Beginning Of Spring Field Work Delayed By Dry Soil
Early spring field progress is behind last year as soil remains unusually dry critics warn for moisture. Ray Anderson notes warm days bring hope but frost and scattered freezes hinder planting with oats and wheat already in some fields. Several Keokuk area farmers report plowing and seeding begun in south Iowa counties though water supply in shallow wells remains a concern.
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Sma
Iowa
Keokuk
Columbus Junction
Conesville
Fence Drift and Water Shortage Threaten Amana Colonists
The Amana colonists face severe water scarcity as a well at the woolen wall, once yielding 100 gallons per minute, has depleted. Entomologists warn chinch bugs will worsen conditions unless timely rains arrive, highlighting drought and pest pressures affecting the region.
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Sons of
Berg
Amana Thiesqay
Iona
Iowa Farm Buying Power Rises Into March
Special to The Gazette Iowa farm prices rose sharply into January and February and held at a higher level through March 15 the Ames Extension service monthly circular reports The Iowa farm price index stands at 64 of the 1910-14 base down one point from Feb 15 due to weaker hog prices Yet prices of farming commodities rose from 116 to 118 of prewar, lifting farmers purchasing power from 48 to 55 of the 1910-14 level The circular sees a genuine business recovery despite strikes and notes five signs of pickup including rising industrial output freight carloadings stronger retail and rural sales easier credit and brighter foreign markets prospects
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Ames
Iowa
Ames Extension Service
Pruning Demonstration Set for Fayette County Apple Trees
Fayette pruning program details four demonstrations by Ames extension horticulturist H E Nichols. Sessions run April 4 and 5 across Harlan Fairfield Windsor Union townships with speakers William Pace Clarence Nus J C Hennig Jake Frieden and times 9 30 am and 1 30 pm respectively.
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Gazett Fayette
Armstrong Resigns as Muscatine County Home Demonstration Agent
Elizabeth Armstrong, Muscatine county home demonstration agent, submitted her resignation to the county Farm Bureau. It has been accepted and will take effect May 1.
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Gaz
Hogs Sell at 4 55 in Independence Market
Independent market report states L. Hal stead of Buchanan county sold twenty four fancy hogs in Chicago on Monday at 4 55 per hundred weight. The hogs were described as high quality and well finished.
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Spreint
The_ Gazette
Independence
E L. Halstead
Buchanan County
Chicago
TRACK STAR Puzzle Card Clues Reveal Names and Terms
A mixed crossword style page lists horizontal and vertical clues spanning pop culture terms, biblical words, and geographic hints. Readers solve for a track star who appears among the filled entries, with answers crossing categories from music to languages and anatomy.
Butterfat Prices in Rowley Co-op Creamery February
Patrons at Rowley Farmers Co operative Creamery received 28 cents a pound for butterfat in the last half of February, per secretary Albert F Sloan. Earlier in February butterfat drew 25 cents per pound.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery
Albert F. Sloan
Farm Bureau Women to Host Achievement Day at Marion
Center Point Washington township Linn county Farm Bureau women will hold their annual Achievement Day at Marion in April. Posters for the five lessons in the home furnishing course studied during the year will be exhibited by leaders of the Washington township districts at the meeting held Thursday at the Ernest Martin home south of Center Point.
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Gazett
Center Point
Washington Township
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Marion
Ernest Martin
Firefighters Save Farmers Elevator At Cheney
A force of twenty men battled a grass fire that spread beyond control of W E Hoon burning slough grass near Cheney. After an hour of steady fighting they saved the Farmers Elevator from burning.
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Cheney
W E. Hoon
Independence farm bureau launches two week Buchanan County drive
A Buchanan County farm bureau membership drive started Monday in Independence with an al lan Kline of Vinton addressing thirty workers. The goal is 600 members over two weeks in the drive coordinated by The Gazette.
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Sproint
Buchanan County
Independence
Allan Kline
Vinton
Home Demonstration Agent Appointed in Winneshiek and Fayette
Directors of the Winneshiek and Fayette Farm Bureaus in joint session hired Miss Lillian B Lewis of Boone as home demonstration agent for both counties succeeding Miss Geraldine Brainard who resigns after five years to marry and live on a farm in Linn County Miss Lewis will start duties April 15 and currently teaches home economics at Shell Rock High School.
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Gazette
UNION
Winneshiek
Fayette
Lillian B Lewis
Boone
Geraldine Brainard
Miss Brainard
H DA
Linn County
Wilford Seeks Agricultural Data On Iowa Hog Market
Representative A C Willford of Waterloo asks the Department of Agriculture for statistical data on direct hog buying in Iowa and to conduct an economic survey of hog production. He plans to confer with hog raisers after receiving results to determine best methods for buying and selling hogs with Secretary Wallace's cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
A C Willford
Waterloo
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Willford
120 Acres Oats Sowed In North English Vicinity
North English area farmers on nearby routes report sowing over 120 acres of oats in the last two weeks with Wayne Banes 20 acres Glenn Banes 18 acres Herman Guenther 29 acres using Frost Proof seed oats Charles Hahn 25 acres CVMS Banes 15 acres Columbus Mitchell 12 acres Spring wheat sowing occurred earlier but froze weather halted field work since Wednesday evening.
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Ray Anderson
O E Quaas
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Banes
Glenn Banes
Herman Guenther
Fulton
Charles Hahn
C Vms Banes
Columbus Mitchell
Farm Debt Advisory Set-Up Completed in Iowa
Des Moines AP Merritt Greene assistant chairman announced the Iowa Farm Debt Advisory council is divided into seven districts with county committees formed. Meetings explained duties and policies of the land bank and lending agencies. County committeemen will accept debtor or creditor applications to aid settlements. Eastern district counties listed include Oelwein Cedar Rapids Davenport Ottumwa and more.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council
Merritt Greene
Merritt
Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Oelwein
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer Grundy
Winneshiek
Fayette
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Allamakee
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Tama
Benton
Linn
Johnson
Jones
Cedar
Muscatine
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Ottumwa
Mahaska
Monroe
Appanoose
Keokuk
Wapello
Davis
Washington
Jefferson
van Buren
Henry
Louisa
Lee
Coggon Co-Op Sells Hogs At Chicago For 4.45 Cwt
The Coggon Shipping association sent a double deck of 189 hogs to the Chicago market where they brought as high as 4.45 a hundredweight. Manager C. J. Holub led the shipment, with consignors including George McAravey James Crowley Clem Wood Hoemer Gimpfer Iva McGraw J Boon John Bading Walt Henderson Fred Ratcliff Sue Crouch Tom Brumen John McDowell Paul Kremer Herman Macleary Pete Hunter Tom Cashman and E P Reilly. The flat rate system has driven an eighty percent rise in business.
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Gazette
Coggon Shipping Association
Chicago
C. J. Holub
George McAravey
James Crowley
Clem Wood
Hoemer Gimpfer
Iva McGraw
J. Boone
John Bading
Walt Henderson
Fred Ratcliff
Sue Crouch
Tom Brumen
John McDowell
Paul Kremer
Corn Loans Totaled 163 546 81 in Delaware County
Fifteen corn loans were issued last week to Delaware County farmers totalling 3 769 95. The overall program has granted 437 loans to farmers for 163 546 81. Three sizable loans went to Ulysses Lyness Edward Daniels and Henry Bergfeld for amounts 724 95 658 35 and 478 80 respectively with 1611 1463 and 1604 bushels each.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Ulysses Lyness
Ryan
Edward Daniels
Henry Bergfeld
Dyersville
Farm loans in Iowa county total $278 304 on 618 454 bushels
One week before the final deadline farm warehouse certificates filed with Recorder Roy G Fans show loans totaling $278 304.30 on 618 454 bushels of corn. Approximately 500 farmers have secured loans. Twenty one loans were issued recently on 17 340 bushels for a total of $7 803.
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Iowa County
Marengo
Roy G
Buchanan County 4-H Sets Goal of 65 Boys Club Members
Independence report says Buchanan County 4-H committee met Friday evening to aim for sixty five members in the boys clubs this year. Attending were Ernest Wright secretary of the Iowa Dairy association Tom Hotchkiss club agent County Agent Dallas Western and county vocational teachers.
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Spectal
Buchanan County
Ernest Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Tom Hotchkiss
Dallas Western
Pioneer sows first grain of spring near Oxford Junction
Robert Powelka of west Oxford Junction is reported as the first to sow grain this spring, planting seven acres of wheat. Other farmers nearby are preparing fields for sowing.
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Oxford Junction
Robert Powelka
EXPANDS POULTRY BUSINESS IN HOPKINTON REGION
Herman Dunlap a large breeder of White Pekin ducks in Hopkinton installs a 16000 capacity incubator on his farm and plans a broiler raising plant south of Hopkinton to supply the market.
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Hopkinton
Herman Dunlap
Mr Dunlap
Fayette County corn-hog signer total nears two thousand two hundred
Fayette county approaches 2,200 corn hog contract signers with a projected first payment around $311,000 for contracted acreage reduction on nearly 20,000 acres.
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Soreiil
Fayette
Fayette County
Grinnell Livestock Sale Nets 8500 From 302 Cattle
The Grinnell Livestock exchange sponsored community sale drew 302 head of cattle 294 hogs a team of horses and four sheep through the sales ring Friday raising about 8500 in gross receipts.
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Grinnell Livestock Exchange
Linn county corn loan filings total $387 151 30 on 862 214 bushels
Six corn loans filed at Linn county recorder's office since Tuesday noon amount to 2 37690 dollars covering 5 282 bushels of corn sealed. The Linn county corn loans now total 387 151 30 dollars on 862 214 bushels.
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Linn County
Recorder's Office
Horses Top at 117 50 at Fred Frink Auction
Horses topped at 117.50 at the Fred Frink auction in Oxford Junction Saturday. Twenty three head of horses sold with the lowest bringing 12 dollars.
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Oxford Junction
Fred Frink
Corn loans issued in Buchanan County total $278 897
A Buchanan county report shows 843 corn loans issued to date totaling $278 897 31. The figures reflect ongoing agricultural credit activity in the county during the period.
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Buchanan
Buchanan County
Corn Sealing Nears End In Fayette County
Fayette county seals about 90 thousand dollars worth of corn for government loans at forty five cents per bushel. Sealing will pause mid week to finish paperwork by April 1. With 280 to 500 borrowers forecast, J F Wilkinson reported he sealed over half of county total in the southern eight townships. Some notes have been paid and corn released. fines or disposal window opens up to October 1 if deadlines pass. Nationwide loans total 54.5 million dollars on 120 million bushels. fifteen counties exceed 1 million each.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Recorder’s Office
J. F. Wilkinson
Iowa
Butterfat February Price At Lowden Creamery
Farmers at the Farm ers Co operative creamery received twenty seven cents per pound for February butterfat an increase of nine cents from February last year. August Wiebel and Herman Rich mann led the checks while Leroy Hansen reports an average of sixty five tubs of butter weekly in February.
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Lowden
Fpatrons
Farmers Co-operative Creamery
August Wiebel
Herman Richmann
Leroy Hansen
State fair plans $76,000 in premiums for 1934
Des Moines AP reports the state fair board announced more than $76,000 in cash premiums for 4-H livestock and other competitions at the 1934 Town state fair. Exposition runs Aug 22 to 31 with extensive prizes across cattle, horses, swine, 4-H events, speed contests, poultry, dairy, horticulture and home economics.
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DES Moines
State Fair Board
Seven-State Chinch Bug Conference Slated in Iowa
Entomologists from Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Illinois Ohio Indiana gather in southeastern Iowa late April or early May to map campaigns against chinch bug swarms threatening cornfields this summer. Dr C J Drake notes seven states will attend.
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Ames
Corn Belt
C. J. Drake
Drake
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Tlinois
Ohio
Indiana
Team Brings 280 At Sale Near Columbus Junction
A sale near Columbus Junction four miles northwest of Gladwin featured a six and seven year old pair of gray mares weighing 2800 pounds selling for 280 dollars. Other sales included a team at 130 dollars a mule span at 180, single horses 40 to 120, milk cows 20 to 38 dollars, calves 10 to 27, broad sows 10 to 12.50, shoats 1.50 to 4.25, two goats 0.45 each, and ten dozen pullets 0.65 to 0.71 each. Machinery sold well. Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan auctioneers.
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Columbus Junction
Luckey and Harbison
Gladwin
Paul Klotz
H. M. Duncan
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