Corn Reduction Through Soil Conservation Planned in Iowa Meetings
In east Iowa, USDA and Ames extension service hosted soil conservation meetings to promote crop systems balancing grain with legumes to reduce corn production, aiming to preserve soil resources. Speakers outlined a government plan to aid farmers, including use of CCC assistance and new crop mixes, with regional meetings in Sigourney and Maquoketa and proposals for Linn County improvements.
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Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Ames Extension Service
Sigvimms
Maron
Graum
Paul Burson
Ares
Signurmey
Inwa
Paul C Wietenmann
Bethany Mio
Federal Sails Conservation Service
Sigourney
CCC Ister
Mfr
Wheenmann
Weienmann
Burson
Manon
Linn County
Sol Improvement Association
Keokuk County
Maquoketa
Jackson
Sol
Larsa
Trey Catty
Gered Faree
Harvest Time Reflections From A Rural Woman
A country woman advocates Safe and Sane Serving during harvest. She contrasts busy fields with home meals, urging simple, well balanced food for harvest hands, and distancing from extravagant pies and cakes while keeping morale high.
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SSS
Cave
Weeds Spark County Meeting On Seed Safety And Pests
Farmers and experts highlighted weed spread through seed at a Jackson county gathering led by Ames externs and plant pathologists. Winged pigweed and creeping Jenny were noted as growing threats with European bindweed already established locally.
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Duke” Lartin
Ames Externs
Efternoon
Sizte
Muscatine County
Jackson County
Muscatine
Layton
L. L. Littlefield
Perry Township
Preston
Dad” Mosher
Iowa
Larton
Queen Anne's
George Schlatter
Bellevue
Jackesn
I’ Sa
Xeed
Astad
Kraure
Egent
Muscatine Truck Crops Irrigated
The Gazette reports on Muscatine truck crops with irrigation, noting a slow germination season and a projected 75 percent yield. Melons and sweet potatoes are among crops affected as markets begin in a cold spring.
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Columbus Junction
Carta
Wascatne Island
Cedar County 4-H Youth Calf Show Anticipated
Cedar County 4-H youths prepare for a calf show with judging at Tipton. Exhibitors include George Cary Tipton Wendell Hirde Anders Matter Jr and Helen Sp ndale with inspections of feed equipment and show gear. Officials listed include secretary Ames D ota Beef Producers and several local names from Tipton and nearby towns.
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Brera
rooPeung
Ames
Dota
Arrargerert
Jesup Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Jesup Creamery paid 27 cents per pound for June butterfat. Arnold Jensen, secretary, reports the plant produced 241,101 pounds of butter in June, up 23,979 pounds from May and 53,342 pounds above June 1934. A new cream filtering device was installed to comply with the Iowa cream trading law.
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Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
Arnold Jensen
Towa
Sigourney Farmer Listens To Ball Game While Plowing Corn
Keokuk county farmer A D Hart 55 near Sigourney explains how he rigs a small 6 volt car radio to his corn plow to follow Cubs and White Sox broadcasts. The portable set runs from a battery recharged once this season and performs well despite dust and haying time.
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Sigourney Farmer
Sigourney
Bob Elson
D Hart
Keokuk County
Elson
Chicago
Mr Hart
Hart
Cubs
Sox
Mr. Hart
Iowa
Harvest Threshing Underway Across Morley Webster Areas
In Jones country farms begin threshing loosed cats and oats with new machinery. Harlan Russe leads in Morley with first cut, while Newman reports quality grain but uncertain yield. Other farmers near Morley and Webster push haying, rye and clover, with tractor use rising and harvest help scarce.
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Webster
Jesse Higgins
Walter Faucher
Edgewood and Center Point Harvest Reports
Edgewood gardener Emma Wait, 74, dug nineteen potatoes from one hill as early potatoes yield above average. Center Point farmers John Weininger and Son have shoulder high tasseling corn, hip high oats, and a good second crop alfalfa. Troy Mills reports oats begun and first binder work by Roy Waterhouse amid rapid hay and corn growth. more binder twine sold than in recent years. gardens and late potatoes need rain.
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Edgewood
Emma Wait
Gaz
Center Point
John Weininger and Son
Alice
Weininger
Troy Mills
Roy Waterhouse
Rye sample in Iowa field stands six feet four inches
A rye sample from a 60 acre O E Kober farm north of La Porte City shows a stalk height of six feet four inches after cutting on Tuesday. Randalia reports strong corn and oat crops with haying under way and alfalfa ready for harvest. Good weather supports threshing next week and heavy timothy hay yields.
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LA Porte City
O. E. Kober
Roy Fritz
Stem rust damage not severe in oats and barley
D R Shepherd of the USDA reports black stem rust spores entering Iowa but stresses current conditions will determine total damage. Stem rust present in late oats and barley is not serious, with most impact on spring and winter wheat. leaf rusts show high severity in spots yet stem rust overall remains limited.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa
D. R. Shepherd
United States Department of Agriculture
Division of
Plant Disease Control
Mr. Shepherd
Shepherd
Binder Blunders Studied Bipectal to The Gazette
Central City farmers studied binder blunders at a harvest time clinic led by Ames extension engineer William H. Carter. Sessions also held near Cedar Rapids Springville Center Point with 125 total attendees across sessions.
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Central City
William H. Carter
Ames
Glen Wilkins
Cedar Rapids
Frank Hall
Springville
Frank Bus
Center Point
Harold Ingles
Linn
Dairy judges picked for Grundy County contest
Frank Miller of Beaman won with 466 points in the Grundy County Contest association dairy judging contest held at the C. T. Emmert Farm. Emmert scored second with 464 points. both will represent the association at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress this fall.
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Grundy Center
Frank Miller
Beaman
Grundy County
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