Wallace to Meet Corn-Hog Committee in Chicago Runup
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace will likely seek a settlement of the corn hog permanent program on September 25 with the committee of twenty five in Chicago. The A A A urges study of a proposed tax on direct buying to protect livestock markets while resisting direct takeover by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
Henry Wallace
Committee of Twenty-Five
Chicago
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Livestock Exchange
Commission
Arthur McNen
Nebraska National
D. D. Hildebrand
Fence Drift in Acovent Wire Sparks Rainy Night Musings
The piece notes rain arriving Tuesday night after a long dry spell. It comments on the ground hard beneath the first drops and quips about the weatherman's extremism. The author suggests General Johnson and the NRA might influence him.
Davis Heads Tama Grundy Wheat Assn Formed
Special to The Gazette Traer Iowa farmers from Grundy and Tama counties who signed allotment contracts organized a production control group. LC Davis of Tama elected president Harry White of Montour vice president Z Ro Mills of Tolono secretary James Gardiner of Reinbeck treasurer Directors Lewis J Varsroch Chelsea and Frank Mussig Gladbrook. The allotment committee includes Davis Gardener and Mussig and will meet Sept 15 at Gladbrook 730 pm to review applications filed with county agents.
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TRAER
Grundy
Tama
Apvoca
Ons
LC Davis
Harry White
Mortour
Tce
Z Ro Mills
Toleno
James Gardiner
Reinbeck
Ocher
Lewis J Vasrah
Chelsea
Frank Mussig
Craebrook
Butcher hogs bring $4.25 a hundredweight at Chicago
Vinton. Alvin Gustafson, a Benton county farmer, sold forty seven 257 pound butcher hogs Monday at Chicago for 425 dollars a hundredweight.
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Gazette
Vinton
Alvin Gustafson
Benton County
Chicago
Sudan Grass Pasture Helps Jersey Herd Leaders At Fayette
Lucian Appelman of Clermont led Fayette Cow Test association No 4 with top herd and high month butterfat, aided by sudan grass pasture. August test included 343 cows, 276 in milk, 67 dry. average milk 454 pounds, butterfat 21.4. Ten top owners include Appelman Mathews Lauer Kerr Turner Finch Osmundson Gross and Sons Marting Blunt Anderson.
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Gazette West Union
Sudan
Lucian Appelman
Clermont
Fayette
Alvin Thoreson
Lucian
Appelman John Mathews
Grant Lauer
K J Kerr
H N
Turner
Finch and Osmundson
H W Gross
Milton Marting
Clyde Blunt
G O Anderson
Expansion plans for Iowa Co operative Live Stock Shippers
The Iowa Cooperative Live Stock Shippers will discuss expanding its program of service to member agencies at a special meeting in Des Moines on October 2, per President WOR Johnson. The agenda covers potential expansions, funding, and organizational changes.
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Srec al
Des Moines
Iowa Cooperative Live Stock Shippers
Wor Johnson
Farmers face September deadline for wheat contracts
Ames reports Sept 25 is the last day for farmers to sign wheat contract applications to receive parity payments on domestic wheat. Murl McDonald says signing now avoids a three year exclusion, with initial payments issued soon and remaining funds next spring after acreage checks.
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The
Gazette
AMES
Murl McDonald
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
McDonald
Dee
Monona County
Towa
Monana
Caible
Godfrey to Speak at Vocational Ag Men Conferences
George W Godfrey will speak at a series of agricultural conferences in Iowa. The events cover rural education in high schools and agricultural admission procedures, with Ames extension staff presenting. Sessions are set for September 23 in Orange Township, September 30 in Audubon, October 7 in Stanhope, and October 14 in Farrington.
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Godfrey
Vocational Ag
George W Godfrey Tew
Towa
Tas
Annoounces
Brstrom
Anicel
Teva
JC Gale Lovo
Othe Ames Extension Service
Aso Wll
Orance Township
Waterloo
Audubon
Whiting
Stanhope
Veterinarians Plan For Convention In Cedar Rapids
Veterinarians met in Cedar Rapids to organize the twentieth annual convention of their group set for October 10 and 11 at Hotel Montrose. Scheduled speakers include T A Ligier from Greencastle Indiana, ROR Cvkstia a horse specialist from the University of Kentucky, A T Kinsley a disease specialist from Kansas City, and G Fowler a professor of veterinary surgery at Ames, with committee members from various Iowa towns attending.
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Fastern
Cedar Rapids
Hotel Montrose
T A Ligier
Greencastle
Indo
Armrican Veterinars Medical Association
ROR CvKstia
University of Kentucky, Lewington
Ames
G Cole
Ames Experiment Station
H N Strader
Manon
He Ware
Stanwood
FE Elson
Vinton
H Banks
Tipton
Dike
C Vollstedt
Mixon
Iva Dunn
Atkins
John Bryant
Mount Vernon
Neuzl
Blairstown
Frank MM Wilson
Mechanicsville
Cuy Hersey
New Cane Mill Installed On Pratt Farm Near Cedar Rapids
A new cane crusher was installed this week on the Herbert Pratt farm three miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. The first cane from ten acres was milled Tuesday as Pratt runs a custom sorghum business taking half the sorghum for crushing. In the photo Albert McCune, Herbert Pratt, and Ed Pratt are shown with the machine.
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Herbert Pratt
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Pratt
Albert McCune
Ed Pratt
Land Bank Transfer Delays Commissioner Loans in Iowa
In Cedar Rapids on August 30 John Carmody and Ray Anderson stated expeditious handling of commissioner loans would come after the National Loan Commissioner’s agent and force were placed under Omaha land bank jurisdiction. Now transferred, Linn County’s Wiliam McTavish reports no second mortgage commitments yet though over 450000 in first mortgages have closed. applicants still face a single form and prior two-step fees with little results.
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Ray Anderson
John Carmody
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Cedar Rapids
National Loan Commissioner
Omaha
Omaha Land Bank
Wiliam McTavish
Linn County Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank
MacTavish
Loan Commissioner
Linn County
Loan Association
Herring
Murphy
MecTavish
Land Bank
Iowa potato crop seen at 3.9 million bushels this year
Des Moines AP report shows Iowa potato yield at 3,900,000 bushels, less than half of 1932's 8,030,000. Sept 1 condition at 46 percent normal with 50 bushels per acre on 78,000 acres. sweet potatoes 72 percent normal, 75 bushels per acre on 3,000 acres.
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DES Moines
Iowa
R. S. Herrick
State Horticultural Society
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Williamsburg Man And Gibson Youth Win With Jerseys
MARSHALLTOWN An town county man and a Keokuk county youth swept Jersey titles at the Central Iowa fair. Leon Smith of Williamsburg claimed senior and grand champion Jersey bull white Clair Werner of Heub ho. took junior and senior Jersey female awards. H A Sherman of Iowa Falls captured all Brown Swiss championships except junior female, won by James W May of Belle Plaine. In Holsteins, Wickersham and Wickersham of Melbourne produced champion bulls, while Dorothy Ward of Marshalltown claimed champion females. Junior Guernsey bull went to Babs beeves. Attendance Tuesday reached 8 0900 persons.
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Enecal
Marshalltown
Keokuk County
Iowa Fair
Leon Smith
Williamsburg
Clair Werner
Heub Ho
Gibson
Jerse
H_ A Sherman
Iowa Falls
Femae
James W May
Belle Plaine
Holsteins Wickersham and
Wicker
Iowa corn crop remains near average despite frost risk
Des Moines AP reports about 65 percent of Iowa corn safe from frost and an average yield of 37.5 bushels per acre. Weather chief Charles D. Reed says heat and drought improved conditions but hurt late crops and pastures, with hog cholera outbreaks in 41 new localities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Bulletin
Double Runaway In Greeley Injures Shoes
Six horses and two binders caused a double runaway near Greeley. L. C. Frontress and Walter McMeel operated the binders as the horses pulled free. McMeel’s animals broke loose while Frontress ended under his machine. one man lost a pair of shoes but neither was seriously hurt.
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Gazette
Greeley
L. C. Frontress
Walter McMeel
McMeel
Frentress
Hatcherymen Short Course Draws 130 At Ames
One hundred thirty Iowa hatcherymen attended the second annual hatcherymen’s short course in Ames, doubling last year’s turnout. H L Shrader of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke on flock improvement work, with W G Warner and W C Ranseyer assisting. The program ended with judging and an exam for would be flock inspectors for the Town Poultry Improvement Association. A poultry breeders school follows later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
H L. Shrader
United States Department of Agriculture
W. G. Warner
Bloomfield
W. C Ranseyer
Oskaloosa
Farm Auction Schedule Lands Cedar Rapids Cent City
Livestock sale set for Friday September 15 at C. R. and I. C. stockyards in Cedar Rapids. A 74 acre farm auction near Central City one mile east of town will be led by executor George Fuller on Wednesday September 20.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
C.R. & J.C. Stock Yards
12Th St
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Vhones
O. B. Clements
C. R
I. C
Central City
George Fuller
Wisconsin Dairymen Face Federal Standards Clash
Wisconsin dairy farmers who helped build a nationwide market face regressive moves by New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois that restrict Wisconsin milk. Gov. Schmedeman warns of retaliatory boycotts unless federal standards bar bans on imports meeting set quality rules.
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Willard R. Smith
United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
State Agricultural College
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Milk Producers Association
Albert G. Schmedeman
Cows Sell Up to 90 at Belle Plaine Auction
Fourteen milking cows averaged 63.33 dollars at the P. V. Rockwell sale three and a half miles southeast of Belle Plaine. Helfers two-year-olds brought 27 to 50 dollars, a foaled colt 44, horses 41 to 75, ewes 4.25, hayloader 65, tractor 80, mower 17.50. Tony Schmitz and O. E. Meyers acted as auctioneers with Martin Studt and F L. Flene as clerks. eight hundred people attended.
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The
Gazette
Belle Plaine
P. V. Rockwell
Helfers
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
O. E. Meyers
Koszta
Martin Studt
F L. Flene
Plan Women's Project Meeting in Fayette for 1933 34 work
Mrs. Mary Gregg assistant state leader of home demonstration agents will host a Fayette meeting at the farm bureau office for township leaders. The session will set clothing plans for 1933 34. From Sept 18 to 30 Miss Geraldine Brainard will conduct township meetings with demonstrations on canning or sewing machine care and use. Officer elections will be held in each township.
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Fayette
Mary Gregg
Farm Bureau
Geraldine Brainard
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