September Meat Exports Reach Five Year High
The Commerce Department reports September beef and veal exports at 2 042 200 pounds the highest for any month this year and since August 1934 Beef and veal exports for the nine months total 9 721 000 pounds while imports of beef and veal total 13 422 519 pounds for September the heaviest month since 1929 Pork exports hit 9 154 678 pounds for September the largest since 1934 but pork imports fall sharply due to Poland halting shipments and September imports total 1 799 541 pounds for the month
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Federal Department of Commerce
Poland
A Country Woman Reflects On Practical Farming
A rural reminiscence quotes an old country thinker on forward focus in farming. The speaker notes that observing one’s neighborhood reveals practical wisdom and hints at lessons from rural life.
Farmers Elevators Report Gains Over 1938 Numbers
Edison reports 82 of 97 farmers' elevator companies in Iowa showed a gain at fiscal year end June 30 1939. Combined sales reached 10 889 420 55 with average sales 112 262 07 down 24 130 18 from 1938. Average gross gain rose to 9 609 12 while net gain stood at 3 107 04. Bad accounts fell to 308 13 per company signaling stricter credit. patronage dividend operations with larger memberships posted best net results.
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Fort Dodge
Edison
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Farmers’ Elevator
Dysart farmer buys 80 acre Caroline Thiele estate
William Lamprecht of Dysart purchased the 80 acre Caroline Thiele estate six miles southwest of Dysart for 4800 dollars, about 60 dollars per acre. The farm lacks improvements and roughly half the land is tillable.
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Dysart
William Lamprecht
Caroline Thiele
State corn husking champ crowned in northeast Iowa
Milton Kintzle from Dubuque county won the district cornhusking contest at the James and Charles Hearst farm near Cedar Falls with a gross 2 170 pounds and net 2 060 16. Eldred Stallman of Linn placed second with 2 110 gross and 2 042 25 net. third went to Eugene Crouse of Grundy with 1 940 67 net. The top three advance to state near Fairfield Oct 31. About 1 500 spectators watched as rain and wind hindered huskers across a muddy field.
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Huskie
Milton Kintzle
Dubuque County
Iowa
James and Charles Hearst
Cedar Falls
Eldred Stallman
Linn County
Stallman
Eugene Crouse
Grundy County
Fairfield
William Dinnebier
Black Hawk
Leroy Pohlman
Benton
Kramers First To Finish Husking Near Hopkinton
Hopkinton residents Mr and Mrs Louis Kramer north east of Hopkinton husked 1500 bushels from a 17 acre field in 13 days averaging over 82 bushels per acre The report also notes Alfred C Dougan northwest of Dysart yielded 114 27 bushels per acre from a 5 acre field in 1939 hybrid corn entered in a national contest
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Hopkinton
Louis Kramer
Dysart
Alfred C. Dougan
Pitzer Champ Cornhusker In Indiana
LIBERTY Indiana AP Lanky Lawrence Pitzer of Fountain county a western Indiana farmer is champion of Indiana's corn huskers for the fifth time. Pitzer captured the Hoosier crown Friday by husking 2 419 5 pounds in 80 minutes a new state record.
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Liberty, Ind
Lawrence Pitzer
Fountain County
Indiana
Pitzer
Review of 1940 Livestock Situation
Special to The Gazette Washington report by the federal Agricultural Marketing Service notes total cattle slaughtered in late 1930 and into 1940 may be less than the previous year, while live weight may stay steadier. Grain-fed supplies for late 1939 and early 1940 expected higher than 1938-39. western marketings heavy due to weak winter feed, with many cattle moving to corn belt states for further feeding. The number to be fed for market in winter and spring 1939-40 projected somewhat higher than in 1938-39.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas
Corn Belt
Cooperative Creameries Promote Local Dairy Use Campaign
Clayton and Fayette county creameries join a regional promotion to boost local dairy consumption. Participating cooperatives include Clermont Valley, Farmers Creamery firms in West Union Elgin Monona Elkader Volga Edgewood Littleport St Olaf Garnaville Guttenberg and Arlington cooperatives among others.
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Clayton
New Buildings Erected In Troy Mills Vicinity
New structures rise around Troy Mills including a double corncrib and garage on the T. M. Deal farm a cement feed floor 18 by 36 feet at the William Janss farm south of Troy Mills and a 32 by 60 foot barn at the A A Elliott farm north of town.
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Troy Mills
T. M. Deal
William Janss
A A Elliott
Troyills
Farm House Improvements At Thierer Buckingham Farm
Improvements on the Cummings 160 acre farm near Buckingham include a 20 by 14 foot room and a second story with two bedrooms, plus a new granary 26 by 20 feet, recently purchased by Ernest Thierer.
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Buckingham
Ernest Thierer
Colorado Farm Family Moves To Iowa Acreage
New Traer residents are Mr and Mrs L M Harris of Basalt Colorado arriving with farm goods from the dust bowl to work the 80 acre tract bought by their daughter Mrs Walter Barnisee of Washington DC.
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Colorado
Iowa
Traer
L. M. Harris
Basalt
Colo
Dust Bowl
William Speirs
Walter Barnisee
Washington, D. C
Husking Bee Near Columbus Junction Husked 3600 Bushels
Friends from Henry Louisa and Des Moines counties gathered at the Henry Frerich Jr. farm four miles southwest of Columbus Junction to husk his 62 acre corn field. Ill for three weeks Frerich is hospitalized in Burlington. One hundred thirty eight huskers used 33 teams a tractor and nine trucks to husk more than 3600 bushels.
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Columbus Junction
Henry
Louisa
Des Moines
Henry Frerich, Jr
Local Farm Auctions Schedule Listed by Date and Location
A sequence of farm auctions is planned with events on Monday October 30 and Tuesday October 31. The October 30 sales include A Thom’s Hampshire boat sale in Independence and Vincent Ceynar estate farm sale near 6% mile southeast of Fairfax. a November 4 sale features Geurink farm by a referee at Davenport, 10 miles west.
Prospects for 1939 40 hog and sheep supplies lifted
The report estimates 1939 spring and fall pig crops totaling about 83 million head and inspected hog slaughter for 1939-40 around 47 million, the largest since 1932 33, with hog marketings rising through December. Sheep and lamb slaughter expected higher Dec 1939 through Apr 1940, despite smaller May–Sept marketings, due to shifts in grass fed yearlings and western lambs.
Small Animal Clinic at Burlington on Thursday
Midwest Small Animal association hosts a Burlington clinic Thursday at 10 a.m. Speakers include Dr. C. L. McGinnis on Anesthesia, Dr. O. F. Reichart on Blood transfusion and Urinalysis, Dr. Carl F. Schrotthauer on Laproenterotomy Histero ovaritomy and Caesarean section, and Dr. E. F. Schroeder on Fractures and Dislocations and Leg amputation. An evening session focuses on small animal problems with Dr. Schroeder and a Q A led by Dr. J. H. Krichel.
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Burlington
Midwest Small Animal Association
C. L. McGinnis
Peoria
O. F. Reichart
Omaha
Neb
Carl F. Schrotthauer
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Minn
Interior secretary allocates 1.38 million for wildlife work
Secretary Harold Ickes apportions 1,380,000 to states for wildlife resource development for the year ending June 30, 1940. The grant supports habitat preservation, game management and related conservation programs nationwide.
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Harold N. Ickes
Huskers and runners-up vie for national cornhusking title
Lawrence reports the national cornhusking contest features two teams from 11 corn belt states in the battle of the bangboards. contestants aim to husk heaviest load before a cease fire after 80 minutes. about 200000 fans expected with dust settled by city water trucks as gate opens with Kansas and Kansas State football in the afternoon.
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Lawrence, Kan
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas State
Memorial Stadium
Grinnell High School Feeder Lambs For Experiments
Grinnell F F A students purchased 48 Montana feeder lambs for feeding experiments on their instructor Kenneth Thatcher's farm. The 16 lambs per group will be tested in wool harvested versus unsheared sales, with winter feeding and spring marketing planned. Some lambs were wormed to test worm resistance and profit comparisons. The group previously raised 16 lambs last winter at about a dollar profit per head.
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Grinnell
Grinnell F. F. A
Montana
Kenneth Thatcher
Feeders Shipped In Five Carloads From Cody Neb
Buckingham Melvin Simonsen of Voorhies Black Hawk county sent five carloads of young feeder cattle from Cody Nebraska last week. Rene McElhinney of Geneseo had one carload in the same shipment.
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the Gazette
Buckingham
Melvin Simonsen
Voorhies
Black Hawk County
Cody
Neb
Rene McElhinney
Geneseo
Nervousness Seen in Butter Futures
Butter futures were unsettled as near term contracts rose while distant contracts fell. The market showed a steady undertone with easy sentiment on storage butter, and weekly production and stock data indicated declines in U S butter output and lower overall holdings in storage across major markets.
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United States
Butterfat Averages 27.75 Cents At Dyersville
Golden Star creamery patrons earned an average of 27.75 cents per pound for butterfat in September. Secretary Herman Prier reports 37,657 pounds of butter was manufactured that month.
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Dyersville
Golden Star Creamery
Herman Prier
Gregory To Speak To County Agents In Session At Ames
Gregory C V Gregory associate publisher of Wallaces Farm er Des Moines will address Iowa county agents in Ames during the extension conference afternoon vesper program His talk titled Building Faith in Rural Life precedes general sessions with Director R K Bliss Dean H H Kildee and Mrs Raymond Sayre also speaking University of Nebraska extension head W H Brokaw will discuss Twenty five Years of Extension Work Group discussions run Monday to Wednesday culminating in the final session.
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Ames
C. V. Gregory
Wallaces’ Farmer
Des Moines
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Bliss
H. H. Kildee
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
W. H. Brokaw
University of Nebraska
Drilled corn yields more on contour fields study shows
William Marsilius near Farmersburg tested drilling versus two way cultivation on 18 acre sloping field with contour farming. Drilled sections yielded 101 bushels per acre vs 88 on checked plots. Weeds remained comparable, likely due to uniform spacing and moisture retention by contour ridges.
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Farmersburg
William Marrfilius
Marsilius
United States Soil Conservation Service
Floyd Epley
Federal Soils Agronomist
McGregor- Farmersburg
Zieman
Postville Farmer Runs Drilled Corn Experiments
A special report notes Elmer Zieman, a Postville area farmer, conducted drilled corn experiments on his slopes this year. He drilled corn on sloped ground to test its viability and adaptability for improved yields.
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The
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Postville
Elmer Zieman
Twenty five government steel bins erected at Hazleton
Twenty five government steel bins each with a capacity of 1000 bushels have been erected at Hazleton and filled with government shelled corn.
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Hazleton
Government erects sixteen 2000-bushel bins for corn storage
Sixteen steel storage bins with 2000 bushel capacity each are being erected by the government at Mount Auburn for shelled corn storage. Froning Elevator Company holds the contract for the work.
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Mount Auburn
The
Froning Elevator Company
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