Wayside park near Cedar Rapids hosts shared efforts
A new 60 by 30 foot wayside park six miles west of Cedar Rapids on Lincoln highway No. 30 was funded and built by Linn county Junior Farm Bureau and the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Young Men's Bureau with help from the Town highway commission. Eda Masrey of Chicago owns the farm. the park will remain rent free while operated as a wayside stop. Local 4 H agent Bill Harr and Young Men’s bureau chair Byron Anderson led the effort with labor from several volunteers and modest material costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Young Men's Bureau
Anderson
Bill Crissman
Vernon Stevens
Young Men’s Bureau
Claire Booth
Milo Soukup
Virgil Minor
Emil Novak
George Atwater
Floyd Booth
Robert Booth
John Prasil
Paul Anderson
Junior Farm Bureau
Linn County
Lester Schirm
Schirm
Linn
Bill Horr
Washington
Texas
Keith Carson
Roy Quass
Alburnett
Melvin Levasseur
Dale Thomas
Keith Jacobs
Springville
Frank Reed
Ames
Teader
South Iowa farmers use AMA phosphate aid program
Farmers in south Iowa counties have ordered 1 381100 pounds of triple super phosphate under the 1940 aid grant. Total orders amount to 69 055 tons valued at $26 240.90. Appanoose county leads with 1145 tons. other counties report smaller totals. Phosphate and limestone purchases are limited to 70 percent of soil conservation payments and may be deferred from future payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
NDPA
Iowa
O. D Klem
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Appanonse
Klem
Adams
Clarke
Davis
Decatur
Lee
Luccas
Monroe
Ringgold
Union
Wapello
Wayne
Klein
AAA
Tama 4-H Rally Day at Tracr on June 7
The annual Tama County 4-H Rally Day for girl 4-H clubs will be held Friday. The program includes a music review, officer reports, campaign speeches, and county officer elections in the morning, plus a leaders’ recognition ceremony, club numbers, and awards in the afternoon.
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TRAER
Tama County
Farm Specialist Urges Early War On Weeds
AMES AP An early war against weeds during June will save farmers a large proportion of corn cultivation costs. Fr. S. Dyas, agronomist at Iowa State College, said the cheapest method is to hit the weeds before the corn is large enough to plow. He warned that waiting until the corn is weedy and then plowing after it grows means higher cultivation costs.
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AMES
FR. S. Dyas
Iowa State College
Dyas
Dysart Farm Sale Nets 169 An Acre For 160 Acres
Dysart buyer John Holst of Dysart purchased the former Marquardt farm of 160 acres one mile west of Dysart from John Wusak of Clutter for 165 dollars an acre. Possession is set for March 1, 1941. The Vilek family will run the farm this year and Marvin Dengler, Holst son in law, will take the property next spring.
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Dysart
John Holst
Marquardt
John Wusak
Clutter
Vilek
Marvin Dengler
Holst
Land purchases near La Porte City and Cedar Rapids
L L Froning the elevator owner bought a 160 acre farm southeast of La Porte City from Henry Weisert at 115 dollars an acre and a 120 acre farm west of La Gardner Brothers of Waterloo and Mount Auburn for 8333 dollars an acre. The 31 acre Frank Kern dairy farm on Stony Point road west of Cedar Rapids sold from Gilbert M Fenske to F W Dietz who will reside there. The sale through Tait and Wagner and Bruce A West brought about 300 dollars per acre.
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LA Porte City
L. L. Froning
Henry Weisert
Gardner Brothers
Waterloo
Mount Auburn
Stony Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Frank Kern
Gilbert M. Fenske
F. W. Dietz
Daniels Street
Tait and Wagner Company
Bruce A West
Lenox Lassies Girls 4-H Elects New President
Rita Erger was elected president of the Lenox Lassies Girls 4-H club at a meeting held at Betty Ann Kicen's home to succeed Wanda Rasdell. Kicen was chosen to represent the club as hostess for the county rally day program set for June 4 in Williamsburg.
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Walford
Rita Erger Friday
Lenox Lassies
Betty Ann Kicen
Wanda Rasdell
Miss Kicen
Williamsburg
Electric service to reach every Linn county farm
Plans to extend electricity to all Linn county farms not yet served were announced from Washington. Glenn Stoner and others led a drive to secure loan funds to add 150 miles of lines, expanding Linn REA to about 600 miles. A joint survey by the electric cooperative and the county Farm Bureau will map unserved areas.
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Linn
Washington
Electric Coop
County Farm Bureau
Four Sails Tours Planned June 8 At Monticello
Four field trips are scheduled June 8 to farms in three watersheds as part of a sail conservation program with the Monticello CCC camp. Guided tours depart camp at 9, 10, 1 and 2 with stops at Joe Manternach farm in Richland watershed Janes county Ed Slauson and Alfred Egeer farms in North York Delaware county and Henry Adams farm in Sand Springs Lovell township. Participants will observe contour strip cropping terracing furrow openers tree planting and grass waterways.
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Monticello
Joe Manternach
North York
South Fork Township
Delaware Couity
Ed Slauson
Alfred Egeer
Sand Springs
Lovell Township
Jones County
Henry Adams
Statewide soil day speaker set at Greenfield field event
Greenfield will host a June 6 soil conservation field day with Norton from Washington D C as principal speaker. R K Bliss of Iowa State College extension service announced the event to mark Iowa's third annual soil conservation week beginning June 3. A tour of soil conservation projects near Greenfield is planned for the afternoon.
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Greenfield
E. A . Norton
SCS
Washington, D C
R K. Bliss
Iowa State College Extension Service
Iowa
Wool Pool Auction Set For Fayette County June 10 11
Fayette county Sheep and Wool Growers will assemble at West Union June 10 and 11 to grade and sell more than 25 000 pounds of wool. Sam Barwin and L L Bloomfield will supervise grading with bids opened from Dubuque Hide and Fur. a portable sheep dipping tank project and a lamb grading demonstration are scheduled for 1941 at West Union.
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Yayette
I F. Shaffer
West Union
Fayette County
Chandler
Barwin
L. L. Bloomfield
Elgin
County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Che Fayette County
Winneshiek County
West Union Fairgrounds
C. W. McDonald
Iowa State College
Farmers Face AAA Debate Amid War Era Shifts
An Iowa farming outlook discusses wartime demand, corn exports to Britain, and the Triple A program. It argues for purging impurities, tighter farmer control, and clear redistribution aims while warning against political use and totalitarian risk as global tensions rise.
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Washington
FSCC Buys 12 375 Tubs Of Butter At Two Major Markets
FSCC purchased 12 375 tubs of surplus butter across New York and Chicago markets for the week ended May 31. The report lists 5 294 tubs of 92 score and other grades at New York with prices around 26 cents per pound, plus 2 582 tubs of 92 score and 4 078 tubs of 90 score at Chicago. Early week buying was light due to holiday disruptions and robberies, rising with Friday receipts.
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New York
Chicago
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Federal Agricultural Market Service
Miss Hettler Joins Extension Staff at Iowa State
Miss Frances Hettier of Fayette will join the Iowa State college extension staff this fall as foods and nutrition specialist succeeding Miss Evelyn Hollen. She will receive a master’s degree from Iowa State this summer after earning a B S in 1932 and teaching and rural rehabilitation work prior to joining the extension in 1937.
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Ames
Frances Hettier
Fayette
Iowa State College
Evelyn Hollen
Hampton
Iowa
Poweshick
Dyas Sees 80 Percent Compliance For Eastern Iowa
Roy Dyas of the AAA said in Cedar Rapids that total program compliance in eastern Iowa should exceed 80 percent this year. Signup is about 84 percent, supported by Linn county AAA official R B Booth. He noted farmers favor sticking with the program amid wartime uncertainty, contrasting with two to three weeks ago. Dyas spoke during a Cedar Rapids instructional session for county and township committeemen.
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Roy Dyas
AAA
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dyas
R. B. Booth
Linn County Aaa Committee
Farm Bureau Calendar Promises Busy Week in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area Farm Bureau schedules a board meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the federal building, a picnic Wednesday at Thomas Park, a Thursday 4-H rally day at Alburnett High School, and a Friday session on drafting the 1941 home project study by township chairmen at the Y M C A.
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Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Park
Linn
Alburnett High School
New York Girls to Participate in Iowa 4 H Club Panel
Five New York City high school girls will take part in a panel on how an American girl strengthens democracy at the state 4 H girls club convention in Ames June 12 to 15. They will stay about two weeks visiting Iowa farm homes after the convention and will be guided by Mrs. Edith Barker, state 4 H leader.
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Ames
New York City
Edith Barker
Iowa
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Kossuth County
Paul Taff
Harry Terrill
Des Moines
Poweshiek Singers Win Southeast Iowa District Chorus Meet
The Poweshiek county rural women's chorus of 21 members won the district chorus tournament in Iowa City earning a spot in the state meet at the State Fair in Des Moines. Ten choruses competed from Linn Cedar Jones Benton Tama Poweshiek Iowa Johnson Clinton and Scott counties with Poweshiek scoring 34 of 35 for top organization.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
Des Moines
Emory Grosenbach
Linn
Cedar
Jones
Benton
Tama
Poweshick
Johnson
Clinton
Scott
Scott and Jones
Arthur Todd
Stephens College
Columbia
Benton 4-H Conservation Contest Winner Named
Jean Floyd of Vinton 19 year old daughter of J D Floyd and wife of farmers win Benton county 4-H conservation record book contest. Her record advances to the state 4-H office in Ames for a trip to the state conservation camp at Mitigwa near Boone. She has five years as a 4-H club member and this spring won 500 trees for outstanding tree identification at Camp Morris Isle.
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Vinton
Jean Floyd
J. D. Floyd
Benton County
Ann Nygaard
Ames
Camp Mitigwa
Boone
Jean
Morris Isle
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R. A. Shover
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