Iowa Counties Benefit From Farm Aid Totals Exceed 68 Million
Six Iowa counties top one million dollars in AAA crop payments for the year ending June 30, part of a state total of 68,137,227. Iowa led the nation in corn hog and related farm aid with notable sums in Crawford, Kossuth, Plymouth, Sioux, and Pottawattamie counties.
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Iowa
Linn
Ashington
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Grundy
Towa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Louisa
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Scott
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Black Hawk
Benton County No. 1 Dairy Averages 17.6 Lbs Butterfat
In August the 313 cows across 23 herds in Benton County Cow Test Association No 1 averaged 536 pounds of milk and 176 pounds of butterfat. Hodgins and Jacobs led with a 29 head herd of grade Jerseys 665 pounds milk and 28.4 pounds butterfat. One cow culled for low production.
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Vinton
Benton County
Iowa and Virginia land prices show contrasting fortunes
A writer recalls a Virginia land tract offered at 13 dollars per acre, while Iowa farms sold for up to 300 dollars. The piece compares soil, location, and price trends, noting wartime gains in Iowa and price declines into the 1930s, with mentions of Secretary Wallace and General Johnson. It argues Virginia offers stable farm life and attainable 5000 dollar farms amid mild climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Potomat
Towa
Iowa
Washington
Alexandria
Europe
Wallace
Union
Hawkeye
Canadian Northwest
Chicago
Hugh Johnson
Firm Egg Market Indicated This Fall
Special to The Gazette. Washington reports storage eggs at shell are the smallest since 1921 except 1932, signaling a firm market into the new production season. Frozen eggs in storage exceed five-year average. fresh egg production expected higher. hens’ marketing light. pullets kept for laying. feed conditions improve.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Champion Over Fifty Seven At Ryan Colt Show Monday
A spring mare colt owned by Oswald Falconer led fifty seven entries at the Ryan Labor Day festival. The colt won the mare colt class over twenty nine entries and topped higher classes, judged by Harry Linn with Otto Scharff and Harry Burke also receiving top honors. Over two thousand spectators heard Jim Poole interview the day’s events at the Chicago Livestock Exchange.
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Ryan
Oswald Falconer
Southwest
Judge
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Otto Scharff
Harry Burke
Walker
Jim Poole
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Harold Polk
Troy Mills
M. J. Diercksen
William Mhaesuller
Charles Buehler
L. A. Hinton
L. Diercksen
Jack Sheppard
Hennessey Brothers
John Holub
Tom Cashman
A. J Beranek
Wayne Hinton
Clarence Thompson
Mort Joslyn
James Coleman
William O'Brien
Keegan Brothers
D. H. Timmerman
Tom Kennedy
B. Gienapp
C. A. Swindell
Herman Meyer
Albert Helms
Helms
A. Smith
L. Sperring
Earl Wolfe
P. M. Carr
C. Wenger
Walter Bach
Fred Ross
Lewis
Will O'Brien
Howard Cook
Manchester
F. H. Koch
Wyoming
Suepple Brothers
Coggan
L. M Bacon
Harris
Quasqueton
Henderson
Central City
Squires
Center Point
Earlville
Carl Swanson
W. B. Robinson
Charles Barnes
Gilbert Wenger
P. J. McDonald
Max Hubler
W.B. Robinson
Frank Heiserman
Park Billings
Marietta McElligott
Herman Hubler
Cletus McElliott
San Diego
Calif
Delaware County Farm Management Tour Set for Sept 11
The 2nd annual Delaware County Farm Management Tour is planned for September 11. It begins at 10 am at the Raymond Joseph farm east of Hopkinton, then to the Irving Hintz farm near Monticello for lunch and an afternoon session. County Agent Kermith S. Huedin leads with L. G. Albaugh and James J. Wallace assisting. Miss Attie Souder will discuss home management problems.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Delaware County Farm Bureau
Cedar Valley Farm Accounting Association
Raymond Joseph
Hopkinton
Irving Hintz
Monticello
Kermith S. Huedin
L. G. Albaugh
James J. Wallace
Cedar Valley Association
Attie Souder
Ames Home Management Extension Service
Mothers And Daughters Club Formed In Delaware
A 4 H club for mothers and daughters was organized under county agent Kermith S Huehn in Delaware Masonville. Eligible members are girls twelve to twenty, with younger girls admitted as associate members.
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Masonville
Kermith S. Huehn
Delaware
McGregor CCC Camp Begins Terracing Project
The first terracing project by the McGregor CCC is under way on the Clair Limbeck farm west of McGregor. Terraces will slow surface water, with a single outlet at the bottom, and will be sodded to direct water to the ravine. Previously the CCC built check dams and planted slopes to trees to reduce erosion.
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Mcgregor
McGregor CCC
Clair Limbeck
CCC
Timothy Yields 9.2 Bu Per Acre Near Wyoming
Eight acres of timothy on the Fred Lazare farm two miles southwest of Wyoming yielded 74 bushels of timothy seed at 9.2 bushels per acre. The harvest was completed in three hours by the W. E. Demoss threshing outfit.
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Wyoming
Fred Lazare
W. E. Demoss
Fair Weather Needed to Complete Threshing
A week of fair weather is needed before threshing can be completed in the vicinity. An all night rain Sunday soaked shocks again.
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Edgewood
Referendum on 1936 corn hog program planned for Iowa
Iowa farmers will vote on carrying the corn hog program into 1936 after hearings led by Claude Wickard. The process includes possible shift to adjustment quotas and a referendum in late October or November, with contracts printed only after Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality.
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Washington
Iowa
Claude Wickard
Des Moines
Ralph Smith
Wickard
Supreme Court
AAA
Seth Thomas
Louisa 4-Hers Plan to Feed 150 Baby Beeves in 1936
Louisa county 4-H members plan to feed 150 baby beeves next year. State fair results show Keith Hiller and Kenneth Blasi placing in Hereford senior events, Max Hafner and Vernon Hafner with multiple top finishes in junior and open classes, with Louisa county earning sixth in the Hereford county group.
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Louisa County
Des Moines
Keith Hiller
Wapello
Kenneth Blasi
Max Hafner
Letts
James Briggs
Morning Sun
Vernon Hafner
Hereford County
Corn Pack In Full Swing At Elgin Canning Plant
Elgin canning plant began its 1935 pack last week and has operated at full capacity since day two. Farmers rush corn to the plant, extending workdays. corn quality is excellent and cars are well filled. Warehouses were empty at opening, an unusual sight. Albert Schori manages the plant with T. W. Doan as superintendent.
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The
Gazette
Elgin
Albert Schori
T. W. Doan
AAA To Hear Marketing Changes Under New Amendments
Washington AP says the AAA will hold hearings this month on proposed changes to marketing agreements and licenses under amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment act. Officials note sixty farm product distribution licenses exist and hearings will occur for each marketing agreement before it can take effect. Milk licenses total thirty five, marketing agreements total twenty five with twenty two tied to licenses. Three licenses exist for handlers without marketing agreements.
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Washington
AAA
Farm Brings 40.25 Per Acre At Auction
Strawberry Point properties sold by trustees of Union Bank and Trust at auction. The Peter Quinn farm of 225 acres seven miles north brought 40.25 per acre to M. H. Eder. The Tom Morris residence south of town sold to John Kramer for 1410, and the Burke and Duncan restaurant block sold for 5000 to F. J. Burke. Auctioneers were Banta Hopkins and Thomas Vanek.
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Strawberry Point
M. F. Harwood
B. R. Cole
M.H. Eder
Union Bank and Trust Company
Peter Quinn
M. H. Eder
Tom Morris
John Kramer
Burke and Duncan
F. J. Burke
Banta Hopkins
Manchester
Thomas Vanek
Lamont
Recent Farmland Transfers and Prices
W. E. Hance of New Hampton sold eighty acres to Lucy A. Armiston of Ionia for 25 dollars per acre. Frank Slezak of Creston sold 160 acres to John Foley of Creston for 76 dollars per acre. Bob Eckford of Osage sold 240 acres to Bert Rogers of Osage for 71 dollars per acre. A. UL. Austin Williams sold 120 acres to Joe Shanks of Wyoming for 150 dollars per acre cash.
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W. E. Hance
New Hampton
Lucy A. Armiston
Ionia
Frank Slezak
Creston
John Foley
Bob Eckford
Osage
Bert Rogers
UL. Austin
Williams
Joe Shanks
Wyoming
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Virgina
US State Department
Ryan Colt Show
Tru-Art
Mothers and Daughters Club
Baxter
Aker
Triple A
Cedar Rapids
Ely
Averill Farm
Ivanhoe Road
Tony Pavlicer
T. Bena
United State Bank
Clk
Buchanan County
Higley Building
K. C
DIAL
Colorado
C&h
Illinois Central System
L. A. Downs
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