Timothy Seed Crop Seen At 73 Percent Of Ten Year Average
The Agricultural Marketing Service projects 1939 timothy seed yield at 55.98 million pounds from 1.244 million bushels, about 73 percent of the 10-year average. Iowa shows the largest drop, with production down 14 percent from 1938, while Ohio notes a marked rise. Harvest began mid July with prices around 3.45 a bushel clean seed, and carryover on farms is estimated near 327,000 bushels. Exports for the first half of the year reach 5.92 million pounds.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Ashington
D. C
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chickasaw Dairyman Makes Timothy En silage
In New Hampton Maine a Chickasaw county dairyman stored timothy silage using 40 pounds of molasses per ton. He built a container for the ensilage cutter, added five gallons of molasses and ten gallons of water per load. His 16 by 45 silo, nearly filled to the top, yielded timothy from 55 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Lou Maine
Chickasaw County
Timothy Ensilage
Timothy Maine
Timothy
State Fair Schedule Of Dairy Cattle Judging
Des Moines announces dairy cattle judging at the Iowa State Fair with Aug 28 Ayrshires judge C Y Cannon Ames and Aug 29 Jerseys and Guernseys judge C S Rhode Urbana Michigan. Aug 30 Guernseys and Holsteins judge M J Regan Columbia Missouri. Aug 31 Holsteins and Brown Swiss judge M J Regan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. Y. Cannon
Ames
C. S. Rhode
Urbana
M. J. Regan
Columbia
J. P. Eves
Chicago
Fence Drift and Soil Fertility Questions by FSA Official
Indian apolis regional chief B W Lodwick of the FSA tenant purchase program asks why destroying soil fertility is as unacceptable as burning buildings. He notes buildings can be replaced but soil loss is permanent.
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B. W. Lodwick
Indianapolis
FSA
Iowa dairy cows dry in July push fall freshening
July reports from Iowa cow testing associations show 11 percent of cows dry, up from 9 percent in June. Average butterfat fell to 262 pounds from 295 as 25 711 cows submitted data. Top herds included R C Brown Paullina and Warren Dice West Liberty with high butterfat figures. Top associations listed North Tama Iowa Dickinson Clay and Fremont Page Mills leading in yields.
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Ames
Iowa
Arthur Porter
Ames Extension Dairsman
Towa
R. C Brown
Paullina
Warren Dice
West Liberty
F. A. Mitchell and Son
Iowa Falls
George Tieden
Elkader
Bobbitt Bros
Thurman
John Hamilton
Hampton
Bush
Dickinson-Clay
O'Brien
Fremont-Page-Mills
Linn
Dallas-Boone
Buckhorn Creamery to Mark 40th Anniversary Picnic
Maquoketa observances mark the fortieth anniversary of the Buckhorn creamery with a morning inspection, a noon picnic, and afternoon sports events entertainment and a bake show hosted in town on August 24.
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Maquoketa
Buckhorn Creamery
4-H Beef Show At Maquoketa Wednesday
Four-H baby beeves and purebred beef heifers in a Jackson county 4-H exhibit for a special award will be judged in Maquoketa Wednesday at 11 am. County Agent F. E. Krause said today. Judges will be Ferd Schmidt of DeWitt and Chauncey Mayer of Bellevue, both breeders.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
F. E. Krause
Ferd Schmidt
DeWitt
Chauncey Mayer
Bellevue
Cedar county hay harvest and corn crop outlook this week
Heavy rains last week moisture to support a large corn crop in Cedar county with only a few sandy hillsides showing yellow. The third cutting of alfalfa hay is expected to begin this week in Cedar county.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Seed Act Becomes Effective in 1940
Washington D C The new federal seed act signed Aug 9 1939 becomes effective in 1940 It will control quality of imported agricultural and vegetable seeds restrict seed screenings and noxious weed seeds labeling in interstate commerce and prohibit false advertising It imposes dates Feb 5 1940 for imported and agricultural seeds and Aug 9 1940 for vegetable seeds The act ends prior seed legislation and places administration under the Agricultural Marketing Service with inter state cooperation and forthcoming regulations to be clarified at public hearings
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
American Seed Trade Association
Department
Fairs This Week Across Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa hosts multiple fairs and 4-H shows this week. Events include the Iowa Livestock Exposition at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids August 13 to 18 and the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport August 13 to 19. Other fairs run August 15 to 18 in Buchanan County Independence and Louisa County Columbus Junction, with county 4-H shows in Johnson City Iowa City August 16 to 18 and Tama County Gladbrook August 17 to 19 and Winneshiek Decorah August 17 to 20.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Independence
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tama County
Gladbrook
Winneshick County
Decorah
Three Blue Ribbon Winner Mare Captures Seven Day Span
A yearling mare owned by Keegan Brothers of Ryan earned three blue ribbons in seven days. Photographed Saturday with Earl Keegan at Walker she topped her class. Earlier wins included Central City August 6 Linn County Fair and Manchester August 9 Delaware County Fair.
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Keegan Brothers
Ryan
Earl Keegan
Walker
Central City
Linn County Fair
Manchester
Delaware County Fair
Future Farmers Tour Eight Days At Cost Of $5.75 Each
Grinnell Future Farmers group of twenty five returned from an eight day trip across Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Kansas Missouri and Iowa. Leader Kenneth Thatcher accompanied by Henry Ashby Lyle Crisman and Ivan Empey.
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Future Farmers
Grinnell
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Kenneth Thatcher
Grinnell High School
Henry Ashby
Lyle Crisman
Ivan Empey
Estes Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
the Garden of the Gods
Royal Gorge
Farm Bureau Day Set For Iowa State Fair Program
Iowa Farm Bureau federation will sponsor Farm Bureau day at the 1939 state fair on Monday August 28 starting at 9 30 am with a band concert and community singing. A recognition program honoring state fair champions and 4 H boys and girls will follow along with brief addresses by Farm Bureau leaders and honors for Farm Bureau women. The morning event ends at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Better Vaccine Credited For Less Horse Ailment
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa reports fewer sleeping sickness cases in horses this year. Veterinarian K W Stouder credits widespread use of a better vaccine for the decline and warns August typically brings more cases. Farmers should watch for equine encephalomyelitis symptoms.
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Ames
Iowa
K. W. Stouder
Ames Extension Service
Stouder
Keokuk County Fair Marks Golden Anniversary at What Cheer
WHAT CHEER The golden anniversary of Keokuk County fair and a homecoming for old fair association members and boosters is planned during the fair Aug 19-22. Entry day is Saturday with a full program starting next Sunday. A livestock parade is planned Aug 22.
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Keokuk County Fair
What Cheer
Keokuk County
Old Fair Association
Heifers Bring $9 At Chicago Market for 723-Pound Lot
C H Leppert of Al Yamakee county feeder sold thirty nine hundred twenty three pound heifers at Chicago for nine dollars per hundredweight.
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Waukon
C. H. Leppert
al- Yamakee County
Chicago
Division Heads Named For Allamakee Fair
Allamakee county fair in Waukon September 5 to 8 announced division superintendents. H L Stock leads livestock, Ed Promnitz poultry, Otto M Olson agriculture, Iva Phipps fruit, Mrs Charles Colsch flora hall, Miss Minnie Nagel home economics and culinary, Mrs James Whalen educational, Mrs Fred Beall flowers, Fred O Riley 4 11 livestock, Mrs John Livesind 4 H girls, and Mrs Harve Miller women’s department.
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Waukon
Allamakee
H. L. Stock
Ed Promnitz
Otto M. Olson
Iva Phipps
Charles Colsch
Minnie Nagel
James Whalen
Fred Beall
Fred O'Riley
John Livesind
Harve Miller
Notable Local Moves and Tragedy Reported in Gazette
Ten to twenty years ago items recall mixed life events. Charles Kun ing family heads to New York City with relatives while Don Barnes sails from Europe with Mrs Barnes. A plane crash near Lake Erie saves a pastor’s wife. flagman William Coates dies heroically ensuring a child’s safety.
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Charles C. Kuning
Virginia
New York City
Clayton Kuning
Don*Barnes
Chicago
Mrs. Barnes
New York
Lorraine Dieman
Dorothy Stark
Rose Kos
Honolulu
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Lake Erie
Cleveland- Detroit
Cyril Caldwell
E. B. Richards
Cedar Rapids
Poultry Fanciers of America
Niagara Falls
Matt J. Miles
Carmody
William Coates
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
Krejci
A. F. Groeltz
Fred
Yellowstone Park
Corn Bins To Cost 91 Cents A Bushel
Government contracts 25 500 steel grain bins with total capacity of 43 279 000 bushels will cost $3 611 520 at 9 1/2 cents per bushel. Delivery to start by Aug 25 and finish by Oct 10, to be shipped from factories in Omaha Kansas City Sioux Falls Galesburg Cincinnati and Mansfield to AAA county committees.
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Washington
Omaha
Kansas City
Sioux Falls
Galesburg
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Ohio
AAA
Illinois cattle feeders day set for August 25
Urbana Illinois announces the annual cattle feeders day at the University of Illinois Urbana scheduled for August 25. The event highlights livestock feeding practices and university outreach.
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Illinois
Urbana
University of Illinois
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
Daily menus adapt to feed two adults and three children for about twelve dollars weekly. Recipes aim for balanced calories and energy with protein minerals and vitamins to support growth and health.
Festive Meal Plan With Recipes Promo
Daily menus list breakfast lunch and dinner items with quantities for peaches cereal bacon cucumber tomatoes and more. It includes desserts, coffee milk and butter allowances and a pitch for Special Cakes leaflets and Meta Given booklets via Cedar Rapids Gazette.
4-H Youth Conducts Corn Breeding Research
Glen Bakehouse of Hedrick Keokuk county is one of two farm youths chosen by E W Lindstrom head of plant genetics at Ames for field corn breeding work. A special inbred developed by Lindstrom was planted in an open pollinated field and detasseled and pollinated to create a top cross.
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Glen Bakehouse
Hedrick
Keokuk County
E. W Lindstrom
Ames
Dr. Lindstrom
Bakehouse
Butterfat Averages Drop In Winneshiek Cattle Test
In Decorah the Southeastern Winneshiek testing association reports July saw an average butterfat decline of six pounds per animal from 490 cows due to heat flies and low pastures. Average milk 578 pounds and butterfat 21.7 pounds. Martin Bergan led butterfat with 31.4 pounds. Willard Torgim Holstein tied high producer with 817 pounds. T E Selness kept production steady by feeding 17 pounds of sweet clover ensilage. grain plus pasture reduced losses versus pasture only.
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The
Gazette
Decorah
Southeastern Winneshiek Testing Association
Miles Daly
Martin C. Bergan
Springfield Township
Willard Torgrim
Springfield
T. E. Selness
Highland Township
Luana Farms Sold At 112.50 An Acre
Hubert Doerring purchased 80 acres near Luana from Arthur Kamp for 9000 dollars. Possession on March 1, 1940. Lorenz Doerring bought 80 acres from the George Engelhardt estate for 5000 dollars with possession to pass at once.
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Luana
Hubert Doerring
Lusiana
Arthur Kamp
Lorenz Doerring
Here
George Engelhardt
Happiest When Trying To Manage Lives Of Others
Mary Manners answers Dear Miss Manners about a wife whose husband travels, suggesting the wife make the home so attractive he won t want to leave. The column notes wandering is like a disease and may resolve if he finds a welcoming, stable home or the wife joins him on the road.
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MS. K
Mrs. K
Miss Manners
Lil
Dear Miss Manners Advice on Skipping Group Dates
A reader asks if they can decline joint dates with a friend and her boyfriend without hurting feelings. The answer says to decline frequently if needed while acknowledging appreciation for company and suggests finding a separate date sometimes. It notes that a threesome is not ideal for satisfaction.
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Miss Manners
M. M
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