Five Counties Added as Tenant Land Purchase Loan Areas
Howard Henry Taylor Wright and Plymouth join seven counties in Iowa eligible for tenant land purchase loans under the Farm Security Administration. Amway of Ames said applications may be filed now in the new counties and the six counties where the program started last year. An allotment of 826000 was made this year to fund loans, with expected totals of ten to twelve loans per new county and similar activity in the original counties. Thirty six loans totaling 330561 were made last year in the six counties, averaging 9164 per loan and 138 acres per farm, on 40 year amortization with 3 percent interest and 4.32 percent amortization. Advisory committees will screen and recommend loans in each county, with a state committee led by Homer Hush and others providing oversight.
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Wanway
Ames
Farm Security Administration
Taylor
Henry Howard
Wright
Plymouth
Amway
Iowa
Fayette
Clarke
Harrison
Ida
Emmet
Anway
Newy
Henry Wallace
Homer Hush
Des Moines
RK. Bliss
Harold Teachout
Farragut
Clifford W Gregory
Wallaces
Lester S Gillette
Fostoria
Fred K. Jwawley
Laurens
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Everett L. Stewart
Washington
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire
A quirky note on a carefree figure known as Trishman, described as a happy go lucky character who drew headlines Monday. The piece suggests he may not save money yet always finds fun, musing that life’s balance favors laughter over seriousness despite uncertain rewards.
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Trishman
Jong
Farmers shift from wheat to hay in drought scarred South Dakota
Thousands of hay stacks dot South Dakota fields signaling a shift from wheat to livestock farming. Moisture this year spurs hay production and revenue as farmers, urged by experts, convert land use. Farm Security Administration offers loans for cattle hogs and sheep to help monetize hay. Wheat remains grown but hay and forage crops gain prominence with rising livestock numbers after the 1934 36 droughts.
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Dy Fall
A. Siotmaker
Associated Press Farm Harbor
Mitchell
S. D
South Dakota
Farm Security Administration
Optimistic South Dakota Farmers Expect Good Crop Prospects
Farmers in South Dakota anticipate relief from debt as favorable spring and early summer rains boost wheat, corn, rye, oats and barley. Officials note wheat to last year’s level with concerns over moisture and grasshoppers. One farmer, J D Wilson of White Lake, recounts paying $22,000 cash and $10,000 mortgage for 320 acres, later securing a loan and expanding cattle feed plans.
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Evan V. Jones
Sioux Falls
North Central
Dean C. Larsen
State College of Agriculture
South Dakota
J. D. Wilson
White Lake
S. D
Bellevue
Ill
Wilson
Farm Security Administration
Grasshopper Infestations Reported Across Fayette County
County Agent Paul McElroy reports heavy infestations in several parts of Fayette County with poison bait distributed from Fayettes mixing station. Farmers named include Henry Reinking and Charles Pearl of Oran township J W Crain of Westfield and Ed Steffens of Dover.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Paul McElroy
Faycette
Henry Reinking
Charles Pearl
Oran Township
J. W. Crain
Westfield
Ed Steffens
Dover
Shields of dried rhinoceros hide impervious to spear thrusts
The ancient hide shields prove highly resistant to spear attacks as observed in early combat tests. Experts note the resilience derives from the thick, tough membranes and layered construction. Findings suggest these shields could offer substantial protection for warriors in close quarters.
Farm Lease Confab Planned July 21 22 Ames
A two day landlord tenant relationship conference is set for Ames with Iowa State College officials stating the first day July 21 will be a limited meeting of agencies focused on farm leases. July 22 opens to landlords tenants and farm groups for discussion and plan development.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Towa
Tax Lists Reveal Oats Averaged 45.9 Bushels Last Year
DES MOINES Iowa oats set a 1937 record with 26 249 428 bushels from 5 648 563 acres. The yield averaged 45.9 bushels per acre, 736 percent above 1936. Henry county led with 574 bushels per acre. Rye output nearly quadrupled to 19.2 bushels per acre totaling 3 900 380 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Department of Agriculture
Henry County
4-H Girls Lead Wildlife Conservation Effort
Approximately thirty five Benton county 4-H club girls engage in wildlife conservation projects this year. Notable participants include Elsie Hessenius, 17, and Marcella Schultz, 18, members of the Eldorado Early Bird club. Mrs. Oren Thompson and Mrs. Harry Weichman are readers in the group. Each girl maintains a conservation record book and plans to attend a 4-H conservation camp at Morris Isle near Waterloo in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speoial
Gazette
Atkins
Benton County
Elsie Hessenius
Marcella Schultz
Eldorado Early Bird Club
Oren Thompson
van Horne
Harry Weichman
Newhall
Morris Isle
Waterloo
Army Worms Ravage 16 Acres Of Oats In Cedar
Army worm infestation reported last week on the Walter Spear farm near Stanwood. A 16 acre oat field lost heads and value as worms move into corn. Spear applied bait at night, since army worms feed at night.
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Tipton
Walter Spear
Stanwood
Tax Recovery Assn Meeting Held in Traer
Special to The Gazette. A Traer meeting was called Tuesday evening by the National Process Tax Recovery Association to discuss a plan to recover about 360 million dollars in processing fixes on hogs taxed by the federal government between November 5, 1935, and January 7, 1926. Leon Garber of Des Moines, state manager, was to address the gathering, with ER Aschenbrenner a leader in the movement in charge of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
National Process Tax Recovery Association
Supreme Court
Leon Garber
Des Moines
ER Aschenbrenner
Farm Loan Ass'ns In Jones Affiliate With Linn And Benton
Anamosa and Jones County Farm Loan associations join a group management plan effective July 1 with Linn and Benton county affiliates. Harold B McTavish of Cedar Rapids leads the arrangement, with Tuesday as his Anamosa office day each week.
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Farm Loan Ass
Jones
Linn and
Benton
Anamosa
Anamosa National Farm Loan Association
Jones County National Farm Loan Association
Linn
Benton Counties
Harold B McTavish
Cedar Rapids
McTavish
4-H Poultry Pool Planned in Fayette
Fayette county 4-H club agent William Diamond announced that over 3,000 pounds of poultry owned by seven 4-H members will be pooled graded and sold to the highest bidder in Fayette on August 1. Poultry will be graded in three weight classes by name and weight. The lot is raised by Vanita Joyce of West Union Darlene Paul Roberta Helmer Marian Schneider Virginia Pace Avenie Tamies and Ruth Patridge of Maynard.
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Fayette
William Diamond
Fayette County
Vanita Joyce
West Union
Darlene Paul
Roberta Helmer
Marian Schneider
Virginia Pace
Avenie Tamies
Ruth Patridge
Maynard
Jones county outlines five point weed control program
H H Freeman Jones county weed commissioner and County Agent Carl Smith urge Jones county farmers to join a five point plan to eradicate noxious weeds. The program stresses careful seed selection testing, early reporting of new weeds, use of chemicals and summer fallow, reporting weed areas, and urging neighbor cooperation to cut the county weed bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Freeman
Jones County
Carl Smith
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory
Jesup Co-Op Pays 25 To 30 Cents For Butterfat
JESUP The Jesup co operative Creamery company paid patrons 30 cents a pound for butterfat in sweet cream during June, 28 cents for No 1 butterfat and 25 cents for second grade, according to C E Burrell secretary. The creamery manufactured 204 521 pounds of butter last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Jesup Co-Operative Creamery Company
C. E. Burrell
Grasshoppers Threaten 3,000,000 Saskatchewan Acres
Regina reports over 3,000,000 acres of Saskatchewan crops in danger of devastation as grasshoppers worsen in infested areas. Hoppers are spreading despite poisoning efforts by grain agencies and local growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Barn Burns at Mt Gerard Farm Northwestern Millersburg
A large barn on the Mt Gerard farm north west of Millersburg was destroyed by fire at 1 20 p m Sunday. Three horses and a calf were rescued but one horse was injured. Hay in the barn was lost. The Gerard family had been away and discovered the blaze on their return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Millersburg
Mt. Gerard
Gerard
Barclay Builders Organizes 4-H Club at Jesup
NEW 4-H CLUB JESUP The Barclay Builders in Buchanan county elected Betty Swinbank as president Helen Opher as vice president Lila Plank as secretary treasurer Ramona Leavy as historian and Dorothy Woods as reporter in the newly formed group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
The
Barclay Builders
Buchanan County
Betty Swinbank
Helen Opher
Lila Plank
Ramona Leavy
Dorothy Woods
Bulls Financed With FSA Money In Iowa
A total of 3,285 was loaned in thirty northeast Iowa counties by the Rural Rehabilitati on Administration's community service division in June for joint purchase of twenty-two purebred bulls. Loans through the Farm Security Administration supported cooperative purchases of breeding stock and equipment. The 22 bulls will be used by 62 dairy farmers, with two or three dairymen sharing ownership in most cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KY Thi
Ames
Iowa
Community Service Division
Rural Rehabilitation Administration
Donald Hammerly
Hammerly
Farm Security Administration
Detasseling Begins in Belle Plaine Hybrid Corn Field
Fred McCulloch of Belle Plaine reports a May 23 planted hybrid corn seed field with detasseling started last Saturday. The field is described as one of the outstanding fields in the community.
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Belle Plaine
Fred McCulloch
McCulloch
Detasseling Rush in Grinnell Corn Fields Near Grinnell
In Marengo area corn growth is rapid with some fields tasseled and detasseling begun. Grinnell firm plans nearly 250 workers for two to three weeks to detassel 1,500 acres leased for seed corn and to finish building corn cribs near the association plant for fall storage.
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Marengo
Grinnell
Stanley Jorgensen
Seed Corn Company
Association
Veterinary Assn In Southwest Iowa Elects Council Bluffs Leaders
Southwestern Iowa veterinarians chose Dr. Thomas Gidley of Malvern as president to succeed Dr. T. E. Anderson of Bedford. Dr. M. I. Thiele of Creston became vice-president and Dr. George B. Senior of Creston was reelected secretary and treasurer. Dr. H. A. Seidell of Des Moines, chief of the division of animal industry, warned of a rising "sleeping sickness" outbreak in Iowa horses, noting vaccination prevents one year of illness but is not a cure.
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Council Bluffs
Rural high line tax value rises to 8.86 million
Iowa board of assessments chair Louis E. Roddewig reports 1938 rural transmission line valuations totaling 8,855,198.82 dollars, up from 8,024,791.92 the prior year. Utilities list shows major carriers and 1939 tax base figures for Central States Power and Light, Des Moines Electric Light, Iowa Light and Power, and others.
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Des Moines
Louis E. Roddewig
Iowa State Board of Assessments and Review
Iowa
Roddewig
Central States Power and Light
Des Moines Electric Light
Iowa Light and Power
Fort Dodge Gas and Electric
Interstate Power Co
Eastern Iowa Electric Co
Central States Electric
Iowa Electric Power
Iowa Electric Light and Power
Northwestern Light and Power
Iowa Nebraska Light and Power
Iowa Public Service
Iowa Southern Utilities
Nebraska Power Company
Harvest reports and grain yields in Wyoming Delta area
The first threshing on the Herman Brun scheen farm near Wyoming yielded eight acres of oats at fifty bushels per acre and nine acres of barley at 731 total bushels. Farmers note many will skip threshing as grain is down, choosing hay or feeding bundles later. Delta reports barley yields of forty bushels per acre on John Brown and C. N. Augustine farms as harvest begins and conditions improve with favorable weather.
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the Gazette
Wyoming
Herman Brunscheen
Delta
John Brown
C. N. Augustine
Harvest progress in Oneida community this week
Harvest near completion with most farmers cutting last weekend and oats cut earlier at the C C Orcutt farm. Rains and wind give fields a steam rolled look as binding winds down. Corn grows rapidly and tassels appear. threshing to start this week and become general next week amid favorable weather. Some alfalfa cuttings underway but late fields postponed by about a week.
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Oneida
C. C. Orcutt
Project Booths Planned For Fair At West Union
Five Fayette county township home project groups prepare booth exhibits for the Fayette county fair at West Union August 23 to 26. Jefferson Scott Harlan Union and Dover townships are in charge of Mrs. L. D. Hitch. Exhibits will be scored on arrangement attractiveness of products and educational features.
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West Union
Fayette County
Jefferson
Scott
Harlan
Union
Dover
L. D. Hitch
100 Head Cattle Sold Near Wadena for 14400
Thore Thompson of northeast of Wadena sold 100 head of fat Hereford and Angus cattle averaging 1310 pounds for 14400 dollars, about 11 per hundredweight. Buyers were H. C. Carmichael of Hawk Eye and Henry Buckman of Nora Springs for the packing plant at Austin Minnesota. The eight-truck shipment was one of Fayette county’s largest.
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Wadena
Thore Thompson Thompson
H. C. Carmichael
Hawkeye
Henry Buckman
Nora Springs
Austin
Minn
Fayette County
Fayette Rural Young People to stage amateur contest
The Fayette county Rural Young People's organization will hold an amateur contest as part of its July meeting on the Upper Iowa university campus in Fayette, announced by Charles Webb of Arlington, the program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
Rural Young People's Organization
Upper Iowa University
Charles Webb
Arlington
4-H Girls Health Contest Set for Tipton Aug 1
Cedar county 4-H girls will vie for the county health championship in Tipton on August 1. A clinic led by Dr. Laughlin will be conducted, and the girl deemed most nearly physically perfect will represent Cedar at the state fair in Des Moines later this month, per county club chairman Mrs. Guy Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Laughlin
Cedar
Des Moines
Guy Wright
Lunker String Beans Brought to Gazette Office
Harry A. Lee of 1335 Fifth Street NW delivered a mess of string beans to The Gazette office on Tuesday morning. The Kentucky Wonder variety produced beans over eight inches long with one stretching to nine and a half inches. Cucumbers in the same garden climbed bean poles four feet, Lee noted.
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Gazette Office
Harry A. Lee
Fifth Street
Mr. Lee
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SEC
U.S
FSA
Veterinary Ass’n
Gazette Est Union
Lunker
TLE Bros. Packing CO
Second St. SE
Steef Tender
Iowa Livestock Exchange
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Beverly Cattle CO
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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JOS. Kushner
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