Farmers Vote 2 to 1 for 1935 Corn-Hog Plan Across 16 States
Farmers in sixteen states approve continuation of AAA corn hog controls with about 327,797 for and 166,362 against the 1935 program. The one contract per farm plan for 1936 loses by 232,999 to 229,480. Texas leads benefits in approval. Nebraska and Kansas strongly oppose continuation.
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Hicago
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Enarnihan
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
United States
Texas
Towa
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Minnesota
Issourt
Seoee
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Arkansas
Line
Iowa
Orth Dakota
Beet Sugar Growers Bonus To Exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars
Ames extension horticulturist H E Nichols reports a region meeting in Madison on October 18 to discuss the 1934 and 1935 beet sugar program with John E Dalton. In Iowa about 375 beet growers across Worth Winnebago Kossuth Hancock Cerro Gordo and Wright counties supply beets to American Crystal Sugar at Mason City. The plan offers growers 80 000 to 90 000 in addition to contract prices, with first checks by December 1 and advance 1 per ton on 1934 yield, plus a final 25 cent per ton parity guarantee and a tax refund on unsold 1933 beet production as of June 8 1934.
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Ames
H. E. Nichols
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Madison
Wis
United States
John E. Dalton
AAA
Iowa
Worth
Winnebago
Kossuth
Hancock
Cerro Gordo
Wright Counties
Nichols
Franklin
Mitchell
Floyd
American Crystal Sugar Company
Mason City
Delaware farmers vote on corn-hog program continuation
Farmers in sixteen townships of Delaware county cast 666 yes 276 no for 1935 continuation, and 497 no 382 yes for 1936 plan, in a final county vote reported by The Gazette.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Seed Corn Seeded for Optional Sale Under CCC Plan
A plan by the agricultural adjustment administration, approved by Secretary Wallace, allows optional sale of seed quality corn sealed as security for 55 cent loans. Farmers may receive a 20 cent advance, with sale at 1.00 per bushel by May 1, 1935, or sell privately for seed under written authority.
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Washington, D. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Prairieburg farmer comments on New Deal and farming costs
A. J. Beranek of Prairieburg discusses why he saves benefit checks for interest, his views on the Frazier-Lemke act, farm improvements, electric costs, taxation, and the New Deal. He notes overproduction, price margins, and hopes for price stabilization and continued relief programs.
Kruschen Salts Ad Promises Fat-Burning Daily Dose
World wide appeal to women for a slim attractive figure. The ad claims half a teaspoon daily in hot water before breakfast shrinks fat and boosts energy with bright eyes and clear skin. An 85c bottle lasts four weeks from May Drug Co with money back guarantee.
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May Drug Co
Speedy Nasal and Headache Relief Remedies
An ad style notice touts fast relief for colds headaches neuralgia and facial neural pain with liquid tablets salve and nose drops claimed to act within 30 minutes. It presents a rapid remedy lineup targeting first day symptoms and facial discomfort.
Butterfat Brings 28 At Central City Creamery
CENTRAL CITY The Farmers' Mutual creamery paid twenty eight cents a pound for butter fat received in the last two weeks of September. Great Britain began a list of missing women in 1885 and it now contains 6,000 names.
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Central City Creamery
Central City
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Great Britain
Winter corn price outlook for cattlemen in drought areas
Extension economists at Town State College assess whether corn prices will rise before June as a crop outlook limits storage costs. They note unusual factors this year such as lower livestock numbers despite liquidity, government aid to drought livestock, and potential relief when cattle and sheep liquidation ends.
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the Gazette
Ames
Town State College Extension
College Agricultural Economics Department
Illini Beans Yield 25 Bushels Per Acre Near Spencers Grove
SPENCERS GROVE John Bare living three and one half miles southeast of Spencers Grove threshed ten acres of soy beans yielding 210 bushels The Illini variety averaged twenty five bushels to the acre and the Manchu beans twenty bushels to the acre Fred Simpson of Oak Park Ill owner of a large farm in the Green Island drainage district in Jackson county plans to store 10000 bushels of his best seed corn this fall having rented part of a factory building at Bellevue for this purpose His farm land is fertile reclaimed from the Mississippi and Maquoketa rivers by a drainage project.
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Gpncal
Spencers Grove
John Bare
Maquoreta
Fred Simpson
Oak Park
Ill
Green Island
Jackson County
Bellevue
Mississippi
Maquoketa
South Bethel Farmers Harvest and Construction
In South Bethel during fair weather farmers cut hay, thresh millet and buckwheat, and dig potatoes. One farmer stored ten loads of oat and soybean hay from eight acres. Ralph Johnston dug two potatoes weighing three pounds each, eleven and fifteen inches long, with another nine and a half inch circumference. Will Whitmer plans a 40 by 60 foot barn to replace a barn destroyed by fire.
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Gasette
South Bethel
Ralph Johnston
Will Whitmer
Walnuts and potatoes highlight Edgewood farm report
Edgewood reporter notes J. W. Forward farm workers gathered a truckload of black walnuts for Scotch Grove nursery. Walnuts butternuts and hickory nuts show a bountiful crop this year. Late potatoes are harvested with a large, fine quality yield. Lou Kauffman gathered over 300 bushels from between one and one and
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Gazette
Edgewood
Frank Royden
Scotch Grove Nursery
J. W. Forward
Lou Kauffman
Coming Farm Auctions This Week Across Several Iowa Towns
A series of farm auctions announced for October lists Purley Sieanehs near Troy, Glenn Wagner near Central City, J. B. Seehusen at Center Junction, Miller's Duroc Sale at Lisbon, Page and Bowman at Beverly, Orben Schoff near Lost Nation, A A Le Grand near Walford, and Mrs John Cejka near Swisher. The sales span October 11 to October 23 with multiple livestock and farm properties on offer.
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Glenn Wagner
Central City
Chester White
J. B. Seehusen
South Center Junction
Miller’s Duroc
Lisbon
Page and Bowman
Beverly
A. A. le Grand
Walford
John Cejka
Potatoes and Land Fragments Reveal Local Notes
One half acre of land is described. Four potatoes filled an eight quart kettle after peeling. Some potatoes weigh more than three pounds each, indicating variable sizes in the harvest or story context.
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O. K
Clarence Farmers Pick Corn for Cribbing and Fodder
Clarence area farmers are harvesting corn with both hand and mechanical pickers. The crop is dry and of fair quality. Green corn has been cut for fodder or silo filling and for feeding stock.
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The
Gazette
Clarence
Farmer Albert Tells Millet Seed Harvest Under Corn Hog Rules
A. W. Albert of Tipton county threshed 378 bushels from nine acres of millet planted on government contracted land. Seed sold at 1.25 dollars per bushel, yielding 252 dollars per acre, plus government benefit payments. Seed sowing and harvesting followed lifted forage crop rules on contracted acres.
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Tipton
A. W. Albert
Mr. Albert
Cattle Pasture Dispute Leads to Attachment in Marion County
William Barnes of Marion County faces a writ of attachment over 32 head of cattle shipped to the Leslie Benfer farm for pasturing. Benfer seeks $111.37 plus interest and costs, alleging a contract from Aug 6 for pasture at $1.25 per head per month and alleging Barnes attempted to move the cattle from Benton County to divest Benfer of his claim.
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the Gazette
Vinton
William Barnes
Marion County
Leslie Benfer
James Knapp
Benfer
Barnes
Benton County
Iowa
Southern Iowa bluegrass pastures damaged by drought threaten feed
Iowa State College experts led by H D Hughes surveyed twenty southern counties finding 80 to 85 percent bluegrass loss in SW Iowa with some areas at 100 percent. They warn pastures may not recover until reseeding and propose winter rye as quick cover, noting seed costs and planting guidance.
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Pecal
Gasette
Ames
H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College Experiment Station
Hughes
F.S. Wilkins
H. L. Eichling
Extension Service
Iowa
Professor Hughes
Centerville
Albia
Atlantic
Union County
Public Sale of Chester White Boars and Gilts
Public sale at the farm one half mile south of Center Junction on Thursday October 18 at 1 00 PM features 25 boars and 15 gilts. Sired by Improver Lad, with Modern Improver a three time National Grand Champion. Dams noted as strong producers with proven blood lines. Herd cholera immuned. J B Seehu sen prep Onslow Savings Bank Clerk Tony Schmitz Auctioneer.
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Hampshire
Hampshires
Lost Nation
E. M. Burnett
Center Junction
Improver Lad
Modern Improver
Iowa
Nebraska
Valley Supreme
Valley Model
J. B. Seehusen
Onslow Savings Bank
Tony Schmitz
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CCC Credit Agent
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A. J
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