Incubators Set For Millions Of Baby Chickens In Iowa
Iowa poultry runs a $63,323,900 yearly industry with eggs and chickens. Over 1925-1934, Iowa farms sold about 1.727 billion eggs annually and 32.062 million chicks, yielding substantial farm income and placing Iowa first in U S chicken numbers on farms. Hatcheries report strong orders and cash payments as spring production peaks after a winter delay.
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Iowa
L. M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Des Moines
United States
Missouri
Bennett Reports Expansion in Soil Conservation Work
Washington 1935 growth in erosion control shows 141800 workers active with Soil Conservation Service including 100000 CCC laborers in 501 camps. Demonstration areas rise to 139 and land under operation expands to 51.5 million acres across 41 states. Bennett notes many farmers have joined contracts to apply conservation measures, with potential 50000 more farmers adopting in 1936 to protect remaining 50 million acres of fertile land.
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Washington, D. C
Soil Conservation Service
H. H. Bennett
CCC
Bennett
Easton
Darling Calls For Major Restriction Of Public Land Grazing
Des Moines AP reports J N Darling former head of the federal biological survey urges drastic limits or retirement of public grazing lands as a key farm program step. He says cheap grazing on public lands harms farmers, depletes semi arid ranges and drives wildlife toward extinction, advocating lands be set aside for wildlife to restore nature balance.
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DES Moines
J. N
Ding” Darling
Farm Magazine
Federal Biological Survey
ACA
Darling
Uncle Sam
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Minnesota
Nels G. Kraschel
Mojave
Louisa County Fair elects new and holdover directors
Directors of the Louisa county fair association were elected in an annual meeting. New officers include B. H. Shearer, G W. Weber, W. T. Duncan, F. C. Johnston and R. G. Lowe. Holdover directors are C. E. Pierce, J. J. Jenkins, Harry Fletcher, J. L. Estle, W. H. Hull and David Hull.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair Association
B. H. Shearer
G W. Weber
W. T. Duncan
F. C. Johnston
R. G. Lowe
C. E. Pierce
J. J. Jenkins
Harry Fletcher
J. L. Estle
W. H. Hull
David Hull
Farmer Delighted by Record Chick Orders Across Nation
The Allied Chick Co operated by Vance McCray reports a surge in baby chick orders led by Mrs John Hardinger who sent for 500 sexed White Leghorn pullets and a Lincoln stove. McCray notes orders reach 17,000 chicks in a day with buyers from New York to California and Florida, while 2,500 started chicks remain on hand at Cedar Rapids store 411 Second Avenue SE.
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Allied Chick Co
Vance McCray
McCray
John Hardinger
New York
California
Washington
Texas
Florida
Allied Chick Store
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue SE
Directory lists possible seed corn sources in Iowa
Eastern Iowa farmers appear in the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association seed directory as having seed corn. The directory notes no quality guarantee and advises buying by sample. It also lists oats barley wheat soybeans clover alfalfa flax canary grass and other seeds, with Louis Quin of Alta president and Joe L. Robinson of Ames secretary.
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Iowa
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Jonas J. Akre
Decorah
Theodore Gronna
Waterville
E. E. Pearson
la Porte City
John W. Nese Rowley
D. E. Lowe
Wolgaity
South Central
Charles Cornelius
Bellevue
Tabor
Tabor and Tabor, Baldwin; Paul N. Smith, Center Junction; Forrest H. Ford
Tipton
Dyas and Sons
Curtis Mackey
Stanwood
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick
C. M. Estle
Conesville
Gilbert Cornelius
Otto Weideman
Maquoketa
Beaton Brothers
H. L. Remaud
Grinnell
George Steen
West Liberty
William Moeller
Dickson
D. W. Hinke
C. C. Altekruse
Muscatine
W. W. Legler
Letts
Matthew Nolting
Preston
William Grunewald
Delmar
Clemens Anton
Donnellson
Carl Blom
Delta
Kenneth Wiederrecht
Wapello
John A. Schweitzer
Hedrick
D. W. Bruns
Sigourney
Eugene Gerst
S. B
Wyoming
Lewis Earles
Frank Sears
Anna Ingalls
Jerome Jansen
Victor
George Hills
Bernard
Ernest Timm
M. E. Hobbie
Mount Pleasant
J. T. Winborn
Katona
Charles D. Chandler
Washington
Charles W. Willho
Reid
Louis Quin
Alta
Town Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Joe L. Robinson
Ames
Don't Turn Out Too Early Says Dairy Professor
Ames AP Prof Elmer Hansen of the Ames dairy husbandry department urges farmers not to turn livestock to pasture too early in spring. Do not use fertilized pastures until May while rye may be pastured in April and second year sweet clover by late April. He advises grain in pasture for dairy cows with specific rations based on butterfat output and grain quality, including salt and bone meal mixes.
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Ames (Ap
Elmer Hansen
Ames Dairy Husbandry Department
Hansen
Acreage In Americas Faces Rapid Impoverishment Across Large Lands
The report warns that over 100 million acres have been seriously impoverished and a further 100 million acres are entering destructive conditions. The analysis highlights extensive land degradation and ongoing damage across vast agricultural regions.
Grain And Poultry Show At Vinton March 25 28
VINTON The eighth annual grain poultry and egg show organized by Vinton high school's vocational agriculture department is set for March 25 to 28. George Carlson is show secretary. Exhibits cover corn classes oats soybeans eggs and poultry classes. Judging contests include adult grain judging on Thursday and high school judging on Friday with participating schools including Traer Maquoketa Hudson Delhi LaPorte City Larmont Belle Plaine Jesup Olin Tipton and Orange township. Thursday night is High School.
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Vinton
Vocational Agriculture Department of Vinton High School
L. B. Carlison
George Carlson
Traer
Maquoketa
Hudson
Delhi
LaPorte City
Larmont
Belle Plaine
Jesup
Olin
Tipton
Orange Township
Farmers’ night speakers line up at town event
Night and Friday night mark Farmers’ night with H. C. Aaberg Town assistant secretary of agriculture speaking. J. J. Wallace of Marion Cedar Valley Business association discusses Farm Records Why and How to Keep Them Wednesday evening. William H. Lapp Iowa State College poultry chief speaks Thursday afternoon on Poultry Production in 1936. Rex Beresford Ames extension animal husbandry specialist and Ed Dyas Ames extension farm crops speak Friday on Home Grown vs Commercial Protein Supplements and Crop Production in the Future. Benton County Poultry association Willard Wilson president meets Thursday afternoon.
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H. C. Aaberg
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Business Association
William H. Lapp
Poultry Department
Iowa State College
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
Ames
Benton County Poultry Association
Willard Wilson
H D A Named In Keokuk And Wapello Counties
Miss Velma Packer of Whitten will begin work as home demonstration agent in Keokuk and Wapello counties March 23. An instructor in Whitten schools and Iowa State College graduate, she will oversee girls 4 H club work in both counties.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Velma Packer
Whitten
Keokuk
Wapello
Miss Packer
Iowa State College
Farmer Alfred Mommsen Sells High Quality Hampshires in Chicago
Clinton county farmer Alfred Mommsen sold eighty one fancy 226 pound Hampshires at ten dollars sixty five cents per hundredweight in Chicago. The hogs were described as stick out quality and sold at a single price without sorting.
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Dewitt
Alfred Mommsen
Clinton County
Chicago
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Riverside Feed Mill
14Th Ave
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Buff Orpington
Rhode Island
Hatchery
C. E. Lantz
First Avenue East
Conkey
Hamilton Seed and Coal Co
New Post Office
Dial
Glas
Ft. Go
Montgomery Ward
Keokuk and
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Otean Cabby
U. S
Red River
Loe
Champlin
U.S
First Avenue Bridge
E Avenue
Ball Park
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Callon
Champlin Hatchery
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