Corn Near Layby In Eastern Iowa Conditions Excellent
Eastern Iowa reports corn in Van Buren Muscatine Keokuk and nearby counties waist high and ready to lay by. Some fields replanting ongoing and a few northern areas show first time cultivation for late planted ensilage corn. Oats and barley head rapidly pastures and meadows show heavy growth and alfalfa haying is underway with first cuttings in progress.
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van Buren
Iowa
Muscatine
Keokuk
Butter Market Improves, Says Iowa Creameries Bulletin
The June bulletin from the Iowa Creameries Association reports a likely steady uptick in butter market conditions. A two week survey suggests the peak dairy flush is passed as pastures improve, though cattle condition and limited grain feed have trimmed production. Milk in eastern metropolitan areas runs below last year, with storage demand above expectations and prices averaging 20.73 cents per pound for butter fat in April.
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Iowa Creameries Association
Clyde Bechtelheimer
Bechtelheimer
Bulletin
What's What Out on the Acres Owner Near Conroy
Interview with Frank Conroy and his brother John, owners of 240 acres east of Conroy, renting out land. Born on the same farm sixty four years ago, he comments on Dickinson, Field, Brookhart, and campaign tactics, calling Field's mail order approach a national advertising stunt.
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Frank Conroy
John Conroy
Conroy
Field
Labor
Henry Field
Shenandoah
United States
Daily Farm News reflective of prohibition debates and 1930s politics
A scribbled page features editor Ray Anderson discussing prohibition, politics, and economic issues. It quotes Murphy on the repeal debate and Roosevelt’s potential nomination, criticizing saloons and supporting government regulated liquor for revenue. It laments wealth concentration and greed shaping policy, ending with a note to continue on page 16.
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Murphy
Dubuque
Grain Receipts Decline Sharply At Cedar Rapids And Chicago
On Tuesday Cedar Rapids reported thirteen carloads of grain inspected, while Chicago had eleven. Federal inspector George W. Ramsey noted this was the first time Cedar Rapids surpassed Chicago in a day. He attributed the drop to farmers not selling and the overall sluggish movement of grain.
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George W. Ramsey
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Mr. Ramsey
Illinois
Iowa corn crop varies as rains hinder growth stateswide
Des Moines reports the Iowa corn crop in mixed stages Wednesday. Excess rains and limited sun slowed development with waist high to barely germinated grain in replanted areas. Weeds overtake fields due to inability to cultivate wet ground after heavy rains peaking at 5.8 inches in Iowa Falls and 4.13 in Alton Sioux county.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Falls
Alton
Sioux County
Peas Beets and Strawberries Highlight Local Garden Work
Special to The Gazette reports Mrs. Harry McCroskey first to use peas and beets from the garden. Housewives are canning strawberries and gooseberries and expect a good blackberry yield. Cherries and mulberries ripen rapidly as farmers tend corn a third time. Harold Fulwider aims to cut clover hay late this week. Many soybeans have been sown for hay in the area.
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South Bethel
Harry McCroskey
Harold Fulwider
Bovine TB Free Counties Map Released by USDA
A June 1 USDA map shows 1,422 modified accredited counties in the United States, about 46.3 percent, practically free of bovine tuberculosis. Seven states have all counties in the modified accredited category. a 1923 map had only seventeen counties across four states as modified accredited areas.
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United States
Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Holiday Meeting Planned At Earlville
Earlville hosts a Farmers' Union meeting with state secretary Robert Moore of Des Moines discussing the proposed farmers' holiday. The event aims to outline plans and gain local support for the holiday proposal.
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Earlville
Robert Moore
Des Moines
The
Farmers’ Union
Earl
Fence Drift Reflected in June Night Sky Poem
A poem describes a June night with a flitting moon and cirrus clouds. Sudden distant lightning silhouettes a landscape, followed by a calm scene of insect chorus and the scent of fresh cut clover. The imagery contrasts danger and serenity under quiet skies.
Marylin Burhans Crowned 4-H Queen Of Delaware
Marylin Burhans daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Burhans of Prairie township was crowned queen of Delaware county 4-H club girls at Rally day here. She will represent her county in the state contest at Ames the week of June 27. The program drew 125 4-H club girls from Oneida Coffin's Grove Delaware Milo Prairie Hazel Green and Union townships. Officers elected for the coming year were Marjory Mangold president Maxine Gibbs vice president Ethel Johnston secretary treasurer and Elsie Arnold historian. Elsie Arnold of Earlville won the Picture Memory contest.
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Manchester
Marylin Burhans
Homer Burhans
Prairie Township
Delaware County
Ames
Oneida
Coffin’s Grove
Delaware
Milo
Prairie
Hazel Green
Union Townships
Marjory Mangold
Hazel Green Township
Maxine Gibbs
Coffin’s Grove Township
Ethel Johnston
Delaware Township
Elsie Arnold
Oneida Township
Earlville
Buchanan and Clayton Wool Pools Are Shipped
Independence reports Buchanan county sheep growers pooled over 6 000 pounds of wool for shipment to Des Moines warehouses of the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association. Officials say the wool quality exceeds previous pools.
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Buchanan and
Clayton
Independence
Buchanan County
Des Moines
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Wool Growers Ship Record Carload to Des Moines
Members of the Clayton County Wool Growers association shipped a carload of wool to the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association warehouses in Des Moines. The Friday shipment was larger than last year's consignment, county agent Roy Combs said.
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Eleader
Clayton County Wool Growers’ Association
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Des Moines
Roy Combs
Young Shorthorn Bulls Bring 41 to 75 A Head
Purebred Shorthorn bulls sold at Evergreen farm six miles southwest of Columbus Junction. Mrs. J. E. Gray and C. E. Pierce offered the bulls with prices ranging from 41 to 75 dollars per head. The sale drew local buyers and cataloged cattle in good condition.
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Columbus Junction
J. E. Gray
C. E. Pierce
Evergreen Farm
Donnan Residents Gather Deep Storm Ice Hailstones
Will Hanneman and E L Gundacker of Donnan collected a cream can of hailstones three feet deep in drifts after a storm stretching toward Fayette. The hail was used to freeze ice cream.
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Donnan
Will Hanneman
E. L. Gundacker
Fayette
Calf killed on Rock Island tracks near Tipton
John Pesota, a farmer west of Tipton, reports a 350 pound Hereford calf killed after it was struck by a Rock Island train. The calf was valued at 30 dollars.
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Tipton
John Pesota
Rock Island
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