Linn County 4 H Rally Day Honors Win and Songs
About 275 people attended Linn County 4 H Rally Day at Franklin School Cedar Rapids centering on Oven Products and music appreciation. Merry Sous 4 H of Linn and Franklin townships won first in the song festival earning a portable phonograph. Jackson Juniors placed second with a phonograph record. Sunny Susies took third with a sheet music prize. Thirteen clubs competed, led by Mrs William McEvoy Jr and Rex B Conn, with Mrs Hazel Hand giving the welcome and Mrs A R Minish directing group singing. Approximately nineteen Linn County girls will attend the 4 H state convention at Ames June 24 27.
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Ellen Borghart
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
Linn’s Best
Jackson
Buffalo Busy Bees
Michel
C B F Michel
Marion
Whiuer Gleaners Club
Muss He'en Swinnes
Ames Tree Square
Tory
Indian Creek Bluehsreds
Monroonette
Stuhin Street
Merry Lous
Linns Best Club
Leif Coher
Ferne Schulty
Frances Colver
Center Pont
Twaindla Club
Lucille Gove
Ames
World Wool Output Seen Roughly Flat in 1936
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects 1936 world wool production, excluding Russia and China, near 1935 levels at about 3.278 billion pounds. U S and Canada show little change, Europe near term gains expected, and Southern Hemisphere herds bolster output while Australia may see higher yield per sheep. Mill activity in U S wool textile plants remains below late 1935 peaks while UK industry stays strong and continental Europe shows mixed gains.
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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
Conn Advises Second Cover Spray For Fruit Crops
Linn County Agent Rex B Conn urged farmers to apply a second cover spray in orchards within ten to fourteen days after the first, citing fair to good prospects, codling moth emergence since May 17, and scab risk in southern Iowa. He recommended a spray mix of 11 pounds lead arsenite plus Bordeaux 2-3-50 or lime sulfur along with hydrated lime in fifty gallons of water.
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Linn County
Rex B Conn
Iowa
Conn
Towa
Plan Terracing to Halt Soil Erosion
Washington notes that over 36 000 miles of farm terraces will be built in three years under the Soil Conservation Service with farmers. Terracing helps prevent erosion on moderate slopes, but Bennett warns terraces must pair with vegetation and crop practices.
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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
Special to The Gate Ames Iowa delegates at the annual state conference of vocational agriculture instructors discuss the Roosevelt signed George Deen vocational education bill providing 12 million dollars in federal aid for teachers salaries with one third for vocational agriculture. Ten Iowa high schools including Carroll Atlantic Correctionville Chariton Knoxville DeWitt Spencer Logan Sibley and Waverly will add departments next fall and bring the total to 125. The program reviews and future planning cover adult education and broader farmer education efforts.
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Gate Ames
Iowa State College
George Deen
Roosevelt
Iowa
Carroll
Atlantic
Correctionville
Chariton
Knoxville
DeWitt
Spencer
Logan
Sibley and Waverly
Farmer of America
Romance in Breads Highlights Linn 4-H Project
Linn County 4-H members from the C Square F Square club presented a "Romance in Breads" skit at Franklin High School Cedar Rapids during the county girls rally day. The performance showcased breads from colonial to German styles with participants including Dorothy Babbitt Gail Phillipson Hollis Booth Ruth Marek Lorrine Spencer Virginia Smith Esther Booth Margaret Butler and others.
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College Township
Franklin High School
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Babbitt
Lawrence Booth
Holland
Gail Phillipson
Linn 4-H’ers
Farm Real Estate Index Rises to 82 in Iowa
Des Moines reports a three year increase in farm real estate values lifting the index to 82. The index stood at 79 last year and was 76 in 1934 and 73 in 1933. Gains are linked to higher farm incomes lower property taxes and better farm credit conditions.
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Des Moines
Benton Ass'n No 1 Averages 30 2 Lbs Butterfat In May
In Benton County May test shows 352 cows across 26 herds averaged 810 pounds of milk and 30.2 pounds of butterfat. Sixty six cows made 40 to 50 pounds of butterfat, fourteen 50 to 60, six 60 to 70, and three 70 to 80. Herman Rogers led with 16 grade Jerseys averaging 881 pounds of milk and 44.8 pounds of butterfat. All members fed balanced rations and used pasture.
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Vinton
Benton County
Bran son Elected President of West Branch Cow Testing Association
Ralph Branson was elected president of the West Branch Cow Testing Association at its annual business meeting Tuesday evening. C Earl Smith became vice president Ivan Gates secretary treasurer and A M Spencer and W Hustle named directors. Robert Jones was rehired as tester Floyd Johnston of the Ames extension department and Morrell Leeds Cedar County agent spoke. Plans were laid for the annual association picnic and tour on July 16.
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West Branch
Ralph Branson
C. Earl Smith
Ivan Gates
A. M. Spencer
W. Hustle
Robert Jones
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Department
Morrell Leeds
Cedar County
Linn Junior Farm Bureau Reports Leap Year Box Social
Approximately 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.
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Linn County Junior Farm Bureau Organization
Bertram Hall
Davenport
North Tama Cow Test Picnic Set for June 16
TOLEDO The North Tama County Cow Test association picnic will be held June 16 at the J. W. Mitchell farm northwest of Dinsdale.
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North Tama
Toledo
J. W. Mitchell
Dinsdale
Burden Shifts to Farmer for Class 2 Soil Building Payments
Iowa State College extension officials say farmers must prove soil building practices for class 2 payments. Proof must be signed by township committee member or two disinterested farmers and include receipts, seed usage, method, acreage, landlord name, and worksheet numbers. This aims to reduce county and township committee workload and costs.
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Ames
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Des Moines
Extension Service
Iowa State College
J. W. Merrill
Merrill
High herd in Scott Muscatine County Cow Test group
Alfred Paper of near Stockton led May results with an average herd production of 1122 pounds of milk and 37.7 pounds of butterfat. The Elmwood Farms Deepfield Indiana herd supplies two outstanding sires, grandsons of King Bessie Aems of Pietertye, all American Holstein sires.
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Wilton Junction
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Scott-Muscatine County
Bessie Aems
Pietertye
Elmwood Farms
Deepfield
Corn Is Cultivated Fourth Time In The Hazleton Vicinity
Special to The Gazette reports HAZLETON area farmers C F Arthaud and Son three miles northwest of Hazleton cultivate fifty five acres of corn four times with parts knee high. Oats progress well for a potential bumper crop, and hay pasture and potatoes show rapid growth.
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Hazleton
C. F. Arthaud and Son
Daily Judging Team For Waterloo Show Chosen At C T A Picnic
About 150 attendees heard speakers B W Lodwick FERA supervisor Fred Harms and Floyd Arnold at the Fayette County Con test association No 1 picnic in Oelwein J S Alshouse and Harold Donner placed high in Holstein and Guernsey judging at specific farms and will represent the association at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo this fall Floyd Arnold judged placings.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Con Test Association
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
Iowa corn loans due July 1 seal program warned
Nearly seven million dollars in Iowa corn loans secured by CCC and about 140 thousand dollars in interest fall due July 1. Officials note current farm prices around 45 to 50 cents a bushel and say many farmers will let seeds stay sealed rather than redeem with cash. Extension of seals not provided by CCC. banks hold most loans and liquidation unlikely to crash prices.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Borrowers Advised On Crib Seal Rules And Interest
Aaberg warned borrowers about not removing crib seals without written authorization from the lending agency. The notice mentions approximately 2 percent interest due on loans.
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Aaberg
Cattle Congress Awards Contracts For New Buildings
Waterloo AP reports the Dairy Cattle Congress board awarded John G. Miller Construction a $120 000 contract to raise hippodrome and expand barns including a saddle horse barn a feed barn and an addition to the poultry building. Construction starts Thursday with the hippodrome expanding to 8000 seats and the arena sunk three feet. Steel seating planned.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress Board
John G. Miller Construction Company
Congress
Toledo Co Op to Pay $9,500 to Local Corn Makers
Toledo Canning Co-Op will issue checks totaling $9,500 to farmers who supplied corn. Manager George Kelley reports last year’s pack was good and this season’s crop is promising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Toledo
Toledo Co-operative Canning Company
George Kelley
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Linn County 4-H
Benton Ass’n No. 1
Branson
West Branch Test Ass’n
Linn Junior Farm Bureau
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