Rain Corrects Northeastern Iowa Drought Harshness
Generous Monday rain brought relief to parched pastures and crops across northeastern Iowa, with 3.97 inches near Cedar Rapids and lighter falls in Winneshiek Allamakee Clayton and Fayette. Dairymen reported supplementing grazing with hay as corn and hay suffered from heat and drought.
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Iowa
Fayette and
Clayton
Allamakee
Winneshiek
I Cedar Rapids
Waukon
Decorah
Winneshirk County
West Union
North Fayette
Winnesheik
Fayette
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Sparks Canner Complaint
A Cedar Rapids canner disputes a recent column note about child bean pickers driven home after being hauled sixty miles to a field. The issue cites that bean pickers are typically employed by the grower and the canner bears no transport responsibility. The critic focused on the youth of the workers stranded far from town, not the transport itself.
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Cedar Rapids
Canning Company
Local figures named in historical notice
Names Lewis Hand Howard Crow Elza Jeffries Riley Slocum Harold Shaffer A Nielsen Joe Fiala and Frank Fiala appear in a historical newspaper fragment listing individuals connected to a community event or notice. The exact role or context is not provided in the readable text.
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Lewis Hand
Howard Crow
Elza Jeffries
Riley Slocum
Harold Shaffer
A. Nielsen
Joe Fiala
Frank Fiala
Stanwood Storm Halts Harvest As Lightning Kills Horse
A wind and electrical storm hit Stanwood early Monday with rain halting harvest. Oats cut last week yielded 40 to 45 bushels per acre, winter wheat at Elmer Denkman farm reached 25 bushels per acre, and a horse on Elmer Meyer farm four miles northeast was killed by lightning.
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Stanwood
Elmer Denkman
Elmer Meyer
Here
Kildee To Judge DeWitt Livestock Exhibits
Dean H. H. Kildee of Ames will judge livestock entries at the sixth Clinton county Farm Bureau festival in DeWitt August 8 to 11. Miss Lucille Gove and Ed Lyndegaard will judge 4 H girls and boys club exhibits. The festival, with over 1 000 dollars in premiums, adds new features and two night shows. The Farm Bureau picnic and program is August 11 with W. B. Hamilton as principal speaker.
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Dewitt
Clinton County Farm Bureau
Dean H. H. Kildee
Ames
N. May Larson
Lucille Gove
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fourroom modern Colonial cottage rising on Tilden Guyer farm
A four room modern Colonial cottage is under construction on the Tilden Guyer farm for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Guyer. Schubert Brothers are the builders.
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Tilden Guyer
Kenneth Guyer
Schubert Brothers
Cicada and Chinch Bug Impact Limited in Eastern Iowa
In eastern Iowa the 17 year cicada and chinch bug caused limited damage. Cicadas emerged after L 17 years, damaging mainly twig tips and rare young orchard injury. Chinch bugs reduced some small grain yields in southern counties and adjacent corn fields. Western Iowa faced grasshopper damage, while eastern Iowa avoided it.
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Iowa
Judges named for Waterloo Cattle Congress events
Waterloo dairy cattle divisions announce judges for Jerseys J B Fitch Strathglass Farms David Gibson Strathglass Farms Ayrshires E N Hansen Ames Guernseys Guy E Harmon Blakford Farms Queenstown Md Holsteins C S Rhodes University of Illinois The national Belgian horse show will be judged by J L Edmonds University of Illinois A total of 20000 in premiums was announced by E S Estes show secretary Of the total 4164 is earmarked for 4 H competitions.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Jerseys
J. B. Fitch
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Ayrshires
David Gibson
Strathglass Farms
Port Chester
N. Y
E. N. Hansen
Ames Guernseys
Guy E. Harmon
Blakford Farms
Queenstown
C. S. Rhodes
University of Illinois
Urbana
Soul Conservation by a Country Woman
Dusk brings relief from heat as a breeze stirs trees and clover scents fill the air. Distant dove calls and pheasant responses mingle with barnyard sounds while fields wait for tomorrow. This reflective piece captures rural calm at day’s end.
200 000 000 More Bushels on Farms
CHICAGO AP The 1939 U S grain crop has a market value exceeding two billion dollars. Market stocks on farms reached 30 880 000 bushels while farm holdings as of July 1 stood at 836 921 000 bushels, about 200 million more than a year earlier. Disappearance April through June totaled about 367 million bushels this season.
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Grain Market Review
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
United States
Grain harvest projections for 1939 and past yields
Agriculture experts expect a 1939 harvest of about 4.453 billion bushels led by corn oats and wheat with barley and rye adding. Value baselines in Chicago prices show a market valuation around 2.0 billion dollars, below 1938 and 1937 peaks, while 1939 corn prospects remain large at about 2.5 billion bushels worth over 1.18 billion.
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Chicago
Kline to Speak at Maynard Farm Bureau Meeting
Allan Kline of Vinton vice-president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will be principal speaker Thursday evening at Maynard in a joint meeting of the Harlan Center Smithfield and Fremont township Farm Bureaus in Fayette county.
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Kline
Maynard
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Harlan, Center
Smithfield
Fremont Township
Fayette County
South Winneshiek C.T.A Averages 27 9 Butterfat
DECORAH The 487 cows on test during June in the South east Winneshiek Cow Test association made a butterfat average of 27.9 pounds. The Gilbert Salveson herd of Guernseys in Hespertownship fed with an average production of 37.1 pounds of butterfat, and seventy one cows made records of more than 400 pounds of butterfat.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Achievement Day at Waukon Aug 2 Guided by Ella Lough
Miss Ella Lough Ames extension specialist will judge exhibits and demonstrations at the annual 4 H girls achievement day program in Waukon on August 2.
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Gazette
Waukon
Ella Loughran
Ames
Fayette Softball Teams Chosen For State Tournament
Fayette county selects two all star 4 H softball teams to compete at Ames on September 8 and 9. The boys’ squad includes Warren Severs Wilbert Puls Elwood Mabon Harold Strosahl Donald Fay and others from Center Harlan Putnam Scott and Windsor townships. The girls’ team features Gladys Wittorf Katharine Kruempel Carol Morgan Mildred Hill Ruth Rummel and others from Fairfield Scott Putnam Center and Smithfield townships.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Ames
L. A. Kiel
Warren Severs
Wilbert Puls
Elwood Mabon
Harold Strosahl
Donald Fay
Center Township
Marvin Simpson
Grover Miehe
Connie Hennager
Bob Hennager
Marcus Pace
Harlan
Alfred Kamoss
Robert Adams
Putnam
Keith James
Ralph Rau
Dwaine Rau
Scott
Robert Robbins
Windsor
Gladys Wittorf
Katharine Kruempel
Fairfield Township
Carol Morgan
Mildred Hill
Ruth
Virginia Rummel
Vida Burington
Jeannette Kiel
Smithfield
Berenia Wagner
Opal Sorge
Evelyn Strosahil
Berniece Turner
Dorothy Schaller
Corn Growth Record ShowsRapid Summer Surge
Farley Russell Hawkins kept a corn stalk growth log from May 13 to July 7. Planting on May 13, measurements were 15 inches on June 5, 32 on June 22, 52 on June 28, 77 on July 5, and 83 on July 7, detailing daily growth across periods of 22, 17, 6, 7 and 2 days.
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The
Gazette
Farley
Russell Hawkins
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