Best Honey Season Since 1929 Reported by Kalona Beekeeper
Kalona beekeeper L F Gingerich reports the best honey season since 1929 with seven pounds per hive daily on average through mid June from 750 colonies near Kalona. Highest day production reached 13.5 pounds as heat and rain affected flow, mainly alsike and white clover with basswood coming in.
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Kalona Beekeeper
ALONA
L. EF. Gingerich
Kalona
Kaona
Gingerich
Ames
Williamsburg
John Koester
Iowa County
Koester
Boston Wool Market Strong and Active in June Receipts
The Boston wool market was strong and active, with a seller’s tone and heavy June receipts. Montana to blood and fine wools traded around 25 to 26 cents a pound grease, 20 cents clean, while 4 grade wools sold 33 to 34 cents grease with some asking 35 cents for high shrink wools. Receipts reached about 3,000,000 pounds domestic and 1,515,000 pounds foreign. USDA noted prices firm to slightly higher amid moderate demand for medium quality fleeces.
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Boston
Montana
Ohio
United States Department of Agriculture
Raitea Ray Anderson Farm News Brief
Daily Farm News for Farm Folk reports on Ray Anderson, a noted farmer contributor, sharing tips and market notes for the farming community. The column covers crop conditions, weather outlooks, and practical advice for daily farm operations.
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Daily Farm News
Farm Folk
Tassels Show In Corn Planted May 17
Center Junction reports two eight foot tasselled corn stalks from a 25 acre field planted May 17. Manchester notes abundant rain aiding vegetation with oats, rye, barley growing well and hay stored. La Porte City and nearby farms report corn over five feet tall.
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Center Junction
Ernest Goldsmith
Manchester
Eugene State
J. A. May
Mr State
Corn progress and harvest outlook after recent rains
The Gazette notes Rowley crops showing rapid progress with corn headed and oats near ripening. Haying paused due to rainfall and a fair yield is expected.
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Specia
Rowley
Trench Methods Battle Chinch Bug Invasion Near Fairfield
Farmers in Jefferson County set up trench systems to poison chinch bugs threatening crops. Works were under way at the Alvin Leathers and Charles Brawner farms south of Fairfield and at the N. S. Birt, John Rice, John Nelson and Mrs. J. A. Stucker farms northwest of town.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Alvin Leathers
Charles Brawner
N. S. Birt
John Rice
John Nelson
J. A. Stucker
Here
June 15 Farm Prices Rise Slower Than Month Earlier
Iowa farm prices continued to rise from May 15 to June 15 but at a slower pace with gains mainly in minor products. Corn and oats up two cents each. barley down. hogs veal calves and eggs fell. potato prices jumped due to drought. beef cattle unchanged. lambs up. headline notes June 15 figures vs 5 year averages.
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Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl
Kansas
Dakotas
June hog runs set record in Iowa markets
The June hog run was the largest on record with direct trade receipts at 825,000 head, up 51 percent from a year ago, and seven Midwest markets totaling 1,935,000 head. Prices held up despite high volumes, aided by inflation policy progress and a weaker dollar.
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Des Moines
Packere
Cattle Hit Top Price at Chicago Market
John Ibsen of Cedar County led a Chicago market carload selling cattle to a top price of 6.85 per unit. The Wednesday sale set an extreme high in the livestock trade, highlighting Ibsen's load.
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the Gazette
Tipton
John Ibsen
Cedar County
Chicago
Four 4 H Queens Crowned in Iowa Counties Rally Day
In Jones Cedar and Johnson and Cedar counties 4 H clubs crowned new queens at the annual Rally Day pageant Festival of the New Corn. Winners include Jean Brodersen in Jones county Gladys Hagenbuch in Johnson county Margaret Albert in Cedar county and other club and honor participants noted along with memory contests and Maypole dances.
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Jones, Cedar and
Johnson Counties
Anamoba
Jean MS Brodersen
Tom Brodersen
Wyoming
Jones County
Elizabeth Fishwild
LaVonne Streeter
Anamona
Eloise
Vada Coleman
Gwelda Fairbanks
Maxine Cooper
Jean Brodersen
Holace Stingley
Luelle Seehusen
Lucille Livingstone
Ruth Hansen
Helen Himebaugh
Clare Adams
Evelyn Stivers
Ruth Glick
Loretta Specht
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Eloise Kuhns
Carol Naylor
Madison Merry Maidens
Fortune Finders
Castle Grove Township
Wise Owls of
Jackson
Orioles
Fairview Township
Miss Agatha Lister
Gladyce Fairbanks
Gwendolyn McColm
Pearl Wink
Wanda Greassfield
Phyllis Lister
Edna Mae Joslin
Lola Long
Erma Joslin
Virginia Yount
Lucille Yount
Mary Louise Yount
Lucille McConaughy
Ruby Martin
Iowa City
Gladys Hagenbuch
Scott Township
Johnson County
Julia Agnes Miller
Laura Slavata
East Lucas Township
Wilma Bonham
Liberty
Genevieve Leoney
Hardin
Luella Meade
Dorothy Brandt
Clear Creek
Mary Sullivan
East, Lucas
Mary
Tipton
Margaret Albert
Cedar County
Gertrude Moreland
Mechanicsville
Neva Gardner
Evelyn Wingert
Margaret York
Eleanor Hass
Binder Adjustment: Schools Planned In Johnson County
Four binder adjustment schools are planned in Johnson county this week. Demonstrations start Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. on J C Fuhrmeister farm near North Liberty and at 10 a.m. on K Slemmons farm southeast of Iowa City. July 6 events occur at Winborn farm near Sharon Center at 10 a.m. and Dewey Swanson farm near Oxford at 1 30 p.m. Organized by W S Peterson Ames extension agricultural engineer, these follow last spring’s series.
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the Gazette
North Liberty
Johnson County
J. C. Fuhrmeister
Dewey Swanson
Oxford
W. 8. Peterson
Ames Extension
Oakdale Heifer Sets U S Best Two Year Old Milking Record
Oakdale’s Ormsby Plebe Fayne, among seventy head in state care at Oakdale sanatorium, posted a 1932 official two year old record of 18 269 8 pounds of milk and 704 2 pounds of butterfat on thrice daily milking. State dairy man H E Colby oversaw the herd and record under his management.
Beeman Sees Rat Die From Bee Sting Mystery
LA PORTE CITY A local beeman Julius Lamos heard buzzing while walking past his apiary. Investigators found a rat had been stung to death after poking into forbidden territory.
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The
Gazette
LA Porte City
Julius Lamos
Forbidden Territory
New Milk System Adopted at Oakdale Hospital
Oakdale hospital starts bottle pasteurized milk supply from cow barn to tray. Over $2,000 equipment installed includes a 150 gallon spray pasteurizer and 1,800 pound milk cooler. Daily use expected to exceed 1200 pints with 300 half pints for breakfast and 300 pints at noon and dinner.
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the Gazette
Oakdale
State Board of Control
Children's Hospital
Iowa City
J. M. Kern
Cedar Rapids
Kern
Turkeys Hatched March 4 Marketed from Maplecrest Hatchery
The first shipment of turkeys from Maplecrest hatcheries went to New York on Wednesday. Three barrels held seventy five birds hatched March 4 and raised at Hillcrest farm south of Wellman under Clark Gingerich management. A special Fourth of July trade demand is noted.
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Wellman
Maplecrest
New York
Hillcrest Farm
Clark Gingerich
Dairy and egg markets show parity with prewar averages
Wool and butter prices rise while dairy policy debates price stability. Iowa faces calls for pegged dairy pricing to curb market manipulation amid regional milk wars. Egg storage and distribution issues raise costs as producers push for regulated flows and direct delivery solutions.
Marker for Every Volume and the Muddy Mystery
A fragment from a community page mixes a playful bookmark idea with a mystery scene. It imagines color coded yarn markers for family members to track reading places and hints at readers sharing a mystery book in a rural newspaper feature.
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Ani
Billie
Betty
Rowley Creamery Pays 22 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers' Co operative creamery received payment for the last half of May butterfat at 22 cents per pound. First half of May butterfat also brought 22 cents per pound, per secretary A. Sloan.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
A. ¥. Sloan
Only Seven Livestock Claims Filed In June
Maquoketa county records show seven claims for livestock killed by dogs or marauding beasts in June. Claims include Anthony J. Till asking 10 for a 7 month old steer and John Jess seeking 45 for 124 2 pound chickens, among others from Maquoketa Bellevue Sabula Baldwin and Monmouth residents.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
Anthony J. Till
LaMotte
Alfred , Budde
John Jess
Sabula
Charles Heim
Bellevue
John A. Kloft
Edgar Borah
Baldwin
Earl Logan
Monmouth
Ginseng Recoups as Silver Rises Uproar in Viola
The piece links ginseng prices to silver gains and World War era price shifts. Collins Brothers of Viola Western grow ginseng on acreage near Viola. bandit raids troubled Chinese growers. Oregon Washington and South Columbia irrigated tracts raise supply. Ginseng exports to China drive demand. domestic demand minimal. Golden Seal production rising as ginseng price recovery awaits.
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Viola
Key Pittman
London
Collins Brothers
Japan
China
F. B. Collins
United States
Canada
Gulf
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Washington
South Columbia
Browent
Middle West
Corn shipment from La Porte boosts local grain trade
Fifteen carloads of corn averaging 1 800 bushels and two carloads of oats were shipped from La Porte this week by the Farmers' Co operative Exchange. W W Milne reports strong corn in good condition while oats look 20 to 40 percent short this season.
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LA Porte City
Farmers’ Co-operative Exchange
W. W. Milne
Linn Farm Bureau Calendar Listings
Linn County Farm Bureau events include Wednesday evening Otter Creek township meeting in Lafayette and Thursday board meeting at the Commercial Club rooms in Marion. Friday at 9 am a Girls' club demonstration with Florence Forbes of Ames hosted by Iowa Power and Light in Marion.
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Otter Creek Township Farm Bureau
Lafayette
Linn County Farm Bureau Board
Commercial Club
Marion
Florence Forbes
Ames
Iowa Power and Light Company
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