Loan terms for Production Credit grain seed program outlined
H W Mitchell of Omaha described a government linked loan plan where loan value equals 60 percent of current market value and fluctuates with market prices. Seed sealers act as credit agents. loans are secured by grain and other chattels with five percent stock participation and notes due in May and June 1936.
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Horse Killed by Lightning Rips Oelwein Area
Special to The Gazette reports farmer G. Sauerbry east of Oelwein lost a horse to a lightning strike during a storm. Hail fell in some sections and corn was blown down. Overall damage described as slight.
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Two Lads In Orchard Demand Personal Liberty For Apples
A rustic verse asserts that country kids enjoy the liberty to gorge on ripe apples, while city cousins miss the same privilege. The piece mocks authority that would curb such simple pleasures as a bellyache, presenting a cheeky plea for rural rights.
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Supreme Court
Timothy Yields Four To Five Sacks Per Load Of Bundles
Special to The Gazette notes Webster farmers threshing oats and timothy. Most timothy has been threshed with yields of four to five sacks per load where threshed. Combines struggle on soft ground and heavy straw. Corn, tomatoes, sweet corn, early potatoes plentiful and of excellent quality.
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Oats threshing underway near Columbus Junction
Oats threshing is in progress here. The yield is about 25 to 30 bushels to the acre. The hay crop is better than for previous years, with notable improvement noted by farmers in the area.
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Columbus Junction
Greeley Lad's Shorthorn Tops 4-H Beeves at Delaware Fair
Roland Wessel of Greeley exhibited the grand champion Shorthorn calf in the 4-H baby beef division at the Delaware county fair judged by E I Quaife of Ames. Glenn Taylor of Dundee showed the reserve Angus champion. Muriel Maurer and Everett Childs each won first in Shorthorn purebred and Angus heifer categories. Mary Appleby and Ruth Winch of Hopkinton led the girls' club demonstration on Emergency Meal. About 1,500 attendees opened the fair with a two minute milk contest awarding top spots to O Neal Earlville Carrothers Masonville Nieman Maurer Earlville and H Hartman Independence. A women’s milk contest was planned for later evenings.
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Local Garden Bounty Shines With Corn and Tomatoes
Several years of good weather yield abundant home grown sweet corn and tomatoes. The crop appears plentiful across yards and farms, signaling strong yields and steady garden activity this season.
Ear Worms Ravage Local Corn Fields Across Area
Ear worms are taking a heavy toll in nearly every patch of sweet corn locally with prevalence in field corn where ears are developed. Garden damage runs as high as fifty percent, signaling widespread crop impact.
Threshing Yields 20 to 25 Bushels Per Acre Nearby
In the area the current oats threshing is advancing with yields reported between twenty and twenty five bushels per acre. Local harvest officials noted steady progress and reaped results suggest a favorable crop outlook for the season.
Steer Top Price Hit At Chicago Market
Anamosa farmer Joe Stratka from Jones County earned the top price of 12.25 dollars for a steer load averaging 1,259 pounds at the Chicago market on Wednesday.
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Chicago
Girl Angus Tops 4-H Baby Beef Show At Washington
Two farm girls captured the grand and reserve grand baby beef titles at the Washington Ia 4-H fair. Velma Jarrard Angus won grand, Ruth Smith Shorthorn reserve. Calf weighed 1025 pounds after 247 days on feed, Mercer county Ill buyer paid 50 dollars.
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Washington
Haile Selassie Not Breakfast Food In Rural Clubs
A country woman argues rural clubwomen can discuss controversial issues intelligently. She notes women know the workings of the New Deal and warn that war looms between Italy and Ethiopia, referencing Haile Selassie as Ethiopia's commander, not a breakfast cereal. Proposes “discussion day” to boost participation.
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Treptow Heads Fayette Fest Association No 1
Fay ette County Cow Test association No 1 held a Tuesday meeting at the Ed Treptow farm with fifty members present. Morris Swenson serves as tester and officers elected for the year include Ed Treptow president J S Alshouse vice president George Platt secretary John Cashen Forest Hamlet and A R McLaury as directors.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Astroth to judge state Jersey show in Cedar Rapids
Astroth of Minneapolis former American Jersey Cattle Club field man will judge at the All Iowa Jersey cattle show in Cedar Rapids August 22 to 24. W J Campbell Jesup Iowa Jersey Cattle Club president announced the event to be held at Frontier Park Cedar Rapids with fifty five exhibitors showing 140 head of cattle.
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Minneapolis
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Cedar Rapids
Morse Brothers Sell Steers At High Chicago Market Price
Morse Brothers of ladora sold two loads of steers averaging 1307 pounds on the Chicago cattle market for 12 dollars and 20 cents per hundredweight marking one of the week’s top prices.
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Chicago
Morse Brothers
Picnicers Leave Gate Open Fatal to Four Horses
Oelwein area notes four horses owned by B. W. Kiel were killed by an engine on the Great Western track early Monday. Kiel, two miles southwest of Oelwein, says the pasture gate was left open by picnickers during the night. Loss estimated at $610.
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Earlville farmer killed in pasture during storm
Special to The Gazette reports that Andy Sellner, an Earlville farmer, was killed Monday in his pasture during an electrical storm. His neighbor George Hildebrand also lost a cow. Both farmers reside about three miles north of Earlville.
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Norway Farm Sold for 120 Per Acre Near Norway
John J. Pickart sold his 85 acre farm adjoining Norway to Matt A. Schulte of Norway for 120 per acre. The total price was 10200 dollars. The farm has fair improvements and good productive soil.
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Monticello Creamery Pays 25 To 28 For Butterfat
Monticello Creamery paid patrons 28 cents for butterfat in sweet cream in the first half of July. It also paid 27 cents for first grade and 25 cents for second grade butterfat, as reported by Farmers' Mutual Creamery of Monticello.
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Hudson Dairy Picnic to Feature Hickenlooper Speech
The Hudson co operative dairy will host its second annual picnic on August 17 with State Representative B. B. Hick enlooper of Cedar Rapids as the speaker. Strayer reports the Cedar Rapids man will speak at 1 p.m. in the park at Hudson.
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Heifers Hit $11.25 At Chicago Sale In Hereford Lot
Miles McDonald and his son Albert traveled to Chicago with two loads of choice yearlings. The consignment included five 990 pound Hereford heifers that sold at $11.25, the month’s top price for heifers.
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