Interior first for Iowa farm homes study finds
A CWA rural housing survey from Ames shows 19 percent would spend 250 dollars on interior walls ceilings and floors while 17 percent prefer water systems interior work tops exterior repairs and bath facilities also rate highly. The report notes most homes are painted frame structures with many decades old and a third over 50 years old.
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Iowa
CWA
Margaret Reid
Department of Economics
Ames
Reid
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Inter- Senate
Scott County
Benton County
Benton
Benton and
Scott
Fayette
Fayette Scott and
Berton
Sao
Beatare
Wetardscaprd
Atera
Rural home survey shows lawn disdain and shrub use wide
A rural Iowa survey across Benton Davis Fayette Madison Mitchell Scott Shelby Sioux Story and Webster counties reports 78 percent of farms have plantings while 82 percent dislike lawns. It notes planting shrubs trees and water systems vary by county with Benton and Scott leading in home improvements.
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Reid
Benton, Davis, Fayette
Madison Mitchell
Scott
Shelby
Sioux
Story and
Webster
Fayette County
Benton
Iowa
Junior Farm Bureau Meeting Planned in Benton
The Benton county Junior Farm Bureau will meet near Norway on April 27 at J F Becker Park. Allan Kline, Benton county Farm Bureau president, will address the gathering with roll call responses. Officers include Bert Johnson as president Howard Schoonover as vice president Bernadine Becker as secretary and Francis Van Horne as treasurer. Weston Kimm chairs the committee with the last two officers.
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Sper Vl
Vinton
Benton Counts
J F Becker
Pame
Norway
Allan Kline
Farm Bureau
Bert Johnson
Knoxville Ready to Celebrate Arrival of Corn and Hog Bonus Checks
Marion County residents and other Iowans anticipate the first corn and hog bonus payments soon. More than 36,000 dollars in checks were mailed to Washington and expected to reach Knoxville via secretary Walter Brown and State Chairman R M Evans. Governor Clyde Herring may attend if the fete proceeds.
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Knoxville
Marion County
United States
Walter Brown
County Corn and Hog Association
Marion
Brown
R M Evans
State
Des Moines
Washington
Evans
Clyde Herring
Ray Murray
Board of Review
Linn
Jones
Benton Tama
East Iowa
Benton
Towa
Milk Agreement In New Orleans Suspended
The milk purchase license for New Orleans sales area is suspended from April 14 to gain greater unanimity among producer groups. The license, effective March 17, sets prices for producers and a low resale minimum, but producer distributors in New Orleans oppose the equalization pool features. In Iowa Marengo, about 85 percent of county farmers signed up for the corn hoag reduction program with 1805 contracts filed and 1751 signers.
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Washington
Marengo
Iowa County
D. Il Zentmire
Three Calves In Twenty Months From Myra Stanway Cow
Norway ranchers Otis and Royal Tuttle showcase Myra Stanway eight year old Hereford cow. Her last three calves were born within twenty months all on the same cow. The largest calf sold at Cedar Rapids for 7 cents a pound as a steer. A second calf is a 4-H club steer being fed for next summer show. The third calf is kept for breeding stock as Hereford sires remain valuable.
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Cedar Rapids
Tuttle Farm
Winton
Norway
Tuttle Herefords
Otis
Royal Tuttle
Myra Stanway
Myra
Tuttle Brothers
800 Acres of Peas Planted at Vinton This Year
The Iowa Canning company plans about 800 acres of peas at Vinton this season up from 250 acres in 1931. About one third of the crop, Alaskas, is planted. Ground is prepared, seed drilled, and weeds minimized with close-row planting and occasional cultipacking. To rotate crops, the company leased 400 acres from neighbors for 1934.
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Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Elevator Sparks Revival In Wilton Junction
Wilton Junction experiences a revival as Davenport Elevator restores city services after two years. Seed and feed trade surges with hundreds of bushels of clover and timothy sold to farmers. Cobs from shelled corn fuel welfare efforts. new Illinois oil station opens. cheese factory operates. plans for a band stand and other improvements under way.
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Wilton Junction
Davenport Elevator Company
Ilinois Oil Company
Ready for Corn in Wilton Junction Fields
Farmers in Wilton Junction report oats mostly complete and spring wheat nearly finished. Preparations for corn progress well with favorable weather, early gardens underway, and large areas of early potatoes being planted.
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Wildson Junction
Wilton Junction
More Room For Cow More Milk In Pail More Cash In Return
Henry Nieman of the North Tama Cow Testing association notes crowded barns limit dairy output. A member added space and swinging stanchions, boosting butterfat from 26 pounds in November to 32.5 pounds in December, a gain of 6.5 pounds per cow or about 130 pounds monthly for twenty cows worth $26 at 20 cents per pound.
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TRAER
Henry Nieman
North Tama
Nieman
Dust storms declared worst in history in Iowa crops bulletin
Iowa farmers faced extremely dusty conditions as three days of dust storms disrupted field work yet left plowing and corn progress continuing. The report notes near record cold, drifting dirt along fences and roads, and oats and barley seeding activity with weather impacting grass seed and pasture recovery.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Drought Impacts Fruit Bloom in Southern Counties
The report notes a drought in recent months with fruit trees in the extreme southern counties blooming unusually. Peaches pears and plums are cited as flowering amid dry conditions, signaling stressed orchards and potential yields concerns.
Club Lad Rides Bike Seven Miles To Buy 4-H Lambs
In Mount Vernon the Linn-Franklin 4-H Hustlers grow their projects with lambs. Lloyd Ellison rode seven miles to Claude Ferguson farm in Cedar County to purchase two lambs. Members include David Hull, Charles Randall, Verne Burge, and Robert Bryant with pigs, a colt, and a Jersey heifer. group led by Robert Beckman. Officers: Willard Neal president, Stephen West vice president, Roland Neal secretary treasurer.
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Mount Vernon
Linn-Franklin
Robert Beckman
Willard Neal
Stephen West
Roland Neal
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Anderson
Western
de Laval
A. T. Benn
Town State Savings Bank
E. Anderson
Iowa Livestock Exchange
R.& J. C. Stock Yards
12Th St
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Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
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Jay Patten
M. Bundy
Studebaker
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Mr. Waldron
Kadlec Brothers
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