Iowa to Lead Nation in Hybrid Corn Planting This Spring
Iowa farmers plan between 350000 and 400000 acres of hybrid corn this spring, the largest in state history and likely to make Iowa the leading hybrid corn producer. Seed scarcity due to last year's drought limits plantings, while experts expect further growth as seed supplies rebound and hybrids boost yields about 15 percent over open-pollinated strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Farm Crops Department
Ames
Farm Crops
Illinois
Indiana
Butterfat Prices Paid at Postville and Maynard
Patrons of the Farmers Co operative Creamery at Postville received 36 cents a pound for March butterfat. A total of 53,508 pounds of butter were manufactured from 43,019 pounds of butterfat received, with 31 producers earning checks over $100. The top producer was Nanaia the ha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bocciat
Postville
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Nanaia
Local Producers Share In Checks Over Two Hundred Dollars
The report lists payments to producers including M. C. Deering at 334.22 Ross Roth 246.31 Ed Gass 226.26 K. J. Kerr 225.25 and Ernest Groth and Son 201.85 plus Turner at 387.86, showing a range of earnings above 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er Turner
M. C. Deering
Ross Roth
Ed Gass
K. J. Kerr
Ernest Groth and Son
Maynard creamery reports skim milk price low this period
Patrons of the Maynard Co operative creamery received thirty six cents a pound for March butterfat while skim milk sold for fifteen cents a hundredweight at the creamery, according to secretary C H Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
C H Paul
Bugs Average 3 000 To Square Foot In Wapello
OTTUMWA AP Chinch bug infestation in Wapello county and southern Iowa is as serious as last year. A D Worthington Ames extension entomologist reports about 3 000 bugs per square foot on matted blue grass along fence rows. He says heavy rains in late May and early June may foster a fungus that could kill the bugs, but farmers should be ready to fight with every available weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Wapello
Iowa
D Worthington
Ames Extension
Worthington
Farmers' Night in DeWitt Set for May 1 Program
The DeWitt community club hosts the second in a series of Farmers' Night programs scheduled for the evening of May 1. The event aims to educate and bring local farmers together for shared activities and community coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Dewitt
Fence Drift Ruins a Fool Foal and Mare
A woven tire leads to a frantic escape as a colt breaches a barb wire gap. A dog barks and the mare nickers while the foal trips through. The horse sustains a gashed shoulder and lacerated fetlock, wrecking its value at two hundred dollars.
Half Section Sells for 86 00 An Acre
Roy Cooper bought the H D Strohbehn farm of 320 acres four miles west of Traer from Equitable Life of Iowa for 86.50 an acre with possession to be given at once and subject to a lease. The property, known as the Squire Wilson homestead, was once government land at 1.25 an acre. In 1894 the Strohbehn family acquired it for 47 an acre and after Strohbehn’s death the estate sold it to Mrs. Strohbehn and her son Herman for 215 an acre. The insurance company gained possession through foreclosure several years ago.
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Traer
Roy Cooper
H D. Strohbehn
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
Strohbehn
Squire Wilson
Spring optimism by a country woman in Iowa verses a hopeful farm season
The column celebrates spring activity across Iowa with tractors in use from dawn to dusk and fields turning from brown to black. The author notes early harvest signs, 300 strawberry plants set, and a humorous ministerial interruption. Economic optimism follows rising farm investment, auto purchases, home redecorating, and belief in a prosperous crop season.
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Iowa
Six Carloads Corn Fodder Shipped Out Of Clarence
Special to The Gazette Clarence reports six carloads of shredded and baled corn stalks sent to Albia Iowa Scotia Nebraska and Greeley Center Nebraska at eight dollars per ton including baling and hauling Milk supports a balanced diet for efficient dairy production and the article notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
the Gazette
Albia
Scotia
Neb
Greeley Center
Church Creamery Electrified at Calhoun Plant
The Calhoun creamery at Church installed new machinery replacing line shafts and belting with individual meters on the pasteurizer and churns, making the plant fully electric and quieter. The facility, freshly painted, claims to be among the most modern and sanitary in northeast Iowa, and will begin buying cream by grade starting May 1.
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Calhoun
Church
Iowa
Farm Bureau aims to boost Newhall area membership
County Farm Bureau leaders push to grow the organization to 1000 farm families with Conrad M Rinderknecht of Newhall as a leading figure in the drive. A report from the county agent's office at Vinton outlines the effort and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhall
Sbenson County Farm Bureau
Conrad M Rinderknecht
Mr Rinderknecht
Vinton
Eldorado Farm Bureau Gains Momentum in Benton County
Neighbors Oren Thompson and Harry Weichman helped boost Eldorado township Farm Bureau membership from 30 to 60 families in five days of solicitation. Rinderknecht, township Farm Bureau director, reports a favorable attitude toward farm organization in Benton County with many farmers saying a farm group is needed now. Benton County Farm Bureau led Iowa in membership in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Thompson
Harry Weichman
Eldorado Township
Rinderknecht
Township Farm Bureau
Benton County
Rowley Pastures Boomed By Rain and Crops Coming Up
Rain boosted Rowley pastures providing ample feed for livestock. Plowing for corn and fertilizer hauling are underway, with corn planting expected this week. Oats seedings are up on the P C Thedens, Lawrence Rosene, and Glen Cottrell farms, fall alfalfa seeding progressing well, gardens and berry plants show good growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Coralville Farmers Plow for Corn Amid Winter Planting
Farmers in Coralville work day and night to plow and plant corn while some still feed oats. The steady pace reflects a busy farming season with attention to livestock and crop readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coralville
Sicily
Weather accelerates bloom across North English gardens
Showers moved through North English Thursday night and Friday morning as temperatures reached eighty degrees in the afternoon. The warm spell quickened plant life with gardens and oat seedings up, pastures growing well, and trees leafing out. Pear, peach, cherry and plum trees are now in blossom.
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Gazette
1625 Corn Hog Pacts Signed In Iowa County
1935 projections show 1625 corn hog contracts in a rural Iowa county, down from 1810 last year as several farms are combined into single contracts. Estimated 19950 acres retired from corn, with 533453 dollars in benefit payments and 239490 dollars in hog benefits.
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Iowa County
Specia
Marengo
AAA
Parnell Farmer Reports Large Pigs Farrowed on Farm
Glen Bucher reports fifty seven two weeks old pigs farrowed from six Duroc Jersey sows on his farm east of Parnell. The litters numbered from twelve to sixteen pigs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Glen Bucher
Scientists find hopper scourge in Iowa City field study
Iowa City scientists from the University of Iowa Zoology Department report discovery of a parasite malpighameba locustae that could wipe out grasshopper plagues. Dr E H Slifer first found the microbe, with Dr R L King and Dr A B Taylor confirming its destructive potential and rapid reproduction in the malpighian tubes of hoppers. Experiments suggest infestations shorten hopper lifespans to two weeks, with young insects dying before maturity and some older ones living six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
INS
University of Iown
E. H. Slifer
R. L. King
A B Taylor
Department of Zoology
King
Grasshopper Germs Target Insect Invaders In Midwest
University scientists report a parasite transmitted via contaminated food to three grasshopper species. The germ multiplies in the insect, causes congestion and a loss of vitality, and plans are underway to spread it in infested areas with help from U.S. agricultural research stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Agricultural Research Stations
Iowa to use poison mash against grasshoppers this summer
Des Moines secretary of agriculture Ray Murray announced 500 tons of poison mash will be available for grasshopper control this summer. He noted the infestation is worst in western Iowa with 400 tons stored in twelve counties and the rest kept at the fairgrounds. He said he has not been informed by University of Iowa professors about a discovered germ that preys on grasshoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
INS
Ray Murray
Agriculture
Iowa
Fairgrounds
University of Iowa
Stanwood Farmers To Hear J. J. Wallace May 8
Stanwood township Farm Bureau members will hear James J. Wallace of Marion, field secretary and accountant for the Cedar Valley Farm Management association, speak at Stanwood on the evening of May 8. The association numbers 145 farmers who keep accurate records of farm enterprises aided by Mr. Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
James J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Management Association
Fremont Township Farm Bureau
The
Business Association
Wallace
Butter Imports Surge into New York Weekly Totals
New York City shows heavy butter imports closing the week at 2,328,720 pounds sourced from New Zealand Australia Holland Denmark Latvia Lithuania and Finland. Holland imports cleared of dumping act concerns while Latvia imports remain under investigation. Prices slid to 30 14 cents for New York extras amid the wave of imports and a dull finish at week end.
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New York
the Gazette
New York City
New Zealand
Australia
Holland
Denmark
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Allamakee County Domestic Animal Claims 1934 Totals
WAUKON During 1934 Allamakee County paid out 1729.05 for claims due to damages caused by dogs to domestic animals. Sheep losses led with 1309.15, gopher bounties 183.85, snakes 104.50, wolves 31. The dog tax collected 1935.70, which is 206.65 more than paid out for damage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Iowa Legislature Nears Budget Agreement For Two Years
Iowa lawmakers narrow budget dispute as conferees reach a tentative pact totaling about 12.8 million dollars annually for two years plus 808 thousand for state buildings. The compromise aligns near Comptroller Murtagh's recommendations with minor differences from Senate and House figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
United Press
House
Senate
C. B. Murtagh
Board of Control
Mt Vernon Strikers Return To Classes
Mt Vernon high school students returned to classes after a mass meeting that appointed a pupil parent committee to negotiate with the board over withholding a contract for next year from Opal Munger. John Klimo said the committee had not met with the board yet but would not convene before Thursday night. The board will cooperate with seniors to ensure the strike did not affect graduation and may extend the closing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon High School
Opal Munger
John Klimo
Marriage Licenses Issued to Iowa City and Other Couples
Joseph E. Mace and Mark Wolfe, both of Iowa City, obtain marriage licenses. LeRoy Funck of Muscatine and Doris Melton of Cherokee also receive licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Mace
Mark Wolfe
Iowa City
LeRoy Funck
Muscatine
Doris Melton
Cherokee
Picture of the Dionne Quintuplets for you
A special 815 by 13 inch color print of the Dionne quintuplets Annette Yvonne Emilie Cecile and Marie will be included as a supplement in The Sunday Gazette next Sunday May 5. The Cedar Rapids Gazette obtained premium India stock paper for a striking photograph to be saved by readers.
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Dionne
Annette
Yvonne
Emilie
Cecile
Marie
Sunday Gazette
The
Gazette
Court House News on Haddads Liquor Charges and Sentences
In district court Judge A B Clark licensed a suspended four month sentence for Mrs. Haddad 20 of 608 Summer Street NW on illegal possession of alcoholic liquor. She was arrested Sunday at 11 45 am and released to report to the county attorney Monday. Her husband 22 and his father 45 are serving county jail terms for liquor charges. The husband received five months January 16 and the father 180 days December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Haddad
Dave Haddad
Avenue NW
Summer Street NW
Rockwell City
Driver Arrested After Crash in City Intersection
Ray Meyers, 26, rural route No. 4, jailed for drunk driving after a Sunday crash at First avenue and Second street SE that injured H. W Knees’s passenger. Meyers pled Monday. bond set at $500. Walter and Florence Blakey pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of liquor. bonds $500 each. County Attorney G. K. Thompson filed true information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Meyers
John T. Moffit
G. K. Thompson
Meyers
First Avenue
Second Street
H. W Knees
Walter Blakey
Thirteenth Avenue SE
Florence Blakey
Blakeys
Wenham Wins Damages Against Reliable Transit Co
Judge John T. Moffit awarded Duane Wenham, by his next friend Harold J. Wenham, $50 in a personal injury suit. Wenham alleged he swerved to avoid a Reliable Transit truck stopped on a hill on highway No. 30, five miles west of Mount Vernon, last Aug 18, and collided with another car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenham
John T. Moffit
Duane Wenham
Harold J. Wenham
Reliable Transit Company
Mount Vernon
Ask Property Titles In Linn County Disputes
J F Selzer of Fairfax seeks title guidance on Linn County property with defendants William Raymond Selzer Curtis Jacob Selzer and Wallace James Selzer named. W O Goudy and J H Merritt seek title confirmation in Goudy’s name with defendants listed as Mrs Laura A Merritt Mrs Grace Merritt McGaw guardian Mrs Grace Merritt McGaw and Bradford K McGaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J .F. Selzer
Fairfax
Linn County
William Raymond Selzer
Curtis Jacob Selzer
Wallace James Selzer
W. O. Goudy
J. H. Merritt
Goudy
Laura A. Merritt
Grace Merritt McGaw
Bradford K. McGaw
Set Hearing For Iowa Electric Co Building Of Transmission Lines
DES MOINES AP The state board of railroad commissioners set May 21 as the hearing date on applications by the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co of Cedar Rapids to build transmission lines in Scott Cedar and Iowa counties. The Cedar county line would be 1.25 miles at 4400 volts, Scott county 1.5 miles at 4490 volts, and Iowa county 3.5 miles at 6600 volts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Scott
Iowa
Cedar Counties
Cedar County
Scott County
Iowa County
School Program Given At Rotarian Meeting
In observance of Youth week a school program including an opera by twenty Tyler school children and an art and music novelty by Buchanan school children was presented at the Rotary club luncheon Monday at the Hotel Roosevelt. The opera "Three Little Pigs" was directed by Miss Phoebe Bingham. Buchanan program was led by Misses Ruth Snyder and Evelyn Stoakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler School
Buchanan School
Rotary Club
Hotel Roosevelt
Phoebe Bingham
Otto Meissner
Ruth Snyder
Evelyn Stoakes
Buchanan
Eight Jurors Questioned In Ellen DeLong Murder Case
WEST UNION Im paneling of the jury to try Mrs Ellen DeLong of Maynard for murdering her husband Samuel DeLong began Monday before Judge H E Taylor. Defense counsel E R O'Brien and prosecutor M M Cooney questioned prospects on circumstantial evidence and capital punishment. Eight panel members were examined by noon. Two were excused without questioning. Of sixteen drawn, five are women. Mrs DeLong's son Howard Phillips of Ames sat with her during the morning procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Ellen DeLong
Maynard
Samuel DeLong
H. E. Taylor
E. R. O'Brien
M. M. Cooney
City Briefs and Personals Highlights Local Notes
Dr F W Mulson moved his office to 513 Higley Building. The Y M C A boys band will rehearse Tuesday at 7 pm. Cedar Rebekah lodge staff meet for practice drill at 7 pm Tuesday in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. Bill Morgan reported a thief broke into a locked garage at 917 Ninth Street SW and stole a motorcycle license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Mulson
Higley Bldg
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
Mhe
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Bill Morgan
Ninth Street
Local man charged with driving while intoxicated
Ray Wharton age 28 of Sixth street road SW was arrested Saturday night by police for driving while intoxicated. He was waived to the grand jury Monday before Justice A. S. Reed. Bond was fixed at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wharton
Sixth Street Road
A. S. Reed
Camp Wapsie Y roundup to honor 1935 leaders at YMCA
The 1935 Camp Wapsie Y roundup is open to all boys of camping age and their parents. It will be held at the YMCA gym tonight at 7 PM with a camp program and the 1935 camp staff and leaders introduced.
Inheritance tax payments reported from Des Moines
The state treasurer's office recorded two Linn county payments on inheritance taxes. Laura P Krebs of Cedar Rapids paid 72.75 on a taxable value of 14 475.02 and Lennie M Williams paid 90.58 on 1 293.88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Linn County
Associated Press
Laura P Krebs
Cedar Rapids
Lennie M Williams
Moravec Transferred to Fort Riley as Supply Officer
Lieutenant Marvin E. Moravec son of Dr and Mrs E L Moravec of 2324 Grande Avenue has been moved to Fort Riley. He becomes supply officer in charge of receiving storing and distributing supplies for all civilian conservation camps in the Kansas district. Moravec has served with Kansas civilian conservation camps for a year and is a graduate of Shattuck Military School and attended the University of Iowa and University of Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin E. Moravec
E. L. Moravec
Grande Avenue
44Th Field Artillery
Fort Riley
Kansas District
Moravec
Kansas
Shattuck Military School
Faribault
Minn
University of Iowa
University of Colorado
Reckless Driving Fine for A P Jones in Police Court
A P Jones, 24, was fined 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving in police court Monday. Hines Mount of Mason City was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding, while Ed Grubhauser 1001 Sixth Street SE and Harold Batchelder 220 First Street NE were each fined 2 dollars and costs for double parking. Other parking offenses fined 1 dollar and costs included V V Shaffer 303 Nassau Street SE M J Busenbark 3507 First Avenue SE R Straw 1437 Mount Vernon Avenue SE Wayne Smith 418 Seventh Street SE Avery Gage 1945 Second Avenue SE John A Woodin 350 Third Avenue SW C H Lisenbee 657 Sixteenth Avenue SW and C Robertson 938 M Street SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Jones
Hines Mount
Mason City
Ed Grubhauser
Sixth Street
Harold Batchelder
First Street
V. V. Shaffer
Nassau Street
M. J. Busenbark
First Avenue
E. R. Straw
Mount Vernon Avenue
Wayne Smith
Seventh Street
Avery Gage
Second Avenue
John A Woodin
Third Avenue
C. H. Lisenbee
Sixteenth Avenue
C. Robertson
M Street
Begin Planting Of Children's Gardens
Planting of children's playground gardens will begin this week at the playground office. Esther Smith, garden director, will assist children each afternoon at a different garden, Tuesday at Harrison school on Ellis boulevard, Wednesday at J street SW, Thursday at the Hayes garden at Nineteenth avenue and First street SW, Friday at Fillmore school, and Saturday at Lincoln school at 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Smith
Smith
Harrison School
Ellis Boulevard
J Street
New Hayes Garden
Hayes Garden
Nineteenth Avenue
First Street
Beer Bill Calls For Permit Board in Des Moines
A three-member state permit board including the state auditor, treasurer and secretary of state would grant or revoke beer licenses under a negotiated conference measure. Cities gain flexible tavern limits and later closing hours, with the board holding permit revocation power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United Press
House
Senate
Assembly
Both Houses Send Measures Back To Sifting Committee
Des Moines Iowa legislative action moves toward adjournment as both chambers vote to return all bills to the sifting committee except appropriations emergency legalizing and conference measures. Senate 27 19 House 91 6. Alesch liquor control commission abolition resolution exempted for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
House
Senate
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Mayor W. J. Neill Taken To Hospital
Mayor W. J. Neill has been taken to Mercy hospital with a recurrence of phlebitis. The ailment followed an earlier pleurisy attack that kept him home for about two weeks. Not considered critical, the family says, but rest is advised and physicians cannot say when he will return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Neill
Mercy Hospital
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Luberger
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Farm Bureau Booster
Tru
Conrad Rinderknecht
Hopper Scourge
Midwestern
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Mid-Western
United States
University S Zoological Laboratories
J. J. Wallace
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Poland
Philadelphia
Newee
Moile
Ise
Mt. Vernon
Court House News
Haddad Family
Iowa Electric Co
DeLong Case
Y. M.C A. Boys
Lieut. Moravec
Beer Bill
Dr. Pierce
Ida Kunkel
New York St
Rapid City
May Drug Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sally Mariel
Mill
Putnam
Connecticut
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