Iowa Farm Bureau Mass Meeting Highlights Cooperative Creameries
James C. Norgaard of Superior Nebraska warned farmers about so called hybrid cooperatives. He urged vigilance against promoters who plant creameries that are not true cooperatives. He cautioned against duplicating creameries where others serve, noting failures harm the movement.
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Neb
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Podunk
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Ames mass meeting toPush Farm Bill support
A mass meeting of Iowa farmers is planned in Ames on Thursday to press Congress for the new Farm Bill drafted by the American Farm Bureau federation. Spearheaded by the Iowa Farm Bureau, the event will feature Don ald Kirkpatrick of Chicago as speaker and aims to mobilize farmers from every county to urge action on agricultural legislation.
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Francis Johnson
United Press
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Johnson
Iowa
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Donald Kirkpatrick
Chicago
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Crist
American Institute of Cooperation
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Oscar Heline
Marcus
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Congress
Fayette 4-H Rally Day Set at Upper Iowa University
Fayette county 4-H girls clubs rally day scheduled at Upper Iowa University on July 9. A pageant titled Enochs in American Girlhood will be a feature of the program.
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Breda
Gazette
Fayette
Fayette County
Upper Iowa University
Alfalfa Ensilage Pioneered Near Ossian by Bodensteiner Farm
Ossian four miles east of Ossian Joe Bodensteiner and crew begin ensiling alfalfa in a 14 by 35 silo expected to hold about fifty tons from six acres. Molasses is added for fermentation with air pressure and the group, including sons Peter and Cletus and neighbors Henry and Les Mundt, rack forage at a ton every twenty minutes.
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Joe Bodensteiner
Iowa
Bodensteiner
Peter
Cletus
Henry Mundt
Les Mundt
Grasshopper Bait Scattered Across Louisa County Farms
Twenty five thousand pounds of grasshopper bait distributed to Louisa county farmers from the mixing station here. Farmers report dead hoppers covering the ground where the poison bait has been scattered.
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Spreial
the Gazette
Wapello
Louisa County
Maynard Creamery Pays 35 Cents Butterfat in May
Maynard cooperative creamery paid patrons 35 cents a pound for butterfat delivered during May, per secretary C. H. Paul.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
Fence Drift Across the Moonlit Mississippi Bridge
The poem Fence Drift by ALF. A. explores a moonlit Mississippi scene with a squatty bridge and mirrored hills. It evokes travel between Marquette and Prairie du Chien and reflects on tolls and distant islands.
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Mississippi
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Bluegrass Seed Harvest Begun In Blairstown Vicinity
Bluegrass strippers started on the Fred Ferman farm north of Blairstown this week. Seed yield is good and quality is high. The seed company provides machines and some men, hiring local help and tractors to pull them. First alfalfa hay cut, oats heading, and corn growing quickly with clean fields. Mrs. Alex Clewitt reported growing and serving new potatoes and peas from her garden last Friday.
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Blairs
Fred Ferman
Alex Clewitt
Crop conditions improve in regions amid variable storms
Special dispatch reports Winneshiek county grain lodging from last week’s storms with heavy losses on rich soils though corn remains in excellent condition and alfalfa yields strong. In Fayette and surrounding areas progress in corn cultivation continues despite recent heavy rains delaying some field work and plowing for fodder crops.
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Decorah
Winneshirk
Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
Level
Donnan
Hawkeye
Crop prospects look exceptionally good for this date
The report notes unevenness due to widely separated planting dates. Alfalfa haying is well along with heavy yields. Oats are dark green and headed, soybeans look well, and pastures exceed livestock needs with strong milk flow. Overall crop prospects are excellent barring delays on level ground.
Vineless potatoes sprout underground in Gerald Butterfield garden
In Gerald Butterfield's garden, potato hills show no vines but potatoes form underground. Seed labeled Red River Ohio planted the first week of May has taken root, producing crops from pea to hen egg size without visible foliage. The curious occurrence draws note from the gardener.
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The
Gazette
Bertram
Gerald Butterfield
Butterfield
Red River Ohio
Replanting Underway After Heavy Rains Hit Walker Crops
Heavy rains and hail last week damaged cucumber crops for the salting works at Walker. Most fields are being replanted. Woodchucks reportedly destroyed 300 tomato and cabbage plants on the Bernard Brecht farm. First alfalfa cutting underway around Walker, with a fairly heavy crop.
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Pecal
Walker
Bernard Brecht
Institute speaker urges farm policy shift toward purchasing power
E G Nourse of the Institute of Economics in Washington urged switching farm policy from restricting supplies to maximizing purchasing power of the masses at Ames. He warned against overemphasis on controls while praising brakes as safety devices to avoid dragging economic progress. The session covered cooperative distribution, cost accounting and price policy to minimize waste and aid the poor.
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G. Nourse
Institute of Economics
Washington, D. C
American Institute of Cooperation
Iowa Country Life Institute
Nourse
Joseph G. Knapp
FDA
Knapp
Country Life
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