Iowa Oats Short and Hay Light as Weather Bites Crop
East Iowa oats head short and fields thin and off color due to limited rain and chilly weather. Hay likely shorter. alfalfa down but not widespread. Soybeans up and promising. corn could stay on schedule with 200d rain. Seed issues and pest pressure from wireworms noted. cultivation progressing. reports of poor seed stands and cane stands rising. Local notes from Oxford Junction Monmouth Barns City and West Union report corn growth, weed crust, and fruit prospects.
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Iowa
Steaal
Tiarettes
Monmouth
Fence Drift and Crop Prospects Report from Independence
Special to The Gazette notes corn planting completed in Buchanan county with about half the farmers cultivating. Stand excellent though some fields show cutworms and gofers. Small grain improves, hay and pastures better but hay crop expected short. Red clover scarce. Many farmers plant soybeans to substitute for oats.
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Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
Troy Mills Planted and Cultivated as Warm Weather Needed
Special to The Gazette reports all corn planted with early plantings up and growing rapidly in the Troy Mills vicinity. Plowing for soybeans has begun for seed and hay while oats, pastures, and small fruits show promising yields. Gardens produce onions, radishes, and lettuce for table use.
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Troy Mills
Two C T A s To Picnic At Elkader Wednesday
Members of the Garnaville and Elkader Monona Cow Testing associations plan their annual picnic at the Elkader fairgrounds on Wednesday. Presidents Fawwald Hardt and George Kuehl announce a judging contest starting at 10 am at the L C Leath farm with Holsteins and 11 am at the county asylum for Guernseys. Floyd Johnston will conduct the judging contest and the afternoon athletic program features the sports events.
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Garnaville
Elkader Fairgrounds
Fawwald Hardt
George Kuehl
L. C. Leath Farm
County Asylum
Guernseys
Floyd Johnston
Ames
Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Meets to Plan Year
Members of the Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement association set their annual meeting for Wednesday at 8 pm in Independence to plan the year. Floyd Johnson, extension dairy man at Ames, will attend.
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Sperial
Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Floyd Johnson
Ames
Baseball Star Puzzle Clues Span Baseball Terms and Names
The crossword style clue list covers baseball related terms and figures from major leagues. Across entries include positions, plant names, rivers, geodes, gods, and animal species. The set blends general vocabulary with specific sports terminology and geographic hints.
Chinch Bugs Seen Worse This Season In Iowa
State entomologists report chinch bug infestation across southern Iowa is more severe than in 1984 and 1935. Secretary of State Mark Thornburg pledges full cooperation and urges use of the crop pest appropriation. Plans include three district meetings for county agents to learn control methods and the need for creosoted paper fences in infested zones. A hot dry June could trigger a major outbreak, while a wet June may suppress it.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Mark G. Thornburg
Thornburg
United States
Agriculture Secretary
George Decker
Town State College Extension
Decker
Iowa county civic group tours soil projects in region
A Gazette photo features Rv Kay Anderson reporting on a tour by Iowa county civic and business leaders of demonstration soil conservation projects across the area. The visit covered High Amana, Marengo area farms, and the Belle Plaine CCC camp with plans for additional tours in Tama, Poweshiek, Linn, and Benton counties and Parnell soil sites.
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Eos
Iowa County
Belle Plaine
High Amana
CCC
Buckeye Creek
Tama County
Benton
Buckeye
Toledo
J. A. Cherveny
Charles Mishek
Poweshiek County
Poweshiek
Bronkton
Kenneth Carmichael
Hartwick
Benton County
Parnell
Leo O'Meara
Allyn Evans
FSA
Williamsburg
Iowa
Louisa County
Linn County
Contour farming featured on Jackson County soil tour
Special to The Gazette Maquoketa reports a Jackson County soil conservation tour showcasing contour farming strip cropping terracing and water runways. H J Shold Marion soil conservation office describes projects on three visited farms with emphasis on starting such work. The best developed site was H E Kifer farm now run by Joe Martis where contour farming and strip cropping have been used for three years on 52 acres.
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Morris
Kifer
Walter Blitgen
Jackson Township
Albert Kemerer
Otter Creek
Blitgen
Kemerer
Kemeter
Shold
Jackson County
Soil Conservation Service
Frank Wyland
Jim Hayes
Maquoketa
H. J. Shold
Marion Soil Conservation Office
H. E. Kifer
Joe Martis
Two Clayton County soil conservation meetings set
Special to The Gavette reports two soil conservation meetings in Clayton County schedule Friday for Soil Conservation Week. At 9 am on theArnold Kregel farm near Garnaville and at 1 30 pm on the Ole Embretson farm west of St Olaf studies will cover farm layouts strip cropping pasture improvement and other conservation practices.
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Gavette
Soils Field Day Sponsored by County Farm Bureau
Waukon Alamakee county Farm Bureau sponsors a soils field day for farmers on June 7 with two sessions. The Horace Clark farm in Makee township runs 9 to 11 am and the Theo Jacobson farm in Paint Creek township runs 1:30 to 4 pm. Topics include contour strip cropping pasture rejuvenation with biomes and alfalfa, division dikes for gully control, phosphate results and reforestation. Speakers include representatives from Four-County Soil Improvement association AAA forestry 4-H farm clubs and wildlife association.
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Waukon
Alamakee
Farm Bureau
Horace Clark
Makee Township
Theo Jacobson
Paint Creek Township
Soil Improvement Association
AAA
Forestry
4-H Farm Project Clubs and Wildlife Association
Farmers invited to June 9 soil conservation meeting
Spreiat to The Gazette reports Winneshiek county farmers invited to a June 9 soil conservation meeting in Viroqua Wisconsin about 30 miles northeast of Lansing. H. H. Bennett chief of the soil conservation service and Dean C. L. Christensen of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture will lead talks.
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Spreiat
Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Viroqua
Wis
Lansing
H. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Dean C. L. Christensen
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Milking Shorthorn Picnic Planned at West Union Fairgrounds
The Northeast Iowa Milking Shorthorn society will hold its annual picnic at the fairgrounds in West Union on Sunday June 9. E W Green of Bloomfield township Winneshiek county serves on the arrangements committee.
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West Union
Iowa
Milking Shorthorn Society
Fairgrounds
E. W. Green
Bloomfield Township
Winneshirk County
Johnson 4-H Girls Rally Day Planned for Saturday
Johnson county 4-H girls clubs will hold their annual rally day program in Iowa City from 9 30 am to 1 04 pm. County Agent Emmett Gardner announced. The event features music review reports of officers campaign speeches balloting and a recognition ceremony with club numbers new officer installation and an honorary member initiation. Delegates to the state convention at Ames will be introduced.
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Spectal
the Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmett Gardner
Ames
Eight Farm Appraisal Schools Scheduled in Iowa
The Iowa Bankers Association and Iowa State College Extension will hold eight farm appraisal schools in June to establish a new standard for farm loan making. Locations include Le Mars Livermore Arlington Waterloo City Anamosa Albia Leon Harlan with dates June 4 through June 14. Iowa dairy cows produce seven billion pounds of milk annually enough to fill ninety million ten gallon cans or three and one half billion quarts.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bankers Association
Iowa State College
le Mars
Livermore
Arlington
Tua Porte City
Anamosa
Albia
Leon
Harlan
Iowa
Beversy Yards
Cedar Rapids
Sou
Grass Cain
WMT Rach Wed
Clay pigeons threaten hog herds across eastern Iowa
A bulletin from the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association warns of a new hazard as 15 pigs died after eating broken clay targets near Ryan in late May. Hog cholera outbreaks span 40 eastern Iowa communities with numerous deaths. swine erysipelas also rises on eastern Town farms in several towns.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Ryan
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Chelsea
Solon
West Branch
Tipton
Nashua
Lamont
Gilman
Bennett
Iown City
Riceville
Independence
Delhi
Washington
Riverside
Winfield
Victor
Monaticello
Dike
Charles City
Oxford
Quasqueton
Postville
Marion
Alburnett
Dubuque
Shellsburg
Letts
North English
Dyersville
Consrad
Baldwin
Onslow
Keystone
DeWitt
Londen
Clarence
Volga City
Parkersburg
Jesup
Waterloo
Dixon
Wauacoma
Charlotte
Davenport
Carpenter brothers erect six room house on Robbins farm
Carpenters are constructing a six room frame house on the Robbins Brothers farm located 442 miles southwest of Monmouth to replace a dwelling that was destroyed by fire earlier in April.
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Monmouth — Carpenters
Robbins Brothers
Monmouth
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