Seed Barley Demand Grows Across Eastern Iowa This Spring
Eastern Iowa farmers report stronger interest in seed barley for an early feed crop with scarce varieties and higher prices. Wisconsin 38 and Oderbruker are tighter than Trebi and Velvet, with seed prices around 1.85 to 2.00 dollars per bushel and bulk at 1.25 to 1.50. Factors include brewery demand, prior scab scarcity, a weaker last corn crop, and government planting incentives to replace corn in some farms. Iowa and U.S. barley stocks and 5-year averages show tighter supplies.
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Iowa
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Fyenny Sung
Cgar
Milwaukee
United States
Fence Drift and the Underfoot Overheads of a Farm Family
A rural scene shows Mr and Mrs S Barfell with a large family on a farm. The caption notes twelve pairs of overshoes and rubber boots, highlighting the effort and cost to rear a large brood. It frames the family as a significant community service and reflects on farm life and resource management.
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Sbarfell
65 Cents Paid For Oats At Farm Sale Near Waukon
Special to The Gazette report of a farm sale near Waukon with 300 bushels of oats at 65 cents a bushel. Hay sold for 6.50 per ton, corn 76 cents a bushel, horses to 151 dollars, a colt at 103, cows 33 to 80, heifer 65, calves 215 average. Sows 24 each.
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Waukon
Dennis Malone
Seed Analysis Fees Cut at Ames Seed Laboratory
The Ames seed laboratory lowers analysis to 20 cents per sample via county Farm Bureau offices, ending the $10 unlimited-sample rate. Farm Bureau deposits will be $5. June 1 and November 1 account adjustments. Direct reports to farmers cost 25 cents per sample. otherwise reports go to local Farm Bureau agents. Out of state samples incur a 50 cent cancellation fee.
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AMES
Farm Bureau
R. H. Porter
Soil Conservation
Iowa
Porter
Ames Seed Laboratory
Cow Test Assn at Preston Formed by Creamery Patrons
A cow test association in Jackson County formed by patrons of the Preston Cooperative Creamery will begin operations April 1, according to Floyd Johnston Ames extension dairy husbandman.
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Preston
Jackson County
Preston Co- Operative Creamery
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairy Husbandman
Pair Of Mares Bring 525 At Deep River Auction
At the Sulverman horse sale in Deep River a top bid of 525 dollars was paid for a pair of blue mares weighing 3400 pounds. The event drew bidders including Ray Hutchinson of Mortezuma and Al Kutch of New Sharon.
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Dfep River
Sulverman
St Crale
Neaurtom Neg
Edgewood to Rent Food Lockers at Ten Dollars Yearly
Edgewood plans refrigerated lockers to be built immediately in a storage area. The project, titled Edgewood Locker Plan, includes space for 50 lockers priced at ten dollars annually. Rodemaker is named as the primary operator for the facility.
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Edgewood
Forty Seven Years Tenants On One Farm A Remarkable Record
Chris Barfell aged 73 rented a 200 acre Tama county farm seven miles south of Grundy Center for forty seven years. Ten children were born and raised there. The Barfells retired to live with son Otto near Gladbrook. Landlord earlier was Alexander Kleespie, later Traer meat merchant. After Kleespie’s death the farm went to daughter Mrs Guy Eaton of Waukon. This year the tenant is Sam Thelman of Hawkeye, a Barfell relative.
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Chris Barfell
Grundy Center
Tama County
Herbert Quick
Iowa
Vandemark
Barfelf
Otto
Gladbrook
Alexander Kleespie
Kleespie
Traer
Guy W. Eaton
Waukon
Barfelfs
Sam Thelman
Hawkeye
Tama
Linn County Seeks REA Loan for Rural Electric Lines
Washington D C temporary discouraging but promising for the future was the word from the rural electrification administration on a loan of 165000 dollars to build 1635 10 miles of rural electric line to serve farmers of Linn county Iowa. Funds will not be available until after July 1 and Iowa’s present year allocation is 3283258 dollars. National funds total 50000000 with Iowa potentially receiving as little as 2000000 next year due to budget cuts. Iowa had 189086 unelectrified farms last July and 33819 farms served with electricity by October 31.
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SY ED Hadley Washinton
D. C
Rural Electrification Administration
Linn County
Iowa
Linn
REA
503 Club Beeves On Feed In Iowa For 1937 Season
Carl A. Oldson reports 5,003 baby beeves placed on feed by Iowa 4 H club members for 1937, slightly below 1936 total. Eastern Iowa counties show growth from 1,034 to 1,191. purebred heifers number 628. County tallies list Allamakee 48 beeves, Benton 150, Buchanan 53, Cedar 100 beeves and five heifers, Clayton 50, Clinton 95 and eight, Delaware 30 and 22, Fayette 40, Iowa 89 and 20, Jackson 52 and two, Johnson 65 and ten, Jones 65 and three, Keokuk 10 heifers, Linn 81 and 18, Louisa 12 heifers, Marshall 227 and 25, Muscatine 45 and four, Poweshick 134 and 22, Scott 50 and 25, Tama 75 and 15, Washington 40, Winneshiek 18 and two.
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Ames
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Iowa 4-H Club
Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Fayette
Towa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Marshall
Muscatine
Poweshick
Scott
Tama
Washington
Winneshick
Steers Command 14 25 at Chicago Market
Frank Woodmanse of Tama county sold a load of 1175 pound steers in Chicago for 1425 dollars per hundredweight. The sale occurred Monday, reflecting strong cattle demand in the livestock market.
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the Gazette
Toledo
Frank Woodmanse
Tama County
Chicago
Farm Auction Dates and Sale Closings Listed
Consignment auction scheduled for Thursday March 4 at Beverly. Nesetril closes out sale on Tuesday March 9, nine miles southeast of Cedar Rapids.
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Beverly Yards
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapids, Ya
Beverly
Nesetril
Cedar Rapids
Equipment Loans Authorized For 1000 More Farmers
The Rural Resettlement Administration will add 1000 Iowa drought area farmers to the 2500 already receiving power equipment loans including tractors and horses. Senator C L Herring reported to Governor Nels Kraschel that loans were closed on existing borrowers and new loans were approved after a meeting with Senator Guy Gillette and several House members from Iowa.
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Gazette
Washington, D. C
Rural Resettlement Administration
Iowa
C. L. Herring
Nels Kraschel
Des Moines
Guy Gillette
House of Representatives
Native Son Of Traer Develops Tailless Sheep
James W. Wilson formerly of Traer now heads the South Dakota state experiment station at Brookings reports a tailless sheep breed after twenty years of work. In 1935 spring lambs, 32 of 76 had no tails and 44 had tails averaging 14 inches. fleece described as superior in quality. Iguana family lizards are strictly vegetarians.
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TRAER
James W. Wilson
South Dakota
Brookings
S. D
26 326 578 Pounds Whole Milk Handled At Strawberry Point
Strawberry Point creamery reports 26 326 578 pounds of whole milk handled in 1936 with an average butterfat price of 38.76 cents per pound plus 305 839 pounds of cream. Creamery produced 1 201 481 pounds of butter from 937 524 pounds of butterfat at 32.82 cents per pound. New secretary Arthur Weger and directors A R Dittmer C Wilcox.
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Strawberry Point
Arthur Weger
A. R. Dittmer
Charles Wilcox
Kanawha Experimental Ass'n Plans March Meeting
The Kanawha event hosts Iowa's largest cooperative experiment group the Northern Iowa Experiment Association on March 11 with attendees from the Ames extension service and experiment station. Dr I E Melhus head of botany R H Porter seed lab head W F Buckholtz and C S Reddy station botanists join about 500 farmers in the Kanawha program.
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Kanawha
Iowa
Cooperative Agricultural Experiment Organization
Northern Iowa Experiment Association
Ames Extension Service and Experiment Station
I. E. Melhus
R. H. Porter
W. F. Buckholtz
Charles S. Reddy
Kanawha Experiment Association
Is Epilepsy Inherited and Curable Advertisement
A public notice offers a free booklet with opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy, claiming insight into inheritance and cure. Readers may request the pamphlet by writing to the Educational Division at 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, Dept. ny 519.
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New York
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Reed predicts a normal crop year for Iowa
Federal crops expert Charles D. Reed tentatively forecasts a normal Iowa summer with cooler conditions than last year's record heat. He argues that heat, not drought, drives yields and notes past drought years yielded above average when temperatures were normal. Reed cites Polk county data and Iowa farm income figures from 1936 to support his cautious optimism.
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Des Moines
INS
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Carl
Monona Creamery Pays 37 Cents For Butterfat
Monona Cooperative Creamery in Monona paid patrons 37 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in January.
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Monona Creamery
Monona
Monona Cooperative Creamery Company
Roland Neal Quits Job Testing Cows To Start Farming
In Edgewood, Roland Neal resigns as dairy tester effective March 15. He will run a new farm adjoining his father Clarence Neal’s Mount Vernon area property. The report notes 427 cows tested in Clayton-Delaware with averages of 618 lb milk and 22.5 lb butterfat. A 23-cow Holstein herd owned by Harold Knight in Strawberry Point averaged 1116 lb milk and 34.8 lb butterfat. Top producing cow owned by George Woeste in Earlville yielded 1792 lb milk and 69.9 lb butterfat.
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Clayton-Delaware c. T. A
Roland Neal
Harold Knight
Strawberry Point
George Woeste
Earlville
Mr. Neal
Association
Clarence Neal
Mount Vernon
Managers Hired for Keokuk County Poultry Stations
Three cooperative poultry stations in Keokuk county join Ottumwa plants as new managers are named. Bernard O Rourke runs Sigourney Guy Stull oversees Ollie and Frances Lee leads South English with more stations planned in What Cheer Delta Hedrick Richland and Keota.
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Cooperative Poultry
Keokuk County
Iowa Cooperative Poultry Association
Ottumwa
Bernard O'Rourke
Guy Stull
Ollie
Frances Lee
South English
What Cheer
Delta
Hedrick
Richland
Keota
Young Farmers Night School Names Officers
A new permanent organization formed in Marengo to run a young farmers night school. R L Amsberry of Marengo High School leads ten weekly Tuesday sessions with a social in Williamsburg on March 19. Officers: Harold Sherman president Wayne Bolger vice president Cecil Fiser secretary treasurer Roland White news reporter.
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R. L. Amsberry
Marengo High School
Williamsburg
Harold Sherman
Wayne Bolger
Cecil Fiser
Roland White
East Iowa Feeders Set March 19 Meeting in Cedar Rapids
Louis Lorenzen of Olin announces a March 19 officers and directors meeting of East Iowa beef cattlemen from eleven counties at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A. Earl Elijah will report on resolutions opposing the Argentine sanitary convention and urging livestock market investigations. Rex Beresford will also attend.
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Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
R. K. Bliss
Ames Extension Service
Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Gillette
Herring
Rex Beresford
Ames
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Cedar
Poweshiek
Tama
Benton
Hog price hits ten dollars and twenty cents in Chicago sale
OLIN Lorenzen Brothers feeders near here received 10.20 dollars per hundredweight for a herd of ninety hogs weighing 299 pounds each. The purchase was made in Chicago on Monday.
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Olin — Lorenzen Brothers
Chicago
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