Rubber versus steel tractor tires tested at Ames Field Day
Ames Field Day showcases an ag engineering program with a rubber versus steel tire dynamometer test using the Ames dynamometer to measure drawbar pull in first and third gears. Harold Hansen leads the event with demonstrations of a reversible terracing machine, a midget tractor, a tractor corn planter and mower. Dr. J B Davidson notes a cross checking device for planters under development, while a wireless check rower seems unlikely due to costs.
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Ames Field
Harold Hansen
Ames
Iowa
IMES
Hansen
J.B. Davidson
Agricultural Engineering Department
College Agronomy Farm
Davidson
Trees In South Iowa Defoliated By Canker Worms
In southern Iowa canker worms are defoliating trees in the worst infestation in years, state entomologist CJ Drake says. Spraying with a dead arsenate solution is advised but limited by equipment. elm trees are primary food but other species may be affected. The flightless female and early spring outbreak are noted terms in this event.
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Ames
Iowa
CJ Drake
Drake
Butterfat Prices For Rowley Creamery Rise in April
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery patrons received 31 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat in the first half of April per secretary Joe McGrath. Grade No 2 paid 30 cents and No 3 29 cents with prices 2 cents higher than late March.
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Byeelal
Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
AAA Lowers Rate Of Payment Reduction On Excess Acreage
DES MOINES Iowa tenants benefit from a reduced rate in AAA payment reductions for excess acreage under the 1938 farm program. The change lowers the deduction multiplier from eight to five times the payment. Chairman O D Klein said counties expect higher participation this year, possibly 15 to 20 percent above 1937.
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Des Moines
INS
AAA
O D. Klein
Iowa Aaa Committee
Iowa State College
Iowa
Ohio Man Named To Vocational Ag Department At Ames
John B McClelland a 42 year old assistant professor in the department of agricultural education at Ohio State University is named associate professor of vocational education at Ames He will fill the vacancy caused by H M Hamlin's resignation who moves to the University of Illinois McClelland is recognized as a leading authority on part time and adult education in agriculture He previously served in Ohio education as assistant supervisor of vocational agriculture and as state director of emergency adult education In 1935 36 he worked as a specialist in agricultural education for the U S Office of Education in Washington D C He holds two degrees from Ohio State University.
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AMES
John B McClelland
Ohio State University
H. M. Hamlin
University of Illinois
McClelland
Ohio Department of Education
United States Office of Education
Washington, D.C
Timothy Hay Auction Sells For 1.50 A Ton
Special to The Gazette Oxford Junction Timothy hay brought 1.50 a ton at the sale of Frank Wosoba junior estate held at the farm three miles north of Oxford Junction A team of work horses brought 105 Hens sold from 76 to 82 cents each Ray Mowry acted as auctioneer and F J H Shimanek served as clerk Oregon became the first state to enact a gasoline tax with the levy starting in 1919.
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Oxford Junction
Timothy Hay
Frank Wosoba, Jr
Ray Mowry
F. J H. Shimanek
April Slaughter Of Cattle And Hogs Drops Significantly
United States agricultural data shows April slaughter of cattle and hogs fell well below last year, while lamb and sheep totals remained high. Cattle 748,620. hogs 2,462,091. calves 502,082. lambs and sheep 1,424,933 for April, with four month totals also noted across cattle hogs and sheep.
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UNION
Chicago
United States
Department of Agriculture
Farmers Receive Benefit Payments Without Intention
Washington AP report states Iowan George Claussen of Clinton was cited by Rep Hoffman as receiving two AAA checks for 176 acres he did not join. Claussen said he never elected to enroll but later signed forms and collected $151, while Hoffman noted Allegan county farmers also received non program soil conservation checks.
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Washington
George Claussen
Clinton
Hoffman
Mich
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Claussen
AAA
Washington C T A Shows 33.4 Pound April Average
Washington County Cow Test association reported April results for 318 cows led by Wallace Bash herd of nine purebred Holsteins Wellman with 1512 pounds of milk and 59.8 pounds of butterfat. A grade Holstein in W W Fleig and Son Richland produced 1569 pounds of milk and 81.6 pounds of butterfat.
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Washington
Washington County
Alvin Leuder
Wellman
W. W. Fleig and Son
Richland
Dextuplets Raise Pigs On Carney Farm North Of Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Ink reports at Phil Carney farm one mile north of Mount Vernon that ten piglets have thrived without sow care, a remarkable rise of quints in two sets. The ten pigs, fed six times daily with warm milk, corn syrup, cream and pig meal, transitioned from milk pans to pig pans on alfalfa pasture with no runts or bottle babies.
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Elizabeth Ink
Mount Vernon
Phil Carney
Here
Dr. Dafoe
Mrs. Carney
Carney Farm
Marie
Annette
Cecile
Yvonne
Bent on Cattlemen's Dinner Draws 175 Attendees
Special to The Gazette in Vinton reports 175 Benton county cattlemen attended the annual spring banquet. Rex Beresford of Ames discussed the Chicago Producers' Commission survey on cattle on feed and marketing plans for April through October. He noted cattle on feed up 21 percent from last April but 10 percent below 1936, and 5 percent under the five year average. He forecast more yearlings heading to summer markets as calves were bought last fall. With more grain feeding, marketing will be stretched into the fall, with more sales in September and fewer in July and August.
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Vinton
Benton County
County Cattlemen’s Association
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Hus
Chicago Producers’ Commission Association
Ames
Beresford
Weather Delays Planting as Ground Warms in Washington Iowa
Heavy rains and recent cold weather have slowed corn planting in Washington Iowa though most ground is plowed and planters will resume once soils dry. Pastures and oats are in good condition with new grass seedings underway. Early potatoes reach eight inches and garden peas bloom.
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the Gazette
Washington
Fertilizer debate cites U S rock phosphate wealth and plants
Washington special reports Charles J. Brand of the National Fertilizer Association argues government fertilizer production is unnecessary. He notes U S holds 40 per cent of known high grade phosphate, large domestic production capacity, and long lasting deposits, with seven major concentrated plants and 913 mixed fertilizer factories. The Fertilizer Review outlines eight points.
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Washington
Charles J. Brand
National Fertilizer Association
United States
TVA
Muscle Shoals
The
Fertilizer Review
Tama Women Plan Achievement Day Pageant June 8
Tama county plans an all day achievement day at Traer Tama June 8 highlighting a Century of Progress in Nutrition in Iowa pageant featuring township representatives in four epochs. About 1000 farm homemakers completed the home project course with exhibits judged by Lucille Cochran Ames. State Farm Bureau leader Mrs Raymond Sayre will speak. Rural chorus and reading group perform in afternoon.
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Gazette
Toledo
Iowa
Tama County Farm Women
Tract
Edith Huffman
Tama County
J. C. Wood
Lebert Morrison
Traer
Hurb Mason
L. C. Davis
Tama
Clarence Kenner
Chelsea
Raymond Sayre
Farm Bureau
Lucille Cochran
Ames
Rural Women's Chorus of
Twenty Voices
Women's County
Hoice
Marion Bruene
Gladbrook
Eastern Iowa four county women’s achievement day programs
Four county women’s achievement day programs are scheduled in eastern Iowa this week. Iowa county meets Williams burg Wednesday, Winneshiek county at Decorah, Cedar county at Tipton Thursday, and Fayette county at Fayette Friday.
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Iowa
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Cedar County
Tipton
Fayette County
Fayette
Hopper Bait Station Set Up in Louisa County
Wapello county will establish a grasshopper bait distribution station at the canning factory in Wapello beginning about June 1. County Agent Jack H. Cowen says prepared bait will be sold to farmers for a 20 cent per sack mixing fee. The hatch is reported to have started in Louisa county.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Jack H. Cowen
Corn Planting Delayed In Fayette County District
Corn planting in Fayette county is now definitely delayed due to cold rains. Only occasional fields started, with most plowing still to be done. Field work largely halted by Saturday, though small grain looks good and grass in meadows and pastures is luxuriant.
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West Union
Fayette County
Oakdale herd posts strong annual milk and butterfat totals
Oakdale San atorium herd of sixty five pure bred Holsteins completed a year on the herd improvement registry test with an average production of 11,264 pounds of milk and 380.2 pounds of butter fat. The top cow, seven years old, yielded 13,572 pounds of milk and 592.7 pounds of butterfat.
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Oakdale
Hog market tops at 8.10 on 26 head in Chicago sale
Hovey A. Nelson and Louise led a Monday Chicago hog sale with twenty six head averaging 236 pounds and bringing 8.10 dollars per hundredweight.
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Pere Gaze Wapello
Hovey A. Nelson
Louise
Chain Feeder
Chicago
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