Farm Bureau presses for farm property tax relief in Iowa
County farm bureau leaders urged the Board of Supervisors to keep valuations near the assessor's recommended level of about 72 dollars per acre. They argue the tax system is unfair, noting farm valuations lag behind rising costs and depreciation in land prices, while city residents pay more per capita.
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Board of Supervisors
County Farm Bureau
Esker
Farm Bureau
Des Moaines
Iowa
Farm’ Bureau
Uban
General County Fund
Wallice
Wallaces
Yowsa
Farm -Bureau
Clover Shortage Baffles Bees In Iowa Honey Crop
Clover shortage lowers clover yields causing bees to search other flowers for nectar. Beekeepers anticipate a very light honey crop statewide. Iowa ranks second in honey production, and the shortage could impact overall output for dairy and beef regions.
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Charles City
Iowa
Hogmart Topped by Porkers From Northeast Iowa
Reports from Iowa markets note Floyd county stockmen selling yearlings at Chicago for 11.50 per head and 66 pound averages. A Fayette county farmer sold two loads of light butcher hogs for 12.65 a hundred, top for the weight. Benton county feeder S. S. Wallace topped Chicago with 353-pound Poland Chinas at 13 per hundred, plus four cars of Shorthorn steers.
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Charles City
M. I.shankland
Wloyd County
Chicago
J. G. Hobert
Floyd
Fayette! In
W. & Watts
Fayette County
Buena Vista County
Vinton
Benton County
B. Wallace
Wallace Allways
Farmers Questions and Comments in Uted
Readers share inquiries with the Farm Department of Waterton Evening Courier at Waterloo Iowa. Comments submitted to the editor address farming topics and community agricultural concerns.
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Waterton Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
PEST OF SOYBEAN FOUND IN FAYETTE
West Union Iowa June 22 Special According to Corn Agent Ledwick Frank Higgens Fayette county reports damage to soybeans from a worm affecting three acres of beans only The worm does not attack corn and is a miliped like larva with thread legs The loss includes labor seed and inoculation material Farmers in Fayetts county plant many beans with corn and intend to cultivate like corn.
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West Union
Ledwick
Frank Higgens
Fayastte
Higgens
Lodwick
Mr. Higgens
AL. Higgens
Fayetta County
Henry Wolf
Scott Township
Aurora
Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
A.W. Jochumsen
Putnam
Niss Clements
Arlington
Mr Jochumsen
Mrr. Wolfe
Quail Protection Urged by Orange Township Farmer
U.S. Blough a veteran farmer from Orange township argues quail are essential for pest control and urges legislation to extend protections beyond the current state law, which expires in 1927. He cites quail as beneficial to crops and cautions against hunting that could rapidly reduce their numbers.
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U.S
Canada thistle eradication demos set for Fayette County
Fayette Iowa June 2 Farmers may learn to eradicate Canada thistles at demonstrations June 29 and 30 led by M A Hauser extension specialist from Ames. Details on demonstration sites in Jefferson Harlan and Benks counties and the county farm to be announced. Other noxious weeds will also be studied.
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Fayette
M. A. Hauser
Co op Dairy Directors Postpone Manager Selection
Waterloo Cooperative Dairy directors postponed choosing a new manager at their second meeting after reorganization. Veteran manager BE. D. Vahnke, in place for over a year, is seen as a candidate for the rebuilt group's leadership.
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Waterloo Co-operation Dairy Company
BE. D. Vahnke
Farmers Picnic at Dan Gewry Farm in Eagle Township
The Eagle township farmers picnic at Dan Gewry farm near Paglia Center is set for Wednesday June 24. Activities begin 10:30 a.m. with a round of sheep, noon basket dinner, songs and readings, with L. J. Dickinson speaking and a talk at La Porte City later that night. Dickinson outlines a proposed federal farm commission to aid cooperatives, study surpluses, and promote cooperative handling of commodities.
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Eagle Township
Paglia Center
L. J. Dickinson
Argonno
Dickinson
la Porte City
Story County Farm Bureau
Associated Press
Federal Farm Commission
Poultry Schools Run in Buller County At Dumont And Clarksville
Two special poultry schools were conducted by Buller County Farm Bureau on June 15 and 19. One was held in the high school gymnasium at Dumont with a large crowd. The other met at the Doty schoolhouse two miles west of Clarksville. J H Bardsley of the extension department Ames presented demonstrations in culling selecting disease management and general poultry care. Both sessions drew many poultry raisers and were considered beneficial.
Wheat Down Slightly on Chicago Board Amid Weak Demand
Wheat prices eased on the Chicago Board as sparse speculative demand and fears of black rust in spring wheat dampened buying. Reports from Aberdeen South Carolina noted rust in fields from Huron to Aberdeen, while the U S vast supply showed a modest drop and limited buying carried through close.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Aberdeen
Huron
United States
Produce Prices at Chicago and New York Marts
HOGS: Receipts 43,000 with 6,000 left over. hogs active on the best grades and higher bids. CATTLE: Receipts 16,000 with better steers up to 25c higher. yearlings and heavy steers strong. vealers and stockers scarce. SHEEP: Receipts 11,000 with fat lambs and yearlings fairly active and fully steady.
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Catyle
Luik
Brockers Jun
Joe
Sxansas
Tle
Southern
Oocotton
New York
Rlater
Lane
Seagueys
Market trends lift several majors on New York exchange
The New York market opened firm with motor and railroad shares leading gains. General Motors United Draper Stores and other top issues hit new highs as investors priced in favorable trade news. Bear traders pressed some names yet buyers restrained quotas in late morning trading.
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California Petroleum Canadian Pacific
Central Leather, Ofa
Cerro de Posto
Chandler Motor
Chesapeake
Frie
Kimous Players
General Asphalt
General Electric
Great Northern
TOM Tulf States Steel
Hudson Motors
Windls Central
Intr Harvester
Ysselle Int
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Tuk
Nickel
National Lend
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Ay Nortole & Western Vo
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Pet
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Reading
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Inelaie
Southern Pacific
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Standard
Stewart Warner Studebaker
Texas
Ener Texas & Varifice Cises Tobacco Products
Atcohot S. Rubber
Steese
Wabash Pr
Westinghouse Klee
Witlys-Overland
Woolworth
Waterloo Market Prices for Farm Goods and Livestock
Market listing from Waterloo shows prices for wheat corn barley flour eggs lard potatoes and livestock. Prices include steers 97.00, heifers 10.00 each, cows 2. Ganners and cutters veals and hogs with ranges, as well as Timothy hay wild prairie hay straw and hides from Barclay Sons and Hath Packing Co.
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Waterloo Wheat
Stanard ‘Bros. Wert
R - Waterloo
Hath Packing Co
Ander
Barclay &, Son
Timothy
Farmers Use Power Nearly On Par With Rails in 1930s
Washington reports the American farmer ranks next to railroads in power use, led by draft work at about 70 percent. About 60 percent of farm power is animal, tractors 7 percent, motor trucks 4, stationary engines 12.5, windmills 4, and electricity 5.5. Plowing consumes 16 percent, road hauling 15, and other drafts and stationary tasks fill the rest. The report notes threshing as top stationary work and irrigation pumping second, with farmers benefiting from labor saving machinery and three times more crop area per worker than 75 years ago.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Rowley creamery picnic draws near thousand farmers
Almost 1,000 farmers and families attended the second annual Rowley cooperative creamery picnic in Rowley Iowa. Delwein boy scouts band played. Bil Daly from Cedar Rapids spoke on the concept of the cow and community. Free buttermilk, a baseball game, movies, and a dance closed the day.
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Rowley
Co-Operative Creamery
Delwein
Bil Daly
Cedar Rapids
Hay market steady with prices below last year figures
Washington reports the week ending June 20 saw the hay market firm on interior and northern markets with higher demand from dairy hay buyers while eastern markets held steady and California prices fell. No. 1 timothy and alfalfa averages about 4 dollars cheaper than a year ago as shortages and new crops influence prices across Omaha Kansas City Chicago Minneapolis and Cincinnati. Cotton also opened firm with near term gains and Minneapolis flour and raw sugar held steady.
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Omaha
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Indiana
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Denver
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Los Angeles
St Louis
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