Egg buying program nets millions for U S farmers
The report cites Dewey Termohlen of the Agricultural Adjustment administration stating federal egg purchases in January to June added about three cents per dozen to prices, totaling roughly 45 million dollars to farmers. Iowa led production, with 136.5 million dozen in six months, and purchases were made in 45 towns statewide.
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United States
Dewey Termohlen
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Termohlen
Iowa
Towa
Crop Conditions Satisfactory But Rain Would Help
The Farm Editor reports oats yield decent with uniformly excellent quality across fields in Marion and Mount Vernon areas. Windrower and combine use shown to improve drying. corn near Cedar Rapids tasseling with ears forming, but moisture thin and rain needed. hybrid corn may resist drought better than open pollinated varieties.
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Iowa
Waukon Creamery Reports Butter Tax Payment and Production
Howard Gordon, secretary of the Waukon cooperative creamery, reported a $274 butter promotion tax payment for butter manufactured in the first two weeks of May. He noted a record 85,000 pounds of butter produced in June, with production up steadily this year due to heavier cow feeding.
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Waukon
Howard Gordon
Waukon Cooperative Creamery
State Department of Agriculture
Gordon
Rain Needed as Corn Tassels in Buchanan County
Special to The Gazette reports corn in Buchanan county progresses ahead of normal but needs rain during tasseling and ear set. Small grain yields are below normal but quality is good. Alfalfa second crop looks strong with seed left for sowing. Soybeans look excellent and gardens await rain.
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Bryant
Independence
Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Remarkable Corn Height On Conk Farm Near Lisbon
Special to The Gazette reports forty acres of John L. Conk farm corn near Lisbon average over nine feet six inches with several stalks reaching ten feet eight inches, signaling a robust crop.
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Lisbon
John L. Conk
Oats and Wheat Harvest Progress Near Stanwood
Favorable weather has most early oats in shock with a Canadian variety among remaining fields. Wheat offers the best crop in years as on the Will Koering farm twelve acres of 103 oats harvested by a combine yielded 60 bushels per acre.
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Stanwood
Will Koering
Weaver brothers market new wheat east of Traer
Traer area farmers, led by the Weaver brothers east of Traer, are early suppliers of recently released grain varieties. They have consistently pushed forward in marketing new wheat offerings to local buyers and grain markets.
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Traer—Weaver Brothers
Traer
Wheat and rye quality reported at Traer farmers elevator
At the Traer Farmers Elevator company both crops show excellent quality. Wheat weighed fifty nine pounds to the bushel and rye graded No 2 yielding forty bushels per acre. R J Stoakes also sold wheat on the early market.
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Traer Farmers Elevator Company
R. J. Stoakes
Oats Yield on Glenn Ferguson Farm Reaches 48 Bushels per Acre
A 15 acre field of oats of the 103 variety on the Glenn Ferguson farm near Mount Vernon produced an average of 48 bushels to the acre after the latest combining.
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Mount Vernon
Glenn Ferguson
String bean crop shrinks under heat and drought
Cedar Rapids cannery operator J L Farmer says the string bean crop will not exceed 12 000 cases this season. He expects 25 000 to 30 000 cases initially but says harvest may finish by Tuesday without rain. A fall pack hinges on rain and timely planting by July 25.
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J. L. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Farmer
Schedule changes for electrical equipment meetings
Linn county home demonstration agent Miss Lucille Gove says the planned meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday have been altered. The new timetable lists Tuesday afternoon at Tiffin school, Tuesday evening at Ely Legion hall, Wednesday afternoon at Marion high school, and Wednesday evening at Troy Mills school.
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Lucille Gove
Linn County
Tiffin School
North Liberty
Ely Legion Hall
Marion High School
Marion Legion Hall
Troy Millis School
Erection of Steel Bins to Begin Soon
Chairman O D Klein of the state agricultural conservation committee announced advance preparations to store another surplus corn crop this fall. County committees were told to arrange leasing space for steel bins, with about 4600 empty bins in Iowa records to be erected promptly. The plan aims to prevent a 1939 storage rush and boost on farm storage for the ever normal granary program.
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Des Moines
O. D. Klein
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Klein
AAA
Farmers urged to build corn cribs for surplus storage
Officials push farmers to construct their own cribs to hold surplus corn under a new policy. The plan seeks to offer incentives in the 1941 AAA program to keep stored corn on farms, with concrete foundations for steel bins and secure anchoring on well drained ground. Contracts will be bid and county committees decide setup timing and location.
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AAA
Klein
Range parties to show electric equipment in Linn County
Miss Bernice Strawn will lead a series of range parties in Linn County to demonstrate home electrical devices. Four farm women host 15 to 20 couples at each event on July 22 to 26, with an evening meal served between 5 30 and 8 p.m. Demonstrations include range, refrigerator, roaster, mixer, lamps, and coffee maker.
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Bernice Strawn
The
REA
Washington, D. C
Linn County
Robert Palmer
Marion Rea
Leonard Sentman
North Liberty
Glenn Stoner
Mount Vernon
Jacob Flitsch
Alburnett
L. C. Henderson
Toddville
AAA Upheld by CCC in Woitishek Case
Linn county AAA officials report the Commodity Credit Corporation instructed collection of 1048.06 dollars from Miss Anna Woitishek for substituting 1938 crop corn for 1937 and 1938 corn on her Ely farm. Attorney Owen Elliott represents the Cedar Rapids farmer in the matter.
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Pheld
Linn County
Triple A
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
Anna FE
Woitishek
Cedar Rapids
Ely
R. B. Booth
Linn County Aaa
State Aaa
Des Moines
Miss Woitishek
Booth
Horticulture Expert Demonstrates Budding For Local Farmers
Ames extension bureau specialist C. Grove conducted a budding demonstration Friday at the Walter Tiffany farm northwest of Independence. He also instructed on insect and disease control in orchards for Buchanan county farmers.
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Independence
L. C. Grove
Ames Extension Bureau
Buchanan County
Waleter Tiffany
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Louis White
White
Merle E. Garmoe
Aed
Pia Teat
Waukon Creamery
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R. A. Shover
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Acre
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the Mar
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