Iowa Nurseries Ship Stocks to Many States and Nations
State Entomologist C. J. Drake reports Iowa nurserymen shipped trees shrubs berry plants bulbs and other stock to most states and to Canada Mexico and other nations in 1932. The largest nurseries are in Shenandoah Charles City Hampton Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport Center Point and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Moines
Iowa
C. J. Drake
Drake
Secretary of Agriculture
Ray Murray
Canada
Mexico
South America
Australia
England
China
Shenandoah
Charles City
Hampton
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Center Point
Sioux City
Europe
Council Bluffs
Boone
Flavor of the soil Iowa sketch by Jay Sigmund
A reflective passage, credited to BFA, contemplates modern Iowa and its people. It recalls a coined phrase Flavor of the soil by Jay Sigmund, praising authentic rural character over sensationalized farm youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Sigmund
Iowa
Constipation Relief Claim by Mrs King with All-Bran
A voluntary letter from Mrs. Doris Eyre King of Oxford reports eleven years of chronic constipation ending after four months of using All-Bran. The ad claims bulk plus vitamin B aid intestinal tone and blood iron, with two tablespoonfuls daily and doctor advice if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Eyre King
Abbey Road
Oxford
England
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Nursery Inspection Co Operation Cited In Iowa
Dr Drake notes eleven years with no serious trouble from nurserymen and praises cooperation. The Iowa nursery inspection is satisfactory and two to three graduate pest control students aided the effort on a temporary basis. Confidential handling of infested plants prevents competitors from learning the findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Iowa
Farm Union Opens Livestock Loading Station At Waterloo
Special to The Gazette. The Farmers Union Shipping association of Hudson opens a livestock loading station at Waterloo for open market consignments. William H. Holub named manager with full authority granted at the annual meeting in Hudson. Albert Fickler of Chicago spoke. all officers and directors were re elected. One hundred fifteen decks handled at Hudson in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Farmers’ Union Shipping’ Association of Hudson
William H. Holub
Holub
Hudson
Albert Fickler
Farmers Union Commission Company
Chicago
Cow In Clayton Produces High Butterfat In January
Edgewood Lenhajah Ormsty De Kol a purebred Holstein owned by Smith Brothers near Garber topped Clayton county Cow Test for January with 2573 pounds milk and 95.2 pounds butterfat. The Smith herd of seventeen Holsteins averaged 1243 pounds milk and 43.3 pounds butterfat. Ed Doerring of Luana led a second herd of eighteen grade Guernseys averaging 821 pounds milk and 36.7 pounds butterfat, with eighty cows in the association producing over forty pounds butterfat that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Lenhaha Ormsty de Kol
Smith Brothers
Near
Garber
Clayton County Cow Test Association
Evert H. Neal
Smith
Ed Doerring
Luana
Mixed Grain Brings 19c At Edgewood Sale
Edgewood sale of Ed Ashline and the State bank of Edgewood postponed from two weeks ago sold mixed oats and barley at 19 cents per bushel. Oats brought 13 14 and 14 cents a bushel. straw went for 1.50 a ton. Grade Holsteins sold from 20 to 35 dollars. Hogs sold in lots from 1 to 3 dollars per head. Machinery brought various prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
Ed Ashline
State Bank of Edgewood
Ames Extension Stirs Plans for Keokuk County Day
Mrs. Mary Gregg of the Ames extension service will meet with Farm Bureau committee women and leaders February 22 to plan the annual Keokuk County achievement day on March 30. Mrs. Rollin Brown serves as county chairman of women's work.
Madison 4-H Health Meet Highlights Local Scores
Lucille Livingstone led the health contest for Madison's Merry Maidens 4-H club at Ruth Hansen's home. Ruth Hansen placed second and Miriam Courtney finished third. Mrs. Paul Smith leads the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Center Junction
Lucille Livingstone
Madison
Merry Maidens
Ruth Hansen
Ruth
Miriam Courtney
Paul Smith
Farm stock and supplies auction notice
Four head good work horses seven head milch cows sixty three Chester White hogs line of farm machinery one hundred White Rock hens and roosters plus Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red pullets four hundred bushels of corn hay feed and miscellaneous articles auctioneer Pp C Lassen clerk Wm Secrist owner John Raetz auctioneers name appears with ownership and sale items listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Orpington
Rhode Island
John Raetz
Fertilizer Boosts Corn and Alfalfa Yields in Ames Tests
Tests on F C Schroeder's farm show limestone and manure raised corn yield by 5.8 bushels per acre and alfalfa by about 1.5 tons per acre in 1932. Experiments since 1917 with Ames soils section under Roy E. Bennett. costs about 50 cents per acre annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar
F. C. Schroeder
Ames Experiment Station
Roy E. Bennett
Frank Costello
H. R. Meldrum
Ames Soils Section
Meldrum
Stockholders Name Officers at Delhi Creamery Meeting
Delhi creamery stockholders elected A. O. Billings president at the annual meeting. Other officers include J. B. Nieman vice-president A. L. Clark secretary and manager A. A. Schmidt treasurer and August Nieman. Directors named are D. J. Schnittter E. F. Lux G. L. Cramer and Herman Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
A. O. Billings
Silver Spring
J. B. Nieman
A. L. Clark
A. A. Schmidt
August Nieman
D. J. Schnittter
E. FE. Lux
G. L. Cramer
Herman Roth
Phoebe Root Chosen Vice-President Of Whittier 4-H Club
Phoebe Root was chosen vice-president Saturday at the Whittier Gleaners 4-H club meeting held at Dorothy Mae Hoge's home. All members attended with leader Mrs. E R McGrew and assistant Mrs. A J Hoge present. Girls on the program included Phoebe Root Lilian Morris Selma Hoge Gertrude McGrew Jessie Bedell and Florence Heze. The next meeting will be with Lillian Morris on March 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Whittier
Phoebe Root
Whittier Gleaners
Dorothy Mae Hoge
E R. McGrew
A. J. Hoge
Lilian Morris
Selma Hoge
Gertrude McGrew
Jessie Bedell
Florence Heze
Lillian Morris
Maynard One-Act Play Set for Farm Bureau Meeting
Maynard will stage the one act play They Criticized And How at Friday’s Harlan township Farm Bureau gathering. Mrs. O J Tolheim, Mrs. A F Schlegel, Mrs. L C Surfus and Miss Lena Smith will present with music by the township orchestra and J F Ingels will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Maynard
Harlan Township Farm Bureau
O. J. Tolheim
A. F. Schlegel
L. C. Surfus
Lena Smith
Aoe Township Orchestra
J. F. Ingels Wil
Economist Views on Foreign Trade and Debts
Ames Economist Theodore W. Schultz argues that scarce American dollars abroad force priority payments on debts, shrinking U.S. export trade. He notes 1931 foreign loan payments reached 766 million dollars and discusses tariffs, imports, and the shift toward becoming an importing nation to avoid default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W. Schultz
Ames Economics Divisien
AMES
United States
Europe
Department’ of Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
America
Farmers Attend Statewide Outlook Conferences
Iowa farmers attended 21 agricultural outlook conferences directed by Iowa State College extension economists. The meetings explored causes of the 1933 crisis and remedies, with emphasis on forces, supply and demand, and prudent individual and group action. Attendance averaged about fifty, similar to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College Extension
Maynard Creamery Pays 19 Cents For Butterfat
Maynard Co operative creamery patrons are paid 19 cents a pound for January butterfat, announced Secretary C H Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Creamery
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
C. H. Paul
Iowa Live Stock Exchange Advertisement
We will sell cattle and hogs from 10:30 to 1 and horses from 1 until finish. 75 to 100 horses and a large hogs and cattle lot. Lunch on grounds. Bring good stock. better stock brings higher prices. Phone 7963. Residence 2237.
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Iowa
Farm Auctions Schedule Across Linn County Area
A series of farm and consignment sales are scheduled from February 22 to February 27 across Linn County. Events include sales by John Voss estate near Linn County home, Wayne Yousse near Central City, Mrs C B Kirkpatrick near Marion, Clarence Raetz near Marion, Joseph Buresh near the airport, O E Binney near Alburnett, and John Raetz near Marion, plus a Center Point hatchery consignment sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
John Voss
Central City
Wayne Yousse
Marion
C. B. Kirkpatrick
West Branch
Clarence Raetz
DeClow Barn
Airport
Joseph Buresh
Alburnett
O. E. Binney
Center Point Hatchery
John Raetz
Local Farmer Sells Matched Teams and Buy Purchases
Oxford Junction farmer Luresh sells a 4 and 5 year old red roan team weighing 3 350 pounds to a Pittsburgh buyer for 325. He then buys a 2 and 3 year old brown team for 270 and adds a 3-year roan colt and a mate for 125 each. Manchester farmer Jay Cox sells a 2-year-old 1200 pound horse to Arlington for 80 as buyers in area pay up to 200 for teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Oxford Junction
Louis Buresh
Here
Pittsburgh
Manchester
Benjamin Jaycox
Arlington
Live stock sale at Columbus City nets notable prices
At the C. CO. Jones sale on the Kinmonth farm near Columbus City top bids reached 80 dollars for a bay horse team aged nine to ten. Calves sold for 15 dollars, milk cows 22.50, and fifty fall shoats brought 1.70 to 2.80 each. Oats went 0.16 per bushel and twenty tons of hay sold, with a full line of farm gear also moving well. Auctioneer H. M. Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Columbus Junction
C. CO. Jones
John T. Kinmonth
Columbus City
H. M. Duncan
Factory At Newton May Quit Using Corn As Fuel
Experiments by the Automatic Washer Company in Newton Iowa suggest corn can be profitably used as fuel if bought at 10 cents a bushel but few farmers are willing to sell at that price. The venture likely will be dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Iowa
Dy Sart ranch to feed 135 Herefords from feeders
Dy Sart area cattle feeders Lars en and on report shipments of 135 head of 550 pound Hereford cattle. They will feed the cattle on their Dy Sart place two miles east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Larsen and On
Linn Township Wins Drama Meet
Linn Township’s team coached by Mrs. Arlo Stinger won the Linn county rural drama contest at Marion with the one act comedy Detour Ahead. North Marion placed second with Sauce for the Gosling and both casts advance to the inter county contest in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Arlo Stinger
Farm Bureau
Marion
Jay Sigmunds
Clare Nichols
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Wallace
North Marion
Gosling
Harold Scott
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Edward Staskal
Marvin Malle
Emil Mallie
Clair Howard
Floyd Robson
Kathryn Reinheimer
Stewart Hawk
Geraldine Breneman
Lucille Albaugh
Robert Thompson
Keokuk Farm Bureau honors agents and 4-H club
Five hundred 4 H club members and Farm Bureau folk gathered in Keokuk to bid farewell to County Agent Leonard H Zahn and welcome new agent Matrice Soulis. The event featured champion male and female quartets from Des Moines as part of the club celebration. Frank Bliss presented Zahn with a gift. Zahn awarded certificates to top stock feeders. Mrs Ellsworth Richardson urged ongoing farm policy discussion and urged participation in the Chicago next winter quartet contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Bigourney
Farm Bureau
Keokuk County
Leonard H. Zahn
Matrice Soulis
Des Moines
Frank Bliss
County Farm Bureau
Zahn
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BFA
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Farm Union
Clayton
Eleventh Street
Wm. Secrist
C. Lassen
Delmar Farm
Delhi Creamery
Outlook
Confabs
Iowa Live Stock Exchange
Marion Blvd
Grinnell
N. Whitaker
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
LeGrand
Albia
van Cleve
Garwin
Poweshiek County
Linn Township
Keokuk
3Rd Ave
Lech Ave
4Th Ave
1St Ave
Second Ave
Third St
Proctor & Gamble
Green Japan Tea
Ile
D. Monte
D. Mente
Granger
Texas
Crisp Firm Meads
Minnesota
Doe
FECK
Dex
Sofwask
Virginia Sweet Pancake Fleer
PSM
Hearte
Ison
Wienars, Ib
Tittle Bros
Buehler
Wieners
Hamburger
Packing House
Ist Ave
BACON
Milwaukee
Frankfurts
Bologna
Oriental Show-You Company
Columbis City
Indiana
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