Cost To Replace Soil Nutrients Estimated At 3000 An Acre
Iowa soil losses from cultivation raise replacement costs to 3000 dollars per acre. Musser reports 30 billion tons of topsoil lost since settlement, with vast nitrogen phosphorus and potassium reductions. He urges watershed planning and cooperative district laws to enable farmer actions to curb erosion.
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Iowa
R. H. Musser
Des Moines
Mr. Musser
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Soil Conservation Experiment Station
Clarinda
Murray
Nature
Musser
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Mississippi Valley
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa Extension Service
Fence Drift and Young Colt Observe Busy Farm Life
A fragmentary note depicts a young colt named Busy Day following its mother on a cultivating farm. The text reflects on modern field methods changing farming routines and imagines horses someday sharing spaces with zebras in zoos.
Alfalfa Silo Collapse Spreads Molasses Farmyard
A silo at the Justamere farm near Clinton collapsed spreading thirty tons of alfalfa and fourteen barrels of molasses over the farmyard. No one was inside the silo and no injuries were reported.
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Clinton
INS
Justamere
Clayton Farmers Get AAA Checks Distribution
Oliver Eno treasurer of the Clayton county Agricultural Conservation association announced that most of 1524 AAA compliance checks for 1937 have been distributed from the office at Flkeder. The checks total $147,181.99. Decorah's Winneshiek county AAA chairman Leo Herold was advised that 1300 government checks totaling about $130,000 will arrive next week for local distribution to farmers.
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Eleader
Oliver Eno
Luana
Clayton County Agricultural Conservation Association
Clayton
Flkeder
Decorah
Leo Herold
Winneshiek County
AAA Committee
Marmola Tablets Advertises Fat Loss Method
The notice promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets as a method to reduce fat caused by hypothyroidism. It claims decades of sales and extensive distribution, states the product is not a universal cure, and urges consulting a physician for diagnosis while including the complete formula in each package.
4 H Girls Stage Rally Day Programs in Allamakee County
One hundred twenty four farm girls from eleven clubs registered for Allamakee county 4-H Rally Day in Waukon drawing over 350 attendees. Dorothy Simmons of Ames extension service attended as an honored guest. Anna Swenson of Postville was elected county 4-H president with Rita Pigott as vice president and Helen Gilbertson as secretary treasurer. The Merry Makers club won a music contest and Busy Body club won a song contest.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Dorothy Simmons
Ames Extension Service
Allamakee
Fred O'Riley
H. E. Taylor
Harvey Schultz
County Farm Bureau
Harve Miller
Neil Thompson
Ames
Anna Swenson
Postville
Rita Pigott
Helen Gilbertson
Waterville
Mary Lou Link
Merry Makers Club
Franklin Township
Busy Body Club
Makee Township
Monticello Girl Elected President Of 4-H Club
Margaret Deischer of Monticello was elected president of Jones county 4-H club girls at Rally Day. Elizabeth Ann Murfield Martelle was chosen vice president Alice Benadom Olin secretary and treasurer Ruth Clark Scotch Grove historian. The Oriole club Fairview township won the music memory contest. Over 200 attended as clubs with all members present included Castle Grove Fortune Finders and Fairview Orioles. The Busy Bee club Clay township had the most mothers present eight. Food Preservation was the main project for the year.
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Monticello
Margaret Deischer
Jones County
Elizabeth Ann Murfield
Martelle
Alice Benadom
Olin
Ruth Clark
Scotch Grove
Oriole Club
Fairview Township
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Fairview Orioles
Busy Bee Club
Clay Township
Des Moines Hog Market Sees Prices Steady to Higher
Hog prices in Des Moines held steady to higher through Thursday as moderate receipts kept packers pressed to source hogs. Direct receipts totaled 72,300 head in four days, up 4 percent from the prior week and 16 percent from the year ago, with firm, uniform prices across weights and classes.
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Des Moines
New York
Fruitful Vines and Early Crops In Millersburg Area
Fruit growth accelerates with raspberries blackberries and grapes loaded with fruit. Cherries reddening but crop likely short. Peaches large for season and apples variable from none to partial. Some trees damaged by canker worms. Early tomatoes bloom peas near harvest. Corn planting plowing and alfalfa seeding compete for space.
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Millersburg
West Union Elkader Holstein shows crown top cows and bulls
Premier winners Paul Stewart of Maynard and Paul McElmeel of Greeley led district Holstein events at West Union and Elkader. The runs named senior and grand champion bulls and females, junior champions, and multiple class winners with Sargent Brothers’ 6-year-old grand champion bull Sir Bessie Ormsby 2nd among top entries.
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TIE Farm
Paul Stewart
Maynard
Paul McElmeel
Greeley
West Union
Elkader
Stewart
Chick Hanson
Randalia
McElmeel
Sargent Brothers
Strawberry Point
Sir Bessie Ormsby
Willard Torgren
Decorah
Gross Brothers
Eldorado
Max Graffenberg
Graffenberg
MecElmeel
Alvin G
Voelker
Ryan
William Mawe
Manchester
George Tieden
Lew Leath
Corn Exports From Chicago Reach 31 Million Bushels Since April
Chicago reports the harbor has cleared 31 517 000 bushels of corn since lake navigation began April 10. Most shipments head to foreign trade in 172 shiploads with over 80 percent in foreign bottoms. Spring barge arrivals total 3 280 000 bushels of wheat corn and oats, 3 132 000 of which are corn.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trades
Lake Navigation
Wheat damaged near Blencoe by heavy rain
A heavy rain leveled winter wheat across fields within two miles of Blencoe Louisiana. Farmers reported substantial grain breakage in the joint and widespread damage to the crop.
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Blencoe
Here
Ingels Buys 240 Acre Maynard Farm for 19200
J F Ingels purchased the 240 acre Ralph Winiger farm northwest of Maynard for 19200 dollars, about 80 dollars per acre. Ingels, previously of Linn County, has managed the property for ten years.
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Maynard
J. F. Ingels
Mr. Ingels
Linn County
Ralph Winiger
Insects Invade New Mexico And Other West States
In New Mexico and neighboring western states a grasshopper and cricket invasion prompts a wartime style campaign. Gov. Clyde Tingley vows to wipe them out within a week using poison bait mechanical spreaders fire throws and metal barricades to halt the pests.
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New Mexico
West States
Santa FE
INS
Clyde Tingley
Invasion of Mormon Crickets Rises Across States
Reports indicate frontier areas from Montana to Texas face worsening cricket swarms with eggs hatching by midweek. Colorado Governor Teller Ammons says local agencies can cope while national guardsmen stand ready as the Yellowstone River near Billings runs black with slain crickets burned by pressure burners and oil.
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New Mexico
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Oklahoma
Texas
Teller Ammons
Yellowstone River
Billings
Mont
Conservation Tour in Jackson Planned June 15
Maquoketa county agent F. E. Krause announced a soil conservation tour for next Wednesday afternoon in Jackson county. The event will observe terracing strip cropping contour cultivation liming and moisture conservation practices at Frank Weiland and James Hayes farms southwest of Otter Creek church.
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Maquoketa—County
F. E. Krause
Jackson County
Frank Weiland
James Hayes
Otter Creek Church
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