Overlapping Cream Routes Cost Iowa Butterfat Source
A Butler county survey cited by Ames economist Frank Robotka and Paul Quintus shows 23 creameries processing 2.5 million pounds of butterfat, with inefficient routes and uncoordinated haulers raising costs by about 1 cent per pound.
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Frank Robotka
Ames
Paul E. Quintus
Farm Credit Administration
Iowa State
Iowa Farm Economist
Extension Service
Butler County
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Fence Drift Dogs and Cedar County Pivot Barking
A family farm in Cedar County reports a stray old dog that spins in place whenever cars pass by. The dog’s frantic barking has worn a pit a couple of feet deep in the yard, suggesting the animal is worn out by the world’s rush.
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Cedar County
Harris Farm First Linn County REA Electric Homestead
The Harris family and 472 Linn county farms gain electric service as REA connects a substation near Toddville. Five farmsteads including Harris and Toddville town area receive illumination, marking Linn county's rural electrification milestone since 1936. Officials from Linn REA and Iowa Electric Light and Power join workers for the July 17 1939 switch on.
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Mr. Harris
Harris
Linn County
Rea
Washington Rea
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
F. H. Morehouse
John Lehdigh
John W. Allman
John Schminkey
Toddville
John Hoag
W. C. Wilson
B. F. Roy
Emily Waterbury
Earl Schultz
Walter Hepker
Stella Hepker
M. H. Waterbury
D. L. Heefner
Cliff Oliphant
Ivan Oliphant
Ellen Beggs
Jennie Kimball
Church of Christ
Monroe Township
Glenn Stoner
Mount Vernon
Wallace Rogers
Fairfax
A. D. Brennaman
Marion
Bob Palmer
W. K. Billow
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
Linn
R. O. Haas
Ames
Iowa
Benton 4-H Girls Attend Conservation Camp at Cedar Falls
Special to The Gazette Twenty two Benton county 4-H girls will attend a four day district conservation camp at Morris Isle north of Cedar Falls from Thursday to Sunday. The program includes handcraft nature study personality discussions and sports. Detected attendees include Dora Jean Remington Jean Floyd Laura Mac Cisna Virginia Rogers Dorothy Thompson Zora Jean Thompson Marilyn Miller Jean Pangborn Evelyn Oehlerich Mabel Hansen Gertrude Albers Irene Pingel Darlene Wiese Kathleen Barry Marjorie Thompson Rozella Thompson Geraldine Bodddicker Arlene Kluss Lucille Rabe Lucille Wehrman Charlotte Jackson Bernice Newton Hazel Skoog Anna Happel will accompany as cabin leaders.
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Gazette
Winton
Benton County
Morris Isle
Cedar Falls
Dora Jean Remington
Jean Floyd
Laura Mac Cisna
Virginia Rogers
Dorothy Thompson
Zora Jean Thompson
Marilyn Miller
Jean Pangborn
Evelyn Oehlerich
Mabel Hansen
Gertrude Albers
Irene Pingel
Darlene Wiese
Kathleen Barry
Marjorie Thompson
Rozella Thompson
Geraldine Boddicker
Arlene Kluss
Lucille Rabe
Lucille Wehrman
Charlotte Jackson
Bernice Newton
Hazel Skoog
Anna Happel
Vinton
83 4H Girls 42 Boys In Washington County Health Meet
Eighty three girls and 42 boys took part in the Washington county health meet held Monday. J W Chandler notes the top ten girls and top six boys will be called back in 10 days to two weeks for further exams to crown county winners. Champions to be named August 10 at county achievement show under Dr D C Barrett and county medical and dental societies.
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Hington
J. W. Chandler
D. C. Barrett
County Health Unit
Washington County Medical and Dental Societies
Health examinations set for Cedar County 4-H Contest
Preliminary health checks by local physicians in township clubs run July 15 to August 15 for Cedar County 4-H entrants. Each participant must show smallpox vaccination and a tuberculin test within the past year. All club girls are examined. township winners over 15 vie for county title.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Laura Heddleson
Heddleson
Largest 1940 AAA appropriation shown for farmers
The 1940 federal farm program totals 1.194 billion dollars in aid with 772.6 million in benefit payments and 205.7 million for disposal of surpluses. Leaders dispute impact with estimates of high compliance, while economists warn cotton risks and parity goals remain elusive.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Department
Farm Leader
O'Neal
J. E. McDonald
Texas Agricultural Commissioner
Cpmada
J. L. Whitehouse
Lincoln
Neb
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
H. G. Keeney
Nebraska Farmers’ Union
Johnson
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Wisconsin
Milo K. Swanton
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Farm Sports Festival Planned In Cedar
TIPTON The Cedar county Farm Bureau and 4 H sports festival will be staged at the fair grounds. Tipton July 29 Alvin Stonerook of Clarence festival chairman said today.
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Cedar
The
Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Alvin Stonerook
Clarence
Ontario agency blamed for troublesome crop flies
Officials from the Ontario agricultural and forestry department vented frustration on Tuesday over public demands to address swarms of large flies. The department had imported the insects last year to combat caterpillars ravaging crops, but the buzzing swarms remain a nuisance to farmers despite assurances of harmlessness.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ontario Agricultural and Forestry Department
Rowley Creamery Pays Top Butterfat Rates
Rowley Farmers' Cooperative creamery paid 25 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat in the last half of June. Grade No 2 yielded 24 cents and No 3 23 cents. Prices were uniformly one cent higher during the first half of last month.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
Sheep from Texas Graze at R. C. Smith Farm
About 1000 Texas sheep arrived Sunday to graze at the R. C. Smith farm near Conesville operated by Elza Hamilton. Earlier, 150 sheep were received last week at Ed Rechterman’s occupied Smith farm.
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Conesville
Texas
R. C. Smith
Here
Elza Hamilton
Smith
Ed Rechterman
Oxford Junction Farm Sold At 15 500 For 160 Acres
John Kostechek of Wyoming has bought the 160 acre Joe Powelka Jr estate farm four miles northeast of Oxford Junction for 15 500 dollars. The price equals 96 85 per acre. The farm is well improved with good rich soil. Possession is to be given March 1 1940.
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Oxford Junction
John Kostechek
Wyoming
Joe Powelka, Jr
Here
Greater Consumer Income Proposed to Cure Farm Ills
Ames economist I. W. Arthur argues in the Iowa Farm Economist that underconsumption, not overproduction, fuels farm woes aside from cotton wheat and possibly lard. He proposes a minimum annual income and lower hourly wages with diverting government funds to insure labor in key industries.
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AMES
INS
I. W. Arthur
Ames Economist
Iowa Farm Economist
Arthur
Three story Hog House destroyed by lightning
A 3 story hog house on the Elmer Lux farm measuring 30 by 100 feet was struck by lightning and burned Friday. Losses included a corn binder, two corn shelters, a fanning mill, fuel oil, hay and tools. A tile building on the same site was destroyed by a tornado years ago.
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Hopkinton
Elmer Lux
Threshing Delayed by Heavy Downpour Near Monmouth
In Monmouth area the first oats were harvested on the William Wilcox farm south west of town yielding 37 bushels per acre. Severe electrical storm Sunday night dropped 2.75 inches of rain delaying threshing, now expected to start later in the week with many machines available. Second crop alfalfa underway while clover and timothy remain to be cut. Corn benefited by rain is now tasseling with prospects for a bumper crop. pastures were short and browning before the shower.
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Monmouth
William Wilcox
Oats Harvest Reported Near Rowley
Edgar Crain logs first combined oats three miles south of Rowley with average 45 bushels per acre. Most fields have been cut but threshing delayed by recent heavy rains.
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Rowley
Edgar Crain
Oats Harvest Records Reported Around Local Farm
Threshing began Saturday on the Ray Griswold farm with 40 bushels of oats per acre. Nearby farms harvesting oats averaged 25 and 30 bushels per acre.
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Wyoming
Ray Griswold
Severe Rainstorm Deluges Onslow Area Causes Crop Damage
From 12 30 to 5 a m Monday Onslow vicinity faced the fiercest rain storm in five years. Mineral Creek two miles north of Onslow flooded acres of farm land washing away corn on lower fields and scattering livestock. Harm Harms and Harry Paulsen report.
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Onslow
Mineral Creek
Harm Harms
Harry Paulsen
Farming Racket Shown By Chicago Boy Visitor
A Chicago boy visiting his uncle on a farm observes grinding hay making wheat and oats cutting and proclaims farming a great racket in a remark recorded by a country woman. The scene captures rural labor and outsider comment on agricultural work.
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Chicago
Storm damages and losses reported following unsettled weather
The report notes Frank Johnson lost forty acres of boats in shock with no lightning damage reported. The storm carried little or no wind and eased by Monday forenoon before renewed rain in the afternoon.
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Frank Johnson
Lightning Ignite Oats Fire at Brandon Farm
An alarm sounded early Sunday when lightning struck a shock of oats on the Carl Reiss farm three miles southwest of Brandon. The fire spread to nearby shocks but was put out with help from neighbors and heavy rain.
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the Gazette
Brandon
Carl Reiss
Oxford Junction Threshing Delayed by Rain Climate
Threshing at Oxford Junction, scheduled to begin Monday, will be postponed due to rain. Some combining occurred late last week with reports of better quality than in years past. Corn is tasseling and pastures were drying out, needing rain.
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The
Oxford Junction
Rain Offers Hint Of Relief For Winneshiek County Crops
Sunday rain eased drought in Winneshiek County though not in time to aid corn on thin ground. About half the crop remains in excellent condition with a large yield likely. Small grain is in shock. sheafing should begin soon. Pastures, however, need rain most.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek
Oats Threshing Set to Start in Columbus Junction
Oats threshing ready to begin in Columbus Junction this week if weather allows. Neighbors who organized an oats cutting bee for Howard Greene, hospitalized in Muscatine, plan to thresh his crop as well.
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The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Howard Greene
Muscatine
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