Iowa corn moisture drier than average aids loan programs
Iowa agriculture officials reported the 1938 corn crop averaged 21.5 percent moisture as of Oct 10, about 2 percent drier than the 10 year average. Test weight stood at 54.4 pounds per bushel and drought quality cited as good to excellent. Regional moisture ranged from 14 to 37 percent with a statewide yield test of 104.8 bushels per acre at Jones county. Joe Ladehoff led a husking contest with a 2520 pound load and 36 bushels.
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Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Northwest
North Central
Northeast
West Central
Central
East Central
Southwest
South Central
Southeast
Independence Township
Appanoose County
Sheridan Township
Poweshiek County
Production Changes Highlight 1938 Compared to Prior Periods
The data shows 1938 production rising 9,351,000 bushels over 1937 and above the 1927-36 average by 581,298,000 bushels, while increases over 1926-37 average are 26,586,000 bushels with 31,128,000 and 22,958,000 in other totals. A decrease of 3,628,000 bushels from the 1926-37 average is noted along with a 4,542,000 bushel figure.
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Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
North Dakota
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New England
Middle Atlantic States
Maine
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Vermont
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Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Con
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Grain Inspectors Report Low Traffic On New Crop Corn
H A Harlow Cedar Rapids federal grain supervisor says few cars of new crop corn have passed inspection this season. He notes moisture content ranging from 15.5 to 20 percent.
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H. A. Harlow
Cedar Rapids
New Corn Marketed At 27 And 28 Cents
Dysart farmers Albert Losenichy and William Palmer each sold 1000 bushels of new corn at Dysart last week. Corn tested 17 percent moisture and brought 27 to 28 cents per bushel. Rail shipments included nine cars of new soybeans and seven of corn. A 70 acre field on Vernie Melhaus farm yielded 70 bushels per acre. New two row corn pickers were bought by Hadacek and Paulsen, Leroy Lorenzen, Stanley Hlavacka, George Helm and J F Christian, one machine for custom work.
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Dysart
Albert Losenichy
William Palmer
Vernie Melhaus
Hadacek
Paulsen
Leroy Lorenzen
Stanley Hlavacka
George Helm
J. F. Christian
Garden Bounty Signals Unseasonal Harvest In Fall
Farm wives in South Bethel report radishes lettuce beans and flourishing violets and nasturtiums from gardens as patches of tomatoes yield better than in the ordinary fall season.
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South Bethel
Elgin Creamery Pays 29 Cents for Butterfat
Elgin Farmers Dairy patrons received 29 cents a pound for butterfat delivered in the last half of September. Bredal reports the payment as part of the Elgin creamery operations and dairy pricing.
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Elgin Creamery
Farm Bureau Calendar Linn County This Week
Linn county Farm Bureau scatters events across townships with trainings and meetings. Monday includes home project training in Linn township with Mrs A R Minish at 10 am and a Washington township home project meeting at 10 am with Mrs Larry Arnett. Marion hosts a women's chorus rehearsal at 2 pm in the library. Wednesday features a county health committee meeting at 1 30 pm at the Y W C A Cedar Rapids. Friday offers a home project meeting in Monroe township with Mrs Carl Edda at 10 am and a swine project meeting at 8 pm at the Legion hall in Marion.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Home Project
Linn Township
A. R. Minish
Washington Township
Larry Arnett
Marion Library
Y. W
C. A
Cedar Rapids
Monroe Township
Carl Edda
Legion Hall
Marion
State Meet Huskers To Be Determined In 3 District Contests
The three top finishers in each of five district elimination contests will qualify for the state corn husking contest Thursday at the Frank Fewell farm near Ringsted in Emmet county. Two district meets are set for Monday near Storm Lake and Stuart, with Tuesday sections near Mount Vernon Iowa Falls and Pleasant Grove. The Mount Vernon event is on the Fred Sargent farm two miles north on highway 261. Champion huskers from the northeast and east central counties will compete, while the southeast champions meet Vandemark Brothers farm on highway 61 north west of Burlington toward Pleasant Grove.
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Jones County
N. C. Holst Farm
Center Junction
Joe Ladehoff
Frank Remmington
Martello
Ladehoff
Mount Vernon
Frank Fewell
Ringsted
Emmet County
Storm Lake
Stuart
Iowa Falls
Pleasant Grove
Fred Sargent
Highway 261
Vandemark Brothers
Burlington
Fayette corn husking champ wins by big margin
Louis Denler, a middle aged farmer near Elgin, won the Fayette county corn husking contest on the Sinnott farm west of Fayette with 1562 net pounds in 80 minutes and no husk deductions. G Kirkestue of Ossian was runner up with 1483 pounds. about 500 people attended despite a cold mist.
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Fayette
Louis Denler
Elgin
Fayette County
P. N. Sinnott
G. Kirkestue
Ossian
Robert Krumpel
Arlington
Fort Wilbur
West Union
Harold Ehlers
Maynard
Will Weininger
Hawkeye
Harry Johnson
J. Wegner
Randalia
Doras Latham
Oelwein
O. Johnson
Wadena
Washington county corn husking winner tops eight entries
Ralph Kintz of Crawfordsville won the Washington county meet with a gross 1,850 pounds and net 1,738 pounds. Elmus Brenneman of Riverside was runner up with 1,638 net, and Dwight Hoyle of Washington ranked third with 1,636 net as the Tom Swift farm hosted the event. Other place runners include Alvin Hahn Elmer Kintz Simmons Warren Davis and Raymond Gordon. Arnold Brandt of Earlville won the Delaware county title with 2,164 net pounds at Ralph Childs farm near Manchester. Leo Ament of Hopkinton was runner up with 1,869 net pounds.
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Gazette
Washington
Ralph Kintz
Crawfordsville
Elmus Brenneman
Riverside
Dwight Hoyle
Tom Swift
Alvin Hahn
Elmer Kintz
Ainsworth
Simmons
West Chester
Warren Davis
Keota
Raymond Gordon
Manchester
Arnold Brandt
Earlville
Delaware County
Ralph Childs
Brandt
Leo Ament
Hopkinton
James Long
Reynold Grees
Fred Scobel
August de- Keyser
Donald Binning
Greeley
George Long
Oneida
Frank Bishop
Earl
Manchester Names Evlen Maurer Roscoe Willard Ivon Sutton
Evlen Maurer of Manchester joins Roscoe Willard of Hopkinton and Ivon Sutton of Manchester in the list of residents mentioned.
Winneshiek County Huskings Highlight Winners
Decorah man Willie Bart husked 1 434 pounds to win the Winneshiek county corn husking contest at the Albert Newhouse farm near Burr Oak. Roy Fleming of Ridgeway was runner up with 1 332 pounds. The yield was about 70 bushels per acre. Mrs Julius Selness of Highland township won the county women’s contest with 260 pounds in twenty minutes.
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Decorah
Willie Bart
Winneshiek County
Roy Fleming
Ridgeway
Albert Newhouse
Burr Oak
Julius Selness
Highland Township
World Wheat Crop Reaches All Time High In Record Estimate
The agriculture department estimated this year's world wheat production at 4.365 billion bushels, up 525 million from last year and excluding Russia and China. Northern hemisphere output rose, while Argentina and Australia show gains. World stocks total 595 million, with world supplies at 4.96 billion. US supplies reach 1.094 billion, with possible carryover near 100 million if consumption hits 3.83 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia
China
Argentina
Australia
Department
United States
Boars Bring High Prices at Poland China Sale
Top boar sold for $100 to George Collins of Jesup, with next at $85 to Albert Reuss of West Liberty and third at $62.50 to Henry Menster of Cascade. Twenty five boars averaged $43.36. twenty eight gifts $36.08. Total sales $2,163 as buyers from many towns attended. Auctioneers were H. S. Duncan and Fay Miller.
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Independence
R. F
Poland
China
George Collins
Jesup
Albert Reuss
West Liberty
Henry Menster
Cascade
H. S. Duncan
Fort Dodge
Fay Miller
Farm Auctions Schedule For Iowa And Texas Listings
Upcoming farm auctions include Mrs. Marion Cuhel closing out sale 6 miles NW of Cedar Rapids and A. C. Grebe closing out 2 miles NW of Garrison in Texas cattle near Mount Pleasant on Tuesday October 25. Northeast Iowa Duroc Breeders sale occurs in Independence on Wednesday October 26.
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Marion Cuhel
Cedar Rapids
A. C. Grebe
Garrison
Texas
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Duroc Breeders’ Sale
Independence
Sound
T.B
Bangs
Jean Deere
Marion Cuhel Auma
Laveem
W. T. Milchell
Ancts
B. MN. Fitsgerald
Ciert
Butter purchases top four million pounds in Iowa
Iowa emergency relief officials report federal buys of surplus butter in the first half of 1938 exceeded 4 million pounds. The estimate uses Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports tracing butter reaching eastern markets through Iowa sources.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Emergency Relief Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
IERA
FSCC Purchases Rise in Butter Market Report
The federal surplus commodities corporation bought 2,286,963 pounds of butter in New York and Chicago, with total FSCC butter purchases reaching 19,436,149 pounds to date. DPMA purchases total 113,179,685 pounds. A quarter-cent rise for 90 score butter in Chicago marks market activity, while receipts at major markets totaled 9,612,274 pounds through Thursday, down from the prior week.
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FSCC
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
New York
Chicago
Dairy Products Marketing Association
DPMA
Boston
Philadelphia
Farm cash income for September tops seven hundred million
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimated September farm cash income at 764 million dollars. Government benefit payments added 27 million. For the first nine months, income totaled about 5.377 billion, down 13 percent from 6.17 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Corn production by region and farm act views in 1938
The piece cites USDA crop report figures as of Oct 1 showing southern farmers increasing corn output and the 14 cotton states producing 590 649 000 bushels, up from last year. It notes higher than last year in the corn belt due to hybrid seed and favorable weather, and discusses New England and middle Atlantic, western states, and overall U S production at 2 459 316 000 bushels for 1938. It cites Walter W Wilcox Ames economist on the 1938 farm act and concludes with critique of farm stability tied toindustrial stability.
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Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Des Moines
Corn Belt
AAA
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Western States
Ames
Ely
J. Wilcox
2 Price System To Be Tried Out Soon
The agriculture department plans a limited start of a 2 price program to sell surplus farm products to low income families at cut rate prices. Officials expect 4 to 6 million eligible, with distribution through stores or relief centers and potential use of consumer cards.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
WPA
Farm Security Administration
Net
Boston
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Relief
Dinnebier Captures Black Hawk County Corn Husking Title
Edward Dinnebier defeated his brother William the 1937 titleholder to win the Black Hawk county corn husking contest on Paul Neubel farm near Dunkerton. He husked a net 2 128.8 pounds and will compete in the district contest near Mount Vernon on Tuesday.
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Waterloo
Edward Dinnebier
William
Black Hawk County
Paul Neubel
Dunkerton
Mount Vernon
Ladehoff to Represent Scott County in District Corn Husking
Davenport AP Henry Ladehoff 23 of near Walcott will represent Scott county in the district corn husking contest in Indianapolis Tuesday after winning the Scott county event at the Gus Meinert farm southeast of Maysville. Ladehoff topped with 1747.2 pounds while Clyde Tague Le Claire former 1937 Scott winner was second with 1744 pounds.
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Davenport
Henry Ladehoff
Near
Walcott
Scott County
Mediapolis
Gus Meinert
Maysville
Ladehoff
Clyde Tague
le Claire
Iowa
Board of Trade to Run Grain Marketing Study
Chicago based grain exchange institute will offer a comprehensive course on grain and its market at the Chicago Board of Trade every Thursday afternoon through winter starting November 3. The program is sponsored by the Association of Grain Commission Merchants of the exchange.
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Chicago
Grain Exchange Institute
Chicago Board of Trade
Association of Grain Commission Merchants of
4 H Feeder Lambs Buy 3000 Range Lambs
Iowa 4-H feeders distributed over 3600 western lambs to club members from Sioux City Spencer Waterloo Des Moines and Omaha. Each boy feeds 16 head with the project now in its third year and aims to teach buying feeding and management of feeder lambs as prices shift and losses noted last year.
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Ames
Westtern
Iowa
C. W. McDonald
Sioux City
Spencer
Waterloo
Des Moines
McDonald
Omaha
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