Flax Yields Triple Oats In 1931 Iowa Farm Reports
Iowa growers report flax returning about three times the cash of oats this year based on 1931 averages. H. D. Hughes of Ames spoke to Tama county farmers at F. F. Cold’s forty acre flax field near Lincoln. Estimated flax yield near fifteen bushels per acre on the inspected field.
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Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Ames
Tama County
F. F. Cold
Lincoln
Cold
Hughes
United States
Flax cultivation shifts to stalk ground in Iowa report
Prof. Hughes notes flax yields better on stalk ground and wilt resistant varieties now exist after Wilt disease reduced Iowa acres from 400000 in the 1880s to 5000 in 1903. The Bison variety shows wilt and rust resistance. Mr Cold sowed three pecks to seven acres and multipacked the field after double disking and plowing.
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Hughes
Iowa
Cold
Swisher Farmer Prefers Democrats in Election
A Swisher area farmer, lifelong Republican, says he will vote straight Democratic this year. William Shebetka, owner of 118 acres five and a half miles southwest of Swisher, talks about cattle feeding profits and losses. He recalls buying cattle near Omaha, selling at Chicago for 9.25, and net costs around 10 per hundredweight. He notes his son left high school to help with feeding. He asks how much margin is needed to break even.
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William Shebetka
Swisher
Omaha
Chicago
June Hog Market Slips as June Accumulations Weigh Down Prices
Des Moines hog market remains heavy amid heat wave and weak fresh pork demand. Week show to finish 25 to 35 cents lower with 180 to 230 lb hogs around 4.20 to 4.50, sows 2.60 to 3.60, and larger weights weaker. A farmer voices concern over high taxes, farm policy, and hard times, noting stock market spillover and calls for economy and reform.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Calves Pass TB Test For Wilton Junction Exhibits
Fifty nine baby beeves and eighteen dairy heifers from Muscatine county 4-H club members completed TB testing with no reactors found. County Agent Carl Rylander and Dr. J G Gingery supervised. Calves will be shown at the West Liberty fair and the Iowa State fair.
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Wilton Junction
Muscatine County
4-H Club
Carl Rylander
J. G. Gingery
Oat Yield Averages Near 72 Bushels in East Iowa Farms
Fifteen acres of oats on the John Hass Jr farm averaged 72 bushels, while on the John Moss farm eighteen acres averaged 55 bushels. Local threshing crews report good yields and widespread activity.
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Iowa
John Hass, Jr
John Moss
Clarence-Oats Harvest Yields 52 Bushels per Acre on Local Farm
Special to The Gazette reports the George Harness farm near here threshed on Thursday and averaged 52 bushels to the acre with good quality. It marks the season’s first threshing in the area while early potatoes, selling at about 1 dollar per bushel, are being dug. Early sweet corn and ripening tomatoes are also noted.
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Clarence
George Harness
Weather Favorable For Harvest In Locality
Special to The Gate reports four threshing machines operate in the area with harvest expected to finish in two weeks given agreeable weather. Oats and barley yields are fair with oats up to forty bushels per acre and barley up to thirty-five on some farms. Wet conditions leave heads off color but good quality. much crop lodged and cut only one way, much used as hay.
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Wyoming
Oats Yields Reported On Local Farms This Week
A 10 acre field on the Ed Pope farm near Millersburg produced 549 bushels of oats after threshing this week. Oats on the Aaron Wyant farm averaged fifty bushels per acre.
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Pmillersburg
Ed Pope
Aaron Wyant
Weather drought harms crops and gardens across region
Continued dry weather threatens early sweet corn and cucumber yields while blackberry crops shrink. Gardens require rain, though threshing progresses rapidly. If drought ends soon, damage to crops may be limited.
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Sxford
Harvest Progress and Bountiful Crops Reported
Hay making completed with barns full and stacks outside. Threshing began Monday. Small grain yields are strong. Potatoes and onions show excellent crops.
Threshing Underway In Local Area With Strong Yields
Threshing has started in this vicinity. W. B. Meeks reports his machine yielded fifty to sixty bushels of oats per acre at his own place. Quality is good as well.
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W. B. Meeks
Maynard Co op pays 17 cents a pound for June butterfat
Maynard Co operative creamery patrons are paid this week 17 cents a pound for June butterfat. A material drop in production is caused by extreme heat and conditions.
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Maynard Co-op
Maynard
Maynard Co-operative Creamery
Keosauqua Co op Celebrates Debt Paid In Full
Keosauqua Farmers Co operative creamery celebrates fifth anniversary by burning 23000 in notes from opening day. The society now has about 62000 in investments and reports rising output including 1126000 pounds of butter in 1931 with a 93 score. A picnic, talks by G E McGrew and Royal Holbrook, and a kittenball game wrapped the event.
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Keosauqua
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
Ainabarger
Co-Operative
Libertyville
More Poison Bran Mash Needed For Grasshoppers
Des Moines AP reports three western Iowa counties Woodbury Plymouth and Pottawattamie need more general poison bran mash to control ravaging grasshoppers. Monona and Harrison counties fare better due to existing poison use. Lack of rain halts a fungus disease that helps kill grasshoppers chinch bugs and related pests.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl Kennnedy
C. J. Drake
Woodbury
Plymouth
Pottawattamie
Monona
Harrison
Iowa County 4-H Show Set for Week of August 22
Marengo hosts the Iowa County 4-H club show during the week of August 22, featuring livestock and poultry exhibits and home furnishing demonstrations by 4-H girls. The winning team advances to the state fair and the county health champion will be chosen.
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Marengo
Iowa County
R. W. Ashby
Grun dy County exhibits grain curing at courthouse attic
L. W. Plager former county agent shows cured grain samples for the county fair. The display includes yellow and white sweet clover soy bean hay and wild hay. The grain is being dried in the hot attic of the Grun dy courthouse.
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Grundy Center
L. W. Plager
Court House
Hogs Shipped to Chicago by Moeller Family
Johann Moeller and his son Henry shipped 240 head of 300-pound hogs to Chicago in three double-deck cars. The younger Moeller accompanied the shipment, leaving 110 hogs on the farm for later marketing.
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Dysart
Johann Moeller
Henry
Here
Chicago
Moeller
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