Wool price signals in Iowa as shearing begins
Reports from Ames indicate Iowa wool early prices sit at 33 to 35 cents per pound with dealers offering 7 to 9 cents less for the new clip than last year. The release notes higher 38 to 56 cent ranges for early wool and points to a sustained price level, while overall activity remains light in the southern state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ames
Ismall
Iowa State College
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Farm Organizations Studied by Linn County Junior Group
The Linn County Junior Farm Bureau will discuss three farm organization themes on April 14. Led by president George Borghart of Cedar Rapids, the meeting will cover The Farmers Alliance, The Populist Movement, and The Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Alliance
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
George Borghart
Cedar Rapids
Borghart
Grange
Fruit Not Damaged By Fall And Winter Says Horticulturist
Ames experts report J. C. Schilleter says 1937 Towa fruit crop escaped significant harm from premature buds. He dismisses ice sheet fears, notes raspberries and blackberries can be thinned now, and grapes and shrubs soon pruned by growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames (Ap
J. C. Schilleter
Ames
Towa
Schilleter
Big Time Planned Friday By Junior Night School
Plans for a social evening at Williamsburg Friday are announced by President Harold Sherman of the young farmers night school. Committees for supervision and educational periods are named with Albert Wallace, Dean Jacobs, Harold Sherman, Ross Engle, Carlton Holden, and John Werner coordinating activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Harold Sherman
Young Farmers
Williamsburg
Albert Wallace
Dean Jacobs
Harold Sherman Giten
Ross Engle
Carlton Holden
John Werner
Chrge
Arthur Woes
Wayne Bolger
Herbert Thamsen
Cost of Farming To Be Higher This Year Says U S C A
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts higher costs for farming in 1937 with increases in materials labor and fuel. Farm wage rates rising slowly reflect broader labor demand while fertilizer and machinery sales are expected to surpass 1936 figures, barring crop setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.C.A
Washington
Evans
Department of Ag
Tu Cove
Sage Opie
Ateebig
Rural social problems topics voiced by Marengo young farmers
Special to The Gazette reports Marengo night school completing a second list on Rural social problems. The syllabus includes recreation education religion organized farmer action and local cooperative efforts with dates from March 9 to May 11 led by Mrs Harold Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Young Farmers
Harold Ellis
Time Of Haying Vs Feeding Value To Be Discussed
Sperint to The Cinzette OELWEIN F Pollock of the federal extension service will discuss hay cutting times and curing methods on feeding value in two meetings this week. An Ol WeIn gathering is scheduled Tuesday and a West Union session on Wednesday. FOS Dyas will speak on emergency pastures and Arthur Ro Porter on feeding.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted for Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush kidneys and stop nighttime urination. It claims relief from backache, puffy eyes, leg cramps, and irritated bladder, urging readers to buy the product at 35 cents from drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Trading days come again for boys and their swap box
A mother observes spring trading fever as her two boys pack and trade a growing heap of odds and ends from breakfast box tops to broken fountain pens. The swap box draws in new items like safety razors and a dented salt shaker, signaling spring’s urge for action and novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Co op Cannery 13 Planned at Wapello
WAPELLO The establishment of a cooperative canning industry is being studied by a committee from the Louisia county Farm Bureau. Members include Lee Dotson Lee Stodgell Walter Morris H G Crow and Harry Stineman with President Fred Wier. The plan calls for a Omaha bank loan and member subscriptions, modeled after the Farm Bureau poultry cooperative headquartered at Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Louisia County Farm Bureau
Lee Dotson
Lee Stodgell
Walter Morris
H. G. Crow
Harry Stineman
Fred Wier
Omaha Bank of Cooperatives
Farm Bureau
Rural Life Parley Set at Cedar Falls April 5
A rural life conference sponsored by Iowa State Teachers College and Iowa State College along with the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship is scheduled for Cedar Falls on April 5. The theme is Our Iowa Community with morning talks on church work farm organizations education youth and economy and an afternoon panel on cooperation in rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa State College
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
F. D. Cram
Iowa
M. A. Dawber
W. H. Stacy
Agnes Samuelson
George Strayer
Frank Robotka
W. A. Winterstein
Harold A. Bosley
General Assembly
Allamakee C T A Averages 20 4 Lbs February Butterfat
WAUKON The 469 cows in Allamakee county Cow Test association No 1 across 26 herds averaged 495 pounds milk and 20.4 pounds butterfat in February. Twenty-seven cows produced over 40 pounds butterfat, eight over 50, and three over 60. High monthly cow was a purebred Holstein owned by Ross Roth and Sons with 1,683 pounds milk and 58.9 pounds butterfat. Ed Voelker led the high herd with sixteen purebred Holsteins averaging 836 pounds milk and 31 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Howard Gordon
Ross Roth and Sons
Ed Voelker
Farm planners to be bankers guests at dinner conference
Benton county agricultural planning board will join County Bankers association for a dinner conference Thursday evening. The event aims to discuss community credit relations between the groups with speakers including J. J. Wallace and bank leaders. Lewis Greaser chairs the planning board, George Doebel leads the bankers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinton
Benton County Agricultural’ Planning Board
County Bankers Association
James Green
Planning Board
Bankers’ Association
Joe Carrier
State Bank of
Vinton
Central Committee
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
George Doebel
Newhall
Peoples Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Greaser
Coming Farm Auctions Coe Angus March Sale
Coe Angus dispersal sale set for March 1 near Marion featuring a herd of numerous Angus cattle and related livestock sales as listed in farmer auction notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe Angus
Angus Dispersion Sale
Miles
Marion
Clinton Farmers Union Plans Construction Near DeWitt
Lost Nation locals adopted a tentative plan to build a Farmers Union structure on a five acre plot north of DeWitt owned by the Clinton County Cooperative club in a Friday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lost Nation
Farmers Union
DeWitt
Clinton County Cooperative Club
Lamb Feeding Project For Fayette 4-H Members Planned
Fayette county 4-H club members will join a western lamb feeding project this year as announced by the Farm Bureau office. Each participant will feed a pen of sixteen lambs groomed for a state show and sale on January 1, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasette
Fayette
Fayette County
Farm Bureau
Heavy Feeders Top At 10 50 In Maquoketa Sale
Six hundred fifty head of feeder cattle sold Saturday at the Bowman sale barn in Maquoketa. One load of 1,000 pound steers brought $10.50 per cwt. Several loads sold at $8.50 and a large number of yearling heifers sold around $60 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Sale
The
Gazette
Maquoketa
Bowman Sale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cunte
Ceumbes
Lyon
Werdéou
Jars Plymouth
Crenaee
Mahaska
Keokuk
Herry
Jefferson
Washigton
Ctdak Rapids
Railways Express Aghhes Inc
Co-Op Cannery
Rural Life
Allamakee C. T. A
H. E. Henderson
Higley Building
Eata
Waerld
Burt Livestock
Clinton Farmers
Buehler
Srothers
First Street
DIAL
Kneip
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Tittle Bros. Packing Company
Second Street SE
Haddock
Beverly Yards
Beverly Cattle CO
Cedar Rapids, IA
JWE
Green Mountain
Mays Tea Room
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!