Butter Prices Rise Amid Strong Demand and Surplus Hope
Consumer demand for butter improved last week as schools opened and vacationers returned, with expectations a sustained rise could reduce surpluses. Government approval for the Federal Surplus Commodities Corp to buy 35 to 40 million pounds may draw from Dairy Products Marketing Association holdings, easing storage increases noted at Linn county sites and Waconia sorghum mill.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Dairy Products Marketing Association
New York City
Horse nettle weed roots reach deep in Iowa field study
Relief garden director Fred C. Henson reports Linn county observers witnessed Dana’s horse nettle roots stretching six and a half feet with another foot likely, a finding illustrated to officials. Smith warns the plant seeds prolifically while vertical roots die in winter and regrow from below.
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Mr. Smith
Linn County
Smith
Thompson
Dairy production hits record as butter stocks surge
Agricultural economists report September 1 milk output 7 percent above last year due to lower feed costs relative to butterfat. Butter prices stay steady amid heavy Dairy Products Marketing Association purchases while storage stocks rise sharply. February to September purchases total 97.8 million pounds, with cold storage butter at 201.5 million pounds, a five year high. American cheese stocks also reach a new September 1 peak and July manufactured dairy output rises 8 percent from 1937.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Dairy Products Association
75 Per Cent Cedar County Corn Now Safe From Frost
Special to The Gazette Tipton 75 percent of Cedar County corn is reported safe from frost as rains in the past week slow soybean harvest for AAA soil conservation payments. Some fall plowing and general repair work proceed before corn harvest.
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Cedar County
Tipton
AAA
Crop Outlook In Buchanan County Tested By Weather
Homer Soules, chairman of the county conservation committee, says corn is 85 percent safe from frost with a few dry days needed. Farmers struggle with soybean hay vines while potatoes exceed average yields and apple crops are described as excellent.
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Buchanan County
Homer Soules
County Conservation Committee
Lightning Strikes Hit Farm Twice Causing Damage
Tipton reports multiple lightning strikes at the Frank Lauscher farm near Buchanan. The house was struck twice with substantial damage the second hit. losses were covered by insurance. A steer was also stunned by lightning weeks earlier on the same property.
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Gazette
Tipton
Frank Lauscher
Buchanan
Nebraska Hereford feeder calf drive for All-Iowa show
A buying group seeks 375 Hereford steers as feeder calves in Nebraska sand hills to be groomed by 75 Iowa youths. Calves will be delivered to Cedar Rapids Oct 10–15 and judged next fall in the junior division of the All-Iowa Livestock Exposition.
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Hinkhouse
Lorenzen
Blinks
Beresford
Ody
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Sand Hills
Nebraska
Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders Association
Iowa
Fred Hinkhouse
West Liberty
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Eastern
We Wate Leeeted Tee
HN. HK. Bunks
OL Wiarion Anu Mex Beresford
Ames
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Linn County
Jones
Cedar
Clinton
Johnson
Poweshiek
Benton
Tama
Scott
Keokuk
Buchanan
Louisa
Dubuque
Delaware
Muscatine
Washington
Sand
Texas
Homer L. Buell
Rose
Earl J. Peterson
Newport
H. E. Derrick
Bassett
J. Hall Dillon
Longpine
Earl Hollenbeck
Sand Hills Feeder Cattle Producers Association
Sam McKelvie
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
Coming Farm Auctions Set for September Shows
The notice lists farm auctions for Tuesday September 20 with Mathis Brothers closing out at 414 miles southeast of Vinton and Thursday September 22 with Bailey closing out two miles northwest of Whitier. The event uses three standards for judging: quality conformation and finish, rate of gain during feeding, and business records of junior feeders. It marks the nation’s first junior beef cattle feeding project with an All Iowa show planned at Cedar Rapids next fall.
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Mathis Brothers
Vinton
Bailey Pening
Whitier
United States
Cedar Rapids
PARM
Ladies of Prairie Chapel Church
Hope Returns For Potato Growers As Market Grows Firm
Eastern markets show rising firmness in potato prices with the Sept 1 report bullish. Industry signals suggest prices may rise despite some regional production shortfalls in Maine New York Pennsylvania Colorado Nebraska Idaho and the Red River Valley.
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Hope
the Gazette
New York City
Maine
New York
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Nebraska
Idaho
Red River Valley
Debt Advisory Board to Meet in Cedar Rapids
The farm debt advisory board will meet in room 2 of the post office building Cedar Rapids on Monday at 1 p.m. Interested parties may call then. C. B. F. Michel, chairman.
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Farm Debt Advisory Board
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
C. B. F. Michel
William Milne Builds Double Corn Crib at Brown Farm
William Milne constructs a double corn crib with an overhead granary on the Brown farm located northeast of Dysart. The project details are described in local farming notes.
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Dysart
William Milne
REA Grants Benefit Eastern Iowa Cooperatives
Washington reports 34 REA allotments totaling 5.44 million dollars to 21 states. Iowa receives 154 thousand for Benton county to string 129 miles of line serving 315 customers in Benton and Tama. Eastern Iowa Light and Power gets 390 thousand for 300 miles to serve 750 customers across seven counties.
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Washington
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Iowa
Benton
Tama
Ivan E. Trottnow
Dysart
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
S. N. Jordan
Davenport
Cedar
Muscatine
Johnson, Linn
Jones, Clinton
Louisa
Scott Counties
Cattle Prices Hit Top Level Of Year In Chicago Market
Prices for prime and choice slaughter steers rose 25 to 50 cents in the week, with top price at 13.35 dollars for prime heavyweight steers. Yearlings and calves also advanced, while receipts totaled 161000 head across seven markets.
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Tama
Iowa
The
Gazette
Washington
Chicago
Weekly Market Review
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Fed
Northwest
Kansas City
Cattle market report for five weeks ending Sept 3
The five weeks ended September 3 totaled 169 500 head, 42 800 fewer than last year. Replacement cattle remained in broad demand but prices eased with slaughter cattle. Kansas City average price was 7 54 dollars, down from 7 80 dollars in July and 8 58 dollars in August of last year.
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Kansas City
Western States Discuss Waterways Improvement
Five western states join talks on soil and waterway improvement in Lincoln Nebraska under T L Gaston of the water facilities board. Delegations from Farm Security Administration Soil Conservation and Agricultural Economics agencies from Wyoming Nebraska Montana North and South Dakota attend. No large projects are planned and final counts of projects will wait until after state-level discussions.
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Lincoln
Neb
T. L. Gaston
Washington, D. C
Water Facilities Board
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation and
Agricultural Economics
Wyoming
Nebraska
Montana
North
South Dakota
Gaston
Linn County Farm Bureau calendar for this week
Linn county Farm Bureau schedule lists events for the week. Tuesday includes a 2 p.m. home economics program in Linn township with Mrs. Roy Bowman and an 8 p.m. Franklin township meeting at the Electric Light building in Mount Vernon. Wednesday features an 8 p.m. Linn township meeting at Ray Kirkpatrick farm. Thursday has a 9 a.m. Farm Bureau program of works meeting at the Y M C A Cedar Rapids and a 2 p.m. home economics session for North and South Marion townships with Mrs. Douglas Ross. Friday closes with a 2 p.m. home economics program in Brown township at Whitier hall.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Linn Township
Roy Bowman
Franklin Township
Farm Bureau
Mount Vernon
Linn Township Farm Bureau
Ray Kirkpatrick
Cedar Rapids
North
South Marion Townships
Douglas Ross
Brown Township
Whittier Hall
New Machine Shed Erected by Clark Township Threshing Ring
A 12 by 28 foot machine shed is being erected by the north Clark township threshing ring to house its separator according to The Gazette.
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Dysart
North Clark Township
Pigs Sold At 8 85 Per Cwt Near Dysart
Feeder Joe Hadacek of Dysart marketed 50 head of 228 pound pigs to Otto Kleppien of Clutter last week for eight dollars eighty five cents per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Dysart
Joe Hadacek
Otto Kleppien
Clutter
Mount Vernon Farm Sold for 17351 Dollars
District Judge C. J. Haas approved the sale of a 150.88 acre Linn township farm north of Mount Vernon to John E. Stout for 17351.20 dollars. The seller was Minnie J. Neal and Lloyd E. Neal as administrators of the Henry E. Neal estate.
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Mount Vernon
C. J. Haas
Cedar Rapids
Linn Township
John E. Stout
Minnie J. Neal
Lloyd E. Neal
Henry E. Neal
Farm property sales near Hudson and Wapello reported
Buck ingham area sees 200 acre Popp farm near Hudson sold to Arthur Andors for 107.50 per acre totaling 10750. Midland Mortgage of Cedar Rapids owned the land. Eliza J Small estate farm of 225 acres near Wapello sold at auction to Dewey Small and Verne Small for 47.50 per acre totaling 12112.50. The Wapello farm lies two and a half miles south of town and is now occupied by Henry Meyerholz.
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Gazette
Buckingham
Hudson
Midland Mortgage Company of
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Andors
The
Wapello
Eliza J. Small
Dewey Small
Verne Small
Henry Meyerholz
New Hog House Rising on Dysart Farm
Ed J. Mehlhaus is constructing a new 20 by 48 foot hog house on his farm east of Dysart, expanding his pork operation.
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Dysart
J. Mehlhaus
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