Soybean Oil Replaces Imports in Illinois Farm Paint
Illinois farmers increasingly use soy oil in farm building paint, with about 150000 gallons sold since January by the Illinois Farmers Supply company. Sales have risen to about 1000 gallons daily as summer advances, and soy oil now accounts for 33 to 50 percent of paint mixes.
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Illinois
Illinois Farmers Supply Company
L. R. Marchant
Iinois Agricultural Association
Fred W. Sargent
North Western Railway
Mount Vernon
Illinois Supply Company
United States
Marchant
Earl Smith
Illinois Agricultural Association
University of Illinois
Kildee Named as Judge at National Dairy Show
ST. LOUIS AP Five leading dairy cattle experts were named as judges for the National Dairy Show to be held Oct 12 to 19. John Cochrane of Bernardville New Jersey for Ayrshires J B Fitch of the University of Minnesota for Guernseys J P Eves of Chicago for Holsteins and H H Kildee of Iowa State College at Ames for Jerseys were announced.
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ST. Louis
John Cochrane
Bernardville
N. J
Ayrshires
J. B Fitch
University of Minnesota
J. P. Eves
Chicago
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Ames
Cream Quality Improves as New Law Is Enforced
Special to The Gazette Traer Tama county farmers cooperate with the Iowa cream grading law. In the first five days one buyer rejected seventeen cans of cream. Rejections then became rare with only 10 percent grade one in the first week and 90 percent grade one last week. Farmers favor the law and expect higher prices for butterfat.
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TRAER
Tama County
Iowa
Linn County Farm Bureau Meeting Calendar This Week
The Linn County Farm Bureau calendar lists events this week including Monday at 10 a.m. 4-H canning demonstration help with Jackson Juniors and 1 p.m. Merry Lots at Toddville High School, Monday evening Monroe Township Farm Bureau meeting, Tuesday 10 a.m. Buffalo Busy Bees, Buffalo Township, and Thursday evening Marion Township Farm Bureau meeting.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Jackson
Jackson Township
Merry Lots
Franklin Township
Monroe Township Farm Bureau
Toddville High School
Buffalo Busy Bees
Buffalo Township
Marion Township Farm Bureau
Cattle Carload Sells at 1160 Cents Per Hundredweight
Anamosa Iowa farmer Herman Brum scheen of Jones county sold a carload of cattle averaging 1162 pounds on the Chicago market for 1160 dollars per hundredweight.
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Anamosa
Herman Brumscheen
Jones County
Chicago
Six Farmers Split On AAA Program In Random Poll
The Gazette farm editor interviewed six farmers across Iowa counties to gauge views on the corn and hog program. Three supported continuation and three opposed, with varied experiences and voices about contract terms and benefits.
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Gazette Farm
Random Interviews touch Iowa farm program views across counties
In Iowa County and nearby areas six farmers share starkly different opinions on the 1935 contract and corn hog program. W G Hawkins, 56, of Ladora doubts contract validity and vows no signing while opposing the plan. E J Taylor, 51, of Morley criticizes the program as graft and delays. William Oldorf, 56, near Morley criticizes spending and white collar staff. Guy Wright, 49, near Mechanicsville supports the program, calling it fine.
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Herbert Pollock
Whittier
Linn County
Will Pollock
Pollock
Guernsey
Poweshiek County
Mr. Taylor
W. G. Hawkins
Ladora
Iowa County
Hawkins
William Oldorf
Morley
Jones County
Eastern Insurance Company
United States
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Anamosa
Oldorf
Guy Wright
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Peas Shelled With A Wringer
Mrs. George DeForest of Mechanicsville and Miss Valetta Krumroy used a clothes wringer to shell eighteen pints of peas in thirty minutes. They fed the blossom end of the pods between the rollers to optimize output in a high pressure method.
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Mechanicsville
George DeForest
First Beans For Cannery Harvested At Mechanicsville
Mechanicville farmer Chester Spidle harvested the first beans for the Farmer Canning Co in Cedar Rapids delivering 935 pounds from two acres. Velma Spidle picked 156 pounds in one day, as he expands to four bean acres and notes early tomatoes and fourteen acres of Japanese hulless popcorn contracted to Cedar Rapids firm.
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Mys Mechanicsville
Chester Spidle
Here
Farmer Canning Company
Cedar Rapids
Velma Spidle
Mr. Spidle
Farmer Company of
Allamakee Cheese Factory Uses 4000 Pounds Milk Daily
WAUKON Approximately 4000 pounds of milk are used daily at the Allamakee county cheese factory near Forest Mills. Opened July 1 it is overseen by Stanley Hanson of Dodgeville Wisconsin who also runs a Volney dairy plant using about 10000 pounds daily under Marvin Winters. Products from both plants are trucked to Boscobel Wisconsin.
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Waukon
Forest Mills
Allamakee County
Stanley. Hanson
Dodgeville
Wis
Hanson
Volney
Marvin Winters
Mr. Hanson
Boscobel
Jersey registrations reach four year high in first half 1935
The American Jersey Cattle Club reports 24 802 purebred Jersey registrations and 11 585 transfers in the first six months of 1935, both up sharply from a year earlier. Executive secretary Lewis W Morley notes a 33 percent rise in registrations and a 40 percent rise in transfers.
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New York
American Jersey Cattle Club
Lewis W. Morley
Clu
Winthrop 4 H girls elect officers for new club
Orpha DeGrief was named president of the newly organized 4 H girls club south of Winthrop. Mary Jean Hickman became vice president Lucile Gushee secretary treasurer Jessie Gushee reporter and Velma Thom historian were also chosen.
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Winthrop
Orpha DeGrief
Mary Jean Hickman
Lucile Gushee
Jessie Gushee
Velma Thom
Neighborly oats cut by Stanwood farmer Henry Gerhls
Henry Gerhls, a Stanwood farmer, helped cut and shock oats on neighbor William Simpson’s farm after Simpson’s binder failed delaying the cutting. The act demonstrates old fashioned neighborliness in the community north of Stanwood.
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Gazette
Stanwoood
Henry Gerhls
Stanwood
William Simpson
Soon Be Threshing Time in East Iowa
In Stanwood the harvest of oats is 75 percent complete with favorable weather. Threshing to begin this week and demand for shockers is high at up to 2 dollars a day plus board. Corn fields largely laid by, haying ongoing, and beans peas gooseberries and raspberries being canned. West Union reports rapid oat ripening and heavy hay yields. corn cultivation ending, haying advancing, oats harvest rising in Fayette with abundant soybean acreage and strong labor demand.
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Stanwood
The
Gazette
South Bethel
West Union
Fayette County
Fayette
Wheatland hail storm damages farms and crops
A twenty minute hail storm affected a three mile radius in Wheatland on Thursday. Hailstones reached walnut size, destroying corn fields on the Emil Paustian and Albert Hoker farms. Oat fields were flattened and tassels damaged.
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The
Gazette
Wheatland
Emil Paustian
Albert Hoker
Oats Harvest Under Rust Pressure Across Region
Troy mills report rapid oat ripening and full harvesting with rust widespread. Farmers cut some oats green to avoid crinkling while hay yields are heavy and timothy left for seed. Gardens need rain as raspberries shorten and apples show good quality.
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Troy Mills
Harvesting Finishes As Farmers Return To Haying
North English reports harvest nearly done for small grain with multiple binders in use at James Herdiliska farm and Obrien farm near Parnell. Orval Fry employs a 10 foot binder on tractor via rope control. Nine threshers operate around Millersburg with Seaton Brothers and others. Parnell elevator offers oats at 24 44 cents per bushel.
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James Herdiliska
North English
James W. Obrien
Parnell
Orval Fry
Millersburg
Seaton Brothers
Bert Wyant
C. C. Summers
Alfred Shaull
Local Farmers Advancing Harvest Across Oats Corn and Hay
Oxford Junction farmers began cutting oats last week as corn cultivation nears completion and haying proceeds.
Harvest Notes From Mechanicsville Farmers
Corn has been laid by and most clover and timothy hay made. Much timothy is left for seed weed free this year. Farmers cut early oats which show some rust.
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Mechanicsville
Farmers Harvest Under Hot Cloudless Skies
Manchester Delaware county farmers work haying harvesting and plowing under a dry spell with no rain for three weeks. Corn making progress oats rye barley heavy yields expected hay abundant pastures drying gardens need rain and raspberries retailing at 25 cents a quart.
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The
Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Combined Oats Yield 40 To 50 Bushels To Acre Near Clarence
Clarence report on Elmer Sawyer farm threshing oats with a combine. About 150 acres harvested. one field 40 bu/acre another 45 to 50 bu/acre. Oats bright in color, straw heavy. Sawyer plans to store and market later. He uses multiple machines and farms 430 acres focusing on small grains and hogs.
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Clarence
Elmer Sawyer
Sawyer
Free Farm Employment Service Aids Iowa Harvest
Lloyd C. Grover of Cedar Rapids reports farm hands supplied for all jobs so far, with demand nearing supply. Farmers needing help or workers with farm experience may contact 417 First Avenue East. Service is free with no fees to either side. Editor notes harvest labor shortages persist in eastern Iowa as wages rise.
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Lloyd C. Grover
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Employment Service
Mr. Grover
First Avenue E
Iowa
Hopkinton Test Ass'n Averages 28.3 Butterfat
Hopkinton tester Wesley B. Borden reports June results for 473 cows on test with 681 pounds milk and 28.3 pounds butterfat average. Forty-eight cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat, thirteen over 50, one over 60. fifteen herds fed grain or protein concentrate. two fed ensilage. Orlo Blanchard led a high herd at 841 pounds milk and 39 pounds butterfat from eight grade Jerseys and Guernseys.
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Hopkinton
Wesley B. Borden
Jerseys
Guernseys
First Paper Barrier In East Iowa Built On Farm
Anamosa area reports the first paper barrier against chinch bugs in eastern Iowa. Henry Siebels erected the barrier on his farm northeast of Anamosa using roofing paper and creosote oil. Barriers may expand in Jones county if hot, dry weather continues.
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East
Iowa
Jones
Anamosa
Henry Siebels
Siebels
Uncle Sam
Carl Smith
L. ©. Ellison
United States Bureau of Entomology
Jones County
Ellison
Cedar Rapids
Chinch bug migration noted in Cedar county
Tipton A D Worthington Ames entomologist and County Agent Morrell Leeds inspected chinch bug conditions in Cedar county. They found young bugs beginning to migrate and ordered a carload of government barrier oil to arrive Saturday.
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Tipton
A. D. Worthington
Ames
Morrell Leeds
Cedar County
Butter Imports Under Trade Pact Aid Danish Supply
Colonel L Brown reports a large Danish butter arrival under a barter deal valued at about 6000 casks. Some may be re-shipped to Britain, while other foreign butter remains limited. Chicago market shows strong futures and spot prices, with storage rising toward 1933 levels. Chinese eggs stay heavy with ample shell eggs moving to storage. Poultry supply is tight with roasting chickens scarce. New York milk advertising seeks $345000 over nine months.
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New York City
Chicago
New York
Middle West
New York State
Land auction in Grundy Center nets $72 and $65 per acre
Three thousand twenty acres of the Fred Wallbaum estate were sold Friday at Grundy Center. C. A. Ontjes of Grundy Center purchased 240 acres for 72 dollars per acre, two miles northwest of Wellsburg. An unimproved eighty acres sold to Wesel Haack of Wellsburg for 65 dollars per acre.
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Steen
The
Gazette
Grundy Center
Fred Wallbaum
C. A. Ontjes
Wellsburg
Wesel Haack
Angus Bull Calf Sold to California College
Morley area Aberdeen Angus herd Miller and Kemp sells a Morley calf to the Agricultural College of California. Purchased Thursday, the sale strengthens dairy and beef stock ties between Morley and the university.
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Morley
Miller
Kemp
The
Agricultural College of California
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Allamakee
NEW Girls Club
Oxford Junction
Timothy
Barrier Post Hole
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Carload
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