Vocational Agriculture Instructors To Meet This Week
Iowa high school vocational agriculture instructors convene for their annual state conference at Iowa State College Ames Wednesday through Saturday. Organized by the state board for vocational education with ISU and the Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association, the meeting covers new programs, FFA activities, adult education, and program planning. Speakers include R. M. Evans, L. G. Allbaugh, F. D. Paine, H. M. Sanderson, G. F. Ekstrom, and W. A. Ross, with district FFA meetings and various presiders and presenters across the days.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa State Board For Vocational Education
Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Association
Future Farmer of America
R. M. Evans
Laurens
State Soil Conservation Committee
L. G. Allbaugh
Ames Extension Service
F. D. Paine
Department of General Engineering
H. M. Sanderson
Des Moines
Iowa State Game Commission
G. F. Ekstrom
Iowa Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
C. B. F. Michel
Marion
Iowa Federation of Farm Organizations
Francis Johnson
Terrill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ross
W. A. Ross
Washington, D. C
Future Farmers of America
L. L. Falck
Belle Plaine
C. E. Bundy
Iowa Falls
W. M. Westcoat
Osage
W. H. Magdefrau
Strawberry Point
A. R. Bowman
New Hampton
F. E. Moore
Prof
E. L. Quaife
Paul Auringer
Charles City
M. F. Latham
Gilbert Presiding
H. M. Hamlin
H. M. Byram
M. A. Sharp
T. E. Sexauer
Notice to Destroy Weeds in Cedar Rapids Iowa
City Council orders destruction of noxious weeds on land within Cedar Rapids with first cut dates July 1 1936 and August 1 1936 and ongoing as needed to prevent seed maturity. Owners must comply or city will destroy weeds at their cost with damages charged.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eet
Cedar Sone
Rapids
Argentine potato shortage reported by Buenos Aires official
Agricultural Attache P. O. Nyhus cites an 8 to 15 million bushel Argentine potato crop, far below the five year 34 million average, hurt by drought aphids mosaic and leaf curl. Export seed imports from US Canada Germany and Scotland may be arranged amid price controls and duty suspensions.
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Washington
Argentina
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
P. O. Nyhus
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Brazil
Paraguay
United States
Canada
Germany
Scotland
Nyhus
Congress
Resettlement Unit Holds 109000 Acres for Land Studies
In Champaign Illinois 109000 acres of non agricultural land in the midwest are under option to the federal government for resettlement projects. If Crab Orchard Creek is approved total optioned acreage will reach about 120562 across five states. The plan marks a first step in forming a new land policy to aid farm families and repurpose non agricultural land.
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Ill
Midwest
Resettlement Administration
R. J. Otten
Crab Orchard Creek
Illinois
G. E. Young
Missouri
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Foreign wheat faces pests and drought across continents
A United Press survey reports foreign wheat farmers contend with grasshoppers cutworms and drought akin to American conditions. Canada sees late seeding and wind driven soil drift while Argentina and Australia face rain issues. China anticipates lower yields from heavy rains. Romania predicts barley surplus.
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Prairie
Canada
Alberta
Argentina
Roumania
China
Ten Iowa Holstein Herds On National Honor List For 1935
National Holstein honor list of 1935 includes ten Iowa herds led by Mount Pleasant state hospital and E H Maytag. Notable cows include Ona Queen Ormsby at Mount Pleasant with 20 708 pounds milk and 670 7 pounds butterfat, and Empire Ormsby Alma owned by Maytag and Schmidt with 27 873 pounds milk and 1 118 pounds butterfat. Iowa breeders total fifty records with two firsts and two top butterfat marks over 1 000 pounds.
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Wis
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Iowa
Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee
Iowa State College
Ames
Independence State Hospital
Independence
E. H. Maytag
Newton
Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Oakdale State Sanatorium
Oakdale
W. L. Smith
Central City
P. P. Stewart
Maynard
Empire Ormsby
Alma
Mr. Maytag
William Schmidt
Sons
Minnesota
DeCreamCo Posch
Colantha
Miss Fobes
Pauline Sunbeam
Paul Stewart
Named adviser for industrial group's agricultural study
Dr. John Lee Coulter, noted agricultural economist and former tariff commission member, was named economic adviser to the National Association of Manufacturers committee on agricultural cooperation. He will direct a study on farm buying power tariff effects labor and population trends farm mortgage and other factors affecting agriculture.
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Washington
John Lee Coulter
United States Tariff Commission
National Association of Manufacturers
Lewis H. Brown
Iowa Farm Boy
Johns- Manville Corporation
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Coulter
University
George Peck
4-H Lamb Show Planned At Mt. Pleasant June 24
Mount Pleasant in Henry county hosts a county picnic and 4-H market lamb club show on June 24. Club members display fat lambs in the morning with grading into market classes and placings announced. A noon picnic proceeds a Mount Pleasant band concert and an agricultural speaker addresses the attendees.
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Lamb
Mt. Pleasant
The
Gazette
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Wool Prices Tick Up in Millersburg Area
In Millersburg vicinity sheep are being shorn and fleeces weighing five pounds and up are on the market. Wool sells from 31 cents per pound upward as spring lambs near market readiness.
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Millersburg
Wind Driven Generator Installed by Sigourney Farmer
Charles Hinnah, a farmer five miles east of Sigourney, recently installed a three blade sky power electric light plant on his farm, marking a new local advancement in rural energy production.
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Sigourney
Charles Hinnah
Farm Women Spend More for Clothing in Iowa Study
Ames reports farm families show women spend on average three dollars more annually on clothing than husbands over the past three years. Girls under 12 spend more than boys, while girls over 12 cost about sixteen dollars more than boys. Average family clothing outlay rose from twenty five dollars in 1933 to forty two dollars last year.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Butter output rises in April with nationwide gains
The USDA reports April butter production at 130,984,000 pounds, down from April 1935’s 132,193,000. For January–April 1936 total output reached 469,277,000 pounds, up 19,911,000 pounds or 4.43 percent from 1935. Several states show big gains led by South Dakota and North Dakota. many others show declines.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Wisconsin
Michigan
One
Virginia
Iowa
Road Grading Brings Fence Building To Farm Work
Farmers add fence building to crop duties as two Buchanan county roads are graded. Walter Senft Victor Athoff LaVerne Corbett Fred Forsyth James Hines Henry Byers Alfred Smith rebuild, while Raleigh Bearbower Bert Towne and Ray Porter tackle fencing torn out when grading began. Wires along pastures kept livestock from straying.
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Brandon
Walter Senft
Victor Athoff
LaVerne Corbett
Fred Forsyth
James Hines
Henry Byers
Alfred Smith
Buchanan County
Raleigh
Bearbower
Bert Towne
Ray Porter
Clayton C T A Picnic Set for June 11 in Elkader
Elkader hosts a joint Clayton county picnic for the three contest associations at the fairgrounds on June 11. Community members are invited to attend and enjoy a day of activities and fellowship.
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Clayton C. T. A
Elkader
Clayton County
Elkader Fairgrounds
Greeley Test Ass'n Averages 27.1 Lbs Butterfat In May
Manchester reports the Greeley Cow Test Association tallies for May. Forty nine dry cows across twenty eight herds produced 786 pounds of milk and 27.1 pounds of butterfat on average. Paul McElmeel’s herd led with 1,239 pounds milk and 44.1 pounds butterfat. A McElmeel Holstein achieved 2,709 pounds milk and 92.1 pounds butterfat in May.
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Manchester
Greeley
William Gilbert
Paul McElmeel
McElmeel
McGregor Farmers Inspect Minnesota Soil Erosion Project
Nine McGregor and Farmersburg farmers, plus three soil conservation staff, toured Bear and Deer creek erosion projects at Spring Valley Minnesota to view planned controls. Spring Valley operation spans about a year and a half with extensive terracing and strip cropping on over 5000 acres.
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Mcgregor
Farmersburg
Soil Conservation Service
Bear
Deer Creek
Spring Valley
Minn
W. C. Burkman
Charles Carroll
John Dettman
Farley Henkes
W. H. Johanningmeier
William Marsilius
B. L. Montour
Arch Thompson
Victor Thompson
McGregor -Farmersburg
Brandon Area Farmers Harvest Heavy Alfalfa Hay
Farmers in the Brandon vicinity report a heavy alfalfa harvest despite wet weather that slows curing. Tenant Phil Jones of the Bok farm raked alfalfa on Thursday.
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Brandon
Phil Jones
Bok
Cedar county corn crop ahead of recent years says agent Morrell
Cedar county reports above average corn in stand and growth. County Agent Morrell Seeds expects a record crop for the area in years.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Morrell Seeds
Garden pests ruin crops in Toledo area
Army and wire worms damaged the garden of Mrs. Mary Gebhardt near Toledo this season, causing significant agricultural losses for the farm woman.
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Toledo
Mary Gebhardt
Steers Bring Top $8.60 a Hundredweight in Chicago Trade
John Redlefsen, a Clinton county farmer, sold a load of steers averaging 1312 pounds on the Chicago market for a top price of 8.60 per hundredweight.
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Dewitt
John Redlefsen
Clinton County
Chicago
Corn Prices Firm as Marketings Gain in Week
Marketings of corn rose in the week ended June 5 to 5,376,000 bushels at major terminals, with firm to higher prices driven by feeders and industrial buyers. Prospects uncertain, germination concerns, and regional conditions influenced demand. No 3 yellow quoted 62.5 to 63.4 cents, No 2 yellow 67 cents, No 2 white 71.5 cents.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Atlantic
Maryland
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
FASTEETH Delivers All-Day Comfort for Dentures
A dental ad claims FASTEETH stops denture movement for 24 hours, resisting washout and thinning. It highlights tasteless formula, no souring breath, and secure fit until removal, urging customers to ask May Drug Co for FASTEETH.
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May Drug Co
Pea Packing Underway at Vinton Cannery
Vinton Iowa plant begins pea pack as a bumper crop is anticipated. The operation covers 770 acres in Vinton and Garrison with Alaska early variety and Wisconsin Sweets and Perfections. Sixty to seventy workers at the cannery and up to 150 in fields and viners are expected.
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Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Garrison
Alaska
Wisconsin
Guernsey Breeders Field Day Moved to Mountain Farm
The Iowa Guernsey Breeders Association shifted their annual summer picnic and field day from the C. T. Good farm to the Charles R. Mountain farm one mile west of Des Moines. Karl Musser, secretary of the American Roane 4 Cattle club, will attend.
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Des Moines
Iowa Guernsey Breeders’ Association
C. T. Good Farm
Charles R. Mountain Farm
Karl Musser
Ameriate Roane 4 Cattle Club
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