Group 1 Contract Applications Released For 18 Counties
Federal statistics show 18 Iowa counties cleared for group 1 corn and hog contracts. Marion and Grundy submitted signed contracts, 1,200 plus in each, while Linn Jones Poweshiek and others prepare contracts and start township signup meetings.
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Poweshiek
Linn and
Jones
Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Triple A Program Board of Review
Iowa
Marion and Grundy
Linn
Jones County
Carl Smith
Poweshick County
Marvin McLain
Brooklyn
Marion
Grundy
Carl
Fence Drift and Circuit Letters Tossed by Readers
A fragment discusses fence drift in woven wire and commentary on circulation of coins. It mentions dime two-bits eight-bits chain letters and readers' responses, noting some items should be removed from circulation and others used for gambling imagery like a bob-tail straight flush and a wild card in the hole.
Comparison Shows How Butterfat Cost Varies Between Cows
A Fayette Cow Test Association test compared three cows in April to show cost effectiveness of milk production. Cow A produced 70.9 pounds of butterfat with 952 dollars in feed cost, 13.4 cents per pound, while Cow C produced 24.3 pounds with 5.82 dollars in feed cost and 239 cents per pound. Return above feed cost ranged from 12.1 to 22.6 cents per pound, highlighting how “Fewer and Better Cows” can improve profitability for dairies.
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Oelwein
Cow Test Association
Morris Swenson
Fayette Cow Test Association
Cow B
Cow C
John Downer and Son
Fred Pieplow
Forest Hamlet
J S Alshouse
Charles Schlumbohm
Lincoln
Twenty One Youths Awarded Iowa Farmers at Ames Meeting
Ames UP reports twenty one FFA members will receive Iowa Farmers awards at the Iowa high school agricultural congress in Ames. Recipients include Eugene Bass Winterset Harlan Butterbrook Tipton Byrle Carr Clarinda Cecil Carr Clarinda Darwin De Long Lamon Harlan Hamilton Bedford Earl Hanson Town Falls La Porte City Leo B. Jones Stuart Merrill Keith Audubon Clarence Keller Waukee Kay Kober La Porte City Robert Lane Humboldt Paul Newton Winterset Harold Parsons Humboldt Richard Pulse Muscatine Walter Rath Denison Francis Reiss Vinton Edward Safley Tipton Lester Steeve Clarinda Robert Thompson Vinton.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Farmers
Iowa High School Agricultural Congress
Future Farmers of America
Eugene Bass
Winterset
Harlan Butterbrook
Tipton
Byrle Carr
Clarinda
Cecil Carr
Darwin de Long
Lamon
Harlan Hamilton
Bedford
Earl Hanson
Town Falls
Lale Jackson
Leo B. Jones Stuart
Merrill Keith
Audubon
Clarence Keller
Waukee
Kay Kober
la Porte Cits
Robert Lane
Humboldt
Paul Newton
Harold Parsons
Richard Pulse
Muscatine
Walter Rath
Denison
Francis Reiss
Vinton
Edward Safley
Lester Steeve
Robert Thompson
Seed Corn Scarce In Drought Section Of Iowa
Creston Iowa AP A serious threat to the 1935 corn crop comes from poor and unadapted seed. H D Hughes Ames farm crops head warns many farmers will plant seed bought from truckers traveling from northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. Locally grown seed is favored if properly tested for germination. most locally grown seed has not been tested.
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Creston
Iowa
H. D. Hughes
Ames Farm Crops Department
Hughes
Minnesota
Neighbors Help Farmer Add 30 Acres for Planting
Thirty four neighbors around Fred Schlotterback of Shellsburg gathered at his farm to prepare thirty acres for planting using four tractors four sulky plows six manure spreaders two discs and one bar row. Schlotterback was recently taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital for a major operation.
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Shellsburg
Fred Schlotterback
Schlotterback
Cedar Rapids
T. P Bonsteel
Harold Shea
Ed Bruce
A H. Knight
G. E Mullinex
Frank Kubik
Vernon Crow
Oval Bascom
Pete Johnson
Trego
George Sadion
Willis Bruce
C C Clark
Walter Dunklee
John Niemier
Leon Donels
Boyd White
Ivan Maynard
Loyd Hatfield
Willis Mullinex
Clark Dunklee
Oscar Fish
Vern Donels
Harold Kubik
Chris Jensen
Earl White
Earl Sanders
Willie Cue
H P Rogers
Roy Mathers
William Riedel
Ed Williams
A G, Donels
John Franklin
Corn Planters Across Iowa Ready for Spring Planting
In eastern and central Iowa planters appeared Wednesday and Thursday as fields dried, with warmer weather expected to accelerate planting by next week in central and northeast regions. Forecaster Reed noted improving moisture in northwest counties and potential showers later, while drought lingered last year. Oats barley flax and wheat show fair growth. pastures slow. frost harmed fruit, though apple prospects are poor due to prior drought with Wayne County reporting full bloom.
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Iowa
Missouri Line
Highway No. 20
Old Sol
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Northwest
Southwest
Central
West Central
Reed
R. S. Herrick
Iowa Horticultural Society
Nine Thousand Fewer Horses in Iowa, Linn Declares
Des Moines report quotes Harry Linnfield of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association estimating the state saw a net drop of 9000 horses in the past year despite 22000 importations and a 62 percent rise in production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn
Des Moines
Harry Linnfield
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Poison Bran Bait Brought to 17 Iowa Counties
Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture Ray Murray announced the federal government removed about 600 tons of poison bran bait for distribution to grasshopper affected areas. Shipments were received in Shelby Ida Polk Plymouth Woodbury Page Sioux Harrison Crawford Sac Carroll Lyon Monona Audubon Montgomery Whits Potawatamie total allocations listed.
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Des Moines
Ray Murray
Shelby
Ida
Polk
Plymouth
Woodbury
Page
Sioux
Harrison
Crawford
Sac
Carroll
Lyon
Monona
Audubon
Montgomery
Whits
Pottawattamie
Schools For Cream Buyers Planned Starting May 20
Iowa will hold a series of instruction schools for cream buyers starting May 20 to explain provisions of the new cream trading act. Five sessions per day will be held in every section of the state, with W Rudnick of Ames and four assistants in charge.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Forty-sixth General Assembly
W_ Rudnick
Ames Extension Creameryman
Corn Hog Checks Paid in Allamakee County Totaling 85000
More than 1100 third payment corn hog checks totaling 85000 dollars were received in Allamakee county. Checks were distributed Saturday from four centers Lansing Waukon Postville and Waterville.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Lansing
Postille
Waterville
Oelwein Creamery Pays 42 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein cooperative creamery paid 42 cents a pound for first half of April butterfat. Secretary Frank Schroeder reports about 1,150 checks issued to patrons.
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Oelwein Creamery
Oelwein
Oelwein Co-Operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
Van Horne Fire Rebuilds With New House Contract
Special to The Gazette Herman Fiebelkorn of Vinton awards a building contract to Jacob Kimm of Norway for a new house on a farm eight miles northeast of Van Horne, replacing a dwelling destroyed by fire. Fiebelkorn's son Waldemar will use the garage as living quarters until completion.
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van Horne
Herman Fiebelkorn
Vinton
Jacob Kimm
Norway
Fiebelkorn
Waldemar
Sheep killed by dogs near Cedar Rapids airport
G. A. Stoner, a farmer near the Cedar Rapids airport, reported the loss of more than thirty-five sheep and lambs killed by dogs on Tuesday night.
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G. A. Stoner
Cedar Rapids
State 4-H Dairy Show gets $2000 appropriation
Governor Herring signs the bill allocating 2000 dollars to the Iowa Dairy association to stage an annual 4-H dairy show. The money funds contests for dairy heifer production calf club record book and demonstrations, with the aim of directing all funds to 4-H dairy calf club members across about seventy five counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Clyde L. Herring
Forty-sixth
General Assembly
Iowa Dairy Association
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ernest M. Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
Planting Demonstration Planned In Allamakee
Special to The Gazette WAUKON G R Ramsey Ames extension forester will visit Allamakee county May 15 to help farmers set up farm windbreaks. Trees supplied by the Ames forestry department cost 4 to 5 dollars per 100 and include Norway spruce Douglas fir Norway pine Scotch pine western yellow pine and Austrian pine. Seedlings are three to five years old and 12 to 24 inches high. Demonstrations will show windbreak layouts.
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Waukon
G. R. Ramsey
Ames Extension Forester
Allamakee County
Forestry Department
Ames
North Tama Cow Testing picnic set for June 5
The annual North Tama Cow Testing Association picnic is scheduled June 5 at the J. E. Howard farm near Traer. A judging contest will select two members to compete in dairy judging at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress next fall as the morning program.
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the Gazette
Toledo
J. E. Howard
Traer
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Diversified farming activity slows corn planting in Oxford Junction area
Wet fields delay corn planting while grains and pastures thrive. One day’s tasks include plowing tiling clearing a field of weed heads by tractor power hauling manure orchard work and preparing a larger house for chicks.
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Oxford Junction
Allamakee and Jones 4-H Girls Plan Rally Days
Mrs. Josephine Arnquist Bakke of Ames will meet Allamakee county 4-H girls leaders May 16 to plan their Rally day in June. Mrs Edith Barker of Ames met Jones county 4-H leaders to plan their Rally day program in June and assist in preparing the chorus for the opera The Bohemian Girl.
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Waukon
Josephine Arnquist ‘Bakke
Ames
Allamakee County
Anamosa
Edith Barker
Jones County
Dearborn Powwow Attacks AAA At Industry Conference
At the Dearborn industry science agriculture conference the second session heard strong criticism of the AAA and farm policy. Delegates urged expanded production and new uses for farm products while warning of crop curtailment. Col Knox Blasts Fr Coughlin and Huey Long. Dr Christenson touts alcohol as a fuel additive and outlines 20 000 mile tests and potential national fuel role.
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Detroit
INS
New Deal
Dearborn
AAA
Col
Knox
Charles E. Coughlin
United States
Huey Long
Frank Knox
Chicago
Col. Knox
William Hale
Leo M. Christenson
Iowa State College
Christenson
Farm Women Plan Achievement Day At Van Horne
Benton county home project leaders plan an achievement day at Van Horne with Scott y Beyea known as Scotty to speak. Eleven townships will exhibit last year’s study on poultry canned meats soup and cheese.
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Gazette
van Horne
D Pirie Beyea
Cedar Rapids
Harrison
Eldorado
Eden
Leroy
Iowa
Taylor
St. Clair
Kane
Big Grove
Union
Jackson Townships
Jones County farms rise to 2268 in 1935 census
Preliminary figures from the 1935 agricultural census show Jones county with 2,268 farms, an increase of 144 from the five year prior count. Supervisors report the rise reflects continuing farming activity across the county including Anamosa and surrounding townships.
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Anamosa
Jones County
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