Corn Hog Contract Deadlock in Benton County
Benton County IA faces a stalemate over a $190000 contract payment for 14000 hogs in the corn hog program. AAA investigators led by John B. Wilson seek removal of disputed hogs for lack of evidence, while local officials insist the hogs are legitimate and payments to contract signers are pending. Officials from neighboring counties report similar contract clearances but Benton remains unsettled as probes continue.
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Benton County
Enton County
Control Association
Benton
AAA
Coi
Hog Control Association
Vinton
W. A. Geiger
Benton Association
Wilson
St Paul
the Gazette
Ro M Evans
Laurens
Iowa
Jackson
Hardin Poweshick
Audubon
Washington
Geiger
County Committee
Guily
Glen Greek
Ohio
South Dakota
Cedar Rapids
Greek
Center Junction Butterfat Averages 29 Cents in August
Herbert Cox, buttermaker for the Farmers Co operative Creamers, reports twenty one cents pad for the last half of August butter fat, giving the month an average of 29 cents. A Mr Donald was high patron for the month.
Cash rent ranges for Wilton Junction farms and tomato market demand
Real estate dealers report Wilton Junction farms rent from four to six dollars per acre with high demand and scarce supply. Buyers from distant areas are seeking tomatoes, with cannery buyers offering about twelve dollars a ton and outside buyers forty dollars. Rain slows soy harvest near Manchester and affects hay and corn work.
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Wilton Junction
the Gazette
Manchester
Benton County Stover Allotment From Government
Eight thousand tons of corn fodder and stover are allotted Benton county for sale and shipment to drought areas. County Agent WA Ciinger notes blanks received. no contracts will be made for less than ten tons. Farm Bureau records show adjusted acreage for fodder on contracted and additional acres must be cut before ears form.
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Vinton
Stover
Benton County
WA Ciinger
Farm Bureau
Geiger
August egg volume lightest since 1920 in New York market
August receipts in New York City for eggs were the lightest since 1920 with total cases at 1 938 000, well below normal 510 0000, due to light western shipments led by Iowa at 73 815 cases versus 108 443 last year. Butter and cheese also approached or broke five year averages with record August volumes.
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NEW York Ciy
New York
Towa
New York City
Iowa
Minnesota
United States
Canada
Additional farm news on the opposite page
August receipts reached 4.5 million pounds with Wisconsin supplying about 90 percent. Cheese stocks are heavy while butter remains below average. Butter production rose recently, boosting bearish outlooks. eastern surplus dairy shouldered high prices and government advertising. Egg and poultry prospects look brighter, with in storage movement strong and turkey prices uncertain but likely better for Thanksgiving. Potatoes show regional gains, Maine to New York favorable, Western states lag.
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Wisconsin
Middle Western
New York
Maine
Pennsylvania
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmer Opposes Newfangled Edication and Embraces Dirt Roots
Russell Taber of an 80 acre Whittier area farm speaks on education, tractors, taxes, and the New Deal. He recalls 35 years in town, property trades, and rising land values while defending prohibition and criticizing modern conveniences. He predicts upheaval unless farmers win a square deal and rejects schooling and rail against federal relief.
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Russell Z Taber
Louis Taber
Whittier
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
Taber
ePenn College
Oskaloosa
Lews
West Town College
Pennsylvania
Profiteering in Roughage Warned in AAA Guidelines
Waterloo AP report describes official steps for Corn roughage conservation under government program, with a sharp warning against profiteering. L. W. Plager states no get rich quick schemes and urges fair prices, details stage of harvesting, curing, baling, and field man deployment across six states with price ranges from 7 to 9 dollars per ton.
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Towa
Plager
AAA
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Wisconsin
Receiver Of Excess Pigs Named In Delaware Co
Clarence Fencher was named Delaware County hog representative to visit farms for surplus hogs beyond contract numbers. Farmers delivering surplus hogs will receive receipts to offset corn hog contracts. Some handlers reportedly have up to fifteen hogs to dispose of and will deliver them at the leased temporary quarters. A receiving schedule will be outlined as arrival numbers are finalized. No pigs under fifty pounds will be accepted.
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Manchester
Clarence Fencher
Delaware County
Fencher
Half Of Sealed Corn In Washington Released
In Washington county four hundred eighty two of the eight hundred forty cribs of corn originally sealed in the spring have been unsealed in recent months, according to county recorder Miss Katherine Flynn.
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Washington
the Gazette
Washington County
Katherine Flynn
Confabs On New Corn Loan Rules Called By Murray
Des Moines AP Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray scheduled seven district meetings for county agents and warehouse boards to discuss the 1935 corn loan program. The new loan of 55 cents a bushel runs to August 1, 1935, replacing extensions to January 1 and requiring outstanding loans to be repaid or converted by October 15. Sealed corn must be recribbed to be eligible. Meeting dates span Atlantic September 19 to Cherokee September 28 with towns including Ottumwa Ames Mason City West Union Tipton and Tipton listed.
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DES Moines
Ray Murray
William S. Bradley
Commodity Credit Corporation
Lloyd Eveland
H C. Aaberg
Murray
Atlantic
Ottumwa
Tipton
Ames
West Union
Mason City
Cherokee
Urbana Farmer Grows Moon and Star Melons
Urbana's E. B Black, a northwest of Urbana farmer, cultivates moon and star watermelons. Each melon features a moon and star pattern on a dark green rind with yellow emblems. The fruit has pink flesh, black seeds, and praised flavor. A seed house has bought all Black's seed output. origin traced to Oklahoma.
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Urbana
E. B Black
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
The report notes Iowa rainfall amounts with 24 hour total .56 inch ending Saturday at 7 am. September to date shows 2.88 inches, above the 2.02 inch normal by .86 inch. Year to date precipitation stands at 17.37 inches, below the normal 24.85 inches by 7.48 inches.
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Iowa
Champion 4-H Dairyman To Be Named At Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa State Brand Creameries of Mason City will award a trip to the National Club Congress in Chicago to Iowa’s champion 4 H dairy calf club member. The winner will be chosen from dairy club livestock exhibitors during the Dairy Cattle Congress and Allied Exhibits Oct 1 7. The event includes national corn, soybean and alfalfa shows with judging on opening day. Soybean entries reflect record 1934 yield. alfalfa and corn shows feature separate classes and regional divisions for fair competition.
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Gazette
Waterloo
Iowa State Brand Creameries, Inc
Mason City
Wil
National Club Congress
Chicago
Iowa
Ernest M Wright
Iowa State Dairyassociation
Dairy Club
Dairy Cattle Congress
United States
Cows In Iowa Test Assns Average 24.2 Butterfat In August
In August the 19 124 cows on test across 1 096 Iowa herds in 53 associations averaged 613 pounds of milk and 24.2 pounds of butterfat. Fourteen percent yielded more than forty pounds of butterfat. butterfat price averaged 27.2 cents. North Tama assoc led with 488 cows and 34.6 pounds of butterfat, owner Joe Chezik Jr Dysart.
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Iowa
Dairy Extension Department
Aimes
North Tama Cow Test Association
Joe Chezik, Jr
Dysart
330 Head Drought Cattle To Be Grazed In Delaware
Three hundred thirty head of cattle from drought stricken areas are to arrive in Manchester this week per the Delaware county emergency relief administration. From five to sixty head will be pastured on county farms before slaughter as part of the government relief program.
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Manchester
Delaware County Emergency Relief Administration Office
Cattle Sell For 9 Cents A Pound Near Solon
Amos Suchomel feeder from Cedar County east of Solon near Cedar Bluffs sold thirty one cattle weighing 1 060 pounds each at Cedar Rapids for 9 cents a pound.
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Solon
Amos Suchomel
Cedar County
Cedar Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Milo Reno Praises Hoover Articles in Des Moines
Milo Reno, head of the National Farmers Holiday association, praised Herbert Hoover's recent articles criticizing the New Deal as the greatest statement for human liberty, while cautioning that Hoover did little for farmers during his own presidency. He urged Roosevelt to pivot on agricultural policy and argued the Federal Reserve and Farm Board exceeded constitutional powers.
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Des Moines
Milo Reno
National Farmers Holiday Association
Herbert Hoover
Case For Human Liberty
Reno
Hoover
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Farm Board
Federal Benefit Checks Distributed Across Iowa Counties
DES MOINES AP More than half a million dollars in government benefit checks were received in four Iowa counties Saturday. The largest sum went to Hamilton county at 323,492. Osceola received 137,874. Rapanoose 90,882. and Buchanan 17,119. In KEOTA feeder Charlie Kirkpatrick sold 120 head of cattle at Cedar Rapids for 8.50 per hundredweight.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Hamilton County
Osceola
Rapanoose
Buchanan
Keota
Charlies Kirkpatrick
Cedar Rapids
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International News Service
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