Posture training draws 246 4-H girls to Cedar Rapids
Miss Ella Gardner of the U S department of agriculture led a Cedar Rapids posture training school for 4 H girls from sixteen eastern Iowa counties. The all day event drew 246 attendees including leaders and county officials, with aims to improve posture through exercises, proper shoes, and grace in movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Gardner
United States Department of Agriculture
Piers Consciousness
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Edith Barker
Ames Extension Service
Ardis Ctinger
Mount Vernon
Charlotte Lilly
Central City
Iowa
Pasture Improving Demonstrated On Edgewood Farm
Special to The Gazette reports M A Hauser of Ames led a pasture demonstration on the J J Schacherer farm south of town. A 10 acre plot was limed after soil tests last fall, and grain drill settings allowed grass seed to be planted at 1.5 inches deep. Seed mix included red clover seven pounds, sweet clover three pounds, alfalfa two pounds, and alsike two pounds, inoculated before mixing and sown seven quarts to the acre. The plot will be rolled again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood
M. A. Hauser
Ames
J. J. Schacherer
Here
Hopkinton Creamery Pays 34 Cents For Butterfat
Hopkinton cooperative creamery paid 34 cents a pound for butterfat delivered in February. Secretary H. M. Reeve said the plant received 20,000 pounds of butterfat last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton Creamery
Hopkinton
Hopkinton Cooperative Creamery
H. M. Reeve
Soul Conservation and Wildlife Preservation Appeal by A Country Woman
The piece laments drought and burning grass as it urges conserving remaining wildlife. It recalls abundant wildlife before farming cleared land, notes fires and habitat loss, and argues for government parks and farmer restraint to restore habitats and protect species.
Iowa Farm Sales Rise in 12 Month Period Ends March 15 1937
The federal agricultural economics bureau reports 32.1 voluntary farm sales per 1000 Iowa farms for the year ending March 15 1937 up from 27.7 and 16 in earlier periods. Foreclosures fell to 18.3 per 1000, while 17.1 per 1000 changed ownership via inheritance gifts or estates settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Agricultural Economics Bureau
Notice of Probate of Will in Linn County Iowa
District Court will hear the instrument alleged to be the Last Will of John Scholten, deceased, for proof and admission to probate. Hearing set for April 4, 1938 at 9:00 A.M. in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Edwin W. Lundquist, Clerk. Reams, Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasik
State of
Linn County
Elmer Ul, Stark
Distriet Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grasshopper War to Start April 12 in Iowa
Plans for Iowa's 1938 grasshopper battle outlined to county agents at nine district conferences beginning April 12 in Cedar Rapids. Dr. Carl J. Drake notes mixing stations, government supplies, and a $2 million federal fund to provide bait. Destruction depends on weather. hatch could begin late April to June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Carl J. Drake
Fairfield
Chariton
Red Oak
Denison
Spencer
Garner
West Union
H. D. Tate
Drake
United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Dr. Drake
Congress
United States
Achievement Day in Cedar County Scheduled May 12
TIPTON Cedar county women’s home project achievement day is set for May 12 with Miss Lillian Lewis from Ames extension department as judge and Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Ackworth state Farm Bureau committeewoman as speaker. County women’s committee met to finalize booth exhibits and program numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gardner
Home Project
Farm Bureau
Linn County
Frances Hill
Coggan
Gardner
Y.W.C.A
Edith Barker
Teader
Ames
Lucille Gove
Barker
Waverly
Clarion
Tipton
Cedar County Women’s Home Project
Lillian Lewis
Extension Department
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
State Farm Bureau
County Women's Committee
Classification Note on Classified Ads For Masonry Work
For a man to do cement or mason work LOOK under classif ication 12 in the Want Ad section Advertisement.
Poem Fragment on America and Europe through Land and People
A fragmentary verse contrasts arms and legs in Europe with Iowa imagery. It moves from oblique angles of arms to goose step posture, then shifts to corn in Europe and beans in Iowa, depicting an American mapping of places and identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Iowa
Recommendations On Control Of Bang's Disease Drafted
North central states representatives concluded a two day conference on Bangs disease with a plan to tag and quarantine all reactors, test cattle region wide by vote, extend public education, enforce uniform fair health rules, fund 1938 39 Bangs disease control, and require official test certificates at public sales. Attendees included officials breeders veterinarians and dairymen from Minnesota North and South Dakota Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Indiana Illinois and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
Interstate cattle shipping rules discussed at nine state meet
About 600 livestock men and officials gathered in St Paul to seek uniform regulation of interstate cattle shipments to combat Bangs disease. Speakers urged reliance on blood tests while cautioning against overestimating new vaccines, citing mixed test results and the need for practical controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Bang
C. R. Denham
Ohio State University
B. A. Beach
Madison
Wis
E. F. Waller
Ames
Iowa
Robert Graham
Urbana, IL
C. P. Fitch
Minnesota University Farm School
L. V. Wilson
Excelsior
Minn
W. H. Tomhave
Chicago
American Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Associaion
Porter Sees Seed Germination Above Average in 1938
R H Porter head of the Ames seed laboratory reports seed germination well above average for 1938. Seed corn samples show strong germination with few below ninety percent. Disease presence is down but seed treatment recommended to curb fungi in cold wet weather. Cost is two cents per acre. Small grain germination ranges 80 to 95 percent with barley wheat and oats showing scab and blight. treating seed with New Improved Ceresan at half ounce per bushel is advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
R. H. Porter
Ames Seed Laboratory
Porter
Demonstration Shows Halter Rope Use on Rearing Colt
On the John Allman farm near Cedar Rapids Harry Linn secretary of the Horse and Mule Breeders association of Iowa demonstrates restraining a colt during first harnessing. The Linn county Junior Farm Bureau sponsored event drew over 100 spectators and continues with further shows in Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allman
Cedar Rapids
Harry Linn
Virgil Edarburn
Mr. Linn
Horse and Mule Breeders Association of Iowa
Auman Farm
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Jones County
Seed treatment centers set up in twelve counties
Seed cleaning and treatment centers have been established in O'Brien Clay Woodbury Sac Palo Alto Hancock Hamilton Polk Tama Muscatine Poweshiek and Greene counties. Farmers may have their seed treated quickly and thoroughly by large capacity machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Clay
Woodbury
Sac
Palo Alto
Hancock
Hamilton
Polk
Tama
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Greene
Rain Delays Oats Sowing and Clover Planting in Blairstown
Heavy rain continued through Monday night and Tuesday morning into Wednesday, delaying field work in Blairstown. Some farmers finished sowing oats and others expect to finish by week’s end while much clover seed has been planted. Soil remains good and vegetable gardens have been plowed with early vegetables planted. Spring plowing remains but should be under way next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Blairstown
Troy Mills Seeding Advances as Drought Repairs Finish
Oats seeding nears completion in Troy Mills with abundant grass seed sown this spring after drought and heat last year. Sod plowing progresses and ground works up well. Strawberry beds and gooseberry bushes show healthy growth as farmers start field work two weeks earlier than year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
MOGS TOP AT $9 AT CHICAGO HOG MARKET
A. H. Baer Cedar county feeder topped the Chicago hog market Tuesday with a shipment averaging 214 pounds bringing $9 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Tipton
A. H. Baer
Cedar County
Chicago
Hogs From Columbus Junction Sell At Chicago Markets
C. E. Pierce of the Columbus Junction feeder market shipped forty head of heavy hogs to Chicago Monday. Prices reached 9.10 and 8.75 dollars per cwt, reflecting demand for large hogs in the Illinois markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
C. E. Pierce
Chicago
Outwitting Bacteria Talk At 4-H Club Training
Miss Selma Ekquist Ames home efficiency specialist will discuss home hygiene and accident prevention in the third of four 4-H girls club training schools in Allamakee county on April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Selma Ekquist
Ames
Allamakee County
Committee formed to coordinate rehabilitation in northern plains
Lincoln Nebraska AP M L Wilson under secretary of agriculture announced the creation of a northern great plains coordination committee to advance land water and farming improvements across Nebraska the Dakotas Wyoming and Montana W H Brokaw University of Nebraska extension director was named chairman Elmer A Tarch of Denver was appointed permanent secretary committee members include A M Eberle George J Baker A E Bowman J C Taylor and federal officials A E McClymonds C H Willson Cal A Ward the group will foster coordinated land use planning water conservation and rural rehabilitation amid dust storms in western Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
M. L. Wilson
Great Plains
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wyoming
Montana
Land Grant College
Agriculture Department
W. H. Brokaw
University of Nebraska
Elmer A Tarch
Denver
Farm Security Administration
Wilson
Brokaw
A. M. Eberle
South Dakota
George J. Baker
North Dakota
A. E. Bowman
J. C. Taylor
United States Department of Agriculture
A. E. McClymonds
Soil Conservation Service
Rapid City
H Willson
Cal
Will of Elmer Stark Admitted for Probate Hearing
District Court to hear proof and admission of Elmer H L Stark's will in Linn County Iowa. The hearing is set for 9 o'clock A M on day in April 1938. Clerk Edwin W Lundquist and attorney WC Boland are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin, W. Lundquist
WC. Boland
Regional and federal ag leaders named in county report
Lincoln Rex E. Willard regional director and Paul H. Roberts acting director of the prairie states forestry project in Lincoln. Washington figures Cris V. Wells and V. Cardon oversee forage crops and diseases and program planning division of AAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Lincoln
Rex E. Willard
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Denver
Paul H. Roberts
Prairie States Forestry Project
Shelter Belt
Lincoln P. V Cardon
Washington
Cris V. Wells
AAA
TVA Phosphate To Be Used On Ten Allamakee Farms
TVA phosphate will be used on ten Allamakee county farms this season as selected by township committees. The farms include Theodore Gronna in Paint Creek township, George Herman Union Prairie, Warner and Roger Harris Post, John P Ferring Lansing, Horace Clark Makee, John Rous ter jy Iowa, Ole M Orness French Creek, James Ryan Jefe ferson, Joseph Kerman Lafayette, and Clem Schulte Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Theodore Gronna
Paint Creek
George Herman
Union Prairie
Warner
Roger Harris
Post
John P Ferring
Lansing
Horace Clark
Makee
John Rouster
Iowa
Ole M. Orness
French Creek
James Ryan
Jefeferson
Joseph Kerman
Lafaycette
Clem Schulte
Waterloo
4-H Rally Planned by Ames Club in Waukon Meeting
Miss Ella Loughren of the Ames 4-H club will lead a planning meeting in Waukon on May 18 for Allamakee county rally day set for late May or early June. The event aims to organize activities and participation across county 4-H groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Ella Loughren
Ames
Wall
Allamakee
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Alice Davidson
Lney
Linnenton
Town
Tama, Muscatine
Clinton Counties
Edgewood Farm
Lydia FE
Edwin W. Lundquist
Clerk District Court
Reams
RFA
America
Buehler
1St St. SE
Dial
Holland Sterring
B. E. Sanford
Optometric Eye Specialist
TVA
S.S.S
S.S
S. Co
MR. Farmer
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