FSCC Spends $66 Million on Surplus Farm Commodities
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939 the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation bought about 1.7 billion pounds of surplus foods at roughly $66 million including freight. Most items were donated to welfare agencies in 48 states plus DC Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for relief families.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Iecorporation
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Vveet Ser
SCC
Welfre
FSCC
Iplus
Wallace Farm at Vinton begins shelling corn harvest
VINTON. About ten days ahead schedule the Vinton Hybrid Corn Company started shelling operations in a 40 acre field at the Earl Wallace farm north of Vinton. The firm has about 1000 acres planted and plans ten crews of twenty men each by midweek. The work will continue about a month. TROY MILLS. Severe electrical storm costs livestock loss. Omer Britt loses one horse Artie McNamire two cows and H Herendeen two cows all pastured. Wind and rain damaged corn and oats. Wapsipinicon river rose and flooded lowlands. a bridge washed out. some fruit trees damaged. IOWA CITY. Two 4-H stock tours planned this month. A baby beef tour July 19 led by John Quist, and a dairy calf tour July 26 led by E M Wright take place in Anson county, Iowa.
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Jointo
the Gazette
Vinton
Earlallace Farm
Troy Mills
Omer Britt
Artie McNamire
H. Herendeen
Owa
Anson County
Coun
Emmett Gardner
John Quist
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Secret of the Iowa Dairy Associat
Fence Drift and Harvest Notes in Woven Wire Fields
Last harvest yields straw and low grain quality with much inferior produce. This season a fairly able shocker should keep pace with a 6 foot binder. Reports show abundant feed in oats and threshing expected to be a relatively short job.
Linn REA To Stage 2 Day Program At Marion
Linn county Rural Electric cooperative hosts a two day demonstration on home and farm electricity in Marion on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lee Lloyd and Miss Louisan Mamer of the federal REA speak and demonstrate. Harold Beaty will hold wiring conferences with plans for additional talks and entertainment by local groups.
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Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
Marion
Lee Lloyd
Louisan Mamer
Federal Rea
Washington
Harold Beaty
Ames
Lloyd
Miss Mamer
Mr Beaty
Mamer
Beaty
Rogers Sisters
Alburnett
Junior Farm Bureau Quartet
Glenn Stoner
Mount Vernon
Linn Rea
N. A. W. Koch
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Gove
Plan Washington County Health Contest July 17
The annual 4-H health contest for Washington county boys and girls is set for July 17. Girls compete at 8:30 am and boys at 7 pm with Dr. D C Barrett in charge alongside the county medical and dental societies. Top ten girls and top eight boys will be reexamined to decide county champions.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
J W. Chandler
D C. Barrett
Washington County Medical Society
Washington County Dental Society
Chandler
Plan Sports Festival In Clinton County Sept. 2
DeWitt county agent M D Lacy announced a Clinton county sports festival for Farm Bureau members on Sept 2. The event precedes the statewide festival at Ames on Sept 8 and 9 with committee members Hugo Schaff Mrs Virtus Seamer Joe Booth L C Memke C A Minnert and Ray Corliss named as organizers.
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Dewitt
M. D. Lacy
Clinton County
Farm Bureau
Ames
Hugo Schaff
Virtus Seamer
Joe Booth
Caminche
L. C. Memke
Delmar
C. A. Minnert
Wheatland
Ray Corliss
Bryant
Five Iowa farm groups tour east central farms
Boards of directors and field men from five Iowa farm business associations will meet at 9 am at the Allan Kline farm near Vinton to view hog production. A board meeting follows at 11 am at Silver Lake state park near Delhi, with a picnic dinner. The afternoon visits include the Lyle Sutton hog feeding operation and the Howard Schnittjer cattle feeding plant near Delhi. Fieldmen listed are Wallace E. Ogg, L. J. Bodensteiner, C. C. Malone, H. B. Howell, and H. S. Nicol.
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Iowa
L. G. Allbaugh
Ames
Allan Kline
Vinton
Silver Lake State Park
Delhi
Lyle Sutton
Howard Schnittjer
Wallace E. Ogg
Northwest
L. J. Bodensteiner
Northeast
C. C. Malone
Central
Marketing Service Created In USDA
Washington reports a new Agricultural Marketing Service established in the U.S. Department of Agriculture effective July 1. C. W. Kitchen serves as chief overseeing transfer of duties from four bureaus including economic research, dairy and poultry work, seed administration, and dairy exports. L. A. Wheeler named chief of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations to study foreign production trends and policies.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture
C. W. Kitchen
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Animal Industry
Packers and Stockyards Act
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
USDA
L. A. Wheeler
Wheeler
Quist and Thompson to Aid 4-H Demonstrations at County Fair
Special to The Gazette reports John Quist, 4-H state club leader, will visit Anamosa and Ames to assist 4-H boys and Miss Belle Thompson will work with girls teams in Jones County on July 11 and July 20 respectively to prepare demonstrations for the county fair.
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Anamosa
John Quist
Ames
Jones County
Belle Thompson
Iowa to have show and judging team in Poultry Congress
Iowa will send two Jesup boys Lyle Fuller and Joseph Mumaw to Cleveland for the World's Poultry Congress. they form the state champion Future Farmer poultry judging team. The group has secured WPA labor and state Department of Agriculture materials after an unsuccessful appropriations attempt.
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Cleveland
Ames Extension Poultry Specialists
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Jesup
Lyle Fuller
Joseph Mumaw
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Kansas City
M. F. Grosscup
W. R. Whitfield
Ames
Roger Hess
Harry Atkins
Davenport
American Poultry Association
Congress
Atkins
Demonstration Teams Prepare For Clinton Fair
Seven 4-H girls teams gear up for Clinton county fair demonstrations. They trained last week with Miss Gladys Adams of Ames and county 4-H chair Florence Wilson. Team pairs include Hall Wallace, Camp Leeper, McCutcheon Schunter, Booth Paysen, Whitman Higgins, Burnett McDevitt, Seamer Hofer.
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The
Gazette
Dewitt
Clinton County
Gladys Adams
Ames
Florence Wilson
County 4-H
Francis Hall
Mary Wallace
Marjorie Camp
Betty June Leeper
Arleta McCutcheon
Helen Schunter
Etta Mae Booth
Esther Paysen
June Whitman
Dorothy Higgins
Josephine Burnett
Mildred McDevitt
Fay Seamer
Blanche Hofer
Milk Distribution Employs 170000 In U S
In the United States a total of 170 000 men are employed in the distribution of milk. The figure reflects the scope of dairy logistics across the nation.
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United States
Fire Blight and Cedar Rust Threaten Iowa Apple Trees
Dr. R. H. Porter reports two Orchard diseases prevailing in Iowa this season fire blight and red cedar rust. Fire blight damages apples and pears with darkened blossoms and twig tissue. control is pruning in late winter. Cedar rust spreads from cedar galls producing spores that infect leaves and fruit, especially Wealthy and Jonathan, with cedar trees near orchards acting as reservoirs. The only practical control noted is removing cedar trees in commercial apple regions. spraying is ineffective.
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Ames
Iowa
R. H. Porter
Porter
Red Cedar
Wealthy
Jonathan
Towa
Elkader Holsteins Set Herd Butterfat Record in AHFB Test
Elkader near Elkader S Iowa L C Lenth herd of 20 Holsteins completes sixth year in the American Holstein Friesian association registry test with 312 days averaging 10 870 pounds milk and 399 5 pounds butterfat The top cow produced 15 231 pounds milk and 564 6 pounds butterfat at ten years three months age Several other cows exceed 400 pounds butterfat in 305 days with 13 407 pounds milk 454 pounds butterfat and 11 391 pounds milk 443 2 pounds butterfat in 304 days Six additional cows surpassed 400 pounds butterfat in the herd.
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Elkader
American Holstein- Friesian Association
Leath
Little Rust Damage to Oats Seen in Iowa
Ames extension agronomist I E Methus reports dry early spring kept rust spores from developing across small grains with only minimal expected infection even after humid June. Smut remains worst in central Iowa, and he urges seed treatment next spring to curb future epidemics.
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Ames
Methus
Ames Extension Agronomist
Iowa
Estimate Bluegrass Seed Harvest Above Production Of 1938
Special to The Ganette reports Kentucky bluegrass seed production this year near 1 225 000 to 1 475 000 bushels, higher than 1938 but below the 1933–37 average. Prices opened 35–40 cents a bushel in Kentucky, with Missouri and Iowa paying 3–4% per pound for green seed, and Minnesota farmers receiving about 55 per 100 pounds for machine stripped seed.
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Ganette
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Miss Hettler Resigns to Pursue Ames Master’s Degree
Miss Frances Hettler a home demonstration agent for Iowa Poweshiek counties has resigned effective Sept 15 She plans to enroll at Ames to pursue a master’s degree in her field
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Marengo
Frances Hettler
Iowa
Poweshiek
Ames
Wapsie Valley Cow Testing Assn Reports Year Averages
Independence report shows 430.67 cow-years on test with 8,273 pounds of milk and 239.3 pounds of butterfat per cow. Average value $119.09, feed cost $69.60, 14.4 cents per pound butterfat. 538 cows tested. 248 purebreds, 290 grades. High herd: W. J. Campbell Jesup. High cow: Holstein at state hospital with 14,363 pounds milk and 6027 pounds butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Cow Testing Association
Glenn Cavin
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Verne Osborne
Guernseys
The
State Hospital
Campbell
Market Milk Meetings In East Iowa This Week
Three meetings of dairy producers and distributors are scheduled this week in eastern Iowa to discuss market milk laws. B O Brownlee will conduct the sessions in Ottumwa Muscatine and Fort Madison with milk samples tested in the surrounding areas in the afternoons before each event.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Fort Madison
B. O. Brownlee
State Dairy and Foods Inspection Service
32 by 80 Barn Completed on Gnagy Farm
A 32 by 80 foot barn with 32 foot posts and a gothic roof is finished on the Ray Gnagy farm occupied by Reuben Seegmiller. The structure features steel stanchions a ventilating system and new type adjustable windows.
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Brecial
the Gazette
Dysart
Ray Gnagy
Reuben Seegmiller
June Hog Slaughter Tops 1934 Levels 25.7 Percent Up
Slaughter of hogs under federal inspection in the United States last month reached the largest June total since 1934, rising 25.7 percent from a year earlier. Total livestock slaughter for June 1939 reached 5,813,688, led by hogs and aided by higher packer kills.
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United States
Dairy processing employs about eighty thousand workers
The article estimates that about 80 000 persons are employed in the processing of dairy products in the United States, highlighting the scale of the dairy industry and its labor force.
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