Iowa Apiarist Develops Foulbrood Resistant Bees
Atlantic naturalist Frank C. Pellett reports a new strain of bees resistant to foulbrood after cross breeding stock from around the world. The strain has withstood multiple disease challenges and will be propagated on a large scale with further details to be presented to the Iowa Beekeepers association on July 17.
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Iowa
Apiarist
Tlantic (Ap
Frank C. Pellett
Atlantic Naturalist
Pellett
Here
Texas
American Bee Journal
F. B. Paddock
Iowa State College
State Apiarist
O. W. Park
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa State Extension Service
Iowa Beekeepers Association
Fence Drift and Corn Resilience in Heat Waves
A short poem notes Fence Drift caught in woven wire by R. F. A. and reflects on corn behavior after extreme heat. It observes corn curling to reduce surface exposure during heat and opening when conditions improve, praising the plant's resilience.
Dairymen Tie 100 In Benton Dairy Judging Meet
Leland Skoog of Vinton and Russell Ashley of La Porte City both earned perfect scores to win the dairy cattle judging contest at Benton County picnic held on the state school for the blind grounds. The event judged Holsteins and Jerseys with 150 attendees and speakers from Ames.
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Vinton
Leland Skoog
Russell Ashley
la Porte City
Benton County
State School For the Blind
Clark Hoyt
George Moran
Skoog
R. C. Thompson
Waterloo
Ashley and Moran
School For the Blind
C. Y. Cannon
Ames
Arthur Porter
Ames Dairy Extension Division
Carl Frederickson
Harold Porter
Butter Hijack Suit Over Cargo Loss
A lawsuit in Des Moines concerns a truckload of butter valued at 6849.18 allegedly hijacked en route to New York City. Nebraska Co operative Creameries Inc alleges Des Moines Transportation Co failed in responsibility. both firms dispute insurance coverage and seek damages and costs.
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DES Moines
New York City
U. S
Charles S. Dewey
Nebraska Co-operative Creameries, Inc
Omaha
Des Moines Transportation Company
Des Moines Corporation
Nebraska Corporation
Grasshoppers Seen On Ed Harper Farm Near Urbana
Grasshoppers in numbers have appeared on the Ed Harper farm five miles northwest of Urbana. Neighboring farmers watch developments with grave concern.
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Urbana
Ed Harper
Tractors Rise Across Iowa Farms In 1935 Surge
Iowa reports 69 835 tractors on farms in 1935, up 11 482 from 1934 and a record, equal to about 32.7 percent of farms. Kossuth leads with 52.8 percent, while south central counties stay under 20 percent. Heat and costs favored mechanization as spring rains delayed fieldwork and tractors worked day and night to finish crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Charles D. Reed
Kossuth
Raccoon
Kossuth County
Pocahontas
Humboldt
South Central
Appanoose
Monroe County
Buena Vista
Palo Alto
Webster
Hamilton
Jones County Farm Women Nutrition Achievement Day
Approximately 200 Iowa farm women from 82 000 reached through Ames extension service and county Farm Bureaus viewed Jones county nutrition exhibits at their annual Achievement day in Anamosa. Eight Linn county women attended with seven townships presenting the third year nutrition project.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Ames Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Jones County
Linn County
Booth
Castle Grove
Lovell
Wayne
Wyoming
Greenfield
Rome
Fairview
Aleene Wilson
The
Offices moved to Monticello from Anamosa
The Jones county soil conservation and domestic allotment administration offices were moved Wednesday to Monticello from the county Farm Bureau quarters in Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Jones County Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Administration
Monticello
County Farm Bureau
Grows Three Inches in One Hill Farm Observation
Daily records on the Dillon Atherton farm at Viola show corn growth measured at 5 am. One and a half inches on Monday with brisk winds. Three inches from 5 am Tuesday to 5 am Wednesday under 83 degree average and 110 degree high. Soil depth reading two inches below surface yielded 86 degrees.
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Dillon Atherton
Viola
Atherton Field
Electric Control For Gates Planned On Mt Auburn Farm
Improvements near Mount Auburn include a 36 by 80 feet barn a chicken house and a pump house on the Mrs Bertha Card farm two miles south of Mount Auburn Plans call for a new corncrib and hog house Enclosed porches added to the modern house built last year Electric power to be used and all yard gates will be electrically controlled Also Grover Miller builds a new barn seven and a half miles west of Mount Auburn to replace one burned last fall A new house is being built on the Elliot farm southwest of here W H Morse of Cedar Rapids is the contractor.
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Mount Auburn
Bertha Card
Grover Miller
Elliot
Here
W. H. Morse
Cedar Rapids
Cows Top at 205 in Guernsey Sale at Independence
Top cow at the eastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin Guernsey breeders sale sold for 205 dollars to Russell Lange of Grinnell. The six year old was from Dodgeville Wisconsin. The top bull brought 105 dollars. Average price across all animals was 70 dollars with two grade cows at 102 each. total sale amount 3320 dollars.
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Gazette
Independence
Iowa
Wisconsin
Russell Lange
Grinnell
Dodgeville
Wis
Eagle Grove Man Elected President Iowa Grain Co-ops
M. K. Frey of Eagle Grove was elected president of the Iowa Co operative grain company at its annual session in Humboldt. W. J. Lynch of Green Mountain and N. K. Anderson of Thompson were named vice presidents, Jens Thuesen of Cedar Falls was secretary, Leonard Holden of Ottosen treasurer, and George Beals of Humboldt named manager.
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Humboldt (Ap
M. K. Frey
Eagle Grove
Iowa Co-operative Rain Company
W. J. Lynch
Green Mountain
N. K. Anderson
Thompson
Jens Thuesen
Cedar Falls
Leonard Holden
Ottosen
George Beals
Humboldt
Oat Harvest Begins North English Area
Herman Guenther, farmer two miles northwest of North English, began harvesting oats on Wednesday the first in the community this season. His oats were sown March 25 before the last snow and promise good yields. meanwhile George Thorpe, five miles northeast of North English, reported chinch bugs attacking his oats on Wednesday.
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Herman Guenther
North English
George Thorpe
Reed Reports Corn Undamaged by Heat in Iowa
Charles D. Reed of the federal crop bureau says rainfall inequality across Iowa last 20 to 24 days of June hit crops unevenly. While corn remains recoverable, extensive heat and low rainfall damaged oats and pastures, with grasshoppers causing local grain losses and milk flow falling from poor pastures.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal Crop Bureau
Reed
Cass County
Mississippi River
Benton
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Logan
Farmers report hay yields of a ton to the acre in Calmar area
Damaged by heat, Calmar farmers indicate haying yields about a ton to the acre. Dry weather reduced production. Corn and oats are late. corn stands six inches high and oats average around twenty inches in lowlands.
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Calmar
Descriptive Land Auction in Linn County Iowa
Government Lots 5 6 and 7 and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter in Section 24 Township 82 North Range 6 West Cedar Rapids Iowa. Terms stated at the sale F N Stepanek referee Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa A T Bena Auctioneer R No 4 Cedar Rapids Iowa Dial 3 2252 Frank G Kanak Cashier United State Bank Clerk Red H Kubicek Attorney 813 17 Higley Building Cedar Rapids Iowa
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Linn County
Towa
F. N. Stepanek
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A. T. Bena
R. No
Dial
Frank G. Kanak
United State Bank
Red H. Kubicek
Higley
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Fayette
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Delaware
Dubuque
Marshall
Tama
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Jackson
Poweshiek
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Scott
Keokuk
Washington
Muscatine
Louisa
Jones County Farm
Ellen Borghart
Farm Bureau
Wayne Township
Fairview Township
Waterloo Dairy Congress
Eugene Bailey
Amber
George Zimmerman
Township Home Project
Robert Blaylock
Hunsdon House
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Fairview Oriole
Gwen Tudor
Rome Township
Santa Lucia
Elfrieda Wehling
J. C. McConaughy
Carl Smith
Harlan Russell
R. A. Naylor
Scotch Grove Township
Louise Cook
Caroline Kilburz
Pauline Oltman
D. M. Beggs
Arlo Stinger
Mount Vernon
Country Women’s Conference
Washington, D. C
Williamsburg
Marengo
Lowa
Florence Schuerman
Ellsworth Richardson
Albia
Ralph Lortz
Mary Gregg
Azette Pnoto
Gates
Mt. Auburn Farm
Jove
Buster
Williams
Fellers
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Guernsey
Iowa Grain Co-ops
Mississippi
Linn and
J. W. Pirie
16Th Avenue
Iowa Livestock Exchange
I¢Big Shoe Store
Second Avenue SE
Schiff
Oxfords
Arch Embracer
M. Sharpen
Putnam Township
Kubicek Farm
Ivanhoe
Kubicek
Rapaport’s
West End
Sixteenth Avenue Bridge
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