Interior hog prices rise to July first peak in Iowa Minnesota markets
Interior hog prices reach the highest July 1 level on record in Iowa and southern Minnesota as light receipts drive gains. Hogs wholesale at 11.15 to 11.55 per hundredweight on 180 to 290 pound butchers with higher New York and Chicago quotes, while direct receipts for four days total 63 700 head, down 12 percent from last week and 46 percent from a year ago.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
12 Girl 4-H Demonstration Teams Set For Benton County Fair
Special to The Gazette Benton County will host demonstration contests at the fair next month with at least twelve 4-H clubs entering teams. Miss Ann Nyfaard, home demonstration agent, announced selections from each club including Florence township and Union areas with names such as Florence township Lualis Uth off and Margaret Cole St Clair Bernice Newton Alberta Becker Lola Howecerard Lerna Jurgens Kane Nourus and others.
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Winton
Benton County
Benton Couty Fair
Ann Nyfaard
Florence Township
Lualis Uthoff
Margaret Cole
St Clair
Bernice Newton
Alberta Becker
Leroy Rachael Plagmann
Emma Grunewald
Iowa
Anna Tatge
Nadine Schroeder
Elderada
Mareetla Sehulve
Sheriff Advises Quick Calls On Chicken Theft Spike
Linn County Sheriff Jim Smith warns thefts may rise with the chicken season. He urges farmers to count flocks daily and report losses immediately, even at night. He notes most losses come from distant sheltered livestock and recommends using tattoo markers on poultry.
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Linn County
Jim Smith
Mr. Smith
Pasture Field Day Set for Mount Pleasant July 7
W F Watkins Ames extension soil conservationist announced a pasture field day for farmers at the State hospital farm in Mount Pleasant on July 7. Morning demonstrations compare fertilizer effects on reseeded plots with lime phosphate potash and nitrogen treatments.
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Mount Pleasant
W. F. Watkins
Ames Extensions Soil Conservationist
State Hospital
Watkins
Less June Rain In Iowa County Than In 1934
Special to Tha Gazette reports rainfall in June was far lighter than 1934 in Iowa County with only two inches recorded, contributed by four events. The drought year’s totals appear far behind this season’s prospects as grain crops and vegetation show limited relief.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Wayred
Cedar Rapids Youth Tests Cows in Polk
Robert Gensicke son of Henry Gensicke Guernsey dairyman west of Cedar Rapids began work as tester for Polk county contest association No 3. His headquarters are in Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Polk
Robert Gensicke
Henry Gensicke
Guernsey
Polk County Contest Association
Gensicke
Des Moines
Corn Planting and Harvest Notes Across Williamsburg Delta Webster
Special to The Gazette reports Homer Cheney farm in Williams burg has corn laid by June 22 on a 40 acre field planted May 15. C N Augustine farm north of Delta has 235 acres laid by this week with ongoing cultivation. Carl Griner harvests rye. Warren Sweet reports 37 acres of rye at six feet eight inches tall. Corn growth rapid with final plowings. raspberries ripening but needing rain.
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Williamsburg
Homer Cheney
English River
Delta
C. N. Augustine
The
Gazette
Webster
Carl Griner
Warren Sweet
Oxford Junction
Millersburg
Anamosa Reports Climbing Cutworms Hit Alfalfa Crops
Jones county farmers report serious cutworm outbreaks in alfalfa fields with damaging numbers found on Glenn Jones Anamosa E H Wendt Olin and George Shimerda Oxford Junction. Meanwhile Oxford Junction shows corn thrice replanted and rye turning yellow as peas ripen and berries come in.
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Jones County
Carl Smith
Glenn Jones
Anamosa
E. H Wendt
Olin
George Shimerda
Oxford Junction
Assessors Report on 128.073 Radios In Farm Flames In Iowa
Irregular OCR fragment discusses an Assessors Report numbered 128.073, mentioning radios in farms, fires in Iowa, and agricultural matters at Ott Gate and Montgomery. It references percentages, crops, and several places with unclear names, giving a partial view of farm assets, losses, and assessments from the era.
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Iowa
Porter and County Agents Discuss Weeds Statute
Ames pathologist Dr Porter outlines Iowa weed law aims including crop safe control methods and soil binding value of quackgrass. He notes county boards appoint weed commissioners, state botanist I. E. Melhus, and enforcement steps with ten day notices and potential eradication costs charged to owner property.
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Lhr F Porter
Conesville
Cedar Rapids
North County
Rex Cann
D. H. Sentmirce
Towa County
Toawa
Porter
Ames
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Melhus of
Boards of Supervisors
Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Weed Commissioners
Iowa farms show 39.4 percent with tractors in 1936
Des Moines AP reports that 83,656 Iowa farms operated tractors in 1936, up 20 percent from 1935 and the largest yearly increase since 1917. The 39.4 percent figure follows heat and horse losses, with gains across all 99 counties and notable boosts in flat land areas of north central and in the southwest and southeast.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Towa
State Agriculture Department
Thomas L. Curran
Benton
Lee
Appanoose
Ansensers
Farina
Paint Sprayer Douses Weeds Along Onslow Roadside
Floyd Horton and helper Leo Keating spray quackgrass along the roadside with a sodium chlorate solution from a paint spraying outfit mounted on an auto trailer located northeast of Onslow. The scene shows the pair applying the weed killer to the verge.
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the Gazette
Onslow
Floyd Horton
Heymonath and July Haying Describe Rural Beauty
A countrywoman extols hay season and July’s fragrance of clipped clover timothy blue grass and alfalfa. She recalls the scent drifting from drying fields and praises haying as fascinating work, calling it one of the nicest farm operations.
Tractor numbers rise in eastern Iowa by by county totals
The report notes a rise from 45 195 to nearly double that figure with a small dip in 1931 and 1932 followed by a steady climb. It lists by county assessor counts of tractors for Allamakee through Grundy with figures for each: Allamakee 491 Black Hawk 1 021 Buchanan 735 Clayton 1 100 Delaware 728 Dubuque 632 Fayette 830 Winneshiek 857 Poweshiek 1 065 Tama 1 318 Benton 1 301 Cedar 1 083 Clinton 1 336 Iowa 1 022 Jackson 528 Johnson 1 092 Linn 1 105 Muscatine 862 Grundy 899.
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Allamakee
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Winneshiek
Poweshiek
Tama
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Jackson
Johnson
Linn
Muscatine
Grundy
New Buildings Rising On Three Farms Near Newhall
A 36 by 36 barn is under construction on Cecil Rammelsburg farm four miles north of Newhall. The $2000 structure features a self supporting roof and cement floors. A 34 by 44 barn replaced a June-burned building on Harold Boddicker farm built by Jake Krumm. William Wheeler of Newhall builds a new house for Gus Horde man near Ehellsburg to replace a burned residence.
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Newhall
Cecil Rammelsburg
C. W Hearther
Atkins
Harold Boddicker
Jake Krumm
van Horne
William Wheeler
Gus Hordeman
Ehellsburg
Millersburg Woman Sells White Rock Spring Chickens
Mrs. Cledith Seaton of Millersburg sold forty White Rock spring chickens Tuesday at 18 cents per pound, averaging 3½ pounds each.
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Millersburg
Cledith Seaton
White Rock Spring
Heifer Purchase at Sioux City Unloads in Hale
Ninety western yearling heifers bought in Sioux City were unloaded Wednesday at Hale for Hans Ketelsen feeder operation near here. The transfer marks a sizable livestock movement into the region.
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Sioux City
Hale
Hans Ketelsen
Marengo Postpones First 4-H Judging School
The first 4-H judging school in Iowa county, originally set for July 3, is postponed to July 10 to avoid clashing with Independence Day activities.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Horses Sold After Long Drive Near Coggon Wisconsin
Coggon Iowa buyers assembled ten head of horses on the Thomas Patton farm three miles northeast of town for shipment to Wisconsin. N. M. Howe, a dealer, bought the lot with Mr. Patton assisting. Weights ranged 1600 to 1900 pounds and prices were from 150 to 217.50 per horse.
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Thomas Patton
Coggon
Wisconsin
N. M. Howe
Mr. Patton
Iowa farm program confab set for Ames July 8
Iowa agricultural conservation committee members will meet ten district representatives in Ames July 8 to discuss Iowa’s 1938 agricultural conservation program. Attending are extension division men and state committee fieldmen. Dieterich says county reports will be summarized for Washington by July 10 and aligned with other states and federal policy.
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Des Moines
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Ames
Iowa
College Extension Division
State Committee
H. L. Dieterich
Dieterich
Washington, D. C
Washington
AAA
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