Survey Points To Heaviest Cattle Marketings In Late Spring
A Chicago Producers Association spring survey shows heavier cattle on feed marketing intentions for May and June. The report details carloads by category and month, with events to present findings in Cedar Rapids, Wapello, Toledo, and Waterloo.
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Chicago Producers Commission Association
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Herman Aaberg
Ames
Chicago Co
Aaberg
Linn County Beef Producers
Fed
Mos
Chicago
Pasture Improvement Demonstrations Expanded in County
Demonstrations on six sites across Hiram Peschong farm in uraton township Prame Creek and Vernon township show pasture improvement. Old pastures were torn up and reseeded with a mix including six pounds of rye four pounds of clover two pounds alfalfa and two pounds alsike.
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Crizette
du- Sounte
Hiram Peschong
Uraton Township
F. B
Prame Creek
Vernon Township
Peor Hamilton To Speak At Decorah May 8
Decorah residents will hear Peel Hamilton address the farmer business group on May 8. Hamilton serves on the state AAA committee and is secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau operation, according to County Agent E. were.
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Peel Hamilton
Decorah
Gazette
LE. Dieterich
AAA
W. B Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau ‘Operation
E. Were
Moisture Shortage Persists in Local Farmland
Special to The Gazette reports moisture limited to six inches below the surface with eight to 12 inches under trees on high ground, signaling continued dry subsoil. Three quarters of an inch rain last week did not reach the subsoil. seeding is finished, plowing for corn underway, and grass, meadows, and pastures show growth despite freezing weather. Oats seeding completed in Buchanan county with some re seeding possible. fruit trees delayed budding but prospects point to a good crop.
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Marengo
Soil Conservation Office
Buchanan County
Vitamin Bl’s effect on plants remains uncertain at Ames
AMES AP Vitamin Bl tested at Town State College shows no marked growth boost. E S Harber says gardeners should wait before buying as tests span only months. Plants under test include tomatoes cabbage pepper lettuce cauliflower cucumbers carnations geraniums and roses.
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Haber
Kinzie Named Cow Tester in Allamakee County
Ray Kinzie of Wheaton Minnesota has been hired as cow tester for the Allamakee County Cow Testing association. He succeeds Howard Gordon who was elected secretary of the Waukon Farmers Creamery company.
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Waukon
Ray Kinzie
Wheaton, Minn
Allamakee County
Jones Wheeler bill seen as challenge to private lenders
Farm loan experts split over the Jones Wheeler farm loan bill aimed at reducing a seven billion dollar farm debt. The measure would let the Farm Credit Administration take over mortgages at productive value, offer 2 to 3 percent interest, and refinance debts while limiting government exposure.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Jones- Wheeler
Wallace
House Agriculture Committee
FCA
Frozen Food Discussion At Washington
Miss Evelyn Holland of the extension department Ames will discuss freezing preservation at a county meeting in Washington. The event is set for the afternoon of April 23 and all county women are invited. Mrs. Marle Twinam of Crawfordsville will preside as project chairman.
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Washington
Evelyn Holland
Ames
Marle Twinam
Crawfordsville
County Apte Project
Delicious Apple Originated In Iowa Not Missouri Claim
Davenport dispatch reports Gov. Lloyd C Stark of Missouri acknowledging the Delicious apple originated on a Winterset Iowa farm. Stark cites Jessie Hyatt's Winterset stump cross pollination of Bellflower and Winesap, noting Hyatt named the fruit The Hawkeye in 1872 and Missouri acquired propagation rights in 1894.
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Davenport
Missouri
Winterset
Lloyd C Stark
Stark
Louisiana
Jessie Hyatt
Iowa
Madison County
Hyatt
C. M. Stark
Independence Sale Barn Change Hands in Iowa Town
The Klotz sale barn and adjacent feed barn sold on Saturday to Fred C. Ashlock and RB Hayes, both of Palo. The price was 10 000 and the new entity will be the Independence Sales Company with Arthur Satterlee continuing as manager. Possession transfers May 1. Pavilion sales totaled just over 4 000 with veal calves at 23 50, 90 pound feeder pigs at 87, milk cows to 71, a yearling Guernsey bull at 00, a Shorthorn bull at 65, and several heifers selling 50 to 60.
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Independence
Klotz
Fred Klotz
Fred C. Ashlock
RB. Hayes
Palo
Independence Sales Company
Arthur Satterlee
Butterfat Prices In Calmar And Rowley Creameries
Calmar Creamery paid patrons 33 cents a pound for butterfat in the first half of March and 32 cents in the second half. total 43 953 pounds of butter from 35 325 pounds received. Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery offered 32 cents for No 1 butterfat, 31 cents for No 2, and 30 cents for No 3 with similar first-half rates.
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The
Gazette
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Rowley
Soils Demonstrations Planned in Winneshiek Friday
Two contour and strip cropping demonstrations will be held in Winneshick county Friday under Floyd Parks the 4 county soils specialist. The first at 9 45 am at the Birdsell Brothers farm three miles west of Frankville followed by a 1 30 pm session at the G T Haugen farm nine miles northeast of Decorah. The events aim to provide farmers with practical cropping methods they can apply themselves.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshick
Floyd Parks
Birdsell Brothers
Frankville
G. T. Haugen
Game Club Helps Farmer Ink Set Out 2 000 Trees
Mount Vernon reports the Conservation and Game Restoration club aided honoree member R P Ink by planting 2000 trees for forest restoration on 16 acres. Frank Benesh led 16 volunteers who, with spades, planted the trees on Sunday, with 2500 more planned. Participants included Mount Vernon residents and Lisbon Mayor Harlan Briggs.
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Game Club
Farmer Ink
Mount Vernon
R P Ink
Conservation and
Express
Frank Benesh
Sam Westcott
Walter Kohl
Leo
Alvin Butler
Ray
Bill Burnett
Charles Kubacek
Darwin Cook
Harold Herring
Roy Heady
Fred Young
L. Evans
Lloyd Burge
Harlan Briggs
Lisbon
Mr. Ink
Rat Poisoning Meetings Planned in Buchanan County
Two rat poisoning demonstrations are set for Wednesday in Buchanan County. The morning session at 9:30 on the Tom Hotchkiss farm northwest of Lamont, and an afternoon session at the Lawrence Nachholz farm southwest of Independence. Harold Gunderson of Ames extension services will lead, showing poisoning methods using calcium cyanide and car exhaust.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Tom Hotchkiss
Lamont
Lawrence Nachholz
Harold Gunderson
Ames
12 Varieties Oats Sowed In Test Plot In Clayton
Twelve oat varieties were sown in a Monona township test plot on Rudolf Garrs farm Clayton county. Monona high school agricultural class taught by J S Schoentag oversaw the planting of CI 3500 Iowa 103 Hancock Iowa 105 Boone CI 3502 Gopher Marion Columbia Fulghum Oray and a Canadian variety. The demonstration measures maturity height lodging bushel weight yield and disease resistance.
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Monona
Rudolph Garrs
Monona Township
Clayton County
Grover Hahn
J. S. Schoentag
Iowa
Hancock
Boone
Gopher
Marion
Columbia
7 Percent Drop In Incubator Settings
Reports from 164 hatcheries show 11,283,000 eggs set in incubators from April 1 to April 15, down 7 percent from 12,191,000 a year earlier. Declines vary regionally with Pacific coast off 38 percent and New England off 18 percent, while middle and south Atlantic rise modestly. Demand for chicks appears erratic with some hatcheries reporting a weak season and others moving nearly as many as last year.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Pacific Coast
East North Central
New England
Dean Smith Hired to Dip Sheep in Winneshiek County
Decorah Iowa reports Dean Smith of Burr Oak a former 4 H member will operate portable sheep dipping gear for the Winneshiek County Sheep and Wool Growers Association. Over 8 000 sheep dipped in two years with improved wool quality and gains for old and young flocks. Dipping is about ten days after shearing. Dipping charges set at 10 cents per head for flocks under 100 and 9 cents for 100-200 head with a penny less for prior users. Also notes annual meeting of the Winneshiek County Contest Association at the Farm Bureau office May 1 at 8 p m.
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Decorah
Dean Smith
Burr Oak
4-H Club
Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County Contest Association
Farm Bureau
Soul Conservation Inspires Farmer’s Moon Calf Pasture Quote
A COUNTRY WOMAN reflects on rural life and stewardship with a wry line from a kindly old farmer about possessions and nature. The piece explores values, conservation, and humor in farm life.
Farmers Union Juniors Elect Clinton Officers
At the Clinton county Farmers Union Juniors meeting held at the J C Clapp home Alice Green was elected president Howard WulfVice president and James Clapp Jr secretary and treasurer Mystery pals were chosen for another year and those of the last year revealed Lloyd Wulf supervised bow and arrow making Mrs Arthur Schepers taught head work to the younger girls and cooking to the older ones A lunch was served The next meeting is May 11 at the Arthur Schepers home with a Mother's day verse as roll call The group plans a box social at the county meeting to be held at Grand Mound later
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Clinton County Farmers Union
J C. Clapp
Alice Green
Howard Wulf
James Clapp
Lloyd Wulf
Arthur Schepers
Grand Mound
Winneshiek Women Plan Achievement Program May 2
Fifteen of nineteen Winneshiek county townships completed the nutrition study "Fundamental Food Needs of the Body" and will present an achievement day on May 2 at an undecided venue. Helene Dilger announced Ames home demonstration leader Mrs Sarah Porter Ellis will judge exhibits and numbers. A highlight will be an address by Mrs Raymond Sayree, chairman of the Womens Committee of the Town Farm Bureau federation, and the county farm womens chorus of 27 voices directed by Mrs J C McCall.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Women's Home
Helene Dilger
Sarah Porter Ellis
Ames
Raymond Sayreehairman
Womens Committee
The
Town Farm Bureau Federation
County Farm Womens Chorus of
27 Voices
J C McCall
Beert Estey Claims World Record Pig Litter
farmer Beert Estey of Troy Ohio reported a new world record after his Poland China sow farrowed 29 pigs all normal surpassing the prior 24 pig litter. Estey stated the sow produced a larger litter than the old record.
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Troy, O
Beert Estey
Here
Poland
China
Estey
Household Finance Personal Loan Offer Promises Easy Repayment
A historical ad promotes quick private loans from Household Finance ranging from $20 to $300 with no endorsers or guarantors and no credit questions. It outlines payment plans for a $100 loan such as $9.77 monthly for 12 months or $6.43 for 20 months, plus options like four installments of $26.60.
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Mont Mont
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