First Corn Of 1934 Arrives In Cedar Rapids Market
The first carload of 1934 shelled corn reached Cedar Rapids from Badger, graded No. 3 yellow with 49 percent damage and 165 percent moisture. A second car from Illinois Central, for William Bell Grain, also graded No. 3 with 172 percent moisture and 6 percent damage. Ramsey notes late arrival, limited new-crop shipments, and potential use for feed as old corn remains plentiful. Prices recently fell from about 70 to 65 cents, with a possible 20 to 25 cent bid lift to bring new corn to market.
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Cedar Rapids
George W. Ramsey, Jr
Badger
North Iowa Grain Company
Cedar Rapids Grain Company
Ramsey
Illinois Central
William Bell Grain Company
Dairy Co op Seeks More Milk Yet Deductions Rise
R B Booth of Cedar Rapids questions why the co op dairy asks members to boost production while deducting milk checks for surplus. He suggests asking co op directors about the policy and timing, noting uncertainty over whether deductions reflect prior deliveries.
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Co-Op
R. B. Booth
Cedar Rapids
Joose
Mr. Booth
Washington Corn Show Planned Week Of Nov. 19
Washington will host a corn show the week of November 19 at city hall. County Agent William J Roudabush leads the organizing committee for the Chamber of Commerce sponsors. Grand champion earns 10 dollars and reserve 5. Twelve divisions offer 1.75 dollars to first, 0.75 to second, and 0.50 to third in each division. Professor M A Hauser of Ames extension farm crop specialist will judge the event.
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Washington
William J Roudabush
Chamber of Commerce
M. A. Hauser
Fairfax Savings Bank Statement and Public Notice
The record contains an old bank statement for Fairfax State Savings Bank showing assets and liabilities, resuming with a monthly meeting notice for the Callieze township Farm Bureau and an original notice from Linn County Iowa court regarding Pawnee Land and Improvement Company foreclosure proceedings. The document references Amelia Wo Haskell and the Pawnee Land and Improvement Company, with dates pointing to February 1934 and January 1935. The items reflect financial statements, local organization notices, and a petition filed in Iowa District Court.
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Iowa
Amelia
Haskell Titres
Pawnee Land and Improvement Company
Haskelll
Uuatret
Linn
Phoe
Pawnee Land
Contansy Inc
Aa Eney
Promsysars
Pawnee Land and Tree Omen Company
Jay
Pawnee Indiana Improvement Company
Shaun
Abich A
Cedar Rapids Linn
Robert L Larson
Riverside Farm Sold At Fifty Per Acre
The John Deutsch farm of 153 acres northeast of Riverside was bought by John Soukup for 50 dollars an acre. The plantation has been run by Earl Cline this past year and possession will be given March 1, 1935.
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Riverside
John Deutsch
John Soukup
Earl Cline
Seed Corn Buying To Be Completed Within Three Weeks
Des Moines reports that 100000 bushels of seed corn will be bought for southern Iowa farmers under the preventive relief plan and distributed at cost on a work relief basis. W J Albers predicts completion within three weeks with prices under 125000 dollars. Early-maturing varieties are being sought to curb drought and cinch bug risks as soybean seed plans follow.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
W. J. Albers
State Commodity Credit Corporation
Albers
Egg prices mount during October
Prices of white eggs on the Pacific coast and eastern production areas rose to the highest October level since 1932. From October 1 to 23 New York best grade white eggs gained 8 to 82 cents, while mixed colors from the middle west rose more modestly. Storage eggs showed a small advance, but overall supplies remained tight on the east and west coasts with some improvement in the middle west. Poultry markets were generally easy to weak, with heavy farm marketings and higher turkey prices expected for Thanksgiving.
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Pacific Coast
New York
Middle West
Middle Western
Turkey
Erosion talk at Cedar County farm spurs CCC work
Everett Ferguson, owner of 280 acres near Lisbon, discusses soil erosion, terraces, and CCC projects in Pioneer township. He notes terraces reduce runoff, credits CCC workers and local officials for dams and locust planting, and backs a soil conservation approach tied to government programs. He supports Herring and Wallace, endorses the New Deal, and urges uniform schoolbooks while criticizing graft concerns.
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Everett Ferguson
Lisbon
Washington 4-H Youths Enter Livestock at Chicago Exposition
Eleven members of the Washington county 4-H livestock club will exhibit at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Fourteen head of steers and five head of hogs are entered, with entrants named including Donald Marek Lloyd Marek Everett Hayes William McGinnis Martha McGinnis Donald Rinner Ruth Smith Ezra Smith Wilam Augustine Robert Cress and Abigail Wells.
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Washington
Chicago
Co Op Dairymen Discuss Marketing Agreements
In Des Moines a four state conference of co operative dairy associations met to address dairy market stabilization and milk marketing agreements sponsored by the AAA. Otto Pfeiffer of Omaha called the gathering to hear AAA dairy expert Frank Smith outline policy and proposals involving Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Illinois.
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Des Moines
AAA
Co-Operative Dairy Associations
Midwest Co-operative Dairy Marketing Association
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iltnas
Otto Pfeiffer
Omaha
Frank Smith
Correction on Delhi buttermaker district contest result
The corrected report states A Jordahl, buttermaker at Delhi, placed first with butter scoring 04 percent Wednesday in the district contest at Greeley, not Leander Jordahl of Farley as previously reported in The Gazette Friday.
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P A’ Jordahl
Delhi
Greeley
Leander Jordahl
Farley
October Strawberries Sell For 15c A Quart
Hopkinton gardener Leo Payne harvested twenty five quarts of Mastodon ever bearing strawberries last week. The fruit sold locally at fifteen cents per quart. Nearby, John McVay on the James Littlefield farm reported green beans and peas from his garden for table use, unusual for late October.
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Hopkinton
Leo Payne
John McVay
James Littlefield
Mommsen First To Enter Carlot At International Exposition
AP reports J F Mommsen of Jackson County entered the carload fat cattle division of the 1934 International Live stock Exposition in Chicago. He planned five carloads on his Miles farm. Mommsen previously won highest honors in 1932 with an Angus steer load he fed and showed.
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Mommsen
Carlot
Chicago
J. F Mommsen
Jackson County
Miles
Farmers Pay $2,500 Cash For Horses At Decorah
Decorah buyers purchased forty North Dakota horses at auction by Goodno and Ronan auctioneers. Prices ranged from 40 to 160 dollars, with a total sale of about 2500 dollars settled in cash or check within fifteen minutes after the sale closed.
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Decorah
North Dakota
Goodno
Ronan
Hereford Bull Purchased From Kennedy Herd
Mrs. J. C Caldwell of Tipton bought a 14 month old purebred Hereford bull from the George Kennedy herd of West Branch. The Kennedy herd’s Mayfair Guernsey bull, a leading ram son, was sold to William Tittle of Tipton.
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Tipton
J. C Caldwell
George Kennedy
West Branch
Mayfair
Kennedy
William Tittle
Soy Bean Seed Crop Expected To Exceed Last Year
Commercial planting of soy beans for 1934 35 is seen 20 to 30 percent higher than last year due to larger acreage. Production rises in most key states, with Missouri and possibly Iowa and North Carolina noted for potential declines from yields or worm damage. Prices in the Midwest hover around 75 to 80 cents a bushel for thresher run beans.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Missouri
Iowa
North Carolina
Army
Middle West
Soybean Yields Reported At 15 To 25 Bushels
In Oelwein farmers thresh soybeans as yields run from 15 to 20 bushels per acre. Earl Ames, east of town, threshed three acres for a total of 60 bushels. Corn shredding and fall plowing proceed in good ground after recent rains. Tomatoes were poor due to a borer. Gardens yield strawberries, beans, corn, radishes, and lettuce.
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Oelwein
Earl Ames
Bumper Potato Crop Reported At Local Farm
Farmers near here report a bumper yield of Rural New Yorkers potatoes on the Lawrence Dresser farm southwest of town. Many weigh between one and two pounds. C A Dixon, steward of Allamakee county home, says 1,400 bushels of Green Mountain potatoes were dug from six acres.
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Postville
Lawrence Dresser
Here
C A. Dixon
Allamakee County
Green Mountain
Webster area soy yields and buckwheat seed grinding plan
Special to The Gazette WEBSTER Sixteen acres of soy beans threshed on the Henry Frey farm near Webster averaged twenty five bushels to the acre. The Webster vicinity reports yields from seventeen to twenty bushels per acre. A buckwheat field on the Oscar Brubaker farm has been threshed and Brubaker plans to grind the seed for hog feed. Shredding of corn fodder has been undertaken locally.
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Webster
Henry Frey
Oscar Brubaker
Brubaker
Farm Auction Listings For Prairieburg Cedar Rapids Area
Two closing out sales scheduled for Tuesday October 30. Jay D Richards to sell 6 miles south of Prairieburg and Joe Lana to sell 12 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids. Auction details indicate complete dispersals with farm machinery and livestock expected.
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Jay D Richards
Prairieburg
Joe Lana
Cedar Rapids
Cattle and Sheep Public Auction Notices Across Iowa
Public livestock sale listings announce auctions by C F Watts one mile north Williamsburg and by M E Tanner thirty-one miles south, plus closing out sale by Joe Neuzil five miles west of Iowa City. Also page and Bowman feeder cattle sale at Beverly and Duroc sale by W B Meeks at Anamosa.
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Williamburg
C. F. Watts
M E Tanner
C F Watts
Williamsburg
Joe Neuzil
Iowa City
Page and Bowman
Beverly Duroc
W. B. Meeks
Anamosa
Town City
Farmers lime fields and plow as fall harvest nears
Farmers are liming fields and doing fall plowing. Little corn remains in fields while late gardens yield lettuce, green beans and lima beans, surpassing spring crops. Some lima plants bloom again. Sweet corn, tomatoes and turnips are used for table and canning. Henry Frey grows two acres of turnips of excellent quality.
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Henry Frey
Hay and fruit notes from Troy Mills area
Ralph Cook baled eighteen tons of soy bean hay one mile east of Troy Mills while Robert McAtee baled a truckload west of town. Mrs Minnie Cornwell sold two quarts of strawberries and notes her patch is in full bloom with green berries. String beans and new tomato plants also show renewed growth after earlier decay.
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the Gazette
Troy Mills
Ralph Cook
Robert’ McAtee
Here
Minnie Cornwell
Iowa
Potatoes and Squash Weigh Heavy in Local Harvests
Roy Schenke of Greeley harvested 37 bushels of Early Ohio potatoes from 100 pounds of seed. A squash grown on the Charles Clut farm weighed 77 pounds, marking notable yields in the area.
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Greeley
Roy Schenke
Ohio
Charles Clut
Delaware county farmers repair fences as corn husking begins
Weather allowed another week of field work with corn husking starting and soybeans yielding 15 to 20 bushels per acre. Seed corn gathering is difficult due to ear worms and mold while hay shortages push more shredding. Some fields stunted by drought are producing chaffy cars. Fall plowing is done as locally grown potatoes sell for 50 to 60 cents and drought slowed tomatoes.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Quasqueton Thresherman Reports Strong Soy Bean Crop
Quasqueton resident Carl F. Walter threshed 600 bushels of soy beans in the last week. On the Ed Franck farm east of Quasqueton three acres yielded 96 bushels, about 32 bushels per acre, with good quality beans. Buckwheat also yields well in the area.
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Quasqueton
Carl F. Walter
Ed Franck
Murray Maps 1939 Chinch Bug Campaign
Des Moines Iowa—State Secretary Ray Murray announced a planned federal request for 1 million dollars to combat the chinch bug invasion. Dr Carl J Drake will travel to Washington in January with data from eight fieldmen showing infestation across Iowa except nine counties, signaling potential widespread agricultural damage next spring.
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Des Moines
State Department of
Murray
Drake
Iowa
Dysart Herd Sets Butterfat Record At 1.8 Lb Daily
Madison Wis The Holstein Friesian Association reports the Dysart Iowa registered Holsteins owned by Joe Chezik Jr completed 306 production days with a 1.8 pound per cow per day butterfat average. Top cows include Lady Peggy Ormsby Lyons and Maywood Fobes Jean with high butterfat and milk credits. Two cows finished lactation in class B led by Lucy Model Piebe Mercedes with 538.8 pounds butterfat and 14 659 pounds milk.
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Madison
Wis
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Joe Chezik, Jr
Dysart, Jr
Peggy Ormsby Lyons
Maywood Fobes Jean
Locustdale
Sadie Hartog Echo
Tots Ormsby de Kol
Lucy Model Piebe Mercedes
Volunteer melon found on Charles Maier farm near Lafayette
Ed Sweitzer reports a Kleckley Sweet volunteer melon found this week on the Charles Maier farm southeast of Lafayette. The unusual fruit grew from apparently dead roots and indicates the excellent fall weather conditions. The melon tastes good, according to Mr Switzer.
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Specia
the Gazette
Lafayette
Ed Sweitzer
Charles Maier
Switzer
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