Rains Somewhat Benefit Crops Despite Wind Damage
Rains broadly helped crops across eastern Iowa, with heavy winds causing severe damage in Williamsburg Mount Auburn Fayette Maynard and Buchanan county. Grasshoppers were greatly reduced though in parts, while fields in Winneshiek Alamakee and Clay area saw more benefits than loss. Damage mainly hit lowlands and eroded sidehills with oats wheat and rye showing lodging tendencies.
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Iowa
Williamsburg
Mount Auburn
Fayette
Maynard
Buchanan County
Dallas Western
Winneshiek
Alamakee
Clayton
Benton
Qllinn
Linn
Delaware
Jones, Cedar
Johnson, Keokuk
Sigourney
Turkey Dominates Cold Storage Poultry Volumes
United States dairy and agriculture department figures show nearly a third of frozen poultry stored on June 1 was turkey with 25,104,000 pounds of turkey stock. Total poultry in storage stood at 82,448,000 pounds alongside other items such as broilers 9,033,000 pounds and fowls 13,124,000 pounds.
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United States
Turkey
United States Department of Agriculture
New Girls Club Formed in Washington Township Keokuk County
Annetta Crill is president of the Good Luck 4-H club in Washington township Keokuk county Harriett Atwood serves as vice-president Frances Snodgrass is secretary treasurer Lenore Sawyer is reporter Ruth Inman historian and Miss Gladys Wright is leader Crill will attend the state convention at Ames next week.
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Sigourney
Annetta Crill
Washington Township
Keokuk County
Harriett Atwood
Frances Snodgrass
Lenore Sawyer
Ruth Inman
Gladys Wright
Miss Crill
Ames
Fence Drift Report Amid Heavy Rain Fields Damage
In a teoven tire weather note, heavy rain disrupts crops with lodging in small grain and corn fields. The scene contrasts with the scent of washed fields and growing plants showing spurts of life despite damage and gain.
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Teoven
Linn 4 H Girls Charter Bus For State Convention
Thirty two Linn county delegates and 4 H leaders will leave Whittier Wednesday morning by a special bus for the annual 4 H girls convention at Ames. Official chaperon is Mrs A R Minish, with Miss Lucile Gove accompanying the party. Seventeen of nineteen clubs send delegates, with Hollis Booth of Cedar Rapids Singers in the state chorus and several delegates named from Mount Vernon, Marion, Cedar Rapids, Coggon, Central City, Alburnett, Springville, Center Point and Walk er. Leaders include Mrs Claire Howard Coggan and others from Cedar Rapids, Mount Vernon, Alburnett, Center Point and Springville.
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Whittier
Linn County
Ames
A. R. Minish
Lucile Gove
Hollis Booth
Cedar Rapids
Catherine van Fossin
Toddville
Myra Jane Scott
Mount Vernon
Lillian Pelisek
Mary Jane Davis
Marion
Dorothy Quaas
Alburnett
Muriel Warnock
Coggon
Fern Mangold
Neva Eiben
Central City
Irene Placar
Verda Henderson
Virginia Rhinehart
Evelyn Dolezal
Florence Sherbon
Walker
Alice McGuire
Mina Wright
Center Point
Dorothy Mac Hage
Springville
Eleanor Dvorsky
Alice Stewart
Ruth Marie Hense
Claire Howard
Coggan
G. F. LeClerc
Lawrence Booth
A. Albee
Millie Novotny
Earl Dukek
Leo Aler
Norma Calver
Frank Bena
Benton delegates to state 4-H convention at Ames
Four dozen Benton county youths and women will attend the state 4-H convention at Ames next week. Ann Nygaard home demonstration agent reports the Benton delegation will initiate the honorary member ceremony honoring Mrs Raymond Sayre Ackworth state committee woman. They will also present a folk game American Circle on Wednesday afternoon.
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Benton
Vinton
Benton County
Ames
Allamakee County Picnic Set for June 27 at Old Stone Mouse
The Allamakee County Con Test association No 1 hosts an annual picnic in Post township at the Old Stone Mouse on June 27. The program features light supper judging, games talks and recreational stunts.
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Waukon
Post Township
Tall May 4 Corn Reaches Twenty Six Inches In Center Point Farm
Special from The Gazette describes Paul Mader’s open pollinated corn on an 11 acre field one mile east of Center Point. Planted May 4, the plants stand 26 inches tall with an average daily growth of about two thirds of an inch.
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the Gazette
Center Point
Paul Mader
Mader
Poultry Clinic Planned For 4-H Club Members
Marengo invites Iowa and surrounding counties 4-H poultry club members to a June 15 clinic by R. J. Wells manager of a poultry packing plant. Attendees will judge three classes of market poultry grade live and dressed birds inspect the cooler and view a disease demonstration.
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Marengo
R. J. Wells
Lost Nation Farm Union Picnic Planned for June 20
The Lost Nation Farm Union schedules its annual picnic for June 20 at Mill Rock near Baldwin. Eyecial to The Gazette notes the event.
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Lost Nation
Lost Nation Farm Union
Mill Rock
Baldwin
Homecomings Bring Warm Rural Welcomes And Memories
A country woman reflects on rural homecomings, inviting old friends and neighbors to reunite last Sunday in June. She notes the duty to choose events, the joy of hearty welcomes, dinners, and shared stories of changes over the years in the community.
Rains Favor Soils Tour Across Eastern Iowa Counities
After weekend rains farmers from four eastern Iowa counties toured the Indian Creek watershed soil conservation project north of Marion. Paul Burson organized the event for a Tama Tama Poweshiek and Iowa counties association. Weather disrupted plans with slick sideroads but the group still viewed terraces contour cropping and erosion control demonstrations at farms north of Marion and in Marion CCC camp.
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Iowa
Indian Creek
Marion
Paul Burson
Toledo
Soils Improvement Association
Tama
Benton
Poweshiek
Carl Wallace
CCC
John Tritle
F. E. Hann
L. G. Merritt
Fayette county 4-H picnic planned at West Union fair grounds
Plans are underway for the Fayette county 4-H club picnic on June 20 at the West Union fair grounds. A noon picnic dinner will be followed by a program of speeches and sports.
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West Union
Fayette County
West Union Fair Grounds
Special election on Cedar Rapids electric franchise proposed
The city holds a special election set for July 23 1937 to decide ordinances granting a twenty five year franchise to Iowa Electric Light and Power Company for generation transmission and distribution of electricity and heat within Cedar Rapids Iowa including required street and alley work and undergrounding options. The notice details voter instructions yes or no on the measure and the company obligations.
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Lowa Electric Light & Power Company
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rap
Towa Electric Light and Power Company
Snwer
General Electric Light
Aires
Shailen
al- WS
Aveyhenrath
National Board of Fire
W.hether
Erect- Inc
Fire Department
Sure Department
Town Electric Lis and Power Company
Erantee
Rs Bethe Ana Uralaee Stent BF Eeobe
Rapids
Acton
Dear Rapids
Town
Linn County
Das
Iowa Electric Light On Power Company
Mts
Twin 4-H Sisters Lead 1937 Iowa State Officer Race
Emma and Marie Grunewald of Blairstown are prominent 4-H leaders as the Benton county club names eight candidates for state offices to be chosen at the Ames convention. The roster includes Mary Ellen Wendell Corydon Frances Ellingsworth Muscatine and others. Delegates will vote for president vice president secretary treasurer and historian with campaign managers for each candidate.
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Blairstown
Emma
Marie Grunewald
H. J. Grunewald
Benton County
Maine
Ames
Extension 4-H
Miss Grunewald
Mary Ellen Wendell
Bronson
Frances Ellingsworth
Corydon
Marie Riley
Mildred Taylor
Milford
Carol Schultz
Lost Nation
Maxine Dial
Ottumwa
Helen le Fever
Muscatine
Argentine corn imports reach 2.75 million bushels in week
The United States Department of Agriculture reports about 2,750,000 bushels of Argentine corn arrived at U S ports in the week ended June 11. Last week shipments to the United States fell to 744,000 bushels while Canadian destinations rose to 4,413,000 bushels with potential US later movement.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Canada
600 Acres Sweet Corn For Independence Plant
Independence reports six hundred acres of sweet corn contracted for the season by a local canning factory. Carrie Wackerbarth, the manager, estimates 450 acres of white evergreen and 150 of golden cross will supply corn for a 45 000 case pack.
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Independence
Carrie Wackerbarth
Broadcasts Of Hog Market Debated In Iowa City
Iowa City editors and farmers debated the May 3 change in interior hog market broadcasts. E L Hegg argued the new system leaves producers in the dark about specific prices, while K L Urban and I W Arthur defended regional reports from Des Moines market news. Attendees planned to defer judgment until next fall when hog volumes rise.
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Iowa City
WOI
Ames
E. L. Hegg
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
K. L. Urban
Des Moines
I. W. Arthur
E. D. Gardner
Livestock Co-Op
Hegg
Iowa
Minnesota
Urban
Federal Market News Service
Arthur
Livestock Marketing Spe
Cialist
Market News
Sixteen 4-H Girls From Johnson To Attend Convention
IOWA CITY Johnson county agent Emmett C Garde ner announced that sixteen Johnson county girls will attend the 4 H club state convention at Ames on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday They include Ina Denham Louise Warren June Williams Bernice Krall Marjorie Schwimley Fern Plecker Elizabeth Spencer Wilma Lee Hudson Dorothy Reeve Helen Mueller Catherine Nolan and another Graham township girl not yet named Leaders accompanying the group are Mrs Lloyd Burr Margaret Cole Florence Warren and Margaret Hrdliska.
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Iowa City
Emmett C. Gardener
Johnson County
Ames
Ina Denham
Louise Warren
June Williams
Bernice Krall
Marjorie Schwimley
Fern Plecker
Elizabeth Spencer
Wilma Lee Hudson
Dorothy Reeve
Helen Mueller
Catherine Nolan
Graham Township
Lloyd Burr
Margaret Cole
Florence Warren
Margaret Hrdliska
Rowley Creamery Pays 36 Cents For Top Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid 36 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat during the first half of May, with No 2 at 35 cents and No 3 at 34 cents. The last half of April saw all three grades 2 cents higher.
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Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Roweley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
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Feat Rapids
Price
Tovees
Attumas
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Attest
K. Hahn
L, J Storey
Thang
Ses
Williams
Wes
Wim
Emma and
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Johnson
C. H. Waite
14Th Avenue SE
Bettes
Physick
Bettes Co., Inc
DuBois, Pa
Martin Dry Goods Coo
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