U.S. L amb Crop 9 Percent Larger Than 1935
The 1936 lamb crop totaled 31 413 000 head, up 9 percent from 1935 and 214 percent from 1934. Increase centered in western states with a higher percentage lamb crop from 81 to 86.5 as breeding ewes rose lightly. Native lambs totaled 11 376 000, down 2 percent from 1935 but still a large year.
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Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
California
Washington
United States
Post Office Department
FENCE DRIFT ECHOES ON DRAUGHT VIEW OF IOWA FIELDS
Aerial photos of drought hit Iowa reveal vast rust colored fields with little undergrowth while reports show 1936 lamb crop in western states near record highs at 16 percent above 1935. Texas leads in lamb crop gains with 69 percent higher than last year.
Five Thousand Raised For Co op Soybean Mill In Traer
In Traer Tama County supporters report $5000 of a $20000 building and equipment fund raised for a cooperative soybean mill. A six member business farmer committee led by L L Sawyer and Ray Harder has canvassed only part of the town with pledges from farmers ranging 25 to 300 dollars.
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Tama County
Traer
L. L. Sawyer
F. J. Childs
John Powell
Peter L. Wilson
Jay Wood
Ray Harder
Tracr
Municipal Light and Heat
Lone Tree Lads Named On Johnson 4-H Judging Team
Lawrence Wis sink and Leland Stock of Lone Tree have been named on the Johnson county 4-H club poultry and egg judging team to compete at the state fair in Des Moines.
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Lone Tree
Johnson
Iowa
Lawrence Wissink
Leland
Johnson County
Des Moines
New Sauerkraut Method Turns Burned Crops to Fodder
Cornell scientists unveil a "sweet pickle" process using phosphoric acid to preserve high protein crops like alfalfa and soybeans into all year fodder. Trials in 1,000 silos show cows, horses and sheep accept the feed. cost 50 to 75 cents per ton, with 11 to 25 pounds of acid per ton.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Middle West
Cornell University
J. K. Wilson
Wilson
Map Shows Areas Of Greatest Corn Damage In Iowa
A Des Moines fed statistician Leslie M. Carl maps corn ruin areas across Iowa. About sixteen counties near Missouri and Nebraska show near total failure while thirty seven counties have 50 to 80 percent ruin. Carl traveled 1100 miles and says Iowa may produce less corn than in 1934. He notes clover alfalfa seed kill and drought drying pastures. Northeast Iowa has best corn prospects. Hail damage reported in several districts. The small grain crop is near normal though late oats are light in western and northern areas. Second crop hay ranges from light to failure in half to two thirds of state. In Ames Ray Murray warns drought relief is needed with a four-point program and requests for drought relief areas must go through county officials. The only bright spot is good wheat and oats in many areas and first hay cut.
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Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Carl
Federal
the Gazette
The
Resettlement Administration
WPA
IERA
Murray
Institution
Board of Supervisors
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College
Bliss
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Ames (Ap
J. C. Eldredge
Ames
Eldredge
Agricultural Experiment Station
Schultz Goes Abroad To Investigate Land Tenure
Dr. T. W. Schultz head of the economics department at Ames sailed Wednesday for the Scandinavian countries to study land tenure in Denmark and Sweden. He will attend the International Conference of Agricultural Economists from Aug 31 to Sept 6 at St Andrews Scotland and tour Scotland’s agricultural regions the week before.
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Ames
T. W. Schultz
Scandinavian Countries
Denmark
Sweden
Paddock To Meet With Linn Apiarists Friday
A Linn county beekeepers meeting will be at the Russell Joyce apiary two miles northwest of Whittier on Friday starting at 1 30 p m Prof F B Paddock of the Ames extension service will attend.
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Linn County Beekeepers
Russell Joyce Apiary
Whittier
F. B. Paddock
Ames Extension Service
Hail loss heaviest mid July to Aug says Ames expert
J C Eldredge of Ames reports hail damage most reduces corn yield from mid July to August 1 based on five year experiments. Defoliation effects vary with tassel stages and leaf area loss drives yield reductions.
Octogenarian Keeps Pace in Harvest Threshing
Wilton Junction reports 80 year old farmer Peter Lippentien worked the entire harvest season with son Ted, sharing the heavy threshing work alongside the best men on the job.
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the Gazette
Wilton Junction
Peter Lippentien
Ted Lippentien
Ten Acres Timothy In The Shock Burns In Allamakee County
WAUKON The Waukon rural fire department fought a blaze at the Carl Kugel farm in Ludlow township Allamakee County burning ten acres of shocked timothy. Sparks from a threshing machine at the John Blagen farm started a straw stack fire. A Wisconsin man’s truckload of junk burned on the Waukon Lansing road. Dry grass on the highway ignited and destroyed a fifteen acre alfalfa field on the Gruber Brothers farm before stopping.
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Waukon
Carl Kugel
Ludlow
Allamakee County
Timothy
John Blagen
Wisconsin
Waukon-Lansing
Gruber Brothers
Fire destroys granary and barn on Meders farm near Brandon
A 40 by 72 foot barn, granary, and contents were burned Tuesday night on the John Meders farm four miles east of Brandon. The For sythe family occupied the farm. the house and garage were saved. Six hundred bushels of oats, forty tons of hay, ground feed, soybeans, a supply tank, tools, and machinery were lost. The windmill platform burned hampering water pumping. insurance helped cover part of the $ losses. Vinton and Brandon fire departments responded. wind and water access impeded suppression.
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Brandon
John Meders
Here
Earl Forsythe
Brandon Fire Department
Vinton Fire Department
Fire Destroys Farmhouse Near Dysart
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a two story frame house on the Frank Krafka farm six and a half miles southeast of Dysart. The Mahlstedt family were away tending threshing when the blaze started. threshing crews nearby raised the alarm. A large crowd helped remove belongings, most insured, while firemen from Dysart rural district protected surrounding structures.
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Dysart
Frank Krafka
Henry Mahlstedt
Mahlstedt
Washington County Con Test Picnic Set for August
Washington Iowa August 12 event announced by Alvin Swueder with details for the Washington County Con Test association annual picnic to be held in Washington city.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County Con Test Association
Alvin Swueder
New oats average price at local grain elevators
Kenneth Uniiecht delivered new oats to the Melvin Mundt elevator while Frank Caslavka led deliveries at the Taylor and Taylor elevator. The average price paid is 33 cents per bushel. Yields range from 30 to 50 bushels per acre with excellent quality and test weights from 32 to 36 pounds per bushel.
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Clutier
Kenneth Uniiecht
Melvin Mundt
Frank Caslavka
Taylor and Taylor
McGregor Farm Yields 68 Bushels Per Acre In 10-Acre Field
McGregor area report notes Oats on the Enoch Anderson farm west of town produced 68 bush els per acre in a 10 acre threshing. The strong yield highlights the farm’s productive output and field size.
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McGregor
Enoch Anderson
Crop yields rise on center junction threshing
Center Junction reports strong small grain harvest with oats 40 to 50 bushels per acre, wheat about 30, and barley 35 to 40 bushels per acre, marking better than expected quality and quantity.
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Center Junction
Morley Wheat Harvest Yields 80 Bushels Per Acre
Five acres of spring wheat on the Harlan Shumaker farm near Morley produced 80 bushels, an average of 16 per acre, using a combine. The grain is bright, plump, and of better quality than previous years in the area. Oats are also reported of excellent quality.
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Morley
Harlan Shumaker
Marengo farmer sells over 100 pounds of tomatoes
Frank Cook, a farmer near Marengo, has sold more than 100 pounds of excellent grade tomatoes from eighteen plants, fetching 7 cents per pound from local stores.
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Marengo
Frank Cook
Early Threshing Advances in Local Oats and Straw Use
Threshing is two weeks earlier than usual in the area. Oats are of good quality but yields are low, from a few bushels to just over twenty bushels per acre. Straw is excellent and being threshed into barns for feed due to a hay shortage.
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Donnan
Threshing returns show strong yields in Castalia area
Castalia threshing reports indicate better than expected results with high grain quality. Oats average 35 bushels per acre while some fields yield as low as 12 and the Schweinefus farm records a top yield of 54 bushels per acre.
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Castalia
Charles H. Schweinefus
Maynard Oats Bring 32 Cents a Bushel in Local Market
Special to The Gazette notes Maynard oats are bright and of good quality selling for 32 cents a bushel. Oat straw is bright and of good length. Weather remains favorable for threshing supporting continued harvest activity.
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Maynard
Crop growth on Dillon Atherton farm near Viola reported
The Gazette notes one inch leaf growth on the hill of corn, two and a quarter inches for tassel, and three fourths inch for the ear shoot on the Dillon Atherton farm near Viola. High temperature reached 100 degrees with an average of 80.
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Rowth
Gazette
Dillon Atherton
Viola
Oats Bins Soon as Week Ends in Crop Update
Farmers report oats stored in bins by week end. No rain since early June affects crops in the area. Many farmers feed ensilage to dairy cattle as milk supply halves. Hoping Gardens yield remains limited due to conditions.
Ton Of Hopper Poison Shipped To Linn County
Linn County farmers report grasshopper damage as one ton of poison bran heads to Cedar Rapids from Newton for distribution next week. The bran will be stored at Farmers' Elevator in Marion. A home mixed bait using bran Paris green or white arsenic molasses and water shows good kills.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Rex B. Conn
Cedar Rapids
Newton
Marion
Mr. Conn
Cattlemen's Tour Planned for Jones County Aug 11
Jones County cattle feeders schedule their second annual tour for August 11. Louis Lorenzen, chairman of the Jones County Cattlemen's association, announces Rex Beresford, Ames extension animal specialist, will attend to share advice on beef cattle feeding and management.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Louis Lorenzen
Jones County Cattlemen’s Association
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
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