Second Grade Lambs In Belle Plaine Pool Sell For 11 50 Cwt
A Belle Plaine Iowa pool sold 85 lambs at 11.50 per cwt with no shrink in a four county demonstration led by Donald Bass. Waterloo packer bought blue grade lambs at 14 per cwt and 48 green lambs went to Ottumwa for 10.25 per cwt. The sale included fat backs, blacks unfinished lambs and a lone old lamb. Consignments came from Benton Tama and Poweshick counties. A separate note reports 71 hogs sold at 12 per cwt in Waterloo for Chicago top market.
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Belle Plaine Pool
Elle Plaine
Donald Bass
Belle Plaine
Chicago
Wateloo
Ee Olen Leen
White Town
Waterloo
Qttumwa
Waterloo Packer
H Mullin
Guernsey
C W McDonald
Rex Beresford
Animal Husbandry Department
Ames
Benton
Iowa
Tama
Poweshick
Bnecal
Wapello
E. D. Pretz
Louisa County
Harold Driscoll
Fence Drift and Silent Observers in Jackson County Hills
A fragment describes a senile older woman with a corn cob pipe trapped in woven wire fencing. The narrator notes her fading teeth and the beauty of Jackson County hills as she contemplates aging and the passage of time.
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Jackson County
Tama county soil conservation tour on Thursday
A Tama county soil conservation tour sponsored by the 4 county Soils Improvement association is scheduled for Thursday. In the morning the farms of E. P Skrable, Earl Lyon and Harry Lichty will be visited, with the Moore and Youngman farm the Tama Indian reservation and the Conrad Roseland farm on the afternoon agenda.
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Toledo
Tama County
National Horse Pulling Contest Scheduled for October
The National Horse Pulling contest will be held in Columbus with the National Percheron show and National Duty show from October 11 to 16. Also listed are several Iowa fairs for 1937 including Kossuth county Algona Big 4 Postville Fayette West Union Buchanan Jesup Pilot Rock Cherokee Buena Vista Alta Cedar Rapids Clinton DeWitt Davenport Adel Des Moines Adair Greenfield Burlington Keosauqua Leon Clarinda and Malvern.
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Columbus
Horse and Mule Association of America
Iowa
Algona
Postville
Fayette
West Union
Jesup
Cherokee
Alta
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
DeWitt
Davenport
Adel
Des Moines
Adair
Greenfield
Burlington
Tri- State Fair Corp
van Buren County Agricultural Society
Keosauqua
Leon Public School Institute
Leon
Page
Clarinda
Mills
Malvern
Alfalfa Baled by Local Farm Team Using New Machine
SPRINGVILLE The Equitable Life Assurance farm near Cedar Rapids east of Springville tested a new baling method. B D Coppock and Son baled halfa hay from the windrow using a truck mounted haler with a hayloader. Four men operated the setup and twenty acres were baled Monday and Tuesday with more expected. The alfalfa was cut Saturday evening.
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Springville
Equitable Life Assurance Company
New York
Collins Farms Company
Cedar Rapids
B. D. Coppock and Son of
Armstrong and Son
Insect Situation Serious Says Drake Ames
Dr Carl J Drake Iowa state entomologist warns farmers of a worsening pest situation with army worm moths near Sioux City cutworms in pockets and a grasshopper hatch 25 to 40 percent complete across counties. He urges close farmer cooperation and widespread use of bait to protect yields.
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AMES
INS
Carl J Drake
Sioux City
Iowa
Grasshopper bait efforts spread 15 tons in Washington county
Special to The Gazette reports 185 Washington county farmers attended three grasshopper bait demonstrations this week led by Federal Entomologist Louie Spain. Demonstrations also run at the bait mixing plant each afternoon by County Agent William J. Roudabush. More than 30,000 pounds of poisoned bait has been applied locally, with about 20,000 pounds distributed last week.
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the Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Louie Spain
William J. Roudabush
Grasshopper control demonstrations planned in Johnson County
Johnson County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announces the first grasshopper control demonstrations to be held Wednesday across three sites near North Liberty Sharon and Hills starting at 6 am 10 am and 2 pm Harold Gunderson of the Ames extension service will lead the sessions. F E Krause reports four tons of poison bait on hand in Maquoketa for use if needed and army worms found in the county but not in damaging numbers. D Worthington Ames extension entomologist will conduct a Delaware county farm series Wednesday with demonstrations near Manchester Ryan and Hopkinton starting at 6 am 10 am and 2 pm.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Emmett C. Gardner
North Liberty
Sharon
Hills
Harold Gunderson
Ames Extension Service
Maquoketa
F. E. Krause
The
Gazette
Manchester
D. Worthington Ames
Delaware County
Henry Gillespie
Dennis E. Drummy
Ryan
Lindley Allen
Hopkinton
Health Clinic Planned For Cedar County Fair
Special to The Gazette IPTO Vo x health clinic will be a featured event at the Cedar County fair sponsored by the Farm Bureau woman's home project. Children ages five and six will be examined on two mornings during the fair week. The Cedar County 4-H health contest will run in connection with the clinic. Lost Nation girl Lila Machande named health girl to represent Sharon township Willing Workers 4-H club at the Clinton county Farm Bureau celebration August 11 to 13.
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Cedar County
Farm Bureau Woman's Home Project
Lost Nation
Lila Machande
Health Girl
Sharon Township
Willing Workers
Clinton County
Farm Bureau
Tales After Supper Color a Country Night
After supper on the farm two boys listen as hired men spin far flung tales of drifting work and distant places. The cool breeze, irrigation talk, and citrus notes weave a summer night memory to be answered by tomorrow with tactful explanations. By a Country Woman.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Catton
Colt Club Near Keswick Forms in Keokuk County
The Dayton Community Colt club elected John O Rourke president with Ernest Fisher as secretary and treasurer. Directors include D E Cooper M E Bank D E Dennis and E E Fisher. The 48-member group in southwestern Town and northwestern Keokuk counties bought a 3-year-old Belgian stallion from a Greeley importer this summer.
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Keswick
John O'Rourke
Webster
Dayton
Steers Bring Strong Chicago Prices at Feeder Sale
Gare Marengo Frank W. Heitman of Texas County feeders received $15.25 per hundredweight for twenty two steers weighing 1,290 pounds and $14.50 per cwt for twenty four steers averaging 1,142 pounds in Chicago trading Monday.
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ENG Gare Marengo
Frank W. Heitman
Teas County
Chicago
New Barn Built on Louis Chase Farm Northeast of Stanley
A 32 by 44 by 16 foot barn with a truss roof was completed on the Louis Chase farm eight miles northeast of Stanley. Builder N P Stimson supervised the project.
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Stanley
Louis Chase
N. P. Stimson
Iowa spring pig crop finishes below last year
Iowa farmers saved 8,457,000 pigs this spring 3 percent under 1936. The average litter size was 6.26 pigs, the largest since 1924. Total sows farrowed 1,251,000, down 8 percent from 1,469,000. If fall crops align with intentions, 1937 pig crop may drop about two percent from 1936.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Carl
Federal bureau sees 7.4 percent drop in spring pig production
The Bureau forecasts a 7.4 percent decline in spring pig numbers for 1937 compared with last year. It also indicates 3.4 percent fewer sows to farrow in the fall of this year.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau
Hog litters and herd size drop in 1937 amid price trends
Economists note a 1937 decline in farrowings and hogs over six months on farms, about 8.5 percent below 1936 totals. Litters will fall 30 percent from 1932–33 averages, though not as low as 1934–35. Butter prices are near June lows with small summer fluctuations.
Ames Sees Lower Summer Butterfat Than Last Season
Ames extension economists predict butter prices will not stay as high as in summer 1936 due to increased milk production and abundant pastures. Butterfat prices currently average about 125 percent of the prewar base, roughly in line with farm prices, but remain lower than feed grains and meat animals.
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Ames—Ames Agricultural Extension
34 Cents Paid For Top Butterfat At Wellman
Wellman Cooperative Creamery paid patrons 34 cents for sweet cream butterfat and 33 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat delivered during the first half of June, reported A C Kraft buttermaker.
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Wellman
Wellman Co- Operative Creamery Company
A. C. Kraft
Fourth of July events muted by Traer plans
Traer has no plans for a Fourth of July celebration though the swimming pool will hold its usual activities on Monday July 5. The local kittenball association sponsors a Waterloo versus fast local team softball game at Dennis field with a fireworks program to follow.
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TRAER
Waterloo
Dennis Field
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