Heat Drives Iowa Farm Work to Shade and Night
In eastern Iowa the heat shuts down daytime field work with many farmers shifting to cutting outs and minimal runs for horse drawn binders. Shocking crews seek shade, with tractors idling and some operators wrapping seats. Water brigades serve thirsty laborers as pumps burn hot, and many crews push to finish after dark. Threshing has begun near West Liberty but many delay until cooler weather. Livestock depart the farm before dawn.
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Uesday
Iowa
West Liberty
Oelwein Farmers Battle Heat With Harvest Strain
Special to The Gazette reports oats harvest underway as extreme heat rushes farmers from hay to grain cutting. Early oats fair, late oats drought damaged. spring seeding mostly gone. Pastures brown. corn shows white leaves. Tractors used to cut grain to save horses in heat. rendering plant collected fifteen horses. windmill water problems persist. engines used to pump water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Heat Keeps Elgin Farmers Out of Fields
Elgin area farmers avoid fieldwork during severe heat. Schori Brothers cut oats Monday night as grain now in shock appears white rather than gold. Corn endures drought, though some crops nearly cooked. A prime corn field along the Turkey River bottom shows white tops. rain would barely revive it. Gardens dry, onions baked.
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Elgin
Schori Brothers
Turkey
Storm and drought hit Hopkinton area crops and livestock
A wind and rain storm swept Hopkinton early Sunday causing lightning fatalities to a cow owned by George Wollmutt and a horse owned by Duane DeShaw. Drought damaged gardens potatoes and small grain and dry weather cut short the raspberry crop prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Hopkinton
George Wollmutt
Duane DeShaw
Baby Beef Tour Planned In Allamakee County
WAUKON Carl Oldsen of the Iowa Beef Producers association will lead a baby beef club tour in Allamakee county on July 30. The caravan leaves the Farm Bureau office at 8 a.m. All 4-H livestock club members in the county are invited to attend.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Allamakee County
Farm Bureau
Countrywoman Seeks Rain In Scorching Summer Day
A rural narrator describes a relentless heat wave with temperatures rising to 104 degrees. Hogs pant, cows move to dry pastures, mills and equipment fail under the heat, water tanks run low, and farmers await rain to save crops and livestock.
Holstein Winners Picked At West Liberty And Waterloo
Ten breeders exhibited thirty six head in District No 5 of the Iowa Holstein association at West Liberty. Counties represented include Muscatine Johnson Linn Cedar and Scott. Judges were Arthur Porter Ames Mike Stewart Maynard and K D Hatch Cherokee. A district herd will be chosen to compete at Cedar Rapids All Iowa show September 14. First placings include Alfred Paper Stockton aged bull senior and grand champion Iowana Farms Davenport aged cow senior and grand champion female George Mueller and Son Lone Tree senior yearling heifer and more.
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West Liberty
Iowa Holstein Association
Muscatine
Johnson
Linn
Cedar
Scott Counties
Arthur Porter
Ames
Mike Stewart
Maynard
K. D. Hatch
Cherokee
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Naber and Titus
Iowana Farms
Davenport
Weather Warnings Amid Drought and Hopes for Rain
The account describes parched pastures and gardens, deep cracks in the ground, and dry creeks signaling drought. A faint breeze moves curtains as a thin, feathery cloud cover appears, hinting at possible rain in the offing.
Allamakee and Buchanan Dairy Calf Tours Planned
Four H livestock club members in Allamakee county plan a county dairy calf tour on July 23. Ernest Wright of Waterloo Iowa State Dairy association will supervise judging and demonstrations on clipping and grooming. Farms visited include Harold Kaiser Bert Dickson John Livesind Ed Voelker and Lester Smith with a picnic dinner and recreation at noon.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Ernest Wright
Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
Harold Kaiser
Bert Dickson
John Livesind
Ed Voelker
Lester Smith
4-H Dairy Calf and Colt Club Tours Scheduled in Buchanan
Independence area 4-H dairy calf club tour set for July 22 in Buchanan county under Ernest M. Wright of the Iowa State Dairy association. A colt club tour in the same county will be conducted July 28 by Harry Linn of Des Moines, field secretary for the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders' association.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Ernest M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Association
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Holstein Show Names District Champions at Waterloo
Sir Ernestine Mon ogram a two year old Holstein bull owned by August Kluss of Luzerne won grand champion at the district show in Waterloo. W D Mitchells Perfec tion Ormsby of Reinbeck took grand champion female in the aged cow class and a Mitchell heifer calf earned junior championship. Burger and Chezik of Waterloo won 2-year-old heifer class, a Luzerne entry by Harold Wehrman won the yearling class, and Russell Sage of Waterloo led the aged bull class with a first place entry.
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Waterloo
Sir Ernestine Monogram
August Kluss
Luzerne
W. D. Mitchell
Russell Sage
Fire destroys barn and outbuildings at Volga City Farm
A fire caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed a large barn and all contents along with several outbuildings on the Volga City Farm owned by Logan Wil. No injuries were reported and the fire was contained Monday afternoon.
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Volga
Volga City
Logan
Farmer reports 144 degrees heat on ground near Vio la
Dillon Atherton of the Gazette hill near Vio la says ground temperature reached 144 degrees Tuesday with an average of 107 degrees from three readings. His corn hill grew two and a half inches, new inner leaves appeared, and the plant tassels early with a white cap while nearby hills show less growth.
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Dillon Atherton
Viola
Gazette Hill
Atherton
Fire destroys farm buildings saving house and stock
A farm near here suffered a blaze that consumed other buildings while the house was saved. About 400 chickens, one horse, and two pigs were trapped in the dining barn. Loss runs to several thousand dollars, partly covered by insurance.
Fire destroys farm outbuildings near Earlville
A fire of undetermined origin Monday destroyed a chicken house and hog house on the Sydney Hunt farm south of Earlville. The Earlville fire department responded and prevented the blaze from reaching other buildings.
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Earlville
Sydney Hunt Farm
Iowa Farmers Own 195 686 Automobiles
Des Moines figures from the Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau show 195,686 farm automobiles on Jan 1 1936, down five from 1935, across 213,591 farms. Counties vary with Humboldt Polk Cedar rising 156 cars, Harrison dropping 116, Story down 91, while central counties exceed 2,000 each.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Humboldt
Polk
Cedar
Harrison County
Taylor and Ringgold
Emmet County
Story County
Renewal of Dows Real Estate Company charter agreement
The stockholders at the May 25 1936 meeting in Cedar Rapids Iowa extended the corporate period twenty years to June 1 1956 and adopted renewed Articles of Incorporation. Sutherland Dows and C S Woodward signed as president and secretary to certify the proceedings before Notary Public Riel MacIntosh Linn County Iowa.
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Dows Real Estate Company
State of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sutherland Dows
C. S. Woodward
Woodward
State of Iowa
Linn County
A. D
Riel Macintosh
C._S. Woodward
C. 8
Muriel Macintosh
Dows Real Estate Company Renewed and Amended Articles
Renewal and substitution of the articles for Dows Real Estate Company dated May 28 1936 in Cedar Rapids Iowa outline the corporation name purpose stock capital and governance. It sets a 20 year term from June 1 1936 with two thirds stockholder vote to dissolve or increase capital and details on directors officers meetings and bylaws.
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Dows Real Estate Company
Cedar Rapids
Own
State of
Iowa
Sutherland Dows
Thompson McClintock
James E. Blake
Margaret Cook Dows
Cc. S. Woodward
Board of Directors
Gedar
Rapids
Dows AL Estate Company
Grasshoppers Ravage Alburnett Area Farms
A three acre alfalfa field on T. M. Millard’s farm seven miles north of Alburnett was eaten by grasshoppers before moving to potatoes and watermelon vines. Millard obtained poison bait. Linn county expects rain to end the threat.
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Alburnett
T. M. Millard
Grasshoppers Damage Corn Near Fairbank
First Fayette county report of grasshopper damage comes from the Fred Lyons farm near Fairbank. Pests have destroyed some corn, marking the season's initial outbreak in the area.
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Fairbank
Oelwein
Fayette County
Fred Lyons
Grasshoppers Reported Damaging Oats in Hopkinton
In Hopkinton local reports indicate grasshoppers have damaged oats crops. The extent and exact area affected remain unclear while farmers assess losses and potential remedies.
Livestock Die from Heat Near Center Point
Center Point representative Frank Poulson of Cedar Rapids reports fourteen hogs and one horse removed from farms Monday dying from excessive heat. Five horses were reported to die from the heat in this vicinity Saturday.
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Center Point
Frank Poulson
Cedar Rapids
Statement on Sheep Water Tolerance Compared to Camels
A brief comparison notes that sheep can endure longer without water than camels under certain conditions, highlighting variability in species adaptations and environmental stress responses.
Iowa Hay Crop Output in 1936 Reaches 1540000 Tons
Iowa tame hay production in 1936 is 4 441 000 tons with alfalfa at 2 001 000 tons and clover and timothy mix at 1 886 000 tons. National tame hay output stands at 65 723 000 tons, and wild hay at 7 545 000 tons.
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Iowa
Kansas City
Market News Service
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
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Lone Tree
Frank Decker
Clarence
Ludvik Petrak
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Buchanan
Kluss
Williams
Eddie
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Egad
Amos
Mazor
Murphy’s Garage
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau
SFAL
Conn
Rex Conn
Myron Porter
J. W. Pirie
16Th Avenue
Kneip Markets
AMANA
SAUER
Dial
Vyder
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
Seth L. Larson
Walford, Iowa
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