Poultry Holdings Drop as Fryers Grow in U.S. Cities
Cold storage data from 35 U S cities shows total poultry holdings at 32.1 million pounds, down 16.2 million from a year earlier. Frying chickens rise toward 4 million pounds over last year, while other poultry varieties remain scarcer. Prices for No 1 frying chickens and heavies are listed, with young turkeys sold at 26 to 28 cents. Egg markets stay firm but face competition from cheaper meats. Potato and onion markets show mixed trends with Canadian crop down about 20 percent and sacks of onions favored at 50 pounds.
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York City
United States
Manly
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Upper Lakes
Maine
Canada
FENCE DRIFT AND ONION MARKET NOTES
A satirical note mocks Robert P Shuler candidate for the U S senate on the prohibition ticket with a quip about onions and congress. The piece mentions onion sales in sacks of 25 pounds and 5 pound bags and cites large supplies from Indiana New York Michigan Minnesota Colorado and the western states with movement not heavy.
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Robert P Shuler
Sacramento
U S. Senate
Congress
Wird
Indiana
New York
Michigan
Minnesota
Colorado
West
Extensive Improvements Made On Farm In Grundy
Grundy Center Iowa reports Sprole who lives ten miles east of Grundy Center has built a 32 by 77 by 12 feet corn crib with a 15000 bushel capacity and galvanized iron roof plus ventilating system. Eight cribs exist in the structure. He plans a modern bungalow a 126 by 72 feet livestock and sale barn and an electric water supply system.
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Grundy Center
Sprole
Cattle marketing up but below usual for season
Receipts in twelve markets for September stayed near last year while the first three weeks of October show a 14 percent drop. Prices have fallen to new lows across all cattle grades. Analysts expect heavier movement later with larger arrivals and potential demand support for stockers and feeders.
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The
Gazette
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Corn Belt
Nearly Million Loaned To Feeders Says Bank Official
DES MOINES UP Charles McCamsey of the Federal Intermediate Bank of Omaha says feed prices create an attractive outlook for farmers. He notes new credit avenues and estimates his bank has loaned nearly a million dollars to Iowa farmers to purchase feeders.
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Des Moines
Charles McCamsey
Federal Intermediate Bank of Omaha
McGrumsey
Towa
Wheatland Creamery Sets Butterfat Price at 20 Cents
Wheatland Co operative directors set the last thirty days butterfat price at 20 cents per pound an increase of two cents. Mrs Ernes tine Schneider received the largest check for 872.54 and Gus Vens the second highest at 4312.
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Wheatland
Wheatland Co-operative Creamery
Ernestine Schneider
Gus Vens
What’s What Out on the Acres Advocates Tax Reform
E H Brandt a 240 acre farmer near Postville voices views on taxation double taxation inheritance and income taxes. He predicts hardship for farmers and supports limited land tax while favoring revenue from inheritance and net income taxes. He mentions hogs grain and coop markets and notes a Benton county farmer sold prime sows in Chicago for 3 10 a head.
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Vinton
H. J. Schwab
Benton County
Chicago
Farm Auction Notices in Iowa City Martelle and Center Junction
Coming farm auctions include a Chester White hog sale on Oct 25 one quarter mile south of Center Junction by J. B. Seehusen and a Duroc Jersey hog sale on Oct 26 three miles east of Martelle by W. B Meeks. A consignment sale is also planned at the Iowa City sales pavilion.
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Chester White
Center Junction
J. B. Seehusen
Duroc Jersey
Martelle
W. B Meeks
Iowa City
Hog breeding boom warned as prices may crash
Ames experts warn that low corn prices and hog price volatility could trap farmers into overbreeding sows this fall. Prof. A G Black says hog prices may sink to near zero at times next fall and winter if production surges. He advises selecting top sows for breeding and selling the rest. Prof C C Culbertson suggests using conformation and past litter weights to choose breeding stock. USDA reports more hogs over six months old than last year amid weak meat demand.
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The
Gazette
AMES
Prof
A. G. Black
Ames Department of Agricultural Economics
C. C. Culbertson
Animal Husbandry Department
United States Department of Agriculture
Maynard Co operative creamery pays September butterfat
Patrons of the Maynard Co operative creamery will receive 20 cents a pound for September butterfat, as announced by Secretary C. H. Paul.
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Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
C. H. Paul
Garrison Co-op Creamery Pays 21 Cents September Butterfat
The October bulletin reports 21 cents per pound paid to patrons for September butterfat, matching the August rate. Butter production in September rose 15 percent from September 1931, indicating growth in output.
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Garrison
The
Garrison Co-operative Creamery
Reed and Son Sell Steers at 7.35 Cwt in Chicago Market
Bellevue agents Alex Reed and Son delivered a consignment of steers that sold in Chicago this week for 7.35 dollars per hundredweight.
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Bellevue
Alex Reed and Son
Chicago
Top corn in Cedar variety test goes 87.4 bushels to acre
Special to The Gazette. George Kiser of Wilton Junction topped the Cedar county farm bureau sponsored variety test on the C. C. Baker farm with 87.4 bushels per acre at 15 percent moisture. Leroy Witmer and Frank Baker followed, among nine entries, in the Rochester and Sugar Creek area tests.
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Tipton
George Kiser
Wilton Junction
C. C. Baker
Rochester
Sugar Creek
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Leroy Witmer
Frank Baker
Moscow
Charles Hime
P. Hain
W. R. Witwer
Frank Chapman
Harry Schooley
West Liberty
Forrest Rhoads
Mechanicsville
Collins
Rhoads
Coun Ty
Emmett C. Gardner
Cows Bring $27 Top At Farm Sale Near Columbus Junction
The Clayton Richardson farm northwest of Columbus Junction topped the sale with milk cows fetching $27. Calves sold from $8 to $14, sows with litters from $10 to $15, and shoats at $3.75. Paul Klotz of Columbus Junction acted as auctioneer.
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Columbus Junction
Clayton Richardson
Paul Klotz
Farmer Exhibits Record Ear Kernels and Apple
Fred Stratton shows an ear of corn with 1 116 kernels in eighteen rows averaging sixty two kernels. Dewey Worth displays a Delicious apple weighing three quarters of a pound and eleven and three quarters inches in circumference.
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Oxford
Fred Stratton
Dewey Worthman
Linn County Supervisors Adjourn for October 1932 Session
Linn County Board of Supervisors met in Cedar Rapids on October 6 1932 with all members present. They adjourned to October 11 1932 and October 31 1932 and approved sheriff’s monthly report, granted a cigarette permit to Midway Service Station, and suspended 1931 taxes on listed properties. extensive claims and poor relief payments were processed for July August September 1932.
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Board OF Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa
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Stirm
Judes
Folso
Ayer
Bertram—Juder
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Came Springsvie
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E Reece
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Howa
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Lisbon
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Registrar of Vital Statistics
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