Oats Move Chicago To Cedar Rapids Uses New Freight Rule
Oats from Chicago and Milwaukee moved to Cedar Rapids for milling marking a first in- market reversal due to drought and favorable in transit freight rates. About 15 carloads totaling 30000 bushels arrived for Quaker Oats while Argentine and Texas oats show strong demand amid price spreads.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Newcastle
Quaker Oats Company
Iowa
Minois
Minneapolis
Globe
New Orleans
Louisiana City
Rcent
Texas
Fort Worth
Third Accrediting Of Linn County To Start On Monday
Linn County begins its third accrediting session Monday, with officials and residents invited to review proposals. The event aims to finalize standards and ensure local institutions meet updated requirements.
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Linn County
Corn Brings $23 An Acre Near Whittier At Sale
Special to The Gazette Whittier corn in the field sold for 23 per acre at the closing out sale of D P Ha worth one and one half miles northwest of Whittier Old corn in crib brought 65 to 71 cents a bushel oats 59 cents a bushel ensilage 3 per foot in a 10 foot silo Twenty tons alfalfa hay 16 50 a ton top cow 63 50 a team of horses 102 with 69 and 33 each White Rock pullets 65 cents each Fanny machinery sold well Will Mitchell of Waubeek conducted the sale
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Whittier
D P Haworth
White Rock
Will Mitchell
Waubeek
Minnesota Butter Tops Waterloo Contest With 96 Score
Fred Heiland of Belle Plaine Minnesota led 265 butter samples from fifteen states at the Cattle congress in Waterloo with 96 percent. Other top butter entries included W F Mann of Cologne 95 seven five, Marian Bellinger New Prague 95.5, H E Fabricius Ames 95.25, Edwin Clemmensen Blue Earth 95, Phil Lasson Alpha 94.75. Top cheese went to Steve Sludzinski Denmark Wis at 97 percent. August Brandt Kewaunee Wis 96.75. Walter Reisner Bonduel Wis 96.5. Thirty cheese samples were entered.
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Waterloo
Fred Heiland
Belle Plaine
Minn
W F Mann
Cologne
Marian Bellinger
New Prague
H E Fabricius
Ames
Edwin Clemmensen
Blue Earth
Phil Lasson
Alpha
Steve Sludzinski
Denmark
Wis
August Brandt
Kewaunee
Walter Reisner
Bonduel
Cascade-Atchison Brothers Sell Yearlings in Chicago Auction
Cascade area farmers in Jones county sold twenty four head of 960 pound yearlings at Chicago on Thursday for nine dollars per hundredweight.
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Cascade
Atchison Brothers
Jones County
Chicago
Sheep Shipment Reaches Wyoming Farmer Peter Schmalfeldt
Peter Schmalfeldt, living three miles north of Wyoming, received a shipment of 725 sheep from South Omaha on Friday. The delivery augments his livestock holdings and reflects regional trade in sheep farming.
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Wyoming
Peter Schmalfeldt
South
Omaha
Government Buying Bolsters Butter Market
Government bids on 5 million pounds of butter open Oct 9 with deliveries starting Oct 27 to move surplus and strengthen the market. Cheese remains burdened by storage stocks while egg prices rise slowly amid regional laws restricting midwestern eggs.
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New York City
Lfe
New Jersey
Georgia
Florida
Blairstown Corn Sells to Drought Areas at 72 73 Cents
Blairstown C A Jurgenson, manager of the Blairstown grain elevator, reports 8 000 bushels of corn sold in the last week to feeders in Missouri and southern Iowa. The corn sold for 72 and 73 cents per bushel and was hauled to drought areas to be distributed among feeders and farmers as needed.
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Blairstown
A _ Jurgenson
Blairstown Grain Company
Missouri
Iowa
Colin
Calves Bring High Averages at Postville Auction
Postville sale sees junior exhibitors from Alamakee and Fayette counties offer 74 calves. Grand champion Deparge Whate of Fivetie tops at 1350 dollars, with reserve Angus by Robert White of Waukon selling at 1125 a hundredweight. First placed Shorthorn from Ray Bennington sold for 12.25 a hundredweight, overall average about 1062 per hundredweight.
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Speen
Alamakee Wineshick
Clayton
Fayet'e
Packer
Austin
Mian
Duchon
Waterloo
Madison Wis
Castalia
Alran Angus
Robert White
Waukon
Ray Bennington
Fikide
Ming
Fayette
What's What Out on the Acres in Troy Mills
An interview with Rev C H True owner of thirty acres near Edgewood discusses apple and grape yields, mulch farming, and sod culture. He reflects on rural church decline, Prohibition era tensions, taxes, and politics including support for Turner and skepticism about Herring.
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C. H True
Edgewood
Orchard
Scales Mound
Blue Ribbon Draft Horses Featured At Stanwood Show
Crowds gathered in Stanwood as eastern Iowa farm folk watched Stanwood and neighboring crews compete in a 100 head draft horse show. Winners included Yearling draft colts George Fisher Mechanicsville first and Paul Lehrman Stanwood second and Three-year-old with a 1900 pound gelding Pete Reid Mechanicsville first Emil Hack Massillon second.
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Stanwood
Iowa
George Fisher
Mechanicsville
Paul Lehrman
Kenneth Smith
Ed Penningroth
Tipton
Roy Joslin
Clarence
Lloyd Andre
Ed Penning
Roth
Glen Ridenour
Ferdinand Gallameyer
Pete Reid
Emil Hack
Massillon
Raymond Lake
Mount Vernon
George Lane
Donald Lou Koch
James Smith
Henry Bier
Olin
George Lake
Charles Kline
Otto Schiele
Dur
Farm Auction Notices This Week
Poland China sale by Ruess Brothers on Oct 2 three miles southwest of West Liberty. On Oct 3 N J Kofron’s closing out sale one mile west of Springville. On Oct 4 Poland China sale by E C Forest at Mount Vernon. Feeder cattle sales at Beverly Page and Bowman.
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Poland
Ruess Brothers
West Liberty
N. J. Kofron
Springville
China
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
Beverly
Page and Bowman
Spring Farm
Four-Horse Team Class Dominated by Hack and Kline
Ant placed second and Emil Hack finished third. Hack and Kline, hitching together, won the four-horse-team class. James Smith and Bud Bowser of Stanwood placed second. First and second male teams were shown by George Fisher. Saddle horse judging was scheduled for Saturday evening.
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Ant
Emil Hack
Hack
Kline
James Smith
Bud Bowser
Stanwood
George Fisher
Sixty One New Corn Binders Sold at Oelwein
Oelwein dealers report the sale of sixty one new corn binders this fall and the exchange of ten old machines. They say demand for corn binders was so great this year that factory supplies were exhausted.
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Oelwein
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Highlights This Week
Linn county Farm Bureau agenda lists a county board meeting Tuesday at the commercial club rooms in Marion. Wednesday at 2 p.m. the South Marion township home project organization meets, followed by an Otter Creek township Farm Bureau meeting in Alburnett.
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Linn Farm Bureau
Linn County Farm Bureau
Commercial Club
Marion
South Marion
Question of 1935 AAA Control Program To Be Balloted
Eastern Iowa farmers are urged to vote on continuing the corn and hog adjustment program in 1935. Township meetings will be held before Oct. 12 to decide the issue, with opposition coming from some farm groups and counties not receiving contract benefits. The piece notes political tensions around administration and favors extending the program with safeguards against outside interference.
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Iowa
Corn-Hog Association
AAA
John B Wilson
Benton County
Herman Franzenburg
Siete
Henry Wallace
Wilson
Franzenburg
Farm in Benton Sells at $100 an Acre
The Federal Land Bank sold the E F Heil farm of 207 acres southwest of Vinton to John Peiffer near Keota for $100 an acre. Possession passes March 1. The farm is well laid out with productive soil and is nearly all tillable except thirty acres of permanent pasture. Improvements include two barns a house and other outbuildings in fair repair.
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Vinton
Federal Land Bank
E. EF. Heil
Vineton
John Peiffer
Keota
Northern Grown Potatoes Yield High At Tipton
Professor M. A. Crary oversaw six potato plots for Tipton high school agriculture. George Thien plot harvested showing fertilization effect lacking due to heavy soil. Northern grown seed produced 400 to 410 bushels per acre versus 170 bushels for local northern seed. A Bliss Triumph plot yielded 36 bushels per acre.
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Tipton
M. A. Crary
Tipton High School
L. J. Riley
Forrest Willer
Donald Walshire
Harold Wentzel
Raymond Kroemer
George Thien
Bliss Triumph
Hogs Top at 7 Dollars in Chicago Market
Hans Kettelson of Jones county feeder led Wednesday's Chicago market with fifty 235 pound Duroc hogs selling at seven dollars per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Monticello
Hans Kettelson
Jones County
Chicago
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