Linn County 4-H Girls Rally Day Awards and Winners
About 175 attendees at Franklin school Cedar Rapids for Linn County 4-H Rally Day focused on Oven Products and music appreciation. Merry Sous club won top song festival prize earning a portable phonograph. Jackson Juniors and Sunny Susies followed with records and sheet music prizes. Thirteen clubs competed. honorary member Mrs. C B F Michel welcomed, demonstrations and songs highlighted the program. Approximately 19 girls will attend the state convention in Ames June 24 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Franklin School
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Franklin Townships
Nevin Nichols
Jackson Juniors Club
Jackson Township
Sunny Susies Club
Otter Creek Township
C Square F Square Club
College Township
Whittier Gleaners
Brown Township
William McEvoy, Jr
Rex B. Conn
Hazel Hand
A. R. Minish
Burt Neal
Mary Jane Davis
Frances Wilson
D. B. Storck
Happy Hands
Indian Creek Bluebirds
Jackson Juniors
Sunny Susies
Boulder Builders
C Square F Square
Linn’s Best
Marionette
Merry Sous
Jackson
Buffalo Busy Bees
C. B. F. Michel
Marion
C Square
Bess Newland
Viola
Grant
Spring Grove
Linn’s Best Club
Lois Coher
Ferne Schultz
Frances Colyer
Center Point
Twinola Club
Lucille Gove
Ames
Wool output in 1936 expected near 1935 levels worldwide
World wool production in 1936 is seen about the same as 1935, with 3,278,000,000 pounds outside Russia and China in 1935. In the United States and Canada growth is unlikely, Europe and Near East may rise, and conditions favor wintering sheep in the southern hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Russia
China
United States
Canada
Europe
Near East
Union of South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Bureau
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Austria
Linn 4 H'ers Reveal Romance in Breads at Rally
Linn county 4 H club members at the Franklin high school rally in Cedar Rapids presented a review of the year's bread project. Front row readers include Dorothy Babbitt and Gail Phillipson with long French bread. Esther Booth and Esther Plucar with Armenian and German loaves. The skit portrays romance behind breads like Swedish, corn, Bohemian kolaches, and pretzel laden loaves reflecting 1936 study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Township
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Babbitt
Lawrence Booth
Holland
Gail Phillipson
Hollis
Conn Advises Second Cover Spray For Fruit
Linn County Agent Rex B. Conn advised farmers to apply the second cover spray within ten to fourteen days after the first. He cited winter bud injury lowering apple prospects in Iowa and ongoing codling moth emergence requiring worm control. He warned scab may develop faster with recent rains and recommended a lead arsenate and Bordeaux mixture or lime sulfur spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Rex B. Conn
Iowa
Conn
Plan Terracing to Halt Soil Erosion
Special to The Gazette Washington reports the soil conservation service will construct over 36,000 miles of farm terraces in three years. Terracing targets about 500,000 acres mainly in the southeast, with emphasis on vegetation and proper cropping as essential partners for long term erosion control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
New York City
Los Angeles
Department of Agriculture
H. H. Bennett
Bennett
Washington State
Study Vocational Agriculture Bill At Ames Meeting
At Iowa State College Ames delegates discussed the George Deen vocational education bill signed by President Roosevelt. The plan provides 12 million dollars in federal aid for teachers salaries with one third for vocational agriculture. Ten Iowa high schools will add vocational agriculture departments next fall bringing the total to 125. Schools named Carroll Atlantic Correctionville Chariton Knoxville DeWitt Spencer Logan Sibley and Waverly. Future Farmer of America activities were to be reviewed by the 125 delegates Thursday with adult education Friday and planning programs Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
George Deen
Roosevelt
Iowa
Carroll
Atlantic
Correctionville
Chariton
Knoxville
DeWitt
Spencer
Logan
Sibley and Waverly
Future Farmer of America
Farm Real Estate Index Sees Three Year Rise to 82
Des Moines reporting a continuing three year rise in farm real estate values lifts the Iowa index to 82 from 79 last year. The base years 1912 to 1914 underpin the index with gains attributed to higher farm incomes lower real estate taxes and improved farm credit conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Benton Ass'n No. 1 Averages 30.2 Lbs Butterfat In May
In May the 352 cows across 26 Benton County Cow Test association No. 1 herds averaged 810 pounds of milk and 30.2 pounds of butterfat per cow. Sixty six cows produced 40 to 50 pounds of butterfat. 14 produced 50 to 60. 6 produced 60 to 70. 3 produced 70 to 80. Herman Rogers led with the high herd, his 16 grade jerseys averaging 881 pounds of milk and 44.8 pounds of butterfat. All members fed balanced rations and pasture-fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton County
Branson Elected President of West Branch Cow Testing Assn
Ralph Branson was chosen president at the West Branch Cow Testing Association annual meeting. C Earl Smith became vice president, Ivan Gates secretary treasurer, and A M Spencer and W H Estle named directors. Robert Jones was rehired as tester. Floyd Johnston and Morrell Leeds spoke. Picnic and tour planned for July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Ralph Branson
C. Earl Smith
Ivan Gates
A. M. Spencer
W. H. Estle
Robert Jones
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Department
Morrell Leeds
Cedar County
Linn Junior Farm Bureau Holds Leap Year Box Social
About thirty two members attended the Linn county Junior Farm Bureau meeting at Bertram hall. The Leap Year box social was the featured event with girls buying the boxes. Plans were made for about fifteen members to attend the district camp at Davenport on July 3 4 and 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau Organization
Bertram Hall
Davenport
North Tama Cow Test Picnic Set for June 16
TOLEDO The J. W. Mitchell farm northwest of Dinsdale will host the North Tama County Cow Test association picnic on June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tama
Toledo
J. W. Mitchell
Dinsdale
Burden of Proof Shifts to Farmers for Class 2 Soil Aids
Iowa State College extension officials report that farmers applying for class 2 payments under the agricultural conservation program must prove soil building practices. Proof must be signed by a township committee member or two disinterested farmers, with records of seeds, materials, and acreages kept for verification to reduce county and township workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Des Moines
Extension Service
Iowa State College
J. W. Merrill
Merrill
Wilton Junction Herd Leads Scott Muscatine Cow Test
Alfred Paper of near Stockton tops May scores in the Scott Muscatine County Cow Test association with an average 1122 pounds of milk and 37.7 pounds of butterfat. The herd is led by two outstanding sires, grandsons of King Bessie Aems of Pietertype, all american Holstein sires from Elmwood Farms Deepfield Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Junction
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Scott-Muscatine County
Bessie Aems
Pietertye
Elmwood Farms
Deepfield
Ill
Hazleton area corn cultivated four times on 55 acres
Special to The Gazette reports C F Arthaud and Son, farmers three miles northwest of Hazleton, cultivate fifty five acres of corn with some knee high plants already cultivated four times. Oats are progressing well for a potential bumper crop. Hay pasture and potatoes show rapid growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
C. F. Arthaud and Son
Iowa corn loans fall due July in Des Moines
Nearly seven million dollars in Iowa corn loans placed under seal last winter plus about one hundred forty thousand dollars in interest fall due July 1. H. C. Aaberg notes farmers may keep corn under seal or liquidate. CCC will not extend terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
DES Moines
INS
State Department of Agriculture
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Daily Judging Team For Waterloo Show Chosen At C.T.A. Picnic
At the Fayette County C T A picnic in Oelwein one hundred fifty members and guests heard speakers B W Lodwick Ames FERA supervisor Fred Harms Oelwein buttermaker and Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairy specialist. J S Alshouse Oelwein and Harold Donner Aurora placed high in Holstein and Guernsey judging and will represent the association at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo this fall. Floyd Arnold judged the placings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Fayette County
B. W. Lodwick
Ames
FERA
Fred Harms
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Service
J. S. Alshouse
Harold Donner
Aurora
John Cashen
George Platt Farm
Association
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Borrowers Advised on Crib Seals and Small Loans
Aaberg warns borrowers not to remove seals from cribs unless they have written authorization from the lending agency. The message discusses small loan terms and the approximate two percent interest due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaberg
Cattle Congress awards contracts for new buildings
The Dairy Cattle Congress board awarded a $120,000 contract to John G. Miller Construction Co for a hippodrome saddle horse barn feed barn and an addition to the poultry building in Waterloo. Work starts Thursday with the hippodrome expanding to 8000 seats and the arena sunk three feet with steel seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress Board
John G. Miller Construction Company
Congress
Toledo Co op to pay farmers $9,500 for corn crop
Toledo Cooperative Canning plans $9,500 in payments to farmers who supplied corn. Manager George Kelley reports last year’s pack was good and current crop prospects look promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Toledo
Toledo Co-operative Canning Company
George Kelley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Linn County 4-H
Ellen Borghart
Mrs. Michel
Benton Ass’n No. 1
Branson
West Branch Test Ass’n
Linn Junior Farm Bureau
Williams
Lissen
Goodyear
Firestone
Firestone Tires
Sentinel
Goodyear Tires
Rapaports
West End
16Th Ave
Speedway
U.S. Royal
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Shars
Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
Mgr
Cattle Congress
Killian
Killian’s
Cedar Park
The
Killian CO
Shellsburg
Zack McArthur
Gene Fagan
C. W. van Note
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