading Jackson county poultry raiser says eggs are more profitable than meat from chickens. She reports about 50 percent lay from 300 White Leghorn pullets housed a month and cites early hatching proper feeding and housing as key. She uses stock yeast in mash with milk and raises Jersey White Giants as a sideline with caponizing of cockerels underway.
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Maquoketa
Fred Wilcox
Jackson County
Mrs Sam Workman Named Chairman By Jones County Women
Mrs Sam Workman of Martelle elected 1934 chairman of women’s work in Jones county at a Farm Bureau meeting. She has served as Greenfield township chairman and county secretary for the past year, succeeding Mrs Ki Tf Stover as county chair.
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Sam Workman
Jones County
Martelle
Farm Bureau
Workman
Greenfield Township
Ki Tf Stover
Big West Branch Hog and Cattle Sale Preview
The Big West Branch sale on Thursday October 19 1933 lists hogs cattle and sheep for auction. Stock offered includes vaccinated Hampshire hogs Hereford cattle and white faced calves with financing options and a large line of brood sows open sows and yearlings. Also advertised are potatoes onions and horses for corn husking. Albin Kennedy and F L Pearson serve as clerks.
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BIG West
Hampshire
Marketing Problems Discussed In New Ames Bulletin
A Iowa State College bulletin argues co operative marketing groups should represent farmers in markets not act as middlemen. It notes shifts from central markets to trucking to plants, urges group action to target best paying buyers and states co operatives should select quality and weight for different markets.
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Ames
Co-Operative Marketing Association
Paul L. Miller
Geoffrey Shepherd
Agricultural Economics Department
Iowa State College
Iowa
Miller
Shepherd
Towa
Co-Operative Marketing Agency
Bulletin
Frost Nips Gardens Yet Corn Mostly Escapes Damage
The first killing frost of the season hit Manchester and surrounding areas. Most corn escaped damage with yields expected between forty and eighty bushels per acre. Farmers report plowing husking and selling potatoes at 1 50 to 1 85 per hundredweight and oats at 75 cents a sack.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Howard Mattson
Here
Randalia
Husking Under Way on Local Farms. Two Mills Lead
Husking is progressing on nearly all farms in the area. Webber Brothers were first to finish two weeks ago. Huskers are paid 2 cents per bushel. Sorghum yield reached 600 gallons at the Dan Gingerich mill and over 1,200 gallons at the Jerry Stutzman mill. Eli Stutzman, nephew of Mr Stutzman who helped, injured his hand in the mill and lost a finger.
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Littleton
Webber Brothers
Dan Gingerich
Jerry Stutzman
Stutzman
Eli Stutzman
1000 Acre Poultry Farm Near Matawan New Jersey
A poultry producer plans a 1000 acre settlement twelve miles south of Matawan New Jersey to house a farm colony named Collingwood. The project aims to cut out the middleman benefiting both producer and consumer and assist displaced families to reestablish themselves with business and housing options. Ice box cookie dough is mentioned as being stored in butter cartons and paraffined.
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Spreial
New York
Matawan
Collingwood
New York Storage Report Shows Large Egg Stocks
New York warehouse data shows 7,468,000 cases of eggs on hand as of Oct 1, 2,573,000 more than a year ago but 85,000 less than the 5-year Oct 1 average. Butter and cheese stocks are up, with cheese at 99,369,000 pounds, up 30,814,000 from a year ago. Dressed poultry reserves total 50,156,000 pounds, 13,473,000 above last year, with frozen poultry up 2,367,000 pounds in September. 10,838,000 pounds of frozen fowls and a 11,802,000-pound broiler surplus also noted.
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the Gazette
New York
Whitfield Advises Housing Space for Poultry Producers
Ames extension poultryman W R Whitfield says proper floor space reduces death loss and boosts production. He recommends three square feet per Leghorn and four for other chickens, plus maintenance steps before hens move to laying.
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The
Gazette
AMES
W. R. Whitfield
Ames Extension Poultryman
Whitfield
Hearings Start On Code For Serum Manufacturers
Washington DC J F Dalton of the code analysis section said hearings on the anti hog cholera serum code would be opened this week. The tentative code includes a 40 hour work week for general and office staff. A minimum wage of 40 cents an hour or 16 dollars weekly is set. It also stabilizes production by requiring May 1 serum stock equal to a percentage of the prior year's sales.
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Washington DC
J F Dalton
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
State Fair Board Reduced to Nine Members
Des Moines report notes the Iowa congressional redistricting cuts fair board seats from eleven to nine. One director from each district, Hoffman of Atlantic and Beckner of Clarinda in new districts, Weaver’s death shifts First district seat to E. T. Davis. The nine members will be elected at the agricultural convention on December 13.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Fair Board
Carl E. Hoffman
Atlantic
Hoffman
J. C. Beckner
Clarinda
First
H O Weaver
Wapello
E. T. Davis
Farm Auction Schedule for October Listings
A rundown of upcoming sales includes a 25 acre Robins farm by W. H. Plughaupt on Tuesday October 17, a farm sale 3 miles NW of Ely by W. J. Buresh on Wednesday October 18, a Poland China hog sale 6 miles SE of Monticello by Helgens Bros on Thursday October 19, and a West Branch Commission Company's sale.
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Robins
W. H. Plughaupt
Ely
W. J. Buresh
Poland
China
Monticello
Helgens Bros
West Branch Commission Company
Traer Farm Sells for 75 An Acre
The Joe Dvorak farm four miles south of Traer sold to Mrs. Michael Mochal of Clutter at 75 dollars per acre. Lloyd Crist, her son in law, will operate it. Dvorak will run the John Joens 116 acre farm eight miles north of Dysart.
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Traer
Joe Dvorak
Michael Mochal
Clutter
Lloyd Crist
Tipton Boy to Represent Iowa in Chicago Poultry Judging
Wallace Wingert of Tipton is selected as one of three Iowa delegates for the International Poultry Club judging contest in Chicago on December 4. He ranked among the top three in the Iowa state contest at Des Moines. Teammates are James Mowbray and Cecil Hutchins, with final state selections and practice in Ames on December 1 and 2.
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Tipton
Wallace Wingert
Iowa
Chicago
Wallace
Des Moines
James Mowbray
Cecil Hutchins
Ames
West Liberty Fair Association Elects New Officers
E. C. Kerr was elected president of the Union District Agricultural Society in West Liberty. Other officers include R. R. Wright as vice president and S. A. Bushman as treasurer. Two year directors are C P. Gibson W. H. Birkett James Stafford Leslie Steen W. E. Dice and A. N. Rabe. Kerr and Wright named delegate and alternate to Des Moines fair managers meeting in December.
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West Liberty
E. C. Kerr
Union District Agricultural Society
Mr. Kerr
W. W. Watters
R. R. Wright
S. A. Bushman
M. A. Hemmingway
C P. Gibson
W. H. Birkett
James Stafford
Leslie Steen
W. E. Dice
A. N. Rabe
Mr. Wright
Fair Managers
Des Moines
Husking Contest Planned Oct 31 in Fayette County
Rows of 120 rods long are laid out on the county farm three and a half miles north of Fayette for the annual corn husking contest scheduled Oct 31. Superintendent D C Carvey reports fifteen expert shockers are entered to determine Fayette county’s representative for the state contest at Audubon.
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Fayette
D. C. Carvey
Fayette County
Audubon
Cedar county corn husking contest set for Oct 21
The Cedar County corn husking contest is scheduled for October 21 with six entrants already and six more expected. A boys contest will follow the adults event. Sponsored by the Cedar County School Men's club, M A Crary, Smith-Hughes Instructor in Tipton schools, directs the contest.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Cedar County School Men's Club
M. A. Crary
Smith-Hughes
Hogs Bring $5.15 at Chicago Sale
Fay ette county farmer E L Holt sold sixty one hogs weighing 175 pounds each at Chicago Friday for 515 dollars per hundredweight, earning a total of 79 dollars?
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West Union
E. L. Holt
Fayette County
Chicago
Iowa Potato Crop Falls Short of Normal Through Oct 1
Iowa potato production reaches 5,070,000 bushels, 56 percent of normal, with sweet potatoes at 270,000 bushels and onions at 60 percent of normal. Apple crop 50 percent, pears 40 percent, grapes 72 percent. Herrick and Carl announce the 68th Iowa State Horticultural Society and 20th Iowa State Vegetable Growers Association conventions at Ames November 16–18, tied to the Little Midwest Horticultural exposition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. S. Herrick
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Leslie M. Carl
Randalia pullets begin laying at five months in Hazel Hall flock
Barred Rock pullets in Hazel Hall's Randalia flock have started laying at five months. They hatched March 20 and laid first eggs August 23. Current eggs are normal in size.
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Randalia
Hazel Hall
Corn Test Plots Harvested On Cedar County Farms
Cedar County farmers report corn yield results from multiple hybrids on Roy Joslin and Henry Johnson farms. The CLARENCE A Wallace 311 hybrid led with 123 bushels per acre at 18 percent moisture, followed by Paul Smith Center Junction at 106 bushels. Other varieties ranged from 100 to 95 bushels with moisture tests: Wallace 18, Smith 23, Rodent 20, Elijah 19, Screaming 17, Krug 20 percent.
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Gazette
Clarence
Wallace No
Roy Joslin
Here
Cedar County Farms Bureau
Paul Smith
Center Junction
Sodent
Earl Elijah
Screaming
Krug
Emmett Co. Gardner
Wallace
Rodent
Elijah Regular
Henry Johnson
West Branch
Farmer Hurt in Corn Elevator Mishap Near Mount Auburn
Herman Franzenberg, a farmer east of Mount Auburn, suffered a serious injury when his left arm was caught in a corn elevator chain on Thursday. He required numerous stitches to close the wound.
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Mount Auburn
Herman Franzenberg
Here
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