Farm Market Outlook Says Strong Demand will Hold
Ames economist Loren K Soth in the Iowa Farm Economist predicts farm commodity prices will stay firm despite a slowdown in industrial production. He notes defense demand and scarce materials will limit civilian output, but consumer purchasing power for farm goods should hold with some shifts into goods. He also cites cattle hog corn butterfat poultry and lamb trends with price support and seasonal increases ahead.
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Loren K. Soth
Ames
Iowa Farm Economist
Soth
Seth
United States
Iowa
Corn Belt
Small Size Soybean Plant Demonstrated at Iowa State
Iowa State College showcased an experimental one ton per day small size soybean processing plant in the chemical engineering lab under Dr. O R Sweeney. L K Arnold explained its advantages for rural efficiency, noting cost savings on freight and labor, and said a more satisfactory unit is in development with a recommended design not yet ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Chemical Engineering Laboratory
O R Sweeney
L. K Arnold
American Soybean Association
Arnold
Towa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association meeting program outlined
Eight states and the District of Columbia are listed for the twenty-eighth annual Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association meeting in Cedar Rapids on Oct 7 and 8. Key speakers include Colonel Raymond A. Kelser in Washington DC on Army Veterinary Service and Orville S. Poland on financing the National Defense Program. Other out of state specialists cover animal nutrition, swine practice, race horse practice, cattle practice, infectious swine disease, swine erysipelas control, internal parasites of sheep, and a general question box discussion. Iowa participants include Mark G. Thornburg of Des Moines and others in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association, Inc
Cedar Rapids
R. E. Elson
Vinton
Army Veterinary Service
Raymond A. Kelser
Washington, D. C
Orville S. Poland
C. A. Rhoadstrom
Peoria
C. C. Hastings
Williamsville
Illinois Veterinary Medical Association
W. W. Dimmock
Lexington
American Veterinary Medical Association
Arnold H Schmidt
Triumph
Minn
RE. Shope
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Princeton
N. J
L. A. Gray
United States Bureau of Animal Industry Laboratories
Lincoln
Neb
Frank Breed
JD. Ray
Omaha
Ashe Lockhart
Kansas City, Mo
L. A. Merillat
Chicago, Il
Iowa Veterinary Association Talks Across Des Moines Area
Iowa Veterinary Medical association leaders introduce a slate of talks in Des Moines chaired by G G Baker and C C Franks. J A Barger discusses Bangs disease cooperative work, H A Seidell covers livestock sale barn regulations, and Charles W Murray outlines veterinary education. Co D Lee presents poultry disease, W L Andrews covers nonlamb diseases, with L E Willey joining the discussion.
28 260 Trees Planted by 25 Farmers in Jones County
Special to The Gazette 28 260 trees were planted this spring by 25 farmers in the Jones county forestry project. Five farmers planted game packets with 200 plants each, including species such as black locust green ash black walnut western yellow pine silver maple cottonwood white pine red mulberry and Colorado blue spruce. Cooperating farmers listed include Ross Arduser William Balsiger E W Brashaw Adam Buol George L Buol William Buol Slye Clark Hein Brothers Galen Hein John Jaggs Lovell and Adams Lovell Corporation L N Lovell C A McLaughlin W D McLaughlin George Mead Mrs Morse A J Stuhler Monticello Jones county home L G Streets Ed Zirkelback Scotch Grove Albert Rohwedder C H P Hanson Wyoming and Howard Green Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Forestry Project
Ross Arduser
William Balsiger
E. W. Brashaw
Adam Buol
George L. Buol
William Bu
St Olaf Creamery to Equip for Cheese Manufacturing
ELKADER The Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of St Olaf plans to start cheese manufacture on Oct 1 if delivery of equipment is timely. The plant will keep butter production, accept milk or cream from patrons, pay cream at butter prices and milk at cheese prices, and install an oil burner with other modernizations underway.
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Elkader
Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of
St. Olaf
Theodore Thorson
Independence Corn Pack Placed At 35000 Cases
Independence Canning expects to finish the season’s pack of about 35000 cases of sweet corn next week. The plant has operated for weeks with 75 workers on average. Increased acreage contracted offset drought losses. Charles Parker has been foreman for 34 years.
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Independence
Independence Canning Corporation
Charles Parker
Stick With the Farm Talk by D R McCreery in Linn County
D R McCreery of Alburnett chairman of the state board of control spoke on stick with the farm at the Linn county Junior Farm Bureau meeting held at the Orville Allman farm near Toddville. Thirty five members and guests attended as the girls sextet sang several numbers.
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D. R. McCreery
Alburnett
State Board of Control
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau Organization
Orville Allman Farm
Toddville
Hog Prices Climb Then Steady in Interior Iowa
Interior Iowa hog prices surged to a new seasonal peak near 12 dollars before stabilizing through Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday brought unsettled trading amid heavy receipts and softer wholesale pork values, with a few bids nudging a four year top around 12.05 and regional demand remaining mixed for different hog classes.
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Iowa
Interior
Minnesota
Veterinarians from 17 Counties Dine and Discuss
Forty three veterinarians from seventeen counties attended an East Central Veterinary Medical Society dinner meeting in Cedar Rapids. Speakers covered swine disease issues, shipping fever in cattle, intravenous meds in large animals, and equine encephalomyelitis case reports. The meeting hosts outlined the Oct. seven and eight technical program in Cedar Rapids.
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Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Henry
Jackson
Johnson
Jones Linn
Muscatine
Polk
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
East Central Veterinary Medical Society
Cedar Rapids
L. Proctor
Hazleton
James C. Carey
West Liberty
John
J. H. Spence
Clinton
C. E. Hunt
Mount Pleasant
American Veterinary Medical Association
Indianapolis
Frank M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
Iva Dunn
Atkins
R. E. Elson
Veals Reach 15 Dollar Peak as Steer Prices Fall
Chicago veal calves climbed to 15 dollars this week the highest since early 1930 as steer demand narrowed. Dressed beef in the east was ample and slow due to warm weather. Carryover beef looked heavy, heavy weights down 25 to 50 cents, yearlings down up to 25 cents, with all steer and yearling quotes at week’s end near the month's lows. Some long fed steers still brought 12 dollars plus, while grain-fed steers sold around 11 to 12 dollars.
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Chicago
Fed
Creamerymen Press for Rehearing on Margarine Rules
About 25 east central town creameries met in Cedar Rapids to push for a rehearing of margarine standards ordered by Paul V. McNutt, federal security administrator. They plan to mobilize town city and rural business leaders through conferences to back their fight if the order stands.
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East Central
Cedar Rapids
Paul V. McNutt
Federal
McNutt
Iowa Cheddar Output Surges in 1940 Amid Growth
Iowa dairy plants produced 4,181,357 pounds of cheese in 1940, up 24 percent from 1939, valued at $608,772. Wilton Junction led with 569,000 pounds, followed by Postville at 468,217 pounds. Ames ISU dairy yielded 74,811 pounds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Wilton Junction
Postville
Iowa State College
Ames
Grange Plans Convention at Newton From The Gazette
Ralph Smith Iowa State Grange Master announced the annual Grange convention set for Newton from September 30 to October 2. T W Schultz of Ames will speak Sept 30 on South American problems and their relation to Iowa agriculture. Officers will be elected Oct 2.
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Newton
Ralph Smith
Iowa State Grange
The
Grange
Neweton
T. W. Schultz
Ames
Iowa
Seidell Resigns as Iowa State Veterinarian
M A Thornburg Iowa secretary of agriculture confirmed receipt and acceptance of the reported resignation of H A Seidell state veterinarian. Thornburg declined to cite reasons for the forced departure and said Seidell is on vacation until Oct 1. Dr Joe Wall of Fort Dodge will oversee duties until a successor is appointed.
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M‘a
Thornburg
Degg Moines
Iowa
H. A. Seidell
Seidell
Joe Wall
Fort Dodge
Washington and Anamosa DHIA Averages for August Milk
Washington county DHIA reports 3584 cows tests with 717 pounds milk and 26.5 pounds butterfat in August. Top single was Bash and Swartzendruber Holstein at 2151 pounds milk 66.7 butterfat. Louis Eckhardt Wellman herd 1133 pounds milk 38.4 butterfat. Anamosa Jones DHTA records 657 pounds milk 25.1 butterfat for 466 cows. J M Byerly high herd 880 pounds milk 36.6 butterfat for 19 grade Guernseys. Decker and Sons purebred Holstein in Clarence 1517 pounds milk 68.3 butterfat in 29 days.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Dhia
Bash and Swartzendruber
Louis Eckhardt
Wellman
Anamosa
South
Jones
Elwood Mundy
J. M. Byerly
Frank Decker and Sons
Clarence
Farmer Exhibits 334 Pound Three-Ear Corn Display
Hale Frank Starry, a local farmer, displayed three ears of corn weighing 334 pounds. The longest ear measured 12 inches, shown here last week.
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Hale
Frank Starry
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Miss Sparks
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St. Olaf Creamery
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Riverside Feed Mill
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Grange Plans Convention
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Washington Dhia
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Rowley Corner
Fay Muller
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