Iowa Apple Crops Seen Cut to Under 100000 Bushels This Year
Iowa farmers face a severely reduced commercial apple harvest, with estimates ranging from five to ten percent of last year. Horticulturist Sam Edgecombe cites widespread frost and freeze damage, especially in the west and southeast, though hopeful signs appear near Manchesters Edgewood and Cedar Rapids areas.
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Iowa
Sam Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
The
Gazette Today
R. S. Herrick
Des Moines
State Horticultural Society
Leslie M. Carl
Edgecombe
Herrick
Manchester
Edgewood
Cedar Rapids
Martin Wiley
Fred Pratt
Pratt
Ames Experts Urge Third Spray For Apple Scab
Ames pathologist C. G. Kent says recent rain favors apple scab and the disease is widespread in town this year. Extension entomologist L. C. Graham notes slower codling moth emergence and explains that the third cover spray will help control both pests.
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C. G. Kent
Ames
Kent
L. C. Graham
Ames Extension
Graham
Feverish Activity Seen As Farmers Get Into Fields Again
Field work resumes with strong effort after flood damage. Soil warms and moisture improves, aiding corn oats and alfalfa. Weeds recede as pastures recover. hay yields expected to be heavier though grass quality remains fair.
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The
Gazette
West Union
Turkey River
Mink Creek
Elgin
Wadena
Arlington
Cherry crop thrives in Middle Amana as markets see brisk sales
Special to The Gazette reports a strong cherry harvest with fruit selling at 40 cents a gallon. Raspberry yields are anticipated to exceed last year, while alfalfa hay harvest was halted by rain.
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Middle Amana
Damp weather delays Winneshiek field work this fall
Winneshiek County fields suffer from persistent rain and cold, forcing farmers to disk and replant corn. Some areas escape with light soil and cultivating, while barley and oats are heading out earlier than normal across many parts of the county.
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Eyecio
Gazette
Decorah
Fence Drift Tugging Toward Harvest Fields
A brief note from RFA reports dry spells in Iowa with no rain for days. Fields show weeds under pressure as crops like corn oats soybeans and hay face favorable conditions though not a record harvest.
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Iowa
County Agents Back On Two Blades Of Grass
Farm editor reports Iowa extension agents resume push to boost farm production through nutrition and livestock feed. The plan centers on pork poultry eggs dairy and whole grain products with a series of July conferences in Chariton Red Oak Denison Fairfield Cedar Rapids Spencer West Union Mason City and Ames.
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AMFS
Iowa Agricultural Extension
Ames
State College
National Defense
Chariton
Red Oak
Denison
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
West Union
Mason City
Movement Of Sealed Corn In Fayette County
West Union news reports AAA chairman Ben Hitch stating that movement of sealed corn has accelerated in Fayette County. Demand is heaviest in the northern areas with most corn redeemed by farmers for home use or neighbor sales. Only one consignment has gone to Wisconsin. otherwise corn is used locally.
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West Union
Ben Hitch
AAA
Fayette County
Wisconsin
Hiteh
Keokuk Rural Young Married Couples Meet June 25
Roger Fleming head of the Iowa Farm Bureau research department will lead a dinner discussion titled Beyond Our Own Fence Lines for rural young married couples in Keokuk county. Attendees include three or four couples from each township on the evening of June 25 in Sigourney.
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Sigourney
Roger Fleming
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Keokuk County
Pigs Gain 101 Pounds In 55 Days On Corn PROTEK Mix
Advertisement notes E E Edwards of Monmouth fed 20 rough pigs in a dry pot with corn and PROTEK. Each pig gained 101 pounds in 55 days, consuming five bushels of corn. Pork valued at 9 cents per pound balanced with feed costs, yielding $1.40 per bushel of corn.
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E. E. Edwards
Monmouth
Mr. Edwards
Wool Price Up 30 Per Cent Since Year
The 1941 wool clip is moving from producing centers as prices farmers receive rise about 30 percent from a year earlier. Domestic demand, mill consumption, and imports from foreign wools shape the high price, with figures for May 15 at 61. cents per pound and forecasts of record apparel wool use in 1941. Government procurement plans for 1942 expect 259 million pounds of wool for army navy treasury Red Cross and other agencies.
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Washington, DC
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economies
BAE
United States
Boston
Territory
Ohio
Donald M. Nelson
OPM
United States Army and Navy
Treasury Procurement Division
Red Cross
Works Projects Administration
United States Army
Nelson
Argentina
Uruguay
South America
Australia
Department of Agriculture
Twin colts are foaled on S. G. Hutton farm near Onslow
Onslow reports the foaling of twin Belgian colts at the S. G. Hutton farm on Friday, June 13. One colt resembles the mother, a strawberry roan Belgian weighing 1800 pounds, the other resembles the sire, a purebred sorrel Belgian with a white mane and tall build.
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Onslow
S. G. Hutton
Chicago milk price set at 1.89 per hundredweight
A. W. Cole, acting federal milk marketing administrator, announced producer prices of 1.89 dollars per hundredweight for milk containing 3.5 percent butterfat in the Chicago area.
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Chicago
A. W. Colebank
Free Press Duty and Truth in a Free Nation
A weekly message from the Newspaper Publishers Committee extols freedom of expression and presses duty to the public. It argues newspapers reveal malefactors, resist outside groups seeking control, and defend the people's power against state or corporate pressure.
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Newspaper Publishers Committee
Lexington Avenue
New York
Jersey cattle auction yields $5 120 average $135 a head
In Des Moines thirty eight head of Jersey cattle sold for 5120 dollars in the Iowa Jersey Cattle club third annual sale. The average price was 135 dollars per head. A Guernsey show nearby named Alvin Hitz and Radeal Miskimins as champions.
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DES Moines
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Alvin Hitz
Polk City
Goode
Wickersham and
Wickersham
Melbourne
Giles Brothers
West Des Moines
Jack Wormsey
Newton
Kenneth Flaugh
Reasoner
Hugh Schrier, Jr
Carlisle
Iowa Hens Produce 373 Million Eggs in May
Des Moines Iowa farmers produced 373 000 000 eggs in May down slightly from a year ago as laying hens numbered 21 622 000 and the average price on May 15 was 15.1 cents per pound for chickens and 18.9 cents per dozen for eggs.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Lowa
Milk Squirting Duel Set Between Mayors
Cedar Rapids Mayor F. K. Hahn and Iowa City Mayor Henry F. Willenbrock will duel on June 25 at 2 30 p.m. to determine who can milk a cow faster. Seconds include Rex Conn Ray Anderson A R Menary for Hahn and George Clark Clarence Ruppert Charles Schindler for Willenbrock.
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F. K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Henry F. Willenbrock
Iowa City
Hahn
Rex Conn
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm
A. R. Menary
Willenbrook
George Clark
Mayors Challenge to Milk Contest Sparks Banter
Erroneous report notes Mayor Willenbrock and Mayor Hahn trading a milk ing contest challenge. Hahn dispatches a speedy reply accepting to prove city honor while demanding a return bout on his own grounds with unprejudiced cows.
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Willenbrock
Hahn
Willenebrock
Section 12 buttermakers meet on Thursday
Section No. 12 buttermakers of the Iowa Creamery Operators association will hold their regular monthly educational butter scoring contest here Thursday. Harold Hunt of Williamsburg and Harry McLain of North English will lead a discussion on how to best serve patrons and creamery.
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Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Harold Hunt
Williamsburg
Harry McLain
Four-H Camp Set for June 26 in Iowa City Park
Johnson county 4-H club members will hold a one day camp in Iowa City park on June 26. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced the program including group singing health talks a safety discussion and a posture demonstration.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County
4-H Club
Emmett C. Gardner
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