Farmers National Grains Handle 25 Percent of Market Receipts
C E Huff president reports Farmers National Grain Corp now handles 25 percent of primary receipts at terminal markets based on USDA data. In 1933 crop year, 70 percent of grain came from member elevators, 30 percent from non members, with a year ending June 30 1934 showing a loss of 662503.87 before gains later in summer. By Aug 31 capital remained 1 0482 million with profits rebounding to 683182.04, and reserves at 910583.56.
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Farmers National Grain Corporation
United States Department of Agricultural
C. E. Huff
Huff
NRA
Washington
Amarillo
Tex
Peoria
Rock Island
Chicago
Farmers National
Fence Drift Observed Across Kansas Missouri and Iowa
Weather improves as rain greens the country and farmers respond by sowing rye for fall feed. In drought areas corn fodder is stored in shocks or pits, with improvised silos of straw or other material. A huge wooden box may hold around 200 tons of ensilage.
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Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Monay
Corn Binders Move Fast in Postville Market
Two local implement dealers sold thirty six corn binders this season with twenty two new machines and fourteen used. Last year none were sold in Postville, and eighty percent of sales were for cash, according to dealers.
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Gazette Postville
Delta Dairy Herd Wintered On Farm In Fayette
Otis Taylor of Idlewilde farm north of Delta will winter seven head of his purebred Holstein herd in Fayette county to cope with a feed shortage. One cow will be kept for milk for family use. A recent reduction sale was held but he declines to dispose of the valued herd developed over years and ranked high in the Mahaska County Cow Test Association. September rains improved pastures but failed to provide fall grazing.
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Delta
Otis Taylor
Idlewilde Farm
Fayette County
Taylor
Farm Auction Roundup for West Branch and Wellman Area
Feeder cattle and hogs slated for sale at Beverly Page and Bowman in West Branch with Albin and Kennedy as auctioneers on Wednesday September 26. Tri county Guernsey consign ment sale will be held at M. E. Yoder farm eight miles northeast of Wellman.
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Beverly
Page and Bowman
West Branch
Albin and Kennedy
Tri-county
Guernsey
M. E. Yoder
Wellman
Compliance Officers Urged to Curb Cholera Spread
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association warns that hog cholera germs could spread from farm to farm via corn and hog contract supervisors footwear. Bulletin urges disinfectant use and on arrival cleaning before entering hog lots. Dr R M Hofford moved from drought cattle program to eastern Town hog cholera control with Cedar Rapids HQ starting Sept 17.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Alta Vista
Elma
Cresco
Durant
West Branch
Wyoming
Olin
Cascade
Anamosa
Monticello
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Springville
Marion
Mount Vernon
Center Point
Belle Plaine
Vinton
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Dysart
Shellsburg
Dunkerton
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Hudson
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Lamont
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Hazleton
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Maynard
Waucoma Hawkeye
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Ryan
Solon
Morning Sun
Volga City
Strawberry Point
Preston
Teeds Grove
Rudd
Charles City
Rockford
Aplington
Dumont
Greene
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
New Hampton
Elberon
Traer
R. M. Hofford
Shortage Of Seed Oats In Jackson Revealed By Survey
Special to The Gazette Maquoreta County Agent F E Krause notes only one farm er in seven in Jackson county has seed oats for next season per a survey. Farmers urged to cure soy bean hay ten days before storing to reduce fire risk. Despite strong corn production, the county’s corn fodder and stover quota stands at 4,000 tons, with Krause seeking raise to 10,000. Local farmers show interest in stover and fodder sales.
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Maquoreta
F E. Krause
Jackson County
Krause Krause
Farm life on 120 acres near Clarence surveyed in 1930s
Interview with W. W. Weatherwax and his son Richard on their 120 acre Cedar County farm. They discuss farming history, Chautauqua and Lyceum work, crop yields, seed oats, hogs, and a base program. Weatherwax supports the New Deal, Wallace’s leadership, and critiques Hoover and Senator Dickinson.
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W. W. Weatherwax
Richard Weatherwax
Clarence
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
Washington County Farmers Put Their Money In The Bank
Farmers in Wellman cashed corn hog checks at Wellman Savings Bank. Carl Oldfield, county committee member, received the first Washington County check. Only one of the initial fifty checks was cashed in full. Several $250 and $350 checks yielded about $20 in cash.
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Wellman
Wellman Savings Bank
Carl Oldfield
Washington County
Rowley Farmowner Finishes Painting Outbuildings
P C Thedews, owner operator of a 320 acre Rowley area farm, completes painting the house barn hog house corn crib granary machine shed garage hen house smoke house and cattle shed on his property.
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Rowley
P. C. Thedews
Wellman Feeders Sell Forty Three Hereford Steers
Wellman area operators C F Shaffer and C T Anderson in Washington county sold forty three long yearling Hereford steers at Cedar Rapids packing plant for nine dollars and twenty five cents per hundredweight, averaging fourteen pounds each.
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Suecisi
Gazetta Wellman
C. F Shaffer
C T. Anderson
Washington County
Wellman
Cedar Rapids
Le Roy Luckies 4-H Hold Achievement Day Demonstration
Blairs town hosts Le Roy Luckies 4 H achievement day at Mrs. H J Grunewald home with speakers Miss Jane Nelson Benton county home demonstration agent and Mrs L H McLennan district committeewoman A demonstration on Canning of Baked Apples shown by the team ahead of Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress October 1 7
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Blairstown
LeRoy Luckies 4-H Club
H. J. Grunewald
Jane Nelson
Benton County
L. H. McLennan
Waterloo
Linn County Supervisors Adjourn. appointments and claims reviewed
The Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors met September 10 11 1934 at Cedar Rapids. Resigned Robert W Greene from the County Old Age Assistance Board is accepted Ernest R Moore appointed to fill vacancy. Hurd Orchard Cedar Rapids added for one year term. road program materials approved for Projects 9 and 10. Walter C Rech bond set at 2500. JPs in Rapids Township allowed up to 1000 per year. numerous claims and sundry routine actions summarized and approved. Meeting adjourned to September 18, 1934.
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Linn County
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
State of Iowa
Linn
Said
Busby
Stirm
Kennedy
Robert W Greene
County Old Age Assistance Board
Ernest R. Moore
County Old Are Assistance Board
45Th
General Assembly
Busby Hurd
Orchard Cedar Rapids
Towa
John M Dlaine
Sticm
Cedar Rapids Lown
Parti
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District Court
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Witter C Rech
Ned AN
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Rapids Township
Leibsohn
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Cowde Teat
Lagomarcino Grape Co
Lynott Patrick
J_A
Lundquist Edwin Clerk
DGC
Larimer and Shaffer
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LaPlant-Choate Mfg Co
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Walt
Masha Grocery
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Witwer Grocer Co
Wilson & Co
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Wheeler Kenneth
Woods
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Panes
M_ Vesely County
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Precipitation in the 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday measured 0.18 inches. September to date totals 3.08 inches, above the 2.42 inch normal by 0.66 inch. January 1 to date shows 17.57 inches, below the 25.25 inch normal by 7.68 inches.
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International News Service
Sudan yields seed on west union far
West Union residents report the first threshing and cleaning of sudan Brass seed near town. Louis Mittlestadt brought forty bushels to the West Union elevator for cleaning. The seed was good quality but weedy. Sudan grass acreage in Fayette county this year has increased and yielded well, though farmers find it more insect prone than other crops.
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Caretta
West Union
Sudan
Louis Mittlestadt
Here
Fayette County
Field Supervisors In Fodder Project Gather In Waterloo
Twenty five field supervisors meet in Waterloo to organize shredding and baling plans for fodder and stover under the government fodder buying program. L W Plager Midwest director outlines district assignments and equipment listing to ensure timely balanced production and delivery on track by producers.
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Waterloo
INS
Stover
L. W. Plager
Midwest
Minnesota
Plager
Paul E. Miller
Earl Jones
Ohio
J. H. Skinner
Indiana
J. C. Hackleman
Illinois
W. C. Etheridge
Missouri
R. K. Bliss
Iowa
A. Sykes
Ida Grove
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Neighbors Cut And Shock 25 Acres For Injured Farmer
Sixty six North English farmers organized a neighborhood bee at Vernon W Faas farm to cut and shock about twenty five acres of corn for an injured neighbor. Faas is hospitalized in Iowa City after a runaway team caused a broken leg amputation and infection. Women served a cafeteria style dinner.
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Vernon W. Faas
Faas
University Hospital
Iowa City
Dysart Farm Rents For $6.50 An Acre
Dysart, northwest of town, leases the George Wiebbecke farm for the coming year at six dollars and fifty cents per acre. The Wiebbecke family may relocate to Minnesota.
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Dysart
George Wiebbecke
Will Schafer
Wiebbecke
Minnesota
Maurer Family Harvests Mastodon Everbearing Strawberries
Special to The Gazette Mechanicsville H. J. Maurer family uses garden irrigation from a hot dry summer to harvest Mastodon Everbearing strawberries. Mrs. Maurer picked three and a half quarts Saturday morning. the berries, set out two years ago, produce better flavor this fall despite small size.
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The
Gazette
Mechanicsville
H. J. Maurer
Livestock Feeding Group Formed in Eastern Iowa
A non profit group backed by the regional agricultural credit firm in Sioux City forms the Western Feeders' Contracting company to locate drought area cattle and lambs with liens for winter feeding. Cattle are returned to owners. lambs sent to market. District reps include Roy C. Coverdale Delmar and others across Independence Washington Ossian Clear Lake State Center Strawberry Point Decorah.
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Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Credit Corporation
Western Feeders’ Contracting Company
Roy C. Coverdale
Delmar
Jacob L. Holland
Independence
Howard L. McCleary
Washington
Farewell Riveland
Ossian
Alfred E. Landry
Clear Lake
William Robinson
State Center
H. D. Campbell
Strawberry Point
R. Algyer
Decorah
Farmers Push Corn For Winter Feed And Government Sale
In Brandon farmers cut a large amount of corn fodder mainly for winter feed while planning to sell some, due to low profit from cutting baling and trucking. Some fodder will be shredded as Rowley reports hiring help scarce amid corn cutting soy bean harvest and plowing. Soy beans are of good quality and silos are being filled.
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Brandon
Rowley
Grasshoppers Infest Sudan Grass in Lafayette Area
Rains delay soy bean and sudan grass harvests in Lafayette. Farmers buy new farm machinery including tractors corn binders and shredders. Vets and livestock raisers work to curb hog cholera in Center Point vicinity.
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Lafayette
Center Point
Frost and harvest notes from Calmar area farmers
A light frost touched the Calmar vicinity over the weekend while farmers completed delayed silo filling caused by heavy rains. Corn heights reach thirteen to fourteen feet as local markets report eggs at eighteen to twenty five cents a dozen and butter at twenty seven cents per pound.
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Gazette
Calmar
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