Corn Crop In Iowa Shows Strong Early Mears Amid Small Frost Risk
Reports from Hazleton Traer and Manchester describe a near bumper corn crop with late rains benefiting soybeans and pastures. Oats and wheat yields exceed averages while drought damage appears limited to lighter soils near Lamont Delhi Sopkinton. A notable Iowa All-Iowa show entry profiles John C Adams Linn County farmer with an open pollinated dent variety raised from mixed initial stock.
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Iowa
Lamont
Manchester
Delhi
Sopkinton
The
John C. Adams
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Adams
Mr. Adams
Farm lands sold at $110 an acre near Keystone
Special to The Gazette. Van Horne auctioneer and farmer Tony Schmitz purchased the 160 acre Louis Troitz farm seven miles northwest of Keystone for $110 an acre. He plans to invest about $2000 in improvements.
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van Horne
Tony Schmitz
van Norne
Louis Troitz
Keystone
Calmar Creamery Pays Butterfat to Patrons in July
In Calmar the local creamery offered patrons 36 cents a pound for butterfat during July as part of its purchase program. The announcement appeared in The Gazette and noted payment terms and qualifying conditions for farmers delivering dairy fats.
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Calmar Creamery
Bpecin
The
Gazette
Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Uly
Property Sale Advertises 100 Acre Farm With Buildings
Closing out sale of a 100 acre farm with a 40x52 storage building and a large garage. Includes windmill powered water system, cistern, pump, and black loam soil. farm described as tilable and well maintained. Terms announced sale day. sale starts at 1:30 PM with broker and clerk notices.
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Granars
Tomy
ED Smahel
Gro Ff Parizerk
Avetlonerr Swishlr Trust & Say
BANK
Market Report Signals Crop Gluts and Varied Prices
The report notes tomatoes at about 76 cents a bushel, crabs for pickling at $1 a bushel, and raspberries and blackberries at 15 to 20 cents a quart. Oats and hay yields are good with threshing done at 50 to 60 bushels per acre. Watermelons and cantaloupes sell for 14 to 15 cents a pound, grapes 20 cents per hand basket.
Hatchery output for seven months shows 7.6 million dollars
Washington reports July hatchery output at 492 percent below last July with 412000 chicks from 122 plants. For the first seven months of 1937, eggs set totaled 333,088,000 and 87,606,000 chicks hatched, down from 1936. Poultry activity fell across eggs, chicks, and poults in the period.
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Gareette Washington
Bureaue of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Turkey
Year’s Farm Imports Valued At 1 039 239 000
Washington AP reports farm products imported into the United States were valued at 1 539 239 000 in the 1937 fiscal year, up nearly 400 million from 1936. A separate export tally fell by about 30 million to 73 830 000, with drought in 1934 and 1936 cited as boosting imports and prices.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Co-Op Creamery Names Members In Central City
Central City and area patrons will receive membership certificates from Farmers Mutual Creamery. The certificates show ownership and voting rights at the annual officer election. From 28 members in 1931 the cooperative grew to about 500 patrons with Johnston as termaker and Harold Williams as president, aided by Earl Batchelder.
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Central City
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Johnston
Harold Walliams
Earl Batchelder
West Liberty Barrows Win At Illinois State Fair
West Liberty farmer John Hendricks won three first prizes at the Illinois state fair in Springfield last week with grade and crossbred market barrows. He earned best entry in the 220 to 260 pound class the pen of three 220 to 260 pounders and champion in 220 to 260 pound hogs.
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West Liberty
John Hendricks
Ilinois
Springville
Eastern Iowa Coopcharges Rebels Force Delay in Rural Electrification
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Co-Operative officials accuse disloyal subordinates in the REA of thwarting farm electrification across five Iowa counties. The dispute centers on rejected bids, curbed power flow, a pending lawsuit, reduced loan funds, and a stalled study, with strong criticism of REA engineers and a call to overhaul the department’s leadership.
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Ashington
D. C
Iowa
REA
Cedar County
Eastern Iowa
Scott County
Municipal Electric
Muscatine
Strong
Maquokela
Carmody
Washington
Morris L. Cooke
G-Men
Federal Department of Justice
Justice Department
MM. T. Ramsey
Eggs Seen Higher in Early 1938 than 1937
Washington reports from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics indicate large storage eggs and a expected cut in the 1938 laying flock. Prices for chickens may rise modestly after a weak 1937 with fall prices near 1936 levels if incomes hold.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Limestone Available In Clayton At 75 Cents Ton
Farmersburg area gains all weather farm to market roads and soil lime from a quarry at Arthur Henkes farm. A concrete company's screenings cost 75 cents a ton delivered to farms, about half usual price. Seventeen farmers in the demonstration area participate with the soil conservation service. Don Sheetz reports 1 365 tons of lime trucked to farms within five miles to be spread on fields.
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Gazette
Farmersburg
Arthur Henkes
Soil Conservation Service
Don Sheetz
Steers Bring $17 65 A Hundredweight In Chicago Trade
Tipton Ray Murphy Cedar county feeder sold a load of 1 193 pound steers mostly Angus at Chicago for 17 65 per hundredweight.
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Tipton
Ray Murphy
Cedar County
Chicago
Tama County 4-H Livestock Show Grand Champions Named
Gladbrook host event with Walter Piepert’s Hereford as grand beef, Jim Stephenson’s Angus reserve, and dairy titles to Russell Lyon Traer for Jersey honors and a Holstein senior yearling champion by Donald Mitchell. Ayrshire champ Leroy Smith and Shropshire, Hampshire, and Duroc winners noted among numerous breed champions.
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Walter Pieppert
Dysart
Tama County
Jim Stephenson
Russell Lyon
Traer
Lyon
Donald Mitchell
Leroy Smith
Ayrshire
Janet McElhinney
Marvin Whannel
Ethel Koster
Alline Stavely
Hampshire
Ernest Zmolek
Dean Fleming
Elmer Leuthie
Leland Sealock
Paul Klink
Wayne Stevenson
Berkshire
Clarence Wiese
William Irvine
Clover Clovers
Crystal Sunbeams
Arnquist
Jean Bruene
Robert Winders
Leroy Luckies win Benton County fair home efficiency prize
The Leroy Luckies 4-H girls team Emma Grunewald and Rachael Plagmann of Blairstown won the girls home efficiency demonstration on Ironing Efficiency and will represent Benton County at the Iowa state fair. St Clair Steady Climbers and Harrison Busy Bluebirds tied for second and both advance to the Dairy Cattle congress at Waterloo. John Herman, 14, of Vinton won the grand championship.
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Vinton
Benton County
Leroy Luckies
St. Clair
Harrison
Bluebirds
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Emma Grunewald
Rachael Plagmann
Blairstown
John Herman
Colum bus Junction fair tops in baby beef and livestock prizes
Kenneth Blasi of Wapello led the grand champion Angus in the Louisa county fair at Columbus Junction with Eugene Small of Wapello winning senior Angus. Vernon Hafner Letts claimed reserve Hereford, Warren Martin Columbus Junction top Shorthorn, and Morning Sun entries shaded several classes. Roy Coverdale judged 27 baby beeves. nine beeves and two purebred heifers moved to Ottumwa for state fair.
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Kenneth Blasi
Wapello
Vernon Hafner
Letts
Warren Martin
Blasi
Eugene Small
Hafner
Tom Pagemiller
Morning Sun
Roy Coverdale
Elwood
Packing Company
Ottumwa
Lucille Bieri
Harry Hafner
Bull Green
Dick Duncan
Fred Stone
Bud Kerr
Jack Estes
Shropshires
Ida Bruner
Dwight Pogemiller
Shropshire
Cedar Farm Bureau Picnic Planned in Muscatine Park
The Cedar County Farm Bureau holds its annual picnic Friday at Weed Park in Muscatine. Local growers and families are invited to attend a day of food and community activities hosted by the Cedar County Farm Bureau.
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Cedar County Farm Bureau
Weed Park
Muscatine
Auditor's Office
Cedar County
Towa
Washington County 4-H Clubs Elect Leaders at Meeting
Donald Marek was named president of the Washington county boys 4-H clubs with William Walker as vice president, Richard Birney secretary treasurer, and Merle Warner historian. Thirty boys underwent county health exams and 4-11 show results will be announced next Wednesday.
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Washington
Donald Marek
William Walker
Richard Birney
Merle Warner
Washington County
Washington County Health Unit
Veterinarians Pick New York City For 1938 Convention
The American Veterinary Medical Association voted to hold its 75th annual convention in New York City from July 5 to 9, 1938. The group, organized in New York in 1863, has previously met there for its 25th and 50th conventions. The five day event closed with an all day clinic and demonstration led by Dr. J. E. Weinman of Lincoln.
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Omaha
American Veterinary Medical Association
New York City
Association
New York
J. E. Weinman
Lincoln
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