Corn Price Outlook Puts Iowa Feeder in a Bind
Ames extension economists call the fall corn market a headache for feeders aiming to buy cash corn. Cash corn around $1.15 a bushel, about 20 cents above December Chicago futures, implies December cash around 95 cents. They cite factors both for lower prices, like ample hay and lower livestock numbers, and for higher prices, like stronger demand and positive business sentiment.
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Ames
Iowa
Chicago
Fence Drift On Woven Wire Near Winneshiek Hill
Poetic scene along the winding road in southern Winneshiek as three girls lead home a Hereford heifer and newborn calf at dusk. Crescent moon and a lone star illuminate a hillside, a quiet moment of peace after sunset.
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Winneshiek
Hereford
Benton 4-H Girls Plan Stunt For Cattle Show
Benton county 4-H officers met at Dorothy Jergens home in Van Horne to organize a stunt for the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo from September 28 to October 4. Attending were Helen Vaupel vice president Marius Backholst historian Lucille Radeke secretary Jeanette Thompson news reporter and club chairman Mrs H J Grunewald.
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van Horne
Benton County
Casimak
Dorothy Jergens
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Helen Vaupel
Marius Backholst
Lucille Radeke
Jeanette Thompson
H. J. Grunewald
Esther Ebert
Vaupel
Soybeans Short Yet Promising Yield Reported at South Bethel
In South Bethel alfalfa and clover fields are being reseeded after drought killed the first sowing. A farmer spent $100 on seed for fifteen acres. Farmers plow in fall, cut corn for fodder, paint buildings, and reshingling. Some soybeans were damaged by grasshoppers but the plants show a heavy bean yield.
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South Bethel
Linn County to Be Represented in Waterloo Dairy Show
Linn County will send delegates to the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo from Sept 28 to Oct 4. Representing 4-H clubs are Milking Shorthorns led by C Dean Thomas and Jerseys by Billie and John Henderson, with Belgian horses shown by O E Fisher and Son. The 4-H dairy cattle judging team includes John and Billie Henderson, Coggan, Charles Reinheimer, Marion, and William Benn, Cedar Rapids. The 4-H Girls' club demonstration contest features Virginia Rhinehart and Alice Stewart of Marion under Mrs Adolph Christenson. A separate Linn County group of women will compete in the county-wide home project contest.
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Linn County
Waterloo
C. Dean Thomas
Alburnett
Billie
John Henderson
Coggan
O. E. Fisher
Drive to add fifty REA customers in Johnson County
Iowa City officials and Cedar Rapids power companies faced rejection as rural electrification officials in Washington require more commitments and a lower estimated power price before the REA can issue a $200,000 loan. The plan aims to build about 200 miles of lines with an average of three users per mile.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Association
REA
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Allamakee C T A Reports August Dairy Averages
A herd of ten grade Holsteins owned by George Goeke topped Allamakee County Con Test association No. 1 in August with 1188 pounds milk and 40.4 butterfat. The high cow, a purebred Holstein owned by Karl Simmons, yielded 1730 pounds milk and 79.6 butterfat. Across 475 cows in twenty-nine herds, average production was 516 pounds milk and 21.9 butterfat with feed cost per pound of butterfat at 12.6 cents.
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Waukon
George Goeke
Allamakee County
Con Test Association
Howard Gordon
Karl Simmons
Association
Health Champs Know The Way By Milk Water Sleep
Ninety seven 4-H girls in Iowa state health contest answer a survey showing daily milk intake of about a quart water intake around two quarts and nine to ten hours sleep. Most work before breakfast and many help with meals. Vegetables like beans peas carrots cabbage and tomatoes dominate their diet while candy is limited. Only six had colds and most had physical exams within the year.
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Ames
Extension Service
Iowa State College
County Union
What's What Out on the Acres Believes It Is Futile
Interview with George Williamson, renter of 156 acres near Hopkinton. He discusses politics, the AAA program, tariffs, relief funds, butter prices, and local farming practices including siloing, corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. He notes drought effects and plans to move.
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George Williamson
Hopkinton
Buck Creek
Herring Declares Seed Corn Weeks Amid Drought
Governor Clyde L. Herring, in Cleveland attending an American Legion event, proclaims this week and next seed corn weeks. He urges Iowa farmers to gather seed corn for their own needs and a possible surplus due to drought and grasshoppers. The proclamation notes a seed corn shortage in several counties and emphasizes prudent, collective action for next season.
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Des Moines
INS
Clyde L. Herring
Cleveland
Ray Murphy
American Legion Convention
Iowa
Corn sale near Victor nets $1.03 a bushel
Victor farmer Harry R. Price sold 500 bushels of shelled corn to the Brooklyn elevator company at $1.03 per bushel on Friday.
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Victor
Harry R. Price
Elevator Company
Brooklyn
Butterfat Prices Paid at Rowley Creamery in August
ROWLEY The Rowley Farmers Co operative Creamery Company paid patrons 40 cents for grade No 1 butterfat 39 cents for grade No 2 and 38 cents for grade No 3 during August reports Joe McGrath secretary.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Maynard Creamery Pays 39 Cents Butterfat for August
Patrons of the Maynard Co operative creamery receive 39 cents per pound for August butterfat the secretary C H Paul announced.
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Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
C. H. Paul
Forestry Demonstrations To Be Inspected Sept 30
G R Ramsey Ames extension forester who supervised the forestry demonstration in Allamakee county will inspect the plots on September 30. He will also review requests for forestry plantings for 1937 and notes the 1938 quota may allow one demonstration plot per township.
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Waukon
G. R. Ramsey
Ames Extension Forester
Allamakee County
Ramsey
Farmers to Outline 1937 Soil Program
Chicago reports the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will hold corn belt community meetings starting the week of Sept. 21 to draft a 1937 regional soil program. County and state meetings follow in October through December to have a final plan ready by January. The ten north central states are Iowa Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Agricultural Adjustment , Administration
Corn Belt
North Central
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Conservation
Banquet Promises Hearty Farm Bureau Night in Montezuma
Bushels of fried chicken and baked beans plus escalloped potatoes vegetable salad apple pie a la mode and coffee await invitees at the annual Poweshiek county Farm Bureau banquet and fun night in Montezuma Thursday evening. A speech by W B Hamilton secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation from Des Moines and performances will highlight the program.
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Brooklyn
Alamode
Poweshiek
Upcoming Farm Auctions Near Cedar Rapids and Wellman
Auctions line up for September with sales on the Kenwood dairy farm north of Cedar Rapids, the E G Swartzendruber Guernsey herd near Wellman, and the Charles Rogers farm southeast of Brandon. A Beverly Cattle consignment sale follows, then a 168 acre Frank Dostal farm auction southeast of Cedar Rapids.
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Kenwood Dairy
Cedar Rapids
Guernsey
E. G. Swartzendruber
Wellman
Charles Rogers
Brandon
Beverly Cattle Company
Frank Dostal
Webster Bank sells Pete Huffman farm for $6200 total
Webster Savings Bank sold 37 improved acres of the Pete Huffman farm one mile south of Webster on highway 149 to Virgil Winegarden for 2700 dollars, or 73 dollars an acre. An additional 40 unimproved acres went to Nervel Thorburn for 3500 dollars, or 87.50 dollars an acre. Total price 6200 dollars, 80.52 per acre. Possession passes March 1.
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Webster
Pete Huffman
Webster Savings Bank
Virgil Winegarden
Nervel Thorburn
Elgin Canning Plant to Close After Five Weeks
The Elgin canning plant will close this week after five weeks of operation as heavy rains delayed harvest. Corn quality improved beyond initial expectations despite the slowdown caused by wet weather.
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Elgin
Elgin Canning Company
Iowa Turkey Industry Nears Peak as 2 Million Go to Market
V C Ramseyer of Oskaloosa, secretary of the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association, says more than 2 000 000 Iowa turkeys will reach market between now and New Year s. He notes turkey farming has become a commercial enterprise in Iowa in the last 15 years and predicts the center of production may shift to grain areas with better forage. About one thousand attend the association s tenth annual meeting in Des Moines this week.
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Des Moines
V. C. Ramseyer
Oskaloosa
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Iowa
A. C. Gingerich
Wellman
United States
Ramseyer
Texas
Iowa Improvement Association
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Johnson
Allamakee C. T. A
U. S
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South Africa
Roosevelt
Landon
Administration
Herring
Nes
Toggery
Paradin
Max
William
Agricultural Conservation and Commodity Loan
Higley Building
Sol
Chichesters Pills Pte Diamond
Neip Alae
Oscar Mayer
Pure Meat
Tle Ib
First Ave
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Dial
Peck
Beverly Yards
Colorado Mountain
Beverly Cattle CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
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