Health and civic duty push in Iowa schools
Des Moines notes a new citizenship manual stressing health habits as part of American citizenship. The Modern Health Crusade, backed by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association, will be taught across grades with nutrition, weighing, and regular inspections. Public and private agencies collaborate to spread health education through teachers and parents. Also covered are live stock movements and Nebraska cooperative enterprises showing profits across several industries.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Public
McClennahan
G. H. Sumner
State Department of Health
Theresa Danshill
Theodern Health Crusade
Tuberculosis Association
Cial
Danshill
Gauthudi
Grain Growers Plan Zone 2 Sales Pact Northwest States
The 17.8 Grain Growers of the northwest states set a temporary two year contract with U. S. Grain Growers Inc. via M. Anderson chairing the sales committee. Anderson also leads Equity Co-Operative Exchange of St Paul acting as 48 sales agent. Grain delivered will receive storage tickets if indebtedness is clear. Wheat and rye shipped in car lots of similar grades. Drafts at 76 percent of market value issued on shipment. Zone 2 includes North Dakota Montana Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Grial Tor
Grain Growers, Inc
Northwest States
3. M. Anderson
Anderson Ia
Equity Co-Operative Exchange of
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Share Leases Favored In Iowa Farm Tenancy
The 89,000 Iowa tenants mostly use cash leases but stability favors cash rents. During price volatility, cash leases can be unfair as corn prices rise and yields drop. Iowa State College proposes graduated cash rents tied to corn prices, yet share leases gain appeal by sharing risk and profits. The landlord’s income under share leases remains viable when tenants struggle to pay cash rents.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
Estherville
Trends of Iowa farm prices mid 1921 table style
The report outlines Iowa farm prices for July 1 and August 1 1921 with corn at 45 cents per bushel about 81 percent of 1913/1915 price levels, oats at 29 and 25 cents, hogs at 7.00 and 8.30 dollars per cwt, and beef cattle around 6.10 dollars per cwt, noting percent comparisons to historic prices. It also lists hog prices at $8.30 per head on July 15 1921 and beef cattle at $6.40 per cwt, with percent benchmarks for 1913 1918 price bases.
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Iowa
Capper Tinder bill advances on grain exchange reform
The Capper Tinder bill to regulate grain exchanges and future trading nears presidential signature after conference and Senate amendments. Farm Bureau leaders call it a major reform, while J. R. Howard notes both houses passed it amid compromises preserving wire house features and bucket-shop driven speculation.
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Board OF Trade
Senate
Farm Bureau
J. R. Howard
Congress
Boards of Trade
Farmers push right for cooperative boards on grain markets
The producer argues for farmer control over marketing channels via cooperative bodies on the Board of Trade. Critics note commissions and fees, profits and losses, and rebates as contentious. Farmers claim an absolute right to market their grain, while the impact on existing exchanges remains to be seen.
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Board of Trade
Boards of Trade
Farm Bureau Directors Hold Special Meeting in Emmet County
Emmet County Farm Bureau directors met August 24 to review the Iowa Farm Credit Corporation plan. L A Andrews of the Iowa Bankers Association outlined a homegrown securities initiative to keep Iowa money from leaking to outside investments. He emphasized farming oriented notes and banker-endorsed instruments to bolster local finance and claimed substantial outside bond sales as a market example.
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Farm Bureau
Emmet County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Credit Corporation
L. A. Andrews
Ferry
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa
Andrews
Belgium
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Farmers Land
Credit Corporation
Endorsement by Emmet County Farm Bureau for Andrews plan
In a Lake Park News note a North Dakota visitor praised Iowa farmers and urged resilience. He contrasted crop failures and feed shortages in North Dakota with Iowa’s generally strong yields and blamed downturns on speculation. He urged locals to stop predicting hard times and to brace for the next season.
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North
Iowa
North Dakota
Lake Park News
Arnolds Park hotel dining room closes in August
The Arnolds Park hotel dining room was closed last Sunday due to lack of patrons. It marks the first August closure in many years, reflecting a poor resort season and concessions at the park not covering expenses amid the country’s financial distress.
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Arnolds Park
Park
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Meer
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Operative Exchange
Imera Co-Operative Commission
Ebraska
Nebaka State Department of Agriclture
Ysers
Irmera
ORIN
Diesdbers
Mr. Andrews
First National Bank
Estherville, Iowa
Ehler
Boston
Hippo
Kuppenheimer
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