Market Turns Sour for Finishers Amid Seasonal Lows
Cattle prices softened for finishers with fat steers near season lows while feeders held steady. Chicago quotes show fat steers at 11.10 and stockers at 10.40, a 70 cent spread, the narrowest for this time of year. Light cattle held and primes reached around 12.75, with yearlings around 10 to 12 and calves to 14 in spots. Bulls and cows slipped, while demand persisted for light weights as farmers rush to market before feeder season ends.
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Chicago
Wales
Iowa
Malcom Elevator Plans Open House For New Mill
The Malcom elevator unveils a new 45 000 dollar grinding mill and storage plant with 25 000 bushels seed house 1 000 bushels and mill capacity. It features 80 by 90 by 90 feet dimensions built by T E Ibberson company and a dust proof seed house. An open house is scheduled Tuesday from 1 to 9 pm with officers including H B Booknall William Mollison H J Royce J S McKee W F Douglass Harry Hinker Andy Shadel Cooper Hutchinson John Ohland and Charles Ludeman.
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H. B. Booknall
T. E. Ibberson Company
Minneapolis
Mr. Bookwall
William Mollison
H. J. Royce
J. S. McKee
W. F. Douglass
Harry Hinker
Andy Shadel
Cooper Hutchinson
John Ohland
Charles Ludeman
Hog Market Up 15-25 Cents Across Interior Trade
Des Moines reports heavier overall marketing this week with hog prices finishing 15 to 25 cents higher than last week. Demand remained strong though daily movements were uneven with several heavier marketings and a week that showed some sharp price breaks.
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Des Moines
Farmers Union Plans National Convention in Topeka
The 37th national convention of the Farmers Union will be held in Topeka Kansas from November 17 to 19 James G Patton of Denver president of the Union will preside Junior members ages 16 to 21 will have separate sessions led by Esther Ekblad of Salina head of the Kansas Union educational department and Gladys Talbott Edwards of Jamestown North Carolina national director of education for the Farmers Union
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The
Farmers Union
James G. Patton
Denver
South America
Esther Ekblad
Salina
Kansas Union
Gladys Talbott Edwards
Jamestown
N. C
Keokuk Dairy Herd Improvement October Leaders
Delta High herd in Keokuk County Dairy Herd Improvement Association for October was the purebred Brown Swiss group of 10 cows owned by William Schiaser of Keswick, averaging 855 pounds milk and 38.1 pounds butterfat. Madge, a Brown Swiss, led the Schiafer herd with 1,463 pounds milk and 67.3 pounds butterfat. Lloyd Clinton, tester, reports 297 cows on test in October, 55 dry, averaging 528 pounds milk and 22.2 pounds butterfat.
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DELTA
Keokuk County
Cows top at $110 near North Liberty at sale
At the Eugene Colony farm sale one mile south of North Liberty cows sold to $110 per head. Calves two months old brought $30.50, sheep sold at $13.75, sows topped at $38.50, a sow with litter $60.50, and individual pigs $8.65 each. Oats brought 44 cents per bushel and straw sold at 32 1/2 cents per bale, with 237 head of livestock in total.
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North Liberty
Eugene Colony Farm
Linn 4-Hers to Exhibit Calves at International Livestock Show
Four Linn county 4-H club members will exhibit calves in the junior classes of the 1941 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago from November 29 to December 6. Eli Shada, Junior Hank, Jack Gill, and George W. Davis, all Marion or Springville residents, show Angus and Hereford calves. Officials say entries come from 26 states and Canada with about twelve thousand animals expected.
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Chicago
Eli Shada
Springville
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Marion
Jack Gill
George W. Davis
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Canada
Ten Holsteins Provide Year’s Milk for 39 Families
Vinton dairyman Matt Birker owns ten Holstein cows that yielded enough milk in the last test year to supply 39 families with four quarts daily. The herd produced 12 270 pounds of milk per cow and 453 pounds butterfat, over two and a half times the national average. The top producer, a six year old, gave 17 565 pounds milk and 632 pounds butterfat in 306 days.
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Vinton
Matt Birker
United States Department of Agriculture
Corncribs and sheds rise in Wyoming area farms
In Wyoming area summer building focuses on farm structures. Dr J A Hoegen adds a corncrib to a barn. Mrs W E Briggs warms a machine shed. Charles Vacek and Antone Vacek build hog houses. Carl Tieden and Clarence Huston erect machine sheds and kin houses.
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Wyoming
J. A. Hoegen
W. E. Briggs
Charles Vacek
Antone Vacek
Carl Tieden
Kin House
John Kalouse
Clarence Huston
Ed Dozart
Peter Sievers
Loans on 1941 Wheat Crop Reach 257 Million
The Commodity Credit Corporation reports loans through Oct 18 1941 totaling 257 908 331 for 258 662 533 bushels of wheat. Storage includes 62 575 466 bu on farms and 196 087 067 bu in public warehouses, with Iowa accounting for 517 426 14 dollars on 30 533 bushels on farms and 185 in warehouses.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
New Hatchery Buildings Erected At Elgin
Capper owner Charles Capper has built a new 210 by 30 foot poultry house on Hunsberger farm in Elgin, duplicating last year’s design. M W Kiple contractor, 400 cement bags used, crew framed and sheathed in five days. The hatchery includes a furnace and houses 2,000 chickens. another hatchery wing 32 by 4 feet will hold 20 large incubators.
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Charles Capper
Capper
Hunsberger Farm
M. W. Kiple
A Country Woman Reflects on Firelit Kitchens and Modern Stoves
A rural narrator muses on evolving home comforts from wood and coal to modern gas or electric stoves. She envisions a happier life with a shining stove while recalling the farmer husband and the scent of smoke from the chimney as he returns with corn.
Farmers split on 110 percent parity ceiling in Iowa survey
A Wallace's Farmer Iowa Homestead survey found 56 percent of farmers favoring an 110 percent parity price cap, 23 percent saying too high, and 21 percent not high enough. Owners and tenants differ on ceiling adequacy, with party lines showing Republicans leaning toward too high and Democrats toward too low.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wallace
Iowa Homestead
Keep Milk Cows Out Of Cornstalks Advise Ames
AMES AP Keep dairy cattle out of cornstalks to maintain production says Floyd Arnold Iowa State College extension dairy expert. He warns corn stalk fed cattle may overeat and quit eating for months and lose appetite for better feeds. He adds cornstalk ground is only suitable for roughage for young stock or when necessary.
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Floyd Arnold
Iowa State College Extension
Arnold
Dairy Authority
Feed Grain Meeting Set for Des Moines Convention
The Western Grain and Feed association will hold its 42nd annual convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines December 9 through 11. Speakers include J. E. Wells Jr., Ralph Budd, and Congressman Clarence F. Lea. Topics cover loans, trading facilities, tariffs, transportation, and sidelines profitability. A quiz session features animal nutrition experts. Women’s events include luncheon, cosmetology surprise, and a theater-dinner party.
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House Internet and Foreign Commerce
Crooked Furrow Plowing Contest Highlighted in Trailer
A one minute trailer titled Crooked Furrows promotes soil conservation as part of the food for freedom drive. Shown at Marion theater in Marion on Friday and Saturday, it features finals from the tri state contour plowing match held recently in Cross, Wisconsin, the first crooked furrow contest in the United States.
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Food For Freedom
Marion Theater
Marion
Crosse
Wis
United States
Rain halts harvest as pickers and horses idle in Webster
Little corn husking has occurred as heavy rains keep fields too wet for mechanical pickers and horses. Husking lags behind schedule. Some late potatoes remain unharvested. vegetation faced frost damage Monday night.
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Gazette
Webster
Kansas Husking Champ Named in Muddy Field
OTTAWA Kansas Virgil Covert of Brown county won the Kansas cornhusking championship on a field so muddy wagons bogged Rain forced reduction of husking time from 80 to 40 minutes Covert husked 26.14 bushels net Clint Rainwater of Doniphan county was second with 25 bushels They will compete in Tonica Illinois on November 3.
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Ottawa
Kan
Virgil Covert
Brown County
Covert
Clint Rainwater
Doniphan County
Tonica
Ill
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Numerous Local Sales
A sequence of farm auctions and public sales is listed with dates and locations across Iowa. Items include Eldon minor public sale Palo Anamosa livestock sale on Saturday and Bert Lockwood sale near Monticello Cedar Rapids area on November 4. Other noted sales cover Leo Boddicker Berkshire in Newhall Miller Estate near Marion George Dee sale near Ely Jones Bros Jersey dispersion in Iowa City.
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Palo
Anamosa Livestock
Bert Lockwood
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Leo Boddicker
Berkshire
Newhall
Miller
Marion
George Dee
Mi. E
Ely
Jones Bros. Jersey
Iowa City
Iowa Farm Income Reaches 541 Million for Eight Months
Iowa farm income for eight months of 1941 totals 541,013,000 with August income 73,140,000 and livestock and livestock products contributing 57,140,000. Crops earned 15,883,000 while government payments added 227,000, placing the period among the year's top levels.
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Iowa
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Feeder Cattle Trade Moves Five Carloads From Nebraska
A. R. McElhinney and Cc T. Mitchell of Geneseo township Tama county received five carloads totaling 201 head feeder cattle from Cody and Irwin Nebraska. McElhinney shipped two cars of 700 pounders and Mitchell three cars of 400 pounders.
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TRAER
A. R. McElhinney
Cc. T. Mitchell
Geneseo Township
Tama County
Cody
Irwin
Neb
Mr. McElhinney
Mr. Mitchell
Butterfat Tax Yield Set New Record in Iowa
Des Moines reports show the 11-cent-a-pound butterfat tax collected between June 1 and June 15 totaled $108,182.72, surpassing the prior peak of $95,000 in 1939 due to earlier collection timing and higher defense-related production. Delinquent accounts remain few and small. Funds support promoting Iowa dairy product sales.
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DES Moines
INS
Frank Galer
Iowa Dairy Industries Opinion
Galer
Iowa
Fifth Replanting Brings Roasting Ears To Elgin
Elgin farmer George Schrampfer, after five replantings caused by floods, brought a cart load of roasting ears to share with friends Tuesday at the east edge of town.
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Elgin
George Schrampfer
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