Extreme Heat Causes Corn Leaves To Curl In Iowa Fields
Farm editor reports extreme heat across four eastern Iowa counties causing corn leaves to curl and resemble frost damage. While some sun scald has been noted, state weatherman Charles Reed says incidents are limited. Drought and scant rainfall amplify damage, with several counties lacking meaningful rain for weeks.
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Iowa
John W. Leasure
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Charles D Reed
Des Moines
North Central
East Central
R. K. Bliss
Ames
Flood
Butler
Bremer
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Grundy
Story
Lew Plager
Grundy Center
Grundy County
Grundy Contracts Await Farmer Second Signatures
In Grundy County 861 regular corn and hog contracts were being submitted to farmers for second signatures on Friday. The work is expected to be completed by Tuesday evening according to officials.
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Grundy County
County group to send contracts to Washington for first payments
An association plan moves contracts for warding to Washington for the first installment payments. It targets the SST EGE SOC gg IT county control group and outlines the immediate transfer.
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County Control Association
Washington
FENCE DRIFT and memories of hard nights and farms
The speaker recalls a rough season with sleepless nights and farm life. He describes a bed under a stove pipe, blistered shingles, and the heat of the seed corn room. Morning work comes with exhaustion and small comforts like swimming in a shallow pasture creek feel distant.
Poultry Man Hatches First Chick Named Rudy
Special to The Gazette Tipton June 36 Moeller set an incubator of eggs and two weeks later removed a fledgling named Rudy. The chick's incubation was likely hastened by favorable weather. Rudy now shows wing feathers as siblings emerge from shells.
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Gazette
Tipton
Moeller
Rudy
Eastern dairymen urged to advertise under New York law
New York passes a temporary advertising mandate for milk and cream funded by a one cent per hundredweight levy split between producers and distributors. The plan, backed by Governor Lehman and Agriculture Commissioner Baldwin, aims to boost fluid milk demand though early copy has yet to appear.
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New York
Iowa
New York State
Albany
Lehman
the Gazette
Towa
National Livestock and Meat Board At
Chicago
National Dairy Council
This Corn Is Doing All Right
Williamsburg farmer Carl Holden shows a 20 acre corn field east of town planted May 2 with minimal rainfall. He notes chinch bugs are present on the farm but not in the corn thanks to a creosoted barrier. Holden is a well known Iowa grains breeder and state fair winner.
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Williamsburg
Carl Holden
Holden
Iowa
Whittier 4-H Club Tours Livestock Judging
Whittier 4-H boys and girls toured livestock at member homes including calves pigs and lambs. Club leaders Adna Hoge A Pearson R Pearson Mary Stanley Clark Kluber E McGrew J Williams D Haworth Hobson and Edna Wild hosted visits with Gleaners guests invited for the event and a picnic dinner arranged by parents and friends. Mervin Donelson Linn County club agent and Mr Williams led the tour.
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Whittier Boys
John Williams
Adna
John Hoge
A. Pearson
R. Pearson
Mary Stanley
Clark
Kluber
E. McGrew
J. Williams
D. Haworth
Hobson
Edna Wild
Whittier Gleaners Girls
Whittier Gleaners Girls’ 4-H Club
Mervin Donelson
Linn County Club
Mr. Willams
Creameries Pay 27 Cents Pound For May Butterfat
Arlington patrons of the Arlington Farmers Creamery received 27 cents a pound for May butterfat. May production totaled 29 164 pounds from 23 400 pounds of butterfat in 490 802 pounds of milk and 21 214 pounds of cream. butter sales brought 6 316.38 dollars. JESUP Jesup Co operative Creamery paid 27 cents a pound for May butter fat. receipts reached 161 540 3 pounds, up 27 243 4 pounds from April. June outlook cited drought heat and fires.
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Arlington
Arlington Farmers Creamery Company
Jesup
Hartwick farmer threshes early six bushels per acre
Hartwick area farmer W Sherwood threshes fourteen acres of wheat to deliver to the elevator. The crop yields six bushels per acre though grain quality is good, marking the earliest threshing on record for the community. Lawn and farmland moisture shortages affect later crops in Lafayette area with variable corn germination and poor apple prospects.
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Hartwick
C. W. Sherwood
Corn On The C J McCammant Farm Tasseling Near Millersburg
On the C J McCammant farm near Millersburg corn is tasseling and laid by two weeks. Replanted corn shows a good stand and all corn is growing well. Pastures have improved after recent rains and water supply for livestock is less worrisome. Harvest of small grain has begun with short straw prompting some farmers to mower cut.
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Lafayette
Millersburg
C. J. McCammant
State Brand Creameries reports 14 million pounds butter sales
Mason City manager R O Storvick announced Iowa State Brand Creameries sales of table butter for 1933 34 rose to more than 14 million pounds, from under 150 thousand six years earlier when the State Brand was formed. Net income was 20 600 with 4 700 added to surplus to 31 700 and 16 000 paid as dividends and patronage rebates. convention drew about 3 000 dairy folks from 59 counties with speakers from Iowa State College and Wallace's Farmer.
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Seeedal
Mason City
R. O. Storvick
Iowa State Brand Creameries, Inc
North Iowa
Storvick
John Thompson
Wallaces
Farmer
Wa Homestead
T.W. Schultz
Iowa State College
George Godfrey
M. Mortensen
A. W. Rudnick
Ames
Eighteen Cars Oil Used To Battle Bugs In Washington County
Eighteen cars of creosote oil have been allotted to farmers in Washington county at Washington, Brighton and Kalona to combat chirch bugs. Oil lines run through corn fields and along roads, with reports of reduced pests after rains and some farms burning bugs in post holes.
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Washington County
the Gazette
Washington
Brighton
Kalona
Chinch bug oil arrives for Jackson County farmers
A carload of creosote oil to fight chinch bugs was received at Maquoketa on Thursday and will be ready for distribution to Jackson County farmers. County agent FE Krause says farmers should bring their own containers and may buy the oil for five cents a gallon. It takes about fifty gallons to supply an 80 rod barrier.
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Q Gazette
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Krause
Iowa AAA Benefits Total 2 284 132
The Farm Administration reports rental and benefit payments to farmers in crop production adjustment programs totaled 274 174 504 in federal funds, with Iowa receiving 2 284 132.44 by June 1 including Wheat and Corn Hog payments. Jasper and Dallas counties show notable totals while Worth County remains low.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Towa
South Dakota
Gazette
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Worth County
Buena Vista
Butler
Cerro Gordo
Hancock
Howard
Helmboldt
Jasper County
Benton
Hardin
Tama
Grundy
Woodbury County
Polk County
Harrison
Jasper
Hancock County
Linn County
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Rain data shows 24 hour trace ending Friday 7 a.m. and June to date 3.16 inches. Normal June to date is 4.55 inches with a deficit of 1.39 inches. The year to date total is 7.64 inches, normal to date 15.38 inches, giving a deficiency of 7.74 inches since January 1.
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Iowa
International News Service
Eastern Iowa corn-hog and wheat payment details
The report cites benefit payments totaling $32 183 10 for corn-hog and $358 for wheat in Eastern Iowa. The item emphasizes payment amounts and regional distribution within the state.
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Iowa
Creamery To Be Erected At Calmar In $15,000 Plant
Calmar creamery under D. J. Farnes as president and A. A. Olson as secretary plans a new $15,000 building. The old plant will be vacated November 1 with two workers, Buttermaker H. H. Fjelstul and assistant Martin Dahlen. New equipment and fixtures will modernize the facility at Highway 55 near the freight depot for improved shipping.
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Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
D. J. Farnes
A. A. Olson
Fjelstul
Martin Dahlen
Highway
Chick Production Cut 25 Percent Across Iowa
Ames-A 25 per cent reduction in chick hatchings reduces supply as hatcheries close for summer. W M Vernon and W R Whitfield say Iowa hatcheries halted operations voluntarily under the national code. Town hatcheries avoid July August hatching to help farmers match brood size to capacity and buying power.
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Ames
Iowa
W. M. Vernon
W. R. Whitfield
Ames Poultry Extension
Vernon
Whitfield
Mr. Vernon
Mr. Whitfield
Cattle Auction Totals Reported At Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction seven ty head sold at 3.34 to 4 cents a pound. Sows with litters brought 11 to 17.50 dollars. A nanny goat sold for 25 cents. Hedge posts 25 cents each. Native lumber 2 dollars per hundred feet. Miscellaneous articles sold well. Auctioneers Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan.
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Columbus Junction
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
Cholera Strikes Brandon Hog Farm Slashing 122 Pigs
John Elliot and his son Merriot, partners near Brandon, lost 122 head of hogs to cholera last week. Most of the hogs were piglets farrowed this spring.
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Brandon, Ija
John Elliot
Merriot
Brandon
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