Pasture Improvement Field Day at Mount Pleasant June 8
Iowa State College experiment station will demonstrate six years of pasture improvement methods at the Mount Pleasant State Board of Control farm and nearby sites. Six pastures, including lime and reseed clover, manure top dressing, phosphate fertilizer, nitrogen fertilization, and a control, will be shown with animal-pasture days and pounds gained per acre. The schedule includes tours at the hospital farm at 10 30 am and demonstrations at Hollingsworth and Harshbarger farms with clover and liming results.
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Iowa
State Board of Control
Mount Pleasant Hospital
State Board
State Hospital
A. B. Hollingsworth
Mount Pleasant
Marion Harshbarger
Harshbarger
Favorable Weather Needed To Put Up Hay In Poweshiek
Special to The Gazette reports Poweshiek County farmers need dry weather to cut an unusually good crop of red clover and alfalfa. Corn planting is finished, about a week to ten days later than usual, and early planters are now plowing.
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Poweshiek County
Delaware Beekeepers To Meet June 13 Evening
Delaware beekeepers from the county will gather at the Farm Bureau office in Manchester on the evening of June 13 with Howard Shipton. Ames extension apiarist Shipton plans to stay several days to conduct inspection work in the area.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Farm Bureau
Howard Shipton
Ames
Mr. Shipton
Plowing and Planting Notes by R F A Haying
R F A Haying records farm tasks including plowing corn sowing soy beans and shelling corn. The entry lists activities such as plowing for corn planting corn sowing soy beans and shelling corn with a brief note “2 DeeS.”
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Dees
82 Million Bushels of Corn Exported This Season
Approximately 82,000,000 bushels of corn have been exported this marketing season, per the federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Lake shipments from Chicago last week reached 4,000,000 bushels, part of 4,822,000 bushels loaded at major U.S. ports. Foreign markets are supported by tight supplies abroad, with Argentine exports down to about 122,000,000 bushels and April-May exports at 8,000,000 bushels. Last week’s shipments neared 3,000,000 bushels, amid a drought impact on South African crops and late Danubian planting.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Chicago
United States
8 Per Cent More Butter Than Year Ago At West Union
West Union report from Farmers Creamery shows an 8 percent May butter output increase over 1937, totaling 62,439 pounds for May this year up from 57,843 last May. Continued spring gains attributed to lush pastures. Tuesday and Wednesday production volumes noted. May butter prices fell to 28 cents per pound from 36 and 35 cents. Butter storage in the U S greatly higher than a year ago and above the five year average.
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West Union
Farmers Creamery Company
United States
Farmer Injured After Bull Goring Near Toledo
Wayne Elsberry employed on the Robert Lyon farm north of Toledo was gored by a bull Friday morning. He was brought to Kocher hospital for treatment and is suffering from a fractured sternum and multiple bruises.
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Gazette
Toledo
Wayne Elsberry
Robert Lyon
Elsberry
Kocher Hospital
Stanley H Weston devises spike tooth weeder for gardens
Stanley Harry Weston a school bus driver dairyman and gardener at Stanley has built a spike tooth weeder for use in three large gardens this year. He bolted five 15 inch cross bars to two 10 inch wheels and welded 60 penny spikes curved at the ends to enter the ground three inches. He says the device will uproot quack grass and most weeds except long tap roots.
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Stanley
Harry Weston
Weston
Farm Women Stage Achievement Day in Jackson County
Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Eddyville spoke at the Farm Bureau women's Achievement Day. County leaders were named for 1938 and township groups earned prizes for organization, activity, results, and publicity. A music contest featured 39 participants with 21 perfect scores.
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Maquoreta
Ellsworth Richardson
Eddyville
Farm Bureau
Lucille Lacock Cochran
South Fork
Maquoketa
Bellevue
Farmers Creek
van Buren
Howard Woods
Washington
County
Farm Women's Chorus
Brown
Farmers Creek Township
Ten Gifts Home Project
George Roe
Virginia
Maquoketa Township
F. E. Krause
Arthur Roe
Ben Wilson
County Home Project
4 H Girls In Jackson Plan Rally Day
Maquoketa reports the annual 4 H club rally day will be held next Friday with officers to be elected and installed. Mrs C C Gallagher of Maquoketa will discuss the early history of Jackson county.
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Maquoketa
C. C. Gallagher
Jackson County
Record cattle imports surge in April 89,000 head noted
The Agriculture Department reports April cattle imports reached over 89,000 head, the highest for recent years, with most animals weighing 175 to 700 pounds. Mexico supplied about 75 percent of imported feeder cattle, while heavy slaughter cattle fell sharply from 1936 levels. Exports of pork and lard rose in early 1938 as domestic supply aided trade shifts.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture Today
United States
Mexico
Canada
Hurry to Bed and Planting Season in Brief
A country woman notes long days in farming as corn planters, tractors, and drills run from dawn to dusk. She expresses hope for drying weather to revive wet fields, remarks on the unusually favorable prospects for small grain, and reflects on the urgency of field work during the planting season.
Melda Haas Heads 4-H Girls In Tama Rally Day
Tama county 4-H girls opened summer activities with a rally day in Traer. New officers were elected: Melda Haas Lincoln president Esther Dahms Dinsdale vice president Irene Schrader Gladbrook secretary Dorothy Wilkenson Geneseo treasurer Irene Fehr Dysart historian. Mrs Marion Bruene Gladbrook was welcomed as honorary member. A playlet from Little Women by Arnquist Pioneers and a talk on Tama county history preceded a song festival.
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Traer
Tama County
Melda Haas
Lincoln
Esther Dahms
Dinsdale
Irene Schrader
Gladbrook
Dorothy Wilkenson
Geneseo
Irene Fehr
Dysart
Marion Bruene
Cavin Rehired as Tester for Wapsie Valley CTA
Independence report notes Glenn Cavin was reemployed as tester for the Wapsie Valley Con Test association at the annual meeting. R. A. Nelson was elected president with H. A. Shares from Jesup as vice president and Tom Hotchkiss of Lamont as secretary treasurer. Directors named were Matt Kremmer of Jesup and Orval Thom of Winthrop. The association plans its annual picnic for June 9 at the Independence fair grounds.
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Independence
Glenn Cavin
Wapsie Valley Con Test Association
R. A. Nelsin
H. A. Shares
Jesup
Tom Hotchkiss
Lamont
Matt Kremmer
Orval Thom
Winthrop
Independence Fairgrounds
Ames Horticultural Field Day Set for June 14
Ames Iowa June 14 will host the annual Horticultural Field Day at Iowa State College. B S Pickett head of horticulture and forestry announced the event today.
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Ames
Iowa State College
B. S. Pickett
Department of Horticulture and Forestry
Czech Memorial Day Observed By Community Groups
Memorial services at the Bohemian National Cemetery drew a large crowd with a parade and costumes. Thomas Su chomel opened the program, selections were performed by Jansa's band and the Karla Masaryk chorus, and Theodore B. Hlubucek delivered a bilingual tribute tying Czech memorial customs to the broader national day of remembrance honoring soldiers and patriotism.
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Bohemian National Cemetery
Thomas Suchomel
Cemetery Association
Jansa
Karla Masaryk
Theodore B. Hlubucek
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Boy Defends Rights Better Liked Than Is Doormat
Dear Miss Manners advises on romance and manners in a Miss Taylor exchange. The column argues a man must show independence to win Doris while addressing petting, kisses, and the idea of a gold-digger. Miss Manners suggests Taylor IV would be pleased by Miss Taylor's stance and warns against excessive glamor.
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Doris
Frank
Miss Manners
Miss Taylor III
Taylor II
Petting
Taylor
Miss Taylor
Taylor IV
Lost Friendship Dear Miss Manners
A reader asks how to restore friendship after a quarrel over a shared boyfriend. The answer urges sincere apology and swallowing pride, noting the other party may not reach out first and suggests the boy might help explain the change in focus to regaining trust.
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Miss Manners
Pittsburg Teachers College Apples to Pupils Tradition
In commemorating the college founding in 1907 the Pittsburg Teachers College faculty in Pittsburg Kansas gives apples to pupils each year on March 27.
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Pittsburg Teachers’ College
Pittsburg
Kan
Notice to Destroy Weeds in Cedar Rapids 1938
City Council orders owners and occupants to destroy specified weeds by cutting above ground. First cut dates June 20 1938 for several weed types, with follow up as needed to prevent seed maturity. Violations may lead to city destruction at owner cost. Published June 6 7 1938.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
David L. Williams
Notice of Will Probate in Linn County District Court
Notice is hereby given that on June ith day of June 1938 at 3 o clock A M an Instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of award D Greedy ate of Linn County deceased will come on for hearing before the District Court Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate Edwin W Lundquist Clerk District Court G K Thompson Attorney
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Linn County
District Court
Ate
Raypreds
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mount Mercy awards honor scholars at convocation
Mount Mercy Academy and Mount Mercy College held a convocation to honor students with superior scholarship. High honors went to Peggy O’Brien and Helen Jones in the academy, with Dorothea Foster and others earning semester honors. college and junior college distinctions were awarded to numerous named students, plus choristers and W A A letter recipients.
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Mount Mercy Academy
Peggy O’brien
Helen Jones
Dorothea Foster
Mary Dudgeon
Catherine Brink
Mary Hiegel
Veronica McGraw
Mary Jane Reilly
Margaret O’brien
Kathleen Hogan
Mary O'Meara
Margaret Taylor
Dorothy Awes
Agnes Bouska
Agnes Clancy
Jean Holland
Maxine Kinley
Luella Marr
Margaret McAndrew
Gertrude McDonnell
Mary Sherbon
Betty Allender
Ruby Boddicker
Mary Frances Carroll
Millicent Keil
Marian Plunkett
Winifred Shellenberger
Dorothy Frambach
Marcella Kalishek
Mount Mercy College Choristers
Junior Legion Baseball Talk From Hanford Leaders
Roy Olson and Emil Levsen described the Junior Legion baseball setup on a Legion radio program. They outlined a six team Cedar Rapids league sponsored by merchants, with high school teams playing all summer, noting Roosevelt hotel won state last year and Chicago Morton was regional opponent. Levsen cited major leaguers trained via Junior Legion, including Bob Feller, and Olson proposed expanding to ages 17 to 21 not currently covered.
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Roy E. Olson
Hanford Post
Junior Legion
Iowa
Bob Feller
Cleveland Star
Olson
Anteaters Fight Back Against Large Carnivores
Anteaters, despite their small size, prove formidable against larger carnivores, showcasing surprising hunting and defensive strategies in natural encounters.
Linn relief WPA show seasonal drop in May relief totals
Linn county reports 1132 combined unemployment relief and WPA lists for May, 11.9 percent below April due to seasonal work. May saw 667 families receive jobless aid, 658 employed on WPA, 327 certified but unassigned, and 442 cases deemed unemployable. Medical aid reached 610 cases, with 310 self supporting except for medical care.
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Linn County
Relief Department
Alice Ferber
Elmer M. Seevell
Ferber
Executrix notice in Linn County Iowa 1938
Mary Stewart executrix of Patrick Roddy deceased Linn County Iowa requests all debts be paid immediately and claims filed with the Linn County District Court clerk. Executrix appointed June 4 1938 with proper qualification for the estate of Patrick Roddy of Linn County Iowa.
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Oun Linn County
Patrick Roddy
Linn
County
Iowa
Linn County
Mary Stewart
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Cavin
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Mary Manners
Taylor I
Edwin W. Lundquist
G. K. Thompson
Roy Olson
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