Iowa crop prospects improve since July 1 report
The Iowa crop and livestock reporting service says corn hay soybeans and pastures show better prospects than July 1. In southwest and west central Iowa rainfall lifted previously backward corn. soybeans growth remains favorable and harvesting may reach the largest share since 1935. Milk flow improved and pasture growth gains show uneven moisture patterns across districts.
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ES Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Southwest
West Central
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Threshing Starts in Winneshiek County Iowa
Special to The Gazette reports threshing begun in Winneshiek county with yields of 22 to 30 bushels in the northeast and 25 to 30 bushels of oats in the southwest. The county average may stay near 50 percent of normal, while corn is improving but needs rain to realize better prospects.
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Winneshiek
Threshing Starts. Yields Favorable Across Troy Mills
Farmers report threshing beginning Saturday with wider activity by Monday. Oats yields reach 30 to 50 bushels per acre while grain quality is strong despite sand in bundles from last week’s heavy rains. Corn advances to roasting ear. haying nears completion and early apples show plentiful harvest. Ladies Aid serves threshers meals at the Methodist church.
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Troy Mills
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Tama County corn and oats praised by agent Burns Byram
Tama County agent Burns M. Byram reports corn looks better than usual and oats threshing quality is good though stands were thin. Yields range from 30 to 50 bushels. He notes new grass seedings also look especially good.
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Tama County
Burns M. Byram
Threshing Yields Reported Near Edgewood farms
Threshing began Monday afternoon north of Edgewood at the James Nad ing farm four miles away where oats averaged 40 bushels per acre. At the Heryan Weyant farm one small lot yielded 40 bushels.
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the Gazette
EL -Ewood
Edgewood
James Nading
Acre
Heryan Weyant
Threshers Begin Wheat Harvest at Local Farms
Threshers started Monday at the Wells Robb and Helmuth Suckow farms in Bandalia Delbert Robb and Helmuth Suckow reported oats of fairly good quality after the initial run.
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W. E. Wells
Delbert Robb
Helmuth Suckow
Threshing Begins as Hay Harvest Continues at Monmouth
In Monmouth area threshing starts while haying is about 75 percent finished. Farmers worked in hay fields Sunday as a small portion of timothy is being cut for seed this year.
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Monmouth
Timothy
Volga Creamery Pays 26 and 24 Cents for Butterfat
Volga City reported the Volga City Farmers Cooperative creamery paid patrons 26 cents a pound for top butterfat and 24 cents for No 1 butterfat for the last half of June.
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Volga Creamery
Volga City
Volga City Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Traer Real Estate Sale of 160 Acres Authorized
Traer Conant and King announce the sale of 160 acres from the William Logan trust to Harry Himschodt a farmer near Clutter for 105 dollars per acre. Possession will be given March 1. The 160 acres comprise the last segment of 720 acres in the trust all of which was sold.
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Traer—Conant and King
Traer Real Estate
William Logan Trust
Harry Himschodt
Clutter
Ames Extension’s 1938 attendance tops two million
Iowa extension service reports 2,000,000 plus attendees at meetings in 1938, up 200,000 from 1937. Field agents aided more than 145,000 farmers and their wives to improve farming and homemaking, with 101,769 farm calls and over 430,000 office visits plus 308,000 telephone inquiries.
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Ames (Ap
Ames
Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service
Owa
Ames Judging Team Named For Poultry Show
The Iowa State college poultry judging team will compete in a judging contest during the seventh World Poultry congress in Cleveland from July 28 to August 7. Coach Prof. R. E. Philips announced the team includes Roy Kottman Manly Menno Groeneveld Parkersburg Morris Johnson Ottumwa and Carl Baker Early.
Farm Women In Johnson Name Health Committee
Johnson county farm women form a health committee with county nurse and officials. Members from Scott Lincoln Pleasant Valley and Fremont townships met at Mrs. Lloyd Burrs home in Lincoln township and elected Mrs. Harry Lenz chairman.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Scott
Lincoln
Pleasant Valley
Fremont
Lloyd Burr
Lincoln Township
Harry Lenz
Elkader Monona C T A Averages 31 7 In June
The Elkader Monona cow test association reported June results for 484 cows, including 19 dry cows, with an average of 841 pounds of milk and 31.7 pounds of butterfat. The Lawrence Schultz herd of 22 grade Holsteins led the association with 1,303 pounds of milk and 46.7 butterfat.
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Elkader
Elkader- Monona
Lawrence Schultz
Mystery cows vanish on trip to Chicago stockyards
Chester Sutton of Maquoketa Iowa drove 17 cows to Chicago stockyards. After a supper stop the tailgate was missing and 14 cows remained. The mystery centers on where three cows vanished and why only they disappeared.
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Chicago
Chester Sutton
Maquoketa
National Institute of Cooperation Annual Session in Chicago
The fifteenth annual American Institute of Cooperation meets Aug 7–12 at the University of Chicago led by Henry A. Wallace and F. F. Hill with over 100 speakers. Discussions cover inter state commerce, anti trust statutes, and education of cooperators including youth. Neal S Beaton from Scotland speaks on Scottish cooperation to a large cooperative audience.
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Natl Institute OF Cooperation AT
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
F. F. Hill
Farm Credit Administration
University of Chicago
American Institute of Cooperation
Pure Milk’ Association
E. A. Stokdyk
The
Berkeley, California
Bank For Cooperatives
Wilfred E. Rumble
St. Paul
Cooperative Research and Service Division
Tom G. Stitts
T. W. Schultz
Ames
Iowa State College
Neal S. Beaton
Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society
Scotland
Beaton
John G. Rockwell
Woodlot prices seen stable vs farm products in 1938
Special to The Gazette Washington report shows stumpage log and lumber prices in 1938 remained more stable than most farm products. Forest service data from 10 000 sales across 45 states indicate stumpage and logs fell 5.7 and 7.3 percent while wholesale lumber dropped 8.7 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Henry B. Steer
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
Farm Products Group
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steer
Ontario Mines Supply Most World Nickel
Ontario dominates global nickel production with about ninety five percent drawn from its mines. The province hosts major deposits and processing hubs driving the metal’s supply chain worldwide.
Delaware 4 H Girls To Study Conservation
Delaware county 4 H girls will tour Backbone state park near Strawberry Point for wildlife conservation study. They will be guided by park naturalist E B Polterboar. The outing starts at 10 30 a.m and includes a noon picnic lunch.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
E. B. Polterboar
Construction Started On Winneshiek Co 4-H Barn
DECORAH The Winneshiek county fairgrounds will gain a new 4-H club barn after a contract was let on Thursday. Over the past two days about 60 club leaders members and others interested in 4-H work removed an old building to clear the site. Work on the foundation has begun county agent E J Weigle said Monday.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Fairgrounds
E. J. Weigle
Elevator Fire at Farragut Destroys Farmers Cooperative
Fire and an explosion level the Farragut Iowa elevator causing the destruction of 1000 bushels of wheat 1200 bushels of corn 900 bushels of oats and 40 tons of feed. Manager Ray Cox suggests spontaneous combustion as a possible cause.
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Farragut, In
Farmers Cooperative Elevator
Ray Cox
Soul Conservation Along Main Street
A Country Woman imagines beautifying unsightly vacant lots with white picket fences castor bean seeds hollyhocks and benches. She asks whether law exists to regulate such beautification efforts in small towns where stray dogs and youths inhabit the area.
Health Champs In Washington To Be Announced Aug 10
Final 4 H health examinations completed at the Washington county health office under Dr. D C Barrett. Ten top girls named Adda Godber Charlotte Longer Mabel Hayes Clara Huber June Knotek Viola Marek Ethel Sojka Mary Herr Marjory Walker Jean Walker. Boys listed Marion Timmons Robert McLaughlin Dick Gardner Paul Benson Everette Miller Bob Benson Raymond Bell Thomas Walker. Champions and reserve champions to be declared Aug 10 during the achievement show with Dr Barrett assisted by E E Stutsman W S Kyle D D Davis O F Boller M J Cruise.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County Health Office
D. C. Barrett
Adda Godber
Wellman
Charlotte Longer
Mabel Hayes
Clara Huber
June Arlene Knotek
Viola Marek
Riverside
Ethel Darlene Sojka
Mary Herr
Dr. Barrett
E. E. Stutsman
W. S. Kyle
D. D. Davis
O. F. Boller
M. J. Cruise
Thelma Luther
Aletha May
Mrs Putnam Resigns From Buchanan County Post
Mrs. Arthur Putnam, chairwoman of the women's home project in Buchanan county, resigns due to ill health. She will be succeeded by Mrs. C. H. Pelham, current county vice-chairman and former county chairman.
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Independence
Arthur Putnam
Women’s Home Project
Buchanan County
C. H. Pelham
Hearing Set On Corn Storage Fee In Des Moines
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers say the Iowa Commerce Commission will hold a public hearing in Des Moines next Friday to decide if storage in licensed warehouses for government contracts should be billed at the U S government rate. The current Iowa fee is 1 cent a bushel per month, while the government rate is 0.5 cent. The dispute centers on title to resealed corn after a government loan of 57 cents a bushel.
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Fort Dodge
D. E. Edison
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Des Moines
Farmers Grain Dealers
United States
Edison
Fire destroys barn near Monona during threshing day
A 40 by 80 foot barn on the Lester Vogt farm eight miles southeast of Monona burned down Monday afternoon. The blaze, likely starting from a threshing separator, consumed the hay crop a wagon of grain and the separator. Orlando Marting's threshing outfit was nearby and helped fight the fire. Farmersburg and Monona fire departments saved the house but the roof was damaged and flames were put out in adjacent shock fields.
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Niebuhr
Wilson and Company
Chicago
Monona
Lester Vogt
Here
Orlando Marting
Farmersburg
Natex advertised by local rep at Podzimek's Pharmacy
A local Natex representative promotes a herbal remedy at Podzimek's Pharmacy opposite the Post Office. The ad cites a testimonial from Samuel Tranberry describing relief from constipation nerve issues and sleepless nights after taking Natex, claiming improved digestion, energy, and sleep.
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Natex
Podzimek
100 Second Ave. SE
Samuel Tranberry
3Rd Ave
Second Ave
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Howard Knapp
Alburnett
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Tim
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Winneshiek Co
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