Egg Feed Ratio Turns Unfavorable for Poultry Producers
The egg feed ratio stands at 8.8 dozens per 100 pounds of feed, 3.66 points higher than a year ago, signaling tighter returns for poultry farmers and potential production cuts. The piece notes August’s heavy egg receipts, lighter storage withdrawals anticipated for September, and expected boosts from upcoming Jewish holidays and school openings. It mentions turkey crops, Argentine imports, and market dynamics across New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York City
New York
Chicago
Schbolols
Combine used to hull clover seed near Kinross
A portable combine harvested Mammoth red clover seed on the O'Rourke Sisters farm one mile east of Kinross. From 24 acres the yield exceeded sixty bushels. The machine was operated by Chet Stewart of Keota.
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Kinross
O’rourke
Chet Stewart
Keota
Wilton Junction crops raise hopes after rain
A bumper soybean harvest is expected around Wilton Junction this week. Alfalfa is ready for a third cutting and the late potato crop should outperform the earlier one. Recent rains have improved pastures and corn yields.
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Wilton Junction
Winneshiek Farmers Plan Silos For Grub Damaged Corn
Decorah county agent E. J. Weigle reports extensive white grub damage in Winneshiek county this season. Farmers will build temporary silos this fall to ensile corn, with north county areas hardest hit and up to fourteen grubs found in some hills. Grub damage expected to persist until cold weather.
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Decorah
E. J. Weigle
Winneshiek County
Brouth
Canoe Township
Carlton Wee
Orleans Township
Weigle
Monticello Creamery Sponsors Labor Day Picnic
Monticello Farmers' Mutual Creamery and local merchants will stage a Labor Day picnic in the city park. The program features an ox roast dinner at noon and an afternoon baseball game. Emil Stutt, secretary, and the creamery directors oversee arrangements.
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Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Merchants of
Emil Stutt
Creamery
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Calendar
The Linn County Farm Bureau lists meetings this week including a Tuesday board of directors session at the Farm Bureau office and a Wednesday 1:30 Homemakers tea at Legion hall Fairfax with Otter Creek meeting in Alburnett. A Thursday 1:30 Homemakers tea is planned in Bertram.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Fairfax Township
Legion Hall
Fairfax
Otter Creek
Alburnett
Bertram Township
Bertram
Farm Auction Notices Ahead This Week
Coming farm auctions Tuesday September 8 closeout sales by Mrs W J Gormly two percent miles southwest of Mount Vernon and by Mrs Carl Wood forty one percent miles east of Vinton Wednesday September 9 an 107 acre F Barnard farm four miles southwest of Walker.
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W. J. Gormly
Mt. Vernon
Carl Wood
Vinton
F. Barnard
Walker
Aurora Fair Crowns Multiple Grand Champions Across Species
The Aurora fair named grand champions in dairy cattle and swine with 4-H member Grover Miehe of Maynard winning the grand Holstein cow. Fred Pieplow and others earned top titles while Jersey Guernseys, Brown Swiss, and Shorthorns also produced champions. Draft horses and poultry prizes highlighted by multiple Aurora exhibitors.
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Aurora
Grover Miehe
Maynard
Fayette County
Fred Pieplow
Miehe
Pieplow
Dave Olmstead
McGregor
Jersey
Joe Geraghty
Will Oelrich
Lamont
Guernsey
Rodgers and Hotchkiss
Independence
Arthur Talcott
Miles Gardner
Hazleton
Howard Vargason
Carl Helms
George Helms
Ralph Ehlers
Kenneth Johnson
Linn Farm Women Win First at Iowa State Fair Feature
Linn county Farm Bureau women working with Miss Lucille Gove won first in the special feature division at the Iowa State Fair for an exhibit showing refinishing furniture. The same group also placed highly with a slogan from North Marion township. The sweepstakes went to Scott county for an exhibit on home-produced lard. Judges included Miss Nora M. Hott and Mrs. Ellis, among others. Linn 4-H dem onstration team Ruth Marie Hense and Dorothy Quaas earned red ribbons in the Sunny Susies club.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Lucille Gove
Linn County
North
Marion Township
Farm Bureau
Scott County
Nora M. Hott
South Dakota
Sarah Porter Ellis
Mary K. Gregg
N. May Larson
Aleene Wilson
Ames
Mildred Mallie
Mount Vernon
Iowa Fair
Ruth Marie Hense
Dorothy Quaas
Alburnett
Sunny Susies
Linn
Fair Board
Premier Winner With Hampshire Sheep and Baldridge
E. L. Baldridge of Strawberry Point earned a premier prize with Hampshire sheep while Hampshire exhibitors Nor E. Baldridge and others displayed Shropshire sheep at the fair.
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Hampshire
E. L. Baldridge
Strawberry Point
Shropshire
Farm Business Assn Schedules Outlook Meetings
J J Wallace of Marion announces a series of Outlook meetings hosted by the Cedar Valley Farm Business association. The venues include Edward Steele farm Anamosa Tipton hotel R A Nelson farm Independence Vinton Farm Bureau office Milton Beck farm Belle Plaine Marion public library Reinbeck Vern Dan Schmidt farm Reinbeck and Center Farm Bureau office, with sessions in the afternoon and evening from Tuesday to Friday.
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J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Edward Steele
Anamosa
Tipton
R. A. Nelson
Independence
Vinton Farm Bureau
Milton Beck
Belle Plaine
Marion Public Library
Work Starts On New Barn On Robt. Beckmann Farm
Construction begins on a 64 by 64 foot barn at the Grant Kaser farm tenanted by Robert Beckmann Mount Vernon. The old foundation cracked from heat, new one being poured. This is the third barn at the site after two prior fires.
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Robt
Beckmann Farm
Mount Vernon
Grant Kaser
Robert Beckmann
Fairs This Week Across Eastern Iowa Events
Eastern Iowa hosts several fairs and shows this week. Colt show at Ryan on Sept. 7, Grundy county fair at Grundy Center Sept. 7-10, Allamakee county fair at Waukon Sept. 8-11, 4 County fair at Postville Sept. 11-14, Stanwood horse show Sept. 11-12.
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Iowa
Ryan
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Allamakee
Waukon
Postville
Stanwood
Fayette 4-H Demonstrators Named Grand Champions at State Fair
Dean Platt and Joe Hall of Oelwein were declared grand champion 4-H demonstrators at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines. They led over forty-nine county teams with the Fayette demonstration on the construction and use of a safety bullpen. They were coached by Harlan Geiger and Harry Stover as fourteen teams competed in Fayette county over months to decide the state fair leader.
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Fayette County
Dean Platt
Joe Hall
Oelwein
Des Moines
Fayette
Harlan Geiger
Harry Stover
Soil Act Planning Conference Set for Ames Sept 10
George W. Godfrey of Iowa State College calls a Sept 10 meeting in Ames to craft a cooperative soil conservation plan with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm group representatives are invited. The session will help shape Iowa's act authorizing a state agency for the 1938 program and inform the upcoming legislature.
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Ames
George W. Godfrey
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Iowa General Assembly
Field grown 39 pound melon found near Manchester
A 39 pound watermelon was harvested in the field of George Dichtelmiller a former northwest Manchester resident on Thursday the scene by the town.
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Manchester
George Dichtelmiller
New York Butter Imports Reach 2 Million Pounds
Imports of foreign butter in August totaled about 2,000,000 pounds or 30,807 tubs as New York reports arrivals from New Zealand Northern Europe Holland and Hungary. Prices rose with moderate receipts while July and August output across four markets ranged around 630k to 741k tubs. Heaviest butter exports go to the Philippine Islands and Mexico.
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New York City
New York
New Zealand
Europe
Holland
Hungary
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Butter shipments show Iowa, Wisconsin supplying Chicago market
In August Chicago received 17,687,171 pounds of butter with Iowa providing 2,666,235 pounds and Wisconsin 4,943,596 pounds. Iowa remained a leading butter source next to Wisconsin, with remaining receipts transported by truck.
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Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Rhode Island Added as Modified Accredited TB Area
The U S Department of Agriculture designates Rhode Island a modified accredited area indicating practical eradication of bovine tuberculosis. With Rhode Island, forty-one states plus the District of Columbia are listed as modified accredited areas.
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Washington, D. C
Rhode Island
United States Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Buchanan Poultry Show Set for Nov 17 to 21
Independence hosts the annual Buchanan County Poultry show from November 17 to 21. Howard Todd, president of the association, announced the plans.
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Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County Poultry Association
Howard Todd
All Iowa dairy show aims to broaden state competition
Iowa dairymen push an All Iowa dairy show in Cedar Rapids to provide a fair ring for neighbors to compare herds. Previous state events at Waterloo and Des Moines were national or international, while Cedar Rapids offers a purely local class system. The plan began with Jersey breeders last year and expands to include other breeds this year.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa
State Fair
Waterloo Congress
Cn Ises
Cattle Congress
E .Remary
What’s What Out on the Acres Anamosa Interview with W Lee Finn
Renter W Lee Finn discusses 129 acres four miles north of Viola, his dairy care, and the farm setup. He details feed, fodder grinding, and the plan to use a hammer mill, plus molasses, silos, alfalfa hay, and sweet clover for soil conservation. He notes cow Pet and talks politics and a Cedar Rapids speech by a Republican agitator.
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W. Lee Finn
W. H Finn
Viola
Cow Test Association
Landon
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Claire
Joseph Burke farm sold for 123 an acre near Delmar
The 97 acre Joseph Burke farm south of Delmar was sold last week to Herman Heneke of Baldwin for 123 dollars per acre. Joseph Carstensen remains the renter on the property.
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Delmar
Joseph Burke
Herman Heneke
Baldwin
Joseph Carstensen
Farm acreage sale in Geneseo township to Rueppel
Special to The Gazette reports 160 acres of the 560 acre Theodore F Clark farm in Geneseo township were sold this week to William Rueppel of Dysart for 80 dollars an acre. The property lies with 180 acres adjoining Rueppel on the east and north.
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Theodore F. Clark
Geneseo Township
William Rueppel
Dysart
Rueppel
Reinbeck Farm Sales Signal Local Real Estate Activity
The 300 acre Hans Rawn farm east of Dyke sold last week by George M. Saul to Mrs. Mary Dahl Jensen for 110 dollars an acre. Possession passes March 1. Tenant Walter Tomlinson wired a new purchase of the Dan Harrison 80 acre farm near Amity church for 75 dollars an acre. possession also March 1 with plans to stay on the current farm.
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Reinbeck
Hans Rawn
George M. Saul
Mary Dahl Jensen
Walter Tomlinson
E. P. Bieber Real Estate
Dan Harrison
Amity Church
Tomlinson
Dysart Area Farmer Renews Lease on Geneseo Farm
Marcus Billerbeck renews lease on the Agnes Cassavka farm in Geneseo township northwest of Dysart. Rental terms set at $1,800 cash or seven dollars fifty cents per acre.
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Dysart
Marcus Billerbeck
Agnes Cassavka
Geneseo Township
Cedar Girls Win Tomato Canning Demonstration at Fair
Cedar Girls Marie Eilers and Ethel Kratzer of Red Oak township 4-H club won first place last week at the Iowa State Fair for their tomato canning demonstration.
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Tipton
Marie Eilers
Ethel Kratzer
Red Oak Township
4-H
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