Rebuying Privilege Seen As No Great Factor In Price Of Corn
Iowa expert Lauren Soth argues the 1937 sealing program has little impact on current corn prices. He predicts the 1938 loan program will lift market prices toward loan value while futures stay below. He cites only 47 million bushels sealed and a record feed supply as reasons for low prices, with Iowa bids around 30 to 32 cents.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Lauren K. Soth
Farm Outlook
Ames
Iowa Daily Press Association
Joan
Soth
United States
Site Announced For Corn Husking Meet In Johnson
The annual corn husking contest for Johnson County farmers will be staged Friday at the John Winborn farm near Sharon Center. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner said Tuesday. The committee in charge includes John OʼConnor Lone Tree chairman Earl Thomas Iowa City and Louis Kroul Solon.
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Cozette
Iowa City
Johnson County
John Winborn
Sharon Center
Emmett C. Gardner
John O'Connor
Lone Tree
Earl Thomas
Louis Kroul
Solon
Farm Auction Schedule From Oct. 19 to Oct. 25
A list of farm auctions includes C. J Sueppel Hampshire sale at Mount Vernon on Oct. 19 followed by John Butler sale near Lisbon with 113 acres and dairy cattle at Anamosa. Beverly Livestock Auction. Ja Live Stock Exchange in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 21. Jurgens Brothers Chester Whites and Ernest Melberg stock and machinery near Van Horne and Norway on Oct. 22. Mrs. Marion Cuhel closing out near Cedar Rapids on Oct. 25.
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C. J Sueppel
Mount Vernon
John Butler
Lisbon
Anamosa Livestock
Beverly Livestock Auction
Ja_ Livestock exchange
Cedar Rapids
Jurgens Brothers Chester Whites
van Horne
Ernest Melberg
Norway
Marion Cuhel
Towilt
No. II
T.H
John Deere
California Youth Wins Future Farmer Oratorical Contest
Leslie H W Standlea, 18, Ontario California, won the 1938 national Future Farmers of America oratorical championship in Kansas City. He urged chemical research to advance agriculture, industry and government, stressing new crops and farm chemistry. He received a $250 prize and two gold medals. Arthur Olson of Austin Minnesota took second place earning $200.
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Kansas City
Leslie HW Standlea
Ontario
Calif
Farmers of America
Standlea
Arthur Olson
Austin
Hybrid corn demonstration yields 99 to 111 bushels per acre
A demonstration plot on Forrest Shrope farm two miles south of Mechanicsville reported yields from 99 to 111 bushels per acre with moisture at 15 percent. The earliest of ten strains showed the lowest yield.
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Mechanicsville
Forrest Shrope
Sorghum yields rise as cane price prompts strong production
Special to The Gazette reports Fredonia sorghum from local cane selling at 89 cents a gallon with mills operating on shares. Cane this year yields about 100 gallons per acre, while nearby counties show robust harvests in corn and soybeans across Winneshiek and surrounding areas.
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Fredonia
Winneshiek Hog Growers Meetings Begin Oct. 20
ECORAH Oct. 20 at Decorah high school the first of a three meeting series will discuss hog sanitation and management. Topics include swine herd improvement breeding stock selection and winter feeding. Dr K W Stouder extension veterinarian will address flu necropsy worms and other hog ailments.
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Gazette
Ecorah
Decorah High School
K. W. Stouder
250 Pound Calves Bring $24.50 At Washington
Washington cattle sale reports strong demand as 27 Hereford calves 250 pounds average $24.50, 21 steers 300 pounds also $24.50, and 12 steers 600 pounds at $43.25. Piggy brood sows brought $3.25, spring ewes averaged $655 per head, with 361 head of livestock sold.
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Washington
Washington County Corn Husking Contest Planned for Saturday
The annual Washington county corn husking contest will be staged Saturday on Tom Swift farm 5 miles northeast of Washington. County Agent W. J. Roudabush said the hybrid corn field is expected to yield 60 bushels per acre. Husking begins at 11 am with six of eight contestants entered including Dwight Hoyle, state champion in 1936 and 1937, Herb Simmons, Warren Davis, Ralph Krantz, Elmer Krantz, and Elmus Brenneman.
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Washington
Washington County
Tom Swift
W. J. Roudabush
Dwight Hoyle
Herb Simmons
West Chester
Warren Davis
Keola
Ralph Krantz
Crawfordsville
Elmer Krantz
Ainsworth
Elmus Brenneman
Riverside
Louisa county corn husking entrants list at Morning Sun farm
Entrants for the Louisa county corn husking meet on the W B Totemeier farm near Morning Sun include Wade Scranton Columbus Junction Harley McGill Letts Morris Hutchinson Charles Stodgell Everett Johnson Wapello Charles Morgan Letts and Verne Wilson Columbus Junction. The Louisa county winner advances to a Des Moines district meet on Oct 25. SCOTCH GROVE entry list for the Jones county shucking bee on the N C Holst farm southeast of Scotch Grove features three past county champions Joe Ladehoff Cen
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Wapello
Louisa County
Scotch Grove
Jones County
N. C. Holst
Joe Ladehoff
Cen
Center Junction and Wyoming idle in racing history
John Mortensen of Center Junction dominated the early 1930s with wins in 1932 1933 and 1934. Harvey Grover from Wyoming captured the 1937 championship, following a string of remarkable performances by regional racers across the period.
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Ter Junction
John Mortensen
Center Junction
Harvey Grover
Wyoming
Allamakee Cow Test Averages Milk and Butterfat
Special to The Gazette WAUKON The Allamakee County Cow Test association No 1 with 518 cows on test and 106 dry averaged 452 pounds of milk and 19.6 pounds of butterfat Howard Gordon tester reports The William Christofferson herd of twenty four grade Holsteins three dry topped the association with an average of 860 pounds of milk and 30.4 pounds of butterfat A grade Holstein in the C H Hagen herd was high individual with production of 1845 pounds of milk and 56.2 pounds of butterfat
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Howard Gordon
William Christofferson
C. H Hagen
Auction Inventory Include Horses Cattle Machinery and Farm Oddments
On grounds at Taft an auction offers two horses smooth mouth two good milk cows and dairy stock including two Duroc Jersey boars one Duroc Jersey gilt plus seven purebred Berkshire boars and three dozen pullets. Also sows pits hay oats tools and farm machinery under cash terms with Ernest Melberg Benton Co Savings Bank as guarantor. Harry Hartz clerk. Auct.
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Berkshire
Taft
Deering
Harrow
Hayes Corn
Ernest Melberg
Test Plot Corn Shows As High As 35 Per Cent Water
Winneshieck county corn test plot yields ranged 68 to 95 bushels per acre with moisture content from 21.9 to 35.6 percent. Twenty one hybrid varieties, three open pollinated, and one second year hybrid were studied. Second year hybrid had higher moisture and yielded eleven bushels less than the first year hybrid. County Agent E. J. Weigle reports.
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Spreiel
The
Gazette
Corah
Winneshieck County
E. J. Weigle
Gas Tank on Corn Picker Explodes Near Blairstown
Harold Plagmann, about 22, son of G. H. Plagmann, escaped injury Monday when a gasoline tank on a corn picker exploded two miles northwest of Blairstown. The tractor pulling the picker was damaged and fire threatened the field until Blairstown fire department confined the blaze to the explosion site.
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Gazette
Blairstown
Harold Plagmann
G. H. Plagmann
Corn Husks Ignite After Manifold Fire Causes Gasoline Ignition
A fire started by corn husks catching from the manifold ignited gasoline. No injuries reported as firefighters contained the blaze.
Harvest Sunday Planned by Iowa Farm Bureau
Eastern Iowa Farm Bureau organizations announced the annual Harvest Sunday to be held on November 20 in Iowa. The Iowa Farm Bureau federation sponsors the event and has invited more than 1,000 associate clergy members to cooperate with special services. City residents will visit rural churches and speak with neighbor farmers during the day.
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Eastern
Iowa Farm Bureau of
Bganizations Today
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
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