June egg production up five percent from last year
June 1 egg production rose five per cent from a year ago and two per cent from June 1934, driven by more layers and higher average output per layer. Chick numbers also jumped about 12 per cent from 1935 figures, with gains concentrated in the north central regions as drought recovery continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States Department of Agriculture
North Central States
East North Central Division
West North Central
South Central
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Far Western
United States
FENCE DRIFT and Nightlife Echoes in Rural Scene
Report summaries from 466 hatcheries show April egg sets up 26 percent and chicks hatched up 20.5 percent versus last year. January to April eggs set rise about 25.5 percent and 23.1 percent more chicks hatched. Broiler demand and prices remain favorable amid light supply of broilers and fryers.
Girls Rally for Clinton County 4-H Bars Attendees
The Clinton county girls 4-H clubs held their annual Rally day in Dewitt with over 300 attendees. Officers were elected including Carol Schultz president and Margaret Camp vice-president, with mentions of past officers and installing ceremonies. Awards honored leaders and a trip to Ames for the state convention was earned by several members.
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Dewitt
Clinton County
Carol Schultz
Brookfield Cheerio Club
Margaret Camp
Hi Ho Club
Elvira
Muriel Schmidt
Willing Workers of Lost Nation
Wilma Dyer
Brookfield Cheerio
Hazel Mae Leeper
Dorothy Hinrichs
Camanche
Gwendolyn Hicks
Elwood
Margaret McAndrews
Lost Nation
Wide- A-Wake Club
Minnehaha Club
Eden Township
Workers of
Sharon
Alf Higgins
Ervin Svenksen
J. H. Hansen
Tee Hofer
A. T. Carlson
James Helms
Freda Lorenzen
Harry Behrens
Virtus Ruttenbeck
M. Costello
Otto Mhoenickt
Roy Traver
H. C. Meints
H. C. Paulson
Herman Schultz
Edward Ruggeberg
Charles Burkinshaw
M. D. Lacy
Ames
Beulah Hill
Loraine Livengood
Almont Hustlers
Thousands Of Tons Go Into Haymows Of Northeast Iowa
Thousands of tons of hay were put up in northeast Iowa this week as alfalfa and clover filled barns and stacks. Rain early damaged some cut hay, but fresh growth appeared in fields where alfalfa was made earlier. In Fayette county soybeans are planted and corn shows rapid growth while quack grass becomes a weed pest in several counties.
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Fayette
Iowa
Fayette County
Hartman Barn Homecoming Draws Kinfolk from Four States
About 100 Hartman relatives gathered at the Dr. F. T. Hartman farm eight miles east of Anamosa for a homecoming inside the new 38 by 76 barn. The event featured an indoor picnic and honored workers and family from Anamosa Manchester Iowa City Waterloo Mount Vernon Center Junction and other areas. The barn will house cows horses calves and other stock and includes a 14 by 40 ribbed stave concrete silo and a combined dairy garage and hired-hand apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Messrs
Harold Hartman
W. F. Strawman
Clayton Hartman
Glen Sones
Tom Hartman
L. A. Miller
Frank Steckel
William Bailey
Ames Man Heads Genetics Work In Department of Agriculture
Dr. W. V. Lambert, assistant professor of genetics at Iowa State College, named to lead genetics investigations in the U S Department of Agriculture bureau of animal industry in Washington. Since 1923 he has taught genetics at Iowa State and led animal genetics at the state experiment station. He authored many papers on animal and poultry genetics and studied genetic disease resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
W. V. Lambert
Iowa State College
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Lambert
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Bangs disease test rates rise in eight states
Notable gains as of May 1 1936 over Jan 1 this year in Alabama Utah Oregon Washington Virginia Idaho Georgia and Louisiana in cattle under Bangs disease supervision. States report percentages with testing by inspectors and removal of diseased animals plus premises disinfection. A total of 5 349 855 cows and heifers aged one year or over are covered.
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Alabama
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Virginia
Idaho
Georgia
Louisiana
Bang
United States Department of Agriculture
Cattle Testing Rates Reported Across States in 1936
Official estimates show May 1 figures for Bangs disease testing in the United States. About 11.9 percent of total cows and heifers were on test, with Iowa listing 132 366 cattle or 5.3 percent of the total as of May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iowa
Grasshopper War to Be Funded by $250000 Federal Aid
County agents in Harlan Iowa learn a quarter million dollars in federal appropriation will fund a grasshopper control campaign. H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture confirms poison bran for the fight will be supplied. Secretary Murray and Congressman Wearin announce the measure passed and awaiting Roosevelt's signature.
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Harlan Ins
H. C. Aaberg
Ray Murray
Otha D. Wearin
Congress
Roosevelt
Iowa
Senate
Aaberg
C. J. Drake
George C. Decker
Federal Crop Bureau
Murray
Des Moines
Harlan
Shelby
Pottawattamie
Packers sue for AAA tax refunds in Chicago district court
Four leading meat packers including Swift Wilson Armour and Cudahy seek recovery of about 200 million dollars in AAA hog processing taxes. They claim payments made under the tax were illegally collected after the supreme court ruled the levy invalid, with Cudahy pursuing a federal suit for the full amount already paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift, Wilson and Armour
Cudahy
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Armour
Swift
Wilson
AAA
Chicago Packers
Department of Internal Revenue
Candidates For Girls 4-H State Offices Announced
AMES The official ballot for state officers of 4-H girls clubs in Iowa was announced by Mrs. Edith P. Barker at Ames. The election at the state 4-H girls convention will be June 25 with campaign events, parades, and demonstrations. Installed officers will be sworn Friday morning. The ticket lists President Mary Jane King Oakland East Pottawattamie. Ruth Gallentine Marshalltown Marshall. Vice President Claudine Buxton Kent Union and Anne Elliott Bronson Woodbury. Secretary Treasurer Agnes Agnew Atalissa Muscatine. Hazel Hart Centerville Appanoose. Historian Genevieve Quick Gowrie Webster and Mildred Cozad Red Oak Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Edith P. Barker
Mary Jane King
Oakland
East Pottawattam
Third Cultivation Starts In Brandon Community
Warm days and moisture push corn growth as farmers begin the second cultivation. Some begin the third plow. Peas early potatoes and canning peas and beans to start this week. Raspberries soon ready for picking and clover is bumper. Oats headed with a good crop predicted.
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The
Gazette
Brandon
False Teeth That Stay Put With FASTEETH
Advert explains FASTEETH powder helps false teeth stay in place and feel comfortable, prevents embarrassment from slipping, and sweetens breath. Available at May Drug Co. or any pad drug store.
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May Drug Co
Pad
Bee keeper at Littleton apiary yields eighty pounds honey
The first honey harvest of the year at A. C. Manross apiary in Littleton produced eighty pounds from six swarms on Friday. Manross, age sixty, has kept bees since age twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
A. C. Manross Apiary
Manross
Japanese Speaker Opens Country Life Conference At Ames
The second annual Country Life conference opened in Ames with the theme The Mid West in American Life. Dr Toyohiko Kagawa spoke on Farmer and Consumer Co operation. Elmer T Peterson spoke on Art in the Mid West and Dr G S Wehrwein discussed Public Techniques and Controls for the Conservation of Mid Western Soils. Attendees include farmers and wives teachers administrators college staff extension workers editors ministers social workers and organization leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Ames
Mid-West
Country Life
Toyohiko Kagawa
Elmer T. Peterson
Des Moines
Better Homes and Gardens
Art In
G. S. Wehrwein
University of Wisconsin
Benton Dairymen Inspect Federal Experiment Farm
Thirteen members of Benton Cow Test association No 1 with tester Harold Porter traveled to Hannibal Missouri on June 14 to inspect the federal dairy experiment farm. The group included Harry Reiss Otto Roseburg M D Fry Joe Dickson Frank Hatfield Howard Dickson Charles Birker Clarence Stickney Wayne Saunders Harry Jacobs Kirk Clime C C Epperson and Walt Thor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Benton Cow Test Association
Harold Porter
Hannibal, Mo
Federal Dairy Experiment Farm
Harry Reiss
Otto Roseburg
M. D. Fry
Joe Dickson
Frank Hatfield
Howard Dickson
Charles Birker
Clarence Stickney
Wayne Saunders
Harry Jacobs
Kirk Clime
C. C. Epperson
Walt Thor
Elgin Dairy Pays 32 Cents for Butterfat
Elgin Farmers' Dairy company patrons received payment for the last half of May butterfat at a rate of 32 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Dairy Company
Elgin
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Argentine Corn Imports Reported as Nonexistent Last Week
The federal grain market review states no Argentine corn entered the United States last week. However 315 000 bushels were reported shipped from a South American country destined for the United States. Argentine corn closed in New York at 75 34 cents versus 82 44 cents for domestic No 3 yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Grain Market Review
New York
Cedar County Farmers Union Picnic Set for Aug 29 at Tipton
The Cedar county Farmers Union will hold its annual picnic Aug 29 at the Tipton fairgrounds. The auxiliary meets June 25 at the home of Mrs Irwin Butterbrodt.
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Cedar County Farm Union
Tipton
Bennett
Cedar County
Farmers’ Union
Tipton Fairgrounds
Farmers Union
Irwin Butterbrodt
Hog market report from Bennett Martin Jucter Schneckloth Langman
The Chicago market saw Jucter ship twenty five Duroc Jersey butchers averaging 250 pounds sell for 10.10 dollars per hundredweight the day’s high. Schneckloth's two loads of 400 pound sows brought 8.65 per cwt and Langman’s mixed weight sows sold at 8.80 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Martin Jucter
Henry Schneckloth
Lester Langman
Chicago
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Ilene Thede
New Barn
Phil Bailey
Walter Stickel
Don Ruhl
Harry Witham
L. Hartman
G. A. Turner
Do. R. Wiess
Maynard Belknap
Maye Davenport
Abbie Stickel
Nancy Davenport
Manchester
Ray Engelhorn
Jimmy
George Banta
Stella Mutschler
Sidney Farragher
Iowa City
W. J. Weeber
W. F. McRoberts
Keith Weeber
Hayes Fry
Emily Hughes
T. D. Davis
Harriet Davis
Waterloo
Frank T. Hartman
Howard Hartman
Dorothy Heineke
Elida Walker
Dorothy Watson
John von Lackum
Genevieve von Lackum
H. H. Coughlan
Ed Hartman
H. A.boysen
Mesdames
H. V. Myers
John Hartman
R. P. Hartman
E. R. Ristine
Mount Vernon
Anna Hartman
Holcomb
Kan
J. C. Anderson
Ella Faust
Springville
Grover Preston
Leone
Center Junction
Claire Steckel
Lamoni
Dale Rorem
Oklahoma City
Okla
Olive Netolickey
Cedar Rapids
Faye Armstrong
Martelle
Dep’t
Lam
Federal
Dean
Williams
Boulder Dam
U.S Pat
Packers
U.S
Benton
Federal Experiment Farm
Iene
Kneip Markets
1St Ave
Dial
Dexter
Briggs and Stratton
Barnett’s
Barnett
First Street
Washing Machine Headquarters
Allis-Chalmers
Steffy Seed & Transfer
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