Soil Conditions Favor Early Spring Work In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa farmers report exceptionally favorable soil conditions for early field work with disced stalk fields and initial plowing on sod ground. Frost largely gone, surface soil dry, barnyard cleanouts active as manure spreads across farms since mid last week. A warm rain before seeding would help finish frost removal but heavy rain could hurt. early pigs chicks and lambs show strong growth while new seeding looks good though fall grain remains uncertain. Bees indicate spring arrival and sugar camps are busy.
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Iowa
Towa Assembly Seeks Federal Cost Of Production Prices
In Des Moines the Iowa General Assembly readied a concurrent resolution urging Congress to fix cost of production prices for farm products. The move follows a joint session where about 8,000 Farmers' Holiday members pressed for more agricultural relief measures.
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Des Moines
Congress
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa
State Senate
House
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Iowa Live Stock Exchange Friday Auction at Marion Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Live Stock Exchange holds its weekly auction Friday at De Clow Stock Yards Cedar Rapids inviting all stock sellers to bring horses cattle and hogs. A strong buyer presence is anticipated with firms Howe & Black Weinberg & Son Michel & Thomas Fox & Such and others attending for horses and a load bound for New York. Fagan & Schmitz act as auctioneers and C. E. Bundy serves as clerk.
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Marion Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Howe & Black
Shawano
Wis
Weinberg & Son
Detroit
Michel &Thomas
Chicago
Fox & Such
Westfield
Fence Drift Caught in the Twilight over Mississippi Town
A fragmented passage locates a misty Mississippi town, Guttenberg, viewed from a highway hill at dusk. The scene references twin spires, a streetlamp, and a quiet, murky atmosphere as the day fades into deepening twilight.
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Aim
Town
Mississippi
Farmers Rally For Farm Legislation In Iowa State House
Farmers packed the Iowa state house urging a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures and tax relief based on ability to pay. The group demanded repeal of certain levies and the passage of a dozen pending measures while threatening an embargo on food shipments if Congress fails to act by May 3.
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Statehouse
Fred Bloss
Ottumwa
Association
Congress
Clyde Herring
Iowa
Middle West
Barn Fire Destroys Lamb Farm Barn East of Columbus Junction
A large barn on the Peter Lamb farm five miles east of Columbus Junction burned Sunday evening with oats corn and hay losses totaling 400 300 and five tons. Livestock and implements were saved and insurance covers the damage.
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Columbus
Peter Lamb
Columbus Junction
Meldrum Urges Pasture Treatments for Better Yields
Ames expert H R Meldrum from the Iowa State College soils section reports plowing and reseeding as the best method for badly depleted pasture, with disking and reseeding as a strong second. Experiments show plowed plots yield 24 tons of forage per acre over three years, far above original-condition plots.
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Ames
H R Meldrum
Ames Experiment Station
Vatio
Iowa
Meli
Meldrum
Glen Bennett
Murray
Clarke County
Shelby
Town State College
Meldrunt
Carrington
Linn County
J W. Sawhill
Winterset
Coming Farm Auctions and Field Yield Notes
The page lists farm auctions on March 15 at Greeley and Lafayette plus a March 23 Holstein sale at Water and a March 17 consignment sale at DeClow barn. It also reports on pasture yields from discing reseeding and lime applications showing increased tonnage and protein per acre, with advice from Mr Meldrum on restoring fertility and timing Spring field work.
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DeClow Barn
Farm Hands Scarce in Delaware County
Special to The Gazette Manchester There is an actual shortage of farm hands in Delaware county says County Agent Kermith Huehn. Experienced and capable men are scarce and he could place at least two qualified hands immediately. Many applicants are drifters hitchhiking and bumming the Illinois Central. Single men are paid 14 dollars a month plus board. Demand for married help is limited.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County
Kermith Huehn
Stewart Holstein Makes 993.8 Pounds Butterfat
Maynard Mrs. Fobes Pauline Sunbeam Jr a 3 year old Holstein cow owned by P P Stewart in Maynard near here has broken Iowa records in her class per George A Mark secretary of the Iowa Holstein Breeders association Her year’s record is 25 664 pounds of milk and 993 8 pounds of butterfat Milk test was 3 9 per cent.
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Maynard
Fobes
Pauline Sunbeam, Jr
P. P. Stewart
Iowa
George A. Mark
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
Iowa Farm Mortgage Foreclosures Study Urges Price Rising Relief
Iowa economists W. G. Murray and R. C. Bentley outline three plans to ease mortgage foreclosures, with raising farm income via price increases favored. They note 41 percent of land sold over 12 years and 3 percent in 1932, urging public policy shifts toward price restoration and policy changes to avert further losses.
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W. G. Murray
RE. C. Bentley
Ames Agricultural Economists
Ames
Iowa
Bulletin
Debts and Farm Foreclosures Prompt Debt Scaling Debate
The article debates methods creditors may use to manage farm loans over twelve years of foreclosures and assignments. It weighs scaling down debt vs. fair recovery, noting farm prices, mortgage holders, and rural impact. Each farm requires individual assessment to balance payments with rising prices.
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Meldum
Stewart Holstein
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Mrs. Drear
Procter & Gamble
Daily Farm News
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OLEO
Country Fresh
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Galion
Japan
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Ile
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