Corn In East Iowa Report Good To Excellent
Iowa corn began to shoot ears across the state with eastern regions rated good to excellent. Roasting ears appear in early fields while some late corn in southern counties may yield a small crop if not drowned or smothered by weeds. Rain is needed, strong winds and heat caused damage last week, threshing lags behind, and seed costs have fallen to about one dollar per bushel. Sweet corn canneries near start. earworms are plentiful but not as bad as last year. Gardens require rain.
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ES Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Fence Drift in the troven aire
Poet R. F. A. Avenue of flags shares a quirky vignette about a cow barn at milking time. A row of tails hangs from a litter carrier cable, and the animals’ kicks lead to bucket drops, illustrating rural humor amid farm life.
Wheat yields reported on Riverside area farms
On the Mrs. Mary Armbruster farm north of Riverside twenty acres of mats averaged 60 bushels per acre. Ambrose and Frank Bopp, east of Riverside, report 48 bushels per acre. John H. Younkin yields 36 bushels per acre.
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Mary Armbruster
Riverside
Ambrose
Frank Bopp
John H. Younkin
Threshing Ring Finishes At Dysart Farm
A threshing operation at the T G Jensen farm near Dysart completed Tuesday. Six acres of timothy yielded about 42 bushels.
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Dysart
T G. Jensen
Threshing Update From Sand Springs and Surrounding Areas
North of Sand Springs Earnest Gearhart Earl New Russel Guthrie Perry De Shaw Nelson Freeze and Mike Kraus thresh 193 acres of oats yielding 8735 bushels the oats are high quality rainfall needed in the area South Bethel threshing finished oats lighter than some years but straw abundant corn and gardens need rain Timothy and clover threshing plans noted Clutier Chrudimsky Brothers near Cluner marketed the first new oats of the season delivering about 4000 bushels at the elevator with excellent quality and weight per bushel
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Sand Springs
Earnest Gearhart
Earl New
Russel Guthrie
Perry de Shaw
Nelson Freeze
Mike Kraus
South Bethel
Clutier
Chrudimsky Brothers
Cluner
Cluner Tey
Badly damaged crop note apricots bumper in Williamsburg
Fragments describe an apricot crop bumper east of Williamsburg with trees bearing more than expected fruit. Text mentions years and farm references but is heavily garbled and uncertain.
Cholera Strikes Hogs in Buchanan County
Reports indicate a cholera outbreak among hog herds in Buchanan County with numerous animals affected and warnings issued to farmers. Authorities urge vigilance and quarantine measures while veterinarians assess the situation.
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Buchanan County
Economist claims farmers still pay the processing tax
Prof Geoffrey Shepherd of Ames argues that farmers bear the pork processing tax through benefit payments and production cuts, while packers widen margins and consumers see no price rise for pork given fixed supplies. He notes data show packers cover the tax and the tax acts as a production control with no one truly paying the tax directly. 15 percent of drought-related pork prices cited.
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AMES
Geoffrey Shepherd
Prof
Shepherd
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Health Champions Named in Jones County Fair
Louise McColm 15 and Raymond Naylor 14 were named 4-H health champions of Jones county and will compete at the Des Moines state fair. Louise scored 98.3 and Dick 96.5 in county examinations conducted by Anamosa doctors H F Dolan Fred Sigworth and A N Trevarthen.
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Anamosa
Louise McColm
Morley
Raymond “Dick” Naylor
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Des Moines
McColm
Gwen
Jones
Louise
Dick Naylor
H. F. Dolan
Fred Sigworth
A. N. Trevarthen
Economist questions pork reductions and tax impact
The total hog number drop on January 1 1935 compared with the previous year was 30 percent. Half owed to the AAA and half to drought. Prof Shepherd says if drought alone caused the drop consumers would face the same prices with the processing tax. He notes food has long been bought at bargain prices, while industry cut production 40 percent during the depression to defend a 10 to 15 percent agriculture aims.
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AAA
Shepherd
Prof. Shepherd
Cedar 4-H Judges Top Grain Contest At Davenport Fair
Cedar county 4-H wins grain judging at Mississippi Valley district fair with 2650 points led by Edward Safely Chester Bolton and Lester Chambliss Scott county second 2639 Edward Safely top individual 894. Livestock judging team Scott 4078 Cedar second 4038 Lester Chambliss high Cedar 1373. Grand champion 4-H litter Duroc exhibited by Betty Neuman Muscatine county. Holstein champion helper Martin J Warren Iowa City Johnson county club boy.
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Gazette
Davenport
Cedar County
Edward Safely
Chester Bolton
Lester Chambliss
Scott County
Scott
Robert Sage
Harold Schuett
Lester Thms
Duroc
Betty Neuman
Muscatine County
Martin J. Warren
Iowa City
Johnson County
Fayette C T A Averages 24 6 Butterfat In July
Fayette County testing group records July results with 378 cows on test. Grant Lauer of Eldorado posted high individual butterfat at 578 pounds and milk 1 376 pounds from a grade Holstein. John Mathews of Elgin led the herd with 339 pounds butterfat and 624 pounds milk from eleven grade jerseys.
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West Union
Fayette No. 4
Grant Lauer
Eldorado
John Mathews
Elgin
West Branch Tomato Harvest Under Way
West Branch reports the contracted tomato crop of under 300 acres begun with weekly deliveries to the station as crops ripen. Weather brought weeds and challenges but tomato quality is high with more fruit per vine. Oats threshing nearly finished, Timothy in shock, soybeans look fine, and fruit trees heavy with apples peaches and pears. Conesville growers market first cantaloupe. early sales by George Brown Charles Wagner Fred Stratton and Hal Wolford. Sweet potatoes promise a large crop and watermelons peak in ten days cucumbers sell for a dollar a bushel.
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West Branch
Conesville
George Brown
Charles Wagner
Fred Stratton
Hal Wolford
Co-Ops In Iowa County Plan Picnic On Aug 29
Marengo plans an all county cooperative picnic for August 29 with support from the creamery shipping association oil company and Farm Bureau among others preparations are underway and details on speakers program and location will be announced later.
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Iowa
Marengo
Iowa County
Creamery
Oil Company
Farm Bureau
Soybean Convention Set for Aug 21 23 in Indiana
The fifteenth annual meeting of the American Soybean Association will be in Evansville on August 21 and 22 and in LaFayette on August 23. President K E Beeson notes the group includes growers processors researchers and agronomists focused on soybeans.
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Indiana
Lafayette
Ind
American Soybean Association
Evansville
K. E. Beeson
Cedar County Farm Bureau Picnic Date Moved
Tipton reports the Cedar County Farm Bureau picnic at Weeds Park Muscatine now set for August 21 due to state fair conflicts with the previous Aug. 22 date. The event involves local residents and farm bureau members in the region.
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Weeds Park
Muscatine
Record Butter In Storage Hits 149 707 000 Pounds
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports 149 707 000 pounds of butter in storage on Aug 1 up from 96 574 000 on July 1 and 109 671 000 on Aug 1 1934. Eggs poultry and ducks storage figures are listed with July and Aug 1 comparisons and five year averages.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
A. G. Black
United States
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Surplus Relief Administration
Clutier Elevator Doubles Capacity to 65 000 Bushels
Nye and Jenks sell the Clutier elevator built in 1919 to E W Taylor and EF M Taylor of Omaha. The facility gains a truck lift by compressed air and rebuilt scales. An expansion adds a nearly double storage, reaching 65 000 bushels total.
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Clutier
Gazette
Nye
Jenks
E. W. Taylor
EF. M. Taylor
Omaha
Fruit Tree Grafting Demonstration Set at Frank Walker Farm
A grafting and budding demonstration for apple trees will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19, at the Frank Walker farm one-half mile west of Monticello. H. E. Nichols, Ames extension horticulturist, will conduct the event sponsored by the Jones County Farm Bureau.
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Monticello
Frank Walker
H. E. Nichols
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Jones County Farm Bureau
Husking contest planned in Jones County this fall
Anamosa reports plans for a county corn husking contest in Jones County this fall. Farmers with suitable corn fields are asked to contact the Farm Bureau office in Anamosa for participation details.
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Anamosa
Jones
Farm Bureau
Wheat Contracts From 11 Iowa Counties Sent To Washington
Iowa let wheat contract compliance forms from eleven counties Davis Floyd Franklin Greene Ida Jones Keokuk Marion Palo Alto Ringgold and Story have been forwarded to the audit section in Washington. Thirty eight more county associations have forms at the state office being checked before sending them to Washington. There are eighty wheat control associations in the state.
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Gazette
AMES
Iowa
AAA
Washington
Ames Extension Service
J. W. Merrill
Davis
Floyd
Franklin
Greene
Ida
Jones
Keokuk
Marion
Palo Alto
Ringgold
Story
Kildee to Judge Major Livestock Shows This Fall
Ames H H Kildee dean of agriculture will judge at national and international livestock events this fall. He handles Poland China and Spotted Poland China classes at Springfield Des Moines Waterloo and other breeds at fairs in Illinois California Iowa and Chicago including Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Jersey and beef cattle drafts and Angus classes.
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Ames
H. H. Kildee
United States
Springfield
Des Moines
Waterloo
Ill
St. Louis
Sacramento
Calif
Chicago
2000 Poults Die in Storm and Dogs Kill Sixty Turkeys
Wellman farmers suffered losses Friday night as more than 500 poults perished at the B. C. Foster farm and over 1,500 at the A. M. Shrock farm during a storm. Marauding dogs killed sixty young turkeys for C. D. Nejdley the same night.
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Wellman
B. C. Foster
A. M. Shrock
C. d. Nejdley
Oats and Barley Shipped From Dysart in Ten Days
Six carloads of oats and two carloads of barley have been shipped from Dysart over the last ten days.
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Dysart
Brandon Eighty Sells for 5000
Special to The Gasette. Victor Uthoff of Garrison purchased the 80acre Charlier farm southeast of Brandon from James Blake for 5500 cash. Possession set for March 1, 1936, with plans to convert the property into a dairy operation. Other Iowa land trades include Roland Trotter exchanging 80 acres for a 160acre farm near Hardy, five Jewell farm sales at 65 to 125 per acre, and nearby Ellsworth and Ellsworth-area deals ranging from 65 to 125 per acre.
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Brandon
Victor Uthoff
Garrison
Charlier
James Blake
Cedar Rapids Realtor
Uthoff
Iowa
Associated Press
Roland ‘Trotter
Goldfield
Hardy
N. W. Freeman
Jewell
P. B. Peterson
Ellsworth
W. L. Rierson
Roland
Irma Mott
Davenport Corporation
Thoreson Brothers
Goodman Hall
Sioux City
Sam Ostebee
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
Barn raising at Gearhart farm near Hopkinton completes structure
Twenty men assisted in an old fashioned barn raising two miles west of Hopkinton under Joe Rogers supervision. The new barn measures 64 by 40 feet with a modern 24 by 40 foot cow barn section at one end, clear of posts.
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Hopkinton
Gearhart Farm
Joe Rogers
How One Man Lost 25 Pounds
John Lethaby of Portland Oregon relates his six week experience with Kruschen Salts. He weighed 199 pounds with a 40 inch chest and 42 inch waist, then after six weeks on the regimen his waist decreased to 36 inches while chest remained 42. He praises increased pep and vigor and claims lasting youth. He advises taking half a teaspoon in hot water before breakfast and cutting fatty foods. The advertisement notes a four week supply and money back guarantee via May Drug Company and local druggists.
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John Lethaby
Portland
Ore
England
Africa
Brazil
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