East Iowa pasture improvement contest expands to ten counties
Sixty counties? No. Eighty five farmers across ten eastern Iowa counties enroll in the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce led pasture improvement contest. Linn county leads with 17 participants followed by Benton 16 Poweshick 11 Iowa 10. Counties listed with enrollments include Johnson Cedar Tama Delaware Jones Buchanan and others. Aimed at a pasture clinic next fall the program enters its third year expanding from four to ten counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Benton
Iowa
Poweshiek
Buchanan
Delaware
Cedar
Jones
Johnson
Tama
ITH
Cedar Rapids
Poweshick
4-H Livestock Tour Visits 41 Farms in Fayette County
Forty-one members and eight visitors attended the Center township 4-H boys club livestock tour in Fayette county last week. William T. Diamond and Everette Sinnott, county club agent, also participated along with tours of 41 farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Township
Fayette County
William T. Diamond
Everette Sinnott
FENCE DRIFT celebrates Benton Farm Bureau’s 1000th member
The Gazette farm editor reports that a $10 payment secures the 1,000th Benton county Farm Bureau membership this year. The editor notes the donation grants no voting rights and emphasizes goodwill toward an active local group, with a nod to Linn County as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Merle Fry
Benton County Farm Bureau
Benton
Benton Farmers’ Affairs
Linn County Farm Bureau
Confab For Rural Church Leaders Planned For July
The Iowa Rural Church Leaders Institute will be held July 15 to 19 at Camp Comar near Ames. Dr. W H Stacy says eleven committees chaired by rural ministers and aided by Iowa State college staff will develop rural life objectives and organize programs on community life, youth, recreation, and church community studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa Rural Church Leaders
Camp Comar
Here
W. H. Stacy
Extension Rural
Stacy
Ernest B. Stewart
Redding
George Godfrey
Iowa State College
Earl M. Frantz
Ivester
Grundy Center
S. H. Thompson
E. H. Jackson
Bayard
A. R. McLaughlin
R. S. Phillips
Northwood
Miss Zaneta Eager
Largest REA plant begun on Mississippi river near Wisconsin side
Construction starts on a steam turbine generating station at a riverbank site a few miles from a government dam. The $1.5 million project serves eleven rural electric cooperatives in Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin with planned initial capacity of 6 000 kilowatts plus a future 6 000 kilowatts. Completion is slated for September 1 with federal REA financing and coal barges aiding transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lansing
REA
America
Mississippi
Iowa
Minnesota
Fayette Farm Bureau Picnic Draws 500 Attendees
About 500 people attended the Fayette county Farm Bureau picnic and sports festival. Allan Kline of Vinton delivered the principal address. North half and south half teams competed in a county baseball game, with the north prevailing. Scott township 4-H won the softball tournament while Oran beat Center township in the consolation. Women’s events drew many entrants with winners including Mrs Ed Steffans and Floy Morgan. Men’s winners included Bud Faust, Donald Butts, Volney Palmer, Wayne Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Vinton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Scott Township
Oran
Center Township
Ed Steffans
West Union
Hairquoits
Grant Lauer
Eldorado
Floy Morgan
Stanley
Dorothy Schaller
Randalia
W. H. Faust
E. D. Jones
Bud Faust
Donald Butts
Volney Palmer
Hawkeye
Wayne Roberts
Grass Conference Set at Ames for September
Ames Iowa State College will host a regional grassland conference on September 11. The event is sponsored by the Association of Directors of Experiment Stations north central region and the pasture committee of the American Society of Agronomy, following the corn belt section meeting September 9–10. The aim is to boost grass improvement programs tied to federal agricultural efforts and experiment stations, and to evaluate grass work within evolving agricultural priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
H. D. Hughes
Association of Directors of
American Society of Agronomy
Hughes
Land Front Colleges
United States Department of Agriculture
Migratory Farm Labor Camps Planned By FSA
The senate appropriations committee approved a $75 million Farm Security Administration allocation. It effectively endorses spending $5 million next year to build migratory farm labor camps in various regions of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSA
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Farm Security Administration
Battles to judge Buenos Aires show Maquoketa Angus leader sails to South America
Otto V Battles, Rosemere Angus herd owner in Maquoketa, will sail from New York July 12 to judge the South American International Livestock Show at Palermo Park Buenos Aires Argentina. He will tour Argentine ranches and is one of two Americans invited to judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Otto V. Battles
New York
South America
Palermo Fark
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Battles
F. W. Harding
United States
Aberdeen
Scotland
Yakima
Bill Barton
Chicago Angus Association
Dan White
Baltimore
Four Clay County Soil Clinics Set for This Week
County Agent Grover Hahn announced four soil testing clinics in Clayton county to assess limestone requirements. The sessions run Tue at Vern Zieman farm Monona township, Tue at Hale Corlett farm Farmersburg township, Wed at Norbert Nieland farm Jefferson township, and Wed at Preron Axtell farm Cass township with times from 9 30 a.m. to 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Clayton County
Grover Hahn
Vern Zieman
Monona Township
Hale Corlett
Farmersburg Township
Norbert Nieland
Jefferson Township
Preron
Axtell
Cass Township
New Oats Arrive in Kansas City Amid Slow Wheat Movement
Kansas City received the first car of new crop oats from Texas, grade No. 1 red at 32 pounds per bushel, not offered for sale open market. Wheat movement remains slow across central western and southwestern markets with only 33 cars received by June 21, far below last year's pace, while most grain goes to storage for loans or elevator care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Kansas City
Texas
Fort Worth
Enid
Oklahoma
New House Rises On Farm Between Oxford Junction And Toronto
A six room bungalow with gray asbestos shingles rises on the Mrs. Mark Andresen farm replacing an old colonial destroyed by fire five weeks ago. Cistern water is used with future furnace install planned. cost not to exceed the old house insurance of 2500. Chris Bartels and family occupy a small temporary building on the farm. Frank Tech builds a large double corncrib and granary nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Oxford Junction
Mark Andresen
Toronto
Chris Bartels
Frank Tech
Mechanized insect battle spans plains to Canada border
Washington reports a broad mechanized assault on grasshoppers across western fronts from Canada to northwest Texas. Federal machines, aided by private equipment and aircraft, spread poison bait as forage shortages raise invasion risk. Chinch bug fight begins in Oklahoma with creosote shipments totaling 371,000 gallons to several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Galloway
Washington
Canada
Texas
Montana
Saskatchewan
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Minnesota
South Dakota
Huron
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Rainfall Suppresses Chinch Bug and Grasshopper Swarms
Heavy weekend rains across Iowa slowed chinch bug nymph migrations and grasshopper incursions in major corn areas. Officials note southern and southwestern counties face the worst chinch bug threat, while grasshoppers remain limited to scattered western and northwestern sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Salt Tastes Bitter with Magnesium Sulphate Added
The sentence notes that bitterness in salt is produced by the presence of magnesium sulfate.
Clayton to Hold Orchard Budding Confabs in Clayton County
Grover H. Hahn announces budding demonstrations on July 1 in Clayton county. Dr. S W Edgecombe will show budding techniques on various apple varieties grafted onto hardy rootstocks. Sessions occur at four farms with times from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Insect and disease concerns and cultural issues will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Clayton County
Grover H. Hahn
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Jonathan
Delicious
Grimes
Joan
Fred Schroeder
Casper Shulty
Arno Kregel
Mabel True
Orchard budding demos set for Allamakee county July 2 and 3
County Agent Fred O Riley announces budding demonstrations in Allamakee county on July 2 and 3. Horticulturist S W Edgecombe from Ames extension will lead the visits to each orchard where planting was supervised this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Fred O'Riley
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames Extension Horticulturist
Edgecombe
Women In Clayton To Study Farmers Problems And Plans
Rural and urban women of Clayton county will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss parity payments crop insurance the ever normal granary the food stamp plan and reciprocal trade agreements led by Mrs Ellsworth Richardson state AAA committeewoman Mrs G A Tone of Des Moines will discuss reciprocal trade agreements and Mrs Catherine Dittmer is county educational chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleader
Clayton County
Ellsworth Richardson
AAA
G. A. Tone
Des Moines
Catherine Dittmer
Seed Analysts Short Course Dates Set at Iowa State
Iowa State college announces the Seedmen's Short Course for seed analysts from August 5 to 16. Dr. R. H. Porter heads the seed laboratory and says the two week program offers commercial seed analysis instruction in weed and crop seed identification purity analysis and germination techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
R. H. Porter
Iowa State College Seed Laboratory
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Iowa
Tawa
Linn County
L. F. Keep
Belle Plaine
Harry J. Carr
Shellsburg
R. O. Wright
N. M. McNee
Watkins
O. A. Koopman
Newhall
A C. Kluss
Luzerne
Plagmann
Blairstown
Royal L. Tuttle
Norway
North English
John Kirkpatrick
Allyn G. Evans
Williamsburg
C. F. Dietrich
Henry G. Plagman
Conroy
Lon Bigbee
Marengo
Philip C. Geiger
Amana
Henry Bendorf
High Amana
Herman Shoup
South Amana
Traey
Gray Brothers
Toledo
Mike Lastovka
Elberon
John Spacken
Albert Fink
George Conant
Gladbrook
Steiert Brothers
L. M. Ryan
Manchester
Ralph Childs
Thomas Holbert
Greeley
Schacheret and Downey
Edgewood
J. Louis Cocking
Rcevel McColm
Anamosa
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Henry Adams
Monticello
Irving Hintz
Ray Hamilton
Jesup
H. H. Hand
Independence
R. A. Nelson
BR. F. A
Benton Farm Organization
F. B
Maquoketa Man
Otto Battles
Clayton
Philadelphia
Twiggs
Mistahea
Mator
Uae
Orwilliams
Sato
Weed
Oxford
Williams
Grasshopper
Washington State
Bing
Lug
Hyodine
First Street
Farm Service
J. Keith Noll
Farm Service Department
J.keith Noll
Noll
the Peoples Savings Bank
Peoples Savings Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!