Grasshopper menace grows in western Iowa farms
Western Iowa crops surge in lush growth as grasshopper swarms threaten alfalfa barley corn and pastures. Entomologists warn outbreaks are sporadic yet heavier than last year with many farmers unable to fund poison bran mash. Delayed action risks widespread damage, with some fields already showing active hopper activity.
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Oes City
Iowa
David Seabloom
Missouri Valley
F. L. Day
Honsy Creek
Des Moines
Pottawattamie
Harrison
Monona
Woodbury
Sioux
Drake
Day
Prof
Worthington
Kennedy
Fence Drift and The Iowa Rain Aids Reform
A note on drifted fence wires and a playful nod to Iowa as a beautiful state. The piece hints at a plan to obtain a poison mash to control outbreaks, citing Dr. Drake estimating about $100,000 in federal aid could cover the cost. The tone mixes rural imagery with public health concerns and farm economy implications.
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Drake
Farm Union Picnic draws over 1000 at Backbone State Park
More than 1,000 people attended the Farm Union picnic at Backbone state park with the Strawberry Point band providing music. Iowa Farm Union president Glen Miller spoke on taxes and a farmers' holiday as Fred Biermann and H K Gross criticized Senator Benson and the Master Farmer movement.
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Strawberry Point
Farm Union
Backbone State Park
Glen Miller
Iowa Farm Union
Fred Biermann
United States
Fourth
H K. Gross
Farmers’ Union
C. A. Benson
Iowa
Johns. Knight
Wapsie Test Assn Picnic Planned at State Hospital
The Wapsie Valley Cow Test association schedules its annual picnic for June 8 on state hospital grounds in Independence. A judging contest at 10 a.m. features Floyd Johnston of the Ames dairy extension service speaking on selecting the herd sire and Dr. R A Stewart discussing heredity and insanity. A ball game completes the program. The judging winner advances to the fall state contest at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley
State Hospital
Floyd Johnston
Ames Dairy Extension Service
R. A. Stewart
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Central City Co-Op pays 19 cents for butterfat
B H Johnson, buttermaker at Farmers' Mutual Co-operative creamery in Central City, reports patrons received payment for first half of May butterfat at 19 cents a pound, the first drop below 20 cents. Butter from this creamery sells for one fourth cent over the New York market.
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Central City
B. H Johnson
Farmers' Mutual Co-operative Creamery
New York
Mr. Johnson
Three Horses Killed by Train in Illinois Central Runaway Incident
Delaware farmer Frank Graff reports his uncle Fred Rupp lost three horses a team of dappled grays and a sorrel after they escaped from a pasture. They wandered onto the Illinois Central right of way where a westbound passenger train struck and killed them Wednesday night.
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Delaware
Frank Graff
Fred Rupp
Illinois Central
Strawberries Reach Local Market in Troy Mills
Gabe Cornwell becomes the first in the area to bring home grown berries to the market. The initial picking went on sale Tuesday morning.
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Troy Mills
Gabe Cornwell
Home Grown Strawberries Reported in Elgin
Mrs. Ed Hanson leads local growers as the first in Elgin to report using garden strawberries. The fruit is described as good size and quality for home production and early season harvests.
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Elgin
Ed Hanson
New Farm House Rising on Mount Vernon Farm
A seven room modern frame house is under construction by Frank J. Dvorak on his Mount Vernon area farm three miles west of town. The foundation is already completed.
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Gazette-Republican
Mount Vernon
Frank J. Dvorak
Here
Hog prices in Chicago market for 200 pound hogs
A 200 pound hog sold for $3.45 a hundredweight on Tuesday in the Chicago market. The hogs were raised by Springville’s Fred 8S. Miler, a former northeast of Springville seller.
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Springville
Fred
Chicago
Farm Price Index Drops to 56 Percent of Pre War Levels
The May 15 index shows farm product prices at 56 percent of pre war, down from 59 percent on April 15, with declines across most categories except potatoes apples and eggs. Hog cattle calves and lambs fell to 59 percent from 66 percent, while grains and cottoncottonseed at 44 and 37 percent respectively. Fruits and vegetables held strongest at 71 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
North Tama Dairy Folk Hear Kildee And Lapp At Picnic
About 300 people attended the North Tama Cow Test association picnic at the O. J Hayward farm north of Dysart. Speakers included H. H. Kildee ISU, W. H. Lapp of Chicago, Tom Purcell, Walter Robinson, W. B. Hamilton, and Dallas Harrison. Cc Mitchell won the judging contest with 177 points, followed by George Martens 157 and R. J Crawford 140. Holsteins were shown. a bull pen exhibit cost 7.75.
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TRAER
North Tama Cow Test Association
O. J Hayward
Dysart
H. H. Kildee
Vieedean
Iowa State College
W. H. Lapp
Chicago
Ames
Tom Purcell
Hampton
Walter Robinson
T. J. B. Robinson
W. B. Hamilton
Franklin County
Dallas Harrison
Iowa Brown Swiss Breeders’ Association
Cc. T. Mitchell
Geneseo Township
George Martens
Lincoln
Tama County
Iowa
R. J Crawford
Robert Martens
Albert Martens
Hayward
Henry Nieman
Association
West Branch dairy judging winners attend annual picnic
More than 160 people attended the West Branch contest association picnic. Ralph Branson won the highest dairy cattle judging score and will represent the group at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. Frank Carson placed second. Mrs. Lawrence Pratt and Mrs. Edwin Orr were top female honorees. Carl Gertz led the junior contest and Alex Buchanan Jr. topped the overall scores with 97 points but cannot enter the state contest as he is not a test association member.
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West Branch
Ralph Branson
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Frank Carson
West Liberty
Lawrence Pratt
Edwin Orr
Carl Gertz
Alex Buchanan, Jr
Cedar County
Tipton
Future Farmers
Buchanan
Test Association
Horticulturist F. O. Harringst Soils and Trees at 200 Acres Near Williamsburg
Interview with F. O. Harringstow, owner of 200 acres near Williamsburg, detailing his flourishing orchard of 30 acres, 225 apple varieties exhibited at fairs, extensive nut trees including 15 pecans and hickories, a graft box, and his views on farming, tariffs, and presidential preferences.
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F. O. Harringston
Leven
Williamsburg
State of
New York
Maquoketa River
Daily Farm News Reflects Prohibition Debate and Local Views
The passage records a Kansas City forum on prohibition with opinions on enforcement, liquor interests, and federal roles. It notes support for the Torrens land act, critiques of Dickinson and Brookhart, and views on the BTB disease and economic benefits of accreditation for farmers.
Crop Prospects Tip Top In Washington County
Washington Iowa reports nearly all corn planted and plowing underway. Prospects for corn are excellent with minimal insect loss and little grasshopper threat. Fruit, gardens, and strawberries show good conditions after rain. weather delays affect some crops while others progress rapidly.
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Washington County
Washington
Harold Montgomery
Linn County farmers sell cattle at Chicago market
B J Clark and Son sold two carloads of 898 pound cattle Wednesday at Chicago for 6.50 per hundredweight and a 1035 pound steer queen at 6.35.
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B. J. Clark and Son
Linn County
Chicago
Yearlings Bring $7.25 on Chicago Market
F E Rhoads of Mechanicsville sold thirty eight head of 1038 pound long yearlings on the Chicago market Wednesday at seven dollars twenty five cents per hundredweight.
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Gazette
Mechanicsville
F. E. Rhoads
Chicago
Jones County 4-H Queen Chosen in Monticello
Florence Mardoff of Wise Owl 4-H club in Jackson township selected Jones County 4-H club queen She will represent the county at the state contest in Ames late June A Rally day program at the Legion hall lists candidates and flag bearers for the ceremony with a county officers election and contests on memory and a George and Martha Washington pageant description names included of participants and actors.
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Monticello
Florence Mardoff
Wise Owl
Jackson Township
Jones County
Ames
Legion Hall
Leona S Behrends
Margaret Behrends
Luella Balsiger
Helen Brown
LaVonne Streeter
Eloise Kuhns
Pearl Wink
Pauline Holm
Elsa Peck
Elizabeth Fishwild
Catherine Peet
Erna Levsen
Alice Clark
Wlene Loomis
Ruth Ann Hintz
Martha Washington
B. C. Heiken
Martha
E. C. Gotsch
George
Annual Land Valuation Conference Set in Ames
The eighth annual soil and land valuation conference will be held June 21 and 22 in Ames. Dr. P E Brown heads the program focusing on soil management and fertility effects on farm income and land values. Features include management discussions a field trip to the Agronomy farm and a farm machinery exhibition with speakers J J Boatem an Master Farmer from Montes Zuma and B W Allen Laurens on landlord tenant relations.
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AMES
P. E. Brown
Ames Department of Farm Crops
J. J. Boateman
Monteszuma
B. W. Allen
Laurens
Godfrey to Speak at Grundy Center Fourth Picnic
George Godfrey of Algona a farmer and state board of education member will be the principal speaker at the Grundy County Farm Bureau July 4 picnic program. The celebration marks the bicentennial of George Washington's birth with plans still being completed.
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Grundy Center
George Godfrey
Algona
State Board of Education
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C. J. Drake
G. C. Decker
A. D. Worthington
R. K. Bills
Carl N. Kennedy
Missouri
Kr.f.a
Supervisor
James D. Kennedy
16Th Avenue Produce CO
16Th Avenue West
Linn
Walker
H. H. Baker
Belle Plaine
Center Point
A. J. Hand
Central City Co-Op
North Tama
Kildee
Lapp
Branson
Mark G. Thornburg
Republican
Secretary of Agriculture
Thornburg
Town Department of Agriculture
Evergreen Grove
Fairbank Farm
Fred E. White
Keokuk County
Hoover
Lowden
F. C. Harrington
Daily Farm’ News
Farm Folk
Vention
Kansas City
Franklin Roosevelt
Canine DeNay
Andrew Mellon
Treasury Department
Fairview
Anamosa
Canada
Brookhart
Dickinson
T. B
Mrs. Drear and
Mrs. Cheer
Mrs. Drear
U.S
Ny Ie
Godfrey
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Ric
Procter & Gamble
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