Wool price outlook stable as favorable, unfavorable factors balance
June 1938 wool report from the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics says domestic prices likely stay near current levels this summer. Favorable factors include strength in foreign wool prices and the government loan program. unfavorable ones include large wool stocks and weak mill consumption.
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Ashington
D. C
Fence Drift Catches Woven Wire In Forage Ferment
R F A notes an imperceptible drift in woven wire fencing and discusses fermenting agents for forage ensilage. Fluid molasses currently appears best, costing about 75 cents per ton, with higher palatability and feed value. Other methods like dried molasses and acids are being explored, including dried whey and skim milk viability.
Surge in Baby Chick Hatch Orders and May Hatch Rates
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports from 236 hatcheries show June 1 delivery orders up 96 percent versus last year. May chick hatch rose 23 percent, with eggs set totaling 19,291,000 up 30 percent from 14,852,000. East North Central states added 23 percent more eggs set, 19 percent more salable chicks hatched, and a 57 percent jump in advance June orders. all regions except the Pacific coast saw more chicks hatched.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
East North Central States
Pacific Coast States
Keokuk County 4-H Elects South English Leader
Beth Brower of the Merry Maids 4-H club became president of the Keokuk county 4-H organization after Rally Day at Sigourney. The Merry Maids won firsts in singing and recognition tests, with Maurine Brower singing an official 4-H song. Kathryn Ann Sloan, also from the Merry Maids, will attend the state meeting in Ames on Wednesday.
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Beth Brower
Merry Maids 4-H Club
Keokuk
Sigourney
Dorothy Driscoll
Williamsburg
Merry Maids
Zepp
Hedrick
Merry Maids Club
Maurine Brower
Kathryn Ann Sloan
The
Ames
Clutier Elevator Sold to Cedar Rapids Firm
A deal completed today transfers ownership of the 65,000-bushel Clutier grain elevator operated by E. W. Taylor and company to Piper Grain and Milling of Cedar Rapids. Possession passed Monday.
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Clutier
E. W. Taylor and Company
Piper Grain and Milling Company
Cedar Rapids
Marion farmer mow s and rakes in one operation
Charles B F Michel, a farmer northwest of Marion, oversees alfalfa harvest using two tractors, two wagons, and a team. The crew aims to fill a silo with corn ensilage by Monday evening while cutting approximately fifteen acres of green forage.
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Charles B F. Michel
Marion
Michel
Quad County Beef Show Set For Clinton Sept 17
Clinton hosts the fourth annual Quad county 4 H baby beef show on September 17 with awards for top cattle from Carroll Whiteside Illinois and Jackson Clinton Iowa. A grand parade and banquet accompany the event sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce with 4 H agents.
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Clinton
Carroll
Whiteside
Illinois
Jackson
Iowa
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Soils Pact Expands Across Allamakee Clayton Townships
In northeastern Clayton and southeastern Allamakee counties, sixty three farms totaling 12 308 acres operate under a cooperative soil conservation service program. Rex L. White CCC camp superintendent reports farmers supply materials while CCC provides labor. Projects include terracing contour tillage contour strip cropping planting trees timber stand improvement and gully control with 1310 wire log and brush dams plus twenty masonry dams built in three years. One hundred fifty one men are enrolled in ten work groups using camp trucks. Summer focuses on dam construction. winter shifts to timber improvement.
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Mcgregor
Clayton County
Allamakee
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor CCC
Rex. L. White
CCC
Fayette county soils tour convenes with farm visits
Twenty eight Fay ette county farmers attended the county soils tour Thursday with stops at the W H Turner farm north of Fayette to view a 1937 pasture improvement using discing legume seeding and phosphate and at the G D Grimes farm northeast of West Union to inspect a rejuvenated pasture.
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Tfayette
Fayette County
W. H. Turner
Fayette
G. D. Grimes
West Union
Farm Tour Notes Contour Planting and Soil Practices Sighted
Visiting farms near Elgin Clermont and Postville observers report a 1938 seedbed with legumes and good stands. Contour planted corn and strip cropping were seen at Rothlisberger farms with phosphate effects noted. TVA demonstration at W S Rothlisberger and Terra operations at Nesbit Kerr farms showed terraces gully control and tree planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rothlisberger
W. S. Rothlisberger
Elgin
TVA
A. C. Nesbit
Clermont
K. J. Kerr
Postville
Drive To Reduce Surplus Of Dairy Commodities Begins
The national cooperative milk producers' federation launched a month-long drive starting June 9 to cut surplus dairy products by boosting consumption. It aims for cooperation from 200,000 retail outlets nationwide and calls for state dairy producer committees to work with distributing and consumer organizations. April production of principal dairy products rose nearly 12 percent from last year, while consumption lagged behind 1937 levels.
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Washington
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
C. W. Warburton
Agriculture Department Extension Service
Agricultural Extension
Federation
Keokuk 4-H Baby Beef Tour Conducted in Keokuk
The Delta report notes the Keokuk County Baby Beef club tour held Thursday with Carl Oldsen of the Iowa Beef Production association judging. The judging team included Leland Grove Edwin Holden and Ted Snakenberg.
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Delta
Keokuk County
Carl Oldsen
Iowa Beef Production Association
Leland Grove
Edwin Holden
Ted Snakenberg
Belle Plaine Farmers Host Business Men Dinner
Belle Plaine farmers invite area business men to a June 16 evening gathering. Preston O. Koser, chair of farmers committees, announced the community event planned to foster relations between farmers and local business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Preston O. Koser
Ames Students Set for 12 States Farming Tour This Summer
Twenty three Ames students will study agriculture this summer traveling 4500 miles in a chartered bus June 21 to July 20. The trip covers cattle and sheep ranching in Nebraska Wyoming Colorado New Mexico cotton farming Texas rice sugar cane Louisiana tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee and corn in Illinois and Iowa. Travelers include George A. Brown Grinnell Elvin Bicke Fairfield Clarence L. Goecke State Center John D. Morris Wapello and Robert M. Thompson Vinton accompanied by A L Anderson and C S Dorchester from the departments of animal husbandry and agronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Mississippi Valley
Agronomy
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ilinois
Iowa
George A. Brown
Grinnell
Elvin B. Ficke
Fairfield
Clarence L. Goecke
State Center
John D. Morris
Wapello
Robert M. Thompson
Vinton
A. L. Anderson
Animal Husbandry Department
C. S
Creeping Jennie Reported In Jones County Farmland
Wyoming Farm Bureau members at the Peter Eichhorn farm report Creeping Jennie or European bindweed infesting fields in Jones County. County Agent Carl Smith says small patches may be treated with chemicals, but large areas over one acre prove cost prohibitive.
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Wyoming
Jones County
Wyoming Township Farm Bureau
Peter Eichhorn
Carl Smith
New Farm House Built Near Jesup for Bankers Life
The Bankers Life Insurance Co of Des Moines is constructing a seven room house with basement 26 by 30 feet to replace a home burned last month on its Barclay township farm near Jesup.
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Jesup
Bankers Life Insurance Company of
Des Moines
Barclay Township
Wheat Loans Hit 25 Million Bushels on Iowa Corn
The Commodity Credit Corporation said it had approved loans through Thursday totaling 25,277,440 bushels of corn on Iowa farms. Washington, D. C. (AP)
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Washington, D. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Corn Exports Reach 85 Million Bushels in Season
The United States Department of Agriculture reports season total corn exports at about 85 million bushels with 3 million bushels shipped from Chicago to eastern lake markets last week. Argentine crops face heavy rains delaying harvest though sowing of small grains proceeds with good germination. British barley imports from the United States top 140 thousand tons for 1937-38, with Scotland and Canada supplying much of the barley for distillers.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
International Institute of Agriculture
Buenos Aires
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
Corn Planting Delayed by Rains Yet No Major Damage Seen
United Press survey finds abnormally heavy rains delaying corn planting and cultivation across the corn belt but not causing serious harm. Iowa shows 92 percent planted with favorable growth, Illinois expects near schedule with good weather, Indiana reports 90 percent planted though weeds threaten, Minnesota behind by one to two weeks, Nebraska reports virtually all corn planted with progress and minimal cutworm damage, Wisconsin notes good is seen though excess rain in the northwest.
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Chicago
United Press
Tony
Iowa
Nebraska
L. N. Carl
Illinois
A. J. Surret
Indiana
Purdue Agricultural Department
Minnesota
I. J. Johnson
U. of Minn
A. V. Norquist
Wisconsin
Northwest
Four-State Beemen’s Meeting Scheduled
Honey producers from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa will meet at Eagle Point park Dubuque on June 17 and 18 for the first regional bee keepers conference in ten years. Speakers include N E France L C Dadant New ton Boggs C L Farrar and Floyd Paddock with a brain derby on beekeeping. Sponsored by the Iowa Beekeepers association and the Dubuque County Beekeepers association.
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Dubuque
Eagle Point Park
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
N. E. France
Platteville
Wis
L. C. Dadant
American Bee Journal
Hamilton
Newton Boggs
Viroqua
C. L. Farrar
University of Wisconsin
Floyd Paddock
Iowa State Apiarist
Ames
Iowa Beekeepers’ Association
Dubuque County
Dairy Shorthorn Picnic Sets June 16 Near Wallingford
WALLINGFORD The annual picnic of the Iowa Milking Shorthorn Breeders association is set for June 16 at the Hilmer H. Larsen farm near Wallingford. George Godfrey of Ames will discuss the dairy outlook. Guernsey picnic follows June 21 at the R. S. Kilpatrick farm near Woodward.
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Wallingford
Iowa Milking Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Hilmer H. Larsen
George Godfrey
Ames
Woodward
Iowa Guernsey Association
R. S. Kilpatrick
34 Senate Terms Expire This Year In Contested Races
The terms of 34 senators expire this year with 5 renominated and 1 defeated in a primary. Twenty six have yet to seek renomination while several faces opponents or possible challengers, with nominations decided by state party conventions in most cases.
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Washington
Gerald P Nye
North Dakota
Penne Thomas
Oklahoma
Whriaeiek van Nuys
Indiana
George *NeGill
Kansas
Janes
Champ Clark
Milssouri
George” Li Berry
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
James P. Pope
Idaho
Yeteonert J. Bulkley
Ohio
William G. McAdoo
California
Alisa DB. Smith
South Carolina
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Vahilmed E. Tydings
Maryland
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Alva B. Adams
Colorado
Iven H. Overton
Louisiana
Fred _H.agree
New Hampshire
Db Chomas
Utah
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
Homer T. Bone
Augustine Longergan
Connecticut
Walter F. George
Georgia
John “Milton
New Jersey
Milton
A. Harry Moore
Birth of a daughter leaves Norfolk dukedom without male heir
Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Norfolk welcomed a baby girl on Sunday. The birth means the oldest dukedom in Britain remains without a male heir, though the child becomes heir to a vast family fortune.
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London
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
Britain
Calling All Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune
A wartime era tale recounts a Kansas City dog left in a hot car without sufficient ventilation. The cocker spaniel, deprived of relief, gnawed glass fragments and swallowed shards in desperation, dying in agony from heat. The piece warns readers to treat dogs with care.
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Kansas City
Czech German clash enters on new phase
Prague reports a new, dangerous phase as Czech-German tensions rise after municipal elections. Henlein and Nazi supporters push for autonomy and potential plebiscite. Hess denies attack plans, while Sudeten leaders predict war and Germanization of Czechs if needed.
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Prague
INS
Europe
America
Hitler
Henlein
Czechoslovakia Eyes Russian Aid If Britain and France Refuse
An authoritative source says Czechoslovakia would seek Russia's help in self defense if Britain and France refuse aid and would fight alone if needed. The agriculture department reports 16,818,000 bales of last year's cotton crop sold by farmers for 734,194,000 dollars.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
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Allamakee-Clayton
Fayette Soils
Kafekaff
Williams
Lissen
Len Tate Ee
Pwilrams
Creeping Jennie
Beemen
Senate
By Albert Payson
Terhune
H. RK. Knickerbocker
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Hungary
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