Iowa Farm Price Index Holds Steady At 1910-14 Basis
The Iowa farm price index remains at 103 percent of the 1910-14 index for prices paid and 125 percent for prices received as of Oct 15, with no overall change in the price ratio. Grain and meat show small losses while dairy and poultry rise. corn at 52 cents a bushel matches the 1910-14 average and hogs fall 40 cents per hundredweight.
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Iowa
LL M_cCarl
Des Moines
Inwa
Sosbeans
Historical farm prices report notes changes across livestock and crops
Prices show lambs at 365 and 4.40 per head and 810 590 for other items. Mork cows valued at 67 a head this month vs 52 in 1910 14, horses 77 vs 162. Mules 89, chicken 122 cents per pound, exes 177 cents a dozen, butter 30 cents, milk 170 per hundred weight, wool 32, hay 55 40. Iowa Agriculture bulletin promises detailed data and methods. The first cross country championship was held by the New York Athletic Club in 1883.
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United States
The
New York Athletic Club
Farm Auction Schedule Featuring Multiple Iowa Sales
The listing lists farm auctions across Iowa from Oct 31 to Nov 6. Beverly Cattle Co auction near Cedar Rapids, Floyd Bolger Poland China sale between Blairstown and Marengo, Ia Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids including Joseph Kroll herd, D A Stamy cattle sale 244 miles NW of Marion, Ed Zohel 2391 acres 4 miles Ed Ely, and Mrs Earl Leidigh closing out sale near Center Point.
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Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bolger
Poland
Blairstown
Marengo
Joseph Kroll
Marion
Ed Zohel
Ely
Earl Leidigh
Center Point
Iowa Cow Named Champion Butterfat Producer at Maytag Dairy
Live Ormsby Fobes Felton 1674611, a Holstein owned by the Iowa Board of Control, tops Iowa butterfat with 1131.2 pounds in a 364 day test. The cow from Maytag Dairy Farms Newton produced 28,109.9 pounds of milk and 4 percent butterfat, averaging 31 pounds daily of butterfat and 77 pounds of milk. Vaughn Drumm tended the cow during the test.
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Ormsby Fobes Felton
Iowa Board of Control
Maytag
Newton
Iowa
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Vaughn Drumm
Husking progress reported by Reed in Des Moines
Corn husking shows good progress and better than expected yields across towns. Federal meteorologist Charles D Reed notes heat dries stalks and shanks, delaying machines to mornings. green stalks keep corn moist causing mold and sorting needs. Bean combining advances with favorable weather though some soybeans remain too moist for storage. winter wheat looks good but needs rain in southern counties.
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Des Moines
Charles D Reed
Reed
Corn crop outlook shows bumper yields in southwest Iowa
The state department of agriculture reports a bumper corn crop with an estimated average of 50 bushels per acre statewide, down slightly from last year but well above the 10 year average. In southwestern Iowa fields average around 50 bushels, 22 percent above last year and 61 percent above the 10 year baseline, while east central Iowa districts suffer heat and drought reducing yields.
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State Department of Agriculture
Department
Iowa
Inwa
Letts Man Wins Louisa County Corn Yield Contest
Wapello H I McCormac of Letts won the Louisa county 10 acre corn yield contest with 1079 bushels. The field was spring plowed cultivated three times and checked 40 inches both ways. A total of 982 pounds of 17 percent moisture corn was harvested from the plot. Other contestants include N P Schafer Fred E Wier Lee Stodgell John Shaw Jr Virgil Wiele and Merle Garrison.
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Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
John Shaw, Jr
Virgil Wiele
Grandview
Merle Garrison
Berkshire gilts outsell boars at Marion auction
Berkshire breeder A W H Lenders near Marion sold 31 gilts averaging 49.05 and 25 boars averaging 39.20. Top price 110 paid by Perry Cooper of Reynoldsville Pa for a gilt from a nine pig litter, second top 102 for another gilt. Several pigs reached $100, gifts and boars hit 90, 75, and 50. Buyers included Iowa pork producers and numerous named bidders from Iowa and nearby states. Wolrab of Mount Vernon bought a boat for 225 at Thorn ton prior to this sale.
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Berkshire
Marion
Perry Cooper
Reynoldsville
Owen Elliott
Cedar Rapids
Norway
Mr. Lenders
C F. Curtiss
Ames
Wayne Brothers
Davis Junction
Ill
Guy Hillier
Cr. Curtiss
Iowa State College
Iowa
Lewis Chambers
Ta Torre City
Erwin Berg
Preston
Stephenson
Sioux
Central City
J G. Willemack
Oxford Junction
Martin Brothers
Stanwood
Parley Carr
Coggon
Francis Glen
Olin
EC. Burns
Lamont
Mac Worthington
Pleasantville
Emil Novak
Fairfax
Louis Upah
Jesup
Ralph Kruse
Marengo
S.eh. Pollock
Mount Auburn
Reid Boothe
Knoxville
Walter Potter
Gabriel Dvorsky
Iowa City
Milo Wolrab
Mount Vernon
Wolrab
Thornton
Carl Henkel
Eldred Buys 160 Acre Jones County Farm for 85 an Acre
Russell Eldred of Mechanicsville purchased the 160 acre Agne farm in Jones county from Equitable Life for 85 dollars an acre. Lyle Schoot announced the sale negotiated by H E Gibeaut. Eldred will take possession March 1 1941 and improvements were recently made to the buildings.
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Manchester
Russell Eldred
Mechanicsville
Morley
Jones County
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Lyle F. Schoot
H. E. Gibeaut
W. F. Hartwig
Eldred
Man in Decorah Area Supports Roosevelt Over Wallace
Interview with Stephen Frana owner of 656 acres near Decorah reveals support for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Henry Wallace. Frana cites Roosevelt’s help for farmers and unemployment as factors while noting he accepts farm program payments despite unchanged practices.
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Stephen
Steve" Frana
Decorah
Conover
Auditor's Office
Winneshiek County
Frana
Henry Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Willkie
Tao
4 H Home Beautification Winner Named
Margery Caroline Hanson 17 of Ames won the state home grounds beautification contest for Iowa 4 H club girls announced Wednesday.
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Ames
Margery Caroline Hanson
Iowa
Mule Team Auctionat George St Clair Sale
A mule team brought $118 per head at the George St. Clair sale in Garrison on Tuesday. Cows topped at $79 and feeding shoats sold at $1050 per head. Leland and Nathan Merchant served as auctioneers.
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Garrison Garrison
George St. Clair
Leland
Nathan Merchant
Cholera Reported Across 55 Iowa Communities
Veterinarians in eastern Iowa report cholera outbreaks in 55 communities over two weeks. Notable areas include Shellsburg Vinton Brandon La Porte City Dysart Dike Mechanicsville Olin Charles City Nashua Postville Strawberry Point Cedar Falls Tipton and Elma Waterloo Victor Oelwein Mount Auburn Conrad Marshalltown Iowa City Wellman Kalona Durant West Branch Clarence Lost Nation Central City Fairfield Batavia New Hampton Lime Springs Riceville Waukon Monona Ossian Calmar Volga Edgewood Garnaville Garver Elka der Colesburg Manchester Farmersburg Elgin Hazleton Jesup Dunkerton Fairbank.
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Shellsburg
Vinton
Brandon
la Porte City
Dysart
Dike
Mechanicsville
Olin
Charles City
Nashua
Postville
Strawberry Point
Cedar Falls
Tipton
Elma
Waterloo
Victor
Oelwein
Mount Auburn
Conrad
Grundy Center
Marshalltown
Marengo
Iowa City
North Liberty
Wellman
Kalona
Durant
West Branch
Clarence
Lost Nation
Central City
Fairfield
Batavia
New Hampton
Lime Springs
Riceville
Waukon
Monona
Ossian
Calmar
Volga
Edgeewood
Conroy Cornhusking Vacation Begins In Schools
Special to The Gazette reports Conroy schools begin a corn shucking vacation on Wednesday and will resume on Monday morning. November 11.
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Gazette
Conroy
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