Bill To End Truck Crop Pathology Work To Be Submitted
Dr. Melhus defends Iowa State college plant pathology efforts saving onion, beet and watermelon crops from ruin. He cites watermelon and onion rescues on Muscatine Island and Pleasan Valley as proof, noting wilt and disease historically devastated yields and idle land. He warns lawmakers drafting a bill to abolish the work, arguing state farmers gain from pathology research and improved beet, onion, and watermelon production technologies.
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MES
Iowa
Iowa State College
I . Methus
United Press Today
Iowa Mawmaunl Nocanilsley
Muscatine Island
Melhus
Muscatine
Towa State College
Pleasan Valley
Davenport
Treame
Methus
Pleasant Valley
North
Plant Pathology Advances From Iowa State Efforts
Research by Dr Metens and colleagues at Iowa State highlights improved pest and disease controls for crops. Developments include disease resistant flax and cabbage, dusts protecting corn against smut, fertilizer and sugar production insights, and weed control methods benefiting farming profitability statewide.
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Iowa
Dr Me Hus
Tawa State
Metens
Sale Prices At Midway Pavilion Consignment Sale
A Hampshire sow with seven pigs sold for 16 dollars at Midway pavilion consignment in Columbus Junction. Broad sows brought 5.50 to 8 dollars, boars 7 to 12 dollars each. Calves and milk cows topped around 30, and entries included roosters and other livestock priced per head.
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Columbus Junction
Hampshire
Midway Pavilion
Fifty Enroll In Young Men's Short Course at Fayette
More than fifty young farmers from Fayette county enrolled as the Fay county Young Men's Short Course group organized under Farm Bureau sponsorship. Officers elected at the first meeting include Arbe Schroeder, Alan Thoresen, Glen Bennington, Irving Deering, Homer Chapman, Ted Nus, Thomas Weatherbee, and Leon Wolfe. The program will run one day weekly in January and February from 10 am to 4 pm at Upper Iowa University gymnasium, focusing on weeds control, grain and crop seeds, and pure seed importance with RH Porter from the Ames extension service.
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Gnazrtte Fayette
Faycette County
Farm Bureau
Arbe Schroeder
Clermont
Alan Thoresen
West Union
Glen Bennington
Fayette
Irving Deering
Homer Chapman
Two Hundred Veterinarians Open Iowa Convention
Special to Tre Gavette Des Moines two hundred Iowa veterinarians registered on the first day of the annual three day Iowa Veterinary Medical association convention. Out of state speakers included W R Crispin from Kansas City and Dr James Farquharson of Colorado Agricultural College. Local and nearby veterinarians attended, with officials and guests from Eastern Iowa groups and several clinicians from Chicago, Kansas City, and Lincoln among others. The event featured banquets and planned business sessions as the profession gathers to discuss animal health and regulation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
C Scott
W R_ Crispin
Kansas City
United States Department of Agriculture
James Farquharson
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Eastern Town Veterinary Association
Grant B Munger
A R Mensary
Guy Hershey
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Association
J V LaCroix
Chicago
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Clinic
Mechanicsville
State Department of Animal Health
Hiide Tre
Atom
H Quin
Rescter
J Scott
Implement Buying $5.3 Years Behind Declares Dealer
Special to The Gazette. DES MOINES The Iowa Implement Dealers association annual convention heard J Phillip Ireton argue the $62 million borrowed by California from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation could have bought 200 million bushels of wheat or been used to boost prices for farm products. He urged using funds to cut wheat surplus and restore farmer buying power, noting farm equipment prices likely stay steady as steel and union wage trends lag. The program also included secretary report by C H Chase, a farm mortgage discussion by Kirk Fox, and E A French on manufacturers helping revive retail sales. A Fort Hartford marker from Kentucky dating before 1785 was unveiled.
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Des Moines
California
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
J Phillip Riter
Ireton
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
C H Chase
Kirk Fox
E. A French
ZONE PLAN FOR 4 H PREMIUMS PROPOSED
County agents at Waterloo discuss revised 4 H dairy calf club premiums for 1933. The plan splits Iowa into three zones with tiered payments: Zone 1 pays 3 dollars, Zone 2 four dollars, Zone 3 five dollars, all to cover freight costs. Eligibility rules allow non state champion competitors and limit judging team entries, while county teams may demonstrate, with emphasis on practical demonstrations. Adoption awaits Iowa County Agents meeting in Des Moines January 18 to 20.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
BE. S. Estes
Congress
E. M. Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa
Grundy
Butler
Winneshick
Allamakee
Howard
Chickasaw
Mitchell
Floyd
Cerro Gordo
Franklin
Wright
Hamilton
Hardin
Story
Marshall
Jasper
Poweshick
Mahaska
Keokuk
Washington
Johnson
Cedar
Linn
Jones
Delaware
Dubuque
Clayton
Club Congress
Chicago
Paul Barger
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette
L. A. Walters
Independence
Roy Combs
Elkader
Harold Anway
Charles City
Iowa County Agents’ Association
Des Moines
Annual Meetings Schedule Over January and February
A cluster of farm and dairy meetings listed by date and location. Events cover Town county Farm Bureau Williamsburne Shipping association Bennett Fayette Monmouth Brooklyn North English Clarence Anamosa Center June Asmber Williamsburg Hopkinton Rowley Monticello Carson Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy.
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Town County Farm Bureau
Williamsburne Shipping Association
Bennett
Shipping Association
Fayette
Monmouth
Farmers Creamery
Brooklyn
Farmers’ Creamery
North English Farmers Creamery
Clarence
Anamosa
Farmers Creamiery
Center
Asmber
York
Williamsburg
Hopkinton
Rowley
Monticello
Carson
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau In Muscatine Holds Annual Meeting
Fred Otto was elected president of the Muscatine County Farm Bureau at its Saturday annual meeting. Officers include W C Anderson as vice president Leslie Steen secretary C T McCabe treasurer Miss Blanche Barclay women’s work chair Mrs V W Legler secretary treasurer Mrs M Estle publicity chair Mrs Carl Le Fever girls 4 H clubs chair Dorothy Wilson president Muscatine County 4 H girls’ clubs Lois Walters vice president Mary Ann Bohling secretary treasurer Esther Beatty historian Marie Snell reporter. Robert Naber was elected president of the county wide 4 H boys organization Howard Dean vice president Lyall Paul secretary Leroy Petersen treasurer. About 450 attended the meeting and noon dinner.
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Wilton Junction
Fred Otto
Muscatine
Lois Walters
Mary Ann Bohling
Esther Beatty
Marie Snell
Robert Naber
Howard Dean
Lyall Paul
Leroy Petersen
Center Point Hog Buyer Reports 329 Loads Bought In '32
Center Point livestock buyer L W Heefner reports 329 carloads of hogs handled in 1932 totaling about 23,100 head and 5,750,000 pounds. The high price paid was $4.70 per hundredweight on July 13 and the low was $2.30 on December 21. The 329 carloads cost roughly $150,000.
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Center Point
L. W Heefner
Wallace Endorsed by Keokuk Bureau at Meeting
At the Keokuk County Farm Bureau annual gathering in Sigourney resolutions backed Henry Wallace for national secretary of agriculture and urged adoption of a government financed low interest mortgage refinancing plan. Debated were currency inflation to ease debt, a full consider tax relief reports, and support for domestic allotment farm relief. Officers re elected included F H Bliss as president and Mrs Rollin Brown as county chairwoman. One hundred forty members attended. Mexico City noted as oldest city in the New World.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
Legislative
H. H. Shannafelt
S. T. Yates
A. B. Kline
Vinton
Benton County Farm Bureau
State Federation Executive Committee
Farm Auction Schedule Dates Across Cedar Rapids Area
A series of farm auctions runs from January 12 to January 18 including a closing out sale eight miles south of Cedar Rapids by F J Sonka, consignments at West Branch and West Liberty, a De Clow barn sale, and sales for L W Buresh near Cedar Rapids and Patten and Patten east of Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
F. J. Sonka
West Branch
L. W. Buresh
Patten
Marion
Wallace addresses ministers on farm relief plan
AP reports Henry A. Wallace, farm magazine publisher, urged the domestic allotment plan as social justice in a speech to Protestant ministers in Des Moines. He argued democracy requires self-policing methods while he is linked to the post of secretary of agriculture.
Iowa Cow Test reports December milk and butterfat averages
In December the 350 cows across 23 herds in the Iowa Cow Test Association yielded an average of 31 pounds of milk and 24.3 pounds of butterfat per cow. Eleven cows exceeded sixty pounds each, with fourteen members feeding soy bean hay, eight alfalfa, and nine ensilage. Nearby H J Grunewald sold fifteen yearlings weighing 1,057 pounds each on the Chicago market for $7 a hundredweight.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Marvin Mathes
Blairstown
H. J. Grunewald
Chicago
High Herds in Iowa Cow Test December Report
Fred R. Blythe owns 13 Holsteins leading the Iowa Cow Test association in December with an average of 1191 pounds of milk and 46.4 pounds of butterfat. Marvin Mathes’ 11 Guernseys average 668 pounds of milk and 32.3 butterfat, while Anton Heitshusen’s 15 cows average 867 pounds of milk and 31.8 butterfat. Blythe also posts the top individual cow with 2012 pounds of milk and 785 pounds of butterfat.
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Marengo
Fred R. Blythe
Iowa
Guernsey
Marvin Mathes
Anton Heitshusen
Mr. Blythe
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