Corn Hog Payments Total 86 Million Across 39 States
The government says 918,962 corn hog farmers in 39 states have received 86.22 million dollars in rental checks for land taken out of production this year, about 66 percent of the total first payments. Iowa leads with 22.75 million dollars. other listed totals include Kansas 5.14 million, Michigan 1.58 million, Minnesota 5.60 million, Missouri 8.50 million, Montana 10,493.75, Nebraska 8.40 million, North Dakota 913,159.45, South Dakota 4.44 million, and Wisconsin 2.49 million. Payments to Iowa during Sept 13–18 include sums for Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Jones, Linn, Muscatine, Poweshiek, Tama, Washington, and Winneshiek counties.
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Ashington
Farm Administration
A. G. Black
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Allamakee County
Benton
Buchanan
Jones
Linn
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Egg production in Iowa on decrease continues
The Iowa calendar flock demonstration report for August shows hot dry weather cutting July and August egg production. Birds reduced by culling, mortality rose 9.4 percent of original flocks, and margins of profit fell due to higher feed costs despite rising egg prices.
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Bpreial
Gazette Ames
Iowa
Vegetable Show To Be Held At Mason City
AMES—seventh annual Lake Bed Vegetable Growers convention and show plus the first national conference on wind damage prevention to peat muck and soils will be held at Mason City Dec 12 13. Officers include F M Fazel president J B Haan vice president Margaret Taylor Sherk treasurer. Growers may exhibit potatoes onions cabbages carrots and beets. open to Iowa growers and southern Minnesota counties.
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Ames
Mason City
C L. Fitch
Iowa State Vegetable Growers’ Association
F M. Fazel
Perry
J. B Haan
Crystal Lake
Margaret Taylor Sherk
Washington County Plans Fall Corn Husking Meet
In Washington county tentative plans for a corn husking contest are being made by County Agent William J. Roudabush. Nofield is selected as date for the event and farmers with a uniform field are asked to contact him. The county winner will go on to represent Washington county at the state contest.
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Washington
William J. Roudabush
Roudabush
Washington County
Firefighters respond to haymow smoke near Vinton farm
Fire trucks from Vinton and Keystone were sent to the Joe Pieper farm ten miles southwest of Vinton shortly before noon Sunday. Smoke was seen indicating a fire but flames did not break out and no damage occurred. Firemen wet down the hay and stayed to ensure conditions were safe while corn shelling continued at the barn.
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Gazette
Vinton
Keystone
Joe Pieper
Farm Auctions Schedule for September in Local Area
A series of farm auctions planned from Tuesday through Saturday. Listings include 157 acre HYM member farm near Van Horne with feeder livestock sale in Town City on Sept 25, and the M E Yoder farm near Wellman on Sept 26. Other sales feature Will Lanning near Center Point on Sept 27, Dean P Haworth near Whittier on Sept 28, and C R TI Cedar Rapids stockyards sale, plus Frank Vtupil near Marion on Sept 29.
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van Horne
Town City
Dean P Haworth
Whittier
C R
C Stockyards
Cedar Rapids
Cannery At Vinton Finishes Pack For This Corn Season
VINTON Iowa Can ning company completes its corn season with 170000 cases packed at the Vinton plant and five other locations. Dry weather and tar worm damage trimmed yields on 1600 acres near Vinton while late planting may extend operation two to three weeks. Additional packs include string beans at plant No 2 and storms Lake and asparagus tomatoes at La Porte City, with pumpkin canning set to begin at plant No 1 this week.
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Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Shellsburg
Garrison
Sac City
Storm Lake
la Porte City
Fayette County Live Stock Judging Team Works in Ames
Fayette county live stock judging team joined a statewide workout in Ames ahead of the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress judging contest week of Oct 17. Attendees include Leonard Talbott Randalia Grover Miehe Maynard Paul Hanison Maynard and Robert Putman Arlington.
Farmer Near Calamus Speaks on Farm Policy
Interview with Ed Eden of Calamus county discusses farm prices, pegging cost of production, Farm Union and Farmers' Holiday, political views, and Wall Street influence. Eden advocates cost of production plus a profit, supports Roosevelt, and cites debt and shortages amid drought.
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Ed Eden
Calamus
Jesup Creamery Pays 30 Cents for August Butterfat
Patrons of the Jesup Creamery company received 30 cents a pound for butterfat during August a banner month for both production and price. A total of 229 768 pounds of butter were manufactured an increase over the prior record and above August 1933 production.
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Spreial
Gazett
JESUP
Jesup Creamery Company
Arlington Butterfat Price in August Set at 30 Cents
Patrons of the Farmers' Creamery company in Arlington received 30 cents a pound for August butterfat.
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Arlington
Farmers’ Creamery Company
August butterfat prices for Strawberry Point creamery
Straw berry Point patrons of the Farmers Creamery association received 29 cents net during August 1933 reports secretary B R Cole. During August the net price for butterfat was 22 cents.
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Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point Farmers Creamery Association
R. Cole
Farm price index revised by Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington report on the 1933 revision of farm price indices. New dairy and tobacco series added, truck crops included, weights shifted to 1924 1929 base, covering 34 major farm products and 13 truck crops. Dairy prices expanded to four farm products, improving representativeness of total cash farm income.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dysart Holstein Herd Tops Production Milestones
Dysart based Holstein herd owned by Joe Chezik Jr leads with 216 days of testing and an average butterfat of 1.7 pounds per cow. Twelve cows exceed 300 pounds butterfat, Maywood Fobes Jean has 551.9 pounds butterfat and 13,103 pounds milk, and Locustdale Isabelle Hartog Echo produced 98.7 pounds butterfat and 2,467 pounds milk. Seven cows surpassed a ton of milk in the month amid 265 herds and 8,000 cows in the testing program.
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Dysart
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Madison
Wis
Joe Chezik, Jr
Maywood Fobes Jean
Locustdale
Isabelle Hartog
Washington 4-H to Enter Interstate Baby Beef Show
Washington county 4-H club boys will enter baby beeves and Angus calves at the Interstate Baby Beef and Pig club show in St. Joseph Missouri October 2 to 4. Entrants include Donald Marek Lloyd Marek Everett Hayes Donald Rinner and Robert Cress who won at the county fair last month.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
St. Joseph
Donald
Lloyd Marek
Everett Hayes
Donald Rinner
Robert Cress
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Iowa experiences a 7 am Monday 1 5 inch 24 hour precipitation total and shows September to date rainfall of 3 76 inches versus normal 3 03 inches with an excess of 1 3 inch. Overall from January 1 to date rainfall is 18 43 inches, below the normal 25 86 inches by 7 43 inches.
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Iowa
International News Service
Linn Entries For Dairy Congress At Waterloo Listed
Linn county will be well represented at the Dairy Congress and Allied exhibits in Waterloo October 1 through 7 with 4-H livestock entries 4-H girls contest and women's home project booths. Calves are shown by Dukek Flitsch Bedell Scott Reinheimer Mounce Henderson and others from Alburnett Cedar Rapids Marion Central City Palo and Coggon. Two Linn teams will compete in the girls demonstration contest. Demonstrations are scheduled October 5. Women’s project booths led by Gladys Adams and Stella Forrest, with Mrs Carver and Mrs Michel also set to demonstrate. Cedar Rapids drum and bugle corps provides music October 7.
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Waterloo
Linn County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Donald Dukek
Leila Flitsch
Merrill Flitsch
Alburnett
Bennett Bedell
Cedar Rapids
Betty Lou Scott
Bing Scott
Charles Reinheimer, Jr
Marion
Gladys Mounce
Herbert Mounce
Central City
Lloyd McGranahan
Palo
Billie
John Henderson
Coggon
Alice Stewart
Callie Hagerman
Linn
Mary Michel
Jessie Booth
Ethel Gammon
O. W. L. 4-H Club
Constance Watkins
Linn Country
Gladys H. Adams
Stella Forrest
Carl Carver
C. B. F. Michel
Drum and Bugle Corps
Slaughter Plant in Muscatine Hires Relief Crew
Slaughtering plant in Muscatine averages twenty five cattle killed daily with demand to double soon. A relief crew of forty men is employed for cutting and boning work expected to continue about sixty days.
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Muscatine
Legal fight in Des Moines over AAA constitutionality
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration seeks an injunction to stop Hillcrest Dairy from operating and to defend the AAA as constitutional. The dairy had its license revoked after a 1934 Des Moines hearing, but reportedly continued operations, prompting the government court action.
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DES Moines
Seme Cultural Adjustment Administration
Hillcrest
AAA
Dwight L. Savage
Homer 8. Cumemings
Charles A. Dewey
Des Moines Daily
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
Department of Agriculture
Agriculgreat Administration
Monay
Burr Oak Grower Delivers Fine Strawberry Crop
Decorah reports Roscoe Wicks of Burr Oak growing 100 pints daily to supply the Decorah market with home grown strawberries valued at 18 cents a pint. The berries surpass last year’s in size and quality though production so far trails 1800 quarts from the prior season as harvest progresses.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Roscoe Wicks
Burr Oak
Wicks
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