Flax Crop Forecast Reaches Record High For 1939
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects flaxseed production at 15,398,000 bushels for 1939, the largest since 1930, driven by higher acreage as wheat prices stay low. 1938 output was 8,171,000 bushels with a 10 year average near 11,943,006 bushels, while cash income this year and related figures reflect long term market changes.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
D. C
United States
Europe
Fence Drift Caught in the Waver Wire
The Gazette farm editor recounts a northeast Iowa Sunday tour with three Southern visitors. They visited Kenneth Kerr’s Contour and strip cropping near Postville, Lyle Sutton’s pork operation near Delhi, Dan Schnittjer and Sons cattle finishing near Delhi, and the Sand Springs cooperative locker plant.
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Gazette
Deep South
Iowa
Louisiana College of Agriculture
Kenneth Kerr
Postville
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
Dan Schnittjer
Flax Prices Edge Down in Cedar Rapids Market
Cedar Rapids buyers bid 3 to 4 cents lower for flax on Monday with quotes near 1.36 per bushel, quality and dockage affecting price. Early deliveries of new crop flax show good quality but weed seeds and other foreign material. The US average price to farmers last year was 1.61 per bushel, with historical highs around 4.03 in 1919 and lows at 0.88 in 1932.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Spontaneous Combustion Sparks Farm Fire Near What Cheer
Spontaneous combustion is blamed for a barn fire on the Robert Kitzman farm near What Cheer. The barn burned with 2,500 bushels of corn and new oats and wheat, 50 chickens, and harnesses destroyed. Insurance largely covered the loss. Earlier, a straw stack on Ed Molyneux’s farm burned after embers from a bonfire carried fire.
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The
Gazette
Robert Kitzman
What Cheer
Ed Molyneux
Fayette Health Contest Seeks County Champion
Fayette 4 H girls health contest planned for Friday at Dr. J D Parker's Fayette office. Dr Kennedy of Jelwein and Dr J E Dorman will aid in exams. About 140 club members underwent preliminary checks, with top scorers to be reexamined Friday to crown the county champion.
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Fayette
Fayette County
J. D. Parker
Kennedy
Jelwein
J. E. Dorman
Cedar Rapids Tops Nation Monday for Receipts of Oats
Cedar Rapids led U S oats receipts Monday with 125 carloads becoming the nation’s largest oats center. Nearly all shipments were new oats sent directly to cereal mills, mostly sourced from north and west of Fort Dodge where Cedar Rapids millers run elevators. Chicago followed with 96 carloads, other centers reporting 64 at Minneapolis and 49 at Winnipeg.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Chicago
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Duluth
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Oat Crop Outlook Improves in Buchanan County
Independence notes indicate the Buchanan county oat crop is turning out better than expected and may reach near normal yields, contrasting with earlier forecasts of a half crop. Corn and soybeans progress well with prospects for a fine grain crop. alfalfa second cut is light but good quality.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Harvest Outlook for Local Farms Ripe With Crops
Special to The C Rowley notes the community reports high yields of 40 to 50 bushels per acre with good straw. Threshing nearly complete by next week. Corn ears reach roasting stage with apples and grapes promising strong crops. Duchess and harvest apples in use now.
Apple Grafting Demo Planned Near Kalona
Washington County Agent J. W. Chandler announces an apple grafting demonstration by S. W. Edge combe Ames extension horticulturist to be held Tuesday afternoon at the Dan Swartzendruber orchard located four and a half miles northwest of Kalona in Washington County.
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Garvette Washington
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Dan Swartzendruber
Kalona
Washington County
J. W. Chandler
Drainage projects shift to soil conservation service
The U S Department of Agriculture reorganizes its drainage work in Iowa transferring the farm drainage program from the bureau of agricultural engineering to the soil conservation service. Four CCC camps in Whiting Bancroft Clarion and Oakville join erosion and flood control efforts while Ames officials aid in camp planning and site selection.
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Ames
United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Frank H. Mendell
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering Program
CCC
Whiting
Bancroft
Clarion
Oakville
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Mendell
Seed Analysts To Meet At Madison Aug 1 4
Five staff members from the Ames seed laboratory will attend the annual meeting of the Association of Seed Analysts of North America in Madison Wisconsin August 1 4. R H Porter will present Laboratory and Field Germination on Treated and Untreated Beet Seed. William Rice will discuss Detection of Fungi in Seeds by the Hemocytometer Method. Other attendees include Verna J Thompson Margaret Henning and Wayne Robbins.
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AMES
Association of Seed Analysts of North America
Madison
Wis
R. H. Porter
Ames Laboratory
William Rice
Verna J. Thompson
Margaret Henning
Wayne Robbins
Government Plans Program For Lard And Cottonseed Oil
Washington AP officials seek a program to bolster lard and cottonseed prices. An export subsidy would pay exporters for foreign sales to regain markets lost during the 1934 36 drought. Surplus fats may be distributed to relief families as farmers produce one of the largest pig crops in years.
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Washington
Ap)—Administration
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Health Champ To Be Announced At Waukon Wednesday
Allamakee county 4 H girls hold their annual achievement day in Waukon with Ella Loughran judging demonstrations and home efficiency exhibits. The health champion is to be announced, following recent physicals by county nurse Georgia Forbes and final high score exams by a physician.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Ella Loughran
Ames Extension Service
Georgia Forbes
Selma Ekquist
Ames
Ames Met Recently With the County 4-H
Ella Barth
Mae Kraby
Virginia Larson
Helen Gilbertson
Gladys Heitmann
Norma Hagen
Erna Wallner
Edith Gruhn
Fern Seitz
Betty O’brien
State Husking Meet Scheduled Oct 31
Fairfield Iowa announces the 1939 state corn husking contest to be held Oct 31 in Jefferson county. W E McWilliams of Fairfield chairs the event, sponsored by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce and Jefferson County Farm Bureau with Wallaces Farmers and Iowa Homestead. Six district eliminations run Oct 26 to 28 in O Brien Cerro Gordo Black Hawk Cedar Polk and Cass counties. The Iowa champion and runner up advance to the national contest near Lawrence Kansas on Nov 3.
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Iowa
Jefferson County
Fairfield Chamber of Commerce
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Iowa Homestead
Des Moines
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Raymond Cook
McMullin Brothers
Batavia
O’brien
Cerro Gordo
Black Hawk
Cedar
Polk
Cass
Lawrence
Kan
Seed Oats Treated Show Less Smut In Cedar County Trials
Cedar county farmer trials led by Agent Howard Hamilton with H F Standen of Ames found treated oats at the H B Pearson farm had under .25 percent smut while untreated seed reached 5 percent. At W L Pemberton farm untreated oats had 5 percent smut, and Harry Madison farm seed was smut free. Extensive seed treating occurred this spring at Wilder Grain company elevator in West Branch for Cedar county farmers.
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Gazette
Tipton
Howard Hamilton
Cedar County
H. F. Standen
Ames
H. B. Pearson
W. L. Pemberton
Harry Madison
Fayette's Test Ass'ns Plan Reorganization
Dates for reorganization meetings of three Fayette county test associations are set for August 1 2 and 3. Association 1 meets August 1 at the George Platt farm near Oelwein with Morris Swenson of Oelwein tester in charge. Association 3 meets August 2 at the M E Talcott farm Randalia with George Youmans of Westgate tester. Association 2 meets August 3 at the Farm Bureau office Fayette with Stanley Hamilton of Fayette tester. Floyd Arnold Ames extension airyman will attend all sessions.
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Fayette
Fayette County
George Platt
Oelwein
Morris Swenson
Tester
M. E. Talcott
Randalia
George Youmans
Westgate
Farm Bureau
Stanley Hamilton
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Airyman
Deer’s Freak Antlers Linked to Injury in Study
Researchers report unusual antler growth in deer may result from a broken leg or other bodily trauma. The finding suggests injuries trigger hormonal changes affecting antler development in affected animals.
Monticello students report potato plots yield best in six tests
Vocational agriculture students at Monticello High School, guided by A F Walker, report Red Warbas and Cobblers outyielding other varieties in six plots. Inspections by Walker and C L Fitch noted earlier planting, soil types, and rainfall favored eight inch spacing over twelve. Zirkelbach brothers’ hog lot ground yielded heaviest, while Gene Walker’s plot produced superior quality.
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Monticello High School
A. F. Walker
Donald Fairbanks
James Hevie
Fredrick Faust
Robert Buol
Zirkelbach Brothers
Gene Walker
Walker
Fitch
Pota
Country Woman Describes Iowa Thresher Dinners And Cuisine
A Country Woman writes of threshing season meals in Iowa highlighting cooks who craft new dishes and preserve foreign delicacies from various Old Country roots. She notes women excel at feeding small eager groups with evolving menus.
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Iowa
New sod harms potato crops due to dryness and grubs
Growers report freshly broken sod remains unsatisfactory for potatoes as arid soil increases drought risk and white grub threats loom.
$125 an acre for 160 near Waterloo
Edward Powell of Dy Sart buys 160 acres ten miles south of Waterloo from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co Milwaukee at 125 dollars per acre. The land is described as excellent and well improved and was purchased as an investment. Conant and King Traer real estate agents handled the deal.
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TRAER
Edward Powell
Dysart
Waterloo
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Milwaukee
Conant and King
Traer Real Estate
Girls Achievement Day Held in Independence August 10
Miss Nelle Thompson a Buchanan county 4 H nutrition specialist will judge exhibits and the demonstration contest at Independence on August 10 for the county 4 H girls achievement day program.
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Independence
Gazette
Nelle Thompson
Ames Food and Nutrition
Buchanan County
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