Plager reports severe damage to clover and alfalfa crops
L W Plager of Waterloo says Iowa clover and alfalfa harvest will be the lightest in over 25 years. He cites winter ice smothering, drought last summer, and early seedings killed across eastern Iowa, with northern Iowa faring better and southern areas facing serious conditions.
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L. W Plager
Waterloo
Iowa
Plager
Midwest
AAA Forage Conservation Service
Mr Plager
Northeast
Tanea
Avurra
Kansas
Missouri
Martelle Farmers Spread Limestone Across Acres in 1935
In Martelle area farmers report widespread limestone spreading with F J Shotwell and J C Miller each applying twenty tons and W B Meeks about one hundred tons, covering about 120 acres over two years. North English notes oats sown late this year, chinch bugs abundant, and blizzards crusting stalk fields. soybeans planned as a substitute.
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Gazette Martelle
Martelle
F J Shotwell
J C Miller
Meeks
North English
Glenn Bucher and Sons
Parnell
Farm grain stocks and conditions mixed across regions
Lamson Brothers statistician R O Cromwell estimates April 1 corn stocks at 423 million bushels or 30 percent of the Oct 1 supply, with oats at 191 million bushels and winter wheat at 70.6 percent of normal. Abandonment of winter wheat 21 percent of 44.306 million acres reported. rain needed west of the Missouri. An official government grain reserves report is due April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R O Cromwell
Lamson Brothers and Company
Cromwell
Missouri River
Lamson
Sorghum and Hybrid Seed Corn Distribution Noted
Joe Robinson, secretary, announces limited supplies of Waconia sorghum and corn hybrids 931 942 939 and 13 for farmers through the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association. Prices and amounts available from Mr. Robinson at Ames.
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Ames
Joe Robinson
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Robinson
Oelwein Creamery Pays 36 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein Farmers Cooperative creamery paid 36 cents a pound for first half of March butterfat. Secretary Frank Schroeder reports over 1,100 checks issued to patrons as part of the payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers Co-operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
Benton county farmer sale on Chi cargo market
WINTON Ray Cronbaugh of Benton county sold twenty head of choice Hereford steers weighing 1 204 pounds each on the Chi cargo market for 14 dollars per hundredweight.
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Winton
Ray Cronbaugh
Benton County
Friendship Motto on Envelope Encourages Peace
Message invites world peace by building friendships over warfare while a remark about kids continuing boxing lessons suggests practical self discipline.
Iowa Corn Under Seal Totals 10 616 000 Bushels
Des Moines reports Iowa farmers hold 10 616 000 bushels of corn under seal, about two thirds of national total, aiding loans of 5 839 000 dollars. Secretary Ray Murray lists regional loan figures for Nebraska Minnesota Illinois Indiana South Dakota Missouri Ohio Colorado Kansas and notes full repayment of last year's 60 000 000 borrowed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Murray
Murray
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
South Dakota
Missouri
Ohio
Colorado
Kansas
Windbreak Demonstrations Planted in East Iowa Farms
In Delaware County at Harold Wilcox farm south of Buck Creek a shelterbelt of Norway spruce was planted in several rows with state college and Farm Bureau support. Each township gets one project with cost limited to packing and shipping only. non surviving trees are replaced. A similar belt was planted last year at A B Cocking farm near Manchester. At Wilton Junction a windbreak of sixty evergreens was set on Harry Brockman farm under R G Ramsey with a second belt of about 100 trees planned for Mark Collier farm nearby.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Farm Bureau
Harold Wilcox
Buck Creek
State College and Farm Bureau Office
A. B. Cocking
Wilton Junction
Harry Brockman
R. G. Ramsey
Ames
Mark Collier
Here
Fayette County to Plant Five Shelterbelts Friday
R G Ramsey Ames extension forester will establish five shelterbelts in Fayette county on Friday in cooperation with the Farm Bureau. Demonstration plantings will be on the farms of W A Lauer L D Hitch W S Rothlisberger R C Steil and P B Davis.
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Fayette
Fayette County
R. G. Ramsey
Ames Extension Forester
Farm Bureau
W. A. Lauer
L.D Hitch
W.S Rothlisberger
R. C. Steil
P. &. Davis
Farm House Fire Destroys Lang Property Near Hopkinton
A house on the Harry Lang farm two miles east of Hopkinton burned Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Goarke were away with ten children elsewhere. Discovered by their daughter the child evacuated 40 neighbors and summoned help. The house and contents were insured.
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Hopkinton
Harry Lang
Goarke
Neghbors
Butter firm heads to county Farm Bureau meeting
Harmison manager of National Butter Co and Max Ascher of Dubuque were to address a joint meeting of Jefferson Oran Scott and Harlan township Fayettes county Farm Bureau members Tuesday evening.
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Oelwein
H A Harmison
National Butter Company
Max Ascher
Harmison
Dubuque
Jefferson
Oran, Scott
Harlan Township
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Chinch bugs threaten Iowa crops amid new infestations
Iowa entomologists warn chinch bugs will menace crops more than ever with 80,000 bugs per square foot found near Cedar Rapids. Spring activity starts in a week, eggs hatch in 7 to 10 days, and farmers may need 6 to 7 million gallons of creosote for control, doubling 1934 usage.
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Iowa
Decker
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
George Decker
Illinois
Nebraska
Midwest
Carl J. Drake
Drake and Decker
D. A. Worthington
Drake
State Department of Agriculture
Influenza Prevalence in Eastern Iowa Horses Warned
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin reports horse influenza increasing among farm work animals this season. Weakness from faulty feed parasites and dental problems are noted before spring work, with azo turea expected. Other livestock issues include cattle pneumonia calf scours and swine typhus. Hog cholera reported near Riverside West Chester Mount Vernon Center Point Walker Hudson Harper Sigourney Winthrop Hazleton Nashua Oxford Fayette Maynard Rockford Delhi.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Iowa
Riverside
West Chester
Mount Vernon
Center Point
Walker
Hudson
Harper
Sigourney
Winthrop
Hazleton
Nashua
Oxford
Fayette
Maynard
Rockford
Delhi
Farmer H P Jensen Buys 35 Feeder Cows
Dysart farmer H P Jensen north of Dysart received a shipment of thirty five head of stock cows from St Paul Minnesota last week He plans to feed them on his farm for future use or sale.
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Dysart
H. P. Jensen
St. Paul, Minn
Third Installment Checks Arrive in Fayette County
The first batch of third installment 1934 corn and hog checks totaling about $150,000 arrived in Fayette. Distribution will occur Thursday at Fayette Oelwein and West Union and Friday at West Union for county farmers.
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Fayette
Garet
Twenty Tractors Sold at North English
The N S Miller implement company at North English reports the sale of twenty tractors to local farmers this spring. Four were used tractors and sixteen were new with four yet to be delivered last Friday. Special to The Gazette. Maquoketa firm Glahn Brothers reports its best farm machinery year in five or six years with stock cleaned out this spring. A dealer delivered seven tractors to farmers near Maquoketa last week with plows harrows and discs also sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North English
N. S. Miller Implement Company
Maquoketa
Butterfat Averages 27.8 Cents a Pound in 1934 at Calmar
Calmar Creamery patrons received an average of 27.82 cents per pound for butterfat in 1934. The year’s average butter price was 24.86 cents per pound. Cream output totaled 1,298,269 pounds with an average test of 24 percent.
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Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
A. A. Olson
1935 AAA Spendings to Be 550 Million Dollars
American farmers are to receive about 550 million dollars in 1935 crop adjustment program payments, about 20 million less than 1934. Officials note a shift toward region based production control and indicate current programs are emergency measures to reduce surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Farmers Treat 700 Horses for Bot Flies Near Oelwein
Oelwein area farmers report a rise in bot fly eradication this year. Dr. M L Spear, veterinarian, says 700 horses and sixty colts were treated, up from 475 animals the previous year, a 60 percent increase.
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Oelwein
M. L. Spear
A G Black Named Head Agricultural Economics Section
Dr. A G Black, former head of Ames Agricultural Economics, is appointed head of the U S bureau of agricultural economics by Secretary Wallace after Nils A Olsen resigns to lead Equitable Life farm investment. Black moves from AAA livestock and feed grains division to this post. Gerald B Thorne of Missouri will assume his former role.
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Gerald B. Thorne
Missouri
Chester C. Davis
AAA
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