Chinch Bug Migration Detected Across East Iowa Farmlands
Iowa entomologists report chinch bug nymph migrations across Johnson Cedar Scott Muscatine Clinton Linn Louisa Washington and Henry counties as small grains harvest begins. Observations cite nymphs near Mount Pleasant Conesville Coralville West Liberty and other east central sites with warnings to protect barley rye and wheat fields and corn from potential infestation.
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Johnson
Cedar
Scott
Muscatine
Clinton
Linn
Louisa
Washington
Henry
A. D. Worthington
G. C. Decker
Ames
Mount Pleasant
Conesville
Coralville
West Liberty
Iowa
E. D. Gardner
Iowa City
Johnson County
Gazette
Glen Campbell
Campbell
Worthington
New Farm House Replaces Fire Loss Near Walker
A new bunga low style house on the Frank Rosina farm one mile east of Walker nears completion after a Feb 15 fire destroyed the old dwelling. The 38 by 28 foot residence has a full basement seven rooms and bath with insulated walls.
Noisy rustle stirs farm alarm over winter feed
KA F A notes the constant rustle of corn and its growth, warning keepers to stay alert. The write up hints at a looming challenge to secure enough feed for livestock as winter approaches.
Traer Creamery Pays $234,887 For Year's Butterfat
Traer Co operative creamery shows 18 percent volume growth in its ninth year. It handled 731,363 pounds of butterfat earning patrons $234,887.20 for the year, up from $195,620, despite a 6 percent fall in butterfat. Patronage rose to 665 farmers, the highest in five years, due to quality cream regulations boosting prices.
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TRAER
Traer Co-operative Creamery
Junior Farm Bureau Picnic Planned by Linn County Leader
Darrell Gilmore of Marion, president, announces a Junior Farm Bureau picnic in Linn County at Upper Palisades Sunday. Members and friends are invited with assembly suggested at 11 am.
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Darrell Gilmore
Marion
Upper Palisades
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Mr. Gilmore
Rowley Creamery Pays 25 Cents For Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 25 cents a pound for firsthalf of June butterfat as reported by secretary Joe McGrath.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Same Soil Treatments Apply To Grass As To Corn
Mount Pleasant farm test by Iowa State College and state control shows similar soil treatments work for grazing grass as for corn. Six 7 acre plots studied reseeding liming manuring and fertilizers with beef cattle grazing. plot 5 yielded 201 lb beef per acre at 4.37 cost and a $3.23 net gain. plot 6 produced 183 lb beef at 6.37 with a slight loss. Weed control improved with fertilization. drought year 1934 favored improved grass with 153 pasture days versus 76 for unimproved.
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Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Iowa Experiment Station
State Board of Control
H. D. Hughes
Ames
Cotton Advocated as Road Material
Dearborn Michigan March 19 special to The Gazette Carl B Fritsche managing director of Farm Chemurgic council announces a new outlet for surplus cotton in road building with an expected annual demand of 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 bases Experimental tests show cotton cloth can reinforce tar and asphalt highways like steel mesh strengthens concrete It improves interior drainage keeps foundations dry prevents frost blister potholes and ravelling and provides tensile strength to curb creeping under heavy traffic reducing maintenance costs
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Dearborn
Mich
Carl B. Fritsche
Farm Chemurgiec Council
Fritsche
Iowa Iron and Coal Company Incorporation Notice
A Cedar Rapids corporation named Iowa Iron and Coal Company is organized under chapter 384 to buy and sell coal wood fuel oil and other heating goods and to own real estate and borrow money. Directors H Cohn Louis Ohsman Sam Cohn all Cedar Rapids. Officers Cohn President Sam Cohn Vice President Louis Ohsman Secretary Treasurer. Authorized capital ten thousand dollars. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa July 10 1994.
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Bemr
Lowa Tjron and Coal Company
Cedral Rapids
Lown
H. Cohn
Louis Ohsman
Sam Cohn
All. of
Cedar Rapids
Towa
TE Cohn
Towa Iron & Coal Company
UH Cobn
Louie Ohlman
Grimm Enickt
Shuttleworth and Ingersoll
Oats Cut In Stanwood Vicinity Harvest Under Way
Special report notes Stanwood area harvest on William Tenley farm one mile east of Stanwood with tall well filled oats and rapid corn growth. Millersburg reports threshing machines overhauled ready for harvest. Amandus Wagner notes oats yielding 101 to 97 grains per head southwest of Millersburg. Wilton Junction farmers haying and corn laid by. raspberries and garden truck need rain. Muscatine ships three carloads of cabbage in one day.
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Stanwood
William Tenley
Gazette
Millersburg
Amandus Wagner
Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Group 1 Contracts In Tama Sent To Des Moines
Tama county 1935 corn-hog Group 1 contracts nearly complete and to be audited in Des Moines before forwarding to Washington. About 100 Tama signers from 1934 have not received full payment for last year. payments are slowly arriving.
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Tama
Des Moines
TRAER
Tama County
Washington, D. C
Tama County 4-H Club Enrollment Reaches 307
Membership in Tama county 4-H clubs totals 152 girls in thirteen clubs and 155 boys in thirteen clubs. Seven girls clubs have been organized since the year began under the leadership of Roy Olson, assistant county agent, and Mrs. Edith Huffman, home demonstration agent.
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TRAER
Tama County
Roy Olson
Edith Huffman
Rural Singers Present The Bohemian Girl At Vinton And Oelwein
More than 2 000 residents heard the Benton county Farm Bureau staged opera The Bohemian Girl at Vinton while a parallel performance by Jefferson township Farm Bureau in Oelwein drew a large crowd. County 4-H officers were elected during the Vinton program and two people received honorary 4-H memberships.
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Benton Farm Bureau
Vinton
Benton County Farm Bureau
Myron Inman
Home Project Work
M. D. Fry
Jeanette Tow
Atkins
Lois Wiese
Keystone
Opal Hagan
van Horne
Esther Ebert
Blairstown
Anna Happel
Martha Heitmann
Belle Plaine
Hazel Skoog
Bert Locher
C. D. Moore
Urbana
Oelwein
Jefferson Township
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Ray Bell
W. H. Hatch
Arline
Marilyn Nelson
Elaine McSweeney
Count Arnheim
F. R. Ketch
Lazy Drone and Morning Harvest in a Country Woman’s Day
A country woman recalls dawn sounds and farm life as hens and cattle wake. She plans abundant canning, noting a switch to hot pack peas with a two hour water bath, while peas, beets, beans, spinach and greens await processing and jars fill the shelves.
Neighbors Plow 30 Acres for Ill Neighbor Near Elgin
Seven neighbors from Elgin area brought teams and cultivators to Earl Kiple's farm to plow thirty acres of corn and assist with other work delayed by illness in the family. Participants include Otto Kruger Fred Burritow Tofield Heck Alfred Jacobs William Kruger Guy Probert and Mattia Zurbriggen.
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Gazette
Elgin
Earl Kiple
Otto Kruger
Fred Burritow
Tofield Heck
Alfred Jacobs
William Kruger
Guy Probert
Mattia Zurbriggen
Notice of Probate In Linn County Iowa Will
In Linn County Iowa District Court a hearing is set for July 16 1095 at 9 am to probate the Last Will and Testament of P Gatto in Cedar Rapids. Clerk Edwin W Lanpouist announces the proceeding and attorney A G Keyes represents the case.
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Linn County
District Court
P. Gatto
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edwin W Lanpouist
A. G. Keyes
Charles E. Grunewald
Oes
A. B. Black
Fred W. Hann
Remarkable Seven and a Half Foot Corn in Fairfax Field
Miss Rosa Farrell and her brother Leo Farrell of Fairfax display an acre of hybrid corn that grew unusually tall. Planted the first week in May, the crop reaches over seven and a half feet, cultivated with hand tools in the field.
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Fairfax
Rosa Farrell
Leo Farrell
900000 Colts Foaled This Year Estimated By Dinsmore
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse and Mule Association of America predicts the Jan 1 1936 federal report will show about 900000 horse and mule foals born in 1935. He also estimates roughly 1100000 horse deaths this year and says foaling rates won’t equal death rates until 1938. He notes more than 5000000 breeding age mares in the United States.
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Chicago
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
Dinsmore
Chicago Horseman
United States
Postville Butter Scores Second in Regional Contest
Postville butter scored 9334 for second place at a northeast Iowa creameries meeting held at a church in Allamakee County. Edgar Riser is the butter maker at Postville.
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the Gazette
Postville
Iowa
Church
Allamakee County
Edgar Riser
Rough Farm Sells For 28 An Acre In Iowa Territory
Clarence Christen sold the Hermann O Tweedt estate farm of 30 acres in Pleasant township Winneshirk county for 8400 to Theodore F Berg. The land was described as extremely rough. Nearby sales include the Wallace Waters farm near Frankville at 200 acres for 12500 to Fred O Smorstad and the Halvor Hollien farm near Nordness at 120 acres for 11500 to Adolph Gullickson.
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Decorah
Clarence Christen
Hermann O. Tweedt
Pleasant Township
Winneshirk County
Theodore F. Berg
Wallace Waters
Frankville
Fred O. Smorstad
Halvor Hollien
Nordness
Adolph Gullickson
Corn Is Waist High In North Fayette County
In West Union the corn in northern Fayette county shows a mostly waist high stand with good color and cleanliness but uneven growth. Some fields are knee high or shoulder high and some areas appear abandoned to weeds. The last ten days of warm weather boosted growth greatly while edging toward haying as cultivation continues. Oats fields are scarce and farmers worry oats may not meet bumper crop expectations.
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Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
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