Iowa City Firm Donates Gas Drip For Chinch Bug Barrier
Iowa City Light and Power donates coal tar emulsion to Johnson county farmers for chinch bug barrier demonstrations. On the Emil Meyer farm near Lone Tree a 52 demonstration is under way with more than 200 farmers attending. Federal aid for barrier oil shipments is planned to bolster local supplies.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Light and Power Company
C. H Myers
Johnson County
S. L. Duncan
Emil Meyer
Lone Tree
Chirch
H Hixson
Ames
Duncan
Dairymen in North Tama Set Iowa Feed Budget Record
In May dairy farmers across North Tama achieved the highest association feed budget record in Iowa despite a grass shortage. Dairymen kept detailed silos records and used summer storage to balance cattle feeding amid poor pasture yields.
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North
Tama
Iowa
Getting Ready To Stop Bugs On Farm In Johansen County
A southwestern Low farmer with decades of experience leads county meetings to plan chinch bug control. An oil barrier is expected to arrive this week for farmers to halt insect migration from small grains into corn fields as chinch bugs threaten oats and young bugs prepare to invade corn.
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Johansen County
Low
Federal
Roudabush
Hixson
Local Cedar Rapids woman credits Gly-Cas for health rebound
Mrs. M A Cheney of Cedar Rapids reports dramatic relief after using Gly-Cas at Thrifty Drug Store. She says high blood pressure, strokes, and digestive and kidney issues improved, enabling normal meals and better sleep, and urges others with similar problems to try the remedy. The ad notes Gly-Cas is sold at the Thrifty Drug Store.
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M A. Cheney
Third Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Thir Avenue
Sears
Cheney T
Great Rapids
Thrifty Drug
Third Avenue SE
Chinch bug control methods shown in Washington County
Washington Iowa entomologist A D Worthington will demonstrate chinch bug management this week at the Walham Darby shire farm northeast of Washington County. The program covers creosote barriers, bait repellents, and timing to protect corn and advise farmers on resistant crops like soybeans and buckwheat.
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Johnson County
Louisa Washington
Duncan
Washington
ChinCH bug damage peaks in Cedar county with controls trial
Special report notes the heaviest chinch bug damage in forty years across Tipton Cedar county. Wheat and barley fields are ruined while corn fields face invasion. A chinch bug control demonstration occurred June 12 at Frank Kiser’s Sugar Creek township farm. Distribution plans for free barrier oil are set, needing about fifty gallons to shield an eighty-rod field strip.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Frank Kiser
Sugar Creek
The Wagon Is Tin by a Country Woman
A column recounts two experiences with children and profiteering at home. The author notes porch box filling for 2 cents a load, unexpected debts, and a squirrel catching scheme that grows from 5 to 9 daily. The family ends with a moral on fairness and shared credit.
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Dad
Benson To Speak At Illyria Community Day June 15
Republican U S representative candidate C A Benson will speak at the Illyria Community Day on June 15. The program includes an Elgin band concert and the E act play Wild Ginger with Miss Iola Feller and LeRoy Rothlisberger in leading roles.
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Benson
Illyria
Elgin
C A Benson
United States
Iola Feller
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Jersey Parish Show Draws 100 Head At West Liberty
One hundred head of Jersey cattle are entered for the Fourth district show to be held June 14 at West Liberty. Eighteen head will appear at the state fair in Des Moines this fall. Floyd Johnson of Ames acts as official judge. The Fourth district covers Iowa counties including Johnson, Linn, Keokuk, Mahaska, Cedar, Scott, Muscatine and Washington. A picnic dinner will be served.
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Iowa
P WN Annand
Minneapolis
Towa
Page Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Appanoose
van Buren
Lee
Des Moines Herry
Wapello
Monroe
West Liberty
Jersey
Jersey Parish
Des Moines
Floyd Johnson
Ames
Johnson
Linn
Keokuk
Mahaska
Cedar
Scott
Muscatine
Washington
Dairy Auction Cancelled by Waterloo Congress
Ed Estes secretary-manager announces the sale of thirty pure-bred Guernsey bulls scheduled for June 16 on the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds has been canceled.
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Ed Estes
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Dairy Cattle Congress
Johnson County Contracts Ready for Final Signing
The corn and hog committeemen from 21 townships in Johnson County prepared to submit regular contracts for second signatures. With 914 regular contracts and 902 early pays, 11 stenographers were typed to handle contracts as 63 committee members aim to finish canvassing by week end.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
State Board of Review
Washington
Monroe Township
Cedar Township
Windup of corn-hog campaign finishes in Audubon county
Audubon county farmers submit 1 458 completed contracts to the AAA corn-hog section. Including 182 early pay contracts sent earlier, total contracts signed reach 1 640, just four shy of the initial 1 644 applications. After revision, final signatures are recorded and checks are to be mailed from Washington in the coming weeks.
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Des Moines
Audubon County
Washington
Wool Pool Draws 6066 Pounds From Linn Growers
Six dozen farmers from Linn consign 6066 pounds of wool Saturday at Marion to the annual pool run by the sheep growers association. R P Ink of Mount Vernon led with 620 pounds, F L Fuhrmeister of Ely second with 502 pounds. Wool shipped to Des Moines for grading before sale in the National pool at Boston.
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Marion
Sheep Growers’ Association
R. P Ink
Mount Vernon
Roy White
F L. Fuhrmeister
Ely
State Pool
Des Moines
National Pool
Boston
Fayette Corn Hog Contract Signers Receive First Installment
In Fayette county four hundred twenty five corn hog contract signers received first installment payments totaling 60358 dollars. Payments equal two dollars per head for hogs and fourteen point five cents per bushel for corn yields. Checks were issued June 4 with four held for minor contract technicalities. Largest check 548.05 dollars. over 400, nine over 300, fifty one over 200, and 191 over 100.
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Fayette
Fayette County
House Passes 2000-Pound Hog Tax Exemption
The House approved an amendment to exempt 2000 pounds of each farmer hogs from the processing tax, a shift seen as a win for small eastern and southern hog producers but a potential burden for midwest hog raisers. President Roosevelt would likely veto if sent to him.
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Washington
House
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Senate
Roosevelt
Snell
New York
Republican House
South
Gillette
Biermann
Wearin
Middlewest
Iowa
England Tightens U S Ham and Bacon Exports Restrictions
Special to The Garvette reports that based on British allocations U S exports of hams and bacon to the United Kingdom will fall to about 52 million pounds this year, far below the 174-175 million pounds annual average before 1934.
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Chicago
United States
United Kingdom
Charles E. Herrick
Committee On Foreign Relations and Trade
The
Institute of American Meat Packers
Mr Herrick
Herrick
Canada
Dogs Slay 14 Sheep Near Greeley
Fourteen sheep were killed by three dogs at the J. R. Holmes farm near Greeley Saturday morning. Robert Brady killed the attacking dogs with a shotgun. Holmes is caring for 400 sheep and lambs in a forty acre pasture.
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Greeley
J. R. Holmes
Robert Brady
Mr Holmes
Pioneers of Cow Testing in Iowa Celebrated at Waterloo
Special to The Gazette recalls the 1909 start of Iowa cow testing by R. K. Bliss H E Colby and E R Schumaker leading to the first two associations Benson and Pioneer. The twenty fifth anniversary will be marked at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress with an exhibit and banquet as Iowa extension dairymen assist.
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Ames
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa
R. K. Bliss
Ames Extension Service
H E. Colby
Oaksdale
Peder Pedersen
Benson
Cedar Falls
E. R. Schumaker
Bliss
Helmer Ra
Black Hawk County
J.C. Guthrie
Extension Service
Orange Township Creamery
Pioneer Association
J. Wilbert Miller
Pioneer-Cedar Falls Association
Iowa Extension Dairymen
North Tama cows set Iowa butterfat record in May
The North Tama Cow Test association led Iowa with an average of 43.5 pounds butterfat in May, the highest for any Iowa association. Across the state 53 associations averaged 29.3 pounds in March, 27.9 in April, and 30.2 in May amid drought and chinch bugs. Members culled 410 cows to cope with shortages, while many fed silage or sweet clover pasture and a balanced grain ration.
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Ames
North Tama
Iowa
Ames Dairy Extension Service
Fremont- Page
Benton No
South Hardin
Washington
Lee Des Moines
Grundy
Joe Chezik
Dysart
F. A.chester and Sons
Plainfield
C. A. Mark and Son
Iowa Falls
Charles Stubbs and Sons
Conrad
Floyd Johnson
Madrid
E. M. Santman
Iowa State School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Fayette Wool Sale Set By County Growers
The Fayette County Wool Growers association sales committee meets June 16 in Fayette to auction the county wool pool. Prospective buyers must file bids at the Farm Bureau office in Fayette by 2 p.m. after the sale growers will be told when to deliver wool. Last year’s pool exceeded 38 000 pounds.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Wool Growers Association
Farm Bureau
Farmers Use Government Acres For Forage In Lafayette
In Lafayette area farmers use government contracted acres for forage crops. Soybean seed priced at 2.50 a bushel. Light rainfall observed, pastures and gardens improving slowly while many gardens have been destroyed by drought.
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Lafayette
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Precipitation data shows none in the last 24 hours ending Tuesday at 7 am. June totals reach 2.02 inches vs 1.95 normal, an excess of .07. Year to date rain is 6.48 inches against 12.78 normal, with a 6.30 inch deficiency since January 1.
Cedar County Farm Bureau Picnic Sees Mrs Sewell Speak
Mrs Charles W Sewell of Indiana will deliver the principal address at Cedar County Farm Bureau’s annual picnic on June 26. An inter-township kittenball tournament opens the day, followed by a Farm Bureau band concert and a chorus performance during the afternoon program.
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Tipton
Charles W. Sewell
Indiana
American Farm Bureau Federation
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Chorus
Fayette 4 H Girls Elect New Officers
Fayette county 4 H girls clubs elected new officers at Rally Day with Helen Schlatter as president, Helen Bodensteiner as vice president, Bernekca Stelzmiller as secretary treasurer, and Edna Frisch as historian. About 130 girls attended from ten clubs and nine clubs named delegates to the state convention at Ames June 25 28.
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Fayette
Helen Schlatter
Fayette County
Helen Bodensteiner
Bernekca Stelzmiller
Edna Frisch
Florence Forbes
Ames Extension Service
Ames
Sunny Sals
Lucky Clovers Club
Hilda Putnam
Lucky Clover Club
Fairfield Township
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