June Hog Receipts in Interior Iowa Hit Near 1933 Highs
Receipts for June through Friday totaled 776 300 head with Saturday expected at 35 000 for a grand total of 811 300. This would place June near the 1933 peak, with 13 760 head behind the previous high. Hog prices rose over the first four days on stronger demand and lighter receipts.
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Minnesota
Jimne
Interior
Iowa
Agricultural Marketing Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Interior Territory
State Committee To Hear Tax Plan For Farm Land
A plan to equalize tax assessments on farm land will be presented to the state committee on agricultural programs at Town State college on July 2 and 3. R K Bliss extension service director announced. Victor Felter Indianola heads the taxes sub committee with Lewis Morris Grimes and W F Rothlisberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Town State College
R. K. Bliss
Extension Service
Victor Felter
Indianola
Lewis Morris
Grimes
W. F Rothlisberger
Fence Drift Fells Roscoe Blinks in Haying Accident
Roscoe Blinks died in a haying accident described as swift and tragic. He was a prominent Linn county crop producer and cattle feeder. Deepest sympathy goes to Mrs Blinks, his child and kin from his extensive circle of friends statewide.
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Roscoe
Linn
Iowa
Elgin Sub-Committee Reviews AAA Productivity for Tax Assessments
The Elgin sub-committee met with former state tax commission representatives to discuss using AAA productivity data to adjust farm tax assessments by productivity ratings. The state committee will also review 438 county recommendations on the AAA plus further input on farm credit, farm security, and soil conservation services. District planning meetings are set for later in the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
State Tax Commission
AAA
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Harvest Opens As Amana Reports Rye Cut For First Harvest
Amana offers the season’s first harvest report with rye binders started on a 22 acre field. P C Geiger notes 5 ft 9 in rye height under a dry, sandy season and an expected 20 bushels per acre yield.
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Amana
P. C. Geiger
Harry Geiger
Delaware 4-H Hold Tour and Elect County Officers
About 200 Delaware county 4-H members parents and friends attended the annual club tour and rally Thursday with 35 autos. North Fork club topped attendance at 100 percent. New officers named include President Dale Patten Adams Prairie club Vice President John Wegmann Colesburg club Secretary-Treasurer Cyril Engler North Fork club and Reporter Allyn Saas Adams Prairie club.
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Manchester
Delaware County
North Fork Club
Dale Patten
Adams Prairie Club
John Wegmann
Colesburg Club
Cyril Engler
Allyn Saas
North Linn county 4-H baby beef tour draws sixty
About 60 Linn county 4-H members attended the Thursday baby beef tour for the north half of the county and the same number was expected for Friday’s south half tour. Lill Harr reported thirty calves seen in 16 stops on Thursday with judging at three farms including Shorthorns at the Kester farm near Coggon and Angus at the Lilley farm near Central City. A Friday judging workout was planned at the Burt Neal farm near Mount Vernon with Shorthorns to be judged. Mr Worry demonstrated curling a calf for fair preparation.
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Linn County
4-H Club
Lill Harr
Glenn and Louis Kester
Coggon
Angus
Paul Lilley
Central City
Four H club tour planned by county agent and parents
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Four H club members and their parents will join a Saturday tour of club projects led by County Agent Emmett C Gardner. The group will meet at 8 30 a.m. at the Iowa City post office and visit farms around Iowa City Solon North Liberty Oakdale and nearby areas.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Emmett C Gardner
Leslie Cole
Thorald Gillpatrick
Frank Urbanek
Henry Veggy
Solon
Alex Young
North Liberty
Caroll Colony
Oakdale
Howard Yoder
Lloyd Propst
William Hunter
Louis Tord
Town City
Joe Miltner
Local Farms Near Oxford and Tiffin to Host July Tour
A new tour and practice judging session is planned for July at several named farms south of Oxford including Bert Bowie Dale Birr Duane Stock Ed Opfrell Joe Halter Wood Griffith and Frank Crow farms and the Frank Colony farm west of Tiffin.
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Bert Bowie
Dale Birr
Duane Stock
Ed Opfrell
Joe Halter
Wood Griffith
Frank Crow
Oxford
Frank Colony Farm
Tiffin
Creamerymen Defer Trade Relations Committee to July 18
Members of the four county Linn, Benton, Iowa, Johnson creamerymen association met in Cedar Rapids and deferred appointing a trade relations committee until July 18 for better attendance. The suggestions committee includes Clarence Nielsen Independence, O. A. Hauskins North English, and W. T. Emmert Shellsburg. B. O. Brownlee and Fred Ford attended.
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Linn
Benton
Iowa
Johnson— Creamerymen’s Association
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Nielsen
Independence
O. A. Hauskins
North English
W. T. Emmert
Shells
Fine Gravel Not Thinner Paste In Concrete
Iowa State College agricultural engineer Henry Giese warns farmers that dirty gravel and excess water in homemade concrete waste thousands annually. He says the cement water paste strength governs the finished product and thinning the paste is fatal. when using fine aggregate more paste is needed, and the water to cement ratio matters most.
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Ames
Iowa
Henry Giese
Iowa State College
Giese
Corn Fields Lag Behind Schedule This Year
The cold spell and dry period slow corn growth in the area with many fields behind schedule though most corn is expected to reach knee high by the Fourth. Last year at this time hybrids stood six feet or more in the vicinity.
Alfalfa Survives Volunteer Oats In Nebraska Field
Walter Dieckgrafe plowed oat stubble for alfalfa last fall. A spring volunteer oat crop yielded 60 bushels per acre when harvested, then Dieckgrafe cut the alfalfa. It produced a fair crop.
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Tecumseh, Neb
Walter Dieckgrafe
Dieckgrafe
Jackson Farm Bureau Plans 4-H Show for July 5
Special to The Gazelle. Jackson County Farm Bureau board of directors met Wednesday evening to discuss the rural electrification project and the state Meacre yield contest closing in July. Arrangements were made for a July 5 conference of Farm Bureau and 4-H club officers to plan the annual achievement show tied to the Jackson County rally and fall festival sponsored by Maquoketa businessmen August 19-15.
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Maquoreta
Jackson County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Five Tie In Judging At Buchanan C T A Picnic
Independent speaker W W Bla sier of Jesup addressed the Buchanan county C T A picnic sponsored by Holstein breeders. Twenty one contestants entered judging contests with five tying for first Crawford Crawford Crawford Hotchkiss and Magnuson recognized. Three cattle classes judged. sixty five members attended. Earth’s orbit speed noted as 1112 miles per minute.
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Independence
W. W. Blasier
Jesup
Buchanan County
C. H. Crawford
Jack Crawford
Bob Crawford
Tom Hotchkiss
Arvid Magnuson
Kildee to Judge Canadian Livestock Expositions
Dean H Kildee of Town State college agricultural division will judge at the Saskatoon industrial exposition from July 22 to 27 and the Regina agricultural and industrial exposition from July 29 to August 3. Later summer judging includes major fairs in Iowa Illinois Maryland and Texas and the All Iowa fair at Cedar Rapids.
97 Attend Linn County Voice Cultivation Classes
A total of 97 people attended five speech training schools for Linn county 4-H girls over Tuesday to Thursday. Seventy-two were 4-H girls from 13 clubs. Miss Lucille Gove led the Wednesday sessions with county 4-H officers presiding on Tuesday and Thursday. Professor J Dale Welsch spoke on correct speech and voice development. seven points urged open jaws, clear articulation, relaxation, proper breathing, simple word choice, direct eye contact, and avoiding slurring.
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Linn County
Lucille Gove
J. Dale Welsch
Cne College
Heifers Sold At Chicago Auction By Rhodes Brothers
Mechanicsville farmers Howard and Forest Rhodes sold 24 head of heifers in Chicago. Forest Rhodes’ lot averaged 770 pounds at 9.40 a hundredweight, while Howard Rhodes’ lot averaged 784 pounds at 9.75 a hundredweight.
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Mechanicsville
Howard
Forest Rhodes
Chicago
Howard Rhodes
Chinch bugs spread reports prompt creosote orders
Ames entomologist George Decker warns farmers to inspect fields now for chinch bugs before migration speeds up. The state entomologist notes the infestation reaching northern counties and that 30 counties have ordered 40 carloads of creosote, with several counties ordering multiple carloads.
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Hamilton
Calhoun
Webster
Sac
Iowa
Poweshiek and
Tama
Ames
Tama and Poweshiek
Mahaska
Davis
Jefferson
Henry
Cass
Crawford
Greene
Guthrie
Polk
West Pottawattamie
Madi
Fatigue Survey Hinted From Household Tasks
A brief notice jokes about conducting a fatigue survey of country women after completing daily chores such as laundry, poultry care, pie and biscuit making, cooking for hay hands, and finishing dishes. The writer urges a visitor to drop in after noon to observe.
Unclear county orders and storage tanks listed in report
The text lists Carroll Audubon Mills Montgomery Adams Page Ringgold Decatur Wayne Boone Appanoose Harrison East Pottawattamie Shelby Fremont Lions Clarke Adair counties and notes permanent storage tanks of creosote oil in Montgomery Polk Union Marion counties.
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Son
Carroll and Audubon
Mills
Montgomery
Adams
Page
Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Boone
Appanoose
Harrison
East Pottawattamie
Shelby
Fremont
Lions
Clarke
Adair
Polk
Union
Marion
Postville Land Deal Sees 80 Acres Sold Near City
Lawrence Welzel bought 80 acres of land adjoining his farm six miles south of Postville from EQ O Lien for $112.50 an acre totaling $9,000. The Tuesday transaction confirms local farm land activity in the Postville area.
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Postville
Lawrence Welzel
EQ O
Parity Payments Totals $14 518 In Delaware
Paul Munson secretary of the Delaware county soil conservation organization announced that 210 parity payment checks totaling 14518 were received Thursday. Farmers across Delaware county will call for their checks at the courthouse.
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Manchester
Paul Munson
Delaware County Soil Conservation Organization
Delaware County
Courte House
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