1935 AAA expenditures total 807 million for farmer payments
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports 1935 fiscal year spending of 807,686,134.47 from available funds 960,334,220.63 with major outlays in rental and benefit payments to farmers under five commodity programs and substantial drought relief and removal of surplus operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
Comptroller of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ward
Trust Fund
Southern Rice Marketing Agreement
Acid soil finds majority of Jackson county samples
Special to The Gazette Maquoketa reports FE Krause tested soil samples in Jackson county last year. Twelve of thirteen samples showed acid soil conditions, indicating widespread acidity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
FE. Krause
South Dakota Embargoes Alfalfa From Infected Areas
Des Moines AP. South Dakota joins Iowa in an embargo on alfalfa imports from regions hit by the alfalfa weevil. The ban covers shipments from Idaho Utah and parts of California Oregon Wyoming and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ray Murray
Agriculture
C. A. Russell
South Dakota
Iowa
Idaho
Utah
California
Oregon
Wyoming
Nevada
Champion Demonstrators To Be Named Friday
Ames reports one hundred 4 H girls' demonstration teams from more than 1 000 Iowa clubs began a week long contest at the Iowa state fair to crown five divisional champions and a grand champion for 1935. County representation is promised by Mrs Edith Barker assistant state girls club leader. A final selection will be made Friday with a special exhibition Saturday. Winners in divisional contests receive trips to the national club congress at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Edith Barker
Chicago
Threshermen set 3 654 bushel record near Water loo
Ben J. Schulte and son threshers on the Clem Schulte farm in Water loo township Allamakee county threshed 3 654 bushels in less than two days setting a local record among threshing crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ben J. Schulte and Son
Clem Schulte
Waterloo Township
Allamakee County
Farmer Dvorsky Pioneers Contour Cultivation in Johnson County
James Dvorsky, one mile east of Newport near Morse, Johnson County, farms 117 acres terraced to prevent soil erosion. With his son he has built seven-year terraces, practices contour plowing and planting, grasses waterways, and crop rotates corn oats and clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
James Dvorsky
Newport
Morse
E. L. King
Marion Camp
Iowa
Mr. Dvorsky
Mr. King
Dvorsky Farm
H. J. Shold
J. M. Colgan
R. R. Harvey
Northeast
Austria
Oxford
Dvorsky
Marion
State Pulling Contest Draws Fifteen Teams at Iowa State Fair
Ames Iowa fifteen top pulling teams are expected to compete August 28 and 29 at the state fair with regional winners advancing. Class under 3000 pounds targets 3150 pounds while over 3000 pounds aims for 3500 pounds. Harry Linn leads the event with Byron Virtue supervising the dynamometer and ground reconditioning. Bleachers now hold 7000 to 8000 spectators.
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Ames
Iowa
Byron T. Virtue
Extension
Virtue
Harry Linn
Town Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Timothy Yields 8 Bushels To Acre
The Gazette reports the largest timothy seed yield in this vicinity for the season was threshed Friday for Louie Dirks and Henry Hinricks totaling 135 bushels from a 17 acre field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Dirks
Henry Hinricks
Unimproved Forty Brings $70 An Acre
A Dysart farmer Edwin Bahr bought the Gus Schierher forty acre unimproved tract for 70 dollars an acre. The Gardner estate farm of 126 acres in Geneseo township was sold to F Willard Gardner of Washington DC for 34 dollars 50 cents per acre. The J G Dempsey 154 acre farm near Dysart has been rented for next year by Frank Parizek at eight dollars an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Bahr
Dysart
Gus Schierher
Gardner
Geneseo Township
Fred Lockard
F. Willard Gardner
Washington, D. C
J. G. Dempsey
Frank Parizek
Pony And Colt Show Planned For Springville Fete
A pony and colt show is part of Springville harvest home and ox toast celebration. Linn county representative B B Hickenlooper will speak. Music by Springville school band. Premiums for corn potatoes tomatoes apples pears grapes plums flowers. Exhibits by 10 a.m. Robert Bair chairs exhibits. Barbecue at noon. Street sports at 1 p.m. Anamosa vs Lisbon ball game at 2 p.m. Evening dancing closes the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Springville
B. Hickenlooper
Linn County
Robert Bair
Anamosa
Lisbon
Live Poultry Now Under The Packer And Stockyards Act
Roosevelt amendments place live poultry under the secretary of agriculture. Federal licenses may be required for dealers in designated cities and markets to curb excessive charges and deceptive practices at terminal markets. Rules and administration fall to the Packers and Stockyards division of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Packers and Stockyards
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Claims For Livestock Damage Mount In Tama
A Tama County report shows rising claims for livestock damage by wolves or dogs. Traer residents lead filings with amounts for ewes, lambs, calves, and goslings, including John Weiler 40 for two ewes and five lambs and Milo Zmolek 20 for a calf twelve weeks old. Other claimants include J M Neil, Theodore R Kober, Mabel Montgomery, Frank Hayek Jr, Joe Palek, W H Jessen, and L J Branson from various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
L. M. Youngman
John Weiler
Traer
Merrill B. Wood
J. M. Neil
Lincoln
Milo Zmolek
Theodore R. Kober
Mabel Montgomery
Montour
Frank Hayek, Jr
Chelsea
Joe Palek
W. H. Jessen
Dysart
L. J. Branson
Boost in Soybean Oilmeal Duty Requested
American Soybean association delegates at Purdue urged increasing the tariff on soybean oilmeal imports from 6 to 9 dollars per ton due to record soybean acreage and a prospective bumper crop. If unmet, they urged quotas under recent agricultural act amendments, citing potential price declines for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
United States
American Soybean Association
Purdue University
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Congress
Pair Of Milking Meets Scheduled At Buchanan Fair
Independence Tuesday entry day opens the Buchanan county fair with judging at 9 30 a m on Wednesday Farm Bureau day. Milking contests include a milkmaids event and a business men milking contest. Saddle horse shows run daily with the grand champion crowned Friday evening. Baby beef calves in 4 H sell Friday. Friday also features the livestock parade horse pulling and trotting and pacing races with free acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
Farm
Cedar county fair offers 2500 cash prizes this year
Tipton officials announce the twenty-seventh Cedar county fair to run Tuesday through Friday. R. M. Willer is president, C. S. Miller secretary, H. S. Smith vice-president, and F. W. Spear treasurer. Many entries in 4-H beef dairy pig lamb and colt clubs plus 4-H girls poultry and potato classes. Each evening features a society horse show and strong race entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Friay
the Fair Association
R. M. Willer
C S. Miller
H. S. Smith
Stanwood
F. W. Spear
Steers Top Chicago Market At 12.85 A Hundredweight
Clarence Finn of Cascade led a Chicago market sale with 1,268 pound steers averaging 12.85 per hundredweight. Louis Finn consigned 1,308 pound cattle at 12.75, N J Hoffman sent 1,205 pound steers at 12.60, and Joe Wnetter’s load averaging 1,070 pounds sold for 11.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Clarence Finn
Chicago
Louis Finn
N. J. Hoffman
Dubuque County
Joe Wnetter
Ames AAA Powwow Ends Off The Record In Ames
Secretary Wallace and state and AAA officials wrapped up a regional three day meeting in Ames with no action taken. Six dozen agricultural officials from twelve north central state colleges discussed regional agricultural adjustment programs and planned continued work at state colleges. Additional regional discussions are slated for Athens and Stoner Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
AAA
Logan
Utah
North Central
North Central States
Athens
Stoner
Conn
Wisconsin Cheese Output Reaches Record 1934 Levels
Wisconsin produced 333 million pounds of cheese in 1934 the highest since 1925 and up 6 percent from 1933 butter also rose 3 percent. American cheese accounted for 252 million pounds up from 238 million in 1933. Swiss fell after a 1934 August cheese holiday. Milk products like brick Munster cream Neufchatel and Limburger posted gains with Italian cheese doubling from 1933. Ice cream output rose to about 4.5 million gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Limburger
Bowman Warns Of Joker In Iowa Moratorium Law
M L Bowman Iowa farm debt advisor warns farmers facing foreclosure to beware a joker in the moratorium law in cases started after March 1 1935 If foreclosure began earlier redemption may extend to March 1 1937 Farmers should seek lawyer aid or consult local advisory committees before a decree or judgment is issued Bowman notes more than 2000 foreclosures began as crops improve and urges informant help from county committees to understand rights
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
M. L. Bowman
Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council
Iowa
Bowman
East Iowa Fairs and 4-H Shows This Week
Local fairs and 4-H events fill the week across Iowa. Des Moines hosts a fair, Buchanan county fair runs August 27 to 30 in Independence, Cedar county fair in Tipton, and Van Buren county fair in Keosauqua from August 27 to 30. Clayton county fair holds at National with a Hazleton community fair August 30 to 31. Winneshiek county 4-H show is set for Decorah August 30 to 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Independence
Tipton
Keosauqua
National
Hazleton
Decorah
Two Conferences On Home Economics At Ames This Week
About 100 Iowa high school girls will attend the second annual Iowa home project conference at Ames August 25 to 28. Miss Mary Francis, state supervisor of homemaking education, announced. In charge is Miss Opal Baer from Spirit Lake. Key speakers include Mrs. Madge McGlade of Iowa State College and Mrs. W Hagan Wellman of Cedar Falls. A fifth annual conference for vocational homemaking instructors follows, with theme The Girl and Her Home in Relation to Curriculum Building. Speakers include Miss Florence Falgatter, Miss Frances Zuil, Miss Hazel Huston, Miss Mary S Lyle, and Prof W H Lancelot. The second conference runs Wednesday to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Mary Francis
Des Moines
Opal Baer
Spirit Lake
Madge McGlade
Towa State College
W. Hagan Wellman
Cedar Falls
Florence Fallgatter
United States Department of Education
Frances Zuil
University of Iowa
Hazel Huston
University of Ohio
Mary S. Lyle
Iowa State
W. H. Lancelot
Shorthorn Show At Des Moines Ranks Among Best In Years
Open class judging at the state fair in Des Moines opens with the strongest Shorthorn show in years as the national event runs with the fair. New livestock arrivals include two trains from Springfield Illinois. 4-H poultry honors go to Pearl Paustion and Martha Kronenberg for team title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Springfield
Pearl Paustion
Scott County
Martha Krone
Clemens Poultry Farm
Record Apple Crop Promises 500 Bushels in Fayette County
A Fay ette county farm east of here expects a record apple crop of 500 bushels this season. The estimate comes from D. C. Carvey, the farm steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnan
Fayette County
Here
D. C. Carvey
Foreign corn imports exceed domestic marketings in late August
Imports of foreign corn reached 1 436 000 bushels for the week ended Aug 23, led by Argentina and arriving mainly on the Atlantic coast with 94 000 at Chicago and 240 000 at Pacific coast ports. Domestic marketings totaled 1 353 000 bushels. Texas white corn sold at Kansas City and St Louis for 83 cents per bushel, with new crop bids at 87 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
George W. Ramsey
Cedar Rapids
Texas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ticket Sales At West Union Fair Top 1934 By $1 735
West Union reports the eighty second Fayette county fair earned 9 783 92 in ticket sales over last year, up 1 735 82. Concession income also is projected to exceed 1934 by about 500 dollars. Ideal weather prevailed with a light rain on day one and mild temperatures. drafts and farm horses, farm machinery, and automobiles drew record crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasetts
West Union
Fayette County
Jackson Soy Acreage Greater Than Last Year
Special to The Gazetta reports Jackson county farmers expect a larger soybean harvest than last year. F. E. Krause notes rising yields while Otto Weideman near Maquoketa brings in a seven foot tall soybean plant. Most local crop will be cut for seed and grain, with a substantial acreage reserved for hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazetta
Maquoketa
F. E. Krause
Jackson County
Otto Weideman
Kenwood Savings Bank Property to Be Sold in Cedar Rapids
D W Bates Superintendent of Banking seeks authority to sell the north half of the southwest quarter of the northeast Quarter of Section 18 in Linn County Iowa to Herman Pleper for five hundred and ninety dollars cash. Hearing set August 31 1935 at Cedar Rapids Court House. objections or bids may be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pist Rice Court
D. Bates
Iowa
Fife
Kenwood Raving” Bank
Rapids
Gran Ersonk
Kenwood Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Towa
D. W. Bates
State of Jews
Cedar Roads
Herman Pleper
Lows
W. Bater
Pnankine
State of
Sforesaid
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Triple A
Washington
Adjustment Administration
Willie Willis
Pugs
Ory
Uwe Major
Buster
Ahern
Timothy
Springville Fete
Tama
Williams
Buchanan Fair
Stephen Simkhovitch
Hollywood
Codir Rapids
Ars
West Union Fair
Jackson
E. Cohn & Sons
L Street
Elon
Ticura Peete
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