Reed Reports Oats Seeding Nearing Finish in Southeast Iowa
Iowa crop reporter Charles D. Reed released the first 1939 weekly weather and crop bulletin noting oats and barley seeding is far advanced in southern and western counties and nearly finished in the southeast. He cited delayed germination from recent freezes and above normal February and March precipitation in drought areas.
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Reed
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Henry
D. Moines
Monroe
Lucas
Milking Time at Myron Sears Ayrshire Farm Near Grinnell
On Tuesday evening at the Myron Sears and Sons Ayrshire farm south of Grinnell cows milled at the stanchions as feed stretched and a radio orchestra hummed. Fence drift and woven wire noises framed the milking routine in a rustic farm scene.
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Myron Sears and Sons
Ayrshire
Grinnell
Farmers Begin Seeding Amid Delayed Season in Fayette County
Special to The Gazette reports farmers in northern Fayette county started seeding Monday despite frozen ground and wet soil hindering work. A few fields had already seen seeding last week as growers rush to advance planting.
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the Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
Neighbors Seed 30 Acres of Oats at Snakenberg Farm
Monday neighbors seeded more than 30 acres of oats at the Mrs Blanche Snakenberg farm near Webster with tractors and seeders. Mr Snakenberg died about a month ago and helpers included Virgil Wingard Virgil Long Ernest Stur devant and others who assisted with dinner.
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Webster—Wneighbors
Blanche Snakenberg
Mr. Snakenberg
Virgil Winegarden
Virgil Long
Ernest Sturdevant
Earl Wright
Hal Sorden
Cecil Shifflett
Marve Mathers
Frank Wright
Virgil Linenkamp
Kenneth Snakenberg
Helen Sturdevant
Seed Potatoes for 115 Iowa Test Plots Announced
Ames extension horticulturist C L Fitch said 115 seed potato plots will be sent in April to cooperating farmers students and 4 H club members across 20 counties. Potatoes from Iowa State Vegetable Growers Assn include 300 lb Cobblers and 10 lb each Chippewas Red Warbas and Ohios with four fertilizer samples. Orders go through county agents and teachers for survey work.
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The
AMES
C L. Fitch
Ames Extension
Iowa State Vegetable Growers Association
North Dakota
Fitch
Gilchrist Predicts Parity Payment Appropriation
Rep. Fred Gilchrist a top House agriculture committee member forecast on Wednesday that Congress would appropriate 250 million dollars for parity payments under the agricultural adjustment act. He said the Senate would restore the item after it was removed by the House.
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Washington
Fred Gilchrist
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Senate
House
Gilchrist
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Beef Producers In Cedar Meet April 19 At Tipton
The Cedar County Beef Producers association holds its annual meeting at 8 p.m. April 19 in Tipton city hall. President F. W. Hinkhouse of West Liberty announced the event. Rex Beresford and Herman Aaberg will analyze current and future cattle market trends.
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Tipton
Cedar County Beef Producers Association
F. W. Hinkhouse
West Liberty
Rex Beresford
Ames
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Muscatine Achievement Day Set for May 10
Miss Mary Grayce Martin, home demonstration agent, announced that the annual Muscatine County Women’s Home Project achievement day will be held in Muscatine on May 10.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Fire kills 500 chicks at Ward Batchelder farm
A Castalia area blaze half a mile south of town destroyed a brood of 500 baby chicks. The Castalia fire department responded but could not save the building.
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Gazette
Castalia
Ward Batchelder Farm
Dairy Day Set for May 12 in Ames During Veishea Week
Special to Tre Gazette Ames Iowa announces Dairy Day scheduled for May 12 in Ames during Veishea week with events planned for local participants and visitors.
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Tre Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Achievement Day Brings 350 Attendees to Williamsburg
The annual event highlights home project work across 13 Iowa county townships with 350 attendees. Marian Edwards credits top townships York Fillmore English Pilot Troy Hilton Marengo and Iowa for superior organization and results as the Williamsburg chorus performs under S D Blythe.
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Town County Farm Women’s Chorus
Front Row
Left To
Charlotte Brandt
Victor
Tom Jones
Williamsburg
Rex Porter
W. R. Sears
Frances M. Hettler
R. L. Amsberry
Marengo
Gwendolyn Jones
Leslie Oliver
DD. S. Harris
Middle Row
Virginia Shine
R. A. Lortz
Henry Timm
Ralph Walters
Elmer Stahl
Ross Strike
C. C. Dane
Everett Timm
George Fiser
Back Row
Art Schwiebert
Theo Davoit
Harold Walters
Glenn Schwichert
Elmer Hopp
J. Rapp
Orville Goodman
L. H. Brandt
Sam Blythe
Yatasansburg
Iowa County
Marian Edwards
Ames
York
Fillmore
English
Pilot
Troy
Hilton
Iowa
Dayton
Honey Creek
Washington
Hartford
Sumner
Gram
Mae Stanerson
Conroy
Frances Hettler
Miss Edwards
Marengo Townships
Stoney Creek
Floyd D. Faas
Everett Jordan
Deep River
L. A Berry
North English
C. F. Lacher
S. D Blythe
Rollin Brown
Sigourney
District Farm Bureau
Carl H. Maas
South Amana
County Farm Bureau
Jane Blythe
Joe Davis
D. H. Zentmire
Three Acres of Soybeans Net Profit Reported
Emil Wegner of Fayette County contest association No. 2 shows a profit of 37.70 on three acres by exchanging soybean yield for 5400 pounds of oilmeal last season. Production costs totaled 43.30, including rent seed and field work. Oilmeal valued at 30 per ton equals 81 for the quantity delivered.
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Fayette
Emil Wegner
Fayette County
USDA Reports On Industrial Uses For Farm Products
A U S Department of Agriculture survey concludes new industrial uses for farm products are expanding but far from exhausted. The prominent H T Herrick headed study outlines plans for four regional labs in New Orleans Peoria Wyndmoor and Albany to seek wider outlets for farm products and notes over 1300 laboratories visited. Developments in rayon plastics insulating board motor fuels and new paints and lacquers signal future industries and the report urges deeper scientific understanding to unlock them.
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Washington
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
H. T. Herrick
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
New Orleans
Peoria
Farm House Burns East of La Porte City
A modern 10 room house on the O. E. Miles farm burned Tuesday when roof sparks ignited the blaze. Some furnishings were saved and the loss was partly insured. United States producers report a 21 percent rise in sows bred to farrow in spring 1939, suggesting total pig output may reach 80 million head in 1939.
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LA Porte City
O. E. Miles
Here
United States
Farm Auction Schedule Includes Beverly Cedar Rapids Swisher
A listing of upcoming farm auctions. April 13 Beverly Cattle Company sale. April 14 Ilowa Live Stock Exchange Cedar Rapids. April 19 J C Janko Jersey cattle sale three miles east of Swisher.
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Beverly Cattle Company
Ilowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
J C. Janko
Jersey
Swisher
Wright 4-H Clubs To Honor Benson Emblem Designer
Wright county 4-H clubs plan a bronze marker for the birthplace of the 4-H emblem near Clarion. The plaque will honor Oscar H. Benson who as 1907 Wright County schools superintendent originated the 4-H emblem idea during a Lake township visit.
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O. H. Benson
Wright County
America
Benson
New York City
Farm and Home Week Dates Set at Ames Iowa
Ames Farm and Home week at Iowa State College will run February 12 to 17, 1940, announced by R. M. Visquain chair of the short course committee. A. C. Clifton, Texas ranch foreman and horse expert, says a horse needs only three hours of sleep in 24 hours and will sleep anywhere when tired.
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Ames
Iowa State College
R. M. Visquain
A. C. Clifton
Texas
All Soybeans Featured at Ames Banquet on April Fifteenth
Ames hosts an all soybeans banquet April 15 staged by the student branch of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. L K Arnold with four students tested the dishes at a recent dinner, deeming the meal a success with about 400 attendees. Dr. O R Sweeney will be main speaker, discussing soybeans and leading oil extraction research. Dean Kohlhase of Miles City and Kurt Pilgram of Burlington serve as student chairmen.
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The
Gazette
Ames
Iowa
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
L K. Arnold
Engineering Experiment Station
Arnold
O. R. Sweeney
Chemical Engineering
Dean Kohlhase
Miles City
Mont
Kurt Pilgram
Burlington
Not So Hot McGregor Struggles With Early Freeze
Alvin Adney attempted to ready a home garden on Wednesday morning but found the ground frozen to his spade, halting work. The scene captures an early winter chill impacting chores.
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the Gazette
McGregor
Alvin Adney
17 year old Guernsey cow sets butterfat record near Waterville
A 17 year old Guernsey cow on Clarence Hagen's farm near Waterville, operated by Russell Roberts, produced 92 pounds of butterfat in the March test, with an estimated 600 pounds expected for the test year.
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Waterville
Clarence Hagen
Here
Russell Roberts
March Test Association
Cowtesters Confab Sets Cedar Rapids Meeting Dates
The spring district conference for eastern Iowa cow testers will be held in Cedar Rapids on May 9 and 10.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Ranks Sixth For Cows On Test
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa last year ranked sixth in number of cow test associations, cows on test and herds on test. Wisconsin led with 154 associations and 2 896 herds, California had 84 201 cows on test. Iowa had 66 associations, 21 612 cows on test in 1 266 herds.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Wisconsin
California
United States
Dust Bowl Shelterbelts Prove Worth Amid Wind Erosion
Cordell Oklahoma AP report tracks five years of shelterbelt planting from Texas cotton fields to North Dakota wheat country. Farmers like K A Kirk and Dr A H Bungardt note reduced wind erosion, steadier crops, and shade benefits as trees reach 35 feet, creating protected zones about twenty times their height.
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Cordell
Okla
Great Plains
Texas
North Dakota
A. H. Bungart
Forest Service
Farmer K. A. Kirk
Magnum
Oklahoma
Dr. Bungardl
Dr. Bungardt
Earl Lewis
Pierce County
Nebraska
Co. P. Barker
Sweetwater
Ed Casey
Mitchell
S. D
Angus cattle on sale in Cedar Rapids and Chicago auctions
Ed Walshire of Mechanicsville sold 21 Angus steers and heifers at Cedar Rapids for 12 dollars per hundredweight, averaging 767 pounds. Francis Murphy sent 38 head of light Angus yearling steers to Chicago at 12.40 per cwt, averaging 916 pounds, the highest light-weight price in weeks. Charles Thompson offered 1,090-pound steers at 10.80 per hundredweight. The star Antares is 400,000,000 miles in diameter.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Walshire
Mechanicsville
Mr Walshire
Cedar County
Chicago
West Branch
Francis Murphy
Charles Thompson
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Leader
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Cowtesters Confab
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3Rd ST
Penick & Ford
Antares
Angus
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Saddle Oxfords
Oxfords
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