Corn crop in Iowa shows good progress and tasseling
The weekly weather and crop bulletin reports half of Iowa corn tasseling in places and some silking. Reed notes a good season pattern, with warm starts and cool ends, and crops like flax, oats, barley and winter wheat advancing well amid manageable pest pressure and favorable haying conditions.
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ES Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States Weather Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Reed
Independence
Traer
Toledo
Hartwick
Belle Plaine
Cannery
Pasture clipping and cattle feeding notes from Iowa farms
The column discusses pasture weed clipping as a low cost way to improve grazing. It notes timing and technique, mentions A R Embree near Mar telle with 62 head of cattle, and farm activity by Roy Williams of Olin with 124 steers and 40 lighter cattle. It also cites The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids feeder loans and reports Lee Armstrong and Sons near Springville harvesting oats with other crops grown on their farm.
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Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Roy Williams
Olin
Mr. Williams
Lee Armstrong and Sons
Maurice
Paul
Armstrongs
Springville
Iowa Threshing Invasion As Harvest Fields Rally
Threshing crews begin field by field work across Iowa with scenes in High Amana where 46 acre plots yield 25 to 30 bushels per acre. Henry Bendorf, Amana Society vice-president, bundles grain at night as defense support for the state food effort.
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High Amana
Henry Bendorf
Towa
Hawkeye State
Bendorf
Amana Society
Predict Big 4-H Girls' Congress At Iowa State Fair
Nearly 800 Iowa farm girls from more than 25 local 4-H clubs will join the girls' club congress at the Iowa state fair August 22 to 29. Edith Barker, congress director, says it will be the largest and most representative 4-H event at the fair yet. Highlights include demonstrations in interior decoration, food exhibits, gardening, a style show on South American influence, and the selection of Iowa's best-dressed 4-H club girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Congress
Edith Barker
Butterfat tax receipts rise above last year
Iowa dairy commission secretary Frank Galer reports butterfat tax collections through July 15 total $64,000, $17,000 more than the same period last year. With penalties not yet assessed, total future collections are expected to reach $100,000 as the tax remains one cent per pound for butterfat June 1 to June 15.
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Des Moines
Frank Galer
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Picked Up Hiker Loses Pickup in Blencoe
Blencoe Iowa dispatch reports Roy Carlson a local filling station operator and farmer seeking a hitchhiker who helped him for three days then borrowed his pickup to attend a show and disappeared. The hitchhiker said he came from Mason City Iowa and was vacationing.
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Blencoe
Roy Carlson
Carter's Liver Pills Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow. It claims the liver should produce two pints of bile daily and warns of bloating constipation and a sour mood if digestion slows. Prices cited are 10¢ and 25¢.
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Carter
Training School For Tenant Men Held at Roosevelt Hotel
A one day training session for tenant purchase committee members from 10 Iowa counties met at the Roosevelt hotel. Leads were given by A Stanley Indianapolis connected with the tenant purchase section of the regional FSA office Harry L Young Ames in charge of the Iowa program and Howard Dodge head of the local FSA office. Committee members from Muscatine Clinton Town Poweshiek Benton Jones Jackson Dubuque Delaware and Independence counties attended along with FSA and home supervisors.
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Roosevelt Hotel
A. Stanley
Indianapolis
Farm Security Administration
Harry L. Young
Ames
Iowa
Howard Dodge
FSA
Muscatine
Clinton
Town
Poweshick
Benton
Jones
Jackson
Dubuque
Delaware
Independence
County clothing club day set for August 8 in Tipton building
Special to The Gazette reports a clothing demonstrations and clothing exhibits program at the Tipton Municipal building on August 8. The event opens at 1 30 p m and runs into the evening.
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The
Gazette
Tipton
County Clothing Club
Vinton Man Heads Stock Committee
Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau named two committees to handle livestock and dairy marketing issues. The general livestock group is led by A. B. Kline of Vinton with five other members from Hawarden Eldon Lamont Cedar Falls and West Bend. The dairy marketing panel includes Paul Stewart Maynard R F Badgett Corning Algona Keosauqua and Waterloo with Stewart and Wright and Reeve Christiansen holding notable positions.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
General
A. B. Kline
Vinton
Federation
H. J. Shoemaker
Hawarden
Lee Stephenson
Eldon
Bureau
David Dancer
Lamont
Folmer C. Hansen
Cedar Falls
Charles B. Thatcher
West Bend
Dancer
House
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
R. F. Badgett
Corning
Mads Christiansen
Algona
C. M. Reeve
Keosauqua
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Stewart
Senate
Wright
State Dairy Association
Reeve
Christiansen
Business Men Help The Farmers In Eustis Nebraska
Farmers in the Eustis area report harvest work progresses with a help effort by local business men and employers who travel to the fields each evening at seven o clock to work two hours shocking grain.
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Eustis
Neb
INS
Women exhibit plans discussed at All-Iowa fair luncheon
The Aug 10 to 15 All-Iowa fair at Hawkeye Downs prompted a luncheon talk on fair exhibit plans. Participants included Ann Nygaard of Vinton, Mrs Glen Port chorus leader, Margaret Stewart new Linn county home demonstration agent, Rex Conn Linn county Farm Bureau head, and Suave Moore in charge of the air.
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Hawkeye Downs
Ann Nygaard
Vinton
Glen Port
Benton County
Margaret Stewart
New Linn County
Rex Conn
Linn County
Suave Moore
Soul Conservation Emphasizes Seasonal Concerns
A country voice reflects on mid July corn fields turning dusty with pollen as youthful vigor and procreation loom. The Mississippi River analogy questions history should events repeat in a year like this, pondering nature and life.
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Mississippi
Cedar Rapids
Butter production higher year over year in week ending July 10
Des Moines based federal statistician Leslie M. Carl reports butter production for the week ending July 10 at two percent above the same week last year but down 1.5 percent from the prior week due to seasonal decline. In the West North Central region including Iowa output fell 1.1 percent week to week but rose 4.4 percent year over year.
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Des Moines
INS
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
West North Central
Iowa
Hanson Farm Sold Near Waukon for $6000
WAUKON says the 143 acre Hanson homestead five miles northeast of town has been sold by Gilman Hanson to Mrs. Louise Dickson of Jefferson township for $6,000.
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Waukon
Hanson
Gilman Hanson
Louise Dickson
Jefferson Township
Iowa Hens Lay 295 Million Eggs in June
Iowa's June egg production was estimated at 295 million eggs with 20 million laying hens. Production and hen counts were similar to last year but well above average. Egg prices rose to 21.9 cents per dozen in mid June, nearly double a year ago and three cents higher than mid May. The Iowa egg feed ratio rose to 15.1.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Record Egg Output Surges in June to New High
The Agriculture Department reports over 4.0 billion eggs laid in June, the largest for the month since 1930. The report notes fewer farm flock diversions and hints hens may be reacting to high production expectations.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Threshing Begins on Local Farmland East of Williamsburg
Threshing started Tuesday on the Ernest Glandorf and Otto Doehrman farms east of Williamsburg as harvest activity picks up in the area.
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Williamsburg
Ernest Glandorf
Otto Doehrman
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Arkansas
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Clothing Club
Goodyear
Gandy
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Riverside Feed-Mill
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