Gardens Replanted Amid Hope Of Still Getting A Crop
Cooler Iowa weather after weekend rain spurred replanting of heat blasted gardens across eastern Iowa. Seed dealers report brisk sales of turnips beets endive Chinese cabbage lettuce and other vegetables as farmers try for a fall harvest. Ames extension expert S W Edgecombe notes potential late maturities for carrots beets chard turnips and Chinese cabbage and warns some crops like string beans carry risk but may pay off if fall conditions improve.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames
Edgecombe
Department of Commerce
Fence Drift Through Woven Wire This Season Ahead of 1934
In this part of the state the year 1936 shows more progress than 1934 as harvest nears. Farmers faced some corn damage and seared tassels, but eight weeks remain. Carried feed for threshing and women pooling meals were notable in 1934, while 1936 improvements prevail.
Midwest Farm Bureau Leaders Meet At Ames
The Midwestern Farm Bureau leaders conference runs July 20 to 23 at Iowa State College Ames. Topics cover organization methods responsibilities of officials cooperation with co-operatives and state extension services and rural youth issues. Attendees include leaders from Ohio Indiana Illinois Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Wisconsin Michigan Missouri and Iowa. G E Metzger of Chicago will be general chairman and W B Hamilton of Des Moines will serve as secretary.
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Farm Bureau
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Iowa State College
Midwest Farm Bureau Training School
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Ohio
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G. E. Metzger
Chicago
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Illinois Agricultural Association
W. B. Hamilton
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Cheese Co-Op at Castalia Sells Out to Milk Company
CASTALIA The Farmers Co operative Cheese company at Castalia Saturday sold its new plant to the milk company with a lease arrangement in place. The Waverly main plant operates two tank trucks to move about 20 000 pounds of milk daily. Milk is cooled to 33 degrees and stored in insulated tanks. Mrs B W Winder of Postville manages the Castalia plant. New patrons have been added steadily and cannery equipment may be installed soon for shipment.
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Farmers Cooperative Cheese Company
Milk Company
Waverly
B. W. Winder
Postville
Clayton Farmers Inspect Minnesota Soil Saving Project
Twenty seven farmers and landowners from the Farmersburg McGregor area toured the Spring Valley Minnesota demonstration area with McGregor soil conservation service staff. Contour strip cropping is used on more than 5000 acres in the Spring Valley area and stops allowed inspection and discussion of the plan in operation on several fields.
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Soil Conservation — Service
Spring Valley
Minnesota
McGregor Soil Conservation Service
W. K. Webster
Farmersburg - McGregor
Butterfat Payments Set at Jesup Creamery
Jesup Co operative creamery paid June butterfat at 36 cents a pound for sweet 34 cents for first grade and 31 cents for second grade A total of 222137 pounds of butter were manufactured during the month and paid to patrons.
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Jesup
Jesup Co-operative Creamery
Record June production of baby chicks highest since 1929
Federal report shows 12,948,000 chicks produced in June 1936 across 335 plants with 35.15 million egg capacity, up 43.2 percent from June 1935. Iowa hatcheries rose 14.67 percent. farm flocks and egg output also increased while June egg and chicken prices rose modestly.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
United States
McElroy Bride Honored at Country Fair Ride
West Union crowd honored County Agent Paul McElroy and his bride to be Miss Lillian Arthur Randalia with a Sunday picnic and theater program at the fairgrounds. A mock arrest sent McElroy to pull Mrs McElroy in a ramshackle road cart around the race track.
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West Union
Paul McElroy
McElroy
Lillian Arthur
Randalia
Fayette County
Tama-Cow Test Picnic Set For July 21
The Tama Marshall Cow Test association will hold a picnic July 21 at Dr. R F Avery's farm west of Tama. Guernsey cattle judged at Gilt Edge dairy Gilman Jersey cattle judged at Avery farm. Dr C G Moore of Toledo will speak on Diseases of Dairy Cattle. A 4 H demonstration of a cream cooling tank will be shown in the afternoon.
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Toledo
R. F. Avery
Tama
Guernsey
Gilman
Jersey
Avery
C. G. Moore
Ripe Tomato Exhibit Grows Near Mount Vernon
A one pound six ounce tomato from the garden of James King in Lisbon is described as solid and red ripe. Nearby, Mrs. W. R. Rodman north of Mount Vernon reports a week of garden tomatoes from January indoor seed to spring transplant on a south slope.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
James King
Lisbon
W. R. Rodman
Landon Leads In Farm Journal Straw Vote
The 1936 Farm Journal straw poll reports Landon with 25,307 votes, Roosevelt 20,869, Thomas 461, Lemke 291, and 2,518 for other candidates across 32 states. Voters were reached by home visits, with the August issue publishing the tabulated totals.
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Farm Journal
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Thomas
Lemke
Wheat Yields 41.2 Bushels To The Acre Near Mount Vernon
A total of 1 854 bushels of wheat was threshed from forty five acres last week on the Fred Sargent farm north of Mount Vernon. Threshing was completed Saturday. The grain is Iowa 308 variety and 300 bushels were certified for seed by inspectors from Iowa State college. Joe Pitlik near Mount Vernon harvested 50 bushels per acre from one oats field and 37 5 bushels from another. Thirteen acres of oats 103 variety yielded 47 bushels per acre on the Luther Plattenberger farm.
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Mount Vernon
Fred Sargent
W. R. Rodman
Iowa State College
Joe Pitlik
Luther Plattenberger
Oats and Wheat Yields Reported Near Blairstown
Blairstown area harvest reports praise oat quality while late oat weight lags. Albert Schulze harvested 14 acres of wheat at 35 bushels per acre selling at 95 cents a bushel. Ed Krueger also averaged 35 bu?ac for wheat. D F Newton sold oats at 32 cents a bushel. Local farmers bought combines this season. Heat has caused livestock losses, hogs most affected, with horses mules sheep poultry also dying. tractors used for oats cutting and frequent team changes where horses were used.
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Albert E. Schulze
R. M. Sayers
Ed Krueger
D. F. Newton
Mr. Newton
Earl Meyers
Cyrus van Duesen
Luzerne
Oats Threshed On Monmouth County Farm
Floyd Propst a farmer four miles south of Monmouth threshed oats on his farm Friday. The grain was of good quality and averaged 45 bushels to the acre.
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Monmouth
Floyd Propst
Threshing Opens Near Wyoming Farm
Lyle Tompkins, a farmer located one and a half miles east of Wyoming, began threshing on Friday. He harvested 31 acres of oats yielding 1012 bushels and reported winter wheat yields of 29 bushels per acre.
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Wyoming
Lyle Tompkins
Corn yields cut by heat and drought in Buchanan County
Independence reports Prospective corn yield on sandy soil in Buchanan County cut 40 to 50 percent by Dallas Western county agent. Overall loss around 25 percent due to hot dry weather. Early corn seriously damaged. Oat harvest nearly finished. No threshing reports yet but a light crop expected. Pastures and new seedings burnt out.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Dallas Western
Farm Leased Near Dysart For Next Year At Six Dollars
DYSART The William Burmeister 480 acre farm six miles south of Dysart has been leased for next year to Peter Finsen current tenant at six dollars per acre in cash rent.
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Dysart
William Burmeister
Peter Finsen
4 H Achievement Day In Allamakee Aug 21
WAUKON August 21 set for Allamakee county 4 H girls club Achievement day at Waukon Demonstration teams from clubs compete to represent the county at the state fair Demonstrations begin at 9 a m and high scoring baked goods will be shown at the state fair Helen Swinney Ames extension service to judge exhibits and demonstrations Six clubs name their demonstration pairs with items including whole wheat bread honey nut bread baking powder biscuits cream cake Swedish tearr ing orange cake muffins sandwiches and more Ready Hands club report not yet received
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Allamakee
Helen Swinney
Ames Extension Service
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Margaret Link
Lorna Byrnes
Four Square Club
Harriet Kolsrud
Anita Peters
Wonder Workers Club
Iva Phipps
Hazel Johnson
Sunshine Makers Club
Kathryn McGuire
Marjorie McGuire
Franklin Merrymakers Club
Evelyn Dunning
Jessie Schultz
Sunbeam Club
Arla Moen
Lois Hager
Workers Club
Jefferson Rustlers Club
Ready Hands Club
Home Agents Meet At Ames July 29
Iowa demonstration agents from forty four counties will attend a four day training school July 29 to August 1 at Iowa State College. The course, taught by resident staff in household equipment, covers electrical equipment practicality costs lighting wiring and economy in use.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Urbana Man Delivers First Spring Honey
Noah Boyles an apiar ist two miles east of Urbana delivered his first spring honey last week. He reports exceptional quality and high yield from basswood and clover blooms. He warns fall honey may be scarce if hot dry weather continues.
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Urbana
Noah Boyles
Argentine corn imports reach 440000 bushels at US ports
Approximately 440000 bushels of Argentine corn arrived at Pacific coast ports last week with 300000 at Los Angeles and 140000 at San Francisco. Prices surged to about 1 dollar per bushel on domestic markets while Argentine shipments to American ports were offered at 83 cents for September.
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Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Grain Market News Service
United States
American
Tassel Height Reaches Fifty Inches On Dillon Atherton Farm
The Hill of corn near Viola shows a tassel Sunday morning at fifty inches tall. Growth over the two days Saturday and Sunday totals four inches with the tassel stalk rising four inches on Sunday. Early Monday field temperature recorded at sixty degrees.
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Gazette
Dillon Atherton
Viola
Argentina Tops 1935-36 Corn Export Projections
The article notes 318.906 million bushels of corn available for export in the current marketing year, with Argentina identified as the world's largest corn exporter. It cites 311.882 million bushels exported from the 1935 crop and 209.465 million from 1934, against a five-year average of 252.76 million.
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Argentina
Chicago Livestock Trucked In Half Year Share Drops Slightly
During the first six months of this year the equivalent of 26 308 rail cars of livestock moved to the Chicago market by truck. Truck receipts accounted for 44.38 percent of total Union Stock Yards arrivals, compared with 23 740 rail carloads and 44.84 percent last year.
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Chicago
Union Stockyards
4-H Club Health Clinic At Williamsburg Friday
The county 4-H club health clinic in Iowa county will be held Friday morning at Williamsburg in cooperation with the Iowa county medical society. It aims to select high scoring groups for a re examination in August to determine the county health champion.
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Gazette
Marengo
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Iowa County Medical Society
New Barley Brings 80 Cents at Dysart
Early barley shipments reach Tama-Benton Grain elevator on July 11 with No. 1 malting barley at 80 cents per bushel. Schreiber’s barley averages 30-35 bushels per acre weighing 52 pounds, noting the brightest quality in years. Oats expected soon as recent weather depressed yields in other years.
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Tama- Benton Grain Company
John Hark
Schreiber
Combine
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