Demand For Fruit Information Keener Than In Other Years
H E Nichols Ames extension fruit specialist reports rising demand for horticultural advice as southeastern Iowa farmers revive neglected orchards. Apple profits boosted last year by weak southern market. scab disease threatens yields. Delayed dormant spray advised where scale present. bush fruits and strawberries suggested for quicker returns. Nichols conducts pruning demos in Buchanan Benton counties next week.
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H. E. Nichols
Ames
Iowa
Mr. Nichols
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Nichols
Linn County
Ames Horticultural Department
Buchanan County
Benton County
Farm bill hints at government liens on processing plants
In a dated critique, the piece notes that a provision allowing processors to borrow from the government to pay taxes could let the government seize non profitable packing houses flour mills and other plants. The author warns Congress may curdle the bill under pressure.
Oats Sown On 20 Acres Near Watkins
Special to The Gazette reports twenty acres of oats sown on the John E Waychoff farm north of Watkins. Waychoff notes soil works up well and winter wheat survives winter. Other towns read of discing stalks and prep for oat sowing, with mild weather expected to continue. Fields dry on top and in good condition for fertilizer. Moving and plowing progress noted in Malcolm and Dysart areas.
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Watkins
John E. Waychoff
Oelwein
Peter Gordish
Dave Chapman
Dysart
Horses Top At $155 At Chicago Auction
Union Stockyards Chicago auctioned 185 head of horses with strong demand and higher prices. Top team price reached $295 while individual top sold for $155. farm chunks brought $60 to $90. Buyers came from Michigan Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and New York.
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Gazette Union Stockyards
Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
February Butterfat Tops Last Year 36 Percent
The English Valley Co operative creamery reported February butterfat at 42 698 pounds, up from 31 284 pounds last year. Top producers include Paul Peiffer Keota Harry Morse North English Ollie Rowe South English and L E Jordan Deep River with 506 3 466 9 and 411 3 pounds respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North English
English Valley Co-operative Creamery
O. O. Hauskins
Paul Peiffer
Keota
Harry Morse
Ollie Rowe
South English
L. E. Jordan
Deep River
Orval Fry
J.A. Wharton
Delta
L. R. Herrick
Webster
W. W. Fredg and Son
Richland
D. H. Dobbins
W. D. Sparrow
Keswick
Keokuk Achievement Day set for March 30
Sigourney reports the Keokuk county Farm Bureau plans an Achievement Day March 30 with a men served dinner. A garment style show led by Mrs Rollin Brown and a pageant written by John Harlow will headline, with the Farm Bureau women's quartet providing music.
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Sigourney
E. O. Milner
Mount Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Keokuk County Farm Bureau
Rollin Brown
John Harlow
Farm Bureau Women's Quartet
Dealers Of Five Counties Convene At N P Olsen Banquet
WEST BRANCH implements dealers from Johnson Washington Louisa Muscatine and Tipton West Branch Cedar counties gathered Thursday evening for a banquet hosted by N P Olsen. C H Chase Ames Iowa Implement Dealers association secretary spoke and showed rubber in tractor making with Olsen a state director. LA PORTE CITY Chris Hilmer and sixty six Chester White butchers near here traveled to Chicago market weighing about 282 pounds each and selling at 4.05 a pound with trucking and all costs under 50 cents per cwt.
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West Branch
Johnson
Washington
Louisa
Muscatine
Tipton
Cedar County
N. P. Olsen
C. H. Chase
Ames
Iowa Implement Dealers Association
Gazette
LA Porte City
Chris Hilmer
Chicago
Chester White
Henry C. Hilmer
Winthrop Farmer Reports Large Pig Farrowing
Special to The Gate William Sherren, a farmer two miles north of Winthrop, says five of his sows farrowed seventy pigs, averaging fourteen per sow, indicating a strong litter yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
William Sherren
Roosevelt farm relief bill outlines purchasing power restore plan
The text proposes a national economic emergency remedy to raise agricultural purchasing power by aligning farm prices with prewar levels. It details federal authority to buy, sell, and regulate cotton, fund loans, reduce production, issue licenses, and levy a processing tax to finance measures, aiming to stabilize farm income and market conditions.
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Ashington
D. C
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farm Auctions Scheduled In Anamosa Area This Month
Upcoming farm auctions list dates and locations with consignments at Anamosa fairgrounds Springville sale Tuesday March 21 farm sale near Anamosa by W J McNamara Thursday March 23 Holstein sale at Water.
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Anamosa Fairgrounds
Springville
Anamosa
W. J. McNamara
Farm in Delaware Sells for 100 Per Acre
The 160 acre Joseph Haennig farm seven miles southwest of Manchester sold for 100 an acre or 16 000 cash to William Haas of Delhi. The farm has good buildings and tiling with 60 acres in alfalfa and 40 in clover last year.
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Manchester
Joseph Haennig
William Haas
Delhi
Women Tie Five Comforters For Fire Victims Near Wyoming
Eighteen women from the Baldwin school community two miles southeast of Wyoming gathered at the Fred Lazare home on Wednesday and tied five comforters for the Fred Nowachek family whose home and furnishings were destroyed by a fire last week. Each woman also plans to contribute canned fruits and vegetables.
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Wyoming
Baldwin
Fred Lazare
Fred Nowachek
Few Farms Yet To Rent In Buchanan
Independence reports a strong back-to-the-farm movement with practically no farms left for rent in Buchanan County. County Agent L A Walters notes grain and corn acreages will drop 6 to 10 percent while soy bean acreage rises. Discing and dragging have begun in parts of the county with limited seeding and vegetable gardening expanding over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Independence
Buchanan County
L. A. Walters
Mule Team Brings $126 At Auction Near Manchester
At the Andrew Clauson farm sale near Manchester three miles north of town a pair of eight year old mules sold for 126 dollars. Horses, cattle, hogs and farm gear brought solid prices with rye oats and hay also selling well. E. J. Hopkins of Manchester acted as auctioneer.
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Anamosa
Martelle
Morley
McNamara Gene Lagan
Sav Bk
The
Gazette
Manchester
Andrew Clauson
Wagner Place
E. J. Hopkins
Monticello Creamery Pays 19 Cents Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers' Mutual creamery at Monticello received payment for the last half of February butterfat at 19 cents per pound.
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Monticello Creamery
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
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Ray Anderson
R.F.A
First Avenue
First Avenue East
FREES
Fancy
Red River
Maxwell House
Libby
Keokuk
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act
Henry A. Wallace
Hamilton
Hawkeye
Hamilton Seed & Coal Co
First Street
Oakland Avenue
Harm's Barn
Springville, Iowa
G. van Sickle
J. Emmons
John Alexander
Delaware
Buchanan
Coats
J.C. Penney
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