Crop Picture Darkened By Storm Damage In Iowa
Des Moines reports describe a week of favorable weather for corn soybeans and alfalfa until a severe hail and floodstorm damaged or destroyed thousands of acres across Winneshiek and other counties. Reed notes drought relief in some areas yet wet fields hamper planting and harvest. oat color and growth improve while flax blooms. potatoes suffer heat injury. victory gardens and weed control improve.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Beas D. Reed
Winneshiek
Reed
Cedar
Clinton
Jones
Jackson
Missouri River
Monona
Victory Gardens
Angus Breeders Plan District Association Meeting
Angus breeders from Benton Johnson Cedar Jones and Linn counties will meet at the Montrose hotel in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening to discuss organizing a district breed association. The district group would join the state wide beef breed associations and be sponsored by the Iowa Beef Producers association.
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Benton
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Jones and Linn
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Haying Method Mixes Windrow, Wagon, and Blower At Farm
A Kansas or corn belt farm describes an unusual haying setup on the Kelly Brothers’ farm near Clarence. Dry hay from windrows is picked by a field chopper into a covered wagon, then to a stationary barnyard blower. A gas pipe windlass and electric jack move hay to the blower into a crib stack. The article notes farm loan options at The Peoples Savings Bank and urges crop options like soybeans for hay, sudan grass, and buckwheat to boost feed.
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Kelly Brothers
Clarence
Sudan
Don’t Cut New Oat Varieties Too Soon Warns Dyas
Ames reports extension agronomist E S Dyas of Iowa State College warns against harvesting rust resistant oat varieties Boone Marion Hancock or Tama while moisture exceeds 14 percent. Tests at elevators or AAA offices should determine optimal binning moisture to avoid musty grain and livestock aversion because newer oats are denser and pack tightly. Windrowing or using a pickup for harvest helps, and if using a binder wait four days to a week for stems to yellow and dry before cutting.
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Ames
Boone
Marion
Hancock
Tama
E. S. Dyas
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State College
Dyas
AAA
Iowa Holstein Herds Classified This Week
Professor J. B. Fitch of Manhattan Kansas serves as official judge for the Holstein-Friesian Association of America in Iowa this week. Wednesday classifications covered holdings of Albert Timm Muscatine C W Haight Winfield Earl P Booth Washington Walter Marner Stanley Bush Wellman Harvey J Miller Kalona Anton Heitshusen South Amana and A E Reeve Tiffin. Thursday classifications were set for G E Hillier Marion Clarence Vaske Dyersville Paul McElmeel Greeley and Bill Nieman George Tiedon and Aaron Tiedon Elkader.
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J. B. Fitch
Manhattan
Kan
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Iowa
Albert Timm
Muscatine
C. W. Haight
Winfield
Earl P. Booth
Washington
Walter Marner
Stanley Bush
Wellman
Harvey J. Miller
Kalona
Anton Heitshusen
South Amana
A. E. Reeve
Tiffin
G. E. Hillier
Marion
Clarence Vaske
Dyersville
Paul McElmeel
Greeley
Bill Nieman
George Tiedon
Aaron Tiedon
Elkader
State 4-H Colt Show Sept 2 4 At Waterloo
DES MOINES AP Iowa announces the official 4-H colt club show will be held at Waterloo September 2 to 4 under Dairy Cattle Congress sponsorship with help from the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association. The number of classes for Belgians Percherons Clydesdales and Shires will rise from last year. Palominos will be exhibited. Premium lists and entry blanks go out July 15. Professor A B Caine of Iowa State College is invited to judge. Three breed associations cooperate in awarding prizes with each party providing 80 dollars toward costs of their breed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
State Department He Agriculture
A B Caine
Iowa State College
Belgian Draft Horse Corporation of America
Percheron Horse Association of America
Iowa Palomino Exhibitors’ Association
Clean, Plentiful Water Supply for Livestock
A plan to ensure a steady, adequate water source for livestock is outlined. It emphasizes reliable access, drought resilience, and maintenance of clean, contaminant-free water to support herd health and productivity across pastures and farms.
Haymaking in Full Swing in Eastern Iowa Fields
In eastern Iowa, farmers worked Tuesday to harvest hay after Monday's storm, forming efficient crews. The Jake See farm north of Amana hosted a pickup baler outfit with local men Arnold Berger George Berger Richard Berger Harold Brockschink and Mr See. Clover and timothy hay were brought in from fields near the Lee farm by Frank Bys and his nephew Glenn as they unloaded at the barn.
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Iowa
Jake See
Amana
Arnold Berger
George Berger
Richard Berger
Harold Brockschink
Norway
Mr. See
Timothy
Frank Bys
Lee Farm
Ee Glenn
Purdue agronomists defend soybeans as soil friendly
LAFAYETTE Ind Soybeans were defended against the charge of being a menace to soil improvement in a Purdue bulletin. Eight year test results show soybeans are not more soil depleting than corn or alfalfa. recommend extra phosphorus and potash in rotations. Erosion risks on rolling lands are similar to corn and on acid soils lime is necessary for soybeans to respond to fertilizers.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University Agronomists
America
Purdue
the Bulletin
Scott County Home Economist Honored at 1944 Convention
Miss Helene Dilger of Davenport was named Iowa's outstanding extension home economist at the 1944 national convention of the American Home Economics Association. She has served as extension home economist in Iowa since 1929, working in Madison, Adair, Black Hawk, Winneeshiek, and Scott counties, and acted as assistant chaperone for 4-H club girls at the national club congress in 1937 and accompanied Iowa delegates to the 1940 national 4-H club camp.
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Ames
Helene Dilger
Davenport
Iowa
American Home Economics Association
American Home Demonstration Agents Association
Dilger
Madison
Adair
Black Hawk
Winneshiek
Scott
Fleming and Groves Named to Farm Bureau Posts
Des Moines Iowa Up Roger W Fleming of Dinsdale is named secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation Allan Kline president announced Wednesday Donald B Groves of Ames will serve as acting secretary and treasurer until Fleming returns from the navy as an ensign Groves becomes treasurer and will fill the vacancy left by W Hamilton who resigned Fleming director of research since 1939 on leave Groves previously regional field director and assistant director of organization and former Humboldt and Benton county extension director
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Des Moines
Roger W. Fleming
Dinsdale
Donald B. Groves
Ames
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Kline
Groves
Fleming
Navy
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau
Humboldt
Benton
Second Storm in Week Strikes Allamakee
WAUKON The second electrical storm within a week with wind and hail swept Allamakee county Monday morning causing crop and farm building damage. Heaviest losses were in Union Prairie township and around Rossville. A 40 by 60 foot basement barn on the William Drew farm west of here was struck by lightning and burned with hay and harness, and a barn on the Emil Thorsen farm east of town was also affected.
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the Gazette
Waukon
Allamakee County
Union Prairie Township
Rossville
William Drew
Here
Emil Thorsen
Wanted hard of hearing men and women to test cure
An advertisement seeks adults with hearing loss to try the Gurine Home Method test claimed to restore hearing. It promises money back if no improvement and urges asking about Curine Ear Drops at May's and drug stores.
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May's
Wind demolishes Waterville. corn and livestock losses reported
A windstorm wrecked Waterville causing reported losses of 1,000 bushels of corn and some livestock. Hail shattered about one third of the windows in four greenhouses in the area.
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Waterville
Veterinarians Warn Against Home Cures in Animal Care
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association warns farmers to avoid home remedies and patent medicines for milk fever and other cattle and hog diseases. The bulletin notes salts oils and irritants cause fatal complications, urges competent veterinarians, and lists recent outbreaks including hog cholera and equine encephalomyelitis across multiple towns and counties in Iowa.
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W. D. Hoard
Wisconsin
Hoard's Dairyman
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Association
Alburnett
Lowden
Frytown
Kalona
Hopkin
Williamsburg
Keystone
Blairstown
Marengo
Oelwein
Marion
Traer
Nashua
Iowa
Mineral Oil Controls Ear Worms in Sweet Corn
Lincoln Nebraska entomologists at the University of Nebraska report simple and inexpensive control for corn ear worms in Victory garden sweet corn. A medicine dropper and a small bottle of mineral oil from the drugstore are sufficient to manage the pests.
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Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska
Care for wilted corn silks warns insect authorities
Read warns to watch sweet corn for wilted silks and treat each ear promptly. Apply mineral oil from a half full medicine dropper at the base of the silk to protect a single ear. Using excess oil risks injuring the corn. treat before the silks dry.
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Peoples Savings Bank
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Johns Manville
Home Insulation Co
B Avenue
Scott County Home Economist
Bowman Cattle Co
Maquoketa
Roger Fleming
Don Groves
Farm Bureau
Allamakee
M. Feder and Sons
F Avenue
Gabardine
Woerderhoff
First Avenue NE
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
A. F
Tony) Schmitz van Horne
George B. Easker
Service Optical CO
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Montgomery Ward
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