Bloom On Apple Trees In Iowa Heaviest In Six Years
S. W. Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist reports a heavier than usual apple bloom across Iowa this spring with southeastern and eastern regions showing strong crops and southwestern areas even heavier after a light 1937. Ideal pollination conditions suggest a large fruit set and potential need to thin after the June drop. Frost danger expected to ease by early May across the state.
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Iowa
S. W. Edgecombe
Ames
Towa
Edgecombe
Gazett West Union
Disciny
Character Loans Aid Farm Families Under FSA Program
The Farm Security Administration extended 137 million in character loans to 231 661 down and out farm families. Plans covered subsistence, feed, and cash crops with 5 percent interest over one to five years. Net worth rose to 195 million. meat milk eggs and crops increased per person.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Fence Drift and Crop Sale Hints in Iowa This Year
A fragmented note describes fence drift tangled in woven wire and hints Iowa may pursue ambitious sales of the crop with references to songs and dances. The passage mentions industry mood and uncertain stance on religious business amid harvest chatter.
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IFA
New Buildings Rise Across Farms Near Manchester District
Special to The Gazette Manchester A story and a half modern house is rising on the Art Lyness and Son farm southwest of Manchester at 2600 dollars. A hog house with cement feeding floor is completed on the Lyness farm. Plans call for a 46 by 60 barn costing 2400 dollars on the Mrs Barney Carr farm. Another 32 by 40 foot barn costing 1400 dollars will be built on the Theodore Streit farm miles northwest of Masonville. A two story hog house 24 by 48 feet is underway on the Robert and Thomas Kennedy farm six miles southwest of Manchester with cement feeding floors and overhead threshing space.
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The
Gazette
Manchester
Art Lyness and Son
Lyness
Barney Carr
John Ellsbury
Theodore Streit
Masonville
Robert and Thomas Kennedy
Elevators Profit in 1937 Indicates Larger Grain Volume
Edison reports eighty three of ninety one Iowa grain elevators in the Farmers Grain Dealers Association showed a profit in 1937 with thirty nine firms earning more than three thousand dollars. Total sales were 14.23 million versus 14.25 million the prior year, while lower grain prices suggest higher volume. More elevators paid patronage dividends or set up deferred credits in 1937.
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Fort Dodge
D. E Edison
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Edison
U S Trade Experts Warn Of New Barriers To Farm Exports
U S Department of Agriculture officials warn that political shifts abroad will impede American farm exports. Austria Germany Japan India Mexico Newfound land and Latvia are cited as factors reducing demand for cotton tobacco dried fruits lard and bread grains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Austria
Germany
Japan
China
India
Mexico
Newfoundland
Latvia
Loyd V. Steere
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Fred J. Rossiter
Shanghai
Uncle Sam
Rossiter
Walford farmer plants corn as weather aids progress
William A. Schulte pictured on the corn planter near Walford notes tractors reduce planter following. He favors crop diversity and opposes forced farm program features. Eastern Iowa soils prime for planting with weather support and continued cultivation ahead this week.
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William A. Schulte
Walford
Mr. Schulte
Schulte
1 600 000 Cows For 800 000 Farms In South Proposed
ST PAUL The idea that AAA may place 1 600 000 cows on half as many southern cotton state farms was discussed by Harry L Brown assistant secretary of agriculture He said 800 000 southern farm families need dairy products from two cows each He believed two cows per family would not greatly reduce the national market Regulations would limit supply increases to over 10 percent Brown from Athens Ga was to continue to Madison Wis to finish a northwest tour
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ST Paul
AAA
Harry L. Brown
Brown
Athens
Madison
Wis
Northwest
New 4-H Club Organized in Fayette County
Ten boys from Illyria and Pleasant Valley townships in Fayette County formed a 4 H livestock club on Friday night. Junior Patterson was named president, Thomas Denner as vice president, Robert Minger as secretary and treasurer, and Jack Gehring as news reporter. Club leaders are Charles Gehring and Louis Bennier.
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Elgin
Illyria
Pleasant Valley
Fayette County
Junior Patterson
Thomas Dennler
Robert Minger
Jack Gehring
Charles Gehring
Louis Bennier
Name Officers For Boys 4-H Clubs In Allamakee
Curtis Pigott was elected president of Allamakee county 4 H livestock clubs in a recent meeting. Keith Smith was named vice president and Raymond Mathis secretary treasurer. The organization includes the Waukon Postville and Lansing Waterville clubs, each of which will hold monthly meetings.
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Waukon
Curtis Pigott
Allamakee County
Keith Smith
Raymond Mathis
Postville
Lansing- Waterville
421 8 Pound Average Made By 52 State Cows
Independence state hospital herd of 52 pure bred Holsteins completed a year on the improvement registry with an average production of 12 328 pounds of milk and 421 8 pounds of butterfat. A four year old cow led with 20 139 pounds of milk and 609 2 pounds of butterfat. Six other cows averaged above 500 pounds of butterfat. The herd was in its second year on the registry.
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Independence
State
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Madison
Wis
Biggest wheat crop seen since 1931 by private forecasters
Private crop experts report April snow and rains boosted winter wheat prospects to a potential 743 million bushels, the largest since 1931. They cite improved moisture, with estimates ranging from 730 to 771 million, and note possible further revision in coming weeks.
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Chicago
America
B. W. Snow
Nat C. Murray
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Cromwell
Iowa Butter Industry Value Rises in 1937
Iowa creameries produced 198,565,814 pounds of butter in 1937, valued at 66,555,698.31 dollars, up nearly 2 percent from 1936 due to higher prices despite a 4.5 percent drop in output. Thomas L. Curran, secretary of agriculture, released the figures showing regional breakdowns for northeast northwest south counties and totals.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas L. Curran
Northwest
South
Wee Oe
Grasshopper Campaign Planned In Louisa County
Louisa county committee on grasshopper control will meet May 10 with J W Apple of the state department of agriculture to lay plans for fighting the poppets as soon as they begin to hatch.
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Wapello
Louisa County
J. W Apple
State Department of Agriculture
Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad for Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts a 35 cent package of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush poisons and acids from kidneys and ease bladder irritation. It claims relief from waking at night and notes other symptoms such as backache and swollen eyes with a burning or smarting passage.
Nicol to Lead Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Nicol of Orange City is named field accountant for the Cedar Valley Farm Business association with members in Linn Benton Tama Jones and Grundy counties. He succeeds J J Wallace of Marion who became manager of a nine farm group donated to Iowa State college. Nicol will relocate to the area within weeks with headquarters location unannounced.
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H.S. Nicol
Orange City
Sioux County
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Linn
Benton
Tama
Jones
Grundy
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Iowa State College
Nicol
4 H Hybrid Test Plots To Be Grown In Fayette
Fayette county 4 H corn club members will grow yield test plots this spring to evaluate eighteen hybrid corn strains. The project will assess yield adaptability lodging stand uniformity ear shank strength and corn quality. Members include Marvin Ingels Randalia Dean Platt Oelwein Conne Hennager Randalia Volney Palmer Hawkeye Kenneth James Stanley Robert McSweeny Randalia Robert Adams Lamont Eddie Schaller Warren Revels and Elwood Mabon Randalia.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Marvin Ingels
Randalia
Dean Platt
Oelwein
Conne Hennager
Volney Palmer
Hawkeye
Kenneth James
Stanley
Robert McSweeny
Robert Adams
Lamont
Eddie Schaller
Warren Revels
Elwood Mabon
Ranalia
Louisa County Cattlemen Form Beef Producers Group
Eighty five cattlemen organized the Louisa County Beef Producers association in a meeting here Thursday. Clyde Turkington of Letts was elected president, Hugh Morris of Ainsworth is vice president, and H. Lee Huston of Columbus Junction, secretary treasurer. Rex Beresford, Ames extension cattleman, and a Chicago Producers Commission representative discussed the market outlook.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Beef Producers Association
Clyde Turkington
Letts
Hugh Morris
Ainsworth
H. Lee Huston
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension
Chicago Producers Commission Association
West Union Holstein Show Planned for June 8
Fayette county Holstein breeders meet May 11 at 8 pm with Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairyman to plan the district show at the West Union fair grounds on June 8. The next day Arnold and a breeders committee will visit county Holstein men to select cattle for the show.
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Fayette—Fayette County
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Dairyman
West Union Fairgrounds
Arnold
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Louisa
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
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