North English Farmers Repurpose Hillside for Silo Use
Farmers across the North English area dedicate silos and trench structures to store fodder amid a scarce feed season. Joe Kelley uses a south slope gully for a trench silo while others extend or repurpose silos and pit silos. Prices: corn fodder at 75 cents per bushel. tomatoes cabbages watermelons and cantaloupes transporting to Muscatine.
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Joe Kelley
North English
Lyle
Pete” van Auken
George Thorpe
Ensilage
Quincy Lockridge
Iowa County
Lewil Miller
Keokuk County
Iowa City 4 H Show To Continue Through Saturday
Rain delayed the Johnson county 4 H club show opening but organizers announced plans to run the event through Saturday. The program began with a band concert and health contest winners, rescheduled for Friday evening. Livestock judging and exhibit inspections marked the start at Dan.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Wee
Fence Drift and the Food Myths of an Era
A poem by R. F. A reflects on a rugged pioneer figure of the past who ate with a knife and farmed with grit. It contrasts old manners with modern economic strain and questions whether national progress hinges on traditional eating habits or practical capability. The piece honors endurance and a vanishing way of life.
Fair Schedule Shows Week of Events Across Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa fairs and livestock shows run mid August across multiple counties and towns including Davenport Nashua Elkader Manchester Central City Wapsie Valley Bloomfield West Liberty Cedar Rapids area Johnson County 4 H Town City Tama County Gladbrook Hardin El Dora Jasper Newton Osage and Mitchell County Osage August 12 to 22 with various 13 to 18 day spans.
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Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Davenport
Big Four
Nashua
Elkader
Delaware County
Manchester
Wapsie Valley Central City
Davis County
Bloomfield
Union District
West Liberty
Johnson County
Town City
Tama County
Gladbrook
Hardin County
Eldora
Jasper County
Newton
Mitchell County
Osage
Fifty three Iowa counties released for corn hog payments
AAA Checker John B Wilson Jr recommends release of Kosuth Monona and West Pottawattamie counties bringing the total to fifty three. Checks totaling about 300000 were distributed in Cass Louisa Audubon Monror Lucas counties as more payments flow into Iowa. Doris Pain of Wilton Busy Bee 4 H club will represent Muscatine county as health champion at the state contest in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
AAA
John B Wilson
Towa
Cass
Louisa
Audubon
Monror
Lucas
Hardin County
Jefferson County
Wilton Junction
Doris Pain
Wilton
Livestock Judged at Manchester Fair Finally Underway
Delaware county fair activities resume after rain delayed Wednesday’s events. Holsteins, Guernseys, Beers and Herefords win top prizes with junior and senior champions across breeds. The grand champion is a Hereford calf shown by Joe Tibbott. Horse shows, race days, and ball games fill the program with exhibitions by 4-H clubs and the Iowa Fish and Game display. The Dyersville, Manchester, and Maquoketa Valley teams also schedule games through Friday.
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Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Fair
J B Nieman
Guernseys
Henry Allenstein
Lamont
Aitchison Brothers
Monticello
Jerome Satterlee
Theodore Martin
Mount Vernon
Roy Wessel
Greeley
Aberdeen Angus
Cliff Robinson
Masonville
H E. Carrothers
Aberdeen
Angus
Harold Childs
Joe Tibbott
Vinton Carruthers
William Burbridge
Iowa Fish and Game Association
R. W Barsalou
Dubuque
Dyersville
Maquoketa Valley
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau program draws 200 at Van Horne picnic
Laurel Deiterick of Brooklyn spoke to about 200 Benton county Farm Bureau members at the annual picnic in Van Horne. He compared Benton to a paradise after Poweshiek county's scant rainfall and urged farmers to avoid politics and support the New Deal. Rain delayed forenoon contests until after dinner. The county 4-H band directed by L Lyman performed and will appear at the state fair August 24 and 25.
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Gazette
van Horne
Laurel Deiterick
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
Benton County Farm Bureau
Benton County
Legionhall
Keokuk Farm Women to Exhibit at State Fair
Keokuk county Farm Bureau women will display their first home project booth at the Town state fair. County chairman of women's work is Mrs Rollin Brown with committee members from Sigourney and Delta. The booth shows baskets pillows maps and files and Brown enters the public speaking contest on August 25 about The Farm Women and the New Deal.
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Charette Sigourney
Keokuk County
Farm Bureau
Rollin Brown
Tisha Moorman
Maurice Soulis
Grace Shana
Harley Utterback
Sigourney
Ernest Green
Delta
Plank Township
Edith
Anna Brower
Joe O'Brien
Ira Snakenberg
Clemens Striegel
Ed Blattner
Marjory Shanafelt
Booth
Gordon Beman
Otis Taylor
J. E. Zepp
Clilic
Glen Sorden
Webster
Green
Brown
What’s What Out on the Acres Cream Test and Hogs
Interview with Edward H. Pufahl a Luana area farmer born 1891 on the farm. He discusses cream testing 42 47 butterfat hog totals 140 150 per year direct marketing corn hogs program and farm finances taxes and barn details including an 8200 dollar 1922 dairy barn with eight by sixteen inch walls and a 14 by 42 foot silo.
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Edward H. Pufahl
Luana
Country Woman Plans Larder Despite Aches and Wilt Reaping
A country woman narrates a morning filled with physical and mental aches from digging potatoes and planning a winter larder. She can can 500 quarts but has only filled 63 so far, with 10 pints of jam and butter, as school approaches and cucumber patches suffer wilt. She urges revival of grandmother era preserves like pumpkin and cantaloupe butter and watermelon pickles to fill shortages.
Holstein Dominance in Fayette County C T A Report
West Union C T A records show Holstein cows leading the Fayette No. 4 district in the 1933 34 year ending June 30. The association tested twenty one herds with 460 cows including 107 purebreds and 113 first year heifers. Average production per cow was 324 2 pounds butterfat and 8056 pounds milk.
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West Union
Fayette No. 4
K. J. Kerr
Grant Lauer
Mr. Lauer
J. C. Mathews
R. F Learn
Max Grafenberg
Walter Dullard
C. H Schroeder
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Annual rainfall update shows a 24 hour total of 0.26 inches as of 7 am Thursday. August to date totals stand at 1.78 inches with normal 1.85 inches and a 0.07 inch deficit. Year to date precipitation is 13.61 inches versus normal 21.10 inches, a 17.49 inch shortfall since January 1.
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International News Service
Records Show Top Holsteins and Butterfat Leaders
Holsteins and grade Holsteins led the dairy show with four cows producing over 500 pounds of butterfat. H N Turner’s purebred Naomi topped the list with 539.8 pounds, Beas at 538.1, Breesie 528.1, and Annie 517.8 pounds for the year among noted owners and breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Turner
John C. Lueder
Annie
Grantet
Drought Shoats Bring 3 To 4c Pound At Auction
Two hundred head of hogs and 100 head of cattle from the drought area were sold at the consignment sale in Columbus Junction. Shoats brought three to four cents a pound, and light stock cattle from three to four and a quarter cents. Twenty five milk cows sold from 27 to 28 dollars each, common milk cows brought from 16 to 23 dollars.
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Gasette
Columbus Junction
Use of Farm Labor Drops Off in July
Employment of hired farm workers declined in July across crop reporting areas. On Aug 1 the average was eighty seven hired hands per 100 farms, down from 102 on July 1, with the drop broad except for a small rise in the Rocky Mountain region. Wheat harvesting began in spring areas while drought reduced labor in the west north central states.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Elgin Canning starts 1934 sweet corn pack early
Elgin Canning began the 1934 sweet corn pack on Tuesday, about two weeks ahead of previous years. The corn is reported to be of good quality and the packing process should take about six weeks to complete.
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Elgin
Elgin Canning Company
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