209 Counties In U.S. Now Accredited As Free Of Bang’s Disease
East Iowa Veterinary association heard federal vitin rian John Wineinger report that 209 counties in 17 states are fully accredited for Bangs disease status. More than 20 percent of dairy and breeding cattle in 28 states with control laws are enrolled and tested.
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U.S
Bang
John Wineinger
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Cedar Rapids
Wineinger
Sai
Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Tawa
Wincinger
Fence Drift and Soil Fertility Notes by Wayne Dinsmore
There is better than a fair chance that farmers can get five dollars per horse or mule from the soil conservation unit allotments if they ask for it vigorously. Work stock consumes grain hay and pasture and leaves fertility on the land.
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Soil Conservation Unit
Veterinary spirits and plans noted at Thursday meeting
The Iowa Farm Bureau update covered livestock ailments and serum virus use for hog cholera. Dr A Quinn of Des Moines reported on association activities, and the next meeting is set for May 2 in Cedar Rapids to honor two 50 year graduate veterinarians Dr E A Buxton of Vinton and Dr J H Spence of Clinton. The article also notes Mercury’s 88 day solar orbit.
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A. Quinn
Des Moines
State Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
E A. Buxton
Vinton
J. H Spence
Clinton
Linn county growers given spray schedules for apples to raspberries
County Agent Rex Conn issued instructions on orchard spray timing and mixtures for apples pears plums peaches and raspberries. Dormant sprays apply before bud swell with lime sulfur or oil emulsion and brown rot requires the cluster bud spray before bloom. Peach leaf curl control and raspberry spray timing are outlined with specific dilutions and combinations. The article notes freezing killed most peach buds and describes AAA tree planting payments influencing seedling plantings.
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Linn County
Rex Conn
San Jose
Conn
Iowa
Swine Experiments To Be Reviewed At Urbana April 12
Special to The Gazette Urbana Ill April 12 swine feeding breeding and management topics will be reviewed at the swine feeder's day program led by Dr B W Fairbanks chief swine husbandry. Sessions cover brood sows pigs creep feeding rye pasture and protein feeding tests including soy bean oilmeal versus oilmeal tankage and hybrid versus open pollinated corn. Noted speakers include Oscar G Mayer Chicago Prof E J Working and Miss Inez S Wilson with focus on producer packer cooperation economic outlook and lard use by consumers.
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Urbana
University of Ilinois College of Agriculture
B. W. Fairbanks
Oscar G. Mayer
Chicago
Institute of American Meat Packers
Prof
E. J Working
Inez S. Wilson
National Livestock and Meat Board
Cookery Of Frozen Meats Discussed In Jones
Miss Evelyn Holen Ames extension specialist will discuss the latest developments in preparation and cookery of frozen meats fruits and vegetables at meetings in Jones county. Meetings set for April 30 and May 1 for refrigerated locker patrons with a schedule to be announced later. Jones county operates six refrigerated locker plants serving about 1500 patrons.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Evelyn Hollen
Ames Extension
Jones County
Joel Clark Named Iowa Delegate To Omaha PCA Confab
Joel Clark of Elkader will represent eastern and northern Iowa at a two day conference of production credit officers in Omaha on April 15 and 16. The meeting aims to expand cooperative lending for farmers and livestock operators across Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Clark is president of the Elkader Production Credit association and was chosen by directors of five regional associations. Since formation six years ago farmers and livestock operators have used more than 115 million dollars in production credit funds.
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Omaha
Iowa
Joel Clark
Elkader
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Walter FE. Anderson
Production Credit Corporation of
Clark
Elkader Production Credit Association
Iowa City cow tops dairy averages in annual yield
Haldane Ormsby Pet Patsy, a purebred Holstein cow owned by H J Dane of Iowa City, produced 13 872 pounds of milk and 553 pounds of butterfat in a year. This is more than three times the U S dairy cow average per the agriculture department. Her production was logged in the Holstein Friesian herd improvement register at Brattleboro Vermont.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Haldane Ormsby Pet Patsy
H.J. Dane
United States Department of Agriculture
Brattleboro
Per Cent Fewer Chicks Hatched In March This Year
A preliminary summary from the agricultural marketing service shows about six percent fewer eggs set and eleven percent fewer chicks hatched by 346 commercial hatcheries in March compared with March 1939. Turkey poults hatchings remained down, while eggs set rose four percent, signaling ample poults for April onward.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Jersey Cattle Club to Hold annual meeting in Louisville
The American Jersey Cattle Club will hold its annual meeting on June 5 in Louisville Kentucky and the next day June 6 the national Jersey sale will be conducted in Lexington Plans anticipate assembling 50 head of Jerseys for the auction on June 6.
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Gazette
Louisville
American Jersey Cattle Club
Lexington
Iowa REA Groups Pay Debts Under Rural Electric Admin
Twenty seven Iowa farm power cooperatives have made payments from earnings on their debts to the Rural Electrification Administration. Figures as of February 29 show Eastern Iowa groups including Eastern Iowa Light and Power, Amana Society Service, Grundy County Rural Electric, Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric, and the City of Maquoketa, with specified interest and principal amounts repaid.
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Washington
Iowa Farm Power
Rural Electrification Administration
McKellar
Tenn
Senate
Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Amana Society Service Company
F. F. A. Banquet at Strawberry Point Honors Local Leaders
Fifty persons attended the Straw berry Point Future Farmers parent son program Tuesday evening. Speakers included Warren Wood president Junior Miller Clayton Stoner Frederick Scott Henry Barrack Robert Burgin Grover Hahn county agent and W H Magdefrau agriculture instructor.
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Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point Future Farmers
Warren Wood
Junior Miller
Clayton Stoner
Frederick Scott
Henry Barrack
Robert Burgin
Grover Hahn
W. H. Magdefrau
Price and Receipts Rise in Hog Market After Downturn
The farm editor reports hog prices turning upward this week despite higher receipts. War in Scandinavia and possible UK imports boost demand while spring shoals ease, with top loins around 16.50 in Chicago and farm values returning to about 5 per head in many Iowa areas. Total receipts increased as prices rose.
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Chicago
Marketing Confabs For County Agents Planned Next Week
Five district marketing conferences will be held next week to study developments objectives problems and methods of agricultural marketing. Attendees include Extension Director R K Bliss and ISU marketing specialists Frank Robotka Sam Thompson A D Oderkirk R C Bentley W T Maakestad and I W Arthur.
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Gazette
Ames
Lowa
R. K. Bliss
Atlantic
Storm Lake
Waverly
Sigourney
Frank Robotka
Sam Thompson
A. D. Oderkirk
R. C. Bentley
W. T. Maakestad
I. W
Spring Fever In Boys Quoting A Country Woman
The piece describes the unmistakable symptoms of spring fever in boys. They show restlessness fatigue and distraction with many unstarted tasks. They wander and daydream often appearing atop a fence or near a feeding rack while passing time with pocket knives at nondescript sticks.
Heinemans Buy 200 Acre Mount Auburn Farm at 8750 an Acre
Mr and Mrs Walter Heineman of Garrison purchased the William Mackie farm a 200 acre property southwest of here. Of the 200 acres 120 belonged to Mr and Mrs Herman Herbst and 80 to Leslie Mackie. Reported price was 8750 per acre with immediate possession but no occupancy this year. The land is leased to Lawrence Rathjen. A 25 acre W H Martin homestead at Whitier was sold to Carl W Zetelman of Masonville for possession May 1 at about 250 per acre. Sale closed through George P Witner and Company Cedar Rapids.
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Mount Auburn
Walter Heineman
Garrison
Here
William Mackie
Herman Herbst
Leslie Mackie
Heinemans
Lawrence Rathjen
W.H Martin
Whittier
Carl W Zetelman
Masonville
George P Witner and Company
Cedar Rapids
Nebraska Wheat Crop Smallest In Six Years
Lincoln insurance service notes the winter wheat crop in Nebraska is 20,631,000 bushels, far below the 10 year average of 44,023,000. Federal statisticians provide the estimate as of today, marking the smallest yield in six years.
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Lincoln
INS
Nebraska
Marion Junior Farm Bureau hosts civic group meeting
Members of the Linn county Junior Farm Bureau invited the Marion chamber of Commerce to a May gathering in Marion. The program featured a poisons discussion by Wilbur Teeters of Iowa City, former dean of the UI College of Pharmacy.
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Marion Chamber of Commerce
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Marion
Wilbur Teeters
Iowa City
Pharmacy College
State University
2 Per Cent More Cattle on Feed in the Corn Belt
Washington reports April 1 cattle on feed in the 11 corn belt states up 2 percent from last year, marking the largest April 1 level in four years but below pre-1934 figures. State changes vary, with 6 states up and 3 down, eastern belt up 5 percent, western belt up 1 percent, and Colorado down 15 to 20 percent. The January 1 level was 12 percent higher than 1939, while March marketings rose sharply but fewer cattle were fed overall than last year. The April 1 per centages by state show Illinois 108 and Minnesota 112 with the corn belt at 102 overall.
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Iowa
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Colorado
Corn Belt
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
4-H record keepers named for state contest
Allamakee county 4 H club committee selects Eileen Chamberlain of the Franklin Merrymakers and Zita Ferring of the Lansing Jolly Neighbors to enter their club record books in the state contest.
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Bprdal
Waukon
Allamakee County
Eileen Chamberlain
Franklin Merrymakers
Zita Ferring
Lansing Jolly Neighbors
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