Topsoil Loss From Floods Reaches 250 Million Tons
Government soil conservation officials estimate 250 million tons of irreplaceable topsoil washed from northeastern farms in the last week. About one third washed into the sea, two thirds deposited in river beds and inundated lowlands. Bennett emphasizes erosion control and land care to improve water absorption and reduce future floods.
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Ashington
Nature
H. H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
FENCE DRIFT caught in the woven wire
A clipped note from India dated February quotes a report about Iowa residents burning furniture to heat a single room. The writer mocks U S reactions to disasters, blaming human folly for natural resource depletion and governance faults.
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Iowa
New England
Potash and Nitrogen Effects Shown in Cucumber Shapes
This American Potash Institute illustration, shared by H. L. Garrard and County Agent James C. Green, shows how cucumber shapes change with soil nutrients. Nitrogen rich soil yields normal leaves and plump fruit, nitrogen deficient soil produces tapered tips, while potash deficiency creates bottle necks and pale leaf coloring.
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Vinton
American Potash Institute
H. L. Garrard
The
Potash Institute
Benton County
James C. Green
Green
Impediment to Rapid Runoff Hampers Stream Capacity
The text notes an impediment to the rapid runoff that swells streams beyond capacity, suggesting conditions hindering swift drainage and posing flood risk concerns.
Argentine Corn Quoted for April Shipment as New Crop Estimated
New crop Argentine corn offered in New York for April shipment at 72.144 cents per bushel delivered, duty paid. San Francisco quote at 74.1 cents. Domestic New York price listed at 73.14 cents. The 1936 Argentine crop is officially estimated at 379.9 million bushels, down from 452 million in 1935. About 455,000 bushels arrived on the west coast last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Regional SCDA Confabs Set to Explain 440 Million Soil Program
Washington AAA officials announced a ten day series of regional meetings to brief field agents on the 440 million soil conservation program. Time and locations are to be determined with at least one meeting in each state. Invitations go to county agents extension workers land grant college officials and state agriculture directors. Public reaction varied with farmers generally pleased while beet cane sugar and rice growers urged higher benefits. Officials expect about 80 percent farmer cooperation, a rate used to set benefit levels.
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Washington
AAA
Agricultural Department
Land Grant College
State Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
March 1 Egg Production Narrows Gap With Ten-Year Low
The March 1 1936 egg output per hen fell to 32.6 eggs, the lowest in ten years, with a 13 percent drop from March 1 1935 and 12 percent below the five-year 1928-32 average. Weather across the north central and Rocky Mountains drove the decline, while eastern and southern regions held production steady.
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the Gazette
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
North Central
Rocky Mountain States
North Central States
Transient farm families pose relief problem in WPA study
A WPA survey based on 16 000 groups in nineteen states during 1933 34 finds transient farm families relying on seasonal labor and sharecropping as the era s most serious rural relief issue. Heads come from low paid jobs and mobility is high.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Alabama
California
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Farmer Protects Snakes and Birds in Jackson County
Thad H Schlegel, a Maquoreta area farmer in Jackson County, advocates letting farms dedicate areas to bird and wildlife. He cites benefits of trees, berries, and nuts for moisture and wildlife. Deputy game warden Carl Hinkelman notes bird losses were modest this winter due to sportsmen and CCC efforts. Conservation camps built thirty nine shelters under Fred Larson, with pheasants and quail fed by Izaak Walton chapter and others. Local businesses and Walton League funds boosted feed and habitat.
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Maquoreta
Thad H. Schlegel
Jackson County
Carl Hinkelman
CCC
Fred Larson
Izaak Walton
Maquoketa Valley
Walton League
Mr. Hinkelman
Illinois Farmers To Increase Corn Acres 9 Per Cent
Illinois farmers will plant 8 272 000 acres of corn this year, a 9 per cent rise from 1935 harvested acreage, per a March 1 survey by state and federal agriculture departments. Spring wheat acreage rises while soybean acreage falls 13 per cent to 1 623 000 acres, marking first curtailment after two years of expansion.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Guernseys Bring 90783 at Auction Dispersal Sale
Forty-one Guernseys sold for 5783 dollars at the Glencliff herd dispersal in Independence Kaw. Average 141 per head. High female price 225 for a 6 year old cow. Buyers included D W Alexander of Owatonna Minn and Boulder Bridge farm of Minn. Top sale animal was Glencliff Cowboy at 300 to Fayette county West Union.
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Waterloo
Glencliff
Independence
Kaw
D. W. Alexander
Owatonna
Minn
Boulder Bridge Farm
Minnesota
R. D. Penniwell
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Iowa
William Barta
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Moss
Iowa City
J. E. Howard
Traer
Fayette County
West Union
Guernsey
Jones County
P.&o
Rock Island
A. B. White
Lee Bebee
Citizens Savings Bank
Grass Seeds Cheaper This Year in U S Markets
Retail prices on Feb 18 show twenty seed kinds costing less than last year led by timothy and blue grass while three items seed corn potatoes and wheat rise a few cents. Iowa prices list alfalfa clover ryegrass and several grasses at notably lower figures with regional demand hints across many states.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Michigan
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Idaho
California
West Virginia
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Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Washington
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Minnesota
Nebraska
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Notice of Appointment of Executor Iowa Estate 1936
On the 21st day of March 1936 the undersigned was appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of Martella Garske late of Linn County Iowa deceased All persons indebted to said estate are asked to pay promptly Those having claims against the estate should file them duly authenticated with the Clerk of the Linn County Iowa District Court The Peoples Savings Bank Executor B D Silliman Attorney
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Martella Garske
the Peoples Savingsank
B. D. Silliman
Local Livestock Sales Across Iowa in March
A sequence of public auctions in March lists sales by Iowa Holstein breeders in Waterloo, a horse sale by William Hansen in Dixon, closing out sales by Francis Watson in Mount Vernon, and public sales by A. B. White near Anamosa, Zack McArthur near Shellsburg, and Gottlieb Schmickle far west of Alburnett.
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Iowa Holstein Breeders
Waterloo
William Hansen
Dixon
Francis Watson
Mount Vernon
A. B. White
Anamosa
Zack McArthur
Shellsburg
Gottlieb Schmickle
Horses Top At 205 In Farm Sale Near Waukon
Ed O Osmundson sale north of Waukon saw horses lead prices with tops at 205 dollars. A team sold for 335, a 2 year old for 102, and a yearling colt at 75. Cattle and hog prices, grains, and hay also listed with total receipts 3646 dollars.
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Waukon
Ed O. Osmundson
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Drug Co
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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