Clover Seed Imports Warned By Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture warns that imported South American and European clovers threaten lasting damage to corn belt farms. Foreign seed could reduce stands and cause winter-kill, with cross pollination harming domestic clovers. 2,000,000 pounds from Argentina are flagged as unsatisfactory and stained to identify buyers.
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Dep’t of
Ashington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
Joe Cox
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Argentina
St. Louis
Kansas City
Agriculture Department
Cox
Corn Belt
Iowa
Canada
United States
E. A. Hollowell
Hollowell
Italy
Africa
Turkestan
South America
Caution urged on foreign seed in clover and grass mixes
A seed cautions bulletin notes domestic red clover and sweet clover supplies exceed recent averages, with Canada supplying adapted seed. Experts warn imported seed can blend with domestic stock, threatening red clover purity, and suggest alternative legume and grass mixtures if domestic seed is unavailable.
Norway Auction Sells Percheron Mares at 215 to 245
Seven purebred Percheron mares aged eight to ten sold near Norway for 215 to 245 dollars each, with one pair fetching 490 dollars. Schulte and Sons, a father and seven sons operation, held back seventeen mares and rejected a 515 dollar bid for a stallion. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne spoke at the sale.
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Norway
Schulte and Sons
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Bladder Irritation Warning Ad Promises Quick 25c Cure
An old advertisement claims bladder irritation signals danger and promotes a 25 cent test using buchy leaves juniper oil and six other drugs in green tablets to flush acids and impurities. It warns of waking at night scanty flow and other symptoms, offering a refund if not pleased in four days from May’s Drug Store.
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May’s Drug Store
Hughes To Talk Pasture At Cedar Rapids Jan 29
Pasture problems from last summer's drought will be discussed January 29 in Cedar Rapids by H. D. Hughes of Ames crops division. Rex Conn Linn County agent announced the meeting, held in the chamber of commerce rooms. The farm managers association requested the talk but it is open to the public.
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Cedar Rapids
H. D. Hughes
Ames
Rex Conn
Linn
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Managers’ Association
Conn
Junior Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed
Linn county Junior Farm Bureau postponed its meeting from last Wednesday to next Tuesday at Dairy Dale hall due to bad weather. The group will perform Here Comes the Bride, a one act play, at the state music and drama tournament in Iowa City on January 27. Cast includes George Borghart, Melvin McBride, Harold Lerner, Milford Hartung, Catherine Reinheimer, Mrs. Jessie Booth Zahradnik, and Bernice Minor, coached by Gale Storck.
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Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Dairy Dale Hall
Iowa City
George Borghart
Melvin McBride
Harold Lerner
Milford Hartung
Catherine Reinheimer
Jessie Booth Zahradnik
Bernice Minor
Gale Storck
Steers Bring $13 75 In Chicago Sale
Independence report notes Dan Cavanaugh of Buchanan county feeder sold a load of 1 292 pound steers in Chicago on Tuesday at 13 75 per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Independence
Dan Cavanaugh
Buchanan County
Chicago
Farm Sale At Hall Farm South Of Columbus Junction
Five work horses aged nine to ten, 1200 to 1600 pounds, sold for 90 to 120 dollars. A suckling colt 42 dollars. Five Shorthorn cows 45 to 70 dollars. Five purebred Chester White brood sows 35 to 43 dollars. Thirty-five fall shoats about 80 pounds sold 9 to 10.25 dollars. Sheep 7 dollars each. 100 Buff Rock pullets 0.75 each. Buff Rock cockerels 0.75. 800 bushels corn 1.05 per bushel, 75 bushels snap corn 0.99, 300 bushels seed oats 0.60. Clover hay 15 per ton, bean hay 12, straw 8 tons for 40. Items: grain binder 40, manure spreader 40, harrow 20, brooder house 30, disc 16 blades 25, wagon 42, hay ladders 10, endgate feeder 21, plows 7, 2.50 and 5, bobsled 6.50, harness 5 to 33, collars 0.50 to 3.50, separator 35, brooder stove 7.50.
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Columbus Junction
J. O. Hall
Township Committee Names in Belle Plaine Meeting
Sixty farmers of Benton county Iowa township heard soil conservation program details for the year explained by County Chairman Herman Franzenburg of Keystone at a Wednesday meeting. Elected to the township executive committee were L. F. Keep as chairman, George Radeke, Preston Koser, and Edward Wheeler.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa Township
Benton County
Herman Franzenburg
Keystone
L. F. Keep
George Radeke
Preston Koser
Edward Wheeler
Lord's Acre Plan Aims At Valley Evangelical Support
The Valley Evangelical church near Washington announces a Lord's acre plan for church support. Thirty families are to join, contributing thirty acres cropped to corn for the Lord under a committee led by Rev. C. W. Klein and including County Agent W. J. Roudabush, Henry Luers, Robert Sheets, Cloyce Tinnes, Howard Altenburndt, W. C. Sheetz and Ed Hotle.
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the Gazette
Washington
Valley Evangelical Church
C. W. Klein
W. J. Roudabush
Henry Luers
Robert Sheets
Cloyce Tinnes
Howard Altenburndt
W. C. Sheetz
Ed Hotle
Grain judged at South Prairie Show near West Liberty
John Kile and Lester Wagner led grain exhibits at the South Prairie Institute near West Liberty on Wednesday with top awards for open pollinated corn, planter seed corn, oats, and several hybrid corn entries. Howard Schooley and Vaughn Sanders also won multiple firsts in corn, barley, timothy, and clover, as well as apple and egg prizes. baking and crafts prizes were cited for numerous women exhibitors.
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Gazette
West Liberty
John Kile
Lester Wagner
South Prairie Institute
Kile
Wagner
Howard Schooley
Vaughn Sanders
Ralph Wolf
Timothy
Leo Hudachek
Harry Nauman
B. W. Barnes and Son
Ernest Wagner
Richard Heath
Frank Hudachek
Robert Gregg
Lloyd Barnes
Raymond Fitzgerald
W. W. Watters
Lucille James
Hudachek
Roy Kemp
W. C. Anderson
Blanch Barclay
Ray Buckman
W. H. Birkett
B. W. Barnes
Ed James
Marguerite James
Jesse Foster
R. R. Wright
Marion Co-Op Annual Meeting Set for Jan 19
Officers of the Marion Livestock Marketing association announced the annual meeting on January 19 at Marion. The gathering will address organizational matters and set plans for the coming year.
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Marion Co-Op
Marion Livestock Marketing Association
Marion
Clarence man sells 22 steers at 12.35 in Chicago market
Clarence William Roth of Clarence sold twenty two head of 1,073 pound steers in Chicago this week. The cattle, fed for 120 days, brought 12.35 per hundredweight.
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Clarence
William Roth
Chicago
Upcoming Farm Auctions Across Iowa Jan 15–19
A series of farm auctions listed by date and location includes Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids on Friday January 15, Macke and Co. horse and mule sale in Vinton on Saturday January 16, Kral closing out sale near Oxford on Monday January 18, McDonald closing out sale on Tipton's south edge, and Schulte closing out sale at Walford on Tuesday January 19.
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Walford
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Macke and Co
Vinton
Kral
Oxford
McDonald
Tipton
Schulte
Parish show method adopted by Minnesota and Kansas breeders
Charles Moore, manager of the All-Iowa Dairy show and Junior Livestock exposition in Cedar Rapids, announced that the Iowa parish show system for selecting herds for state shows has been adopted by Milking Shorthorn breeders in Minnesota and Kansas for 1937. Originating with Jersey breeders in Iowa, the plan gives small breeders an equal chance to exhibit with larger breeders and ensures a selective state expo through Cedar Rapids.
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Charles Moore
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Eighty Acre Farm Sold Near Montour for $9000
The eighty acre improved farm owned by T. W. Brown three miles southwest of Montour was sold to J. M. Buchanan for 9000 dollars, equal to 112.50 dollars per acre.
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Montour
T. W. Brown
J. M. Buchanan
Porter To Talk Weeds Friday At Iowa City
Iowa City daily notice says County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced a weed control meeting Friday. Event will be led by R. H. Porter, Ames extension plant pathologist, to discuss weed problems and control measures.
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Porter
Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardner
R. H. Porter
Ames
Beloved home cough remedy offers quick relief
An old advertisement touts a cheap at home cough syrup. It claims four times the medicine per dollar by mixing sugar and water, then adding 2½ ounces Pinex to a pint bottle. The preparation supposedly loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed membranes, and eases breathing without cooking. Money back if unsatisfied.
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