Apple and other fruit crops show mixed 1937 Iowa state gains
A Aug 1 crop report notes Iowa apple yield at 1 131 000 bushels up 51 percent from 1936 but 24 percent below the 1928–32 five year average. U S apple crop totals 202 274 000 bushels, with peaches 59 108 000 and pears 30 388 000 bushels, the largest pear crop on record. Iowa grape crop 5 200 tons and potato crop 5 440 000 bushels, sweet potatoes 285 000 and sweet corn 145 600 tons. Tomatoes for canning 25 500 tons nationwide, with market tomatoes 78 000 bushels in Iowa. Overall favorable growing conditions despite scab in orchards. fairs set in Allamakee County Sept 7–10.
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ES Moines
Leslie M. Carl
R. S. Herrick
Iowa Horticultural Society
Iowa
United States
East
Middle West
Pacific Northwest
California
Towa
Lowa
Bug invasion hits crops and livestock in heat wave
Reading from a farm update R F A notes worms including cut, army, codling and tent worms plus grasshoppers damaging crops. A new bug aboard a bus is harming horses. Farmers hope a sharp freeze will help corn after a heat spell. Pollination was near complete before the latest heat wave.
44 States Now Free of Bovine TB
Tuberculosis in cattle has been nearly eliminated across 44 states, officially designated by the USDA as modified accredited areas. The designation indicates infection levels below 0.5 percent by tuberculin testing, with California, South Dakota, New York and New Jersey still affected. About 3,002 counties or 98 percent are nearly free, while work continues in 61 counties.
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United States Department of Agriculture
California
South Dakota
New York
New Jersey
United States
Teams Admitted race To Louisa Fair This Week
Teams will be admitted free to the Louisa county fairgrounds Tuesday to Friday this week. Over $3,000 in premiums and special prizes in 4-H club classes are provided by three breed associations, Miller farms at Ainsworth, and Evergreen farms at Columbus Junction. Highlights include children’s day on Wednesday, a kittenball tournament, and band music.
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Columbus Junction
Miller Farms
Ainsworth
Evergreen Farms
Lareno
Jackson County Cow Test Assoc Plans Picnic at Lake Far Jes Wood
Preston The Jackson County Cow Test association will hold its first annual picnic on August 20 at Lake Far Jes Wood near Preston. A cattle lodging contest opens at 9 am. The Ed Schlemma herd of grade Guernsey Spragueville led the association in July with 988 pounds of milk and 3963 pounds of butterfat. High individual is grade Holstein Fred Mohr of Preston with 1752 pounds of milk and 37 pounds of butterfat.
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Preston
Jackson County
Farm tenancy program costs shrouded in astronomical sums
Washington officials told Congress the farm tenancy plan would require astronomical funds. The plan would start with 10 million dollars next year for tenant loans, rising to 25 million, then 50 million annually, plus 10 million for submarginal land purchases. Dust Bowl areas would receive priority amid fears the program cannot reach more than a few hundred counties in its first year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
House Appropriations
House
Milo Perkins
The
Resettlement Administration
Perkins
Great Plains
Rowley Steers Bring $16.50 Cwt at Waterloo
Special to The Gazette. Thedens, near Rowley, sold twenty Hereford steers at Waterloo for 16 dollars 50 cents per cwt. Average weight 975 pounds. Cattle fed on ground corn oats oilmeg molasses with alfalfa hay, gaining about two and a half pounds daily since Nov. 11. Highest price paid by Waterloo packer this year. Chicago bids 16.75 per cwt for same grade. Thedens raised ten cattle and bought ten on Omaha market last fall.
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Rowley
P. C
Thedens
Omaha
Winner at Walker Colt Show Tops Junior Class
Chiff Hoffman of Walker won the junior class at Walker Saturday with his colt, pictured with Sam Shaffer of Center Point. Shaffer’s colt was the sire. Wendell Heiserman of Rowley won the senior class top colt. Thirty two colts were judged in the Homecoming show. Phil Gibson of West Liberty served as judge.
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Walker
Chiff Hoffman
Sam Shaffer
Center Point
Linn County
Shaffer
Wendell Heiserman
Rowley
Phil Gibson
West Liberty
Phosphate Boosts Oat Yield in Iowa Demonstration
The Decorah area report shows a 14.5 to 15 bushel per acre gain from TVA phosphate demonstrations, with Albert Womeldorf’s fertilized oats yielding 54.8 bushels per acre on 13.4 acres, compared to 40 bushels on a 32 acre unfertilized check. Bruce Kilpatrick notes the result as the highest in Iowa so far. The field used 43 percent TVA phosphate and 100 pounds per acre, with a legume mix. Demonstrations cover Allamakee, Fayette, Winneshiek and Clayton counties under the Northern Iowa Soil Improvement association. Floyd Parks leads the effort.
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Decorah
TVA
Iowa
Bruce Kilpatrick
Ames Extension Agronomist
Albert Womeldorf
Womeldorf
Allamakee
Fayette
Winneshiek
Clayton Counties
Northern Iowa Soil Improvement Association
Floyd Parks
Combination Feed Mill And Granary On Anamosa Farm
A 31 by 40 foot corncrib is being built on the Ray Griswold farm near Anamosa and will include a grinding mill with chutes from grain bins, a blower to carry grist to a 300 bushel bin, and scales and an elevator. The crib will hold 3,500 bushels of corn and 3,000 bushels of oats. A poultry house on the R. D. Finnigan farm for 1,200 chickens is under construction with water piping throughout.
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Anamosa
Ray Griswold
R. D. Finnigan
Fairgrounds Projected For Johnson 4-H Show
A plan to raise funds to build permanent structures for the Johnson County 4-H show was announced. E. L. Hegg, manager of the Johnson County Farmers Livestock Marketing Association, will sponsor the project. The annual event is currently held in the University of Iowa Field House.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
E. L. Hegg
Johnson County Farmers Livestock Marketing Association
University of Iowa
Fairs This Week Across Iowa County Fairs and 4-H Shows
Fairs listed for August 15 to 21 include Mississippi Valley fair in Davenport and multiple county fairs and 4-H shows in Black Hawk Waterloo Benton Independence Elkader Louisa Johnson Winneshiek Iowa Tama Marengo Gladbrook and Decorah towns with events running August 16 to 21. Highlights include 4-H shows in Cedar Rapids area and a corn carnival at Tama county farm.
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Davenport
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Vinton
Buchanan
Independence
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Johnson County
Iowa City
Winneshiek
Decorah
Iowa County
Marengo
Tama
Gladbrook
Butter Supported By Possibility Of Government Buying
New York City Colonel L Brown notes butter prices held better than last year with a possible government purchase stabilizing the market. Aug 1 holdings stand at 124,030,000 pounds, below the 5 year average but above 1936 and 1935. Imports and duties on Danish and Australian butter dampen trade impact while egg production remains steady amid high feed costs and warm humid weather keeps demand weak.
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New York City
Treasury Department
Australia
New Zealand
Alsike seed crop down about a quarter this year
The 1937 alsike clover seed crop is expected to be about 25 percent smaller than 1936 due to drought damage to spring seeding in 1936. Yields per acre may exceed last year, with Oregon and Idaho reporting four to eight bushels, and prices around 20.25 dollars per 100 pounds. Imports for the year ended June 30, 1937 reached 3,138,700 pounds.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Middlewest
Oregon
Idaho
Evans And Brown To Speak At Iowa City AAA Picnic
Evans and Brown, Washington agricultural experts, will headline the eastern Iowa AAA picnic in Iowa City on Tuesday. Mayor Myron J. Walker delivers the welcome, with responses by M. F. Sullivan and Ralph W. Smith. Entertainment includes the Cedar county Farm Bureau band, Linn county male quartet, and 4-H club girls from Linn and Johnson counties.
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Iowa City
Iowa
R. M
Spike
Evans
Harry Brown
Washington
Myron J. Walker
M. F. Sullivan
Johnson County Conservation Committee
Ralph W. Smith
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Linn County
Linn and
Johnson County
Cattle Bring $15.35 A Hundredweight At Traer
TRAER F O Sieh and Son of Traer sold forty five head of Shorthorn cattle averaging 1,200 to 1,300 pounds to Roy Cooper for 15.35 per hundredweight, the highest price in years. Cattle were fed near Dinsdale and trucked to Waterloo Wednesday. Cooper also paid 14 per cwt for twenty head of 1,200-pound cattle fed by John W. Young. John Caslavka received 14.50 per cwt for three carloads of 1,050-pound cattle to Cedar Rapids Wednesday.
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TRAER
F O. Sieh
Roy Cooper
Henry Sieh
Dinsdale
Waterloo
John W. Young
John Caslavka
Cedar Rapids
Farm Sale Traded For House Near Fairbank
George Potts sells his 50 acre Hazleton area farm two miles east to Eugene Moore of Fairbank. Part payment is a house and lot in Fairbank. Possession to be given November 1.
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Hazleton
George Potts
Eugene Moore
Fairbank
Health Champion Fern Betz of Fayette County
Fern Betz, 16, daughter of Albert and unnamed Betz, is Fayette county’s 4-H health champion. The Maynard High School senior from a farm near Maynard enjoys community work and 4-H projects. She previously helped Fayette county’s 4-H demonstration team at the Iowa State Fair and will compete in the Des Moines fair health contest.
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Fayette County
Fern Betz
Albert Betz
Maynard
Fern
Maynard High School
Des Moines Fair
Argentina Corn Imports Drop to About One Million Bushels
The federal bureau of agricultural economics in Washington reports Argentine corn imports fell to roughly 1,000,000 bushels last week. Domestic corn receipts at principal terminals reached 1,807,000 bushels, while shipments from Argentina to the United States last week totaled 811,000 bushels.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Argentina
United States
AAA Advises 20 Per Cent Cut In Fall Wheat Seeding
Washington based AAA urged farmers to plant 20 percent less winter wheat this fall to avoid potential price declines. The group cited an 890 million bushel crop expected from August 1 conditions and warned that repeating this yield could depress prices next year.
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AAA
Washington
INS
Johnson Small Grain Yield Doubled From Last Year
IOWA CITY Johnson County farmers anticipate a near 100 percent normal corn and small grain crop this year County Agent Emmett C Gardner said the small grains yield has nearly doubled last year and the county is assured of a large corn harvest barring extreme weather events
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Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmett C. Gardner
Gardner
Sleeping sickness hits horses in thirty Iowa counties
Des Moines reports sleeping sickness affecting horses across 30 Iowa counties. State veterinarian Dr. H. A. Seidell says serum is used by some farmers while others hope cold weather ends the outbreak. Most cases center in Missouri Valley, Hamburg, Norway near Cedar Rapids, and Dike near Watersloe. He denies serum shortages and says he ordered serum shipped into Iowa after contacting a Fort Dodge company.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
H. A. Seidell
Seidell
Missouri Valley
Hamburg
Norway
Cedar Rapids
Dike
Watersloo
Otto S. Muniz
Greater
Kline Sells 170 Hog Carcasses at 12.85 Cwt Near Vinton
Allan B. Kline, a farmer and hog producer near Vinton, sold 170 hogs averaging 273 pounds to a Waterloo packing company for 12.85 per hundredweight. He still has 330 butcher hogs, 750 spring and summer pigs, and plans to market in about forty days.
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Vinton
Allan B. Kline
Waterloo
Kline
Judges Announced For Iowa City 4-H Exhibits
Iowa City officials released the panel of judges for the annual 4-H exhibits to be scored August 18 19 and 20. The judges include Mrs N May Larson from Iowa State College Mrs Josephine Bakke former state leader of girls 4 H clubs Ernest Wright of the Iowa State Dairy Association W F LaGrange from Iowa State College and W M Vernon of the Ames extension service.
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Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardner
Johnson County
N May Larson
Iowa State College
Josephine Bakke
Ernest Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
W. F. LaGrange
W. M. Vernon
Ames Extension Service
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