Eastern Iowa 4-H baby beef drive nets $107000 in 1935
Six hundred forty two 4 H club boys and girls in twenty five eastern Iowa counties produced a $107 000 gross baby beef business in 1935. One thousand fifteen head sold for $107 799 with calves beginning at $27 677. The article notes strong state and regional participation and details by county and project type across eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ames
Paul C. Taff
John Quist
Frank Reed
Benton County
Cerro Gordo
Clay County
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Club
Extension Service and
Farm Bureaus
Iowa State Dairy Association
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Southeastern
Tama
Marshall
Johnson, Scott and Keokuk
Jones County
Benton
Eastern
Linn County
Poweshiek
Fifty Years Of Farm Machinery History In Linn County
In Mount Vernon area history, the author traces farm equipment advances from horse-drawn reapers to tractors. Key milestones include the 1884 binder, disc barrow, steam thresher, corn binder, ensilage cutter, seed drills, gasoline engines, corn picker, and early adoption of tractor power in Linn county. He recalls early tools like scythes, ox yokes, and hand-drop planters, noting shifts to power farming and his own role as an early adopter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Linn
Linn County
East Iowa Leads in Production of Hybrid Seed Corn
East Iowa with seed plants in Jones Muscatine and Benton counties is a principal hybrid seed corn area in the Midwest. An estimated 100000 bushels may be produced in 1936, with breeders noting future gains in plant and grain quality and adaptation. The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and local growers drive rapid expansion since 1932, with 1935-36 expectations set for widespread acreage and improved hybrid performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jones
Muscatine
Benton Counties
Middle West
Iowa Agricultural Engineering Department
Frederick D. Richey
United States Department of Agriculture
East and Schull
Donald F. Jones
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Connecticut
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Joe L. Robinson
Jones County
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Iowa Farm Women Lead Home Project Participation
145000 Iowa farm women studied extension home economics courses last year in 35000 neighborhood meetings led by volunteer farm women across 75 counties. Counties such as Keokuk Tama Benton Winneshiek and Powe shiek reported high participation while new textiles and home furnishings courses influenced buying choices. Achievement days across eastern Iowa showcase results as blizzards delayed some courses and planning for 1936 37 begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Cedar
Johnson
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Washington
Muscatine
Louisa
Henry
Des Moines
Lee
Sarah Porter Ellis
Ames
Ellis
Linn County
Johnson County
Keokuk County
Benton County
Muscatine County
Economics writer analyzes AAA and farm policy outcomes
The piece argues that the AAA's early trials yielded limited proof of centralized farm production control due to drought and weather, noting other factors like currency depreciation and farm credit refinancing influenced farm income. It concludes the program provided experience and supported some benefits from crop insurance and drought relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookings Institution
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
M. L. Wilson
Montana
Henry Wallace
FDA
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Neighbors help Ross Walker plows 35 acres for him
Six neighbors from Columbus Junction arrived with tractors to plow thirty five acres of corn ground for Ross Walker who has been hospitalized in Burlington for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ross Walker
Burlington Hospital
Linn County Farm Bureau Week Schedule
Linn county Farm Bureau lists events this week including home project trainings in Linn Monroe and Buffalo townships with 10 a.m. starts and host homes. Evening Holstein breeders meeting at Marion and 7 30 p m rally day music school at Cedar Rapids Y M C A feature several 4 H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Farm Bureau
Linn Township Home Project
Merle Goudy
Monroe Township
A. D. Brenneman
College and Putnam Townships
J. A. Witousek
Marion
Buffalo Township
Levi Birk
Indian Creek Bluebirds
C Square F Square
Sunny Sparklers
Cedar Rapids
Linn’s Best
Whittier Gleaners
Mary Lou
Presbyterian Church
Pig crop outlook in Jackson county limited to modest rise
A report notes sow breeding increased but pig losses in early litters depress total yields. Farmers expect only a 10 to 20 percent rise at most over last year, keeping the Jackson county crop near prior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
Jackson County
Twenty-Five Steers Sold At Chicago Market For Nine Dollars
Charles Hoffman of Spencers Grove reported selling fifteen steers weighing about 1 655 pounds each on the Chicago market for 9 3 4 dollars per hundredweight. The animals were acquired for 3 6 0 a hundredweight for the feed lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Spencers Grove
Charles Hoffman
Chicago
High Price Achieved for Sorrell Geldings at Stockyards Auction
Fred Etting of Bellevue saw one of the year's top horse prices as his team of six year old sorrell geldings weighing 3,900 pounds sold at the weekly stockyards auction for 550 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred Etting
Bellevue
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. BR. Comes
Colts
Colt Club
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Extension Service
County
Benton Sete
Clayton Swears
Clinton Eet Ee
Delaware Eee
Fayette Ee
Iowa Ween Teen
Jackson Terre Eee
Eee Wees
Eereee
Keokuk Weers
Lee Er Erese
Louisa See
Tama Sew
Recerete
Seer
R. P. Ink
R. P
Paul N. Smith
Gertrude Dieken
Ames Extension Women’s Editor
Community Service
Buchanan, Tama, Linn
Louisa—foods and Nutrition
Benton and Muscatine
Jackson and Poweshiek
Marion Township
Dewey Lint
Jesse Scott
Will Kassler
Carl White
James Woodworth
D. B. Storck
Harry Milligan
Lucille Gove
Henrietta Robinson
Byron Umbdenstock
Hereford
Es Ev C. Sevig
Alford
Walford
Letston Lad
Blanchard
Domino Mischief
Oscar C. Sevig Wner
WAL
Fred Reppert
Lowa Man
E. H. Case
Osage
E.h.case
McCready
2Nd Ave
Dr. Scholl
Krall Shoe CO
Peoples Price
RITZ
Pillsbury
Omar Occident
Joe
Pourus Zug
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