Widespread Milk Underconsumption Reported in National Survey
A large survey in 59 cities across 46 states found that 14 percent of the 29,485 families bought no fresh milk and average per capita milk purchases fell short of dietary standards. Evaporated milk use was high, averaging over 18 pounds yearly per person, with total milk intake well below recommended diets. The study, led by Fred C. Howe for national women's groups, examined 160,010 people including 78,987 children and 81,032 adults.
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Ashington
D. C
Fred C. Howe
AAA
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Chhildren
Cedar county Quaker graveyard survey notes history site
A high spot in Cedar county near Springdale hosts a Quaker graveyard beside a tomato patch once near the Meeting house. Markers mention Hulda Hoover and Lawrie Tatum among others, with a remnant virgin sod and blue stem grass, and a survey notes averages for local families.
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Cedar County
Springdale
Hulda Hoover
Lawrie Tatum
Hoover
Coppee Boys
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Uncle Tom
Seed Oats in South Bring Higher Prices
Seed oats prices rose for growers from July 5 to August 28 with about 35 percent of the crop sold. Texas red rust proof oats sold at 50 to 55 cents per bushel, while Carolinas and Georgia moved to 65 to 75 cents. Seed rye sold faster, with about 40 percent sold and prices at 90 cents to 1.50 dollars in the regions mentioned.
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Washington, D. C
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
4-H Fete Draws 300 In Washington County
More than 300 Washington county 4-H club members leaders and parents attended a dinner party on Wednesday evening. The program featured motion pictures from the county fair highlighting prize winners in livestock divisions the parade and other events. Eleanor Augustine and Everett Hayes county presidents led the program.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Eleanor Augustine
Everett Hayes
Brandon hog cholera outbreak spurs vaccinations
Special to The Gazette Harold Zoebel and George Peck vaccinate their hogs amid a serious Brandon area outbreak. Several farmers with infected herds have lost most of their hogs.
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Brandon
Harold Zoebel
George Peck
New Livestock Pavilion Opens in Brooklyn
A new livestock sales pavilion in Brooklyn has been completed with seating capacity for 1,000. The facility expands local auction opportunities and is expected to boost cattle trade and rural commerce in the area.
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the Gazette
Brooklyn
Fresh Pork Prices Plummet Amid Demand Slump
The hog market tracks fresh pork declines with wholesale pork dropping to 15 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago from 25 earlier in the month. Hog prices followed the trend, with interior markets showing mixed results as supplies shrink and pork stocks lag five year averages. Trade notes lighter receipts and varied quality affecting value from 200 to 350 pounds.
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Ray Anderson
Chicago
Iowa
Waples To Lead Parley At Mortgage Bankers Convention
Cedar Rapids executive Waples of Midland Mortgage will head a round table on mortgage laws at the Mortgage Bankers Association of America convention October 4–5 at Edgewater Beach Chicago. Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture leads the two day program with speakers including Frank C. Walker Frank Knox John H. Fahey Arthur F. Hall and other officials.
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National Emergency Council
Frank Knox
Chicago
John H. Fahey
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Arthur F. Hall
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Buchanan Stover And Fodder Quota Set At 4000 Tons
Independence Buchanan county fixed a 4000 ton allotment of corn fodder and stover for sale through the government to drought areas. Farmers seek contracts at the Farm Bureau office. application blanks arrived Thursday. A special school will be held Saturday for county agents and field men on contracting and inspection of fodder.
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Independence
Buchanan
Farm Bureau
Linn C T A No 3 Butterfat Averages In August
In Linn Cow Test association No 3 during August 274 cows, thirty dry, across twenty-one herds averaged 657 pounds milk and 28.1 pounds butterfat. Mrs Emma Batchelder and Son of Alburnett led with high herd and a grade Holstein cow produced 1631 pounds milk and 71.8 pounds butterfat.
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Coggon
Linn Cow Test Association
Paul Henderson
Emma Batchelder
Alburnett
Batchelder
Farming in Ossian: G W Peck on New Deal and harvest
Interview with G W Peck owner of 120 acres four miles east of Ossian. Peck, born 1868 in Hartford, discusses taxes hog prices, direct marketing, corn and hog programs, army worms, hail damage, and 1930s farming challenges amid drought and variable yields.
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G. W. Peckham
Ossian
Hartford
Conn
Compliance Supervisors Named In Linn County
Compliance supervisors for corn and hog contracts in Linn county are listed by township and supervisor. At a Monday meeting the date Sept 20 was set as the cutoff to cut fodder corn on excess acres after June 8, with supervisors authorized to permit variations by maturity and territory. Contract signers are urged to comply and all fodder corn on contracted acres must be cut before ears form.
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Linn County
College Township
John Hruska
J. P. Garnant
Stanley Konigsmark
Fayette
Ralph C. Little
George McCullock
Jackson
Roy Chismore
Walter Ellsworth
Linn
C. L. Ellison
Glen Stoner
C. E. Neal
Marion
Harry Dunn
B. F. Michel
Floyd Hampton
Frank Frederick
Carl Wallace
Frank Plummer
Monroe
D. L. Heefner
Charles W. VanNote
Carl H Schluntz
Washington
Clarence Hand
Wesley Oliphant
Brown
Jess Carnahan
Bert Whitcomb
Clelland A. Fort
Clinton
H. C. Gerhold
D. C. Mulherin
Putnam
George Motycka
Forrest L. Fuhrmeister
Franklin
Ross Clark
Joseph Sedlacek
Lee Stinger
Boulder
Frank Kula
Ollie Kula
John McDonald
Bertram
J. Caldwell
Emmet Albaugh
Otter Creek
Gilbert Batchelder
Charles F. Maier
Ivan Norbohm
Spring Grove
Don V. Cameron
Mark Baty
Burt E. Tritle
Grant
Ronald Ployd
E. D. Ondjer
Joan H. Fairchild
Buffalo
Henry Hood
Edward Finson
William McGovern
Maine
Goeldner Named Loan Director In Poweshiek
Melvin H. Goeldner assistant county agent in Poweshiek is appointed director of feed crop loans. Poweshiek has emergency drought relief status with crops in the north fair and the south harvest expected to be extremely short. Loans to farmers range from 25 to 300 dollars.
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the Gazette
Brooklyn
Melvin H. Goeldner
Poweshiek
Eleven Counties Represented In Veterinary Session
Eleven eastern Iowa counties were represented by thirty veterinarians at the East Central Veterinary Association dinner in Cedar Rapids. Speakers covered the International Veterinary Congress, Iowa sales tax on the profession, plant poisoning in livestock, and plans for the Cedar Rapids convention October 16-17 focusing on equine practice led by Dr. C. C. Franks.
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Iowa
East Central Veterinary Association
Hotel Montrose
Cedar Rapids
International Veterinary Congress
New York
W. C. Vollstedt
Dixon
Eastern Lows Veterinary Association
I. W. Moranville
Durant
A. R. Menary
R. T. White
Frank M. Wilson
Mechanicsville
W. B. Vanderloo
Dubuque
T. S. Leith
Ames
N. L. Nelson
J. W. Griffith
Eastern Iowa Association
C. C. Franks
Grimes
Brood Sows Bring $10 To $23 At Columbus Junction
Eight hundred twenty five head of livestock including 600 hogs 100 sheep and 125 cattle sold at Wednesday's consign ment sale Brood sows sold from 10 to 23 cents Feeders shoots 314 to 4% cents per pound Milk cows 25 to 33 dollars Spring calves 4 and 5 cents per pound Stock cattle 2 ½ to 4 cents Fat stock cattle 4 ½ cents per pound Sheep held steady auctioneers Paul Klotz H M Duncan Farrel Smylie clerk 500 head feeders from Oklahoma by E C Turkington.
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Columbus Junction
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Farrel Smylie
Oklahoma
E. C. Turkington
Hampshire Hens Laying at Postville Farm
Mrs. R. C. Huebner of west of Postville reports several New Hampshire Red hens bought in the east this spring are now fifteen weeks old and have begun laying eggs.
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Postville
R. C. Huebner
New Hampshire
Iowa corn hog contract survey nears completion
Leslie M. Carl, chairman of the Iowa board of review, said the AAA corn-hog contract survey is nearly finished in Iowa. Partial releases have been allowed where complete releases are not yet granted, with full releases in most counties except Benton, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and Winnebago. Final payments are expected to total about 75 million dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
State Board of Review
Carl
Benton
Calhoun
Cerro Gordo
Winnebago
Hog and lamb sales at Monmouth market top Chicago bids
Harold Noonan of Cascade sold this year’s hog crop averaging 228 pounds concise at 6.00 per hundredweight on the Chicago market. He also sold lambs that topped the market at 7.00 per head.
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Gazette
Monmouth
Harold Noonan
Cascade
Monmouth Shipping Association
Chicago
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Precipitation data show 24 hour total .04 inch ending 7 a.m. Friday. September to date measures 2.32 inches versus normal 1.00 inch, an excess of .42 inch. From Jan 1 to date 16.81 inches, normal 24.73 inches, with a deficiency of 7.52 inches since Jan 1.
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International News Service
Balloon tire tractor powers rubber-tired corn sheller
Keystone Henry and Frank Kuehl offer a rubber-tired corn sheller paired with a balloon-tire tractor. Farmers in Benton county increasingly seek the setup for easier traction, as the 12 inch diameter tires need ten to twelve pounds pressure and can be moved by hand.
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Gazette
Keystone
Henry
Frank Kuehl
Benton County
Kuehl
Judges Chosen for Postville Four-County Fair
Four-County fair judges announced for the event to be held September 25 to 28 in Postville. Dairy judging goes to Floyd Johnson of Ames, beef hogs and horses to Carl Oldson of Ames, grains and garden to E.8. Dyas of Ames, culinary and needlework to Miss Lillian Lewis of Payette, 4-H girls demonstrations and booths to Mrs. Gladys Poschel of Fayette, poultry to Frank Whitney of Maynard.
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Postville
Floyd Johnson
Ames
Carl Oldson
Dyas
Lillian Lewis
Payette
Gladys Poschel
Fayette
Frank Whitney
Maynard
Elgin Farmers Buy 28 Corn Binders
In Elgin area farmers report purchase of 28 corn binders from Wigim, an implement dealer, as corn fodder aims for government sale to drought areas. Local yields estimate about one and a half tons per acre for fodder.
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Gazette
Elgin
Wigim
Delta Peach Harvest Falls Short in Size but Good Quality
Farmers in the Delta report a small peach crop this year yet the fruit remains usable and of high quality for home use.
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Delta
Rowley Creamery Buys Butterfat At 27 Cents
Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery paid 27 cents per pound for first half of August butterfat. Albert Sloan secretary noted that butterfat last July averaged 26 cents per pound.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmer's Co-operative Creamery Company
Albert Sloan
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