Feeder Cattle Shipments to Iowa Falter Despite Big Corn Crop
Reports from middle west feeder cattle markets show shipments down from last year despite a strong corn crop. Three weeks ending Sept 16 total 175000 head, with Iowa receiving 43000 head, both below prior periods. Direct-billing lamb shipments also fall as feeders delay for potentially lower prices.
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ES Moines
Middle-West
Iowa
Merine Inie
Anonet
Aes YS Ee
First Frost Noted At Clermont On Thursday
Special to The Gazette the first killing frost of the season was observed Thursday morning causing damage to tomatoes and cucumbers while other crops remained safe. Farmers say the frost aids corn maturity and yields, with many fields averaging 75 bushels per acre and some near 100. apples are abundant at 50 cents a bushel.
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Clermont
Local Silo Filling Progress and Farm Activity Report
Amber silo filling finished in the area. Some farmers with excess roughage did not fill silos. Farmers cut and shock fodder. hay harvest higher than in recent years. Strong interest in feeder cattle. Many farmers plan share farming next harvest and landowners will move to farms March 1.
Largest seed corn ear found by High Amana farmers
High Amana farmers recently found a seed corn ear measuring twelve inches long and nine inches in girth with twenty six rows of kernels three quarters of an inch long. It weighed two pounds and is described as the largest ever found in the area.
Fence Drift and Milk Strike in South Africa
The South Africa Friesland Journal reports a milk war lasting July 1 to 8 with dairymen in Cape Town receiving 10 4d a gallon until December and 1 a gallon for next year. Picketing began with milk sent to Cape Town on the sly then redirected or dumped.
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Cape Town
South Africa Friesland Journal
Locality Notes Small Ear Count for a Bushel
The report states that only thirty seven ears of this size would be required to make a bushel, indicating unusually large ears in the crop. This detail highlights harvest efficiency and potential yields for farmers in the region.
Silo filling at Mount Vernon farm with fodder and husked corn
Vernon-Raymond Mallie, a farmer near Mount Vernon, fills a 200 ton silo with freshly cut fodder. Ears have been removed with a husker silo filler as water is added to the fodder. A portion of seed corn is being sorted while the rest is cribbed for storage.
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Ial
The
Gazette
Piount Vernon
Raymond Mallie
Mount Vernon
Gilt tops lead Poland China hog sale near Mount Vernon
At the E. C. Forest and Son Poland China sale just north of Mount Vernon top gilt brought 26.50 with a boar at 25 for Carl P. Schmitt of Farmington. H A Wallace, Alfred Meyer, P D Zimmer and others bought boars and gilts as 35 boars averaged 16.70 and gilts 14.50. sale drew a strong crowd.
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Mount Vernon
Carl P. Schmitt
Farmington
E. C. Forest and Son
H. A. Wallace
DeWitt
Alfred Meyer
Stanwood
P. D. Zimmer
Delmar
John Grant and Son
Preston
J. D. Janko
Swisher
Edgewood Institute Plans Winter Programs With Iowa State Speakers
An Edgewood Institute and an adjoining Clayton county farmers institute committee met with Monona institute representatives at Elkader to outline plans for a joint winter program. Iowa State College speakers will headline events on December 7, 8, and 9.
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Edgewood
Clayton County Farmers Institute
Elkader
Monona Institute
Iowa State College
Debt exceeds half value on 37 percent of mortgaged farms
A U S Agriculture bureau report shows about 37 per cent of mortgaged farms were in debt for more than half their value as of January 1 1932. The study notes regional variations with the west north central region highest and New England most favorable, plus differences by ownership type.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
West-North Central
New England
What’s What Out on the Acres Farm Bureau Interview
Will Boland, 200 acre farmer near Fairfax, discusses equipment costs, horse plowing, and a four year crop rotation. He uses six horses for plowing, rides against buying tractors, and sells hogs to various buyers, noting the Farm Bureau and a farmers strike but no local meetings.
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Will Boland
Thomas Boland
Fairfax
Covington
Postville 4 H Show Highlights Dairy Calves and Ponies
LeRoy Gass exhibited the grand champion purebred Holstein yearling at the Big 4 Agricultural exposition in Postville. Vernon Schroeder and George Waters also claimed top awards in Holstein divisions while Ed ward Brandt and Harlan Foels led Brown Swiss and Guernsey classes respectively. Seventy calves and twenty-two ponies were shown amid discussions on lime spreading, prohibition, testing cattle, and farm finances.
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Postville
LeRoy Gass
Vernon Schroeder
M. Deering
George Waters
Paul Schroeder
Edward Brandt
Harlan Foels
Dennis Lammert
Dwyan Lubbers
Ewald Brandt
Clifton Weihe
Marjorie Deering
Junior Crawford
Robert Kenney
George Howard
Coming Farm Auctions Near Cedar Rapids
Auction listing for a closing out sale by T. V. Hoag located four miles east of Cedar Rapids. Event scheduled for Saturday October 1 with items to be sold at public auction.
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Cedar Rapids
T. V. Hoag
Wood sale ad yields quick orders for chunk wood and kindling
J Dykhuizen advertised chunk wood and kindling in the Coal Coke and Wood column of the Gazette Want Ad section. The day after publication he received ten chunk wood orders and five for kindling. Call 2-112 to place an ad with special 3 day and today rates for cash sales.
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J. Dykhuizen
10Th St. SE
The
Gazette
Dykhuizen
Dairy cattle judging team announced for Waterloo congress
Olin Morrell Leeds names Arnold Fedderson Delbert Grafft or Oren Simmons with Merle Ballou as alternate to represent the Olin school at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo next week.
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OLIN
Morrell Leeds
Olin School
Arnold Fedderson
Delbert Grafft
Oren Simmons
Merle Ballou
Waterloo
Farmers plan Cedar Valley Farm Business group in Linn County
A group of Fayette county farmers met at the George Sauerbry farm to discuss organizing a farm business association with James J. Wallace of Marion as adviser. County Agent B. W. Lodwick also attended the gathering in Oelwein.
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Gazette
Oelwein
Fayette County
George Sauerbry
James J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Linn
Benton
Cedar
Jones
Delaware
Iowa
B. W. Lodwick
Combination Of 3 Factors Influences Drop In Hog Prices
DES MOINES pig market slips as month end taxes and interest due plus need for many hogs to raise money weigh on demand. Light hogs and lighter weights sell at discounts while 180 to 260 pound hogs bring 3.50 to 3.85 and 320 pound averages down to 3.25. Sows mostly 2.50 to 3.15 with light weights up to 3.15.
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Des Moines
Livestock Exchange To Open At Old Jack Barns Near Marion
Cedar Rapids horse dealer Jack Clements and Bert Stalling take over the L D De Clow property on highway 161 between Cedar Rapids and Marion known as the old jack barns They plan The Iowa Livestock Exchange with a sale set for Oct 7 The Milwaukee railroad adjoins the site and will add loading chutes while pens and yards are built for 500 cattle 100 horses and 500 hogs and sheep
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de Clow
Jack Barnson Co. R
Marion Boulevard
Jack Clements
Cedar Rapids
Bert Stalling
L. D. de Clow
Highway 161
Marion
Old Jack Barns
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Milwwwaukee Railroad
Gene Fagan
Clements
Stalling
Iowa County Farm Bureau outlines program for 1932
The Iowa county Farm Bureau sets five main projects for 1933 including organization marketing lowering production costs women's work and 4 H club work. The program aims to raise market interest in cooperative distribution and price enhancement while disseminating information on lime stone legumes fertilizers and new crop strains. It also focuses on livestock control tax policy and legislative action through local and state farm bureaus to secure relief for agriculture.
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Iowa County Farm Bureau
D. H. Zentmire
Iowa County Organization
Farm Bureau
Zentmirer
Iowa and
American Farm Bureau Federations
Farm Bureau to Outline Yearly Work Plan at Oct 4 Meeting
Members of the Jackson county Farm Bureau will meet October 4 at the city hall to outline the program of work for the coming year. Increased income to the farmer and lower production costs will be stressed.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County Farm Bureau
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