No Federal Wool Loan Available This Season
Iowa sheep and wool growers were told by Charles Sexton of Des Moines that no federal wool loan program will be offered this year. Advances on poor wool will continue at reduced rates, while loans were rejected due to prices above world parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembers
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Tadat
Charles Sexton
Des Moines
Sexton
National Weat Growers Association
Natonal Wool Marketing Corporaton
Wallace
Corporation
Boston
Natex touted by Local Man for leg pain relief
A Natex representative at Podzimek's Pharmacy promotes the medicine using a local customer Mr. John Hammond of 512 Sixth Avenue SW who describes significant relief from severe leg aches and chronic constipation. Hammond claims improved daily bowels, sleep, and activity since using Natex, while a pharmacist offers samples and advice. A $100 reward note appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natex
Podzimek
Second Ave
John Hammond
Sixth Avenue
Beng
100 Second Ave SE
Fence Drift in Oven Wire and Local Cattle Speculation
Four Cedar County neighbors spend Sunday afternoon in a feed lot weighing cattle, estimating gains, and predicting future market prices. They offer practical information born of long experience and emphasize cooperative judgment.
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Cedar County
Imports Soar in Early 1939 Months Outpace Recent Years
Imports in the first two months of 1939 show a substantial surge, exceeding levels seen in most recent years and rivaling only the exceptional 1987 figure. The data highlights a strong start to the year, with broad implications for trade and economic activity.
Dairy herd improvement conferences scheduled statewide
The Gazette received a notice that AMES A series of spring conferences for dairy herd improvement association supervisors and extension dairymen will be held to plan activities and standardize work nationwide. Sessions start at 1 pm and end at noon the next day with events in Emmetsburg Oelwein Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce and Newton on specified dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Emmetsburg
Oelive
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Newton
Argentina Decrees Corn Loan Program
A U S government cable from Buenos Aires reports Argentina issued a corn loan program. The Bank of the Nation may lend farmers 2 pesos per 100 kg on stored corn, with an extension option and a 30 centavos loan if unsold, to ease harvesting costs and regulate deliveries amid a large crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington DC
United States
Buenos Aires
Bank of the Nation
Oats Sowing 75 Percent Complete Near Jesup
About 75 percent of the oats in this vicinity have been sowed and last week's rain will benefit the crop. Some potatoes have been planted. Men and teams are plowing town gardens while spring plowing on farms remains light. Rye and winter wheat are coming up nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Horse Judge to preside at Buchanan fair this fall
Professor A B Caine of Iowa State College animal husbandry department will serve as horse judge at the Buchanan county fair this fall. He will judge horses on Wednesday August 14.
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Independence
A.B Caine
Iowa State College Animal Husbandry Department
Buchanan County
Grain Market Review Reports Record April 1 Corn Stocks
A federal review shows U S corn on farms and carry over totaled 1 285 305 000 bushels as of April 1 the largest since 1926. First of April market stocks stood about 39 704 000 bushels while farm disappearance for January to March reached 645 309 000 bushels. Debased reports boosted 1939 program stocks to 290 719 bushels by April 10.
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Federal Grain Market Review Today
United States
Iwan
The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hinds
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Tree Planting Meetings In Jones County and Independence
Ames extension forester Truman H Engelking will lead two tree planting demonstrations in Jones county on April 17. The first at 9 am on the Eldon Brashaw farm north of Monticello will plant 4 000 black locust trees on 4 acres. A second at 1 30 pm on the Bernard Cass farm east of Scotch Grove will plant 1 000 black locust along a gully. A separate windbreak planting will be at Independence on the J B Elliot farm starting 10 am with about 110 evergreen trees and guidance on tree types.
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Monticello
Truman H. Engelking
Ames Extension Forester
Jones County
Eldon Brashaw
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
Cass
Forestry Department
Independence
T. Harold Eng-King
Ames
J. B. Elliot
Washington 4-H Show Dates Set for Aug 19 to 21
Washington county 4-H show set for August 19 to 21 according to County Agent J W Chandler following a committee meeting. Baby beef showings expected to match 1939 levels while swine club work is projected to rise by about 50 percent.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
J. W. Chandler
Soul Conservation and the Work Ethic Paradox
A counterwoman questions the idea that education replaces work arguing that some educated children stay at home while parents sacrifice for schooling. She asks why education is treated as easier work and challenges the assumption that education automatically leads to productive, creative labor.
Three Story Farm House Near Oelwein Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undetermined origin early Monday gutted a $12,000 to $15,000 three story brick farm house near Oelwein belonging to George Platt nursery operator. Platt and family escaped. content loss total. insurance limited. Platt injured trying to save furnishings. A separate Decatur area fire destroyed a barn and cattle on the Martin Herald farm a few miles west of Fort Atkinson with $4,000 loss.
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Oelwein
George Platt
Mercy Hospital
Decorah
Martin Herald
Fort Atkinson
Iowa State Dean Joins AFBF Livestock Marketing Advisory Group
H H Kildee dean of agriculture at Iowa State College was named to the advisory group with the American Farm Bureau Federation committee on livestock marketing. He attends a three day Chicago conference where ways to improve the national livestock marketing program are studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
H H. Kildee
Iowa State College
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Southeast Winneshiek C T A Reorganizes May First
Decorah readers learn the Southeast Winneshiek C T A will hold a reorganiz ation meeting on Wednesday May 1 at 8 p.m. Miles Daley reports Jester Floyd Johnston an Ames extension dairyman will present current dairy practices. The group has 26 members and will elect officers for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Southeast Winneshiek Con Test Association
Miles Daley
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Calmar Dealer Handles 300 Cases Eggs A Week
Calmar produce dealer George Buchell ships a weekly carload of eggs to New York totaling 300 cases. Each case holds 30 dozen eggs, sorted by weight after candling and labeled with a private label. Farmers received 10,939 dollars for eggs sold in January through March, with March the heaviest at 4,878.25 dollars.
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Gazette
Calmar
George Buchell
New York
Hearing on soils district set for April 24 at Elkader
Joel Clark president of the Clayton County Soil Improvement association was informed that a hearing will take place in Elkader on April 24 about establishing a five township soils district in Clayton. Petition signatures total 250 from local landowners. If approved the district will include Wagner Farmersburg Read Garnaville and Boardman townships with a landowner referendum to follow. A 64 percent favorable vote is required.
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Elkader
Joel Clark
Clayton County Soil Improvement Association
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Town Soils Districting Committee
Clayton
Wagner
Farmersburg
Read
Garnaville
Boardman
Montgomery County Forms Soil Conservation District
Landowners in Montgomery county vote 226 to 11 in favor of forming a county wide soil conservation district. Ballots were cast at Sciola church and Red Oak courthouse with a meeting planned to elect officers. Montgomery will be first county to organize under the law. A southwestern Marion county district was approved earlier.
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Red Oak
INS
Montgomery County
Sciola Church
Montgomery
Marion County
Steers Sell At $11.75 For Eastern Shipment
26 head of steers weighing about 1330 pounds sold for 11.75 per hundredweight for eastern shipment. Delivered to Beverly Junction Monday morning from A E H Stuart two miles north of Newhall, purchased by Harold Ross of Cedar Rapids. Top price at Chicago Saturday was 12.25. A new theory tests laser moving air coating on airplane wings to reduce resistance and eddy currents.
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the Gazette
Newhall
Beverly Junction
Eh. Stuart
Harold Ross
Cedar Rapids
Beverly
Chicago
Soybean Acreage In Danube Basin Rises Sharply
USDA forecasts 1940 Danube basin soybean acreage to rise about 70 percent from 1939 levels. Plantings in Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Hungary grow from 5 000 acres in 1934 to 345 000 in 1939 with 1940 projections at 545 000 acres.
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Washington
Danube
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
USDA
Belgrade
Landscape demonstration returns to Winneshiek county
Prof J R Fitz simmons Ames extension landscape architect will supervise the planting of shrubs and trees on the M G Leuenberger farm in Winneshiek county Friday as part of landscaping plans laid out in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
J. R Fitzsimmons
Ames Extension
Winneshiek County
M. G Leuenberger
Kennedy resigns from Western Grain Dealers Association
Des Moines secretary Ron Kennedy, who led the Western Grain Dealers association since 1937, resigns to join the Iowa Chain State Council Inc. He will base at Cedar Rapids and lead community relations, likely relocating by May 1 after a successor is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ron Kennedy
Western Grain Dealers Association
Iowa Chain State Council, Inc
B PD. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Grain
West Union hosts lard and farm products cooking school
A cooking school featuring lard and agricultural products will be held in West Union on April 25 and 26 starting at 1 30 p.m. each day. The event is announced by R M Westerfield editor of the sponsoring newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
R. M. Westerfield
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