Cool Weather Helps Oats Despite Notching Corn Growth
Oats show good filling in lower lands while ridges remain thin. Corn varies from half a foot to five feet nine inches in Mount Vernon area where a two acre field is laid by. Early May planting and cool nights slow corn, with a sweltering stretch needed to reach schedule. Wheat turning in southeast counties as fall grain shows fair height and fullness. Oat clipping for soil conservation program not yet widespread.
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Iowa
O.A. Fisher
Mount Vernon
Fisher
Nto
Corn Delayed by Cold Nights Injures Iowa Crop
Special to The Gazette reports Decorah corn seriously retarded by cold nights last week, likely a week to ten days behind schedule. Stand 75 to 80 percent. oats and barley spotted and uneven. Indications point to a half crop. Haying 80 percent of alfalfa in mow. clover cutting to start this week. Pastures still good. cattle doing well. Rain needed. July warmth needed to lift corn to normal levels.
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Gazette
Decorah
Harvest Hints From Millersburg Fields
Wheat turning, oats short, corn plowing and hay making hurried for grain harvest. New potatoes ready, beans peas cabbage beets ripe or can. Raspberries ripening abundant, gooseberries ready to can. Early sweet corn tasseling, some fields laid by while others grow rapidly after warm spell.
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Gazette
Millersburg
Holstein Breeders Picnic At Oakdale
Members of the Iowa Holstein Breeders association gathered at Oakdale for their annual picnic and field day hosted by Oakdale asylum officials and the state board of control. Elmer Hansen and Floyd Arnold of Ames directed a judging contest. Afternoon speakers included H. H. Kildee dean of agriculture at Ames E. H. Felton chairman of the state board of control E. M. Wright secretary of the Iowa Dairy association and Orville Hamer president of the Iowa Holstein breeders.
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Oakdale
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
State of Iowa
Board of Control
Elmer Hansen
Floyd Arnold
Ames
H. H. Kildee
E. H. Felton
State Board of Control
E. M. Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Orville Hamer
The
Iowa Holstein Breeders
Fence Drift and Prices for East Iowa Crops Cited
A shuffled note cites fence drift in woven wire and bids on futures. It mentions 20 to 22 cents a bushel to east Iowa growers for new crop cats and hints at economic or political crime in clipping them. The text mixes cattle, oats, and production costs as a novelty with a harsh, satirical tone.
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East Iowa
Iowa County Farmers Get AAA Payments
Delayed second payments are being distributed this week by the Iowa county Farm Bureau office. Corn hog checks total 4882 dollars and the second 1935 wheat contracts are paid amounting to 1449 dollars. A further wheat payment on contracted fall wheat of 1935 is still due.
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Marengo
Iowa County Farm Bureau
Patch Clipping of Nurse Crop Banned in Iowa
County committees in east Iowa report a new rule from Claude R Wickard acting director requiring that any nurse crop like oats used on fields for grass and legume seedings and clipped green or pasture to prevent grain formation must be in a solid block along the field edge with a straight boundary. This prevents clipping small field sections or selectively clipping poorest areas, unless the entire clipped portion meets the rule, says J F Wager Linn county agriculture chair.
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Iowa
Claude R. Wickard
Mr. Wickard
J. F. Wager
Linn County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Farm Bureau reports 57 percent membership rise in county
MARENGO Iowa county Farm Bureau shows membership up 57 percent over last year reaching 750 total. The four week drive engaged an average of 21 percent of workers each day and signed 284 new members.
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Marengo
Iowa County Farm Bureau
Buckwheat Blossoms In June In Ames Buckwheat bloom surprises local farmer
Ray Ink of Mount Vernon farms a acre buckwheat patch already in bloom ten days with an adjoining two acres seeded. The crop, sown as a weed-smothering cover, sprouted and bloomed in June, a rare volunteer stand praised by Ames crop specialist E S Dyas who notes buckwheat blooming in June is unusual. The harvested grain last autumn was left on ground and later plowed under in spring before the current crop grew strong.
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Ray Ink
Mount Vernon
Mr. Ink
E. S. Dyas
Ames
Five points outlined on soil conservation at Ames conference
Dr. G S Wehrwein of Wisconsin outlined five steps to conserve Midwest soils at the Ames Country Life conference. He urged education, removing land tenure and tax obstacles, public obligation to preserve resources, shared costs with landowners, and public acquisition at strategic points. He warned conservation is psychological and social as well as economic and challenged faith in unrestricted private ownership. Music for Family Festivals plans involve 1300 4-H girls, 800 to 1000 choristers, and folk games in costume with European themes at State field.
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Ames
G. S. Wehrwein
University of Wisconsin Agricultural
Country Life
Wehrwein
Dr. Wehrwein
Edith Barker
Fannie R. Buchanan
Marshall
Greene
Webster
Jasper
Dallas
Scott
Warren
Polk
Story
$250000 War On Grasshoppers To Be Waged In West
A $250000 campaign to combat crop pests led from Kansas City will fund poison bran for grasshopper control. County agents and firms in Omaha Council Bluffs Sioux City and Indianola were told to bid via Dr P N Annand in Washington DC. Free distribution to farmers in southwestern Iowa and nearby states will cover handling only. About $70000 worth of poison bran has already been secured for the Iowa effort this year.
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Harlan
INS
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Indianola
P. N. Annand
Washington, D. C
Iowa
H. C. Aaberg
Soil Practices In Iowa County To Be Inspected June 29
County Agent D H Zentmire announces a June 29 field tour for Iowa County farmers tied to the soil improvement program. Five farms will be visited: Plagmann near Conroy on two year rotation with sweet clover, Langlas west of Williamsburg grassed waterway, Morse Brothers Pilot township blue grass pasture, Feller near Victor pasture rebuilding with lime and phosphorus, Sherman Honey Creek ditch tree planting to curb erosion.
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Marengo
D. H. Zentmire
Iowa
H. G. Plagmann
Conroy
Harry Langlas
Williamsburg
Morse Brothers
Pilot Township
C. F. Feller
Victor
S. F. Sherman
Honey Creek Township
Feeder Purchases Decline During May
May stocker and feeder cattle shipments fell sharply across 69 U.S. markets totaling 133,185 head, down 62,585 from a year ago and 10,726 below the five year average. Calf shipments dropped 26.7 percent from last year while overall May totals were near record lows for the month. Sheep and lamb shipments surged to 182,605 head, the highest May total since 1929, up 112.3 percent year over year as stock scarcity and drought fears influenced feeder buying.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Fort Dodge beef cattle show receives $5000 boost
Fort Dodge businessmen have raised 5000 dollars to operate the Fort Dodge national beef cattle show. The event runs September 7 through 10 with J C Holbert of Ames, assistant professor of animal husbandry at Iowa State, named superintendent.
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Fort Dodge
J. C. Holbert
Ames
Iowa State College
Hogs top at nine eighty five in Chicago sale
Mechanicsville farmer Will Robinson north of Mechanicville sold fat hogs averaging 276 pounds at Chicago for 9.85 dollars per hundredweight, the day’s top price for that weight in Chicago trading.
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the Gazette
Mechanicsville
Will Robinson
Chicago
Three-Pound Cabbage From Local Garden Records
Fairfax garden notes report Mrs. Charles F. Brecht harvesting three pound cabbages along with beets carrots peas and green beans over the past two weeks. Potatoes show robust growth in the vicinity.
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Fairfax
Charles F. Brecht
Lost Nation Farmers Union Stage Picnic Held
The Lost Nation Farmers Union met for its annual picnic Sunday near Lost Nation in the William Bemer timber. Principal speaker was J. H. Thiesen candidate for state representative. Herbert Kiel, president, spoke alongside other program numbers including readings, musical duets, solos, and a sports program.
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Cost Nation
Lost Nation
Farmers Union
William Bemer Timber
J. H. Thiesen
Herbert Kiel
Bernice Busch
Bobbie Mohr
Norma Wulf
Louis
Howard Wulf
Dorothy Clapp
Lois Jeane Ruggeberg
Hog Cholera Outbreaks Reported in Six Iowa Communities
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association's weekly bulletin notes menacing hog cholera outbreaks in Shellsburg Brandon Independence Winthrop West Branch Stanwood Clinton Hopkinton Ryan Dubuque Grundy Center Mount Hamill Maquoketa Olin Center Point and Washington. The bulletin stresses purity of livestock water supplies as crucial to disease prevention.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Association
Shellsburg
Brandon
Independence
Winthrop
West Branch
Stanwood
Clinton
Hopkinton
Ryan
Dubuque
Grundy Center
Mount Hamill
Maquoketa
Olin
Center Point
Washington
Nordness Patrons Net 28 And 29 Cents Butterfat
Decorah area Farmers Cooperative Creamery at Nordness south of Decorah paid 28 and 29 cents net per pound of butter fat to patrons during May. Production remains near a 30,000 pound monthly level as butter output is maintained.
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Decorah
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Nordness
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