Farmers Rally For Iowa AAA Start In June
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace plans to visit Des Moines and other Iowa centers June 6 and 27 to discuss implementing the Agricultural Adjustment Act with farmers and leaders. The Federation of Iowa Farm Organizations calls a June 16 conference at Des Moines to draft concrete plans and unite Farm Bureau Farm Union Grange and allied groups for swift action.
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Iowa
Middle West
Gazette Farm
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
United States
Des Moines
Federation of Iowa Farm Organizations
Farm Bureau
Farm Union
The
Grange
Farm policy meeting weighs crop control and administration
A group of farmers and officials gathered to discuss production adjustments for 1934 and the need for a ready administrative setup. They urged rapid action on pork tonnage and dairy regulation while criticizing political delays. The plan includes expanding the state administrative board and assembling personnel before tenant leases are drawn.
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Wallace
Thes
State Administrative Board
Clyde Herring
Ras Maurras
Ames Agrcultural
RK Bliss
James W Kindig
Supreme Court
Benton and Keokuk 4-H Girls Rally at Van Horne
Special to The Gazette reports eight Benton county 4-H clubs gathering for Rally day and corn festival at Van Horne. Betty Carlson of Taylor township named queen with Harriet Werner as president and Dorothy Placman as vice president. Pageant titled The Festival of the New Corn featured 120 girls, crowning Margaret Riddle of Gibson county queen, with Mary Dawson and Mabel McAdams among attendants.
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van Horne
Benton County
Betty Carlson
Taylor Township
Harriet Werner
Union Club
Dorothy Placman
LeBour
Lucille Jennson
Jacckson
Wmn. Ervin
Taylor
Milldredd Schild
Kane
Teoman
Harvn
Werner Nasherizne
Ineusimecs Club
Ames
Ire
Vaulix
Tad Mason Asibrone
Boths
Cantos
Reiza Waldades Bey Caron
Ans
Beastice
Leifer Tate Eescer Oshirmeh
Han
Gremi Shoskisurs
Brrea
Haris Leey Irene Werner Ree
Maxime Thompson
Seokuk
Ratcay
Imam Csiteri
Ans O'Brien Iynce
Wimming Club
Off
Vonosa
Neas
Obera
Paul
Charles Leo MicCienahan
Fannie Buchanan
Ames Extension Service
Margaret Riddle
Gibson
Goal Getters Club
Lee Fisher
Mary K Dawson
Mualdred McAdams
Dorothy Leathers
Betty Ellen Brown
Mary — Ellen Shanafelt
Elinor O'Brien
Lois Beinkie
29.2 Per Cent Of Farm Radios Not Being Operated
Des Moines reports from township assessors to the state weather and crop bureau show a 292 percent drop in farm owned radios in the year ending January 1 1933. About one Iowa farm in three has a radio in operation. The decline is tied to farmers inability to buy replacement batteries and tubes. Records indicate nearly half of farms had radios on January 1 1931.
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Des Moines
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa
Keokuk County 4 H Beef Tour Set For Friday
Speral in The Gazette reports the Keokuk County 4 H Beef Tour opens Friday at 7 am with calf inspection at Glen Noller farm. County Agent Maurice Soulis and Ames Extension’s E L Quaife lead the tour visiting 28 farms, ending with a picnic at Earl Grove home. 28 farms and ninety baby beeves are involved.
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Speral
Gazette
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Glen Noller Farm
Maurice Soulis
E L. Quaaife
Ames Extension Service
Earl Grove
4-H Club
Delta Farm Woman Hatches 1000 Giant Pekin Ducklings
Delta area farm woman Mrs George Dickson near Delta hatched 1000 Giant Pekin ducklings and plans to hatch more this season. She has thirty hens on duck eggs beside a 130 egg incubator and will set fifteen more hens this week. Eggs came from the Dickson flock of fifty duck hens. She also has 300 Buff Orpington chicks and a 206 egg incubator in use with two hens on guinea eggs.
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Delta
George Dickson
Dickson
Wool buyers pay 22 cents a pound for wool
Wyoming buyers are paying 22 cents per pound for wool with most shearing to finish by week’s end. Fleeces run seven to nine pounds and shearers charge 12 cents per head.
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Wyoming
Faye Touro Crowned Queen Of Linn County 4-H Girls
Faye Touro of the Marionette club was crowned queen of Linn County 4-H during a Wednesday ceremony linked to the Festival of the New Corn at Be Yer Park in Cedar Rapids. The event featured music and picture memory contests with scores led by the Marionette and Be Natural clubs, and certificates awarded to fifteen girls reaching age 21.
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Faye Touro
Linn County
Be Yer Park
Cedar Rapids
Jessie Booth
Wrma Mills
Jesse Taylor
Alice Post
Alice Walace
Wilfred Goines
Ellen Borghart
Frances Cetver
Coe Chapel
Mar~ Wonette Club
Linns
O . L. Club
Florence Weize
Alice Stuart
Calhe Hagerman
Winifred Goodlove
Alice Bliss
Eleanor Ford
Beulah Etzel
Jola Hee
Jean Minish
Best
Sunny Susies Twinhola
Wapsie Be Better
J J Wallace
Marion
Oma Booth Eloise Touro
Alice Schonberg
Ruth Mills
C C Post
Ruth Mulls
Avilda Athoff
Helen Watkins
Alberta Hoppe
Constance Watkins
Alice Olinger
Catherine Reinheimer
Zelda Gillmore
Eloise Touro
Mary Michel
Dorothy Neal
Dorothy McLaughlin
O . L. and
Sunny Sparklers Club
Unemployment in Hens Cheaper to Handle Than Humans
Ames Gazette notes poultry expert W R Whitfield of Iowa State College says unemployment in flocks is easier to manage. If a hen stops laying early, sell her to avoid feed costs. a 5 to 7 month layoff rarely pays off. Regular culling keeps production high and margins strong. readers can consult county agents or extension bulletin No 170 for laying indicators.
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the Gazette
Ames
W R. Whitfield
Extension
Iowa State College
Mr. Whitfield
Whitfield
360 Chicks Die in Wyoming Farm Fire
A brooder house on the Orla Dawes farm six miles west of Wyoming was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning, killing 360 week-old chicks. The blaze is believed to have started from an oil stove in the brooder house.
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The
Gazette
Wyoming
Orla Dawes
National Farm Union Chief To Speak At Waterloo
Oklahoma City born nation al president of the Farmers Union John A Simpson will address the Black Hawk county Farmers Union convention in Waterloo on June 22. Simpson is expected to outline union goals and farm policy at the meeting.
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National Farm Union
Waterloo
John A Simpson
Oklahoma City
Farmers Union
Black Hawk
Alfalfa Harvest Accelerates in Benton County
Vinton reports alfalfa hay putting up in Benton County is progressing rapidly as favorable weather aids the crop. The harvest is moving ahead with good quality hay entering storage and farmers optimistic about yields.
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Gazette
Vinton
Benton County
Commerce editor raps farm act in Minnesota
Alexandria, Minn. UPI Phil Hanna editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce urged support for Roosevelt but warned the new deal may overreach itself in farm and business regulation. He criticized agriculture department officials and argued that farm relief measures have failed elsewhere and that crop surpluses are needed to guard against famine.
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Alexandria
Minn
UPI
United States Treasury
Phil A. Hanna
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Hanna
Minnesota Egg, Butter and Poultry Association
Hotel
Blake
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Wellsman area swamped by rains roughing field work
In Wellman locality heavy rains two weeks ago have left farms busy with field work. Considerable corn plowing remains and soybean planting is in full swing. Shaffer and Anderson southeast of Wellman started mowing fifty acres of alfalfa on Monday. Hay tonnage this year is slightly heavier than last year.
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Wellman
Shaffer and Anderson
Sales Pavilion Is Dedicated At Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction representatives opened the Midway Sales company building with an address on Agricultural Conditions. The new pavilion replaces the one lost to fire and includes a 12 by 80 foot sale ring and a 40 by 80 foot auction room seating 500 with offices and stalls for 125 cattle. It also houses forty horses, twenty-five cows, 1000 hogs and other livestock in a 62 by 80 foot addition. A large crowd attended the Tuesday sale. Prices included 6 year old black mares at 225 dollars, a Hereford bull at 49 dollars, milk cows averaging 30 dollars, over 350 hogs sold, sows with litters 18 to 24 dollars, broad sows 15 dollars, March pigs 2.80 to 3.40, 173 pound shoats 5 to 6 cents a pound, seed corn three-fourths of a cent per ear, and strawberries 2 to 250 dollars per crate. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan were auctioneers.
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Columbus Junction
J J Jenkins
Midway Sales Company
Mr. Williams
Crawfordsville
G W. Weber
Keith Buffington
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Cow breaks butterfat record with 1004 pounds in year
Special to The Gazette. In Madison a Holstein Friesian cow, Winterthur Boast Ormsby Game, bred and owned by HF duPont at Winterthur, Delaware, completed official milking tests on May 17. She produced 23,444.6 pounds of milk and a butterfat total of 1,004.2 pounds, setting a world record for butterfat in a year under twice-daily milking.
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Madison
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Winterthur
H F duPont
Winterthur Farms
Delaware
Guernsey Cow Herds Top Iowa County Test Results
In Marengo the Morse herd leads May Cow Test with 975 pounds milk and 44.5 butterfat. Misbach Holsteins rank second at 1,072 milk and 41.8 butterfat. Charles Morse Guernseys third at 815 milk and 38.8 butterfat. High cow in the association is Charles Morse's with 2,052 milk and 84.1 butterfat.
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Marengo
Harry Morse
Iowa
J. D. Misbach
Charles Morse
Weeds Cleared From Corn Fields Across Eastern Iowa
Eastern town farmers report excellent weed removal in new corn over the past week aided by moisture in the soil. Most ground is planted with corn though some fields for ensilage remain and soybeans will fill unplanted acreage. Western sections show poor germination from continued dryness and hot winds, with bluegrass pastures turning brown and May rainfall varying from 0.3 inches to 10.46 inches.
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Iowa
Harrison County
Des Moines
Corn Planting Near Complete In Fair Weather
Corn planting in this vicinity is practically completed after almost daily May rains. The corn came up quickly and is being cultivated now. The stand and color are unusually good. Pastures are providing ample grass for livestock.
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