Seeding Completion Report From Iowa Counties
Reed reports rapid spring work across Iowa with oats and barley mostly two inches high in western and southern counties. Warmer, drier days aided progress though southeast counties saw frost and below normal temps. Corn planting begins in southern fields as soil firms. Pastures need warm rain to start growth and help dissolve clods. Fruit buds swelling, gardening active, and weather remains the main variable.
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ES Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
East Central
West Central
West Union and Wilton Junction Farmers Prepare for Planting
Special to The Gazette reports farmers in north Fayette county busy with seeding and early corn plowing. Topsoil remains hard and dry though moisture lies underneath. light Monday showers did not hinder field work. A 23 inch alfalfa stalk near the courthouse reflects warmth from stone walls. Gardens are being planted and some plots not plowed for years are being prepared. truck gardeners set out early cabbage and vegetables.
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West Union
Fayette County
Wilton Junction
Early potatoes and peas planted. asparagus crops disrupted
Daily Farm News notes about 400 acres of peas planted by Iowa Canning in Vinton, more than last year by sixty acres, while Quit Canning Asparagus in La Porte City ends packing this year. Oelwein to sign cucumber contracts April 28 29 for Marshalltown company. Robert Fox remains local manager. Vare Neighbors report four horse teams seeding oats on Ross Davis farm. Davis is hospitalized in Iowa City with stomach abscess. neighbors plan to plow his corn ground.
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Iowa Canning Company
LA Porte City
Oelwein
Marshalltown
Robert Fox
Charles Brown
Ned Burs
Dale Paris
Ivan Boone
Ross Davis
New Club Organized For 4-H Girls Near Marion
Gladys Adams home demonstration agent organized Linn's Best 4 H girls club near Marion at C B Michel's home. Dorothy Wetzel elected president with Callie Hagerman as vice president and Eleanor Hanson as reporter. Next meeting set for May 4 at Dorothy Fillmore's home.
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Gladys Adams
C.B . Michel North
Marion
Tone Hanson
Dorothy Wetzel
Callie Hegerman
Carrie Hanson
Betty Rhinehart
Eleanor Hanson
Jean Frazee
Florence Wetzel
Pauline Blackford
Virginia Atwater
Dorothy Fillmore
Callie Hagerman
National Grain Co-Op Exhibit Planned for Chicago World Fair
Farmers National Grain corporation will present an exhibit at the Chicago World's fair illustrating national cooperative marketing of grain. The display will show farm scenes, elevators, mills, moving trucks and trains, grain, and transportation facilities from farm to market.
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Chicago
Farmers’ Cooperative Associations
United States
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Dates Set For Cedar County Fair At Tipton This Year
Cedar county fair scheduled Aug 29 30 31 and Sept 1 at Tipton with six horses in training at the fairgrounds. Secretary C S Miller and fair board officers include Bennett president R M Willer vice president F W Spear treasurer.
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Cedar County
C S. Miller
Fair Board
B H Hambright
Bennett
R M Willer
F. W. Spear
Delaware Farm Women Study Wool Processing
Thirty five Farm Bureau women of Delaware county met at the courthouse to observe a wool processing demonstration by Frances Pew Ames home management specialist. The session covered scour, dry, card wool and the making of padding for mattresses and wool rugs. Pew also discussed cotton, mattress buying, bed sheet ing, pillows and feathers.
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Manchester
Farm Bureau
Delaware County
Frances Pew
Ames Home Management
Miss Few
Farm Bureau Women Plan Countywide Achievement Day
Benton county Farm Bureau women from ten townships met in Van Horne to finalize plans for a June 20 achievement day in Vinton. They voted on next year’s project including child training, slip covers, lowering meal costs, and wool craft items and family underclothing.
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Vinton
Farm Bureau
Benton County
van Horne
Increased Exports of Corn Reported in March 1933
The Department of Commerce reports March 1933 corn exports at 330000 bushels valuing 140000 dollars, up from 176000 bushels and 88000 dollars in March 1932. First quarter totals rose sharply year over year, with nine months showing a large gain, while wheat exports dropped from 1922 levels to 456000 bushels in March 1933.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Maren
Suggested Green Forage For Turkey Poults In Iowa
Ames experts recommend oats as the best green forage for turkey poults if prepared before May. Red clover and alfalfa are common permanent range crops, while cleanliness of ground is crucial. Rape and soybeans offer emergency or extended green feed, with soybeans usable from early summer to late fall when harvested at 10 to 12 inches.
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AMES
R. L. Cochran
Ames Poultry Husbandman
Farm Women Cut Chick Production In Clayton County
McGregor area poultry raisers led by Mrs Henry Kaiser report halving chick orders to cope with inflation and farm relief uncertainty. Many farms store brooders and plan to raise about half as many chickens as last year, reflecting a broad local trend toward reduced egg production.
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McGregor
Henry Kaiser
Vinton High Names Contestant for State Open Forum
Galen Johnson will represent the Vinton high school agriculture department in the state open forum contest set for May 11 and 12 at Ames. He claimed first place in the local competition with rivals Robert Van Nice and Lyle Crisman. Johnson spoke on Tariff and the American Farmer while Crisman covered Co operation and the American Farmer and Van Nice spoke on Taxation. Judges were Hugh Mossman, Fred Cameron, and Mrs H T Miller.
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Galen Johnson
Agriculture Department
Vinton High School
Ames
Robert van Nice
Lyle Crisman
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van Nice
Hugh Mossman
Vinton
Fred Cameron
H T Miller
Farm Flocks Grow 5 Percent Despite Fewer Hatches
On April 1 this year farm flocks averaged 81.3 hens and pullets, 5 percent above last year, with eggs up 7 percent. Production rose 2 percent per 100 hens, though chick counts from the spring hatch were down, roosters rising. Marketing of hens eased as egg prices rose above feed costs. March receipts topped the 10 year average but lagged last year. Horses on farms numbered 12 million on Jan 1, vs 21 million in 1918.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Cluster Bud Spray Timing for Orchard Health
Orchardists should apply cluster bud or pink spray to apple trees just before blossoming to control scab and brown rot. Plums require spraying about a week earlier due to earlier bloom, while cherries and pears do not require this spray.
No Spray During Blossom And Bee Damage Affects Fruiting
Orchard authorities advise avoiding any spraying while fruit is in blossom due to bee damage concerns. The guidance emphasizes protecting pollinators to ensure proper fruit set and yield.
Lamb Marketing Confab Planned In Fayette
C W McDonald Ames sheep specialist will visit Fayette county May 1 and 2 to lead two meetings on lamb feeding and management for early markets. He will cover prevention and control of sheep diseases. The first meeting is 1.30 p.m. at the A H Kent farm near West Union, the second at 1.30 p.m. on the Fred Handley farm near Maynard.
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Fayette
C. W. McDonald
Ames
Fayette County
A. H. Kent
West Union
Fred Handley
Maynard
Haystack Fire Destroys Haystack on Kirchner Farm
Sparks from burning rubbish caused a fire near the Henry Kirchner farm destroying about eight tons of hay. A west wind carried embers away from farm buildings and a nearby corn crib Tuesday noon.
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Conesville
Henry Kirchner
800 Piece Rural Band to Play at World’s Fair
M S Winder of Chicago will greet over 20 000 people May 28 in Ottumwa for the final rehearsal of the 800 piece Southern Iowa Farm Bureau band before it heads to Chicago to perform at the World’s Fair. Counties represented include Adams Appanoose Clarke Davis Des Moines Henry Jefferson Keokuk Lee Lucas Mahaska Monroe Polk Story Union Van Buren Wapello Wayne and Washington. Two hundred members from Des Moines Washington and Keokuk counties met Sunday at Washington for group practice.
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M. S. Winder
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ottumwa
Southern Iowa Farm Bureau
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Appanoose
Clarke
Davis
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Henry
Jefferson
Keokuk
Lee
Lucas
Gazette
Washington
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Hatched Fries Sell At 18 Cents A Pound
Mr and Mrs Edward Herron near Oxford sold fries averaging three pounds at 18 cents a pound last week They hatched in January The note mentions Washington 19 Twenty one 4 H club members from Washington county will exhibit live stock on June 8 with County Agent William J Roudabush inspecting the baby beeves on feed A central location is set for each county section to bring calves for the tour
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Oxford
Edward Herron
Washington
Washneton County
William J Roudabush
Farmers National Livestock Commission to Begin May 1
St Louis report says a new cooperative, the Farmers National Livestock Commission, will start business May 1 to handle Iowa livestock marketing. The agency aims to streamline sales and expand producer reach.
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ST Louis
Iowa
The
Farmers National Livestock Commission
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