Ice crust endangers Iowa farms across eastern counties
Iowa crops expert Reed warns three quarters to seven eighths of the state lie under a thirteen day ice crust. He warns that hay and pastures valued at about 35 million dollars annually could suffer roughly a 50 percent loss, with roots and winter crops in eastern counties at greatest risk across Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Kansas. Total loss possible in many eastern counties.
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Charles Avmeen
Iowa
Reed
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Dubuque
Jones
Washington
Jefferson
Keokuk
Davis
Wapello
Henry
Louisa
Muscatine
Cedar
Johnson, Linn
Delaware
Clayton
Allamakee
Clinton
Jackson
Lee
Scott
Midwest
Iowa Rainfall Shortfall Highlighted in 1936 Map
A Special to The Gazette notes Iowa faced a moisture deficit from January 1930 to November 1936 totaling 1726 tons of water per acre. The report shows 24,860 tons expected per acre for Iowa over the period, with South Dakota worst off and regional drought recurring across the central United States.
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Washington
D. C
Iowa
J. B. Kincer
United States Weather Bureau
Kincer
South Dakota
1936
Wisconsin
United States
Ohio
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indiana
North Dakota
Kentucky
Kansas
Illinois
MonTana
Michigan
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Cure Promises
Ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush kidneys and stop nocturnal awakenings. It highlights symptoms like backache puffy eyes leg cramps moist palms and burning or scanty urine as signs of weak kidneys and bladder irritation.
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Haarlem
Holland
Philip Carolan Named Head Of Winneshiek Cooperative Group
Special to The Gazette Decorah reports the Winneshiek Cooperative association six months ending December 31 shows 7845 hogs 1351 cattle and calves and 1273 sheep at Decorah branch and 2892 hogs 512 other livestock at Ridgeway Total receipts Decorah 201674.60 and commercial sales 95780.50 Ridgeway sales 73640 and 24162.07 Carolan elected president with Haugen as VP Gayle secretary treasurer and Allen Tweet Foltz Fretheim Nelson Gilbertson as directors.
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Decorah
Winneshiek Cooperative Association
Ridgeway
Philip Carolan
Thomas Haugen
Peter Gayle
Henry Allen
Mons Tweet
Will Foltz
Henry Fretheim
Fred Nelson
Ole Gilbertson
Assembly Of Rural Young Folk Planned At Ames Feb 12 13
Rural youth assemble in Ames February 12 and 13 with the theme Education for Rural Living. Speakers include Dr. T. W. Schultz Iowa State College economist and opening session speaker on farm ownership opportunities. Friday lineup also features Miss Agnes Samuelson W. W. Waymack and C. E. Finley. Saturday program to include J. S. Hattery Sarah Porter Ellis R. K. Bliss H. H. Kildee W. B. Hamilton and Murl McDonald.
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Ames
T. W. Schultz
Iowa State College
Agnes Samuelson
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines
C. E. Finley
J. S. Hattery
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sarah Porter Ellis
R. K. Bliss
H. H. Kildee
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Murl McDonald
Future Farmers Convention in Ames May 13 14
The ninth annual convention and contests of the Future Farmers of Iowa are scheduled for May 13 and 14 at Ames. The event brings together 4 H and FFA style activities with competitions and presentations by student members.
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Future Farmers Plan
Ames
The
Future Farmers of Iowa
Seed corn brings 2.10 at Delaware sale
At the J. M. Paris estate closing out sale near Delaware Tuesday seed corn sold for 2.10 a bushel. Hay sold for 13.50 a ton and cows averaged 50. Pigs brought five dollars each for fall pig, feeder pigs ranged 13.50 to 17.50 a head. Auctioneer was E. J. Hopkins and clerk Archie Lyman.
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Delaware
J. M. Paris
E. J. Hopkins
Archie Lyman
Closing sale of Gallagher estate near Waukon prices farm stock and produce
Corn sold for 1 13 a bushel seed corn 1 25 oats 65 cents hay 7 a ton and straw 23 50 potatoes 1 95 a bushel top cow 59 heifers 35 calves 20 hogs average 17 feeding pigs 19 horse 115 ewes 7 50 each.
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Waukon
James F. Gallagher
Prices at Voelkers sale near Monmouth
A pair of two year old roan mares led sales at the Fred Voelkers sale east of Monmouth bringing 265 dollars. Other cows topped 50 dollars, corn sold for 1 10 a bushel, oats 61 cents a bushel and hay 12 dollars a ton.
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Monmouth
Fred Voelkers
Maynard Auction Sells 21 Cattle and Grains at Ashbaugh Farm
Twenty one cows sold at the Will P. Ashbaugh farm near Maynard averaged 52.92 dollars with prices from 85 to 36 dollars. A seven year old brood mare brought 150 dollars, two three year olds 133 and 90, two two year olds 135 and 152.50, and two spring colts 44 and 50. Old horses ranged 61 to 82 dollars. Soybeans brought 1.25 to 1.30 a bushel, oats 51 to 53 cents, timothy seed 7 to 7.75 per hundredweight. A grain binder sold for 130 dollars, corn binder 27.50, truck wagon 11, steel wheel wagon 6.50.
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the Gazette
Maynard
Will P. Ashbaugh
Farm sale yields varied prices near Columbus Junction
A Bentonsport area sale six miles southeast of Columbus Junction saw a Shorthorn bull sell for 76 dollars, milk cows 40 to 60, stock cattle 35 to 70, a Hampshire boar 35, bred girts 25 to 30. Horses, mares, and other livestock plus farm equipment and produce sold at assorted values. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H M Duncan. E S Simpson served as clerk.
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Columbus Junction
Bessie Bates
Plymouth Rock
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
E. S. Simpson
Iowa Farmers Build Thousands of Silos to Store Feed
Ames extension engineer Byron T. Virtue reports 18 598 silos were built in 1936 to curb drought losses. Of these 12 210 trench silos and 6 388 upright silos saved an estimated 1 026 600 tons of feed based on reports from 76 of 100 county agents, with 786 495 tons stored in 19 958 temporary silos.
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Ames
Iowa
Byron T. Virtue
Ames Extension
Virtue
Rowley Creamery Pays Butterfat Rates for December
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 39 cents per pound for grade 1 butterfat delivered in December. For No 2 butterfat the rate was 38 cents and 37 cents for No 3.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
U S Department Develops Ventless Moisture Harvest Storage
The U S Department of Agriculture has devised a new potato storage building that needs almost no ventilation. It collects condensed moisture on a protected wall surface and drains it away, improving storage efficiency.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
A Poem Reflects Longing for Seasonal Weather
The speaker recalls longing for snow and hot July weather, noting July desires shift to January snows. Wind, shutter shake, and a restless wish persist as past joys remain unattainable.
Musser Named OuIs Conservator of Soil Service
R H Musser of Washington DC is named acting regional conservator for the soil conservation service. He will direct programs in Illinois Iowa Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin, replacing R E Uhland who moves to data coordination. Musser is a Kansas native and former farm operator.
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Des Moines
R. H. Musser
Washington, D. C
Soil Conservation Service
Musser
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
R. E. Uhland
Uhland
Federal Soil Conservation Program
R. H. Davis
Washington
Kansas State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Washington S
Johnson County Farmers Work on 1937 Program
Iowa City township elections of committees and officers for the 1937 farm program begin Monday. A county committee member will explain this year's instructions at each township meeting. Sign-up meetings, final step in the 1936 program, are held throughout the county this week.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa State Dairy Plans Promotion Meetings Across State
The Iowa State Dairy association will present a plan to promote dairy product use at district meetings led by secretary E. S. Estes. Events run Iowa City January 28 Winterset January 29 Spencer January 30 Oelwein February 1 and Ames February 11. The nationwide campaign will require dairies and creameries to contribute 5 cents per 1000 pounds of butter produced.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Dairy Association
E. S. Estes
Iowa City
Winterset
Spencer
Oelwein
Ames
Cedar Rapids Production Credit Assn to Meet Saturday
The Cedar Rapids Production Credit Corporation will hold its annual meeting at 10 30 Saturday morning at the Y M C A Cedar Rapids Roy J Lukanitsch secretary and treasurer announced V D Basart secretary of the Production Credit Corporation of Omaha will speak on Production Credit Associations as a Farmers Cooperative Organization W J Breakenridge of Dinsdale will discuss the cattle outlook A series of talks on feeding dairying and diversified farming will be included
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Cedar Rapids
Maynard Creamery Pays 40 Cents Butterfat for December
Patrons of the Maynard Cooperative Creamery received 40 cents a pound for December butterfat, according to secretary C. H. Paul.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
Two Farms Sold in Allamakee County
Two land transactions in Allamakee county completed this week. The Henry Kosbau farm of 118 acres east of Waukon sold to Paul E. Larson for 6000 dollars. An 85 acre farm in Waterloo township sold to Edgar Gayle for 4500 dollars.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Henry Kosbau
Paul E. Larson
Jefferson Township
Waterloo Township
Edgar Gayle
Hanover Township
Ashbaugh Buys Maynard Farm For 3000 At 101 Per Acre
Will P. Ashbaugh, a local farmer, purchased the Herb Clark farm of twenty nine and one half acres at the east edge of Maynard for three thousand dollars. The price equates to about one hundred one dollars per acre.
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Maynard
Herb Clark
Will P. Ashbaugh
Farmers Discs Break Ice to Save Winter Wheat
Iowa City Johnson County farmers used discs to break through sleet and ice crusts covering winter wheat fields to save the crop from smothering, a report stated on Thursday.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Closing Out Public Sale of Geo Pearson Farm
Farm sale conducted by Harry Fox announces a closing out event on the Geo Pearson farm near Springville Whittier with livestock including 2 mule teams 16 head of cattle 3 dozen hens and pullets and assorted hay grain and farm machinery led by a rebuilt Farmall 20 tractor. Sale set for Tuesday January 26 at 11 30 am with items grouped in lots and described as nearly new or good condition.
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Geo. Pearson
Springville
Whittier
Jersey
Rhode Island
Farmall
McCormick Deering
John Deere
Harry
Fox
Cattle Feeding in Iowa Shows Decline
Cattle feeding in Iowa on January 1, 1937 was about 25 percent lower than a year earlier. Western Iowa feeders lack cattle on feed while eastern feeders have increased but overall Iowa feedlots carry fewer cattle. About 18 percent to be marketed in January, 13 percent in February, and 19 percent in March and April. Nationwide, eleven western states show a drop, with a record-like rise in total cattle on feed across western states, Texas, and Oklahoma. Fewer heavyweights and feeder calves but more lighter-weight cattle on feed.
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United States
Kincer
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
New York
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Des Moines
Iowa
Corn Belt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Missouri River
Oklahoma
Cattle on Feed Ratios By State For 1937
Estimated cattle on feed January 1 1937 as a percent of January 1 1936 by corn belt states shows little change in medium weights 750 to 1 000 pounds. OEE EET ERED.
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Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Anamosa, Iowa
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D. E. Brickley
Winneshiek Cooperative Group
Third St. SE
Merle E. Garmoe
Kenmore Food Shop
Clarence Gloe
A. J. Geesaman
Devil's
Zbc
Naxera
Florida
Pen
U. S
Edgar A. Guest
Ouis Conservator
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Marengo
Clu
Leo Kelly
Oscar Myers
Harry Hartz
Tony Schmitz
Iowa County Savings Bank
May Drug Company
Pord-Hopkins
Iowa Livestock Exchange
E. J. Miller
Alburnett
Ave
Dial
Kneip A Markets
Melton
Union
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