Dairymen Cut Costs By Substituting Tankage For Oilmeal
The Linn County Cow Test Association reports tankage can replace oilmeal to cut feed costs, aided by oats shortages. Dairymen like Linwood Smith and Archie Post report mixed results and lower prices, while others such as Carl Carver test new supplements. May yields show top cows in Linn and Iowa County tests averaging 33.6 to 40.2 pounds butterfat per cow, with several records across Holsteins, Guernseys, and Jerseys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thittier
L. C. Adams
Linn Cow Test Association
Adams
Fence Drift and Heat Survival Tips From 19th Century
A fragment from a period article quotes the Horse and Mule association of America urging ample water and salt for horses during hot weather. It compares heat protection for animals to heat relief for coke workers, claiming both prevent heat prostration. A proverb emphasizes timely care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse and Mule Association of
Amenca
Delta-Frank Fry Reports Milk Yield Gains in Grass-Grazed Cows
Frank Fry of the Mahasexa Counts Cow Test association notes cows turned to grass this spring, fed a balanced winter ration, average 107 pounds more weight gain and higher milk fat output than grain-fed counterparts. Carrail Johnson of Oskaloosa led the association with an average milk yield of 4847 pounds and 357 fat units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DELTA
Frank Fry
Carrail Johnson
Oskaloosa
Peterson's Ointment Advertises Piles Relief
A Philadelphia reader reports suffering 14 years from bleeding piles with severe itching and sleepless nights. After first use of Peterson's Ointment the itching stopped and sleep returned, and the writer praises the product. The ad notes a 35 cent bar and a tube with rubber applicator sold by druggists for 6 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
F B. Miller
E. Atlantic St
Philadelphia
Johnson Herd Cow Tops Milk and Butterfat Output
A Johnson herd cow led in production with 1327 pounds of milk and 77 pounds of butterfat. Three Jersey cows were dry and not producing milk.
Milk production in Greeley Cow Test Association month
May report shows 435 cows averaged 725 pounds milk and 282 pounds butterfat. Howard Rossow led with 15 cows at 48.8 pounds butterfat. Paul McElmeel herd ranked second at 439 pounds butterfat. Two high cows in McElmeel herd produced 871 and 77.6 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Manchester
Greeley
Paul McElmeel
McElmeel
Cows in Wapsie Valley Test See Milk and Fat Rise
INDEPENDENCE The 427 cows in the Wapsie Valley Cow Test association for May averaged 786 pounds of milk and 317 pounds of butterfat, up 2.5 pounds butterfat from April. Seventy cows topped 40 pounds fat, twenty-three over 50, eleven over 60, six over 70, one over 80, and one over 90 pounds. Arvid Manguson led with 1,197 pounds milk and 488 pounds butterfat from nine grade Holsteins. a Manguson Holstein individual produced 2,050 pounds milk and 71.4 pounds fat. George Haines milking Shorthorn ranked second with 1,476 pounds milk and 66.4 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Wapsie
Arvid Manguson
Manguson
George Haines
West Union Cow Test Averages Updated For May
In Fayette Cow Test association No 4 May results show 318 cows on test with nine dry averaging 822 pounds of milk and 31 pounds butterfat. Top individual was a grade Guernsey from Osmundson and Finch herd yielding 1373 pounds milk and 687 pounds butterfat. Lueder herd second with 59 pounds butterfat for the month. Schroeder and Sons led with ten purebred and grade Holsteins averaging 1150 pounds milk and 416 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette
Decorah
Stewart Baker
Southeastern
Winneshick
A. J
M. E. Finholt
M. R. Ringoen
O. B. Goodne
Mother cat adopts family of skunks in Keokuk county farm
Seven baby skunks without open eyes join a cat family after their mother was killed by the Stein dog on John Stein’s Hayesville farm. The unusual brood, seven skunks and one kitten, are thriving alongside the resident cat as part of the farm’s daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syrelal
the Gazette
John Stein
Hayesville
Keokuk County
Stein
Mr. Stein
Keokuk 4-H Rally Day Set for Sigourney June 12
SIGOURNEY Keokuk county 4 H club Rally Day will open June 12 at Sigourney Memorial hall at 930 am. Debaters Betty Ellen Brown and Irene Fairchild will argue for the affirmative while Mary Ellen Shanafelt and Cecelia Wehr speak for the negative. Frank Bliss Farm Bureau president will give the welcome, with club presidents responding. The Rev John Ballensky will deliver the main task, and Mrs H H Shanafelt will supervise activities. The music memory contest, led by Mrs Verne Hasty and Mrs Ernest Green, will follow. Edith Robison will sing The Four Leaf Clover. Officers will be elected and installed, followed by the Happy Be Lucky club performing The Bohemian Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Sigourney Memorial Hall
Betty Ellen Brown
Irene Fairchild
Mary Ellen Shanafelt
Cecelia Wehr
Frank Bliss
South English
County Farm Bureau
John Ballensky
H. H. Shanafelt
Verne Hasty
Ernest Green
Edith Robison
Happy Be Lucky Club
4-H Rally Day at Buchanan County Fairgrounds
4-H girls of Buchanan county will hold their annual rally day on June 13 at the fairgrounds. A music contest will be held, honorary members will be initiated, community singing and a 4-H version of the opera Bohemian Girlwill be presented by county clubs. County officers for 1935 will be elected and installed, followed by a picnic supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Independence
Buchanan County
Fairgrounds
Miss Fannie Buchanan to Aid Tama County 4-H Rally Planning
Miss Fannie Buchanan of Ames will meet with leaders and members of Tama county 4-H girls clubs here on June 12 to aid in planning the Tama county 4-H Rally day program scheduled for June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Fannie Buchanan
Ames
Tama County
Dewitt 4-H Rally to Stage The Bohmian Girl Opera
An all county cast will present the opera The Bohhemian Girl at Clinton county girls 4-H Rally Day in DeWitt on June 28. Cast includes Martha Peterson Agnes Weber Carol Schultz Lillian Swanson Katherine Cousins and Marjorie Camp with piano by Margaret Hansen. About thirty girls will sing in the gypsy chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
Clinton County Girls
Martha Peterson
Agnes Weber
Almont Hustlers Club
Carol Schultz
Brookfield Working Rosebuds
Lillian Swanson
Minnehaha Club
Katherine Cousins
DeWitt Jolly Workers
Marjorie Camp
June 18 To Be Gala Daily Day At Vinton
A gala event is planned at the Vinton fairgrounds on June 18 as two Benton county contest associations hold their annual picnics in conjunction with the Jersey Parish show. More than seventy five head of purebred Jerseys are expected from Benton and neighboring counties. Judging will select state contest representatives for Waterloo Cattle Congress. Classes for Jerseys Guernseys Holsteins Ayrshires and Brown Swiss will be judged. Floyd Arnold of the Ames dairy extension department will oversee activities. Ray Murray Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
Jersey Parish
Vinton Fairgrounds
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Jones
Waterloo
Floyd Arnold
Ames Dairy Extension Department
Ray Murray
Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Creamery Building at Waukon To Cost $11,803
WAUKON The contract for erection of a new building for the Waukon Farmers Creamery company has been let to John Jacobson of Waukon for $11,803 not including wiring or plumbing. The new creamery will be a one story structure of brick and tile construction and is to be completed by Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Waukon Farmers Creamery Company
John Jacobson
Beef Price Index Climb Highlights 1935 Meat Shortage
Washington reports retail meat prices surged as federally inspected slaughter declined sharply in early 1935. Beef prices rose to 89.8 from 66.9, pork to 86.9, and lamb to 60.2, amid drought driven feed shortages reducing total meat production to about 73 percent of the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
New York City
Mortensen To Speak At Amber Dairy Day June 17
Amber hosts a June 17 Dairy Day with a picnic and field day led by Dr. M Mortensen chief of dairy manufacturing Ames A W Rudnick dairy professor Ames and State Dairy Commissioner Teeney Des Moines They will discuss the new state cream grading law A baseball game is planned and dancing in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
AMBER
Amber Creamery
Cream Grading Licenses Target Grundy Center Meeting
Twenty five Grundy county creamerymen attended a cream grading school in Grundy Center to take examinations for licensed graders. The new cream grading law takes effect July 5 and was discussed by three state inspectors along with a specialist from Ames who attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Ames
Steers Bring 13 On Chicago Market Top Price
Paul Paulsen a Jones county farmer sold a load of 1210 pound steers on the Chicago market at 13 dollars per hundredweight the top market price for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Paul Paulsen
Jones County
Chicago
Stand Is Better Than Anticipated Near North English
Corn cultivation is the leading farm activity in the North English vicinity. Rotary hoes were operated Tuesday and Wednesday by horse or tractor power to break the crust from Saturday’s heavy rainfall. Cultivators replace planters and discs in fields slated for replanting, stands are better than anticipated, with some replanting and filling in by hand and some farmers drilling soybeans.
Walker and Oelwein Report Planting Progress and Crops
Walker vicinity shows corn in majority of fields with fair stand though warm weather is needed for further planting. Farmers are shifting to soybeans in large acreages while apple and plum trees form fruit and berry prospects look good. In Oelwein farm activities include plowing for soybeans and corn planting with some fields too wet for small grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Oelwein
South Bethel farm activities show varied planting and care
In South Bethel farmers spread limestone sow alfalfa plow plant and replant while setting tomato plants and sweet corn for canning. Rowley reports good corn growth and heavy cultivation with large soybean plantings though not as high as last year. Sweet corn is widely planted on contracted acres with good prospects for crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bethel
Rowley
Hanson Hereford Bulls Hit $85 Average at Williamsburg Sale
Thirty five young Hereford bulls sold for an average of 85 at the Lewis Hanson farm four miles southeast of Williamsburg. The top price was 150 paid by Ryan Brothers of Brooklyn. Two Angus bulls sold for 115 each to James Conner of Lost Nation. Buyers and bidders included Henry H. Schafer of South Amana, Henry Aicie of Monticello, W. A. Flannigan of Grinnell, and Milford Breese of Iowa City, with auctioneers Bert Hanson of Williamsburg and W. J. Hanson of Holbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Lewis Hanson
Ryan Brothers
Brooklyn
James Conner
Lost
Bert Hanson
W. J. Hanson
Holbrook
Milk cows lead at Anamosa consign ment sale
At the Anamosa sale on Saturday milk cows topped at 50.50 per head. Stocker cows reached 7 per hundredweight, heifers 8 to 8.10, steers 8, veal calves 8, lambs 6.75, feeding sows 9.35 to 9.89 per hundredweight, and bred sows at 27 each.
Not Enough Dynamite Fails to Move Rock on Farm
Special report from The Gazette describes fifty pounds of dynamite failing to move a large underground rock on the George Worsham farm near South Bethel. The blast only removed a corner, leaving most of the rock in place. Worsham dug fifteen feet without finding the rock’s far end. further blasting will be needed to finish the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
South Bethel
George Worsham
Purebred Guernseys Bring $102 Average at Sale
Seventy six head of Guernsey cattle sold at a Wednesday consignment sale in Independence for $6,200. Purebreds totaled $4,395 averaging $102 while grades averaged $53.50. Top purchase was a three year old heifer for $225 bought by Arthur Satterlee. Top bull sold for $185. Animals came from ten breeders with about 700 bidders attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Guernsey
Fort Dodge Creamery Company
Arthur Satterlee
Dale E. Rundell
Livingston
Wis
E. L. Schoonover
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Sugar Beet Growers Get 120 000 In Benefits
Nearly 900 beet growers in north Iowa and southern Minnesota will receive benefit checks totaling 120000 dollars from American Crystal Sugar. Agricultural manager E C Moore announced the payments, at an rate of 1 dollar per ton for the 1934 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mason City
Minnesota
E. C. Moore
American Crystal Sugar Company
Cedar county farmers sell cattle on Chicago market
Edward Hamann Tipton and his son Harold, both farmers in Cedar County, sold 1100 pound cattle on the Chicago market for 10.25 dollars per hundredweight. The load included a pet steer that brought 11.50 per hundredweight. Another load of 1050 pound cattle sold for 9.85 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Edward Hamann
Harold
Cedar County
Chicago
Porter Suggests Chemical Spray For Weed Control
Ames extension plant pathologist Dr. R. H. Porter urges chemical spray to control perennial weeds in moist Iowa soils. Spray in early June for most weeds, with horse nettle and devil's shoestring best sprayed in early July. Apply at bud or early bloom, late in the day or on cloudy days. use commercial products or sodium chlorate. Rates run 3 to 5 quarts per square rod depending on foliage density.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
R. H. Porter
Ames Extension Plant
Porter
Paul Smith Buys Grain Warehouse In Onslow
Paul N. Smith of Center Junction buys an Onslow grain warehouse built of native rock and hand cut timbers. The 22 by 60 foot building, among the first after the railroad era, will be restored to grain storage with a seed corn dry house planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Onslow
Paul N. Smith
Center Junction
Twenty five tractors sold in Williamsburg implement firm
Twenty five new tractors were sold by a Williamsburg implement company this season. The report notes strong demand for farm equipment and indicates continued activity in the local agricultural market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
80 in Linn County sells for 75 an acre
Jake Schmickle of Lafayette bought the 80 acre Charles Bardoner estate farm near Lafayette for 75 dollars an acre. The property is well improved with good buildings and immediate possession was given. The sale was made by Leslie Bardoner of Alburnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Jake Schmickle
Lafayette
Charles Bardoner
Leslie Bardoner
Alburnett
Junior Farm Picnic Planned Sunday in Macbride Park
More than 500 persons are expected to attend the Southeastern Iowa Junior Farm Bureau picnic next Sunday at Lake MacBride Park near Solon. George Strayer, state president, will speak. The program includes kittenball games and horseshoe pitching contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Iowa City
Southeastern Iowa Junior Farm Bureau
Lake MacBride Park
Solon
George Strayer
Hudson
Buckhorn Creamery Pays 31 Cents Butterfat May
Buckhorn creamery west of Maquoketa paid an average of 31 cents a pound for butterfat in May with the weekly price ranging from 33 to 28 cents. The month saw more cream and new patrons, with the high for spring at 40 cents. The top ten checks include Hans Jorgensen of Monmouth at 287.09, George Hansen of Maquoketa 280.89, Frank Decker of Oxford Junction 244.32, and other earners such as A. J. Wirth, Louis Zak, Waldrod and Besselot, Peter B. Petersen, C. E. Morehead, Palmer and Penrose, and Hans Skott Jr. and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hansen
Maquoketa
Frank Decker
Oxford Junction
A. J. Wirth
Elwood
Louis Zak
Monmouth
Waldrod
Besselot
DeWitt
Peter B. Petersen
Delmar
C. E. Morehead
Palmer
Penrose
Esgate
Hans Skott, Jr
Son
Buckhorn
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Linvd
Smith
Central City
Clifford Knight
Springvile
Knight
Contest Association
Archie Post
Whittier
Carl Carver
Marion
Carver
Linn Association No. 1
Orland Hand
Schoonover and McClelland
C. B. F. Michel
S. G. Pearn
Linn Association
L. A. Wheeler
Marengo
Iowa County
Allyn Evans
Leon Smith
Bigbee
RF A
Johnson
Consignme Auction
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
Mother Cat
Osmundson
Finch
Felix Grafenberg
Harold Hammersland
John Lueder
Keokuk Co
Tama
Meat Index
Mortensen
Duster Bros
3Rd Ave
Hanson
Hereford Bulls
Channel
Haddock
Lake Trout
Joe Stark
First Street
Dial
Paul Smith
Linn County
Junior Farm
Macbride State Park
Albine Miles
Cas
White Hut
NE Company
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