Conflicting Reports On Remaining Certified Hybrid Seed Supply
Reports diverge over Iowa certified hybrid seed availability. Joe L. Robinson of Ames says statewide stock is nearly exhausted, while dealers in eastern Iowa and farmers report ample supplies of known origin. Prices remain high around $11 to $12.50 a bushel with some plan requiring a $3 per bushel upfront payment and settlement in harvest-time corn.
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Iowa
Ames
Fayette
Jones
Delaware
Linn
Cedar Rapids Guernsey Sets 4 Year Old Record
Flora of Berendsendale a four year old Guernsey in the A W H Lenders herd Cedar Rapids has completed a C T A production record to top all 4 year old Iowa Guernseys in her class according to release from the American Guernsey Cattle club Peterborough N H Her record in one year was 10 496 3 pounds of milk and 564 6 pounds of butterfat She was bred by Bernard Berendsen of Phlox Wisconsin.
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Flora
Berendsendale
A. W. H. Lenders
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N. H
Bernard Berendsen
Phlox
Wis
Butter samples chosen for World Dairy congress in Berlin
Fred Harms of Oelwein Farmers Cooperative creamery may enter a butter sample in an Ames contest on May 14 to determine Iowa entries for the World Dairy congress in Berlin this summer. Ames will receive entries May 12 and four will be selected May 14 for the international contest. Frank Schroeder reports 41 cents per pound butterfat paid for late March deliveries.
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Oelwein
Fred Harms
Oelwein Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Ames
World Dairy Congress
Berlin
Germany
Iowa
Frank Schroeder
OelWein Creamery
First Sowed Oats Are Up In West Union Vicinity
West Union reports oats sown eleven to twelve days ago are emerging while much acreage remains unseeded due to weather. Two thirds may have been sown by Saturday with field work resuming and a possible midweek completion. pastures are generally up though seeding behind. DECORAH seeding lagged to not over 50 percent with two wet days last week. spring pig crop affected but still averaged.
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West Union
Decorah
Seeding Delays Hit Oats and Forage Seedings in Jackson area
Special to The Gazette reports continued wet weather slows field work in Jackson county. About 75 percent of alfalfa and clover seedings have been killed while oats sowing lags. Seed merchants say demand for clover and alfalfa seed is higher than in five years, though last fall timothy seeding remains largely undamaged.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
Jackson Courts
Soybean Confabs Include Meeting At Dysart May 6
Extension agronomist Ares announced a series of soybean meetings across the state. Events include Dysart on May 6 and nearby towns from April 22 to May 5 to discuss growing soybeans as a cash crop and processing methods and uses of related products.
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Dysart
Ezectal
AMES
FOS Dias Extension Agronomist
Ares
Ne- Sa
Fairfs
Eacn
Average butterfat cost for eight years reported
The Lee-Des Moines Cow Testing herd led by Glenn Jannings shows eight years of testing with 19 cows on average, 1,680,712 pounds of milk and 61, orbit 0725 pounds of butterfat, an average 7,068 pounds milk and 4013 pounds butterfat per cow per year, with butterfat cost 14.3 cents per pound and milk cost 82 cents per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Trinity Majesty Druid
J. S Ensworth
Simsbury
Conn
Jannings
Oxford Owl
Majesty Charlotte May
Feeder Day Planned for Ames June 4
Ames animal husbandry department announces annual Feeder Day for cattle feeders on June 4. The event will reveal and analyze results from a year of cattle ration experiments.
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Ames
Grass Increased Corn Reduced In Tarkio Watershed
A Shenandoah area report notes erosion control practices raise legume acreage and cut corn, with inter tilled crops replaced by alfalfa and sweet clover. The 70 438 acre West Turkic creek watershed straddles Iowa and Missouri, showing shifts since 1934 toward contour cultivation and terracing to improve land and feeding rations.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
Missouri
P. C. Weichman
Soil Conservation Service
West Turkic Creek
SCS
Iowa State College
Weichman
Weateman
West Union Farmer Raises 220 Pigs From 29 Sows
Amedeus Berns two miles north of West Union reports 29 sows producing 220 pigs in the three weeks ending April 25. Litters average seven and a half, largest litter eleven. Only three pigs died. dams are Poland China and the sire a Duroc.
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West Union
Amedeus Berns
Poland
China
Carload Of Hogs A Day Sold By Ladora Buyer
E. E. Matteson of Ladora Iowa shipped about one hog load daily to the Chicago market in 1935. He notes the narrow margin for country shippers and reports receiving 975 dollars per hundredweight for a load of his own steers in Chicago on Monday.
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Ladora
E. E. Matteson
Iowa
Chicago
Matteson
Wapelcoed Elder Renounces Post in Louisa County
Jonn A Elder, described as a veteran public figure in Louisa county, is reported to have left his post this week. The notice, sourced from Hebron, Meg, notes a change in local leadership and hints at past service records.
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Wapello
Jonn
Louisa County
Muntne Nes
Jumer Bolter Ute
Hebron
Meg
Me rengo students set out 2000 black local settings
An erratic fragment notes Me rengo High students marching or planting on half an acre of land near George Fiser south of rere. It mentions erosion control project and cultural concerns but lacks clear details.
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Marengo
Merengo High
George Fiser
Rere
Hen treated for neck obstruction by Burr Oak man
Decorah Gazette reports Dave Cassell of Burr Oak performed a surgical intervention on a hen, cutting away an obstruction from the bird’s neck with scissors. The wound was sewed and the hen placed under a light box for convalescence.
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Speca
Tee Gazette Decorah
Irs
Dave Cassell
Burr Oak
White Rock poultry boom on Goodrich farm near Manchester
At the Goodrich ranch west of Manchester a large brood of White Rock chickens thrives with over 1,000 pullets and cockerels aged one to six weeks, plus 1,000 laying hens. The operation focuses on broilers and eggs for a hatchery, with hogs and cows on the 60-acre tract. Feed runs high: 1,500 bushels of corn, 1,000 of oats, minerals, starter, and mash, plus cod liver oil and buttermilk.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Goodrich
Guernseymen Of 9 Counties To Meet Friday
Nine county Guernsey breeders from Clinton Scott Cedar Muscatine Louisa Johnson Washington Keokuk and Iowa meet Friday afternoon in West Liberty. C. C. Erb secretary announces the gathering with C. B. Finley Minneapolis field representative of the American Guernsey Cattle club and Floyd Johnston dairy husbandry chief at Ames to attend.
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West Liberty
Clinton
Scott
Cedar
Muscatine
Louisa
Johnson
Washington
Keokuk
Iowa
C. C. Erb
C. B. Finley
Minneapolis
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Floyd Johnston
Ames
Stockyard Paper The Livestock Record Suspends
Sioux City AP reports The Livestock Record the official daily stockyards paper will suspend publication Friday April 30. The paper has operated under various names since 1889 starting as the Sioux City Daily Exchange. Changes in conditions including radio livestock reporting prompted the suspension. Editor W A Hartman has led the paper for 26 years after earlier work in Chicago and St Joseph.
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Sioux City
Livestock Record
Sioux City Stockyards
Stockyards
Farm near Morley sold for 3000 dollars
The 30 acre Morley farm of Mr and Mrs A E McConaughy three miles NW of Morley sold to J C Porter Amosa for 3000 dollars or 100 dollars an acre Porter will move to the property next week and the McConaughys plan to live in Marion.
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Morley
A. E. McConaughy
J. C. Porter
Anamosa
Porter
McConaughys
Marion
Grasshopper Hoppers Unaffected by Snow Rain Says Entomologist
Dr Carl J Drake state entomologist said last weekend storms will not affect the grasshopper menace. Hatch will begin in about ten days with a mid May peak. He urged farmers to cooperate spreading poison bran to curb damage and reduce poison use while killing about 90 percent of pests.
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AMES
Carl J. Drake
Lime and phosphate bought for alfalfa fields
In Oelwein farmers purchased several tons of a ground lime and phosphate mix to use on alfalfa ground. Buyers include George Platt Ray Teague Robert Turney and George Sauerbry.
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Oelwein
George Platt
Ray Teague
Robert Turney
George Sauerbry
States Pass Conserving Acts Across Nation
Multiple states move to adopt soil conservation laws inspired by President Roosevelt. Conservation districts would oversee erosion controls, terracing, check dams, tree planting, and grassland expansion with local referenda. Virginia begins statewide soil surveys. Utah sets a five member board. other states like Delaware Georgia Arkansas Vermont Oklahoma Maryland Montana Washington Minnesota North Dakota act or consider bills. Texas earmarks funding. Nebraska narrows mandatory provisions. Colorado Wisconsin awaiting action.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Virginia
Agricultural Extension Division
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Utah
Delaware
Georgia
Arkansas
Vermont
Oklahoma
Maryland
Montana
Washington
Minnesota
North Dakota
Texas House
Nebraska
Colorado
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Illinois
Kalona Man Heads Cattlemen's Ass'n In Johnson County
Kalona resident John Winborn was elected president of the Johnson County Beef Cattlemen's Association at the annual meeting in Iowa City. Ed Rinda West Branch was named vice president and R N Spencer Iowa City was secretary. Directors named were Glenn Burr West Liberty and Dewey Swanson Oxford. The group voted to affiliate with the Iowa Beef Producers association. Rex Beresford and George Bruington represented Chicago Producers and the Iowa Livestock Marketing association. A July meeting was scheduled to discuss beef supply and demand conditions.
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Iowa City
John Winborn
Kalona
Johnson County Beef Cattlemen’s Association
Ed Rinda
West Branch
R. N. Spencer
Glenn Burr
West Liberty
Dewey Swanson
Oxford
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Rex Beresford
George Bruington
Chicago
Iowa Livestock Marketing Association
Butterfat prices set at Rowley Co-op in late March
Rowley Farmers Creamery paid patrons 40 cents a pound for grade No 1 butterfat delivered in the last half of March. No 2 butterfat sold for 39 cents and No 3 for 38 cents, per secretary Joe McGrath.
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Rowley Co-op
Rowley
Roweley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Auction Highlights At Hopkinton Dairy Stock Sale
Brown Swiss cow leads cattle auction by Will Hogan and Clarence Milroy fetching 86 dollars. Additional forty heifers of Holsteins Jerseys and Guernseys sold from 35 to 57 dollars. O. J. Hess acted as auctioneer and E. L. Wright as clerk.
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Hopkinton
Will Hogan
Clarence Milroy
Jerseys
O. J. Hess
E. L. Wright
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Robinson
Ray Anderson
Bob
Buehler Brothers
First Street
Bacon
Pickled Hocks
DIAL
Goodrich Poultry
Tarkio
West Union Farmer
Hereford
Beverly Yards
Beverly Cattle Co
Guernseymen
Burlington
Drake
Cattlemen’s Ass’n
Johnson County
H. E. Henderson
Higley Building
Merle E. Garmoe
Teor
Optometrist
Third Street
Iowa Livestock Exchange
National Hybrid Co
Onslow, Iowa
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