Oats sowing starts across southeast Iowa with slow early progress
Farmers in Keokuk Louisa and other southeast counties began oats sowing on Tuesday while east central areas started as far north as Linn and Jones counties. Many fields remain wet and muddy with road restrictions, plowing for corn underway, and rye and fall wheat greening. A Jones county report notes red clover root rot and field mice damaging stands, prompting tests by plant pathologists.
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Washington
Keokuk
Louisa
Iowa
Linn, Jones
Clayton
Fayette
Buchanan
Delaware
East Central
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Jones County
Jones
Clarence
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Ames
Spring sowing in town and country gardens
Farmers sow barley and oats while some grass seed was planted last week. Both town and country folk are preparing spring gardens.
Trucks Cut Rail Rates on Some Farm Goods Says Study
The Agricultural Situation reports truck competition lowered rail rates on hogs dairy products citrus cotton cigarettes drugs and chemicals in some short hauls but many commodities like stocker cattle grains lumber and salt kept rail prices due to monopoly power.
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Ames
IDPA
Federal Bureau of Agricultral Economics
Wisconsin
Iowa
James C. Nelson
Natex Ends 25 Years of Worry Says Shellsburg Woman
Clarissa Hepker of Shellsburg Iowa credits Natex with ending a quarter century of digestive and nervous distress. She describes relief from constipation headaches dizziness and backaches after trying Natex under a local representative at Podzimek's Pharmacy 100 Second Ave. The ad urges others to visit the pharmacist and notes a 3100 reward for proof of false testimonials.
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Shellsburg
Clarissa Hepker
Iowa
Natex
Podzimek
100 Second Ave
Second Ave
Duensing Holstein Herd Shows Eleven Year Butterfat Average
Special to The Gazette Washington dairyman Arthur L Duensing reports his grade Holstein herd averaged 412.2 pounds of butterfat over 11 years. The herd, near Washington, led state tallies in 1938 with 4116 pounds and has no TB or Bangs disease reactors. Four top cows and Sir Mutual Fayne Ormsby of Oakdale highlighted the lineage with strong milk and fat records.
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Gazette
Washington
Arthur L. Duensing
Duensing
Washington County Contest Association
Mutual Fayne Ormsby
Oakdale
Prune
Velvet
Jennie
Lynn
Rail rate policy spurs truck competition, benefits farmers
In March 1938 the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized rate increases on agricultural products. Railroads kept high rates, especially on short hauls and valuable goods, hoping to bear traffic. Now truck competition retaliates, easing farmers’ transport costs and reducing railroad revenue during slow business, improving farmer leverage on pricing.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Frozen Food Theme In East Iowa Meeting Series
Special to The Gazette Miss Ruth Cessna Ames nutritionist leads a series of meetings in eastern Iowa for homemakers and cold storage operators. She covers preparation and use of frozen meats and vegetables and year round locker management to maximize space. Readings include Brooklyn Marengo Tipton Anamosa Dubuque Manchester Independence dates April 19 to 28.
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Gazette
Ames
Ruth Cessna
Iowa
Brooklyn
Marengo
Tipton
Anamosa
Dubuque
Manchester
Independence
Cessna
Private Estimates Put Wheat Crop At 540 Million Bushels
Private crop experts forecast a winter wheat crop of 540 million bushels, well below the 1938 harvest of 687 million but near the 1927 36 average of 546 million. The estimate tops the government prediction of 485 million and reflects improved winter prospects after generous late year precipitation in the southwest.
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Chicago
United Press
Butterfat Price Set At 24 Cents For Early March
Walker Farmers Creamery paid patrons 24 cents a pound for butterfat delivered in the first half of March. Secretary Kenneth Butler reported today.
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Gazette
Walker
Walker Farmers Creamery
Kenneth Butler
Gard Ner Reemployed as Johnson County Agricultural Agent
Emmett C. Gardner was reemployed for a fifth year as Johnson County agricultural agent by the county Farm Bureau board of directors in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardner
Johnson County
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Holsteins Top at 260 in State Sale Iowa auction record
In Waterloo the Iowa Holstein Breeders Association sale reached top prices of 265 for a six year old cow and 265 for a two year old heifer. Kempshall of Marion bought four milking cows for 735 while Tuffley of Wisconsin paid 180 for a bull. Overall sale totals reached 7335 with 33 cows totaling 4750 and 11 heifers and bulls adding 2155.
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Waterloo
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
Christopher Graham
Rochester
Willis McAlpin
Villisca
Iowa Farmers Sign Up for 1939 AAA Program
O D Klein Iowa AAA chairman said 160 976 farmers intend to participate in the 1939 AAA program from 181 371 contacted with 20 395 opposing and about 50 000 yet to report. He spoke in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
O.D. Klein
AAA
Iowa
1 124 Pounds Butterfat From 30 Cows
Greeley dairyman Frank Schilling delivered 4000 pounds of cream containing 1124 pounds of butterfat to the Greeley creamery during March. The output from 30 cows is reported by buttermaker C N Bayler as the largest amount ever sent to the creamery by one patron.
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Greeley
Frank Schilling
Greeley Creamery
C. N. Bayler
Bayler
Ames Students Polled On Farm Program And Tariff
A cross section poll by the Iowa State Institute of Student Opinion finds 41 percent of students favor the AAA as a permanent Iowa agriculture policy, with 33 percent opposed and 22 percent noncommittal. Tariff support is 64 percent among women and 54 percent among men, with agriculture students most against the tariff at 54 percent.
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AMES
IOPA
Iowa State College
AAA
Iowa Agriculture
Iowa State Institute of
Iowa State
Agriculture Division
Iowa
Farm Fire Quenched Near Washington Farmhouse
Washington rural fire truck responded to a blaze on the E L Stewart farm roof near here. Harold Anderson inhabited the house. damage estimated at 300 dollars and covered by insurance.
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Gazette
Washington
Poslam Ointment Offers Fast Relief for Skin Itching
An advertisement touts Poslam ointment as a gentle, concentrated treatment for itching and eczema. It promises immediate soothing relief, with deep skin penetration for lasting action and urges readers to buy a 50 cent box at their druggist.
Field Mice Damage Ames Orchard In Anamosa Relief Attempt
Anamosa hosts a five acre experimental orchard where field mice girdled most trees over winter. S. W. Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist led a surprise demonstration turning to grafting and inserting scions to bridge damaged trees with help from a crew.
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Anamosa
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Edgecombe
Ames
Farm Auctions Schedule For Early April With Multiple Sales
A sequence of farm auctions listed for Wednesday through Friday April 5 to 7. consignments include M A Nielsen near Central City and a 200 acre farm near Vinton, plus P N Gibson horses near West Liberty and a sale by Mackie and Co at Vinton ere Beverly. Cattle sale at In. Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids.
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M. A. Nielsen
Central City
George Hillgeson
Vinton
P. N
Gibson Horses
West Liberty
Mackie and Co
Beverly
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Girdling Demonstration Helps Orchards in Jones County
Farmers attend a demonstration urging girdling of orchard trees to raise capacity and limit losses. Reported girdling is unusually common this year, with trees damaged even in old orchards. Government offers seedling trees for as little as $2 per thousand for reforestation and land conservation.
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Jones County
Hybrids Seeded In Louisa Oats Plot
A new oats test plot has been established on the Cotter Brothers farm in Elm Grove township Louisa county to test ten varieties under local growing conditions. The plot seeded Tuesday features ten 15 foot rows with new hybrids Boone Hancock Marion C I 3502 and C I 3500 alongside standard strains Iowa 103 Iowa 105 Gopher Columbia and Fulghum.
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Louisa County
Cotter Brothers
Elm Grove Township
Boone, Hancock
Marion
C. I
Iowa
Columbia
4 H Leaders Meet In Washington For New Year Program
Ed Lynde gaard of Ames assistant state 4 H club leader met with 4 H leaders and the Washington county committee and club officers Monday evening in Washington to establish a program for the coming year.
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the Gazette
Washington
Ed Lyndegaard
Ames
Washington County Committee
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