State Pays Half Of Indemnity For Bangs Disease Reactors
Iowa will share indemnity costs for cattle found with Bangs disease, with the federal government previously covering all. Indemnity ranges cited at 25 to 50 dollars per head, with future 50-50 funding and counties to contribute via a half-mill tax. In 1933, 12 628 of 183 064 tested cattle were diseased. current estimates place indemnity around 16 dollars for grade cows and 24 for purebreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Thornburg
Iowa
Moines
Fayette County Farm Women Chorus Delights Iowa Audiences
A brief fragment notes the Fayette county farm women chorus and other eastern Iowa singing groups, praised for bringing joy to rural life and contributing to the pleasure of living on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Fayette County Farm Women Stage Annual Achievement Program
Fayette county women showcase eleven township exhibits at the annual achievement day with the theme child development. Union, Harlan, Jefferson lead in organization and publicity while Illyria and Clermont excel in several categories and Randalia School features a Hansel and Gretel dramatization by fifth and sixth graders.
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Fayette County
Ayette
Women’s Home
Fayette
Grace Porter Ellis
Union
Harlan
Jefferson
Westfield
Illyria
Clermont
Scott
Union and
Bethel
Windsor
Ilyria
Fremont
Ellis
Booth
Harlan and Illyria
Carmen Swenson
Archie Schroeder
Scott Township
Randalia
E. O. James
Stanley
H. C. Pieplow
Aurora
Irvin Scharff
Millie Rogers
Glen Davis
Emory Wilson
Arlington
Hansel and Gretel
Randalia Consolidated School
Robert Fry
Shirley Butts
Pearl Craxton
Leslie Owen
Danny Severson
Geraldine Jarchow
Dover
Hazel Waldron
West Union
Jeannette Kiel
4-H
E. H. Borchers
Maynard
Paul McElroy
Glenn Bennington
Ray A. Bell
G. D. Grimes
Thelma Mae Veils
Winn Elected President Walker Co-op Creamery
Vernon Winn was elected president of the Walker Farmers Creamery association at a directors meeting in Walker. Gay Andrews was named vice president Kenneth Butler secretary and Frank Lindahl treasurer. Patrons received 25 cents a pound for butterfat delivered in late April.
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Walker
Vernon Winn
Walker Farmers Creamery Association
Gay Andrews
Kenneth Butler
Frank Lindahl
Strong Hog Market Despite Heavy Run
In Iowa and southern Minnesota interior markets the five day hog run totaled 140 400 head, up 23.6 percent from last week and 54.8 percent above the year ago level. Despite volume, prices held steady with 5 cent gains for the week and wholesale pork prices mostly unchanged. Average hog weights run 250 to 265 pounds with packing sows about 8 percent of sales.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
Market Uncertainty Dims Producer Confidence This Fall
Fragmentary report notes producers feel less assured about future market demand than last autumn. Disrupted outlook and hedging concerns affect plans, with cautious tone across sectors as inventories and pricing linger in flux.
Iowa Dairy Advertising Fund Receives First 60 Cent Check
The Iowa Dairy Industry commission, handling a 125000 dairy promotion fund, received its first payment of 60 cents. An Iowa farmer sent in the 60 cent tax due for butterfat produced May 1 to May 15, with June 15 as the deadline. The fund will support advertising and education via newspapers cooking schools and other media, with spending in Iowa and eastern markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
Burr Willits
Davenport
Commission
Iowa State College
State Secretary of Agriculture
Linn 4 H Girls Enter Fire Prevention Contest
Linn county 4 H girls club leaders in the last training of the year met at Cedar Rapids to plan entry into the state fire prevention contest. Selma Ekquist Ames home efficiency specialist included fire prevention in the home safety lesson. The plan calls for inspections of neighboring farms to identify hazards and work to remove them. Twenty women and girls from nine clubs attended.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Selma Ekquist
Ames
Thursay
Government payments to dust bowl farmers exceed land value
Dr E D G Roberts reported that federal aid to distressed dust bowl counties in Kansas and nearby areas has surpassed the assessed value of rural real estate. In Seward and Haskell counties, farm crop values fell from over 3 million in 1929 to about 300 thousand and 675 thousand in 1936, while total federal expenditures in five years topped six million dollars per county.
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Alpine
Tex
Dust Bowl
Southwestern
American Association For the Advancement of Science
E. D. G. Roberts
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Morris Evans
L. L. McCracken
Amarillo
Kansas
Haskell
Seward
Dr. Roberts
Omaha Bank Reports Farm Sales Jump in Early 1939
The federal land bank of Omaha said farm sales rose to 440 in January through April 1939, up from 241 in the same period last year and 234 in 1937. President Charles McCamsey cited the surge as a sharp upturn in farm transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OMAHA
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Charles McCamsey
Land Bank
Notice for Sanitary Sewers Proposals Cedar Rapids 1939
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed proposals for sanitary sewer construction on 30th Street Drive Southeast 2nd Avenue to Indian Creek 31st Street Drive SE 2nd Avenue to Sidney Street and related streets. Plans on file with City Clerk. Bids open May 22 1939 at 10 AM. Deposit 10 percent with bid. project to begin by June 1 1939 and finish by August 1 1939.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
30Th Street
2Nd Avenue
Indian Creek
31St Street Drive
Sidney Street
31St Street
Grove Court
Emerald Avenue
32Nd Street Drive
L. J. Storey
M. M. Krebs
Corn Planting Progress In Millersburg Area
Special to The Gazette reports corn planting is well begun in the Millersburg vicinity with field work largely caught up in the last ten days. Recent rain improved gardens and fields, and rhubarb, winter onions and asparagus are ready for use now.
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Millersburg
Farmer completes early corn planting in Washington County
Dewey Weeks, a farmer northeast of Washington, finished planting 16 acres of corn Tuesday. He plans to plant a total of 70 acres on his 200 acre farm, among the first in Washington county to begin the season.
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the Gazette
Washington
Dewey Weeks
Washington County
Weeks
Rain Benefits Gardens In Walker Neighborhood
Rain on Thursday benefited gardens and fields in Walker. Crops remain behind season progress. Corn planting began Thursday on the Lloyd Lala farm.
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Gazette
Walker
Lloyd Lala
Plowing Near Complete as Planting Begins in Areas
Webster reports plowing for corn will finish by week’s end while planting has started in some locales. The agricultural progress signals spring field work underway with crews pushing ahead in multiple zones.
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Webster
Fruit trees bloom as crops progress in spring survey
Oats show good stands and livestock is turned to pasture while grass remains short. Plum peach pear and cherry trees are in full bloom this week. Late March freezes damaged raspberry and blackberry bushes but other fruits have good prospects. Garden crops are progressing well.
Linn Test Association 3 Averages 30.9 Butterfat
CENTRAL CITY The 424 cows on test during April in Linn county cow test association No 3 including 53 dry produced an average of 746 pounds of milk and 30.9 pounds of butterfat. The Voelker herd topped the association with 1 296 pounds of milk and 52.1 butterfat on three a day milking. A Batchelder cow from Alburnett set a high individual record of 86.7 pounds of butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Linn County
Otto W. Bruns
William F. Voelker
Ryan
R. L
C. G. Batchelder
Alburnett
Local dairy contest yields standout milk and butterfat figures
Delta Mahaska county contest association reports April averages of 522 pounds of milk and 22.2 pounds butterfat per cow, as tester Lee J. Schissel notes. The Ralph Sarver herd of Rose Hill records an average 1,123 pounds of milk and 40.3 pounds of butterfat.
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Delta
Mahaska County
Lee J. Schissel
Rose Hill
Signups reach 89.6 percent in 1939 AAA counties
Des Moines AP reports 85.6 percent of farmers in 87 counties signed up for the 1939 AAA farm program. O. D. Klein states 174,081 farmers signed, 28,643 declined. Land under cooperative farmers accounts for 90.3 percent of county total. Ringgold leads with 98 percent, Sioux lowest at 74.2 percent. County crop land signup rates listed for eastern Iowa.
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DES Moines
O. D. Klein
Klein
Ringgold County
AAA
Wayne County
Decatur County
Sioux County
Iowa
Allamakee
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Louisa
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Benton
Black Hawk
Four Creamery Groups Plan Meetings In May
Sectional meetings of the Iowa Creamery Operators association will be held in eastern Iowa during May. On May 11 gatherings are set for Epworth section 9 and Rockford section 3. May 24 has Garnaville section 1 and May 25 Oelwein section 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Iowa
Epworth
Rockford
Garnaville
Oelwein
Sigourney hosts spring cattle feeders meeting speakers named
Sigourney announces a Tuesday evening cattle feeders meeting at Memorial hall in Sigourney. County Agent Forrest Bennett says Rex Beresford, Ames extension beef specialist, and Herman Aaberg of the Chicago Producers Commission Association will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Memorial Hall
Forrest Bennett
Rex Beresford
Ames Extension Beef
Herman Aaberg
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Relief for Eczema
An advertisement touts Emerald Oil as a powerful remedy for itching skin conditions including eczema, rashes, itching toes and feet, and poison ivy. It claims rapid relief from itching and burning, promotes healing, and offers a money back guarantee. May's Drug Store and Podzimek Pharmacies are involved in the promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moone
May's Drug Store
Podzimek Pharmaecies
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