Tankage In Dairy Ration Suggested By Ames Extension Man
Ames Extension recommends tankage as a low cost protein source for dairy cows. High grade tankage contains 56 percent digestible protein, enough to allow smaller rates but risks odor tainting milk. A sample ration with tankage limits to two pounds daily and advises feeding after milking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Earl Shultz
Ames Extension Service
Mr. Shultz
Ames Dairyman
Fence Drift Poem Broadcast By RFA Note
The verse by RFA wishes readers a joyous Christmas season and brighter days ahead. It speaks to every passerby and hopes for increasing happiness with each coming Christmas.
Rowley Farmers Resume Corn Shredding and Stacking
Farmers in the Rowley vicinity have resumed corn shredding and stacking after snow delays. Acreage left to husk is heavy for this time of year and more crops remain in the field than in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
Cost of Production Bill to Be Revived
A radical farm bloc in Congress plans to counter the administration’s policy with a bill led by Senator Thomas of Oklahoma to guarantee domestic cost of production for crops. The program includes farm mortgage refinancing under the Frazier Lemke act, higher government loans at 1 1/2 percent interest, and continued processing taxes, with no amendments to the moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ins
Congress
National Farmers Union
Farm Holiday Association
Thomas
Oklahoma
Frazier-Lemke Dill
North Dakota
Durdick
Lemke
Farmers Union
AAA
Helene Dilger Resigns to Work in Black Hawk County
Miss Helene Dilger home demonstration agent in Madison county resigns from Winterset duties and will start new duties January 15 in Black Hawk county to succeed Miss Mae Anderson, subject to release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Waterloo
Helene Dilger
Madison County
Winterset
Black Hawk County
Mae Anderson
Plager Reviews Results Of Forage Conservation Project
Waterloo reports the AAA forage conservation drive boosted corn fodder by 1,000,000 acres with 80,000 tons contracted. 166 contracts totaling 5,300 tons canceled due to prices and other forages. Demand grows with weather, shipments start, and the program aims to fill orders while maintaining No. 1 or No. 2 quality fodder for producers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
AAA
Ames
Stover
U. S
Forage Conservation Office
95 Percent Of Iowa Beet Growers Sign 1935 Contract
Ninety five per cent of Iowa sugar beet growers eligible to sign the 1935 production control contract did so in meetings ending Saturday. H E Nichols Ames extension horticulturist led the program. Meetings next week will form five community associations with a three member control committee each and a Mason City based board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpecini
Ames
Iowa
H. E. Nichols
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Towa
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Kossuth
Hancock, Wright
Winnebago
Mason City Sugar Beet Growers’ Production Control Association
Hulmes Sweep Major Awards At Traer Winter Fair
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hulme dominate Traer Winter Fair with grand and reserve champions across multiple grain classes. The event drew 300 birds and 900 ears of corn, while E J Dinsdale and Elmer Paustian claimed several top prizes in the amateur division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRAER
W. J. Hulme
4-H Show Offers Ear and Bean Prize Winners
Paustian had the smallest ear in the show while James Spiers took the freak ear prize. E. J. Dinsdale won first in cars and Myron Schuchart first in soy beans. Elvin Thede earned grand champion ten ears and ten ears in hybrids. Delmar Thede claimed both grand and reserve ten ears and single ears in multiple hybrids. Elmer Paustian won ten cars, open pollinated and single car open pollinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paustian
James Spiers
E. J. Dinsdale
Myron Schuchart
Elvin Thede
Delmar Thede
Elmer Paustian
Trucks Deliver 54 Percent Of Hogs At Chicago
At Chicago Union Stock Yards during November trucks moved 37.94 percent of live market stock, totaling 4 714 rail cars. Hogs carried by trucks numbered 190 657 head, 54.42 percent of open market hog receipts, with calves, cattle, and sheep also showing substantial truck totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Young Mares In Demand At Chicago Horse Auction
Demand for young mares was keen at Union Stockyards Chicago where 300 horses were sold. Top team brought $370 and single horses topped at $185. Sales overall were strong despite light eastern buyers from Ohio and Michigan. Most horses sold between $75 and $115 with many in the $100 to $140 range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Chicago
Union Stockyards
Ohio
Michigan
Merriam Fears No Hand Shakers At Inaugural Ball
Governor Merriam of Hopkinton Iowa expects many handshakes at his inaugural ball but jokes he will handle it with a cow milking grip saying it’s all in the wrist action and that he used to milk cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriam
Sacramento
Calif
Hopkinton
Second installment corn hog checks arrive in Iowa counties
Jackson county reports 1 200 checks totaling over 118 000 will be distributed starting Wednesday to 1 537 signed contracts for 1934. In Black Hawk county checks totaling about 187 000 arrived with distribution in Waterloo while Fayette Farm Bureau notes 139 441 73 in second installments with 1 hog dollar and 14 11 cents per bushel on corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
F. E. Krause
Jackson County
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Fayette
Fayette Farm Bureau
4-H Judging Meet Set For Ames Convention
4 H judging meet scheduled Thursday at Ames during the 4 H Boys Short Course on December 26 27 and 28. about 500 Iowa 4 H club boys expected. Special certificates will be awarded to participants who qualify in livestock and grain judging contests and to others for distinguished service. officers elected Thursday night with retiring officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Keokuk County
Harold Rice
Cerro Gordo County
James Kerns
Webster County
Forrest Breniman
Poweshick County
E. J. Pilchard
Illinois
Alfalfa Hay Tops at $22 a Ton Near Blairstown
Special to The Gazette reports the Barthelmes estate sale two miles east of Blairstown saw alfalfa hay bring $22 per ton while new corn sold for 85 cents a bushel crib measure. A high cow brought $32.50 and machinery prices were fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairstown
J. L. Barthelmes
Coming Farm Auctions Near Anamosa Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon
Farm auction notices list multiple sales on December 26 and 27 with buyers and locations including Howar Hart 7 miles NW Anamosa Cedar Rapids area Emma Gean Riddle 1 mile SE Mount Vernon Tom Bushnell 14 miles NW Coggan Little and McClintock Estate 334 miles NE and an Angus auction on January 2 in Columbus Junction by Midway Sales Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hanzlik
Cedar Rapids
Emma Gean Riddle
Mount Vernon
Tom Bushnell
Coggan, Little and McClintock
Eipsine
Miles Neale
Angus Auction
Columbus Junction
Midway Sales Co
St Lucas Creamery Posts Yearly Butterfat Figures
St Lucas Farmers' Creamery reports 274000 pounds of butter sold on the New York market for 62793.68 dollars in the year ended December 1 1934. Cream received totaled 8 130049 pounds with 27.19 per cent average test yielding 22102832 pounds butterfat for 56883.24 dollars. Overrun averaged 24.07 percent and butterfat cost 26.5 cents per pound with manufacturing costs of two cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PST. Lucas
New York
St.Lucas Farmers’ Creamery Company
BE. V. Bodenstein
A. E. Mitchell
Anton Schlichte
T. Perry Sons
Rowley Creamery Pays Thirty Cents For Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Co operative Creamery pays thirty cents a pound for last half of November butterfat, per secretary Joe Mc Grath. Butterfat during the first half of November brought twenty nine cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
County 4-H Agent Rehired for Six Months
J Marken assistant county agent and boys 4-H club agent in Black Hawk county was rehired for another six months by the Farm Bureau board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garett Waters Loo
A. J. Marken
Black Hawk County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Seed Directory Issued At Ames For Iowa Farmers
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers executive Joe L. Robinson with the extension service issues a twenty seven page seed directory listing sources and addresses of most farmers with seed for sale. Prices for next spring are expected to rise sharply with limited seed availability in some grasses and legumes. Out of state soybean seed and farm seed concerns are being coordinated through county agents and area farm bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Ames
The
Extension Service
Small Grain Growers’ Association
Illinois
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shultz
Ray Anderson
Buehler Bros
RFA
Riverside Feed Mill
Mth Ave
Frank Patek
Allen Motor CO
Gedur Rapids
Ousette
Farm Union
Holiday Ass'n
Frazier-Lemke
Naving
Corgon
Followite
Chester White
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
W F Mitchell
Rufus Sisler
L. W. Plager
Hulmes
Merry Christmas
Harper’s Auto
Fifth Avenue
Chicago Horse Auction
RCA Victor
RADIO
Luberger
Jackson
Howar Hart
Anamosa
St. Lucas Creamery
Rowley Creamery
Verrie Merrie
Kitterman
Third Ave
GER & Sons
Merry
Hladky
Fourth Avenue
Bowen
Third Avenue
4Th Ave. and
2Nd St. SE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!