Cream Improvement Conference Aims Higher Iowa Butter Quality
A campaign led by the Iowa state department of agriculture and creamery groups mobilizes 28 northeastern counties to improve cream used for butter. A Waterloo conference of 225 creamerymen and dairymen set a slogan To make a Good Product Better with county chairmen named for Allamakee Winneshiek Howard Cresco Mitchell Worth Kensett Cerro Gordo and others to organize spring educational meetings and crude buying systems plus sediment tests and quality factors for cream.
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Iowa
M Mortensen
Ames
Mortensen
Waterloo
State Department of Agriculture
C. Nielsen
Wapsie Valley
Independence
E.S Ester
Towa
Southeastern Iowa
Ottumwa
Storm Lake
Atlantic
Theodore Thorson
St. Olaf
O K Storre
Kensett
John Hansen
Hubbard
W. H Eiseheid
Cresco
C N Boehler
Greeley
Allamakee
Ed Riser
Postville
Winneshiek
Nels Larson
Decorah
Howard
Bremer
Franklin
Meyer Lathner Butler
EL A Cole
Shell Rock
Delaware
Boehler
Din
Tee
H. Js
EPA
Henry Lafrenz
Hudson
Buchanae
L. M. Lane
Lamont
Marshall
Anton
Nielsen
Marshalltown
Tama
J H Neil
Benton
Max Zim
State to finance part of chinch bug war in June
Des Moines AP State Entomologist Carl J Drake and State Secretary of Agriculture Ray Murray announced the state will finance part of the chinch bug war this summer Plans for details to control the pests will be drawn up in Des Moines next week Murray will chair a conference and the campaign will begin about the middle of June.
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Des Moines
Carl J. Drake
Ray Murray
Murray
Drake
Barn Fire Near Central City Suppressed
Firefighters from town contained a blaze three miles north of Central City on Wayne Henderson’s property. The barn was saved but the cause remains undetermined as investigators could not establish a reason for the fire.
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Wayne Henderson
Fence Drift in the Morning Sky and Quiet Birds
A faded poem-like observation notes a brilliant star and a fading moon at dawn. It reflects on a person’s reaction to four o'clock in the morning depending on whether they are going to bed or waking up.
New Farm Mortgage Methods Emerging in Debt Plan
Des Moines AP reports new forms of farm mortgages and payment methods are evolving under the national farm debt adjustment program. Merritt Greene notes lenders are exploring approaches while declines and settlements surge through county councils. Delinquent taxes are paid as compromises arise, with examples including a farmer trading 4,000 bushels of corn valued at 3,000 dollars and a lender reinvesting the funds.
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DES Moines
National Farm Debt Adjustment Program
Merritt Greene
State Farm Debt Advisory Council
Greene
One Eastern Insurance Company
Chief Dairy Inspector Post Discontinued in Iowa
B O Brownlee resigned as chief dairy and foods inspector for the Iowa state department of agriculture. The chief post will be discontinued and duties split between John Feeney and C S Bogle as the inspection staff reorganizes.
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B. O Brownlee
Dairy and Foods Division
State Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Ray Murray Murray
John Feeney
C S Bogle
Fayette contracts sent to Washington next week
The Fayette county corn hog committee plans to forward 426 payment contracts to Washington early next week. No riders will be attached as there are no instructions from the late board of review. After forwarding, work begins on the 1900 rewar centers to return to producers and lenders for the second nature before Washington.
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Fayette County
Counts Committee
Board of Review
Cartrie
Washington
Corn-Hog Control Association
Linn County
Lowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Putnam Township
BOC Neat
J F Waser
R. B Booth
John E Dunn
Hagian Community Committee
Crore Motycka
Jos
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Les
Konlesmark
Jos Mackey F L Fuhrmeister
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B. C Neal
J. F Vasar
R. B. Booth
John E. Dunn
Glenn Hoglan
Fairfax Township
Frank Cuhel
Lester Mitchell
Wallace K. Rogers
G. F Chalupsky
John . Stallman Ee Ee Sore
Reed reports rain 00 per cent normal in Iowa
Federal meteorologist Charlies D Reed reports eleven months of deficient rainfall in Iowa with the period Oct 3, 1933 to April 24, 1934 at record low moisture. Average rain first 24 days of April is 50 percent normal, dust storms persist, frost damage possible to peaches pears and plums, oats germination irregular, winter wheat fair, corn plowing progressing, grass seed sowing hindered, and hog cholera outbreaks noted in multiple counties including Dubuque and Linn.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charlies D Reed
Reed
Fremont
Lee County
Dubuque
Cedar Johnson Scott
Linn
Chickasaw Grundy Black Hawk
Buchanan
Littleton Women Sell Horses After Family Farm Change
Mrs Sybil Owens buys a 4 year old chestnut gelding weighing 1400 pounds from Thomas Holbert for 175 dollars. Her mother Mrs Kate Ozias sells an 8 year old black mare for 100 dollars to H Doughty. The two women run a 330 acre farm since Mr Ozias died last August.
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the Gazette
Littleton
Sybil Owens
Thomas Holbert
Greeley
Kate Ozias
Friday
H Doughty
Owens
Qozias
Ovtas
Chadima cattle top the Chicago market at $8.20 cwt
Chadima and Sons feeders northwest of Swisher sold a 1408 pound fat cattle carload at $8.25 cwt on the Chicago market Tuesday. The cattle, white faces from the range, were bought at Beverly Yards and laid in at 5 cents a pound. Chelsea Shipping handled yearling steers averaging 780 pounds at $6.50 straight on the Chicago market.
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Epec'al
Gazette
Swisher
G C Chadima and Sons
Chicago
Chadima and Sons
Beverly Yards
Chelsea
John Zeman
Tama County
Chelsea Shipping Association
Ed Johnston
Wheat Carry-Over Forecast Hits 340 Million Bushels
Washington AP Department of Agriculture officials project a 340 million bushel wheat carry-over into 1935 with export markets eyed for disposal. They aim to cut it to 250 million by July 1 1935, still double normal, as Rome conference may shape world prices and subsidies. Secretary Wallace flags higher processing taxes on wheat to boost exports, with possible rises from 2 to 5 cents per bushel.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Rome
Wallace
Layer Of Dust Drifts 3 Inches Deep In West Iowa
Northwest Iowa farms report three inch dust layers from winter storms. Dust drifts across roads, fences, and fields slow travel. hogs cross into a neighbor’s field where drifted soil covers fences. two inches of new topsoil found on plowed ground near Lemars.
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Lemars
Iowa
Brooder House Burns Near Hale Iowa
A Hale area incident reports a brooder house on Leon Coleman farm destroyed by fire at noon from a heater explosion. The wind was strong, but ten neighbors saved the structure as preparations for baby chicks had just begun.
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The
Gazette
Hale
Leon Coleman
Coleman
Wheat export funds and quotas under international agreement
The article compares a $20,000,000 export fund with $7,000,000 to be spent this year. It states the total could export about the 90,000,000 bushel quota under the international agreement based on a 2.21 cent differential between domestic and world prices.
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United States
Eight Iowa Counties Send Early Payment Contracts
Eight Iowa counties have forwarded early payment corn hog contracts to AAA headquarters in Washington for early receipt of benefit payments. The counties are O'Brien Dallas Ida Cherokee Marion Montgomery Mitchell and Calhoun. The amount involved was not known on Wednesday.
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Iowa
AAA
Washington
State Committee
O'Brien
Dallas
Ida
Cherokee
Marion
Montgomery
Mitchell
Calhoun
Corn Planted in Three Localities Reported
Amana reports John L. Brusha first to plant corn on the Jerry Cuker farm four miles east of East Amana last Monday. Keokuk and Iowa county farmers followed with early plantings as weather remains cool and soils dry with wells and cisterns running low.
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Fayette
Scott Counties
CWA
Benton Fayette Scott
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Sereens Good
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Amana
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Jerry Cuker
East Amana
Erusha
The
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Iowa County
John Kauffman
Keokuk County
Oats Need Moisture Warns Watkins Area Farmers
Farmers in the Watkins vicinity are preparing for crop care as moisture becomes critical for oats. Reports indicate growers focus on irrigation and soil moisture management to safeguard yields.
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Watkins
Oats Delayed by Dry Weather In Littleton Area
Early sown oats show green while late sown oats wait for moisture. Meadows and pastures turn green but need rain. Alfalfa over wintered well and greens up. Some plan to plant soybeans on government land and harvest as fertilizer. Potatoes and early gardens face slow growth due to cold, dry conditions. Oats in Littleton delayed sprouting until moisture arrives.
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The
Gazette
North Liberty
Littleton
Clinton Cattlemen Oppose Beef Tax at Clinton Meeting
One hundred eighteen Clinton county feeders, totaling about 300 cattle carloads, opposed the proposed processing tax on beef production. Delegates John Mommsen and Frank Frederickson were elected to express producer sentiment at the AAA conference in Chicago. A Clinton county beef cattle feeders organization formed with an executive committee of Mommsen, Kearney, Ingversen, Johannsen, and Kruse.
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Chicago
John Mommsen
Frank Frederickson
Mommsen
Mr. Frederickson
Mr. Mommsen
Vincent Kearney
de Witt
Roland Ingversen
Low Moor
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Ferdinand Kruse
Go Lake
H J. Miles
Marevin Jargo
Maquoketa
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