Expect Treatment To Start In Early April
The Iowa Veterinary association says vaccination for sleeping sickness in horses will cost about $3 per head, varying by number of horses and local conditions. Two doses are required about 15 days apart, with the first six weeks before the anticipated outbreak. Vaccination windows extend to early June or July 1, with protection possible six months after vaccination.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Iowa Veterinary Association
State Veterinary Association
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Illinois
Fence Drift in Iowa Spring Light
A terse Iowa scene captures a fence drift caught in a woven tire with roadside willow and taller tree tops against beige slumbering stubble. The poem conveys early spring with muted tones and subtle natural imagery.
Iowa REA allotments fund miles in two counties
The Rural Electrification Administration announced two Iowa allotments among 33 nationwide. Allamakee Clayton Electric Coop Postville Iowa receives 214000 for 206 miles serving 624 residents in Allamakee Fayette and Clayton counties. Sac County Rural Electric Coop Sac City Iowa gets 163000 for 157 miles to serve 344 residents in Sac county.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Iowa
Allamakee
Ed O Neal urges old New England trade to sell surplus crops
Chicago AP Edward A O Neal heads the American Farm Bureau urging a return to Yankee trading methods. He argues to ship surplus crops to world markets and sell to foreign nations. He supports export subsidies to move six million bales of cotton and predicts 85 percent farmer cooperation in the AAA crop reduction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward A O'Neal
New England
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Chemurgic Chief To Edit Philadelphia Farm Paper
Wheeler McMillen of New York City was named editor in chief of The Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife. He resigns from The Country Home magazine and has begun his duties in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Wheeler McMillen
New York City
National Farm Chemurgic Council
Farm Journal
Farmer's Wife
McMillen
Country Home Magazine
Heavy hog receipts signal record March market in Midwest
March hog receipts through Friday in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota markets totaled 455 400 head with a week left in the month. Analysts expect March to become the largest for the month in six years, nearly matching peaks of 1931 and 1933, while prices firm from a late week dip.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Maples Tapped In Urbana Sugar Bush Short Flow Expected
Sixty five of the 400 maple trees at the Brody camp south of Urbana were tapped this week. The Brody family has operated the bush for more than 85 years. The season is expected to be short due to warm nights, as frost is needed for good sap flow.
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Urbana
Brody
Nebraska farmers plan record barley and sorghum acreage
Nebraska's 1939 planting includes the smallest corn acreage in 17 years at 7,738,000 acres, barley at 1,144,000 acres up 20 percent, and grain sorghums at 583,000 acres up 33 percent. Soil moisture is generally favorable across eastern areas, Panhandle, Sandhills, and west central Nebraska. spring wheat oats potatoes soybeans and hay acreage are expected to drop.
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Lincoln, Neb
INS
Nebraska
A E. Anderson
Anderson
Panhandle
Sandhill
Farmers Hear Soil Improvement Talk At Lions Club
A group of farmers attended a Lions club meeting in Strawberry Point on Monday evening. L. F. Wainscott of McGregor, agronomist for the soil conservation service, spoke on soil improvement and maintenance methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point
Lions Club
L. F. Wainscott
McGregor
The
Soil Conservation Service
Soul Conservation in Spring Time Country Note
A country woman muses on spring arrival as dry grasses stink and a blue smoke haze drifts over the countryside while children linger in twilight. The scene blends rural life with seasonal change and reflection.
Ames Tests Soil Conservation on Farm Income in Iowa
The extension service at Ames and the Soil Conservation Service launch a spring record-keeping project. Fifty nearby farmers using complete soil conservation methods will be compared with fifty outside the areas. Results will show how practices shift livestock, crop production and net income. L E Wright leads the SCS effort with area heads Thoreson in Shenandoah and Zunkel in Bethany.
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Ames
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
L. K. Macy
Tarkio
Shenandoah
Iowa
Big Bee
Bethany
Macy
L. E. Wright
The
Art Thoreson
Kenneth Zunkel
Farm Union Officials Speak In Washington Program
Iowa Farmers Union President Page L. Hawthorne was to speak at the Washington county courthouse at 7 30 p m on the farm cost of production program. Donald W Van Fleet of Farmers Union brokerage services was to explain the new commercial program. Both spoke earlier in Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sheepmen Ask Lamb Quotations in Market Reports
Senator Gillette urged the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to add lamb quotations to daily livestock reports in Iowa. George Souder of Rockwell City, vice president of the Iowa Lamb Feeders' Association, cited 1 885 000 Iowa lambs marketed last year and said quotations would aid sheepmen.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Towa
Gillette
George S. Souder
Rockwell City
Iowa Lamb Feeders’ Association
Souder
Iowa
AAA spending by AAAin eight months reported by USDA
Washington AP The agricultural adjustment administration said expenditures including farmer benefits totaled 354 765 757 in the first eight months of the fiscal year. Major items were 119 662 714 cotton payments 29 503 672 sugar producer payments 154 834 192 soil conservation payments.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Wisconsin
States
Pollock Elected President Of Benton County 4-H Boys Club
Ivan Pollock of Vinton was elected president of Benton county 4-H boys clubs at the father and son banquet. Levin Olson was named historian while Herbert Olson became vice president Carl Cottrell was secretary and Lyle Olson treasurer. Awards included pig club medal baby beef trophies and state fair certificates. Ivan Trottnow of Dysart spoke as REA head. About one hundred people attended.
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Vinton
Ivan Pollock
Benton County
Levin Olson
Herbert Olson
Newhall
Carl Cottrell
Lyle Olson
Dale Garlock
William Burlton
Ivan Trottnow
Dysart
REA
Field Work Starts on Urbana Area Farm
Lynn Burrell farmer near Urbana began discing Wednesday in preparation for sowing oats. Warmer weather this week dries the ground quickly and improves road conditions in the vicinity.
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Urbana
Gazette
Lynn Burrell
Steers Top at 12.35 at Chicago Market
Fred Hink house feeder near West Branch sold 20 head of 1,213 pound steers at the Chicago market Thursday for 12.35 dollars per hundredweight.
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The
Gazette
West Branch
Fred Hinkhouse
Chicago
Benton Fair Receives Dollar As Remorse
A Texas resident sent a dollar bill to the Benton county fair treasurer at Vinton in repayment for a past admission he had not paid. He explains he has found religion and his conscience prompted the remittance.
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Vinton
Benton County
Texas
Trucks Carry Majority of Market Livestock in February
February receipts show 53.2 percent of cattle calves hogs sheep and horses moved by truck at 67 public stockyards, a February high. Truck totals for January and February reach 5,912,640 head versus 5,068,059 by rail, with cattle and hogs prominent among species.
Elgin Creamery Drops Cold Storage Locker Plan
Elgin Farm ers Cooperative creamery directors abandoned plans for a cold storage locker plant at a meeting this week in Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Pigs Saved From Large Farrowing in Hazleton Area
Hazleton area farmer W Loeb reports eight Chester White brood sows farrowed 94 pigs this month and are rearing 70. The tally highlights a productive litter with most piglets still under care and growth.
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Hazleton
W. Loeb
Dairy Commission Nominations Sought in Iowa 12 Member Panel
Waterlooo report notes Dairy Industry commission to direct 120000 to 150000 dollars annually for 1939 and 1940 to promote dairy consumption. Gov Wilson signs bill creating the 12 member body with three fixed seats and nine producers named by the dairy association executive committee.
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Waterloo
Ed Estes
Iowa Dairy Association
Town Dairy Industry Commission
George Wilson
Iowa
Farm Auctions Headline Stirs Midwest Sale List
A Saturday sale runs March 25 featuring Homer Walcott at four miles southwest Toddville and Anamosa livestock auction events listed in the local notices.
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Homer Walcott Sale
Toddville
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Butterfat excise tax set for May collection period
A 12 man commission will oversee a one cent per pound butterfat levy to be collected during May 1 to May 15 and to administer the resulting fund.
FFA Speaking Contest At Sigourney On April 8
Marengo Future Farmers will take part in the southeastern district public speaking contest at Sigourney on April 8. Participants include Don Langlas Werner Wilkinson Wayne Wilkinson Glenn Scott Dale Noyes and George Kimmich.
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Marengo
Sigourney
Don Langlas
Werner Wilkinson
Wayne Wilkinson
Glenn Scott
Dale Noyes
George Kimmich
Hatchery at Elgin to Hatch Turkey Poults
Elgin hatchery installs incubators for hatching turkey poults and plans to use eggs imported from California.
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Elgin
California
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