Census Enumerators Seek Data On 16 Agricultural Themes
Ray Anderson notes that 232 questions exist in the full agricultural schedule, but about 100 apply to eastern Iowa. Enumerators will cover 16 themes plus population and housing schedules, with a separate drainage schedule for farms over 500 acres. Data collection begins Tuesday and will last 30 days, with each farmer expected to answer at least one hour of questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
20 Percent More Pork Produced In March
Chicago reports pork production in March rose about 20 percent from a year earlier per the Institute of American Meat Packers. Wholesale prices mostly steady with fresh pork loins dropping about 20 percent during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Institute of American Meat Packers
Farm Land Changing Hands In South Iowa
In Corydon Iowa a year long tabulation shows 100 Wayne county farms sold at 10 to 90 dollars per acre. Wayne county residents including former tenants bought most farms. Insurance companies and other corporate owners were the principal sellers of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
INS
Iowa
Wayne County
US Dairy Per Capita Consumption In 1939
The per capita consumption of all dairy products measured as milk equivalent in the United States during 1939 stood at 842 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rhodesian Statesman and a Puzzle of Words
Englishman after whom Rhodesia Africa was named features in a crossword style list with clues and answers. The page pairs definitions such as god of war and eternalities with terms like plumage and metal names, forming a themed word puzzle drawn from historical references and South African colonial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodesia
Africa
Fence Drift and Weather Prose Rally at Easter In Lent
The piece notes a Fence Drift caught in uneven wire and questions about two Easters in a single year. It humorously critiques weather, labels one Lent as enough, and comments on proposed pork surplus consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. F A
Iowa Leads Nation With Sealed Corn Under Loan
Des Moines AP says Iowa continues to top the nation in 1939 sealed corn under government loan. A total of 2,338,000,000 bushels is now under seal, per the Commodity Credit Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Auction Schedule for April Across Iowa
Farm machinery sale by Joe Drakos on Tuesday April 2 at Bertram Iowa conducted by City Sales Co. A livestock sale Wednesday April 3 by Ja Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. Also horse sale at Mount Vernon area near Conroy dispersal sale 1 mile north of Mount Vernon by Connor partnership dissolution sale 4 miles north and Art Maas dispersal sale 1 mile Conroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Drakos
Bertram
City Sales Co
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Connor
Mount Vernon
Art Maas
M . Conroy
Conroy
Iowa
Idaho
160 Acre North Of Eagle Center Sold For 21000
Special to The Gazette reports Vince F Pulkrabek of Eagle township Black Hawk county bought 160 acres two miles north of Eagle Center near La Porte City from John Hancock Life Insurance Company for 21000. Emil Bauer of Spring Creek township bought the Jubilee Lutheran school house at auction for 235, a 24 by 36 foot building recently reshingled and wired for electricity. he plans to remodel it into a bungalow. Traer Conant and King announced the sale of the Kellam estate 120 acres of unimproved land one mile south of Traer to Miss Etta Bower at 100 per acre cash with possession at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte City
Vince F. Pulkrabek
Eagle Township
Black Hawk County
Eagle Center
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Jubilee Lutheran
Emil Bauer
Spring Creek Township
Bauer
TRAER
Windbreak planting demo announced in Washington area
Washington County Agent J W Chandler announced a tree and windbreak planting demonstration led by G R Ramsey Ames extension forester. The event will be held Tuesday afternoon on the Clayde Knapp farm located seven miles northwest of Washington, highlighting practical planting methods and windbreak design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J W. Chandler
G R.ramsey
Ames Extension Forester
Clayde Knapp Farm
Grass Improvement Program Under Way At Prairieburg
Prairieburg area farmer John Weber, southeast of Prairieburg, began a bluegrass pasture improvement project by liming and double discing eight acres in preparation for reseeding and phosphating. The effort, part of a larger plan totaling 37 acres, includes a one acre soil conservation plot at Marion and involves several local farmers working with the soil conservation service. The demonstration plots compare seed mixes and treatments including brome, meadow fescue, orchard grass, Reed’s canary grass, side oats gramma, crested wheat grass, and can include lime and phosphate treatments. Sowing with clover and alfalfa blends will occur, with checkerboard and crosswise strip layouts and untreated controls. Other Linn County farmers joining the effort include Pollock, Carnahan, Nelson, Lininger, Scott, Kacena, Koch, Tritle, Lillie, and Vizal. Field work continues as dry conditions allow.
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Prairieburg
John Weber
Mr. Weber
Harold Shold
CCC
Marion
Shold
Weber
L. W. Lovell
Monticello
Linn County
SCS
A. D. Pollock
J. W. Carnahan
Springville
Vernon Nelson
Dayton Lininger
Clyde Scott
Joe Kacena
H. A. W Koch
John Tritle
Dan Lillie
Alburnett
Barclay Vizal
Waubeek
Webster Farmers Sowing Oats as Week Begins
In Webster many farmers sow oats Saturday with more to come by week's start. Gardens were plowed and ground worked smoothly. Marve Mather near Keswick reported early potato planting Friday on fall plow. Roads settle and will improve soon. In Decorah Winneshiek county predicts spring pig crop normal and lamb crop likely to follow.
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The
Gazette
Webster
Marve Mather
Keswick
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Women’s program set ahead one day in Linn county
Mrs A D Brennaman of Marion, Linn county Farm Bureau women home project chairman, announced the annual achievement day date change from April 24 to April 23 at Springville high school. Miss Ava Johnson of Des Moines will speak on Life In The Balkans with costumes and displays of last year’s handcraft and household items.
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A. D. Brennaman
Marion
Home Project
Farm Bureau Women
Linn County
Ava Johnson
Des Moines
Springville High School
Johnson
Balkans
Reports on Lamb Losses and Dry Soil Conditions
Reports from various sections indicate whole lamb crops lost while some areas show unusually good returns. The ground froze hard last fall and crumbled, limiting moisture absorption from recent snows. It will take copious rains to restore soil moisture, and no field work can be done for two or three weeks.
Olin 4-H Club Elects New Officers
Olin 4-H Boys Club in Lowell elected officers for the year with Olin member Lowell Ahrendsen as president. Julian Kinler was named vice president, Harry Imster secretary-treasurer, and Leo Bonjour reporter.
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Olin
Cows Top At $100 In Farm Sale Near Traer
Closing out sale of Mrs. Ernest Nation seven miles north of Traer totaled about $5,500. Top Holstein cow sold for 5100, eight other prices down to 68. Red heifer calves 34, black heifers 20, red steer 40. Black mares 197.50, gray mares 139.50. Sows 24, pullets 0.98. Corn 49 cents a bushel, oats 40, soybeans 90, hay 6.75 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Ernest Nation
Government Holds 525 Million Bushels of Corn
Cash corn prices in Kansas City for the week ending March 30 were irregular with declines on white and gains on yellow and mixed grades. Federal loan programs sealed 10.313 million bushels by March 27, totaling 260.368 million on the 1939 program, with a potential 275 million sealed by year end and overall unsealed supply forecast to dip below 2.6 billion bushels by Oct 1, 1940. Corn planting advances in Texas and Oklahoma, while Argentina pushes sales to expand domestic use as favorable crop prospects loom. Argentina May shipment corn priced at Buenos Aires 3 54 cents, versus US No 2 yellow at Atlantic ports 66 5/8 cents and Danubian at 64 1/2 cents.
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Kansas City
Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas
Oklahoma
Buenos Aires
Atlantic
Ancillary Administratrix Appointed in Linn County Iowa
Notice declares Mildred C. Joseph appointed as Ancillary Administratrix of Guy C. Joseph's estate, filed March 30, 1940. Debts and claims must be promptly settled or filed with Linn County Iowa District Court, with M. W. O'Rieles as attorney.
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State of
Iowa
Linn
Guy C. Joseph
Douglas County
Nebraska
Linn County
Mildred C. Joseph
M. W O'Rieles
Patchwork of Hope and Tolerance in a Country Woman Poem
A COUNTRY WOMAN speaks of mending cloth as a metaphor for healing. Patches on knees or seats symbolize stitches of tolerance hope and courage shared with the wearer. The verse promises peace of mind when days feel wrong and songs fade.
Iowa farmer works long day in federal survey
DES MOINES AP reports a federal survey shows farm operators in Iowa averaging 10.3 hours daily while their hired men average 10 hours. The national average for farm laborers stood at 9.5 hours a day, indicating Iowa farmers work longer hours despite increased leisure in other industries.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Contests Planned This Month For FFA Chapters
Des Moines Iowa district FFA contests announced by T Hall vocational education state board agricultural supervisor. Six district events precede the state FFA convention May 8 to 10 at Ames. Contests include parliamentary procedure public speaking extemporaneous speaking and chapter program. Dates: April 6 Osceola April 12 Sigourney April 13 Jesup and Lake View April 15 Manning April 20 Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. T. Hall
State Board For Vocational Education
Farmer Chapter
F. A
Ames
Osceola
Sigourney
Jesup
Lake View
Manening
Iowa Falls
F F A Convention Dates Set for Kansas City
Kansas City will host the national F F A convention from November 9 to 16. The announcement lists Kansas City as the event location and confirms the dates for the gathering of F F A members nationwide.
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Kansas City
Appointment of Executor for Daniel C. Hartung Estate
Notice from Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Cedar Rapids Iowa announcing the appointment and qualification of Stewart Holmes as executor of Daniel C. Hartung late of Linn County Town Iowa. All debts payable to the estate should be promptly settled and all claims filed with the Linn County District Clerk duly authenticated.
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Linn County
Daniel C. Hartung
Linn
Iowa
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Stewart Holmes
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