Two New Sweet Potatoes Developed At Muscatine Station
Two new sweet potato varieties Muscatine No 3 and Muscatine No 1 were developed at the Muscatine Truck Growers association experiment farm near Fruitland. Muscatine No 3 yielded 146.3 bushels per acre and showed stem rot resistance, while Muscatine No 1 Cross Special yielded 140.4 bushels. The tests indicate strong keepability for Cross Special and market acceptance in Des Moines. Officers were re-elected and researchers from Ames and Muscatine reported disease-resistance advances in truck crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Cross
Muscatine Island
Iowa
Des Moines
Nevin D. Morgan
Ames Botany and Plant Pathology Section
Fruitland Experiment Station
Fruitland Experimental Association
Theodore Drake
John Battenhagen
Alfred Bohling
Morgan
B. S. Pickett
Ames
I. E. Melhus
Melhus
Muscatine County
Fruitland
Conesville
Fence Drift Graced by Cattle And Music in Spring
A lighthearted rural note describes cattle in fields enjoying spring freedom. Elmer Santman of Dysart keeps a radio in his cow barn, claiming cows appreciate music as the herd frolics and recovers from winter.
Iowa Leads in Dressed Poultry Shipments in 1935
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa shipments of dressed poultry to New York Chicago Philadelphia and Boston in 1935 again far surpassed those of all other states. Iowa contributed 20 percent of total dressed poultry received at the four largest markets shipping 55 850 000 pounds of 292 150 000. Iowa shipped about 30 percent of Chicago's total receipts and more than 17 percent of New York's receipts. About 18 percent of total eggs shipments to the four markets were from Iowa with 2 238 612 of 12 518 943 eggs going to Iowa. New York reported more than 15 percent of its egg receipts from Iowa, slightly more eggs than Iowa shipped to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
A. D. Oderkirk
Ames Extension Service
Distribution of Receipts Across Cities
The excerpt notes that Iowa accounts for a fraction of total receipts, with Boston at 22 percent and Philadelphia around 7.5 percent, indicating regional shares in the overall distribution.
Surplus Seed Corn Available in Jackson County
Jackson County offers about 4 000 bushels of surplus seed corn, listed with county agent F. E. Krause for farmers planting this spring. Krause warns germination tests vary widely from 6 to 98 percent and stresses testing seed before planting. Farm Bureau compiles a list of farmers needing seed. Tests by L. W. Teeple show three kernel tests are not fully reliable. results vary across seed lots with germination ranging from 82 to 95 percent in tested samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
F. E. Krause
Teeple
Washington C TA Milk Averages in February
In February the 283 cows on test in the Washington County Cow Test association averaged 599 pounds of milk and 24.2 pounds of butterfat. Dean and Dan Johnson's herd of fourteen Holsteins topped with 1,647 pounds of milk and 65.9 pounds of butterfat from a high individual cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Washington
Washington County Cow Test Association
Robert Brasch
Dean
Dan Johnson
Johnson
Farmer Sessions Called Saturday
County agents in eastern Iowa report a call from Francis Johnson urging Farm Bureau board members minute men corn and hog committee men and coop officers to meet next Saturday morning. They aim to hear Marvin Jones discuss the soil conservation act and how to implement it in their counties with reports from Chicago regional meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Francis Johnson
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Board
Johnson
Marvin Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Washington
Jones
Chicago
Iowa Receives $93 Million Under AAA Payments
Iowa farmers collected 93,292,030.60 from May 12, 1933, to Dec 31, 1935 under AAA. Corn and hogs led with 91,929,517.75, followed by wheat 1,123,157.83 and sugar 239,355.02. Eastern counties show Tama 1,290,912 and Clinton 1,185,100 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. J. Hughes
Iowa
National Emergency Council
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Pottawattamie
Kossuth
Tama
Benton
Poweshiek
Clinton
Johnson
Washington
Cedar
Linn
Keokuk
Clayton
Black Hawk
Grundy
Delaware
Fayette
Buchanan
Jones
Winneshiek
Scott
Dubuque
Jackson
Louisa
Muscatine
Allamakee
New Insecticide At Ames Codling Moth Confab
A new insecticide phenothiazine was reported at the national codling moth conference in Ames. Entomologists from thirty states and Washington, D C, discussed tests to determine its suitability as a codling moth spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Washington, D. C
L. E. Smith
E. H. Sigler
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
United States Department of Agriculture
E. J. New
Dairyman’s Milk Output Holds Steady Amid Winter Siege
Dysart dairyman Elmer Santman notes cows drank from a single line feeding in both barn and house, the rattle of drinking cups echoing through a 50 degree barn as blizzards battered outside. Cows averaged 42.3 lb butterfat in December, 48.8 in January, 49.9 in February on two time milking with a machine. ration included ground corn oats bran soybeans, alfalfa hay and ensilage with constant salt and water access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Dysart
Elmer Santman
Mr. Santman
Santman
Researchers Named From Yakima and Wooster Labs
Comer of the bureau laboratory Yakima Washington and C R Outright of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster Ohio are cited in a joint study. The work focuses on plant genetics and soil testing.
Cattlemen Oppose Wire In Hides To Prevent Blackleg
National Livestock Producer reports protests by cattlemen and hide dealers against inserting wire in cattle hides as a supposed blackleg preventive. Armour and Company official E. J. Madden calls it a fallacy, noting wire-tagged hides lower value and damage tanneries machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Livestock Producer
E. J. Madden
Hide Department
Armour and Company
Mr. Madden
Linn To Break Colts In Fayette County March 19
Harry D. Linn field secretary of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association will conduct a colt breaking and multiple hitch demonstration on March 19 at the J. F. Wilkinson farm seven miles south of Fayette. A colt breaking session starts at 10 a.m. followed by a four and six horse hitch demonstration in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Harry D. Linn
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
J. F. Wilkinson
Swedish Cheese Consumption Far Outpaces U S Per Capita
Swedish per capita cheese intake stands at 14.3 pounds annually, far exceeding the 4.4 pounds recorded in the United States, highlighting a notable dietary difference between the countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Farm Auction Lineup for March 11 and 12
Public notices list sales: wood by Zack McArthur five miles northwest of Shellsburg on March 11. horse sale by William Hansen at Dixon on March 12. public sale by Otto Wall at 134 miles northeast of Midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zack McArthur
Shellsburg
William Hansen
Dixon
Otto Wall
Midway
Town Livestock Exchange Sale Notices
Friday March 13 sale at Cedar Rapids. Saturday March 14 closing out sale by C. C. Clark two miles northeast of Ely. Tuesday March 17 public sale by the Charles Moel estate three miles east of Solon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Clark
Ely
Charles Moel
Solon
Flown Livestock Exchange
Hill Drop and Edge Drop Planters Yield Similar In Tests
Iowa study shows edge drop and hill drop planter styles produce similar corn yields. Joe L Robinson secretary of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association cites duplicate plantings of seventeen entries across state sections, with no substantial differences in stand moisture lodging ear height or damaged seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Mr. Robinson
Moving process settles as Iowa farms dig out
Weather improves in eastern Iowa as moving crews work through blocked roads and deep ruts. Wagons haul furniture over zigzag tracks. some heavy equipment waits until roads thaw. Farmers report earlier fields drying and manure spreading resuming. Spring work hinges on late March weather.
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Iowa
Chinch Bug Areas Center in Muscatine County
Dr. George C. Decker and Floyd Andre of the Ames station warn of a grave danger of chinch bug infestation in Iowa if a hot dry growing season returns. They note two heavily infested zones in southwestern and southeastern Iowa, with sixty four southern and eastern counties in the general area, and cite past weather as a key factor in outbreak severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
George C. Decker
Floyd Andre
Ames Experiment Station
Iowa
Decker
Andre
Montgomery County
Muscatine
Iova
Prices Reached At Muscatine Horse Sale in Columbus Junction
In Muscatine at the William Glatstein sale a roan pair sold for 450 dollars, gray geldings 440, a gray mare 232.50, a sorrel horse 225, with other horses from 75 to 232.50. Thirty five native horses aged three to nine were sold, plus twenty five head of horses and mules. Cattle brought 40 per head, White Rock hens 97 cents each, harness 2.50 to 20 per set, horse collars 50 cents to 2.50. Misc items included auto trailer seven dollars, wagons twenty five, plows four, a radio five fifty, and assorted household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Oliver Gang
John Deere
Fordson
Oliver
Farrow
Poland
Ladies’ Organization
Otto J. Wall
M. J. McCally
F. W. Lindahl
Walker Bank
Gazette
Columbus Junction
William Glatstein
Muscatine
A. H. Freers
White Rock
Farm Bureau Convention Set for Pasadena December 9 to 11
The American Farm Bureau Federation will hold its eighteenth annual convention in Pasadena California from December 9 through December 11 federation officials announced. The meeting gathers members from across the nation to discuss farm policy and related issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat’s Farm Bureau
Pasadena
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Calif
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Fayette County
Williams
H. E. Henderson
Higley Building
Eli Ralston
Big Head School
Rock Road
Cedar Township
Johnson County
Township 81
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O. E. Markitan
Fred Albin
We. Potato Market
Dial
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