Smallest April cattle kill since 1933 dominates report
The April cattle kill was the smallest for the month since 1933 and calf and sheep and lamb slaughters were the smallest since earlier dates, while hog kill reached a new high for April since 1934. Totals show 677,439 cattle slaughtered in April, with hogs at 2,931,115 for the month and April calf slaughter at 457,000. First four months totals reveal continued low cattle slaughter for the period, with hogs and sheep/lambs showing contrasting trends.
Iowa Markets Warn of Hogs and Cattle Price Dips
The writer foresees lower hog and cattle prices as marketings rise and demand falters. Prices may stabilize briefly this summer, but fall to lows by harvest with potential $4.50 to $5 hogs next winter. Industrial recovery in 1939 is crucial for Iowa.
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Lauren K. Soth
Sawa State Collesce
Ames
IDPA
Iowa
21 Enrolled In 4 H Corn Project Fayette County
Special to The Gazette Fayette county reports twenty one boys enrolled in a four H hybrid corn club project. They will plant and keep records on forty varieties focusing on yield adaptability moisture content lodging quality and stand. A corn club show is planned after harvest. The list includes Volney Palmer Hawkeye Robert McSweeny Elwood Mabon Marvin Ingels Edward Schaller Randalia Junior Patterson Wadena Junior Campbell Robert Faust Everett Faust Robert Teutsch Fayette Marcus Pace Connie Hennager Robert Hennager Maynard Robert Adams Donald Oelrich Lamont Keith James Stanley Forrest Cannell Willis Petratz George Waskow Sumner James Rochford Hawkeye Robert Loban Oelwein.
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Ayette
Fayette County
Volney Palmer
Hawkeye
Robert McSweeny
Elwood Mabon
Marvin Ingels
Edward Schaller
Randalia
Junior Patterson
Wadena
Junior Campbell
Robert Faust
Everett Faust
Robert Teutsch
Fayette
Marcus Pace
Connie Hennager
Robert Hennager
Maynard
Robert Adams
Donald Oelrich
Lamont
Keith James
Stanley
Forrest Cannell
Willis Petratz
George Waskow
Sumner
James Rochford
Robert Loban
Oelwein
Local Lady Credits Natex For Restful Sleep And Health Boost
Leona Scott 81 reports Natex eased constipation gas indigestion and back pain after weeks of nightly insomnia. She says nerves calm and kidneys rarely call, sleeping through every night like a kitten. Natex rep explains product at Podzimek's Pharmacy daily. available at Iowa druggists.
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Natex
Leona ‘Scott
Tenth St
Podzimek's
Second Ave
Podzimek
100 Second Ave. SE
Iowa
Farm Union OKays Domestic Allotment Plan
National Farmers Union officers urged applying the domestic allotment plan to wheat flax cotton rye barley rice and dairy with possible extension to corn and tobacco if producers approve. They called for market prices to reflect consumer demand, a minimum price tied to cost of production, marketing allotments based on 10 years of history, income certificates for processors, and farm-friendly administration by elected farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Department of Agriculture
John Vesecky
Indians Help Swell AAA Signup In Tama County
Special to The Gazette reports 89 percent of Tama county farms and 90.6 percent of crop land are signed up for the 1939 AAA program. Lincoln township leads crop land sign up at 97.9 percent, Grant township at 97.9 percent for crop land and 96.8 percent of farms. Over half of Mesquakie reservation crop land will enter the AAA this year with Indians farming the land and receiving individual payments for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
AAA
Robert Lyon
Lincoln Township
Grant Township
Mesquakie Reservation
Farm group to visit Ames campus on June 19
A group from Louisa County plans a trip to the Ames campus on June 19 to inspect the college and its projects.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Ames
Birth of 80-pound daughter in LaCrosse hospital
County Agent Fred O'Riley and wife of Waukon announce the birth of an 80 pound daughter at a LaCrosse Wisconsin hospital on Saturday.
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Waukon
Fred O'Riley
LaCrosse
Wis
Five thriving calves head to All Iowa Show
A photo of Dale Risdon's five calves, weighing about 313 pounds at Nov 1, ready for the All Iowa Live stock show at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids in August. Risdon, a 17 year old farm youth from south of Ladora, has kept them thriving with roughly two pounds daily gains. The article also notes the 4 H livestock show for Iowa county set for North English August 10 11 and 12 and a June 20 cattle congress clinic at Waterloo.
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Iowa’ County
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Dale Risdon
Ladora
Risdon
Marengo
Joe Davis
Iowa County
North English
Era Towa Veterinary Association
Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Iowa
Tiyan Ea .O. B
Jack) Clements
Tony) Schmitz
Rain Misses West Union Community
Rain fell briefly over most of east Iowa Sunday night with Fayette county reporting only light showers. Farmers report dry topsoil and slow grass growth but good soil conditions for plowing and corn planting despite cool dry weather.
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the Gazette
West Union
East Iowa
Fayette County
Corn Planting Progress in Troy Area Hit by Rain
Corn planting began Saturday in the Troy neighborhood but rain Sunday night and Monday paused work. The heavy rainfall benefited gardens and pastures while plowing nears completion and farmers expect substantial planting this week as fields improve.
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Troy Mills
Heavy showers aid oats and crops in Stanwood
In Stanwood heavy showers Sunday and Monday helped oats and meadows. Corn planting is in full swing with seed beds exceptionally dry. New potatoes are up and cherries promise a heavy crop.
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the Gazette
Stanwood
Waukohn Lyle Monther Schedules Farm Wiring Talks
Ames extension engineer Lyle Monther will hold two farmstead wiring instruction meetings in Allamakee county this week. The talks are set for Thursday evening at the court house in Waukon and Friday evening at Postville city hall.
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Waukon
Lyle Monther
Ames Extension
Allamakee County
Court House
Postville
Barn Destroyed by Fire Near Lone Tree
A large barn on the George Rayner Jr. farm five miles from Lone Tree burned Sunday. Fire crews from the local rural station could not save the structure, and the cause remains unknown.
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Lone Tree
George Rayner, Jr
Air-Minded Folks Drop In For A Flying Visit
Maquoketa farmers Mr and Mrs B C Lorenzen were visited by cousins Mr and Mrs Robert Thorne from Sheldon via a Taylorcraft two seater. Thorne dialed from Waterloo to locate the Lorenzen farm and landed in Ed Heneke pasture before taking the plane to DeWitt airfield for the night. Thorne, 43, has flown as a hobby eight years and owns three planes in six years. He keeps the craft at the Sheldon airport and uses it for business and leisure trips.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
B. C. Lorenzen
Robert Thorne
Sheldon
Thorne
Lorenzons
Waterloo
Ed Heneke
Henekes
DeWitt
Veterinarians Hear Walsh On Sterility In Iowa Cattle
About 45 veterinarians from 18 counties attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary Association meeting in Waterloo. Frank E. Walsh of Ames spoke on trichomonad infestation and sterility in cattle. Dr Crider discussed cattle practice problems and E L Finley spoke on Bangs disease.
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Waterloo
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
Iowa
Frank E. Walsh
Ames
C. L., Crider
Elkader
E. L. Finley
Waverly
Bang
Farm near Traer sells at 95 dollars an acre
Frank Chooka purchased a 280 acre farm ten miles northeast of Traer from the William Logan Trust for 95 dollars per acre. The transaction was handled by Traer real estate dealers Conant and King.
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Gagette
TRAER
Frank Chooka
William Logan Trust
Conant and King
Prizes Awarded In National 4-H Farm Accounting Contest
Eastern Iowa youths Arlene Franzenburg Keystone Darline Paul Fayette Freda Tracy Maquoketa Charles Wonderlich Ollie Melvin Riessen Stockton Marion Hendrickson Brooklyn won cash prizes from $10 to $25 in the fifth national farm accounting contest. Entrants kept income and expenditure records plus inventories and business analyses with profit recommendations.
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4-H Club Council Today
Iowa
Arlene A. Franzenburg
Keystone
Darline Paul
Fayette
Freda Tracy
Maquoketa
Charles Wonderlich
Ollie
Melvin J. Riessen
Stockton
Marion Hendrickson
Brooklyn
Egg Law Challenge Hurls at Brownlee in Cedar Rapids
W D Potter, Linn County Produce manager and former Iowa Egg Shippers president, challenged Iowa Agriculture chief B Q Brownlee over enforcement of egg laws at a Cedar Rapids meeting. Brownlee urged dealer cooperation on poultry grading and quality statutes amid a statewide series of sessions.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
B. Q. Brownlee
Cedar Rapids
W. D. Potter
Linn County Produce Company
Marion
Iowa Carlot Egg Shippers Association
Brownlee
Gods of Liberty
Mr. Brownlee
Potter
Wilson and Company
Miles C. Deeney
Clinton
G. B. Senior
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Three Yield Test Plots To Be Planted In Cedar
Thirty five samples of corn will be tested this season in Cedar county yield plots on the farms of Edgar Jipp Richard Schiele and Robert Mather. Each strain will be planted in five plots to improve accuracy. Results will be announced in the fall after harvest. Yields will be computed on an air dry basis. The committee includes Amos Suchomel Otto Pruess and George Kiser.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Edgar Jipp
Richard Schiele
Robert Mather
Howard Hamilton
Amos J. Suchomel
Otto Pruess
George Kiser
Louisia county farm women's chorus to sing at Mount Pleasant
The Louisia County farm women's chorus of 25 voices will participate in the district chorus tournament at Mount Pleasant on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Wapello
Louisia
Gas Relief Claim Promises Gut Cleansing Solution
An advertisement touts Adierika and Adherika as intestinal cleansers that relieve gas bloating sour stomach and headaches. It claims rapid relief from gas and sleepless nights and notes doctors and druggists recommend the products for 35 years with wide availability at leading druggists.
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Jes
Advertka
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