Ice Cover Halts Iowa Farm Work Threatens Fall Seeding
Eastern Iowa farmers face heavy losses as a frozen ice sheet blankets fields from Winneshiek to Keokuk. County agents report alfalfa stands may survive in some areas, but hay and meadow health hinge on thawing. many farmers haul water, tow livestock, and risk damaged crops as roads and feed lots become perilous.
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Iowa
Central City
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette
Clayton
Delaware
Buchanan
Jones
Cedar
Linn
Benton
Tama
Keokuk
Burns Byram
Toledo
Fred O'Riley
Waukon
Allamakee County
Center Point
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Seventy Attend Holstein Meeting In Fayette County
Fred Pieplow of Aurora was re elected president of the Fayette county Holstein Breeders association at the annual meeting in Fayette. M E Talcott Randalia was re elected vice president and Paul McElroy Fayette became secretary treasurer. Sectional directors named include Sam Alshouse Oelwein Archie Schroeder Clermont Max Grafenberg West Union Art McLaury Oelwein and Carl Miehe Maynard. A M Doughty Fayette and W H Turner Fayette were named directors at large.
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Fayette
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
Fayette County Holstein Breeders Association
M. E. Talcott
Randalia
Paul McElroy
Sam Alshouse
Oelwein
Archie Schroeder
Clermont
Max Grafenberg
West Union
Northwest
Art McLaury
Southwest
Carl Miehe
Maynard
Central
A. M. Doughty
W. H. Turner
Farm Bureau Folk Gather This Week
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention with headliners Edward A. O Neal Florence Ala president of the American Farm Bureau and Clifford Gregory Chicago editor of Prairie Farmer. Mrs Charles W Sewell Indiana administers the women’s program each morning joining Clyde C Edmonds Utah Poultry cooperative and R L Greiser treasurer and manager.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Florence
Ala
American Farm Bureau Federation
Clifford Gregory
Chicago
Prairie Farmer
Charles W. Sewell
Indiana
Associated Women
Clyde C. Edmonds
Utah Poultry Co-Operative
R. L. Greiser
Farm editor's car towed to road near Cosgrove after slipping night
A group of unseen Good Samaritans helped the Gazette farm editor whose car slid off the road near Cosgrove Friday evening. The driver was on foot seeking aid as hills proved difficult to traverse.
Fieldmen And Farm Managers To Hear Klein And Galloway
Ray Pollock of Midland Mortgage announces a dinner program for fieldmen and farm managers from insurance companies. The event at Hotel Roosevelt Thursday evening will explain the 1937 federal farm program with speakers O. D. Klein from Des Moines and John Galloway of Ames as extension farm management specialist.
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Ray Pollock
The
Midland Mortgage Company
Hotel Roosevelt
O. D. Klein
Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Administration Committee
John Galloway
Ames
Benton Farms Selected for TVA Phosphate Demonstration
Twelve Benton county townships designate farms for TVA phosphate demonstrations at Muscle Shoals. Paul Burson of Toledo names committee selections and outlines soil management benefits boosting alfalfa protein and feed value, with Benton first Iowa county to choose project farms.
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Vinton
Benton County
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Paul Burson
Toledo
Soils Association
Tama
Iowa
Poweshiek
Benton
TVA
Merle Fry
Eden Township
Harry Reiss
Big Grove
Harold Miller
Taylor
John Rupp
Polk
Maurice Long
Harrison
Harley Lasher
Bruce
C. C. Sawyer
Monroe
Herman Franzenberg
Kane
Henry Glandorf
Jackson
C. C. Clark
Herman Brehm
Union
Louis Keep
Iowa Township
Burson
Poweshiek County
4 Per Cent Fewer Lambs In Feed Lots Compared With Last Year
Chicago reports a 4 percent drop in lambs on feed across the United States as of January 1, 1936. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota show sharp declines, offsetting gains in western states. Total feed lot lambs stand at 5,376,000, below 5,581,000 from a year earlier.
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Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
United States
Jersey Origins Traced to Cow Coomassie
A historical note traces most American Jersey cattle lineage to a single source cow named Coomassie. The discovery highlights the breed's development through a limited outset, shaping modern dairy stock in the United States.
63 Years A Harness Maker
W H Shipman of West Liberty marks his eightieth birthday this month in a shop he built in 1874. He is the town’s oldest continuous business man, a 50 year member of the town band, 25 year church choir singer, longtime secretary of the West Liberty fair, and a well of local history.
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West Liberty
W. H. Shipman
M. Shipman
Grange Units in Delaware County Surge to 13 with 500 Members
Delaware county Grange expansion reaches thirteen units including Pomona with about 500 members. A January 20 rally in Manchester will bring 200 to 300 Grange representatives and five state officers to preside.
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Manchester
Colesburg
Delaware County
Wiley Kerns
Middle Point
James Carradus
Prairie Township
Pomona
James W. Carradus
Iowa
Prairie Center Grange
Seed rates and seed quality shape Iowa clover debate
Ed Hadley cites Department of Agriculture cautions on foreign grown legume seeds while seedmen warn that high domestic prices push farmers toward cheaper imports. Iowa State experts discuss seeding rates, germination, seed bed prep, and the cost impact of over seeding to secure stands amid pricey seed and uncertain supplies.
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Ed Hadley
Washington
Department of Agriculture
R. H. Porter
Ames
Iowa City
Iowa
Weed Eradication and Seed Costs Spark Iowa Legislation
A discussion in Iowa centers on weed control priorities versus erosion and seed quality costs. Governor agencies may align seed standards with soil type, while a proposed six part weed law aims to reclassify noxious weeds, appoint a state botanist, empower county weed commissioners, require weed programs, and force road officials to remove roadside weeds.
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R. H. Porter
Iowa City
Iowa
CCC
WPA
Agricultural Committee
Ames
Secretary of Agriculture
Boards of
Highway Commission
Linn Farm Bureau Week Calendar Sees Three Meetings
The Linn County Farm Bureau schedule lists a Tuesday event lineup. At 10 a.m. a home project training school in Maine township with Mrs Roy Higgins, at 8 p.m. a Junior Farm Bureau meeting at Dairydale school, and a Franklin township Farm Bureau meeting at Marion.
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Linn Farm Bureau
Home Project Training
Maine Township
Roy Higgins
Dairydale
Franklin Township
Farm Bureau
Marion
Iowa corn harvest hits 20 percent with mechanical pickers
H. C. Aaberg the state's assistant secretary of agriculture reports that one fifth of Iowa's 1936 corn crop has been harvested using mechanical pickers.
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H. C. Aaberg
Iowa
Government to bolster egg market with federal purchases
The AAA announced a federal egg purchase program approved by Secretary Wallace to remove surplus eggs. Purchases by the commodities purchases section will distribute through relief channels via the surplus commodities corporation, funded by surplus removal funds. Wholesale egg prices fell from 43 to 28 cents a dozen. farm and retail margins tightened, prompting some producers to sell hens.
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Washington
INS
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
A Commodities
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
New York
Don Montgomery
AAA Consumers’ Council
Program Officers To Be Named In Buchanan County
Newly elected chairmen and township committees will meet Monday in Cedar for election of county officers and committeemen in the agricultural conservation program. Homer Soules, 1936 chairman, announced Saturday.
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Cedar
Buchanan
Independence
Homer Soules
Township chairmen meet Cedar county for conservation act elections
An organization meeting of township chairmen in Cedar county to elect officers for administration of the agricultural conservation act is moved to Monday evening from Tuesday due to a conflict with the Farm Bureau convention at Des Moines.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Farm Bureau Convention
Des Moines
Williamsburg meeting set to elect county officers
Iowa county farm program committee chairmen elected last week will meet in Williamsburg on Tuesday to elect county officers. Township committeemen are named with chairmen listed: Dayton G D Williams English C E Somers Fillmore R G Litzenburg Greene W J Hanson Hartford J T McGarry Hilton C Fakinson Honey Creek J W Schroder Iowa Carl H Maas Lenox A O Wolf Lincoln L H Hinrichs Margengo F J Steele Pilot Ben Bean Sumner A E Hursh Troy C J Hanson Washington Roy A Denzler York Albert Wills.
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Williamsburg
Iowa County
Dayton
G. D. Williams
English
C. E. Somers
Fillmore
R. G. Litzenburg
Greene
W. J. Hanson
Hartford
J. T. McGarry
Hilton
C. Fakinson
Honey Creek
J. W. Schroder
Iowa
Carl H. Maas
Lenox
Public Sale to Dissolve Partnership at Geo Walter Farm
An entire closing out auction will be held at the Geo Walter farm located 12 miles south and west of Watkins, near Blairstown and Marengo. The sale on Wednesday Jan 20 starts at 10 30 am with small items sold first. livestock include horses, cattle, hogs, and Hampshire breed, plus machinery, harness, and miscellaneous farm goods. Auctioneers Hartz Schm and clerks A J Schmuecker.
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Watkins
Blairstown
Marengo
Ar Rapids
Hampshire
Farrow
McCormick-Deering
I. H. Cc
Emerson Gang
Oliver
Ike New
Leo Brown
Sohn ‘Woods
GEORGE _ WALTER
Hartz & Schm
A. J. Schmuecker
Farm Auction Schedule For January With Multiple Closings
A sequence of farm auction notices lists sales on Monday January 18 through Saturday January 23. Participants include Kral McDonald Schulte Baker Oxley Woods and Walter Stock Procok with locations around Oxford Tipton Walford Mechanicsville Marion Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids.
Two Farmers Near Strawberry Point Plan Strip Cropping
Straw berry Point is the site for contour and strip cropping and terracing demonstrations to be begun next spring by two area farmers W McTaggart and Harold Knight. Agronomist L F Wainscott reported the project, born from a soil conservation course held last fall by W H Magdefrau.
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Strawberry Point
W. McTaggart
Harold Knight
Here
L. F. Wainscott
McGregor-Farmersburg Soil Conservation Service
W. H. Magdefrau
Linn Fruit Growers Report Good Season
The Linn County Cooperative Fruit Growers and Producers Association showed 1936 receipts double 1935 and the highest in eight years. Strawberries priced well, raspberries ripened early due to heat, grapes largely failed. Ten members joined in 1936. Frank J. Schultz was re elected president, John Flick secretary treasurer, and W. J. Kluber named vice president.
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Linn County Co- Operative Fruit Growers and Producers Association
John R. Flick
Frank J. Schultz
John Flick
W. J. Kluber
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East
Ray Anderson
National Livestock Credit Corporation
St. Louis
State Farm Bureau
Tolbert MacRae
Rosalind Cook
Ames Music Department
Holstein
Fayette County
Geo. Michel
Klein and
Galloway
Benton Farms
TVA Phosphate
J.C. Landenberger
Optometrist
First Avenue
County
Clarence Cox
Kerns
Dallas
San Antonio
Tex
Carradus
Golden East
Ryan
Ernest Sheppard
Harl Hamblin
Clarence File
Masonville Grange
William Barclay
Ruby Schmitz
Russell Schmitz
Earlville
Burt Bishop
Chris Rohr
Frank Brooks
Agriculture Teacher Helps
Grange of
Delhi
Raymond Lanning
Hubert Grapes
Robert Gaddie
Roy Little
Clayton County
Dean Sauerbry
Eva Sauerbry
Joe Gill
Silver Creek
Gre-Ida
Wesley Carruthers
Roy Emerson
Clara Carrothers
Glen Worthington
Fred Grapes
Dale Henderson
Greeley
Oneida
Louis Ryan
Letha Cox
John Knox
Forestville
Ben Sherman
Alice St. John
Hattie Lee
Jones Mill Grange
E. E. Campbell
Marjorie Rose
Pomona Grange
Homer Burhans
Verda Barr
National Grange
Fredonia
N. Y
Minnesota
Gazette
Third St. SE
Merle E. Garmoe
Farm Bureau Calendar
Walford
Farmer’s Savings Bank
Georgie E. Parizek
John E. Shulte
Kral
Oxford
McDonald
Schulte
Baker Reduction
Mechanicsville
Oxley Estate
Woods
Walter Dissolution
Joe Stock
Procok
Linn Fruit Growers
Mount Vernon Avenue
Memorial Drive
City Dump
Cedar Rapids, A
Guernsey
Poland
Chester
John Deere
Peter Procok
W. E. Challis
Gillham
Lisbon
First Trust and Savings Bank
DE. C. Ray
Fes Alchemishng
Merchants National Bank
Paramount Pharmacy
Paramount Theater
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