Earliest Planted Corn Reporting Conflicting Conditions
North English and Keokuk county growers differ on corn planting progress and soil moisture. George Thorpe and Kauffman report early planting completed and ongoing, with northern Iowa counties showing more activity while southern areas remain damp but workable if moisture arrives. Orchard bloom noted across the region as farmers anticipate rapid growth with rain.
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George Thorpe
W.stes
Kauffman
Gazette Farm
North Faelish
Kauffmar
Keokuk County
Iowa County
Drs
Opposition to Ulpper-Hope-Wearin direct marketing
A protest from the firm at Doverport decries direct marketing of cattle by farmers and ranchers, arguing it increases transport, yardage, commissions, and feed costs. The piece notes direct routes reduce stockyard diseases and speed feeder delivery, while warning proposed Packers and Stockyards Act amendments could restrict small wards nationwide and raise enforcement costs.
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Estes
Nasmuch
Marget Ee van Red
Gartar
Doverport Says Inc. Cos
Cedar Rapids Milk License To Be Ready Within Ten Days
The Cedar Rapids milk shed license is nearing completion and will be sent to area producers for signatures within a week to ten days. The Belmont in Washington discusses amendments to the Des Moines license, pricing classes, exemptions for small producers, and reporting requirements affecting producer distributors and cooperatives in the milk market.
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Cedar Rapids
Siven the Gazette
Washington
AAA
Waastinsten
Des Moines
Lcense
Des Moines Cooperative Dairy Marketing Company
New York
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Cooperative Association of the Distributors
Co-Operative Dairy Association
Des Moiines
Producers Co-Operative Association
Co-Operative
Farm Surveyrade On Which To Ease Long-Time Control
The report outlines a farming systems approach under the AAA to adjust long term production in corn belt soils. It compares existing and recommended systems, aims to identify crops and livestock impacts, and proposes standard crop rotations by soil type to reduce erosion and improve efficiency.
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Sai
AAA
Census Indicates One Fifth Of Iowa Farms Lack Gardens
The census data show about twenty percent of Iowa farms lack planted gardens. Farmers J. Nichols notes many households rely on home grown produce, with strawberries raspberries and peppers common, while others grow vegetables for canning and immediate use.
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Lowa
Canary OT Hoseaton
Nichols
Demonstration wind breaks set out in Washington County
Special to The Gazette reports a Tong three row evergreen shelterbelt planted on the north and east side of a home farmstead. The project uses cooperation of the Washington County Farm Bureau and Ames extension service with four more belts planned at James Gardner farm Wellman Stranski farm Pilotburg and W Jo Norton farm Van Buren courts. Agents say orders must be sent ahead to ensure timely planting and checks.
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The
Gazette
Washington
Washington County Farm Bureau
Ames Exetension Service
James Gardner
Wellman
Stranski
Pilotburg
W Jo Norton
van Burer Courts
William J Roudabust
Iowa Farmers Delay Corn Planting Until May 14 on Average
The Iowa weather and crop bureau found last spring frost dates average May 2 while corn planting averages May 14 statewide. In each county planting could begin about four days earlier, with 55 degrees F as the safe soil temperature trigger. Late planting reasons include heavy late snows and persistent high barometer patterns from the Great Lakes. Maturity depends mainly on June temperatures.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Bureau
South Central
Mississippi River
Minnesota Line
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Veterinarians In Benton To Present Linn County Program
The Linn County Veterinary association holds a dinner meeting at the Montrose Hotel Cedar Rapids at 6:30 p.m. Thursday led by president John B Bryant and secretary D E Wright. Dr P V Neuzil will discuss The Iowa Sales Tax and Prior Lien Laws while other veterinarians present topics on pharmacological drug discussions, novel treatments for cest disease, practitioner collections, laminitis, and related veterinary topics. An executive board meeting at 3:30 p.m. will precede the dinner to plan the fourth practitioners clinic at Mechanicsville.
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Linn County Veterinary Association
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
John B Bryant
D .E. Wright
Benton County Association
Iowa
P V. Neuzil
Blairstown
W B Penrose
Shellsburg
M D Radloff Keystone
J J Strandberg
Belle Plaine
J C Glenn
Norway
Iva Dunn
Atkins
W C Vollstedt
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Montrose Hotel
Mechanicsville
Chinch Bug Confab Set for Cedar Farmers May 17
A Tipton meeting will bring Cedar county farmers together May 17 to discuss chinch bug damage and control. Extension entomologists report large chinch bug activity on the Cedar county border and note rapid reproduction with females laying up to forty five eggs daily and pairs potentially producing up to one hundred thousand offspring over the summer. Farmers spotting chinch bugs are urged to contact the Farm Bureau for guidance on pest control.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Farm Bureau
Spread Between Cattle And Hogs Widest On Record
The largest ever gap between cattle and hog prices was noted as supply and demand shaped the meat market. Cattle topped at 9.50 per hundred pounds while hogs fell to 3.85, with heavy steers 146 percent above hogs and wooled lambs 168 percent higher. Government hog tax and shifting demand helped push steers to record highs since 1932, as agents cited a beef shortage and strong appetite for fat beefsteak.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Washington C T A Milk Production Sets April Records
Washington County Cow Test Association reports 254 cows averaged 757 pounds of milk and 30.8 pounds of butterfat in April. High producer in Ellis R Zook herd yielded 1,560 milk and 65.5 butterfat. Emery Egisti herd second with 1,779 milk and 64 butterfat.
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Washington
Ellis R. Zook
Emery Egisti
Emmet P. Hayes
W. W. Fleig and Son
Marvin Matthes
Washington County
Lester C Henss
Gold Dust: Maquoreta Allen Felderman Notes Limestone Value
Allen Felderman near St Donatus calls pulverized limestone Gold Dust and urges sweet clover and alfalfa to plow under to retain soil. He says limestone and lime are invaluable as more Jackson county farmers adopt it this year.
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Maquoreta
Allen Felderman
St. Donatus
Iowa Future Farmers Congress Brings 800 Students to Ames
Eight hundred high school agricultural students converge in Ames May 10 and 11 for the 1934 Iowa High School Agricultural Congress. They will compete in livestock and crops judging, farm mechanics, and farm management while a vocational guidance conference helps steer students to suitable careers. The event ends with a banquet speaker Dr. S. W. Graffin and features from the Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America and Veishea open house at Iowa State.
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Ames
Iowa High School Agricultural Congress
Agricultural Students
Iowa
Iowa High School
S. W. Graffin
White Plains
Y M. C
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Iowa Farmer
Veishea
Iowa State
1225 Pound Cow Sets U S Butterfat Benchmark
Madison Carnation Prospect Ormsby Gluck, a Seattle owned Holstein cow, posted the nation’s highest butterfat yield in official tests through April 15. The animal produced 1225.4 pounds of butterfat and 333477 pounds of milk with an average butterfat test of 3.7 percent, per the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
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Madison
Ormsby Gluck
Seattle
United States
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
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