Smallest Shell Eggs in Storage Since 1921 August Report
The July review shows shell eggs in storage at 7,591,000 cases on July 1, the smallest for that date since 1921 aside from 1932. Frozen egg stocks totaled 107,930,000 pounds, near last year’s levels but below the five year average, while poultry market receipts dropped sharply in July.
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United States
Egg and Poultry Markets Review
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Middle West
Three Thousand Dollars in Premiums at Manchester Fair
Manchester Delaware county fair opens with $3 500 in premiums for winners and 2 400 for fastest horses. Musketeers Drum and Bugle corps from Cedar Rapids and the Waterloo American Legion band perform Wednesday night. Features include horse and colt show livestock displays 4-H entries horse pulling milking contest and rural school exhibits.
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Ecial
the Gazette
Manchester
Musketeers Drum and Bugle Corps
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Jack Fromm
Waterloo American Legion Band
Ames
Carl Hamilton
Des Moines
Maquoreta Hosts 4-H Livestock Entries at County Show
Jackson county 4-H livestock entries arrive as the county achievement show opens at Lake Hurst. Farm Bureau picnic follows Tuesday with on site talks by Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis of the Ames extension service and V. Vaniman of Chicago.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County
Lakehurst
Farm Bureau
Sarah Porter Ellis
Ames Extension Service
V. Vaniman
Chicago
Program Arranged For Girls' Camp At Anamosa
Forty girls from thirteen Jones county 4-H clubs will attend a three day camp at the Wapsipini con state park Scout cabin Anamosa The program includes registration led by Mrs Merle Murfield talks on stars by Miss Harriet Cunningham first aid by Miss Finney demonstrations on antiques art and etiquette and a nature hike led by Miss Cunningham Stunts and Camp Fire activities are planned with health talks games and leisure periods scheduled by various leaders
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Anamosa
Jones County
Wapsipinicon State Park
Merle Murfield
Harlan Russell
Harriet Cunningham
Nellie V. Morey
Miss Finney
T. E Watters
Sam Ellison
Edgar Beach
Mary Jo Finnegan
National Ywca
Juhia Dumont
Esther Sinclair
What Do Farmers Do Besides Farm
Lyall Bryant near Mount Vernon plays piano and bass viol with son Robert following his musical path. Robert has played in the Shrine band at Cedar Rapids and in Lisbon and Mount Vernon community bands. He won through the district contest to the state music contest at Iowa City earning a superior rating. plans for a west coast concert tour were canceled due to a railway excursion-rate suspension.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Lyall Bryant
Robert
Bryant
Cornell College
Robert Bryant
Shrine
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Iowa City
Iowa
Mayo Williams
Ottumwa
West Coast
Denver
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Cataline Islands
San Diego Exposition
Williams
Resettlement plan seeks 10 million to retire 600000 acres
The Rural Re settlement Administration filed for 10,381,246 from the work relief fund to retire more than 600,000 acres of submarginal land across eight tracts in seven states. Illinois project aims to supply resettlement farms for families selling sub marginal lands to the government with cash options and new housing.
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Washington
Sns
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Rural Resettlement Administration
Illinois
RRS
Oats From Western Seed Fails To Yield Well Near Maquoketa
Maquoketa thresherman John Fisher reports the top oats yield last week on the Kenneth Nairn farm south of Maquoketa averaging 57 bushels per acre. The lowest yield was 20 bushels per acre from a field whose seed came from Yakima Valley Washington. Weather conditions affected results.
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Maquoketa
John Fisher
Maquoketa Thresherman
Kenneth Nairn
Yakima Valley
Washington
Rye and oats harvest report from Maquoketa area
A season not ideal for production yields a field of rye threshed for Dewey Miller west of Maquoketa averaging twenty bushels. Chinch bugs found no damage in oats thoroughed, with a heavy straw yield reported by the thresher crew.
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Dewey Miller
Maquoketa
Threshing Gains Stalled by Rain Near Troy Mills
Special to The Gazette reports that threshing began in the Troy Mills area Friday but rain halted activity Saturday morning. Oats in shocks are damp and hard to thresh, straw is heavy, yet grain yields run from 35 to 50 bushels per acre with some lighter oats noted.
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The
Gazette
Troy Mills
Threshing Season Reports Mixed Yields in South Bethel
In South Bethel farmers report uneven yields with one grower achieving eighty eight bushels per acre for wheat? another at fifty three bushels for oats. Chinch bugs hinder harvest with one farmer delaying hauling grain and another noting a binder stained red from bugs after cutting oats.
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The
Gazette
South Bethel
Tama 4-H Fair Planned At Gladbrook Aug. 15-17
TOLEDO The Tama county 4 H club Achievement show will be at Gladbrook Aug 15 16 17. Entries include sixty five calves thirty five dairy calves 120 pigs fourteen colts and 100 chickens. Judging will be on Aug 16.
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Toledo
Gladbrook
Garrison Junior Farm Bureau to Stage Carnival at Lupinsky Farm
The Benton county Junior Farm Bureau will host a carnival on August 8 at the J. F. Chalupsky farm two and a half miles east of Garrison. The event was postponed earlier due to heavy rains.
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Garrison
Junior
Farm Bureau
Benton County
J. F. Chalupsky
Marion agronomist explains why erosion service was set up
E. L. King and colleague Shold describe soil erosion in Iowa and nationwide. The Soil Conservation Service partners with colleges and extension to demonstrate erosion control. Two large watershed projects hinge on farmer participation, with Marion CCC camp leading smaller demonstrations in Linn County.
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Marion Agronomist
E. L. King
Foil Control Service
Ay Marion
Iowa
United States
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Colleges
Extension Service
Big Creek
Kellerton
Bethany
West Tarkio River
Red Oak
Tarkio
Shenandoah
CCC
Marion
Linn County
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A former Anamosa ward returns to life on his own after three years in reform school. He asks for work, faces penalties from society, and steps out with only the clothes he wears and a small stake from the reformatory. He smiles with high hopes, and belief he will succeed.
Erosion on Linn County Farms Warns and Guides
The text explains two main erosion types on Linn County fields sheet washing and gullying. Sheet erosion gradually removes fertility, reducing yields and raising costs for soil rebuilding, while gullying visibly scars land and complicates farming but is easier to control when addressed early. It notes erosion affects nearly all slopes except flat areas.
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Linn County
Argentina corn imports surge as U S receipts rise
Receipts of domestic corn at principal markets totaled 1,699,000 bushels for the week ended Aug 2 while foreign corn from Argentina reached 928,000 bushels. Argentine shipments to the United States were 701,000 bushels. Canadian spring wheat also noted as imported at Buffalo. no oats barley or rye were imported last week.
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Federal
United States
Buffalo
Wilt-Resistant Flax Is Grown In Jackson County
Special to The Gazette Maquoreta County Agent F. E. Krause notes wilt resistant flax ripens when bolls are ripe and stems yellow though wet seasons or late sowing may extend blooming. J J Richardson of Fairfield township raises wilt resistant flax. County farmers buy resistant seed amid widespread grain plantings. cabbage yellows damage noted with yellowing leaves and one sided plants. no cure exists, so wilt resistant varieties on clean soil are advised.
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Maquoreta
F. E. Krause
J. J. Richardson
Fairfield Township
Hog Sale Near Traer Fetches 9.70 Per Hundredeweight
McElhinney of Traer area sold 120 head of prime hogs to John Kubik at 9.70 per hundredeweight. The deal totaled $3,356 for the cattleman, with the sale noted northeast of Traer.
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TRAER
McElhinney
John Kubik
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