Tractor Output 500 Percent Higher At Waterloo Plant
The Waterloo tractor plant now builds a unit every three minutes of a ten hour day, with over 3,600 workers across three shifts. Four months show a fivefold output rise from last year, and dealers report 180 to 200 tractors daily at Waterloo, similar gains at Moline and Chicago. Demand far outpaces supply as farmers wait about thirty days for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Moline
Chicago
F. P. Ralston
Cedar Rapids
Wheat Referendum Planned in Iowa May 25
Four Ames extension workers joined Kansas City wheat grower representatives and Washington and field AAA personnel to discuss Iowa's wheat referendum planned for May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ames
Ames Extension Service
Kansas City
Washington
AAA
Agricultural Extension Service
Livestock and farm equipment public sale listing
Auction notice lists WORSUS Black geldings and cattle including a blind but useful horse, Jersey and Angus cows, Poland China sows, plus 1933 and 1934 corn and hay, harnesses, implements, and lumber. Sale by Mrs Alice J Kleineck executor, contact Vernon Wank and Trust Cow Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worsus
St Lambert Jersey
Poland
China
Hampshire
Ruess Bros
Hases
John Deere
McCormick
Ross
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A fragment hints at Iowa pride and agricultural concern. The writer reflects on corn, weather, pests, and political figures like Huey Long while musing on farming life and the state’s reliance on corn production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFA
Iowa Fairs Schedule Totals 79 in Summer 1935
Seventy nine Iowa county and district fairs including the state fair will be held in summer 1935. Most expositions occur in August with the state fair at Des Moines Aug 21-30. Fairs span July to early September across multiple towns and counties, led by Taylor county Bedford July 29-Aug 3 and Four County Ackley Nov 25-29.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A R. Corey
State Fair Board
Corey
Bedford
Ackley
Des Moines Fairgrounds
Henry County
Mount Pleasant
Wapsie Valley Fair
Central City
Burlington
Delaware County
Manchester
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Davis County
Bloomfield
Mitchell County
Osage
Wasnna
Hardin County
Eldora
Davenport
Elkader
Louisa Counts
Columbus Junction
Tee County
Donneilson
West Liberty
Benton County
Vinton
Kedak County
What Cheer
Wapello County
Eldon
North Town Fair
Mason City
Fayette County
West Union
Monroe County
Albia
Bremer County
Waverly
Jones County
Monticello
Town State
de Moines
Howard County
Cresco
Buchannan
Independence
Cedar County
Tiptor
Clayton County
National
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Aurora Fair Aurora
Anamakee
Waukon
Grundy Center
Central
Lamb with Five Legs Born Near Montezuma Farm
A Grinnell area farmer reports a lamb born on L. A Marsh's farm southwest of Montezuma with four normal legs and an extra leg bearing two hoofs attached beside the body. The specimen also has two tails. The extra limb ends near the normal tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
L. A Marsh
Montezuma
Net cash income up for fifty Iowa farms in 1934 report
The Farm Business Association of north central Iowa reports an average $1,370 rise in net cash income per farm from 1933 to 1934. Net farm income increased from $2,227 to $3,413, with $1,750 in cash. inventories of feed and livestock boosted results, while large herds swung profits for bigger farms amid rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Farm Business Association of
North Central Iowa
Central Iowa
H. B. Howell
Ames
Unfair Freight Rates Hurt Iowa Corn Canners
J H Mason president of the Omaha Bank for Co-operatives says unfavorable freight gates to the west coast cripple Iowa corn packing. Maryland packers using water routes via Panama Canal undercut Iowa on cost. Sixty canning plants exist in Iowa and Nebraska with only nine operating in 1934 due to the freight handicap. Mason notes some Iowa canners sought loans but were denied for lack of outlet for their product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
West Coast
Iowa
J. H. Mason
Omaha Bank For Co-operatives
Bank For Co-operatives
Nebraska
Mason
21 Nation Grain Powwow Set for May 22 in London
Representatives from 21 leading wheat nations invited to London on May 22 to discuss suspending export quotas and international acreage limits. Andrew Cairns, secretary of the advisory committee, issued the invitation to signatories of the 1933 wheat agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andrew Cairns
Riverside Farmers Contract 150 Acres of Tomatoes
Riverside farmers have contracted for 150 acres of tomatoes this year for a canning company at Muscatine. H H Kern, the firm’s representative, has been interviewing farmers and hopes to raise the contracted area to 200 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreia
Gazette Riverside
Riverside
Muscatine
H. HH. Kern
Sigourney quartet returns from opera practice for Ames performance
Keokuk county Farm Bureau women’s quartet led by Mrs Frank Turner and other Sigourney members along with Mrs Ross Johnston of What Cheer and Mrs George Grove of South English completed the third rehearsal of the Bohemian Girl at Ames. The statewide production is scheduled for June at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County Farm Bureau Women's Quartet
Frank Turner
Leon Gregory
Ross Johnston
What Cheer
George Grove
South English
Des Moines
Ames
Old mare sells for surprise low price at auction
At the Chester McFadden farm northeast of Fairfield an aging mare drew a tiny bid of 1.75 dollars, a price hailed as a new low for farm animals and proof the animal’s value has dropped with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Chester McFadden
Here
Improvements For Homes At Low Cost Guide
Farmers and townfolk attended a Better Housing program in Monticello led by FHA representative Miss Fannie Gannon. The talk outlined inexpensive kitchen rearrangements, built in cupboards, lighter colors, and energy savings, plus a plan for farm buildings focusing on maintenance and later remodeling with FHA backed loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Harry Rodman
Lumberman
FHA
Fannie Gannon
Ames Extension Service
Earl Anderson
Ames
Iowa
Miss Gannon
Ames Extension Agricultural Engineers
Oats Distributed to Poweshiek Farmers Under Rural Aid
Sufficient seed oats to sow 2250 acres were distributed to Poweshiek county farmers from the County Agent Har old Miller’s Brooklyn office funded by the Social Service league. Eighty four applications were granted totaling 6351 bushels at 75 cents a bushel, equaling 5791.25 in aid with applications received through the thirteenth of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Harold Miller
Brooklyn
Social Service League
Plager Ships Fodder to Dust Storm District
Waterlo o L W Plager field chief of the forage conservation program reports seventeen carloads of fodder loaded Tuesday and Wednesday for shipment to South Dakota feeders with urgent needs after a blizzard. An order arrived Wednesday for two carloads to the dust storm area in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
L. W. Plager
South Dakota
Colorado
Marion Plainsmen form Linn county 4 H club
The Marion Plainsmen, a new 4-H club for boys in Marion township Linn county, was named at an April meeting at Max Knudsen’s home. Attendees included officers Richard Schaefer, Charles Schaefer, Lowell Parks, and Minor and Wayne Wilkinson. The next meeting is set for May 21 at the Schaefer brothers’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Plainsmen
Marion Township
Linn County
Max Knudsen
Richard Schaefer
Charles Schaefer
Lowell Parks
Minor
Wayne Wilkinson
Richard
Diversified Farming in South Bethel Shows Varied Labor
In South Bethel on Tuesday twelve farmers each worked on a distinct task. One plowed and planted potatoes, another repaired equipment, a third fixed a fence, a fourth hauled nine loads of manure with help from his wife, a fifth sowed oats, a sixth plowed, a seventh spread lime stone, an eighth repaired a broken pump, a ninth hired a truck to haul wood, a tenth sheared sheep, an eleventh hauled hay, and the twelfth refurbished his brooder house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bethel
Farmer Uses V-8 Truck-Tractor To Pull Two-Bottom Plow
In Thornburg area, spring farming slowed by weather, but oat sowing is finished and plowing begins. Shortage of horses drives new tractors into use. F. G. Axmear, former east of Thornburg, reports using his V-8 truck-tractor to pull a two-bottom plow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornburg
F. G. Axmear
Grain Dealers Back Truck Regulation Bills In Iowa
J C Smith of Grundy Center said a majority of Iowa grain dealers favor the truck regulatory and warehousing bills under consideration by the Iowa legislature. He spoke to 300 delegates at the Western Grain Dealers association thirty fifth annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. C. Smith
Grundy Center
Western Grain Dealers Association
Iowa
Linn Hitch Plow Demonstrations Set for April 22 23
Linn county Farm Bureau announces hitch and plow adjustment demonstrations scheduled for April 22 and 23. Byron Virtue Ames extension agricultural engineer and Harry Linn Des Moines field secretary for the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association will lead demonstrations at four farms near Paris Alburnett Marion and Cedar Rapids airport sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Sunday Gazette
Pete Bremer
Paris
H. A. W. Koch
Alburnett
Roscoe Blinks
Marion
J. Earl Smith
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Byron Virtue
Ames Extension
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Cream Grading Schools Planned Across Iowa
The Iowa Department of Agriculture will certify about 2000 cream graders as statewide instruction in cream grading begins in counties. The cream grading bill awaits the governor’s signature and will start in about a week with five simultaneous one day courses. Licenses cost $1 per grader and per station, with penalties up to $100 for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
Riverside farmer reacquires farm plans 2000 raspberry plants
Earl W. Harr, formerly of Riverside, has taken possession of the late S. W. Harr fruit farm north of Riverside. He plans to rebuild the operation and has begun planting fruit trees and 2000 raspberry plants as part of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Earl W. Harr
S. W. Harr
Livestock Glut Expected Again In 1937
Lincoln Nebraska dispatch reports Gerald B. Thorne of Washington warns a new livestock glut may hit the U S in 1936 37 unless regulators act The drought and AAA corn hog program reduced cattle and hog numbers through 1935 36 while meat consumption stayed high and hog slaughter may drop to 30 million and cattle to 8 million that year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
INS
AAA
Gerald B. Thorne
Washington
AAA Livestock and Feed and Grains Division
College of Agriculture
Thorne
Institute of American Packers
Jesup Creamery Pays 37c For March Butterfat
Jesup Creamery patrons received thirty seven cents per pound for March butterfat. March production totaled 144 5238 pounds with butter selling at New York market premiums from 29 1/2 to 33 1/2 cents. Arthur D Comfort resigned as butter maker after thirteen years. George Davis becomes head butter maker and Leland Fisher takes over Davis’ previous duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
New York
Arthur D. Comfort
Waterloo
George Davis
Leland Fisher
Davis
130 Head Cattle Turned On Pasture Near Morley
Harlen Miller and Son, Cedar county cattlemen, put 130 head of Hereford cattle on their Jones county ranch five miles north of Morley. Seventy head were wintered on ensilage hay and light corn ration and will be fed heavily for marketing around Sept. 1. Sixty head were calves about 550 pounds to be rough fed through winter and grassed in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLIN
Harlen Miller and Son
Cedar County Cattlemen
Jones County
Morley
Sand Hill
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Ray Anderson
Mount Vernon
Upper Palisades Road
Bertram
Palisades Road
Alice J. Kleineck
Exscutrin
Vernon Wank
Golden Seat
Huey Long
Freak Lamb
Anamosa Fairgrounds
Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
Anamosa
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel Dial
ED Soboda
Poweshick
Linn
Farmer
Guernsey
Prank J. Schultz
Frank J. Schultz
O Ave
Gazette
Jesup Creamery
M.E. Garmoe
Jasper Allen
Hamilton
Owa
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mase
Earth Produce Company
2Nd Ave
Wilson & CO
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