Fair Weather Favors Haying and Weed Elimination
Fair weather persisted across eastern Iowa allowing weed elimination in corn fields and early haying. The crop is abundant with green forage, hay mostly stored in mows, corn growing rapidly to knee height with some taller stands. Disease and insect damage minimal. fruit trees sprayed, strawberries and blackberries selling well. Tipton reports rapid corn growth, oats heavy, and widespread use of combines.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Donaldson
Lee Wagner
Buchanan
Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Dubuque
Henry
Ringgold
Plymouth
Sleeping sickness fears loom for eastern Iowa horses
Dr Charles Murray and State Veterinarian H A Seidell warn eastern Iowa may face a sleeping sickness outbreak this summer. Vaccination helps before illness. after onset, results vary. If needed, seek a trusted veterinarian now while prevention and treatment options are discussed.
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Murray
H A. Seidell
Iowa
Veterinarians Stage Clinic at Mechanicsville
Two hundred sixty two practitioners registered for the eighth annual Veterinary Clinic sponsored by the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association at Mechanicsville Tuesday. Iowa veterinarians led the attendance with several from Illinois Nebraska Wisconsin and Minnesota and one from New York. Drs. Banks Tipton Wilson Mechanicsville Crow Iowa City led the clinic with Dr. Fowler Ames as head surgeon. Numerous surgical operations diagnoses autopsies and treatments were performed. Displays featured restraint devices and a histological and pathological collection shown by Dr. Kay Cedar Rapids chief inspector at the packing plant.
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Mechanicsville
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New York
C. H. Banks
Tipton
Frank M. Wilson
Fred J. Crow
Iowa City
George R. Fowler
Veterinary College
Ames
G. A. Kay
Cedar Rapids
Ames Extension Woman To Teach Australian College
Miss Ruby Simpson, extension home management specialist at Ames since 1935, receives a year leave of absence to lead the Memorial College of Household Arts and Sciences in Sydney, Australia. She previously headed home management at the Texas College for Women and at the University of New Hampshire, and will sail with Miss Isobel Crowe who will resume 4-H club work in New Zealand after study in Ames.
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The
Gazette
Ames
Ruby Simpson
Sydney
Australia
Memorial College of Household Arts and Sciences
Iowa State
Onslow Farmer Uses Soys To Kill Quack Grass
Onslow farmer Floyd Horton, northeast of Onslow, reports success using soybeans to kill quack grass. He says after three years of sowing soybeans solid in a weed infested field, the quack grass appears to be eliminated.
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Onslow
The
Gazette
Floyd Horton
Fayette wool pool totals 23,218 pounds in Fayette county
In Fayette West Union the county wool pool collected 23,218 pounds over Monday and Tuesday, with 211 consignors compared to 191 last year. Fleeces averaged seven to seven and a quarter pounds, flocks rise while sizes shrink. Total payments reached $4,568 amid cool wet weather.
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West Union
Fayette County
Iowa Farms Go Radio Safe as 67 Percent Reported
Des Moines report from Secretary of Agriculture Thomas L Curran shows radio receivers on Iowa farms rose 9.4 percent in 1937. Jan 1 1938 total 140,144 sets, up 12,071 from 1937. Every county except Shelby and Woodbury gained. Cerro Gordo O Brien Marshall Worth Wright exceed 80 percent.
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Des Moines
INS
Thomas L. Curran
Iowa
Curran
Shelby
Woodbury
Cerro Gordo
O'Brien
Marshall
Worth
Wright
Benton
Black Hawk
Boone
Cass
Fremont
Johnson
Linn
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Pottawattimie
Story
Taylor
Henry
Washington
REA to Discuss Electrical Appliances Tuesday
Two instruction meetings on installing and using electrical farm appliances and equipment will be held at the Olin school Tuesday afternoon and evening for members of the Jones and Jackson county rural electrification projects. Speakers include Edgar D. Beach Anamosa Miss Louisan Mamer and D W Teare from the REA in Washington. Exhibits and demonstrations will be shown.
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OLIN
Jones and
Jackson County
Edgar D. Beach
Anamosa
Louisan Mamer
REA
Washington
D. C
D W. Teare
Four Story Hog Stockyards Planned at Waterloo
WATERLOO AP W A Klinger Inc Sioux City Ia today won the general construction contract for a new four story hog hotel at the Rath Packing plant. President J W Rath said the figure is around 100000 dollars. About 35000 dollars more will be spent later for plumbing insulation and electrical work. The building will replace the frame stockyards.
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Waterloo
W. A. Klinger, Inc
Sioux City
Rath Packing Company
J. W. Rath
Johnson County Farmers Receive $3085 in Compliance Checks
About 100 Johnson county farmers will receive 3085 in compliance checks for the federal soil conservation program Thursday morning. John OConnor, treasurer of the Johnson County Soil Conservation association, says a previous distribution of 45000 was made a few days earlier.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
John O’connor
Johnson County Soil Conservation Association
Urge Consolidation of Rural Churches
Dr. Mark A. Dawber urged Ames Coun try Life Institute participants to consolidate rural churches. He blamed denominationalism for social discord and urged county ministerial associations and potential parish mergers as steps to unify communities and revive social and spiritual life. The institute closed with public health discussions and afternoon conferences.
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Gazette
AMES
Mark A. Dawber
Home Missions Council
New York City
Ames Country Life Institute
Dawber
Dr. Dawber
Country Life Institute
Pearl McIver
United States Public Health Service
E. C. Lindeman
New York School of Social Work
Stanwood feeder trucker gets higher steer price
Special to The Gazette reports Ralph Wilson, a Stanwood area feeder, received 10.75 per hundredweight for 1 315 pound steers marketed in Chicago, higher than the 9.75 cited in The Gazette.
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Gazette
Stanwood
Ralph Wilson
Chicago
Iowans To Attend Wisconsin Field Day At La Crosse
Noble Clark of the Wisconsin experiment station will be a principal speaker at the soil conservation field day near La Crosse three miles east of town. The program begins at 10 a.m. with speakers from the Wisconsin college of agriculture and staff. Visitors from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin will view soil-saving equipment alfalfa hay methods electric fencing terrace and cover crop demonstrations and pasture management as part of the daylong program.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Noble Clark
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Soil Conservation Experiment Station
Here
O. E. Hays
George Briggs
H. Bruhn
I. W. Rupel
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hays
Clark
Delaware Granges Go To Church Sunday Program
Delaware county Grangers stage a Go To Church Sunday at The Hill park in Manchester starting 1 15 pm. Delaware Pomona Grange sponsors with state officers headlining including Charles P Starrett Mrs Starrett Mrs Etta Hadley and others. A E Muench leads singing Earlville offers prayer and Mrs L M Ryan Manchester gives welcome. Starrett delivers main address followed by benediction by Rev A R Coover Masonville.
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Gazette
Manchester
Hill Park
Granges
Delaware County
Delaware Pomona Grange
Charles P. Starrett
Starrett
Etta Hadley
Newton
A. C. Iske
Baxter
Elmer Iverson
Grinnell
Emma Parmenter
Gilman
A. E. Muench
Delhi
B. Holscher
Earlville
Iowa City steer sale sets top price at 10.85
Jesse Lackender topped Chicago market with a load averaging 1506 pounds selling at 10.85. He arrived with the shipment and achieved the highest bid for heavy steers.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Jesse Lackender
Chicago
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Dick Wilcox
Rex Conn
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