Corn Hog Program Outlined By Director Bliss
Director R K Bliss explains a nationwide corn hog cooperative to align production with demand for parity prices. Farmers join local control associations with government support, aided by Extension Service and county agents. Individual participation and legal contracts are emphasized to save costs and boost farmer incomes.
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Bremer County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R. K. Bliss
Town State College
Cooperative Control
Busines Os
Bliss
Director Bliss
Sam
Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wallace
County Control Association
Corn Loan Rules Outlined By Iowa Agriculture Dept
Iowa agriculture officials outline new corn loan plan via the county corn hog committee as warehouse board. Sealer appointments, 4 percent interest, about 45 cents per bushel, no insurance required by CCC, certificates handled through state agriculture, loans limited to properly stored corn, and June 30, 1934 payoff. Farmers may choose old terms but at 22 cents per bushel and 5 percent interest.
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Farm Bureau
Ray Murray
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corporation
County Recorder
State Department of Agriculture
Rifleman bird highlights colonial uniform link
An Australian forest bird related to birds of paradise is called rifleman or rifle bird because its colors and ornaments reminded colonists of the old British Rifle Brigade uniform.
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Rifle Brigade
Full Measure of Cordial for Rastus Mah Girl
A playful note frames a cordial rivalry with local color, claiming one woman outshines another in charm and worth. It reads like a comic aside on courtship, mixing dialect and boasting to praise the speaker’s companion.
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Ephriam
Iowa Farm Adjustment Program education rollout begins this week
A series of district training schools for county agents in Iowa will explain the corn hog program and farm relief plans. Extension workers will detail contracts, export and domestic demand, and price relations while county agents spread information to farmers through meetings, letters, radio, and press.
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Iowa
One Contract for Corn and Hogs to Be Worked Out
Discussion at a Kansas City regional conference on the corn hog program outlines a single contract for corn and hogs, to simplify forms. Iowa State College representatives attended. final contract details due after thorough review by economists livestock men and lawyers. County agents will train district schools and meet farmers to explain the plan, with local county associations formed after contracts are signed.
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Kansas City
Iowa State College
Federal Adjustment Administration
Glass making begins in Jamestown with early English operation
The article notes that America's glass making industry started in the early seventeenth century at Jamestown Virginia where an English company operated for several years, marking the infancy of a long fledgling industry.
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America
Jamestown
Sir Walter Scott Birth and Death Details
Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771, and died on September 21, 1832.
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Sir Walter Scott
Farm Horizon Clearing Is Economists' Belief
Economists note improved economic position in agriculture in October Agricultural Economic Facts from Iowa State College extension service. More workers returning to industry and rising payrolls suggest greater farmer purchasing power. Iowa corn crop described as fair though below last year’s peak. hog marketing expected to drop due to production controls and prior pig slaughter. Reduced hog and feed supplies likely through May 1, 1934.
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A. G. Black
Department of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Corn Hog Program Expects Classrooms and Contracts
Iowa officials launch corn hog production control education after regional talks. Bremer county agent attends Independence meeting on November 16 to outline contracts and local associations. Regional conferences in Indianapolis Kansas City St Paul and Chicago wrapped up with Iowa representation.
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Bremer County
Independence
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Extension Service
Iowa
Indianapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Chicago
Wheat Program Is Complete in County
Applications for wheat allotment were sent to Washington from the Waverly farm bureau office after a Bremer Butler Chickasaw district meeting. The district formed from Bremer with Butler and Chickasaw counties, approving a local budget under $26 for inspector and printing costs.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Farm Bureau
Waverly
Bremer
Butler and Chickasaw Counties
Wheat Production Control Association
Butler
Chickasaw
Bremer County
Districte Production Control Association
Iowa
Bremer men hear Wallace at Des Moines
A. P. Juhl and others of the Bremer county farm bureau joined Herman Geuther and D. D. Offringa in Des Moines to hear H. A. Wallace. About nine thousand filled the Coliseum as the Secretary of Agriculture urged Iowa farmers to back the administration farm program and warned of the $500,000,000 corn hog plan. He praised Roosevelt monetary policy and outlined three possible farmer paths.
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Wallace
A. P. Juhl
Geo. M. Wosseller
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Albert Loveland
Jackson Township
Herman Geuther
Washinon Township
D. D. Offringa
Des Moines
H. A. Wallace
Colliseum
Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Wallace
Iowa
Roosevelt
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Farm Bureau News
Tripoli
H. W. Schwer
McCormick-Deering
Deering
Willie Schwer
American Savings Bank
Shirley Poirier
Junior Red Cross
Iowa State College Extension Service
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Great Britain
Farm Credit Administration
Pound and Dollar Exchange
Land Bank Commissioners’ Fund
Federal Land Bank
Federal Home Loan
Federal Land Banks
Western Governors
South
Buechele Lumber Co
Tripoli, Iowa
Will Sell
Geo. Brewer
P.G. Bloeser
M. W. Bennett
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