Benton County Farm Bureau protests revamp of AAA program
Iowa Benton County Farm Bureau callers protest USDA action ending marketing quotas for corn and setting a $9 per hundredweight base price on hogs. The letter to Secretary Claude Wickard argues price fixing should be universal and parity remains unmet, warning it harms corn and hog producers relative to others. The missive is signed by OTISH TUTTLE, president.
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Claude R. Wickard
Washington, D.C
Benton County
Otish, Tuttle
Benton County Farm Bureau
Fence Drift Dramedy Turns on a Narrow Turn
A verse titled Fence Drift by RF A warns of spring driving hazards. It describes skidding wheels and squealing brakes leading to consequences: a lonely Horner figure, a hospital visit, and ruined new clothes left on the shelf.
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Horner
Jack
Doc
Resentment Grows Over Washington Hog Price Action
Benton county Farm Bureau members and Triple A committeemen voice anger at federal price controls. They believe hog prices would have risen to about nine dollars per hundredweight anyway, and foresaw an average near nine dollars in the coming years despite government action.
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Ray Anderson
Benton County Farm Bureau
Washington
Triple A
Chicago
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna Ad Copy
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin for relief from constipation. It claims to wake lazy bowels and soothe the stomach, touting pleasant taste and ease for children, urging purchase at drugstores.
Government wage and price peg stirs debate among farmers
Readings from the Washington announcement show Henderson and Elliott endorsing the food program as a price and supply stabilization measure. They promise close agency consultation, potential liquidation of supplies if prices rise unjustly, and vigilance over processor margins to prevent wider spreads.
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Washington
National Defense Advisory
Leon Henderson
Harriett Elliott
Wickard
N Dac
Harriet Elliott
Department of Agriculture
McGregor Farmer’s Sow Produces 13 Pigs in Two Farrows
McGregor farmer D R Witter reports a Chester White sow farrowed three pigs on March 19 but nutrition shortages caused their deaths. He removed the sow on March 27 and she farrowed ten more healthy pigs which are all alive and thriving.
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McGregor
D R Witter
McGregor Farmer
Chester
Seed Oats Test Poorly In Fayette
West Union farmers compare oat viability in a Fayette test. One sample shows 56 percent germination while another plot yielded 100 percent dead seed after two threshings. Group members plan immediate follow up tests amid memories of last summer's heavy rains and crop losses.
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West Union
Nitrogen Fertilizer Advised for Damaged Orchards
Twenty three Louisa county farmers attended an orcharding demonstration at the Clay Bruner farm led by Sam Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist. He urged applying nitrogen fertilizer at one fourth pound per year of tree age for living trees and favored hardy stock such as Virginia crab and hibernal stock which withstood the Armistice day storm.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Clay Bruner Farm
Sam Edgecombe
Ames Extension
Mr Edgecombe
Edgecombe
Thirteenth National Contests Open To 4-H Club Members
Thirteen national 4-H contests offer Iowa members college scholarships trips to the national 4-H club congress. Paul C Taff of Iowa State College announces two contests open to all 4-H clubs: the national achievement contest and the national 4-H leadership contest.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
Paul C Taff
Iowa State College
United States
H. A Moses
Balster Elected President of North Jones DHIA
George Balster was elected president of the North Jones DHIA at the annual meeting in Monticello. J. E. Ahlrichs became vice-president, Francis Miller secretary-treasurer, with Arthur Muller and John H. Smith as directors. Kerwin Paine of Hampton was hired as tester for the coming year.
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Monticello
George Balster
North Jones Dhia
J. E. Ahlrichs
Francis Miller
Arthur Muller
John H. Smith
Kerwin Paine
Hampton
North Jones Association
Ryan Oats Sowing Starts in Area
Erwin McCloud planted 15 acres on Wednesday as part of the Ryan Oats sowing effort in the vicinity. The Gazette notes speed to completion as the season advances.
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Ryan
Erwin McCloud
Twin Lambs Among 1939 Upland Farm Yield Observations
A farm near West Branch reports twin lambs from a Delaine ewe and notes favorable lambing conditions across eastern Iowa. Federal data show steady stock sheep numbers over a decade with a modest rise since 1935, and the 1939 lamb crop reached 32.7 million, a record in 17 years. Weather and feed have aided lamb growth. early lambs are ahead of last year, with marketings likely higher before July 1. Regional notes cover Pacific Coast rains, eastern dry feeds, and Texas rainfall shaping early lambing outcomes.
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Ed Rinda
Pacific Coast
Bambing
Corn Belt
Texas
Tama County DHIA Averages 33.7 Pounds March Butterfat
Tama County DHIA reports March averages for 428 cows on test with 863 pounds milk and 33.7 pounds butterfat. W D Mitchell’s herd of 23 Holsteins led with 1,403 pounds milk and 53 pounds butterfat per cow. high cow produced 1,879 pounds milk and 88.3 pounds butterfat. West Branch DHIA shows C Earl Smith herd averaging 42.8 pounds butterfat among 457 cows. 132 exceeded 40 pounds and seven exceeded 70 pounds.
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Tama
Dhia
Toledo
Tama County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Vate Steege
W. D Mitchell
West Branch
C. Earl Smith
West Liberty
John Offringa
Mareh report shows top butterfat in Bergan herd lead
In Decorah the Mareh report from Miles Daley for Southeast Winneshiek Dairy Herd Improvement Association lists Martin C Bergan Springfield township leading with an average butterfat of 48.3 pounds. A Guernsey in Gilbert Salveson Hesper township herd tops individual tests with 93.2 pounds. the 494 cows on test average 694 pounds of milk and 25.3 pounds of butterfat.
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Decorah
Miles Daley
Winneshiek
Martin C Bergan
Springfield Township
Guernsey
Gilbert Salveson
Hesper Township
Keokuk county dairy group reports March herd averages
The Keokuk county Herd Improvement Association records 334 cows across 26 herds, including 53 dry, averaging 678 pounds of milk and 27.5 pounds of butter fat in March. Lloyd Clinton, tester, noted J M Gungy Wellman had the high herd with 1448 pounds.
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Delta
Keokuk County
High producing Holsteins Lead March Dairy Test
The Mahaska county test shows 456 cows on test with 650 pounds of milk and 27.2 pounds of butterfat in March. One Richland herd Holstein led with 75.5 pounds of butterfat, while others averaged 650 pounds of milk and 27.2 pounds of butterfat with 69 cows dry.
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Richard Harras
Richland
Mahaska County
Urban Schissel
March milk yield in Allamakee Cow Test Association No 1
In March the 545 cows, 89 dry, averaged 6638 pounds of milk and 27.12 pounds butterfat. The high herd of 11 grade Holsteins owned by Huffey and Olson averaged 1327 pounds milk and 445 pounds butterfat. A cow in the C H Hagen herd produced 1310 pounds milk and 89 pounds butterfat.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Huffey and Olson
C. H. Hagen
120 Mattresses Are Made In Cedar County
Tipton and Mechanicsville completed 120 mattresses as part of Cedar county surplus cotton mattress program. 75 more mattresses remain to be filled for Stanwood Clarence and West Branch areas. Four pounds of staple cotton per comforter accompany 100 comforters being produced at the two centers.
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Gazette
Tipton
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Stanwood
Clarence
West Branch
SMA
Louisa surplus cotton mattress program starts in Wapello
Work on the Louisa surplus cotton mattress program began Monday after a local leaders training school last week. Oakville area applications will be filled first, then mattresses will be produced to meet requests from the Wapello area.
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Gazette
Wapello
Louisa
Oakville
AAA Leaders Confer Map of District Meetings Iowa
Iowa's 100 county Triple A committees and county agents held eleven district meetings Tuesday to plan program changes and organize township committees and farmers for wider outreach. Fred Roeve said over 80 county meetings would follow midweek to spread the facts before field work advances. Reported districts included West Union Tipton Keosauqua Toledo Mason City Chariton Adel and Council Bluffs.
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Ollowing
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Roeve
Roewe
State
West Union
Tipton
Keosauqua
Toledo
Mason City
Chariton
Adel
Council Bluffs
Winter Wheat Crop Prospects Bright Across Midwest Belt
Chicago AP reports the 1941 winter wheat crop showing strong northward green growth with favorable moisture. Experts note only one trouble zone from central Nebraska to northwestern Missouri, Iowa and Kansas. Although conditions are near ideal, total acres to thresh at about 40 million, below 1931’s 43.4 million harvested.
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Chicago
United States
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Edgewood farmer reports prolific litter counts from sows
Edgewood farmer Cliff Rhines saw four sows farrow 54 pigs this spring. A 600-pound Chester White littered 18 with 15 surviving, another sow had 14, a third 11, and a sister 14. Last year eight young sows farrowed 92 pigs. Rhines removes pigs from sows until the litter is dropped to protect the newborns.
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Edgewood
Cliff Rhines
Chester
Rhines
Mr. Rhines
Senger Works Dairy Job Soon After Ames Graduation
Marvin E. Senger, three weeks out of Ames with a dairy husbandry bachelor degree, has joined a dairy company in Oconomowoc Wisconsin and reported for work Monday morning.
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Marvin E. Senger
Ames
Oconomowoc
Wis
You and Your True Self, A Country Woman Essay
In a photographer's shop the narrator recalls hearing "Be natural" as passport pictures are taken. The piece reflects on how people hide their real worth behind artificiality, urging authenticity and recognizing the true YOU that lies within each person.
Demonstration on Colt Breaking Near London Saturday
TIPTON Harry Linn assistant state secretary of agriculture and former Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association fieldman will conduct a colt breaking demonstration Saturday at 10 am on the Otto Schneider farm 21% miles northeast of London County Agent Howard Hamilton announced. The event aims to help farm youths learn handling horses as tractors replace them on farms. Linn will show colt handling harness fitting bulky horses and answer horse questions Ray Severin of Clarence is arranging to provide two of the wildest colts for the demonstration.
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Tipton
Harry Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
Otto Schneider
London
Howard Hamilton
Linn
Ray Severin
Clarence
Farm Women Stage Achievement Days in Maquoketa
About 275 Jackson county women attended the annual home project event in Maquoketa. Booths showcased work with South Fork township winning first prize judged by May Larson of Ames. Theme focused on garment making, fit, design, and color harmony. Mrs. Raymond Sayre spoke, representing rural women at the 1939 London meeting.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Southfork Township
May Larson
Ames
Maquoketa Township
Farmer's Creek Township
Raymond Sayre
London
Home Project Day judging honors Iowa townships
At the annual event in Center, Lin ton and Ames area communities were evaluated. Lansing and Makee townships received superior marks while Lafayette and Paint Creek were rated excellent by judge Mrs. N May Larson of Ames.
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Waukon
N. May Larson
Ames
Lansing
Makee
Center
Linton
Iowa
Lafayette
Paint Creek
Sow Demand Is Keen
West Union notes a shift in livestock demand after Washington orders set a $9 price for bred sows. Previously bred sows had slow demand as farmers fed them for market pork, but lines of buyers now focus on retaining sows until they farrow, signaling strong participation in the hog market.
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Gazette
West Union
AAA
Washington, D. C
Rain Ends Frost and Settles Fayette County Soils
Rainfall in northern Fayette county last week largely ended frost. E. C. Grimes north of West Union reported pasture sod broke with little frost remaining. Near Maynard, farmers discing as Rein dumped about 2 inches of rain, soil already saturated, delaying field work to later in the week.
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the Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
E. C. Grimes
South End
Maynard
Rein
Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers
A new medical discovery labeled Lurin is promoted as effective for stomach ulcers caused by excess acid. It is described as a harmless, easy to take remedy that also eases gas pains and heartburn. Sold by May’s Drug Store and drug stores nationwide with a money back guarantee.
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May
Ford Hopkins
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Pinky
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School OF Hard Knocks
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FOX
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