Four State-Wide Farm Conferences At Ames This Week
Ames hosts four state-wide agricultural conferences this week as 1 600 4 H girls attend the eighth annual club convention. Teachers of vocational agriculture from 25 high schools join for the annual conference. The Country Life institute led by Dr John D Black runs Wednesday through Saturday. A soils short course for managers and appraisers closes the events.
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Ames
Iowa State
Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Iowa
Country Life Institute
John D. Black
Harvard Economist
Martha Ann Isaacs
Iowa Rural Young Peoples Assembly
Iowa City
F E. Moore
Iowa State Board of Vocational Education
Des Moines
Mary Farris
O W Beeler
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Robert E . Brien
Morningside College
Sioux City
G T Schlenker
Iowa Crop Reporters
Division of Land Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
RE Uhland
Sol Erosion Service
Missouri
Ames considers rural education and farming future panel lineup
The Country Life Institute on the Ames campus gathers extension service members and farm leaders from Iowa to discuss the future of agricultural adjustment and town country relations. Notable participants include Oscar Helmne Marcus R M Evans Laurens Ralph M Myer J T Bode Elmer T Peterson Tom B Purcell W A Winterstein Elizabeth Tre i and others.
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Extension Service
Country Life Institute
Iowa
Oscar Helmne
Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Marcus
R. M. Evans
Laurens
Ralph M. Myer
Fairfield
J. T. Bode
Elmer T. Peterson
Des Moines
Tom B Purcell
Iowa Falls
W. A Winterstein
Iowa Rural Religious Work Council
Elizabeth Trei
Lyon County
Irving H. Hart
Iowa State Teachers College
Don L. Berry
Indianola
Alan Popp
Dunkerton
Charles F Pye
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
D R. Latham
J. E Brindley
State Board of Assessment and Review
A. E Jewett
Waterloo
la Mar Foster
Iowa House of Representatives
West Branch
Ralph W Smith
Iowa State Grange
Newton
Anamosa Farmer Sells Yearlings at Chicago Market
Vick Laurence, a Jones county farmer in Anamosa, recently sold 1 075 pound yearlings on the Chicago market at 1175 dollars per hundredweight.
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Anamosa
Vick Laurence
Jones County
Hirts
Chicago
Grand Dame of the Stage Puzzle Clues in Mixed Grid
A crossword style diagram lists numbered across and down clues including phrases like old lady in the picture and various definitions. Entries reference words from 1 Drink brewed to 69 Senior with several unfamiliar terms and partial phrases.
Fayette Lads Headed to International Dairy Judging Meet
Three Fayette county 4-H dairy judging champions plus coach B W Lodwick depart Cedar Rapids en route to Europe for the Royal Agricultural Exhibition in Newcastle on Tyne. They will compete July 3 with European juniors after earning the U S honor in Des Moines and with support from Iowa Dairy associations and a wide list of sponsors.
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Fayette County
B. W. Lodwick
Cedar Rapids
Washington
New York
London
Glasgow
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Northumberland
Paris
Switzerland
Isles
Jersey
Guernsey
Iowa
Europe
Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs
England
Robert Putman
Ocelwein
Paul Harrison
Maynard
Grover Miehe
Normandie
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
E. W. Lodwick
Fayette
Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Lodwick
Mr. Lodwick
Chamber of Commerce
Gazette Company
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
E. H . Maytag
Newton
Holstein Breeders’ Association
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa State Dairy Association
Meredith Publishing Company
Des Moines
International Harvester Company
Dubuque
Des Moines Register
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Bath Packing Company
Tows
American Jersey Cattle Club
Raspberry Crop Predicted By Ames Expert
Ames Iowa AP Professor B Pickett head of horticulture at Ames predicts a better than average raspberry crop for Iowa. He notes the moist winter and spring favored raspberries while last year’s drought reduced plant numbers and strawberry yields may lag. Cool ripening weather with showers will help fruiting. frost damage is not significant. He cites Montrose area in Lee County and Ottumwa region as heavy strawberry concentrations.
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Ames (Ap
Pickett
Ames
Towa
Professor Pickett
Lee County
Montrose
Ottumwa
Strawberry crop in Wheatland fails to meet expectations
Special to The Gazett Wheatland The strawberry crop is not as large as expected due to cold weather making vines grow too rank. The report notes good prospects of producing heavily for last year show. BERRIES NOT SO GOOD.
North English gardens supply cabbage peas and early potatoes
New cabbages and peas are harvested from North English gardens with frost protection. New potatoes will be ready next week as oats and timothy grow tall and lodge in some fields. Farmers fight sourdock as replanting of corn continues with 90 day and 60 day seed corn widely used.
Blairs town alfalfa harvest and fruit crop notes
Farmers report alfalfa cutting underway and a second corn crop in progress. Most corn fields are grassy and strawberries yield is below average while cherries fail. Early potatoes show promise for a good harvest.
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Blairstown
Imported corn and grain figures from June week and samples
The federal bureau reports about 1.6 million bushels of foreign corn arriving at US ports in the week ending June 14, mostly from Argentina with 250000 bu excluded. Rye imports total 5645000 bu for the year, mainly from Poland and Danzig. A sample of 178000 bu of South African corn at Milwaukee, graded No 4 with 54 lb per bushel, shows 3.2 percent foreign material due to dryness and kernel breakage.
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United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Argentina
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Canada
Netherlands
Milwaukee
Piper Grain Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J. M. Piper
Davis Defends AAA Corn Hog Program As Aiding Producers
Davis, farm administrator, defended the 1935 corn hog program as preventing dislocations and excessive production. He noted the 1934 program began effective production control, urged a follow up to maintain output, and cited rising dairy price indexes and parity ratios through 1934.
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Davis
Washington (Ap
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Wallace
Iowa farmers own 195663 automobiles in Iowa in 1934
Iowa farm families totaled 220000 last Jan. 1 with 195663 farm owned autos and 36 percent owning radios. Radios rose to 312 last Jan. 1 from 714 the prior year while autos increased slightly by 556. Eastern Iowa counties list shows Linn Muscatine Keokuk and others with higher auto and radio counts.
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Iowa Daily Press Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
State Planning Board
Muscatine
Keokukeae Louisa Seece
Washington
Poweshiek
Fayette
Winneshiek
Iowa 4-H Secretary Candidate Campaign in Ames
Eastern Iowa farm girls led by Benton county delegation push a vigorous campaign at the state 4-H convention in Ames for Virginia McLennan of Belle Plaine as secretary and treasurer. Leone Morton of Rockwell City opposes her. election set for Tuesday evening in the Ames gym.
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Iowa
Benton County
Ames
Virginia McLennan
Belle Plaine
Iowa Girls Clubs
Miss McLennan
Leone Morton
Rockwell City
Evans promises $230000 by July 1 in Grundy County
Special to The Gazette Grundy Center Corn hog checks totaling about 230000 will be received in Grundy county by July 1, according to R M Evans chairman of the Iowa corn hog committee. Grundy was the second county to forward 1935 applications to Des Moines for approval. Farm acreage in Grundy totals 20 ain and reduced corn acreage 16902.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
R. M. Evans
Iowa
Grundy
Des Moines
Uncle Wiggleys Bedtime Tale Ends In Gentle Lesson
Uncle Wiggily warns Jingle and Jangle to avoid the horse chestnut tree but the twins ignore him. They question the danger while playing under the tree and a lighthearted discussion about horses and a saw horse follows as they continue their play.
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Uncle Wiggily
Jingle
Jangle
Uncle Wiggily Warns Kids About Dangerous Nuts
In a tale with Jingle and Jangle rabbits, wind drops sharp burrs from a horse chestnut tree injuring the pair. Uncle Wiggily admonishes them to avoid dangerous trees and promises more about his candy box after the egg-dropping airplane scene.
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Jangle
Jingle
Uncle Wiggily
Cuticura Soap Daily Promises Skin Relief
A promotional note extols Cuticura Soap daily use and its claimed relief for itching pimples eczema and other skin symptoms. It mentions the same medicated formula as the familiar ointment and soap options priced 25 cents each and a Ste. product.
Livestock payments in 1935 exceed full 1934 total in region
Livestock buyers paid over 3 million dollars in the first five and a half months, matching all of 1934, driven by higher hog and cattle prices. Hogs average near 9.90 per hundredweight, cattle at 9 or more, while drought reduced hog slaughter. Turkington says cattle supply similar to last year. demand stretches to range states with limited sires and aging stock.
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Iowa
Balfe
Devilshoof
New York
Hardin County
Thaddeus
Ssington
Sam Turkington
Washington
Chicago
Turkington Brothers
Texas
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Minnesota and Texas 4-Hers Win Payne Fund Fellowships
Ruth Tahini of Zumbrota Minnesota and James W Potts of Aspermont Texas won the Payne Fund national 4 H club fellowships for 1935 36. Dr C W Warburton announced the awards to delegates in Washington D C. They were chosen from thirty one applicants representing twenty five states by a department of agriculture committee. The fellowships provide for nine months study with the United States department of agriculture.
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Toon Gazette
Washngton
D. C
Ruth Tahini
Zumbrota
Minn
James W. Potts
Aspermont
Tex
Payne Fund
C. W. Warburton
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Lohmann
Mr. Potts
Department of Agriculture
Rowena Schmidt Carpenter
Bureau of Home Economics
A. B. Genung
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
M. C. Wilson
Division of
Co-Operative Extension
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General Federation of Women's Clubs
Bohemian Girl Opera
State Field
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Heig
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Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
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L. Grant Goodlander
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Tcham
Gazette
Tru-Art
Robert Putnam
Grover Miche
Sey Breeders’ Association
Fort Dodge Creamery Company
Floyd Johnston
Frederic Larrabee
Fort Dodge
Creamery Package Manufacturing Company
Tipton Chamber of Commerce
Maynard Farmers’ Creamery
Farmers’ Co-operative Commission Company
Hawkeye Creamery Company
Canning Cooperative Creamery
Strawberry Pay Cooperative Creamery
Brooklyn
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State Center
Oscar Gilley
Maynard Clara Courtney
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
Harlan Township Farm Bureau
Harlan Boys
Arlington Bank
Arlington
Creamers
St. Lucas Creamery
Einer H. Jensen
West Union
Elgin State Bank
Wiliam Adams
Waucoma National Bank of
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Harlan
Oelwein Implement Company
Oelwein Register Sprague Feed
Brown Grocery
Harper Allaway
Ritchie Brothers
M and O
Howard Risk
Thiele’s
Herm Arnold John G King
G. E. Sauerbry
Modern Shoe
Ray Anderson
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