Iowa Farmers Face Delayed Administrative Plan For AAA
Iowa observers report Secretary Wallace may delay finalizing state administrative boards for the Agricultural Adjustment act. A June letter to governors signals possible shifts to commodity executives with farmer representation on township committees, and actual administration may rest with a non partisan agency. Farmers from major groups gather Friday at Hotel Kirkwood Des Moines to discuss implementation. Common ringworm in calves is noted as transmissible to humans.
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Ray Anderson
Iowa
Wallace
Washington
Corn
State Administration Board
Middle West
Supreme Court
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Minnesota
Kansas
Secretary of Agriculture
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Iowa crops hit by drought and heat in western counties
Drought and heat harmed oats barley and wheat across Iowa with less than half a crop expected in the dry west central counties. Corn remained robust though some damage appeared in hot western areas while hay and truck crops suffered. Local notes from Blairstown Bertram Sand Spring Troy Mills report new potatoes peas alfalfa harvests and strawberries affected by heat with rain needed to improve yields.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
West Central
East Central
The
Gazette
Blairstown
Bessie Burkhart
W. C. Stoll
Troy Mills
Marshalltown
Iowa cattle tests find 3384 reactors in 328213 tested
Des Moines AP reports bovine tuberculin tests were given to 328 213 cattle in Iowa in the first five months of the year. Chief H A Seldell said 3384 reactors were found. Cattle tested came from 16701 herds. Two months had no testing while repeal of the compulsory test law was debated.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H A. Seldell
State Animal Industry Division
Decorah And Wyoming Folk Produce Pheasants
Twelve Winneshiek county 4-H club boys raise ring neck pheasant eggs with County Agent C. W. Dack and the state game commission. On hatching they will be released as pheasants are scarce in Winneshiek. In Wyoming, John Bessinger near Wyoming has six Golden pheasant chicks hatched from seven eggs under a Rhode Island Red hen.
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Decorah
Winneshick County
C. W. Dack
State Game Commission
Winneshiek County
Wyoming
John Bessinger
Rhode Island
Bliss Says Act Opens Way To Use Business Methods On Farm
R K Bliss Iowa State extension director says the new farm adjustment act lets farmers adapt proven business methods to farming. He notes planned production, rural credit relief, mortgage refinancing, and monetary reform to restore prices and debt conditions, with local committees administering the act.
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Bliss
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Mothers of 4-H Girls Question Chaperone Coverage
A fragment from Ames notes reports concern over 4-H girls attending an Ames convention and their dormitory supervision. The writer praises the dorm supervisor for her zeal and welfare concern while noting a rebuke for a photographer present with an adult chaperone.
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Linn County
4 H Boys Pheasant Club Formed At West Branch
West Branch twelve farm boys organize a junior pheasant club one of Iowa’s twenty five groups. They will receive Ringneck pheasant eggs from the state fish and game department and release birds on their farms after safety checks. Otto Kling and John Carey distributed fourteen settings of eggs to the group members with E. L. Fisher assisting.
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West Branch
Iowa
State Fish and Game Department
Otto Kling
Clinton
John Carey
Tipton
Robert Lee Jensen
Ernest
Grain Co Op Seeks Probe of Farm Marketing Act
CHICAGO (UP) Directors of Farmers National grain corporation urged Congress to investigate the administration of the Agricultural Marketing Act. A resolution for the probe was introduced by Senator Norris. The group also urged immediate operation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act to sustain farmer morale.
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Grain Co-Op
Farm Marketing
Chicago
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Congress
C. E. Huff
Co-Operative
Norris
Grain Corporation
Jones Women to Meet at State Park Anamosa
Miss Harriett Cookingham of the Ames extension service will present the second year home management project to Jones county Farm Bureau women. The next meeting for county and local leaders will be July 14 at the state park in Anamosa with Mrs J C Wood as speaker.
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Amber
Harriett Cookinham
Ames Extension Service
Jones County Farm Bureau
State Park
Anamosa
J. C. Wood
Farm Bureau Committee
Butter Contest Draws 100 Samples At State Event
OELWEIN expects about 100 butter entries for the state butter makers convention. The afternoon features Lake Oelwein events and a 4 30 judging at the Oelwein creamery with medals awarded. Judges include A W Rudnick F W Stephenson Roy Scoles. An evening banquet at the Presbyterian church precedes a Sandrock talk with Tom Dyer as toastmaster. about 200 buttermakers and wives anticipated.
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Oelwein
Lake Oelwein
Presbyterian Church
W. P. Sandrock
Arlington
Tom Dyer
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Vocational Ag Teachers Meet At Ames Next Week
Iowa vocational agriculture instructors from across the state will gather at Iowa State College in Ames for their annual conference. A H Hausrath announces the event, organized by the state board for vocational education with the college and local teachers club. Sessions cover teaching methods, community recreation, farm management and crops, with Dr. Ray Fife of Columbus Ohio delivering an address on Education for Reconstruction.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
A. H. Hausrath
State Board For Vocational Education
Town Vocational Agriculture Teachers’ Club
Ray Fife
Columbus
Ohio
American Vocational Association
Speetns buys eighteen Guernsey heifers for Oelwein dairy herd
Floyd Oakley, tenant on the W. V. Scott farm near Oelwein, bought eighteen grade Guernsey heifers from Wisconsin. He now owns forty nine Guernsey cows as he shifts from Shorthorns, believing dairy cows yield more profit than beef despite low butterfat prices. Most milk from the farm goes to local dairies in Oelwein.
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Speetns
The
Gazette
Oelwein
Floyd Oakley
W. V. Scott
Wisconsin
Mr. Oakley
Dairies
Iowa reports bumper 1932 corn harvest across state
Iowa's 1932 corn crop described as a bumper yield. The state produced a total of 492,? bushels, with an average of 42.7 bushels per acre, and counties like Scott, Washington, Poweshiek, and Shelby posting leading yields. Acreage climbed in eastern and southwest districts while some areas fell due to hail and November snows. Springdale township Cedar county led township yields at 65.3 bushels.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Monona County
Taylor County
Woodbury
Plymouth
Scott County
Washington County
Poweshreck
Shelby
Springdale Township
Cedar County
Oelwein Cow Test Assn Reports May Milk and Fat Averages
Fayette County dairy group records 299 cows across 16 dry in May averaging 810 pounds of milk and 30.2 pounds of butterfat. Leo McDonald notes top cow Brade Holstein produced 1,782 milk and 67.7 fat. Bassett and Sons Guernsey second with 1,203 milk and 67.4 fat. The ten high herds include Cashen and Smith Brothers, Chase and Smith Brothers, Wilkinson and Methe, Chase, Lincoln, Putnam and Son, Hanson and Brock, Bassett and Son, Dan Smith and E. E. Day, and Ernest Buenzow.
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Oelwein
Fayette
John Cashen
Smith Brothers
T. B.T. Chase
Wilkinson and Methe
Louie Chase
W. G. Lincoln
E. H. Putnam
Hanson and
Brock
F. H Bassett and Son
Dan Smith
E. E. Day
Ernest Buenzow
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk Edited by Ray Anderson
Rural readers receive a compact farm focused update from Daily Farm News. Editor Ray Anderson curates short items on crops weather and local agricultural events for farm folk.
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Farm Folk
Ray Anderson
Railways Permit Hog Cars In Transit Along Iowa Routes
Iowa cross state trunk lines adopt stop in transit rules allowing hogs to load fully once in transit. North Western began May 15 and Illinois Central June 12 with a $2 car charge. Applies only to single shipper and single consignee consignments, based on minimum carload weight. Aiming to curb rising livestock truck movement.
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Iowa
North Western
Illinois Central
State Fair To Feature New Deal For Farms Displays
Des Moines Iowa state fair board will offer premiums totaling 4800 for displays of prize grains forage crops and farm exhibits this summer The exhibit titled new deal for agriculture will involve seven Farm Bureaus twenty five women Farm Bureaus the extension division at Iowa State College and the state department of agriculture It aims to show new farm plans and methods to restore prosperity with corn leading prizes including 415 for winning grain and seed exhibits 6150 for sheaf grain 9450 for sweet corn and popcorn and 1590 in group farmer exhibits plus 1875 for county group displays and 700 for Farm Bureau project displays.
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Des Moines
INS
Town State Fair Board
the Fair Board
Iowa State College
State Department of Agriculture
A. R. Corey
Fair Board
Farm Bureau
Livestock And Meat Board Plans Meeting In Chicago
The National Livestock and Meat Board holds its tenth annual meeting in Chicago on June 22 to review a year of nationwide research and educational work and to set plans for the next year. R C Pollock will present the annual report with Charles D Carey of Cheyenne as chairman.
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Chicago
National Livestock and Meat Board
R. C. Pollock
Charles D.carey
Cheyenne
Wyo
Storage Holdings of Pork Increase
Des Moines report shows May pork stocks rose by 38 million pounds or 6 percent due to a 9 percent rise in hogs slaughtered under federal inspection. Total pork in storage stood at 128 million pounds, still below last year and the five year average, with lard stocks also up but remains light.
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Des Moines
Department of Agriulture
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