Grass seed shortages hit Iowa farmers hard
Ames extension agronomist E S Dyas warns timothy and bluegrass are plentiful only in limited supplies with red clover nearly vanished. Prices range from six to twenty five dollars a bushel depending on seed type as farmers prepare for AAA program planting and reseeding drought damaged pastures.
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E. S. Dyas
Ames Extension Agronomist
Iowa
Dyas
AAA
Timothy
Horace Cheney
Extension Agronomist
Ames
Cheney
Farm Baling and Pasture Mixes Suggested by Cheney
Agricultural guidance from Cheney on soil types and ideal pasture mixes. Recommendations cover disced or plowed ground, nurse crops, and clover grass blends with oats ryegrass or timothy. Includes soil-specific blends: sweet clover red clover alsike timothy bluegrass and brome as drought resistant option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Iowa
Keokuk Farmers Plan Meeting On Soil District Law
Keokuk county farmers will meet in Sigourney Memorial hall at 10 a.m. Wednesday to discuss the proposed soil conservation district law for Iowa. The session is organized by the county planning board committee and the soils board and is open to the public. A summary will be sent to the state planning board. Noel Montz, Ed A. Peiffer, and Forrest Bennett lead the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Iowa
Memorial Hall
Richland
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Forrest Bennett
42.4 Pound Herd Tops Mahaska County Cow Test in February
The Ralph Sarver herd of purebred Holsteins from Rose Hill led Mahaska County Cow Test association in February for the second straight month with an average production of 42.4 pounds of butterfat. One Sarver cow set a high individual mark with over 70 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta
Ralph Sarver
Rose Hill
Mahaska County
Institute of Cooperation Opens in Des Moines
Special to The Gazette describes the eighth annual Iowa Institute of Cooperation opening at Hotel Savery led by Linn county farmer C B Michel president of the Federation of Iowa Farm Organizations. The program features multiple panels and talks on cooperative management, rail transportation, and future roles in Iowa agriculture with figures from Ames Des Moines Clarion and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Agriculture
C. V. Gregory
Wallace's Farmer
Iowa Homestead
George W. Godfrey
Ames
Iowa State College
Ten Year Record Shows Oats Yield Less Than Barley
Iowa farmers average 231 more pounds of grain per acre from barley than oats based on a decade of state yield data. With oat acreage around 6 million and barley 460 thousand acres, barley offers better yield and crop value. Ames agronomist L. C. Burnett forecasts expansion of barley acreage. Velvet variety now accounts for about 75 percent of oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
L. C. Burnett
Ames Agronomist
Velvet
Old AAA Rejuvenated By Ray Anderson
Iowa AAA committee and county agents review a streamlined act replacing the hog program with production control and soil conservation emphasis. Quota marketing may be optional if two thirds vote yes. Iowa farmers could receive around 35 million dollars under the new act, based on a 9.25 million acre corn allotment with county-by-county allocations pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Anderson
AAA
Agricultural Conservation Act
Towa
Iowa
Ames
International News Service
O. D. Klein
Iowa Aaa Committee
Barley Yields Highlight Velvet Iogios Trial Varieties in Iowa
Iowa trials show Velvet averaging over 41 bushels per acre while Iogios, still experimental, yields 48 or more, with one test at 67 bushels. Seed for 1938 test sowing exhausted. Barley scab remains the major disease, spreading from corn stalks. control includes rotating from corn land and plowing to bury residue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Iowa
Moffit Brothers Consign 30 Bulls To Fort Worth Sale
Mechanicsville breeders Alex Moffit and Sons consign 30 Hereford bulls to Fort Worth Texas for sales March 11 to 16. The shipment originates near Mechanicsville with loading at Buchanan and transport to Columbus Junction and then onward with Clyde Turkington’s consignments from Letts.
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Moffit Brothers
Ft. Worth Sale
Mechanicsville
Alex Moffit and Sons
Fort Worth
Texas
Moffit and Sons
Buchanan
Columbus Junction
Clyde Turkington
Letts
Annual Meeting of Chicago Producers March 8
Successors to Charles W. Martin H. H. Parke and A. Ewing will be elected directors at the Chicago Producers Commission association annual meeting in Hotel La Salle Chicago March 8. The program includes a meat cutting demonstration by the National Livestock and Meat Board and talks on beef rib grades and value, cooperative livestock marketing, and Illinois livestock auctions and marketing.
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Chicago
Charles W. Martin
Jefferson
H. H. Parke
Genoa
Ill
A. Ewing
Decatur
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Hotel la Salle
National Livestock and Meat Board
J. S. Campbell
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
C. G. Randell
Farm Credit Administration
R. C. Ashby
University of Illinois
Illinois
Illinois Marketing Association Holds Peoria Meeting Leaders Speak
Earl C. Smith president of the Illinois Agricultural Association and P O Wilson secretary manager of the National Livestock Marketing Association were principal speakers at the Illinois Marketing Association annual meeting in Peoria. Wilson explained the functions of his group and Smith discussed the new farm bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Earl C. Smith
Illinois Agricultural Association
P. O. Wilson
National Livestock Marketing Association
Illinois Marketing Association
Wilson
Smith
28 000 Iowa tenant farmers move to new farms this year
About 28 000 Iowa tenant families shifted to new farmsteads on March 1 initiating the 1938 crop year. Causes include farm sales foreclosures and higher rents. one fourth of tenants may move, with regional variation. Surveys show few farms sold, rents steady, and limited prospects for young farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennon Loyd
Des Moines
Iowa
Schickele
Ames
Farm Auction Schedule Advises Buyers in Iowa
Coming sales set for Wednesday March 2 at Mackie and Company in Vinton. On Thursday March 3 Beverly Cattle Company and Harry Karr reduction sale three miles southwest of Robins. Friday March 4 Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robins
Mackie and Company
Vinton
Beverly Cattle Company
Harry Karr
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Greeley C T A Averages 23.9 Pounds Butterfat
In Manchester the Greeley Cow Test association reports February results for 406 cows, 71 dry, averaging 652 pounds of milk and 23.9 pounds of butterfat. The Paul McElmeel Holsteins lead herds with 1,174 pounds of milk and 41.8 pounds of butterfat, including a top individual at 2,184 pounds of milk and 82.9 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Greeley Cow Test Association
John Kooistra
Paul McElmeel
McElmeel
Marion Association To Hear Iowa City Co Op Manager
The Marion Livestock Marketing association will hold its annual meeting at Memorial hall Marion at 10 30 a m Friday. R B Blinks announced the speaking speaker will be E L Hegg manager of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing association who will explain methods used in his group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Iowa City
Co-Op
Marion Livestock Marketing Association
Memorial Hall
R. B. Blinks
E. L. Hegg
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
Two New Boys' 4 H Clubs Formed In Linn
Club Agent P. J. Letson announced the formation of two new boys 4 H clubs in Linn County. Grant township has fourteen members and Boulder township nine, raising Linn County’s total to nineteen active clubs with over 300 members. John Quist will meet Linn county leaders at the Farm Bureau office in Cedar Rapids to plan the year, aid with demonstration work and judging, and set goals. On Christmas day, 1865, John Sherman opened the Union stock yards at Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Letson
Linn County
Grant Township
Boulder Township
Letson
John Quist
Ames
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
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R.F.A
Claude Wickard
Towa Prairie
Corn Belt
United States
Giass TT Ik
Jodern
Keokuk
Iowa Institute OF Cooperation
Marion Farmer
Frank Robotka
H. L. Gross
Iowa Mutual Insurance Association
Sam Stuart
Cooperative Elevator
Clarion
Burt Neal
Mount Vernon
American Farmers Companies
Scott Ellis
Dallas Center
Des Moines Cooperative Dairy Marketing Association
E. L. Kreger
Ralston
Farmers Elevator Service Company
Alfred Burnham
Cooperative Oil Company
Charles City
Guy L. Roberts
W. I. Wasson
Cooperative Creamery
Brooklyn
E L. Hegg
Livestock Marketing Association
Oscar Helmne
Marcus
Farmers Grain Dealers
Matt Clark
Iowa Cooperative Livestock Marketing Association
O. K Storre
Kensett
Iowa State Brand Creameries
R. D. Robbins
Clear Lake
Addison Parker
O. B. Jesness
St. Paul
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Minnesota
Ralph Ingerson
Farmers Union Central Exchange
Milford Beagley
Pierson
Farmers Grain Dealers Association
John Uban
Waterloo
Eastern Iowa Oil Company
O. T
Klein
INS
State Aaa
Washington
Gazette
Wickard
North Central Region Aaa
Tittle Bros. Packing Company
Second Street SE
Haddock
Rainer Schickele
Iowa State College Agricultural Economist
State Farm Tenancy Committee
P. C. Lassen
First Avenue E
DIAL
Merle E Garmoe
Gia Bgal
Tehee
Buehler Bros
Ist St. SE
Old Post Office
Bidg
Greeley C. T. A
Linn
John Sherman
Union
Gaes
OUR Leader
del Monte
Sun Brite Cleanser
Maxwell House Coffee
Fey. Rice
Idaho
Vogy
Florida
Swift
Ile
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Alethia
Samle
Malden
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