Tama County weighs limestone plan for farmers aid
Tama county supervisors unanimously backed a proposal to study the Iowa Limestone law enabling counties to buy, manufacture, and sell agricultural lime. Aimed at supplying 10,000 tons to farmers, the plan envisions taxing land to reimburse costs over five years and may form a four county pool with the 4 counties soils association.
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Tama County
Emergency Conservation Works
Iowa
Tama Aaa
Four-County Soils Association
Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Emergency Conservation Works
4-County Soils Improvement Association
Tama County Aaa
General Assembly
Soils Association
Soils Improvement Association
Boards of Supervisors
Towa
Paul Burson
Dysart
Harry Raeger
L. M. Youngman
Charles Housh
Des Moines
Housh
LeGrand
F. A. Stevenson
Toledo
Martelle Woman To Be Honored By 4-H Girls
Mrs S H Ellison of Martelle will be initiated as an honorary member of the Jones county girls 4 H club at the Rally day program in Monticello on June 9. She has been a club leader and county committee member. The ceremony is led by the Greenfield Good Luck club.
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Monticello
S. H. Ellison
Martelle
Jones County
Greenfield Good Luck Club
Steers Bring $10 a Hundredweight at Chicago Sale
Clarence A. R. Bixler marketed twenty head of 1,255 pound steers at Chicago Tuesday at ten dollars per hundredweight.
Keystone Market Reports Steers at 10.25
Ewald Buch sold twenty nine head of 1336 pound steers in Chicago on Tuesday at 10.25 per hundredweight, the special to The Gazette notes.
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Keystone
Ewald Buch
Chicago
Fence Drift and Seed Corn Soil Memory
A rustic reflection notes fence drift caught in woven wire and the farmer’s weary climb from a planter seat. The scene ends with rain after planting seed corn, savoring the fresh soil and finality of the field work.
Eighty Acre Farm Near Traer Sold for 150 Per Acre
The Sterling Ruppen kamp farm of eighty acres twelve miles southwest of Traer was sold to Louis Delfs of Gladbrook for 150 an acre. Conant and King Traer real estate agents handled the sale, bought as an investment. The farm is tenanted by Charles Schield.
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TRAER
Sterling Ruppenkamp
Louis Delfs
Gladbrook
Conant and King
Charles Schield
Benton 4-H Girl Seeks State Club Office Nomination
Helen Vaupel of Harrison 4-H seeks a state 4-H girls office with Benton county backing. The Iowa 4-H staff will consider her nomination at Ames during the June convention while counties may fund minimal campaigning and arrange a campaign manager if she wins.
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Winton
Helen Vaupel
Harrison
Morris Isle
Black Hawks
Helen
Benton County
Winners determined in Indianola Jersey show
Grand champion cow and bull were shown by True Moffitt of Torimor in the Indianola Jersey show. Moffitt's female champion topped entries from Meredith Farms Des Moines. Eugene Wilson a Polk county 4 H club member won first in the heifers under twelve months class. Forty one head entered.
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True Moffitt
Torimor
Iowa
Jersey Parish
Moffitt
Meredith Farms
Des Moines
Eugene Wilson
Polk County
Jersey parish show continues with next performances
A second Jersey parish show was held Wednesday at West Liberty. Additional performances are planned for Thursday at Toledo and Friday at Postville.
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West Liberty
Toledo
Postville
Iowa soil conservation group meets near Ames session
Representatives from five Iowa soil conservation projects Shenandoah McGregor Marion Knoxville and Greenfield gathered with Ames experiment station and extension staff in Shenandoah for a two day conference beginning Wednesday morning.
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Ames
Iowa
Shenandoah
McGregor
Marion
Knoxville
Greenfield
Ames Experiment Station
Extension Service
Feeder Cattle Shipment From Iowa City Marketed in Chicago
Freemont Isaacs drives a two-load shipment of steers from Iowa City area four miles southwest to Chicago for the Tuesday market. The cattle averaged 922 pounds and sold at 9.25 dollars per hundred pounds.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Freemont Isaacs
Young
Here
Chicago
Corn Planting Progress At 86 Percent In Iowa Farms
Des Moines report shows corn planting 86 percent complete on Iowa farms for the week ending May 31, a 29 percent rise and near normal timing. Western and central counties report 90 to 100 percent completion, while extreme northeast counties trail at 60 percent. Rain hindered fieldwork but sunny days boosted weed control and crop color. oats, barley and winter wheat show green growth, warnings on potential lodging if rains continue. West Union area received 1.25 inches of rain delaying field work. Winneshiek county reports an all night rain delaying corn ground preparation with continued rain through Wednesday morning.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D Reed
Reed
West Union
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Corn planting underway in Iowa county reports
Marengo farmers begin corn cultivation with most fields planted though some work remains. Insects show limited impact with a chinch bug sighting on field edges and only a few grasshoppers, not enough to alarm growers.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Local Farmer Replants 20 Acres After Wire Worm Damage
Hazleton area farmer M. Watson reports replants of twenty acres of corn damaged by wire worms, also known as timothy worms. Planting near Hazleton is nearly complete, some fields being cultivated, oats show strong growth, and early potatoes are budding with unusual vigor.
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Hazleton
M. Watson
Whitford Starts Turkey Raising Near Volga City
J H Whitford of Volga City has started a turkey-raising venture on the William Shea farm south of town. He already owns several hundred poults and plans to grow to 2,000. The setup includes running water and self feeders for the birds.
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Volga City
J. H. Whitford
William Shea
Doctor's Prescription For Liquor Habit Alcoban
A doctor's prescription long used for alcohol addiction is now sold as Alcoban. It is claimed not to be habit forming and can be taken with liquor tea coffee food or any liquid with or without the user’s knowledge. The ad promises help to overcome cravings and restore usefulness with a money back guarantee. Sold at May’s Cue Rate Drug Store and all good druggists.
Hopper menace 10 crops diminishes in eastern Iowa farming
County agents and farmers in eastern Iowa say the grasshopper threat to crops has lessened after recent heavy rain. State Secretary Curran notes hatching delays but not destruction, while entomologist Larson aid continued eradication efforts. Strong forage growth and potential insect feed may delay migration to grain fields. bait stations operate in Louisa County with plans for daily hours after June.
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Iowa
Thomas L. Curran
Des Moines
Curran
N. F P. Larson
Wapello
Louisa County
Jack Cowen
Farm price level falls 30 percent in year
Washington AP reports May farm prices at four year low as surpluses and weaker consumer demand from the business recession drive a 30 percent drop from a year earlier. All major farm commodities share in the decline.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Strawberries Reach Peak in Conesville Area
Strawberry season is in full swing in Conesville about ten days ahead of normal. Growers report plentiful rains improving fruit quality. The article notes sweet potato planting is nearly finished in the area.
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Conesville
Wapsie C T A Averages 34.4 Butterfat In May
Independence report shows 303 cows tested in the Wapsie Valley Cow Test association produced an average of 828 pounds of milk and 34.4 pounds of butterfat in May. Verne Osborne herd of seven grade Guernseys led with 941 pounds of milk and 48.3 pounds of butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association
Glenn Gavin
Verne Osborne
Linn county AAA distributes 77481 in checks
John E. Dunn treasurer of the Linn county AAA announced 845 government checks totaling 77481.37 were issued to cooperators in the 1937 farm program. Recipients were notified by post card and distributions were scheduled at Marion Central City Coggan Troy Mills Center Point Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids AAA offices.
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John E. Dunn
Linn County
Baby Beef Tour Planned In Jones County June 7
Anamosa field secretary Carl Oldsen will lead a Jones county 4-H baby beef feeding projects tour next Tuesday to assist in judging fitting showing care and management. Rex Beresford from Ames joins Independence Buchanan county clubs for their June 3 tour with Dale Irwin and 4-H members and dads invited to start at 9 am from the Farm Bureau office to Paul Town farm and visit south county members excluding areas east of the Wapsipinicon river.
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Anamosa
Carl Oldsen
Town Beef Producers Association
Jones County
Independence
Buchanan County
Dale Irwin
Rex Beresford
Ames
Baby
Farm Bureau
Paul Town Farm
Baby Beef Club
Wapsipinicon River
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