Flies Less Burdens Farmers as Seasonal Heat Bakes Iowa
Drought and heat grip eastern Iowa with scarce rain from Marengo to Montezuma. Corn suffers on thinner soils while small grain and hay hold up. Fly annoyance to cattle and horses is unusually low this summer, possibly due to hot conditions and less manure buildup. Milk production declines seasonally but remains higher than past summers. rust appears in some fields as corn tassels and ears form and rain remains desperately needed.
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Marengo
Montezuma
Iowa
Town State
Iowa State
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Arnold
Corn stands up to drought but rain needed soon
In Decorah, corn holds well under heat with soybeans and alfalfa thriving. Pastures are brown with little growth. Threshing began Monday, crop expected to be small yet good in quality. No sleeping sickness on farms, two hog cholera cases three months ago, none now.
Weather notes and harvest progress in West Union
West Union reports rain is badly needed aside from showered areas. Corn is tasseling and some silking observed. Harvesting nears end with light threshing done. Pastures are short and dry, signaling drought stress in the region.
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West Union
Oats Threshing Nears Start After Haul-Outs
Troy Millus reports oat cutting nearly done and threshing set to begin this week. Several threshing machines were overhauled Monday for Tuesday work. Farmers have harvested much grain this year and expect a short threshing season. Oats are of good quality with heavy shocks.
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Troy Milus
Early threshing begins in Bandalia area this year
Albert Draker and Charles Burkark were the first to start threshing in this vicinity this year. Oats are of good quality and are yielding well.
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Bandalia
Albert Draker
Charles Burkark
Montezuma Facing Short Straw as Oat Yields Hold
Farmers in Montezuma report binding and combining underway with many also threshing part of their oat acreage due to short straw supplies. Oat quality remains good at 40 to 55 bushels per acre while chinch bugs menace crops, notably a 20 acre cornfield two miles north of town being consumed.
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Montezuma
Drought Cuts Grinnell Jorgen Reported Corn Yields
Grinnell Jorgen, local manager for a hybrid seed association with 2400 acres under contract nearby, warned that current moisture shortages have cut corn yields by 15 to 20 percent. He predicted yields could drop to 10 to 15 bushels per acre unless rainfall arrives within ten days, recalling drought year 1934. Last year’s yield averaged 75 bushels per acre. Cars are forming but not filling. rain is needed. Heavy rains on July 10 slowed chin-ch bugs encroachment. Barriers protect 200 acres of corn as eight to nine detasseling crews, about 150 workers, operate with peak employment near 500 in five days.
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Grinnell
Stanley Jorgensom
Jorfensen
Soybean output may rise 50 percent if weather stays favorable
Urbana report notes US soybean production could jump by at least half this year if growing conditions remain good. Garret L. Jor reports on potential gains and the impact of weather on yields.
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INS
United States
Garret L. Jor
Fence Drift in the Grain Fields and Farmer Hope
A rural ode notes that despite a chemist’s tests for carbohydrates, proteins, and fibers, the farmer’s grain holds deeper meanings. It celebrates hope, faith, patience, toil, and pride in harvest, asserting that true secrets lie in each acre of ripening grain. GAC.
Illinois yields rise as 87.4 million bushels produced
University of Illinois expert Dan said on Tuesday that 87.4 million bushels were produced in 1939, with planted acreage about 14 percent higher than the previous year, signaling a substantial expansion in output.
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Dan
University of Illinois
Veterinarians Warn Hog Cholera Spread By Threshers
Eastern Iowa veterinary groups warn threshing time poses hog cholera spread risks across farms. Dr C N McBryde confirms biting flies can transmit the disease, with outbreaks noted in Clinton Lyons Tipton Lowden Anamosa Nashua Ossian Postville Iowa City Kirkville Fremont Ottumwa Farson Martinsburg Central City Hartwick Belle Plaine Malcom Brooklyn Montezuma Keystone Monticello Preston New Hampton Vinton Hazleton Volga City Cascade Mount Pleasant Fairfield Bennett Winfield Swedesburg Traer Lone Tree Cresco Mason City Bloomfield DeWitt Cedar Rapids Ely Decorah Glar Brook.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
C. N McBryde
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Ames
Iowa
Clinton
Lyons
Tipton
Lowden
Anamosa
Nashua
Ossian
Postville
Iowa City
Kirkville
Fremont
Ottumwa
Farson
Martinsburg
Central City
Hartwick
Belle Plaine
Malcom
Brooklyn
Montezuma
Keystone
Monticello
Preston
New Hampton
Vinton
Hazleton
Volga City
Cascade
Mount Pleasant
Century of farming the same farm to be commemorated
Evergreen farm near Columbus Junction marks a 100 year operation with a July 27 celebration led by the Gray family. Expect noon barbecue, speeches by Mark Thornburg and others, music, and tours of the 240 acre property with its windbreaks, historic house, and generations tied to Louisa County.
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Columbus Junction
Evergreen Farm
Gray
Mark G. Thornburg
Dean Charlies
Curtis
Iowa State College
Amos
Rural Coop Plan To Buy Jointly Across Iowa
Five farm wholesale co operatives in Iowa formed a five member committee to draft plans for a statewide farm wholesale cooperative. The group aims to unify buying to boost bargaining power and cut distribution costs for consumer members. Session drew about thirty attendees with speakers J H Mason and Frank Robotka addressing the meeting.
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Ames
Iowa
Axel Hemmingsen
Newell
Farm Bureau Service Cooperative
Des Moines
H A Cowden
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas City
John Uban
Cooperative Service Company
Waterloo
E. L. Krueger
Farmers Elevator Service Company
Ralston
Frank Lair
Midland Cooperative
Minneapolis
J. H. Mason
Omaha Bank For Cooperators
Frank Robotka
Iowa State College
Cotton acreage is greater this year
The crop reporting board said the United States had 25,077,000 acres under cultivation on July 1, 1940, up 1.6 percent from last year but 282 percent below the ten year average. If 1940 abandonment matches that average, harvest acreage would be about 24,616,000, only slightly more than 1939. Total plantings stay below conservation allotments though some exceeding farmers may remove excess.
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Washington
INS
Crop Reporting Board
United States
Belle Plaine CCC Camp Plans Open House Aug 4
Belle Plaine CCC camp announces an open house on Sunday August 4 from 1 30 p m to 5 p m. Hugo Geiger project superintendent and Major Henry P MacHale commander lead tours through all camp facilities including mess hall hospital recreation and educational buildings offices and shops. Visitors will see the truck bow factory where bows for CCC trucks are manufactured for several states.
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Belle Plaine
Hugo Geiger
Henry P. MacHale
CCC
First Cover Spray Time Set For Iowa Apple Orchards
Ames July 28 date announced for first cover spray against second brood codling moths in central and east central Iowa. S. W. Edgecombe ex tension horticulturist reports moth numbers comparable to harvest time last year and says a second spray should follow in 7 to 10 days. Regional dates vary with July 25 for southwest and southeast, July 30 for northeast, and July 22 for Harrison county. Spray mix includes liquid lime sulfur or dry lime sulfur with hydrated lime and lead arsenate. Edgecombe also warns against fire blight and advises pruning watersprouts to prevent cankers.
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Ames
Iowa
S. W. Edgecombe
Harrison County
Edgecombe
Maynard Creamery Pays 30 Cents for June Butterfat
Maynard Cooperative creamery patrons received 30 cents per pound for June butterfat as announced by secretary C. H. Paul. In nearby Walker, the Walker Farmers creamery paid 30 cents per pound and 29 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in the last two weeks of June.
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Maynard Creamery
Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery
C. H. Paul
The
Gazette
Walker
Walker Farmers Creamery
Rowley Creamery pays June butterfat by grade
Patrons of the Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery receive June half payments for butterfat. Grade one fetches 36 cents, grade two 29 cents, and grade three 28 cents per pound.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery Company
From liability to asset permanent pasture on 42 acres
Gaylord Oelke near Farmersburg turned a balky 42 acre tract into a permanent pasture. He limed the bluegrass and timothy, disc weeded, and sowed clover and alfalfa. After a cautious establishment, he lets cattle graze only in July August first years, then pasture control after haying, with fall regrowth.
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Farmersburg
Gaylord Oolke
Oelke
Timothy
Barn Fire Near Malcom Destroys Ray McKain Farm Barn
A barn at the Ray McKain farm two miles north of Malcom burned Sunday night. The cause is believed to be combustion. A nearby haystack was destroyed and some loss was covered by insurance.
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Malcom
Ray McKain
Romance Blooms On The Acres Says A Country Woman
A COUNTRY WOMAN notes a busy man stopping his tractor to pick a gay bouquet of unusual roadside flowers, challenging the notion that romance is dead on the acres.
New Wheat Piles Up In Elevators Of United States
In Chicago the surge of unsold new wheat fills elevators and warehouses as government measures curb price declines during harvest. Trade figures show hoards may exceed 300 million bushels, with 300 million more old wheat stored for five months. Loans set price floors, while war and trade shifts influence future totals and storage needs rise as capacity tightens nationwide.
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United States
Chicago
Five Bands to Play At Earlville Celebration
Five bands from Earlville Dyersville Greeley Hopkinton and Colesburg will perform during the annual gala days celebration and 4 H club show in Earlville Wednesday and Thursday sponsored by the Earlville Community club A marching band demonstration baton contest and a Delaware Delhi baseball game are on Thursday afternoon with free acts also scheduled
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The
Gazette
Earlville
Dyersville
Greeley
Hopkinton
Colesburg
Delaware
Delhi
Detasselers Named in Keota and Durant Seed Corn Work
Nine locals were employed in detasseling hybrid seed corn near Keota and Durant. Names listed include Glen Brower Ross Trusler Darryl Lyle and Leland Grove for C. D. Kirkpatrick near Keota and Bob Derryll Harold Keiser and Wilbur Hamersly for a hybrid company at Durant.
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Keota
Durant
Glen Brower
Ross Trusler
Darryl
Lyle
Leland Grove
C. D. Kirkpatrick
Bob
Derryll
Harold Keiser
Wilbur Hamersly
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Golden State Creamery
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Mary Jean Piercy
Independent School District
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