Oat Strain Tests Planned by Conesville Association
The Southeast Iowa Agricultural Experiment association based in Conesville reviews experimental oat results and plans new strains from Ames for testing at Conesville. Details cover Marion Hancock Boone origins, rust resistance, and seed distribution timing, with wilt resistant watermelons and other truck crop studies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville Association
Southeast Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Conesville
Association
H. C. Murphy
Ames
Burlington
Murphy
Boone
Marion
Hancock
Iowa
Southeast Iowa Experiment Association
Illinois
Kleckley No
Kleckley
Klondike
Kieckley No
Hawksbury
Stone Mountain No
Iowa Belle
Muscatine Island
Silver production in US and possessions last year
Silver output in the United States and possessions reached 60,796,673 ounces valued at 39,302,900 dollars. The report highlights total production and value for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Possessions
Fence Drift and Local Agriculture in Muscatine County
A Mangled note discusses fence drift in Muscatine County areas Conesville and Muscatine Island and credits Ames botanist I E Melhus for research driven farming solutions. It highlights threatened communities and the role of research in revitalizing local production.
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Muscatine County
Conesville
Muscatine Island
Four Thousand Dollar Insulated House Planned Near Frankville
Walter Pilgrim, farmer near Frankville, plans a new six room house after a recent fire. The modern structure uses framed walls with paper and shiplap interior finish and wood interior, requiring no paint or wallpaper, touted as a labor saver and offering superior insulation. The estimated cost is 4000 dollars.
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Walter Pilgrim
Frankville
Winneshiek County
Pilgrim
Feb hatchery output rises 30 percent from last year
The February hatchery report shows 11.396 million chicks hatched from 535 plants, up 30 percent year over year. Eggs set reached 27.45 million, an 18 percent gain, with Iowa and regional figures highlighting increased activity and more chicks classified as heavy breeds.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
Middle Atlantic
Mountain
Pacific Coast
West North Central States
East North Central States
Feeder cattle demand remains brisk in eastern Iowa yards
A Beverly Cattle company yard near Cedar Rapids shows a string of 300 whiteface calves from Edwards county Kansas weighing 510 pounds on average. The yard reports moving more than 800 head weekly through the season despite winter conditions.
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Iowa
Edwards County
Kansas
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapids
Beverly Yards
February hatched chicks yield higher profits for Iowa farmers
Ames Iowa AP report notes advance chick orders for March 1 total 22 553 000, up 24 percent from a year earlier. Poultry expert W M Whitfield says February hatched chicks averaged 4 cents a pound profit, versus 2 cents for March and none for April, due to earlier sale timing and market prices.
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Ames (Ap
W M Whitfield
Ames Extension
Iowa
Whitfield
Rusk Named Dean Of Agriculture At Illinois University
Henry P. Rusk head of the University of Illinois animal husbandry department was named dean of the college of agriculture and director of the experiment station and extension work. He succeeds Dean Blair who will retire this year after service since May 1938. Rusk graduated from Missouri college of agriculture in 1908 and joined Illinois in 1910 guiding animal husbandry for sixteen years.
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Urbana
Ill
Henry P. Rusk
University of Ilinois
College of Agriculture
Dean Blair
Rusk
Missouri College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Maynard Creamery Pays 29 Cents For Butterfat
Maynard patrons received 29 cents per pound for butterfat in February at the Maynard Cooperative Creamery. Buttermilk output was auctioned daily at 17 to 25 cents per hundredweight to Roland Cummings Dale Hartz Walter Thiele Ray Arthur and Adrian Strayer.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
Roland Cummings
Dale Hartz
Walter Thiele
Ray Arthur
Adrian Strayer
March Poem by Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
Edgar A. Guest portrays March as a fickle month wavering between winter and spring. He images rough weather and mild days, a coquettish charm that flirts with both seasons, and an old man’s affection for the shifting clime as spring approaches.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
More Fed Cattle Less Sheep Stuff in Market Picture
Washington reports cattle producers expect to market more grain fed cattle this spring and summer while fewer cows and heifers are slaughtered. Hog numbers rise. prices for good grade steers and cows edge up. stockers reach highs since 1930.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Greeley Farmer Reports Large 72 Hour Pig Litter
Len Frontress near Greeley had 14 sows farrow 155 piglets in 72 hours. One litter produced 29 pigs and another 18, marking an unusually prolific brood.
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the Gazette
Greeley
Len Frontress
Ames Recommends 8 Fertilizers For All Purposes
Iowa State College will recommend eight mixed fertilizers for use on Iowa soils this spring. Agricience head W H Pierre notes that while 39 grades were sold in 1937 only eight meet all soil and crop needs. Manufacturers will back the college plan and both farmers and firms save money by reducing labels bagging and mixing costs. A guidance list is being sent to county agents.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Iowa
W. H. Pierre
Agronomy
Pierre
Eight Fertilizer Mixes Listed With Formulations
An editor notes eight recommended fertilizer blends as 0-20-10, 0-20-20, 0-9-27, 2-12-6, 4-16-4, 4-8-8, 4-10-6, and 10-6-4, with straight superphosphate 0-20-0 also listed as options.
Williams Formula touted as aid for digestion and elimination
Mrs. A G Robertson of Brainerd Minnesota claims Williams Formula relieves gas pains and poor elimination. The ad touts the product as a herbal laxative and tonic balancing stomach, bowels, kidneys, and blood with iron for hemoglobin, urging readers to buy at listed pharmacies.
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A. G. Robertson
Laurel Street
Brainerd
Minn
Williams
Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty One Club Calves On Feed This Year
Iowa 4-H beef projects show 9,761 baby beeves average 420 pounds bought at about 42 per head. 853 purebred heifers on feed valued at 75 each. Clay county leads with 388 calves. Marion tops totals with 350 calves and 100 heifers. Eastern counties list multiple counts by county.
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Ames
Iowa 4-H Club
Carl A. Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Qoldsen
Clay County
Marion
Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Co- Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
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RK. F. A
I. E. Melhus
Gazette
E. M. McCluskey
McCluskey
Illinois University
Maynard Creamery
March
Grey Winter
Spring
Burr-R-Rupy
Nancy Jane
Trwinas
Podzimek Pharmacies
2Nd Ave
16Th Ave
Edison Pharmacy
Hutchinson’s Drug Store
Tipton
McMickle's Drug Store
Anamosa
Fred J. Kay
Monticello
Wiliams
Mre, A. G, Robertson
Towa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Marshall
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Winneshiek
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Sahara
Dr. J. C. Landenberger Optometrist
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