Egg Price Rise on Eastern Metropolitan Markets
Egg prices advanced up to three cents a dozen on eastern metropolitan markets last week as receipts fell while demand remained strong. New York receipts for the first three days totaled 48 177 cases, down from 61 535 a week earlier, with warehouse stocks at 861 614 cases, 384 351 fewer than a year ago. Withdrawals from storage rose 27 366 cases year over year, and holdings at the four major markets declined 82 726 from a week prior. The egg feed ratio stayed near July levels, and the system remains favorable for poultrymen with demand likely to keep prices above 1937 levels.
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New York
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Tribute to Labor Day
A fragment notes Gerald Stevn of Monona as the only man ever to make the society page in overalls. It calls the Labor Day piece a fitting tribute to the dignity of labor and references Fence Drift caught in woven wire by R.F.A.
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R.F.A
Gerald Stevn
Monona
WPA study shows farm plant reduced in four corn area states
Washington AP reports that the aggregate farm plant in Iowa Illinois Indiana and Ohio declined about 8 percent from 1909 to 1936. The WPA study uses a weighted index of crops and livestock to gauge production and labor needs, noting corn and milk as major components and a stable internal farm organization amid weather-driven fluctuations. Milk cows rose from 3.4 to 4.4 million with milk output up about 50 percent. hogs declined overall though total hog production rose due to more sows rearing two litters a year.
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Washington
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Works Progress Administration
AAA
Corn
Poultry Congress Boosters Schedule Eighteen Meetings
Iowa district committees for the Worlds Poultry congress plan eighteen meetings in September and October to finish organization and promote memberships. Des Moines and Ames leaders Tom Dyer and W M Vernon announced dates across Des Moines Carroll Ft Dodge Emmetsburg Sheldon Sioux City Council Bluffs Shenandoah Atlantic Osceola Ot dumwa Burlington Davenport Cedar Rapids Dubuque Postville Waterloo Mason City with two sessions daily at 1 30 p m and 7 30 p m when scheduled.
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Ames
Cleveland
Iowa
Tom G. Dyer
Des Moines
W. M. Vernon
Carroll
Ft Dodge
Emmetsburg
Sheldon
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
Atlantic
Osceola
Otdumwa
Burlington
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Postville
Waterloo
Mason City
July oleo sales fall 3.3 percent from last July
Chicago July oleomargarine sales measured by internal revenue tax stamps totaled 26,812,970 pounds, down 3.3 percent from July last year’s 27,723,900 pounds. In the first seven months of the year, oleomargarine sales reached 229,468,539 pounds, up 7.2 percent from 214,036,240 pounds a year earlier.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Private Guessers Put Soybean Crop At 50,000,000 Bus.
CHICAGO private estimates place the 1938 soybean harvest at 59,000,000 bushels as farmers in Illinois expand planted area to 6,743,000 acres. Experts foresee soybeans becoming a major cash crop with oil aiding foreign oil replacement and many new uses arising from ongoing research.
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Chicago
Illinois
J. B. Park
Columbus
American Soybean Association
Park
Association
Wooster
Lisbon Farmer Attacked by Old Sow Suffers Lacerations
Special to The Gazette. LISBON Chancey Pieper, a farmer near Lisbon, sustained serious lacerations after being attacked by an old sow on Saturday evening.
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Lisbon
Chancey Pieper
Farmers Spend 265 Million On Farm Medical Service
A federal report shows medical services for farm families cost about 265 million dollars yearly, about 6 percent of farm living expenses, averaging 39 dollars per farm. Total medical related costs reach roughly 350 million annually with 51 dollars per farm, eight percent of the budget.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Home Economics
United States
Department of Agriculture
Shifts in Agriculture Raise Output as Labor Drops
The survey notes chickens rose from 73 million in 1909 to 102 million in 1930 and eggs up nearly 50 percent. Horses and mules fell from 5.4 million in 1914 to 2.8 million in 1936 as machinery replaces draft power. Carrington Gill says agricultural workers declined over 25 years, while overall production rose 28 percent from 1909 to 1929.
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Carrington Gill
WPA
Peach apricot wins grand sweepstakes in national fruit show
Louisiana, Mo. reports the peach apricot, combining peach size and apricot flavor, took the grand sweepstakes in the Stark Burbank Institute summer fruit show. The fruit was developed by J C Sparks of New Castle, Colorado, a hobby grower for five years.
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Gazette
Louisiana
Stark-Burbank Institute
J.C. Sparks
New Castle
Colo
Brandon estate farm auction corrected sale to heir John Elliott
The 370 acre R H Elliott estate farm northeast of Brandon was sold at auction last Tuesday to John Elliott, one of the heirs, at 26 dollars per acre, correcting an earlier report that named H B Kanouse.
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Brandon
R. H. Elliott
John Elliott
H. B. Kanouse
Farm auctions set for Sept 8 and 9 at Lisbon Cedar Rapids
Johnson estate auction closes Sept 8 near Lisbon with 4% mileage. Sept 9 offers milking Shorthorns at All-Iowa fair Cedar Rapids. Baby beeves and market pigs also listed for All-Iowa fair sales.
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Johnson
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Farm security to loan 826402 for Iowa tenant purchases
The Farm Security Administration will issue 826 402 to tenants in 11 Iowa counties under the Bankhead Jones act to buy farms and reduce tenancy. Eligible counties include Henry, Howard, Plymouth, Taylor, Wright, Clarke, Emmet, Fayette, Ida, Iowa and Harrison with loans up to 12000 at 3 percent interest plus 1.3 percent yearly amortization over 40 years.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Iowa
Henry
Howard
Plymouth
Taylor
Wright
Clarke
Emmet
Fayette
Ida
Harrison
Agriculture Wallace
FSA
Homer Hush
Des Moines
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Howard Teachout
Farragut
Clifford V. Gregory
Lester S. Gillette
Fost
Butter Promotion Group Sets Chicago Conference Dates
Wisconsin agriculture director Ralph E. Ammon said the National Butter Campaign committee will hold a nationwide conference in Chicago on October 4 and 5. The original three states have expanded to twelve, with Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota as founders of the effort to boost butter consumption through extensive advertising.
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Madison
Ralph E. Ammon
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets
National
Judging Explained at All-Iowa Show
Detailed judging procedures will be explained at the All-Iowa fair livestock shows this week. Superintendent Floyd Johnston said ringside observers will learn how the judge assesses cattle and hogs as an announcer explains each step. The exhibit aims to educate small exhibitors and visitors, with Jersey cattle showing 32 exhibitors averaging three head each.
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TRE Farm
Floyd Johnston
Johnson
Johnston
Jersey
Sleeping Sickness Loss High Cholera In Many Hog Droves
Reports from the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association note serious sleeping sickness outbreaks in horses across forty one east Iowa counties with high fatality rates. Hog cholera outbreaks are reported on farms near Fayette Independence Winthrop Mount Vernon Solon Cascade Dubuque Vinton Traer Farmersburg Brooklyn Wyoming Shellsburg Ryan Marion West Liberty Deep River Atkins Edgewood Colesburg New Vienna Earlville West Branch Burlington Arlington Volga City Strawberry Point Postville Elgin Waukon Morning Sun Oakville Mediapolis Wapello Nashua St Ansgar Staceyville Waverly Plainfield Denver Maquoketa Otter Creek and Iowa City.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
East Iowa
Fayette
Independence
Winthrop
Mount Vernon
Solon
Cascade
Dubuque
Vinton
Traer
Farmersburg
Brooklyn
Wyoming
Shellsburg
Ryan
Marion
West Liberty
Deep River
Atkins
Edgewood
Colesburg
New Vienna
Earlville
West Branch
Burlington
Arlington
Volga City
Strawberry Point
Postville
Elgin
Waukon
Morning Sun
Oakville
Mediapolis
Wapello
Nashua
St. Ansgar
Staceyville
Waverly
Plainfield
Denver
Maquoketa
Otter Creek
Towa City
Sale Of Queens And Package Bees To Be Regulated
Washington reports final approval by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of an agreement and order to regulate the market for honey bees and queens. The program bans unfair trade practices and requires beekeepers to file proposed selling prices with a control committee and to conform to those prices in later sales. It notes support from bee handlers in California New Jersey Ohio Texas Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
California
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Crop share rent at Redmond estate near Dysart to Beadle
400 acre Redmond estate farm east of Dysart and near Yankee Grove is leased for next year to William Beadle, a farmer north of Vinton, on a share crop basis. The tenants will reside in Mount Auburn.
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Dysart
Redmond
Yankee Grove
L. R. Bushnell
William Beadle
Vinton
Alions
Mount Auurn
Sheep Shearing Under Way On Lost Nation Farm
Two thousand sheep on the Arnold Rutenbeck farm southeast of Lost Nation are being shorn this week. Seven men with seven machines operate the job. The flock was bought in the west at harvest and will be fed for market.
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Lost Nation
Arnold Rutenbeck
Sick horse drowns in lake on farmer’s claim
A horse on Oscar Jansen’s farm near here showed sleeping sickness symptoms, staggered to a lake’s edge, wandered into the water, and drowned after sinking in the middle of the lake.
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Oscar Jansen
Here
Hog prices posted for Riverside hogs sale
Riverside feeder Frank Streb reported strong bids last week with hogs selling in Chicago at 8.75 dollars per hundredweight for 18 head of 250 pounds. Additional lots fetched 8.35 for six 185-pounders and 6.50 for three 400-pound butcher sows.
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Riverside
Frank Streb
Chicago
Eastern Iowa fairs scheduled this week
Sept 4 9 all Iowa exposition at Cedar Rapids. Sept 6 9 Allamakee county at Waukon Grundy at Grundy Center. Sept 9 10 horse show at Stanwood Dubuque county 4 H show at Farley.
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Iowa
Cedar Rayrids
Allamakee County
Waukon
Grundy
Grundy Center
Stanwood
Dubuque County
Farley
Alsike seed movement slows for growers in 1938 crop
Movement of alsike clover seed during 1938 remains slow with only about 20 percent sold by Aug 30, far below last year and the 5 year average. Prices to growers fell about 80 cents to roughly 10.50 per 100 pounds, seed quality is fair to good but short of 1937. Northern Minnesota slowest, central Illinois, Northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio faster.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Rural Women Demonstrate At Waterloo Show
Rural women plan demonstrations at the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2. Little Miss Wilma Wilke of GarnaVille will model clothing for children while her mother and Mrs. Willis Diers of St Olaf coordinate the Clayton county team. More than 20 stage demonstrations cover foods and textiles, with 100 plus canning classes and 63 textile classes. Four months of home project efforts will be shown, and 30 Iowa counties send 4-H teams, with the top team winning a trip to the National Dairy show in Columbus, Ohio.
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Gazette
Waterloo
Wilma Wilke
Homer Wilke
Garnaville
Dairy Cattle Congress
Wilma
Willis Diers
St. Olaf
Clayton County
Congress Grounds
Linn County
Floyd County
Little Brown Church
Iowa
Columbus
Mahaska C T A Averages 20 9 Pounds In August
The Mahaska County Cow Test association reported that 463 cows on test produced an average of 515 pounds of milk and 20.9 pounds of butterfat in August. The Eddyville Charles Oldham and Son herd led groups with 793 pounds of milk and 31.1 fat, while a Guernsey in the Ottumwa Liberty Loan company herd topped individuals at 60.1 pounds of fat.
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Delta
Mahaska County
Urban Schissel
Charles Oldham and Son
Guernseys and Holsteins
Eddyville
Liberty Loan Company
Ottumwa
Argentine And U S Corn At Par Abroad
Argentine corn now sells on a parity with United States corn at Liverpool reducing exports from Argentina. Last week Argentina shipped 3.5 million bushels vs 831 thousand from the United States. Total U.S. exports this season amount to 123.75 million bushels. Argentine surplus remains about 88.346 million bushels as of August 27. U S corn markets fell 1 to 2 cents a bushel despite higher loan rates. ample supplies and weaker export demand due to Argentine competition cited by the Bureau.
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United States
Liverpool
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Economics
Soils and Men yearbook unveiled by agriculture dept
Washington announces the 1938 agriculture department yearbook Soils and Men, third in a series, dedicated to Curtis Fletcher Marbut. Henry A Wallace foresees erosion risks, urging wiser farming. The book, priced 1.75, is available from the superintendent of documents as part of a broader Agricultural Statistics edition at 55 cents.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Curtis Fletcher Marbut
Soil Survey Division
Department
United States
Henry A Wallace
Marbut
Missouri Ozarks
Harbin
Mintehvello
China
Washington, D. C
Hogs Top at 9.05 at Chicago Market
William Toerber of Cedar County fed 25 hogs averaging 223 pounds sold Thursday at Chicago for 9.05 dollars per hundredweight. The sale marked the extreme top of the market.
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Tipton
William Toerber
Cesdar County
Chicago
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