Two Carloads of New Corn Show Low Moisture at Cedar Rapids
New corn arriving in Cedar Rapids recorded unusually low moisture, with two carloads from Pocahontas county graded No. 2 yellow and weighing 54.5 pounds to the bushel and moisture at 14.4 percent. Consignors Clanton and Steffen of Laurens sold corn bought by Piper elevator at Laurens. Other cars tested show moisture 18.2 and 17.5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Pocahontas County
George W. Ramsey, Jr
Chicago Board of Trade
George M Booth
Piper Grain and Milling Company
Ramsey
Booth
Piper
Laurens
Clanton
Steffen
Piper Company
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Cholera Outbreaks Reported by Eastern Town Veterinary Association
The Eastern Town Veterinary Association reports numerous hog cholera outbreaks in a ten day span. Dr L W Kellogg, chair of the policy committee, lists affected areas including Linn county Swisher Cedar Rapids Fairfax Mount Vernon Lisbon Walker Center Point Johnson Swisher Iowa City Benton Vinton Blairstown Atkins Newhall Norway Jones Wyoming Martelli Scott Dixon Poweshick Brooklyn Buenanan Winthrop Grand Wellsburg Grundy Center Clinton Lost Nation Clinton Foiletts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Town Veterinary Association
L. W Kellogg
Linn County
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Walker
Center Point
Johnson— Swisher
Iowa City
Benton— Vinton
Blaistown
Atkins
Newhall
Norway
Jones—Wyoming
Martelli
Scott Dixon
Poweshick
Brooklyn
Buenanan
Winthrop
Grand
Wellsburg
Cedar Rapids Residents Seek Herbal Sleep Aid
Hundreds of Cedar Rapids residents report relief from sleeplessness after trying Gly-Cus, a new herbal remedy promoted at a storefront on First Street and Phuadagenie Sk by the Gly-Cus Man. Store staff claim the product calms nerves and eases leg discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Phuadagenie Sk
Gly-Cas advertised claim relieves rheumatic pain
A lengthy advertisement touts Gly-Cas as a cure for rheumatic pain and stiffness. It features a testimonial praising relief after years of discomfort and invites readers to visit the Thrifty Drug Store at First Street and Third Avenue SE for demonstrations and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Perms Arid
Beon
Ana
First Street
Third Avenue SE
Fence Driet Captured in Woven Wire Scene
Fragmentary report describes a fence driet caught in woven wire near Waubeek with remarks from Henry Hromek Gazette composing room foreman praising a view from a cabin above the bluff. Several Iowa towns are named in relation to a spar or match with Pilot Dan Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hromek Gazette
Waubeek
Peculiar Hybrid Corn Experiment Reported In Iowa County
Special to the Gazette growth tall ears and colorful husks described from IT. A Lillie farm plots yield data with 116 and 210 bushels per acre in tested varieties. Open pollinated strains produced 91 and 85 bushels while two ears per stalk proved weaker. Nearby farmers butchered hogs for corn season meat preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Washington Township
Blairstown
Morgenthau Asked to Speed Up Loans
A group of state agriculture commissioners urged Secretary Morgenthau to accelerate farm loan machinery, liberalize property appraisals, and press Congress to cut farm loan interest. They proposed cattle surplus reduction, better sanitary standards, and a nationwide bovine tuberculosis and Bangs disease test. They also asked for truck regulations to be included in the national recovery program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Morgenthau
The
Farm Credit Administration
National Association of State Commissioners
Departments of Agriculture
Morgenthau
Secretary
Henry A Wallace
Bang
Roosevelt
Wallace
H Stafford
Helena
Mont
Wheat Plan To Be Pattern For Corn Hog Organization
AMES Iowa State College extension chief R K Bliss says the corn hog program will mirror the wheat program with extension workers guiding education and organization. Washington has authorized staff to launch the plan, with township and county meetings to explain details, and farmers forming county control associations to handle contracts and applications. The aim is to raise hog and corn prices to parity by planned production addressing domestic demand and past foreign market losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
AMES
Iowa
R K Bliss
Iowa State College
Bliss
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Strawberries Point FFA Tests Hybrid Corn Varieties
The Strawberry Point Future Farmers chapter husked a corn variety test plot this season. Moisture tests will determine results. Varieties tested include Kaingerost Reid No 13, Kingcrost Minnesota No 13, Knights, and several hybrids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Future Farmers Chapter
Kaingerost
Reid
Kingcrost
Minnesota
Knights
Keystone Man Wins Annual Itusking Contest In Benton
Keystone resident Henry Schafbach won the Benton county corn husking derby at the Schild farm near Belle Plaine with a net 2 052 pounds and 29 3 10 bushels in one hour and twenty minutes. Leon Salans placed second with 1 944 pounds, while 11 others followed in order. The event was overseen by L L Falck and W A Geiger as county champion qualifiers for the state meet at Audubon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Henry Schafbach
Keystone
G. S. Schild
Schafhbuch
L. L. Falck
W. A Geiger
Vinton
Schafbach
Audubon
Faick Leon Saleans
Schild
L. A. Westphal
Blairstown
Leo Ochenfels
Norway
Joe Jans
William Nebendahl
Elberon
Joe Klink
Luzerne
Lewis Junge
Chris Jensen
Shellsburg
Clarence Featherkil
Urbana
Victor Ochenfels
Milo Madeson
Jim Madeson
Belle Blaine
36 Short Courses Planned At Ames This Year And Next
Iowa State college announces 36 short courses for 1933 34 covering agriculture home economics and engineering. Highlights include farm and home week the five day daily short course and sessions for beekeepers fruit growers vegetable growers and others with dates running from October 1933 to October 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
R. M. Visquain
Iowa State College
Visquain
C F. Curtiss
Bargains in livestock and farm machinery offered in Want Ads
Advertisers highlight low prices in classification 38 Want Ads as the quickest way to sell livestock and farm machinery. Consumers are urged to cash in by placing or responding to ads to reach buyers seeking bargains.
Monticello Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers' Mutual creamery in Monticello receive 27 cents per pound for last half September butterfat. This payment rate applies to all butterfat delivered to the creamery during that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Creamery
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
New Map Guides National Policy On Land Use
Washington DC bureau of agricultural economics maps the physical basis for agricultural land use in the United States. The regional map highlights areas with uncertain use versus those with clear best uses, emphasizing the midcontinent region as demonstrated quality supporting remunerative agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Cucumbers Brined at Marshalltown Station Reach New High
About 350 000 pounds of cucumbers were sorted and brined this season at the Marshalltown pickling plant. The largest day saw 16 670 pounds, with 54 acres contracted locally and a good yield. Four new tanks were added bringing total to 26. 80 000 pounds shipped to Independence oil tanks. station opened July 24 and closed Sept 30 with four men and three girls employed plus 14 helpers under the NRA program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Marshalltown
Kyle Gerstenberger
Ernest Eschen
Casper Fabian
NRA
Independence
Sam Wintraub
Cattle Auction Tops At Forty In Columbus Junction Sale
One hundred twenty five head passed through the ring at the Midway pavilion consignment sale in Columbus Junction. Milk cows topped at 40 dollars while broad sows sold 12 to 15 dollars and 60 pound lambs brought 475 to 550 a hundred. Pullets 27 to 32 cents each. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan acted as auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Midway Pavilion
Jonathan
Paul Klotz
H M. Duncan
Little International Livestock Show Planned at Town State
Students at Town State college will hold the twentieth Little International on October 20. The event mirrors the Chicago exposition and is sponsored by the Black and Bridle club. About 200 students are expected to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Town State College
Farm Auction Schedule Lightly Noted in Cedar Rapids and Troy Mills
A consignment sale is listed for Friday October 20 at Reload yards Cedar Rapids. An estate sale for Elias Shaffer is scheduled three miles southeast of Troy Mills on Thursday October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Elias Shaffer
Troy Mills
Annual American Royal Livestock and FFA Meet in Kansas City
3 500 boys and girls are expected to attend the thirty fifth annual American Royal Livestock and Horse show in Kansas City from November 18 to 25. The event includes the eleventh annual 4 H club conference, the eighth annual Future Farmers of America convention, finals of the national vocational high school public speaking contest, and the first interstate meeting of Future Homemakers. Last year more than 3 600 members from most states registered, bringing fat cattle pigs and lambs to compete in three interstate livestock judging contests. Junior activities include meat judging and identification contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Kansas City
American Royal Livestock
Future Farmers of America
American Royal
Vocational Agricultural High
Minimum rate rule extended for year in Illinois Central plan
Waterloo livestock agents report Illinois Central extends minimum carload weights from 16000 to 10000 pounds for the year. The 100 mile rate remains 23 cents per hundredweight with mixing allowed. Applicable from Cedar Rapids to South Omaha and Ehreney within the specified radii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ilnois Central Railway
Western Trunk Line Executive Committee
M. J. Fitcher
Lvestock
Illinois Central
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
South Omaha
Ehreney
Wellman Dairyman Lines Silo With Tin
Wellman dairy farmer Ed Swartzendruber lined his stave silo with tin to prevent spoilage this year He plans to paint the tin with creosote each fall to keep the peldt from eating the metal during ensilage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Ed Swartzendruber
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Fred Jewell
Dan Hunter
Toledo
Tama
Williamsburg
Tipton
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Oclwein
Minnehester
Marton
Iowa County
Shaffer
Jacom Shaleer
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pirst Street
Tree Delivery Dial
Berry
Lenk
Pattie
Chase
Mile’s Market
Mickleberry
Ealmor
American Cranberry Exchange
West Broadway
New York
Cranberries
Benton
Calhoun County
Rockwell City
Art Stumpf
Wednesday
Clarence Pitstick
J. C. Morris Farm
Here
Henry Schafbuch
Buehler
Little International
Fashion Agate
MODEL
Hoover Men
Hoover
Iowa Electric Light & Power Company
Granby
Wellman Dairyman
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