Iowa Farmers Hopeful as Industry Growth Boosts Prices
Iowa State College economists told 100 farm program officials that industrial boom and national defense preparations should lift farm prices through 1941 and beyond. They noted strong cattle dairy sheep and poultry outlooks and warned export markets may lag while Britain’s fortunes affect global demand.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
State Committee On Agricultural Programs
Agan
Britain
Allen
Wall Wheat
Lauren Ko Seth
Soth
America
TW Schultz
Department of Economics
Western Hemisphere
Schultz
Adult Livestock and Homemaking Classes Begin in Lisbon
The farmers evening school will start Monday at 8 p.m. in the high school agricultural classroom with a session on Preventing Livestock Losses. A Do Unto Animals film will be shown. The adult homemaking class will discuss What Shall We Eat with Miss Evans leading and guests from the National Livestock and Meat Board and Wheat Flour Institute to conduct future lessons.
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Lisbon
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dorothy Evans
Florence Flondke
National Livestock and Meat Board
Alma Swens
Hog market slips as prices drop across interior Minnesota
Interior and southern Minnesota hog markets closed weak after a 40 cent drop from last week. Receipts for the week reached 93,000 with subdued light-weight hogs under pressure while five day totals and monthly figures show softer demand and lower pork loin top, now around 21 dollars per hundred.
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Chicago
Interior & Town
Minnesota
Iowa
Muchwest
Four Counties Pick Triple A Committees For 1940 41
Joe G. Raim of Solon was named county AAA chairman by Johnson County delegates. Ray Smalley and Dale Anderson, both of Iowa City, were chosen as officers with first alternate M F Sullivan and second alternate AB Thomas Fmmett Gardner. County agent was reelected secretary and Miss Margaret Knoedel became treasurer.
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Iowa City
Joe G. Raim
Solon
Johnson County
Ray Smalley
Dale Anderson
M F Sullivan
AB Thomas Fmmett C Gardner
Margaret Knoedel
Tama county agriculture conservation committee reelected
Toledo Al members reelected at the Tama county convention Thursday afternoon. The committee includes Robert Lyon as chairman Harry C Aschenbrenner as vice chairman Charles Mishek Richard S Stephenson Pave B Wilcox James O Zhorne Burns Movram and Burns Movram as secretary.
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Toledo—Al
Tama County Agriculture Conservation Committee
Robert Lyon
Harry C. Aschenbrenner
Charles Mishek
Richard S Stephenson
Pave B. Wilcox
James O Zhorne
Burns Movram
Washington County ONAN annual meeting names officers
The Washington county ONAN annual meeting in Washington on Wednesday selected Carl Oldtfield Lime Creek township chair, Warren O. Morgan Clay township vice chair, Wayne Norman Cedar township third member, Howard I. Watting Marion township first alternate, and Charles Kennedy Washington township second alternate. Maxine L. Mintshall named secretary treasurer, succeeding Frances L. Wilthoft. In Decorah Al Winneshirk county Triple A elected Leo Herold Fort Atkinson chair, E R. Lamen secretary treasurer, and C M. Langland third member.
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Washington
Washington County Onan
Carl Oldtfield
Lime Creek Township
Warren O. Morgan
Clay Township
Wayne Norman
Cedar Township
Howard I. Watting
Marion Township
Charles Kennedy
Washington Township
Maxine L. Mintshall
Frances L. Wilthoft
Decorah
Winneshirk County
Triple A
Leo Herold
Fort Atkinson
Chaiman
E R. Lamen
C M. Langland
August Butterfat Highest in 10 Years
Ames reports August butterfat production per cow at 24.7 pounds, the highest in a decade, aided by unusual rains. Nearly 30,060 cows across 69 Iowa dairy herd improvement associations contributed August data, with top farms and associations listed by average butterfat.
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Ames
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College Extension
Iowa
M A Tripp
Logan
H. B Donovan
Burton Brough
Garrison
PF. A. Mitchell and Son
Town Falls
Fremont-Page Mills
Dallas
Dairy Herd Improvement honors at Washington County
August results from the Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement association show Emil Poiffer of Washington leading with 13 grade Holsteins averaging 1107 pounds of milk and 38.8 pounds butterfat among 360 cows tested. The high individual was a Purebred Holstein owned by Gingerich and Kash of Wellman yielding 2156 pounds milk and 69 pounds butterfat.
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Washington
Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Emil Poiffer
Alvin Lueder
Gingerich and
Kash
Wellman
August Holstein dairy yields reported in Manchester
Special to The Gnoazette notes Greeley Cow Test association records for August with 527 cows averaging 643 pounds of milk and 248 pounds of butterfat. A Holstein cow in the H H Porter herd led with 1 804 pounds of milk and 63 1 pounds of butterfat. Cassel and Fuhrman posted the high herd average of 966 pounds of milk and 375 pounds of butterfat.
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Manchester
Greeley
Cow Test Association
Robert J. Keck
H H. Porter
Cassel
Fuhrman
Dairy Herd Test Reveals Top Milk and Butterfat Averages
In August the Winne shirk Herd Improvement association tested 498 cows averaging 615 pounds of milk and 22.4 pounds of butterfat. A Brown Swiss cow in M. R. Ringoon’s Lincoln township herd led with 648 pounds of butterfat for the month.
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Decorah
Winneshirk Herd Improvement Association
M. R. Ringoon
Lincoln Township
Turkey Growers To Organize At 13 District Meetings
Iowa districts set 13 meetings over three weeks to organize turkey growers associations. Leo Brown leads plans, W M Vernon outlines programs, and Whitfield discusses fall fattening. District chairs and county committees support educational, developmental, and social activities for producers.
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Sprefal
Gazette
Ames
Iowa
W. R. Whitfield
Iowa State College Extension
Toledo
Charles City
West Union
Maquoketa
Towa City
Iowa State College
Whitfield
Soybean drying device showcased near Cedar Rapids
George Pirnie, a farmer and truck grower, models a soybean drier on Henry Gen Sicke farm west of Cedar Rapids. The suction air system dries beans without heat, using a motor driven fan and air conduits. A 2500 bushel bin with drying gear costs under 400 dollars. The device may fumigate grain and has a related fruit ventilation unit from last year.
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George Pirnie
Cedar Rapids
Henry Gensicke
Mr. Pirnie
Pirnie
Tara Farms Bring 90 to 140 An Acre
Three farm sales were handled by Conant and King last week. A 240 acre farm four miles southeast of Dysart owned by the Gneyey estate sold to John Albright of Dysart for about 140 an acre. One hundred twenty acres on the Tama county line near Dinsdale owned by Elmer Strohbehn sold to Mr and Mrs Will Johnson of near Dinsdale for 115 an acre. The 160 acre Drakes farm south of Dinsdale owned by Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa sold to Leonard Addison for 90 an acre. Possession given March 1 1941.
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TRAER
Conant and King
Dysart
Gneyey
John Albright
Tama
Dinsdale
Elmer Strohbehn
Will Johnson
Near Dinsdale
Johnston Purchases Estate Farm Near Lisbon at Auction
Dale Johnston, grandson of Robert Johnston, bought the estate farm of 13714 acres eight miles south of Lisbon at auction for 66 an acre. Johnston will continue farming the land with his father on the place.
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Lisbon
Dale Johnston
Robert Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Veterinarians Gather for East Central Society Meeting
Fifty five veterinarians from 21 counties attended the East Central Veterinary Medical society meeting at Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids. Counties represented included Benton Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Cedar Clayton Clinton Delaware Dubuque Henry Iowa Jackson Johnson Jones Linn Muscatine Poweshick Scott Story Wapello and Washington. Speakers included Joe W. Giffee of Cedar Rapids.
Veterinary Experts Discuss Hog Cholera and Disease Control
A group of United States veterinary inspectors and doctors from Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Riverside Clar ence Galesburg and St Louis discuss hog cholera swine erysipelas erysipeloid and livestock sanitation. Topics include crystal violet vaccination Boynton tissue vaccine and moving pictures on disease prevention.
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United States Veterinary
E. S. Dickey
Ottumwa
A. R. Menary
Cedar Rapids
George A White
Riverside
Southeast Iowa Veterinary Medical Society
S. G. Paul
Clarence
R. M. Hofford
L. A. Dykstra
Galesburg
Clarence L. Campbell
St. Louis
August meat consumption hits multi-year high in US stores
Department of Agriculture data show August cold storage holdings for all meats fell by 147.5 million pounds, with slaughter 323,000 head above August 1939. Pork stocks dropped to 418.0 million pounds, beef to 35.6 million, and lard down nearly 31 million amid strong exports.
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the Gazette
Chicago
United States
Department of Agriculture
New Manager at Farmer's Commission Appointed
Luana Arno Bugenhagen named manager of the Farmer's Commission company succeeding the late Emmett Schutte who died suddenly.
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Luana
Arno Bugenhagen
Farmer’s Commission Company
Emmett Schutte
Soft corn in Nebraska prompts replanting fears
Lincoln Nebraska a considerable amount of soft corn is reported especially in northeastern areas where spring floods forced much replanting. Friday loomed for Nebraska's fall crop.
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Lincoln, Neb
Ins
Nebraska
Luana Co-Op Marks Fifty Years Of Butter Making
The Luana Farmers Cooperative creamery celebrates its 50th anniversary with B. W. Patsy and Fred Gernand as principal speakers. The plant, rebuilt in 1925, now houses three 600 gallon vats, two 1000 pound churns, and a carload refrigeration unit. It churns nearly a million pounds annually for Atlantic and Pacific Tea, serving 350 patrons on 16 routes within a 16 mile radius.
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LUANA
Luana Farmers Cooperative Creamery
B. W. Patsy
Fred Gernand
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Luana Co-Op
Joseph Walter
Lloyd Pearson
C. A. Riveland
D. J. Bollman
Guss Leath
Fred Schrader
William Sebastian
Henry Oldag
William Radloff
Arno Miller
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
New York
Sheep killings hit Poweshiek on summer season
Montezuma residents report extensive sheep losses in Poweshiek during summer. George Ingram found 46 dead upon returning from a week’s vacation and filed a claim with county auditor A C Heath for 526 dollars.
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Poweshieck
George Ingram
A. C. Heath
Site picked for state husking meet near Des Moines
A 40 acre Dykstra farm four miles southeast of Mitchellville will host the nineteenth annual Town State corn husking contest on Oct 25. Contestants chase the state record of 38 bushels in 80 minutes as district eliminations run Oct 21–23 in eight counties with Alvin Roberts eligible to enter.
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Des Moines
Dave Dykstra
Mitchellville
Dykstra
Marvin Flora
Carl Carlson
Audubon County
George A. Wilson
John K. Valentine
Centerville
Mark Thornburg
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
C. C. Glenn
Mitchellsville
Iowa
Alvin Roberts
Atalissa
Muscatine County
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