Drought relief seeks 30,000 cattle pasture in southern Iowa
E H Matlock of Des Moines asks county agents to survey for available grass lands to pasture about 30,000 drought cattle in southern Iowa. Linn county officials review potential pasturage, water supply, and suitable contracts with farmers who would provide salt water and supervision, with state paying veterinary costs and limiting liability.
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Mergency
E H Matlock
Des Moines
Bemamin Tait
George Dillon
Linn County Corn and Hog Control Association
Unis
Trit
Town Emergency Relief Administration
Mulock
Peertee
Agen X
Fence Drift In Woven Tire Cider Jug Tale
A fragment from a rustic scene recalls a cider jug and a bass bite near a shady bank. The speaker hints Paradise found in simple, rough country pleasures.
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Shady Bank Bass
Government Cattle Purchase Meeting Planned in Sigourney
A preliminary meeting for buying government cattle in Keokuk is set for Sigourney. Maurice W Soults, county agent, reports 15 participants are scheduled. Rex Beresford and W F LaGrangee of Ames will lead the meeting Thursday.
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Keokuk
Sigourney
Maurice W Soults
Rex Beresford
W F LaGrangee
Ames
Mable Korn Named Champion Health Girl in Louisa
Three hundred farmer folk attended the Louisa county Farm Bureau fete as inclement weather kept others home. Mrs Mabel Korn was announced as champion health girl and will compete at the state fair. Lewis Kelehan, director of the Town Farm Bureau Federation, spoke as the day's speaker.
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Srec'al Ta
Wapello
Lousa Ecourts
Mabel Korn
Itewis Kelehan
Women Will Throw Brooms At Benton Farm Bureau Picnic
At Van Horne Aug 14 Benton county Farm Bureau picnic features horse shoe pitching at 10 a m broom throwing for women and racing events plus a musical contest. Teams Newhall capt Albert Werning Keystone capt Herman Brehm will compete in a kit tenball game between Newhall and Keystone.
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Vinton
Benton County Farm Bureau
van Horne
Newhall
Keystone
Albert Werning
Herman Brehm
Kiva Klinefelter Chosen President 4-H Girls In Grundy
Eva Klinefelter was elected president of the Grundy county 4-H girls club at Achievement Day. Florence Haroner was named vice president Zoe Lynn secretary Alma Whitard historian Thelma Ralston was chosen county health girl to represent Grundy at the State Fair in Des Moines.
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Grundy Center
Eva Khlinefelter
Grundy County
Florence Haroner
Zoe Lynn
Alma Whitard
Thelma Ralston
Felix Township
Des Moines
Farmers praised for quitting Santa Claus image at progress expo
Chicago report notes Chester Davis lauding American farmers for abandoning Santa Claus rhetoric and adopting business methods. He warns against centralized production control plans and stresses the need for voluntary farmer leadership and market-driven progress amid debate.
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Chicago
AAA
Chester C Davis
Davis
Tomass
Tetler
Seory
Butter and egg markets rise amid heat wave and scarce supply
Prices for butter reached a high not seen since January with 27 to 28 cents. Eggs from the Midwest rise as heat reduces receipts while futures and wholesale demand push prices higher. Chicken and turkey markets show quality declines and strong demand for large frozen birds. Overall wholesale food index hits highest since April 1931 amid expectations of continued upward trend.
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NFM
New York
Marto
Chicago
Middle West
Farmer Views on New Deal and Hogs Pegging Near Monticello
Interview with John F Welter, a 240 acre Monticello area farmer on crops, hog markets, and a variety of New Deal policies. He supports peg pricing for corn at seventy five cents, criticizes direct marketing, and discusses CCC weed control, drought effects, taxes, electricity costs, and local political views. He praises Senator Murphy and expresses intent to vote for Murphy and Herring.
Whittier Gleaners 4 11 Club Reports Yearly Work
The Whittier Gleaners 4 11 club reports completing 175 articles in 1934 including refinishing furniture making desks, curtains, cushions and pillows. Seventeen active members held 17 meetings with 314 in attendance. Demonstrations, talks, and a 4 H conversion were featured with Wilma Staines and Jesse Bedeyl presenting. Mrs Chartres Post taunts chairman of 41 clubs was installed as an honorary member.
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Garzette Whittier
Whittier Gleaners
Brown
Miscine
Whittler
Antes Moisi
Oseleitiens
Wilma Staines
Jesse Bedeyl
Wri
Chartres Post
Whittier Gleaners Club
George Pilon
Gladys Adam
oTurst McCrrew
Whittier Cleaners
Adna Hage
Bennett's Annual Colt Show Set for September 1
A county fair style colt show sponsored by Bennett community groups will be held here September 1. Committees led by Dr A R Stephenson and Arthur Buebas oversee entry details and judging with a $100 entry fee and registration through the state agriculture department. Entries close next month with judging at 1 pm on show day.
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Lemon Rive-Lannen
Bennett
A R Stephenson
Arthur Buebas
Tewa Department of Agriculture
Sweet Corn Expected To Go To Canning In Elgin
Relief from heat and recent showers promise a bumper sweet corn crop around Elgin. Some bottom land fields near the city limits will be ready for canning in a few days, with early packing expected late next week.
Lightning Strikes Kill Horse at Quasqueton Farm
A severe electrical storm struck the ER Sherrets farm on the west edge of Quasqueton killing a horse. Five trees were struck on the Sherrets property during the same event.
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Quasqueton
Nehtning
ER_ Sherrets farm
Sherrets Farm
First Corn Hog Checks Issued In Keokuk County
Special to The Gazette Maurice W. Soulis Keokuk county agent reported 454 corn hog checks totaling about 60 000 were received on regular payments in Keokuk county. Drought counties checks were to be completed in Des Moines area as AAA survey moves through Wayne Ringgold Marion Adair Mills Iden and other counties with final release decisions expected from Washington.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Maurice W. Soulis
Keokuk County
Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
State Cornhog Board of Review
Carl
AAA
Wayne
Ringgold
John B. Wilson, Jr
Marion
Adair
Mills
Iden
Washington
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Precipitation during 24 hours ending Monday at 7 a.m. finds Iowa rain at .01 inch. August to date shows .89 inch, short of the 1.50 inch normal by .61. Jan 1 to date totals 12.72 inches, with a normal of 20.75 inches and a deficiency of 8.03 inches.
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International News Service
Entries Made For Draft Horse Show At Wapsie Fair
Early entries for the grade draft horse show at the Wapsie Valley Fair August 14 to 17 have been made by Glen and Vernon Ritz of Alburnett HR Dubois of Central City and Herman Geinapp of Ryan. Baby beef barns will be filled to capacity with 4 H club calves. Thirty colt club entries are listed. C R Mills in charge of the art hall has redecorated the interior for farm and garden produce exhibits.
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Central City
Wapsie Valley
Glen
Vernon Ritz
Alburnett
HR. DuBois
Herman Geinapp
Ryan
Exhi C. R. Mills
Pet show adds flair to Cedar county fair week
Tipton adds a pet show to the Cedar county fair from August 28 to 31 in Tipton per secretary C. S Miller. Ten classes include smallest largest and oddest pets with fox terrier hunting farm dogs goats and cats. League baseball features teams Mechanicsville London Bennett Clarence Stanwood. Kittenball hosts Tipton Cedar Bluffs South Bethe. Stanwood Tipton and Bennett bands play midweek.
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Tipton
Cedar County
C. S Miller
Mechanicsville
London
Bennett
Clarence
Stanwood
Cedar Bluffs
South Bethe
4-H Lads Attend Judging Tryout At State College
Mervin Donelson Linn club agent accompanied seven Linn county 4-H boys to grain and livestock judging tryouts at Ames. Iowa youths listed include Ralph Drake Palo Merrill Flitsch Alburnett Ronald Dukek Alburnett Raymond Hobson Springville Willard Neal Roland Neal Mount Vernon and Ray Mills Central City plus 41 Jones county members eligible for grain and seed judging at Ames Delbert Grafft Matrice Bonjour Olin Alvin Bailey Paul Allen Anamosa Edwin Sievers Martelle George Fraser Monticello.
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Mervin Donelson
Olin
Jones County
Ames
Delbert Grafft
Matrice Bonjour
Alvin Bailey
Paul Allen
Anamosa
Edwin Sievers
Martelie
George Fraser
Monticello
Grundy County 4-H Members Attend Ames Judging Event
County Agent L. W Plager and James C Hillier led fifteen Grundy county 4-H boys to Ames for grain and livestock judging. Four boys from each class will represent Grundy county at the Des Moines state fair.
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Gneette Grundy Center
L. W Plager
James C Hillier
Ames
Grundy County
Des Moines
Fairs This Week Across Eastern Iowa
Livestock shows and county fairs run August 13 through 22 across eastern Iowa. Lee county Donnellson August 13 to 15. Mississippi Valley Davenport August 13 to 18. Big Four Nashua August 13 to 18. Elkader August 14 to 17. Delaware Manchester August 14 to 17. Wapsie Valley Central City August 14 to 17. Davis Bloomfield August 15 to 18. Union West Liberty August 18 to 22. Johnson Iowa City August 15 to 17. Tama Gladbrook August 17 to 18. Black Hawk Waterloo August 14 to 15.
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Iowa
Lee County
Donnellson
Mississippi Valley
Davenport
Big Four
Nashua
Elkader Fair
Elkader
Delaware County
Manchester
Wapsie Valley
Central City
Davis County
Bloomfield
Union District
West Liberty
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tama County
Gladbrook
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Army Worm Infestation Hits Sudan Grass Near Maynard
Army worms have infested nearly all sudan grass fields around Maynard. First seen at Herbert Malvern farm one mile north, the pests spread to hay and pastured fields. Farmers plowed furrows, spread poison bran, cut grass for ensilage, and trenches were dug.
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Maynard
Sudan
Herbert Malvern
Louie Ponsar
Most Of The Corn Dented In Fayette
Fayette county crops improve after wet week with four and a half inches of rain across six of eight days. Pastures are good, alfalfa yields a strong second crop and soybeans show remarkable growth while corn appears headed for a large crop despite ear worms and army worm damage. Farmers battle pests with poison bran as moisture supports continued growth.
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the Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
Linn C T A No 3 Averages 27.3 Lbs Butterfat In July
Central City report shows Linn County Cow Test Association No 3 with 271 cows, 21 herds, averaging 648 pounds milk and 27.3 pounds butterfat in July. The Batchelder herd leads with 39.2 pounds butterfat. high cow into Batchelder with 1572 pounds milk and 62.9 pounds butterfat. Paul Henderson tester.
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Central City
Linn County
Emma Batchelder
V L. Smith
Fay French
Snyder Brothers
Center Point
J. J Mills
Coggan
Batchelder
Paul Henderson
Illinois Farmers To Hear Sec Wallace Aug 19
About thirty thousand farmers from northern and central Illinois and southern Wisconsin are expected at a mass meeting in Rockford on August 19. Secretary Henry A. Wallace will be the principal speaker en route from Washington to Des Moines, at the Winnebago County Farm Bureau sponsored event.
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Rockford
Illinois
Wisconsin
Winnebago County Farm Bureau
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Des Moines
Estate Lands Bring High Auction Prices Near La Porte City
The W. A Boyd estate consisting of three farms near La Porte City and Vinton sold at auction Friday. Senator Richard Lee bought an eighty acre parcel with no improvements for 64 per acre, A. F. Boyd of Vinton paid 64.50 for a quarter section with fair improvements, and 120 acres with lesser improvements near Vinton sold for 28 per acre.
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LA Porte City
W. A Boyd
Richard Lee
Dysart
A. F. Boyd
Vinton
Aaberg Reports Two Thirds Of Corn Not Yet Released
Iowa farmers pay off government loans and release corn for sale at about 1,000,000 bushels daily. Two thirds of the 130,000,000 bushels valued at $61,000,000 remain locked under the plan. Southern Iowa drought strains farmers while northern and eastern Iowa foresee average corn yields.
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Aaberg
Des Moines
Iowa
H C. Aaberg
Farm Bureau Elects Polk Township Officers
Samuel Porter was elected chairman of a newly organized Farm Bureau unit in Polk township Benton county. Other officers are Roy Petro vice chairman Mrs Charles Hoffman secretary and treasurer Mrs Antony Sand chairman of womens work.
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Urbana
Samuel Porter
Polk Township
Benton County
Roy Petro
Charles Hoffman
Antony Sand
Ruptured Men Offered Free $3.50 Truss Trial
An ad from Kansas City Kansas City Mo claims a new rupture treatment by Dr Knaiser provides a free $3.50 truss with a 30 day trial. It says no leg straps belts or pads are needed and urges ruptured individuals to contact Dr Knaiser at 3464 Koch Bldg 2906 Main St for the trial offer.
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Kansas City
Dr. Knaiser
Koch
Main St
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