Interior hog receipts in August reach 494000 head
Interior markets in Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 494000 hogs in August, the heaviest August receipts since 1933 and the second largest in nine years of the Des Moines marketing service. October-August totals reached 7543900 head, the largest since 1933-34. Market activity caused price declines midweek with slight recovery Friday.
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Iowaee
Minnesota
Des Moines
Plume
Federal Livestock Market News Service
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Mentioned by Farmer
Glen Sorden of Webster reports fence drift where barbed and woven wire touch alfalfa and conductors, noting weed growth and danger. The piece also mentions Leland Sorden of Rhinelander Wis, praised as a county agent promoting soil rehabilitation and replanting trees as the sole viable crop in poor soil.
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R. PF. A
Gond
Glen Sorden
Webster
Sorden
Glen
Leland Sorden
Rhinelander
Wis
Louis
Lee Sorden
Wisconsin
Government corn bin put up at Cedar Rapids
Eight workers built a government steel corn storage bin in Cedar Rapids to store 30 or normal granary shelled corn. AAA committeemen from eastern Iowa counties and other farmers inspected the project. R B Booth of Cedar Rapids supervised, with a factory representative from Galesburg, Illinois directing. The bin sits on Wilder Grain Company property on a site donated by Mr. Wilder who laid the foundation gratis.
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Cedar Rapids
AAA
Iowa
R. B. Booth
Dear Rapids
Linn
Galesburg
Wilder Grain Comany
Wilder
Ames Horticultural Day Planned Sept. 8
Ames announces the third annual horticultural field day on September 8 guided by S. W. Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist. Activities begin at 10 am with tours of tree fruits small fruits vegetables flowers and ornamentals around the college observing plantings and practices across about 180 acres including apple orchards and annual flower gardens with a focus on Iowa flower gardens. The event is sponsored by the horticultural department and the Iowa State Horticultural Society.
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Ames
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Xtension Horticulturist
Edgecombe
Iowa
Horticultural Department Times
Iowa State Horcultural Society
Local Farmer Reports Hybrid Corn Stand Near Porte City
Cecil Davis two miles northwest of Porte City finds two talks in his field of hybrid corn with seven shoots per stalk. All shoots show cobs with few kernels, some ears still partly developed. Corn planted May 20 and field shows an excellent stand.
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Gazette
LA Porte City
Ceecil Davis
Rmer
Porte City
Benton Team Wins Livestock Judging Contest at State Fair
Des Moines AP reports TJ eon Tracy of Chickasaw county scored 1510 of 1600 to win the individual 4-H livestock judging title. Herbert Olson of Benton county led a strong showing, with Lyle Olson tied for seventh and Benton taking the team crown with 4396 points as Ida county and other counties trailed.
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Des Moines
Tj.eon Tracy
Chickasaw County
Russell Bucks
Scott County
Benton County
Herbert Olson
Lyle Olson
William Burlton
Ida County
Polk County
Woodbury County
Black Hawk County
Marshall County
Clinton County
Benton
Duane Stock
Johnson County
Richard Eystone
Robert Rogers
Elgin Area Flax Yields 11 Bushels per Acre
Elgin near Max Medberry reports 11 bushels of flax per acre from an eight acre field. Farmers rush corn to local canneries as warm weather matures crops. Canning delays reduce deliveries while help and cans run short. Soybeans are cut for hay in Walker area. silo filling starts at F. C. Grieve farm as dry warm weather ripens corn for a likely large crop.
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Elgin
Max Medberry
Walker
F. C. Grieve
Farm Price Outlook Discussed Amid War War Talk
L. K. Macy outlines market prospects for crops and livestock during a three day tour for the Mississippi Valley Farm Business association. The Webster area visit featured soil conservation projects at Glen Sorden farm and coordination with Sigourney CCC camp staff.
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L. K. Macy
Ames
Glen Sorden
Webster
Mississippi Valley Farm Business Association
Herb Powell
Davenport
Fieldman
Association
Sorden
Significance of simple words in shaping Europe
A country woman argues that common words like is until before and as far as may determine Europe’s fate, highlighting the power of language in global affairs. The piece reflects a provocative view on how everyday terms influence policy and perception.
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Europe
Champion Grand Beef Brings 60 Cents A Pound At Iowa Fair
The 1939 grand champion baby beef from the Iowa state fair sold for 50 cents a pound to Ottumwa Packing. Owner George Hopley of Atlantic earned $564.05 from a 1,163 pound Angus after 3 percent shrinkage. Reserve champion Angus sold for 31 cents a pound to J. B. Hollinger of Chapman Kansas. Hereford champions sold to Des Moines cafeteria for 16 cents a pound and to Ottumwa Packing for 13.75 per hundred. other entries sold to Waterloo Packing and to Des Moines buyers.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
George Hopley
Atlantic
Earl Hodgson
Pleasantville
J. B. Hollinger
Chapman
Kan
Clair Mason
Marshalltown
Nelson G. Krascher
George A. Wilson
Warren Jones
Decatur County
Paul Pixler
Marion County
Ottumwa Packing Company
Will Burlton
Benton County
Waterloo Packing Company
Walker Farms Improvements Around Walker Area
Three local farms near Walker show ongoing building and remodeling. The Mrs Loretta Palmer farm barn near four miles southeast is being remodeled with an addition. A new machine shed rises on the C G Cherry farm four miles east, while the O R Kramer dairy barn three miles east is being remodeled.
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Walker
Mrs. Loretta Palmer
Loyd Lala
C. G. Cherry
O. R. Kramer
Feedstuffs show higher April June supply for 1938 39
A Washington report notes increased production of feedstuffs in the April-June quarter lifting 1938-39 totals above the prior nine months. Wheat mill feeds rose over the previous quarter and year, corn by products exceeded recent outputs, while oilseed cakes and meals fell from January-March but stayed well above 1938 levels. Exports and imports trends shifted with oilseed products and corn by products.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
Fairs This Week Listings in Elkader Bennett Ryan
Elkader hosts a fair September 1 to 4 with events in Elkader. A Bennett colt show is set for September 2 in Bennett and a Ryan colt show for September 4 in Ryan.
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Elkader
Bennett
Ryan
Agricultural oilseed outputs and trade for current nine months
Consumption totaled 3,108,200 tons October through June versus 3,141,300 tons in the prior year. Cottonseed output and meal production trailed last year, with nine month totals near 1,929,800 tons vs 2,348,400. Soybean meal output reached 260,600 tons in the third quarter, boosting nine month totals to 871,200 tons, about 155,000 more than the 1937-38 season.
Steers Sell for 9.90 Per Cwt at Chicago Market
Twenty five head of 1075 pound steers sold by Harry H. Petersen, a farmer in Cedar County, on Wednesday’s Chicago market, bringing 9.90 dollars per hundredweight.
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Sremto
the Gazette
Harry H. Petersen
Cedar County
Chicago
Iowa tenant farmers receive more Bankhead Jones Farm loans
Farm Security administration reports 121 Iowa loans totaling 1,176,157 for purchasing farms under the Bankhead Jones Act. Average loan 9,720 across 143 acres. second year saw 85 loans averaging 9,923 per loan. National totals show 6,181 loans averaging 5,394 per farmer.
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Washington, D. Cgc
Iowa
Farm Security Administration
United States
Rhode Island
California
South Dakota
Farm loan program expands to 1300 counties this year
The program issues long term loans to tenants sharecroppers and farm laborers with 40 year terms at 3 percent interest. Annual installments average 4.3 percent of the farm value. The notes reference Joan Sid Axmear as he erects a sale pavilion.
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Sid Axmear
New Sales Pavilion North English Lease Report
J W Mc Manes of New Sharon leased a 35 acre plot of ground on the new sales pavilion project in North English. The arrangement signaling growth in local commerce and land use developments.
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J. W. McManes
New Sharon
Fred Kurt Sells 18 Steers in Pubuque County Sale
Farmer Fred Kurt of Pubuque County sold 18 head of 1332 pound steers on Tuesday in Chicago at a rate of ten dollars per hundred weight.
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Ascade
Fred Kurt
Pubuque County
Chicago
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