Alfalfa Waves In Springlike Iowa After Rain Boost
After a Sunday night downpour eastern and central Iowa show rapid vegetation growth. Alfalfa and grain fields surged, soil moisture improved corn planting prospects, and hay crops revived as temperatures rose. Des Moines reports 1.55 inches in several cities and forecasts of more showers.
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Osceola
Monroe
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Iowa City
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
Mount Ayr
Lamont
Marshalltown
Frye Farm Begins Corn Planting Near Hazleton
W. H. Frye, Hazleton area county supervisor, started corn planting Friday on his farm seven miles southeast of Hazleton. He reports the ground to be in excellent condition and suitable for planting.
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Hazleton
W. H. Frye
Fence Drift Tales in a Woven Wire Poem
A playful fragment notes terms like FENCE DRIFT and woven wire and defines gaggle byre birn and bourn. The piece mixes strange magazine phrases with humorous animal noises and rural imagery, ending with today’s giggle.
Kildee to judge beef and dairy cattle at fairs
Ames dean H H Kildee will judge both beef and dairy classes at the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco October 25 and 26, marking a historic single judge role. He previously judged Aberdeen Angus at the February fair and will also judge cattle at the California State Fair in Sacramento in September. Experts forecast hog price declines for the 1939 40 marketing year unless demand rises.
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H. H. Kildee
Dean Kildee
San Francisco
Kildee
Sacramento
Foreclosures in Iowa drop in 1938 says Ames economist
W. G. Murray reports farm mortgage foreclosures fell in 1938 to the lowest level since World War II. He links the decline to liquidation of mortgaged farms and notes a possible uptick as the moratorium law expired. Foreclosures totaled 550 with five and a half million dollars in debt. insurance companies and private investors held major shares, and southern and western Iowa farms were most affected.
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AMES
W. G. Murray
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Barn Blaze Kills Horses At Alburnett Farm
Fire at Eugene Estill farm near Alburnett destroys a barn along with a pair of horses a half ton of hay a chicken house and 30 hens. Spontaneous hay combustion is blamed while a neighbor alerted authorities and wind worsened the blaze. Loss estimated 600 to 700 dollars with partial insurance.
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R. B. Jones
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Harry Wenger
Independence REA Approves 293000 Loan for Rural Line Build
Alvin J. Town reports a $293,000 REA loan for 272 miles of line to serve 544 members across Buchanan Black Hawk Delaware Clayton and Fayette counties. Construction start is immediate with Hampton contractor bid at 187818 dollars. Total project cost estimated 228354 dollars, creating about 44000 direct labor hours. Also notes cattle growth and All-Iowa Livestock exposition preparations in eastern Iowa.
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Alvin J. Town
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
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Fayette
Hampton
Commodities Loans Reported On Iowa Corn
The Commodities Credit Corporation reported loans on 110,702,090 bushels of corn in Iowa.
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Washington
Commodit Credit Corporation
Iowa
The Black Widow Spider In Iowa Informant Notice
A feature on the hour glass spider Latrodectus mactans explains its markings behavior and venom. It notes timid nature yet potential bite danger, with severe pain possible and venom strength far exceeding rattlesnake poison. Sightings are rare in Iowa, but warnings remain.
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Black Widow
British Increase in US Pork Imports in Early 1939
UK imports of bacon ham and lard from the United States rose in the first three months of 1939, aided by the Anglo American trade pact and tighter domestic pork supplies. Bacon and ham imports reached 1 904 000 and 11 424 000 pounds respectively, with lard at 52 416 000 pounds, while frozen pork fell to 2 800 000 pounds.
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Washington
United States
Foreign Agricultural Service
United States Department of Agriculture
London
United Kingdom
Mule Still Holds Its Own Against Machine Age
A breathless Geographical Society bulletin from Washington rejects the view that mules are losing to machines. It cites U S mule totals of 2 5 million in 1905 rising to 6 million in 1926 then dropping to 4 5 million and predicts a halt to decline as costs rise and other factors influence production.
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Washington
National Geographical Society
United States
Roeder Brothers report 120 Poland China pigs farrowed
Hazleton farmers Roeder Brothers one mile east of Hazleton report 120 thrifty Poland China pigs farrowed in April from fifteen sows.
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Ames Hosts 2000 High School Ag and Homemaking Students
About 2 500 students are scheduled for the Iowa High School Agricultural congress and Homemaking congress at Ames May 11 to 13. Some 1 700 ag students from 100 schools will compete in farm crops and animal husbandry events with 84 livestock judging teams and 87 grain judging groups. Estes P. Taylor and Jim Yeager will speak at the banquet May 12, with entertainment from participating schools. Over 700 girls join the Homemaking congress May 12 for tours, convocation, luncheon, and programs led by Dean Genevieve Fisher and Jeanne Stillians.
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Estes P. Taylor
Chicago
Agricultural Leader's Digest
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Genevieve Fisher
Jeanne Stillians
Ankeny
Congress Committee
Louise Pfautz
Grace Rennhigen
Iowa State Nursery School
Home Economics
Fayette Farm Bureau Head Hired By IFBF
OELWEIN Ray A Bell longtime Fayette junior high principal and former agriculture and science instructor has been hired as a fieldman for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation in district No 1 He also serves as Fayette County Farm Bureau president and will begin duties after the school year ends on his farm southwest of Oelwein
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Ray A. Bell
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bell
Fayette County Farm Bureau
IFBF
Home Project Course Teaches Budgeting and Investments
Washington County home project women will study the third year of home management including budgeting credit business papers and investments. Mrs Cloyd Knupp county women's chairman announced the course details today.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County Home Project
Cloyd Knupp
Egg production and storage increase in May bureau report
Special to The Gazette Washington reports larger egg production and storage movement than a year earlier per the May 1 poultry and egg outlook from the bureau of agricultural economics. Hatch prospects for spring are strong with more chickens and turkeys.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
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National 4 H Camp Planned June 15 21 in Washington DC
The 1939 national 4 H club camp will be held in Washington DC June 15 to 21, announced by Dr C W Warburton. Leaders will be shared by state delegates, with two outstanding boys and two leading girls from each state expected to attend. The event marks the 25th anniversary of the cooperative extension service. Delegates will stay near the tidal basin and visit the department of agriculture and other agencies to study rural youth issues.
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C. W. Warburton
Department of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
Department
Veterinarians Of East Iowa To Meet Thursday Evening
The May meeting of the East Central Veterinary Medical Society will be held Thursday evening at Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids. The program includes studies on swine disease research and equine sleeping sickness vaccination. Outbreaks of hog cholera were reported in numerous towns, with Maquoketa and Fulton described as extensive.
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Anamosa
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Maquoketa
Fulton
Corn Exports Drop to 200,000 Bushels in Week
United States corn exports fell to 200,000 bushels last week as Argentine shipments rose to 4,799,000 bushels. The Agricultural Economics report shows 452,000,000 bushels available for export in Argentina by end of April, with October through April totals at 28,000,000 bushels versus 65,000,000 last season. Domestic markets advanced 1–2 cents, while arrivals at major markets were 1,000,000 bushels heavier than the prior week. Receipts reached 4,500,000 bushels. Export demand remained light despite active feeder and industrial inquiries. South Africa’s crop is pegged at 106 million bushels with an expected 50 million for export if trends hold. Land preparation for corn planting progressed rapidly in the U S main belt, with Missouri general and Ohio Valley starts. Kansas reports good stands amid drought in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Grain Review
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