East Iowa Corn Shipments Drive 1937-38 Export Move
Railcar loading in Cedar Rapids and Linn county spikes shipments of 1937 and 1937 38 corn to Great Britain. CCC billing targets Lake ports as 25 million bushel sale unfolds. Market reports note firm corn prices amid federal purchases and Argentine competition. Red Cross agrees to buy corn meal and wheat flour for a June ship cargo.
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Jova
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Winnebago
Hancock, Wright
Hamilton
Story
Jasper
Marion
Lucas
Wayne
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
Milwaukee
Duluth
Superior
Great Britain
Iowa
Ed Elson
State Aaa
Des Moines
Ellison
Kansas City
United States Department of Agriculture
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Crows Dive at Owls. Local Foreman Recounts Incident
Henry Hromek, Ga zette composing room foreman, watched crows near his cottage by the Wapsie at Waubeck perform a dramatic dive on two stuffed owls placed outdoors. He described the scene with a screech sounding like a soul in torment as the birds harassed the owls.
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Henry Hromek
Gazette
Mr Hromek
Wapsie
Waubeck
Hank
Creamerymen To Meet At Cedar Rapids Thursday
Members of the four county cream improvement group including Linn Benton Johnson counties will meet at the YMCA Cedar Rapids Thursday at 630 pm Creamery managers buttermakers directors secretaries haulers and cream station operators will attend The meeting will be led by Fred Ford dairy inspector for the state department of agriculture.
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Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson Counties
YMCA
Cedar Rapids
Fred Ford
State Department of Agriculture
Unusually Large Egg Gathered Near Center Point Farm
Special to The Gazette reports a Buff Orpington hen on Harold Hand’s farm six miles northeast of Center Point laid a 42 ounce egg. The egg measured 81% inches around the long way and 8 inches around the short way. Hand noted several other large eggs recently.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Harold Hand
Fewer Baby Chicks Sold Than Year Ago
A.D. Oderkirk of Iowa State College reports a spring drop in baby chick purchases by corn belt farmers, with hatcheries cutting output in January to April and May. Federal data show 14 percent fewer chicks hatched through April than 1939, and reduced turkey eggs set and poult hatch last May. Government buyers have kept egg and chicken prices higher, while storage eggs are lower than last year.
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Triple A
Des Moines
Commodity Credit Corporation
Coutry
Ellison
Iowa
Corn
Kansas City
The
Agricultural Marketing Service
Pacific Coast
South Africa
A.D. Oderkirk
Iowa State College
Corn Belt
Oderkirk
Broiler
Turkey
Egg grading school to begin in Ames on Tuesday
A four day egg grading school sponsored by the department of poultry husbandry the extension service and United States marketing service will start in Ames Tuesday. The course aims to acquaint graders with U S grade specifications and handling methods. An ending examination will determine licenses as US graders.
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Ames
Department of Poultry Husbandry
Extension Service
United States Marketing Service
A. D. Oderkirk
Extension Poultry Marketing
Livestock Sale Brings $5200 At Independence
Approximately 500 head of livestock were sold at the Independence consignment sale for a total of about $4200. Veal calves topped at 18 with an average of 12.50. a sorrel pony with colt sold for 53. Hog totals included 350 head, 125 Hampshire pigs at 2.75 each, and 200 hogs at 6 per lot. Public cattle sales included 80 head with top cow at 60 and local steers averaging 45 50.
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The
Gazette
Independence
Hampshire
Twenty Years For Team And Man Center Junction Farm
George Voorhies in Jackson township Jones county used the same pair of horses for corn planting for twenty years. Across Tipton area alfalfa cutting, heavy yields plus widespread corn cultivation with rotary hoes. In Independence county, corn growth strong, first and second cultivations underway, pastures brown, soybeans 90 percent planted. Anamosa area reports continued corn cultivation, second tillage, wire worms and root pests, hand replanting for missing hills.
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The
Gazette
Center Junction
George Voorhies
Jackson Township
Jones County
Tipton
Independence
Buchanan County
Homer Soules
County’ Conservation Committee
Anamosa
Iowa dairy herds post record May butterfat in Iowa CTA data
May production in Iowa dairy herd improvement associations reached 321 pounds of butterfat per cow as pastures improved and feeds were ample. Top associations included Henry 38.8 and Iowa 36.6 pounds. high herds listed Anton Heitschusen South Anna and Jowana Dairy Farm Davenport among others. West Liberty reports 764 pounds milk and 325 butterfat in May. Walter Coxon top herd with 1708 pounds milk and 549 butterfat across seven cows. The annual prime and tour of the association planned for Monday to Oswald Jensen Henry Scheer George Schoonover and Swaner and Taylor farms.
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Ames
Iowa
A. R Porter
Porter
Henry
Scott
South Central
Johnson
Fremont-Page-Mills
Grundy
Anton Heitschusen
South Amana
Morton Emde
West Chester
W. J. Mulvaney
Waterloo
Jowana Dairy Farm
Davenport
A. A. Dreyer
West Liberty
West Branch Dairy Herd Improvement Association
John Offringa
Walter Coxon
Ralph Branson
West Branch
Swaner and Taylor
Iowa City
Oswald Jensen Henry Scheer
George Schoonover
Swaner and Taylor Farms
Chinmunching pests hit county fall wheat fields
Farmers across the county report widespread chinch bugs infesting small grain fields with the pests already present in the heads of fall wheat.
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the Gazette
Washington
Strawberry and garden crops ripening after rains
Conesville reports strawberries ripening rapidly after recent rains. Gardens show peas nearly ready, tomatoes setting fruit as large as walnuts, and beans in blossom. Early potatoes are in excellent condition as Cora field is being plowed and looks good.
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Conesville
Cora
Dairy Herd Test Shows Higher May Milk Output
May results from the Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association report 362 cows on test averaging 930 pounds of milk and 34.5 pounds of butterfat, up from April and last year. Morton Emde of West Chester led with 12 purebred Holsteins at 1,556 pounds milk and 548 pounds butterfat. Bash and Swartzendruber of Wellman produced the high cow at 2,145 pounds milk and 75.1 pounds butterfat.
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Washington County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Alvin Lueder
Morton Emde
West Chester
Bash_ and Swartzendruber, Wellman
Holstein Herd Leads Ma Haska County Test May Results
In May the Delta Top herd led the Ma Haska County Cow Test, owned by Norris and Bernice Leighton of Ottumwa, averaging 43.1 pounds of butterfat per cow. Ralph Sarver of Rose Hill owned a purebred Holstein that produced 83.2 pounds of butterfat, tested by Lee J. Schissel.
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Mahaska County
Norris and
Bernice Leighton
Ottumwa
Ralph Sarver
Rose Hill
Lee J. Schissel
Chinch Bug Warning Touts Southwest Iowa Hot Spot
Federal and state entomologists warn of a possible chinch bug invasion across the corn belt with a hot spot in southwest Iowa, southeast Nebraska, and northeast Kansas. Eggs are hatching as bugs fly into corn fields, prompting plans to deploy creosote and oil to farmers through state channels.
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Washington
Corn Belt
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Chicago
Quick Household Finance loan offer card
Advertisement for Household Finance promising $20 to $300 loans without endorsers or guarantors. It shows repayment options with monthly payments tied to a $100 loan, notes low charges for early repayment, and emphasizes privacy, no salary proof, and no need to involve friends.
AAA Reports Record Farm Cooperators and Payments
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a record 6,020,400 farmers, operating 82 percent of U S cropland, cooperated with federal crop control programs this year. Benefit payments totaling about 775 million dollars will be distributed to participating farmers, with the South showing the strongest engagement and the Northeast the lowest. North Central region figures show Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin with 1.59 million and 1.568 million cooperators at 79 and 78 percent respectively.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
South
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Fayette County Farm Bureau Picnic and Sports Festival
Fayette county Farm Bureau plans a June 22 picnic and sports festival at Fayette with a 10 am start and afternoon events. Principal speaker Mary Sue Wigley will address attendees and a north versus south baseball game plus 4-H softball and other events are on the agenda.
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Fayette
Monticello
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Lee Crain
Trafa
Tama County
Barn under construction on Irvin Lacock farm
A new 32 by 48 barn with gambrel roof is being built on the Irvin Lacock farm northwest of here. It will feature three box stalls nine cow stanchions and a hayloft above all.
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Mount Vernon
Irvin Lacock
Horse and Tractor Costs Compared by Iowa Engineers
Agricultural engineers study 753 farmer cooperators who shifted from horse to tractor power finding average four years to reduce power and labor costs. General purpose tractors show slightly lower machinery costs, with tractors offering lower labor hours but higher per hour fuel and equipment costs than horses.
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Ames — Agricultural Engineers
State Experiment Station
Iowa
Heifers Sold At Chicago Auction Near Marion Farm
Charles M. Karch of Weaver Witwer farm north of Marion sold 70 yearling heifers in Chicago for 980 dollars, 2 hundredweight. They averaged 756 pounds.
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Charles M. Karch
Marion
Chicago
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