Meat Demand Rises By Half Billion Pounds In Year
AP reports T Henry Foster, leader of the Institute of American Meat Packers, says meat production and consumption grew by about 500 million pounds in the last year, a 5 percent rise. He notes federally inspected output will reach roughly 11.39 billion pounds this year with a predicted 12.2 billion in 1940, signaling a return to normal production after droughts.
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T. Henry Foster
The
Institute of American Meat Packers
Institute
Foster
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
McClure Wins Poweshiek County Corn Yield Contest
Raymond McClure of near Malcom wins the Poweshiek county 10 acre corn yield test for 163.23 bushels per acre. Second place goes to Lyle Herman of Malcom with 134.49 bushels, followed by John Roudabush of Brooklyn at 128.14. A farmer committee, County Agent H F Muller and Club Agent L D Brown, selected ten representative samples for weighing.
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Brooklyn
Raymond McClure
Malcom
Poweshiek County
Poweshiek County Farm Bureau
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
McClure
Lyle Herman
John Roudabush
H. F. Muller
L. D. Brown
Linn Cattle Feeders Set Meeting in Marion Oct 25
Rex Beresford Ames extension animal husbandman will speak at the Linn county fall cattle feeders meeting in Memorial hall Marion Wednesday at 8 p.m. He will present movement of feeder cattle into the corn belt and lead a round table on feeding problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
Linn County
Memorial Hall
Marion
Rex B. Conn
Beresford
Corn Belt
Corn Harvest Yields 80 to 90 Bushels per Acre
Following dry weather and heavy frosts, fields around Oxford Junction report corn in good condition for picking storing and early feeding. Many fields yield from 80 to 90 bushels per acre.
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Oxford Junction
Farm Credit Administration loans total 458 million
Since 1933 the 13 FCA banks have lent to 2,400 cooperative farmers' associations totaling 458 million dollars. District bank presidents and secretaries meet for a week on financing policies. S. D. Sanders notes agricultural cooperation is stronger than ever.
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Washington
INS
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
S. D. Sanders
Cooperative Bank
Counties Assigned for Six District Cornhusking Meets
Iowa assigns counties to district cornhusking meets for Oct 24 26 27 with state meet set for Oct 31 near Fairfield. Districts list participating counties, with venue farms and locations across Mitchellville Atlantic Hartley Mason City Clarence Cedar Falls and Cedar Falls Black Hawk county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Arthur Thompson
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Fairfield
South Central
Ida Patterson
Mitchellville
Polk County
Boone, Story
Marshall
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Mahaska
Lucas
Monroe
Appanoose
Davis
Wapello
Wayland Hopley
Atlantic
Greene
Guthrie
Shelby
Cass
Adair
Union
Taylor
Ringgold
Audubon
Carroll
Monona
Adams
William Kramme
Hartley
O’brien County
Lyon
Dickinson
O'Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Sac
Woodbury
Crawford
Lum Brown
Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Kossuth
Worth
Cerro Gordo
Humboldt
Webster
Wright
Hamilton
Hardin
Franklin
Butler
Bremer
John Grieg
Clarence
Cedar County
Poweshiek
Johnson
Cedar
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Louisa
Henry
Jefferson
van Buren
Charles Heerst
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton
Grundy
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Benton
Linn and
Jones
Corn Ear Reaches 26 Rows Near Luana
Special to The Gazette Luana reports William Miene Jr with ears of yellow hybrid corn showing 26 rows of kernels. Ears with 20 to 22 rows are large, but 26-row ears exceed anything he has found. Mr Miene notes the unusual yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miene, Jr
Miene
Maynard Co operative creamery pays 30 cents a pound for but terfat
The Maynard Co operative creamery paid its patrons thirty cents per pound for butterfat delivered during September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery
Movement of alfalfa and red clover seed market update
The Agricultural Marketing service reports alfalfa seed movement in 1939 faster than last year but below the 1933-37 average. By Oct 10 about 40 percent sold, with high sales in southeast Kansas and western Oklahoma, and low in Utah and Wisconsin. Prices to growers averaged 16.40 for common seed and 19.10 for Grimm per 100 pounds. Red clover seed movement is faster than last year, near the 1933-37 average, with about 35 percent sold by Oct 3 and prices at 14.50 per 100 pounds. Imports and year comparisons are noted.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
Kansas
Oklahoma
Utah
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Oregon
Agricultural Marketing Service Weekly
United States
West North Central States
East North Central States
Midway
McGregor Elevator Bonded as State Corn Warehouse
McGregor Iowa steps in as a state bonded warehouse for 1938 crop corn handed to the Commodity Credit Corporation. W A Myers Grain and Fuel Co operates five 7,000 bushel bins. 4,000 bushels stored already with full capacity soon. Farmers shell and haul. government covers hauling if farm is over 10 miles away. The owner earns one cent per bushel on intake and one cent per bushel on shipment, plus monthly storage payments if held beyond a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
W. A. Myers Grain and Fuel Company
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Auction Dates Across Iowa Nebraska Illinois
Auction listings for Tuesday October 24 include Ia City Sales Co at Ia City and Atkinson Livestock Market in Atkinson Nebraska for Frances Votroudek Estate administrator sale in Fairfax. Thursday October 26 features Mercer Co Berkshire Breeders Association auction in Aledo Illinois.
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City Sales Co
Atkinson Livestock Market
Atkinson, Neb
Frances Votroudek
Fairfax
Mercer Co
Berkshire Breeders Assn
Aledo
Mercer County Berkshire Breeders Association
Berkshire
Ill
A Country Woman Reflects on Hill Dwellers Life
The piece invites readers to travel through Missouri and Arkansas hills to observe hill folk who live simply and contentedly. It portrays them as sturdy individualists with socialist leanings, unhurried and satisfied with their harvests, offering a new outlook on living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Arkansas
Ak-Sar-Ben Show Declares World’s Largest Staged Event
At Omaha 4-H youths from five states watched 500 calves culled in preliminary judging as 500 remain to be judged. The Ak-Sar-Ben exposition opened with a flower show and band contests drawing about 6,000 spectators. A total of 1,049 entries marked it the largest baby beef show ever staged.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Kansas
F. F. Reed
L. l. Frisbie
Tipton man husks 100 to 110 bu corn daily without peg
Ed Klippe works at the Fred Butterbordt farm northeast of Tipton and has turned in a husking record showing 100 to 110 bushels of corn daily without the use of a peg. His husking is described as clean and consistent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Ed Klippe
Fred Butterbordt
Klippe
Kinross Farm Hand Husked 200 Bushels of Corn
South English man Glen Skerd 35 on the Charley Herr farm three miles south of Kinross husked 200 bushels of corn in one day. He started at 6 a.m. and by 3 40 p.m. had 172, by 5 30 p.m. reached 200. The corn stood high and yielded about 110 bushels per acre. He also unloaded his own corn with an elevator.
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Glen Skerd
Charley Herr
Kinross
Skerd
W. B. Hamilton Set to Speak in Independence November 21
Independence delegates announce the Buchanan county Farm Bureau membership drive November 20 to 25 with district organizer Ray Bell assisting. W. B. Hamilton, secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, will address the gathering on November 21.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
N. G. Maley
P. M. Watson
Robert Reed
Ross Cherry
H. G. Seeman
Ray Bell
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Butter Markets Fluctuate Through Week Ending Oct 20
Market weakness followed a brief early firmness in butter. 92 score butter rose 4.5 cents Monday, then declined by week end with drops of 0.44 and 0.25 cents on subsequent days. Stocks rose while demand remained steady and production lagged behind last year, as storage use increased across major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Chicago
Agricultural Marketing Service
New York
New York City
Britain Satisfied With War's Conduct and Preparations
London reports the first 50 days of war as well spent while questions loom on the war's nature. British air defenses claim 16 enemy aircraft down in a week as Goebbels attacks on Churchill dominate headlines. Food rationing plans advance with 46 million cards ready and Nov 13 eyed as rationing start. Firth of Forth air raid warning briefly sounded amid North Sea drone raids.
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London
Great Britain
North Sea
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Air Ministry
United States
William E. Borah
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Winston Churchill
Lord
The
Admiralty
Goebbels
the Herald
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Germany's fighting strength across eras compared with 1914 18
Analysis by United Press compares Germany and Allied power in air sea and land. It notes no clear overall advantage versus 1914 18 with forces matched and Germany relying on submarines and aircraft carriers while Britain and France strengthen land defenses and naval fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United Press
Fire destroys 40 acres of corn near Ryan
A fire four miles south of Ryan at the Harry Reed farm destroyed 40 acres of corn. Fire officials from Coggan and Ryan, aided by volunteers, believed the blaze started from a carelessly thrown cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
the Gazette
Harry Reed
Coggan
Barn Fire Destroys Welsh Farm Near Waukon
A Sunday evening blaze of unknown origin destroyed a large barn on the Patrick L. Welsh farm eight miles northeast of Waukon. Hay, farm machinery and harness were burned. firefighters battled several hours to save nearby buildings. Loss ranged from 3500 to 4000 dollars with some insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Patrick L. Welsh
Huge potato weighs in at near Luana records
Dan McNeil, a Luana area farmer, reports a harvested potato this year weighing 2 pounds 2 ounces and measuring 16 inches long with a 12 inch circumference as a notable local yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Luana
Dan McNeil
Conscience Hurts Wireless Pioneer
Paris AP reports Edouard Branly, a pioneer in wireless telegraph development, celebrated his 95th birthday Monday without a radio in his home. He told friends it bothers him to think he helped invent it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Edouard Branly
Notice of Will Probate in Cedar Rapids
In the District Court of Iowa Cedar Rapids on October 28 1939 at 9 oclock a.m. an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Frank Marousek late of the county deceased will come on for hearing for proof and admission to probate. Edwin W Lundquist Clerk. Jos Mekota attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Lea
District Court
Frank Marousek
Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa
Linn County
Henry L. Bartosh
Notice of Will Probate in Linn County Iowa
Iowa Linn County notice states on October 21 Cedar Rapids judge will hear proof and admission of Henry L. Bartosh last will and testament for probate in the county probate court. The document references the deceased and fate of the county.
Sewage Treatment Plant Bids Sought for Eldora Training School
Proposal call from the Board of Controls for Eldora Training School to furnish materials equipment and labor for a sewage treatment plant. Plans available from Howard R. Green Company Cedar Rapids with $25 bid guarantee. Bids due by 2 30 a m November 7 1939 to Henry J Liebbe Architect Des Moines Iowa October 20 1939.
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Training School For Boys
Eldora Town
Board of Control
Howard R. Green Company
Bever
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Henry J. Liebbe
Board of Controls State Institutions
D. R. McCreery
State House
Des Moines
Notice of Will in Linn County Iowa Probate Hearing
A notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa dated October 21 1939 states that on October 20 1939 at 9 o'clock a.m. a document claimed as the Last Will and Testament of Carl Goodwin late of Linn County will be heard in the District Court for proof and admission to probate Edwin W Lundquist L D Dennis attorney represents the matter.
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Conscience Hurts Wireless
Edwin W. Lundquist
Jos. Mekota
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Carl Goodwin
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