Dust and Heat Hit Horses in Iowa Field Work
Reports from eastern Iowa describe severe losses of horses from heat and dust near Fairbank and Buchanan Fayette Bremer and Black Hawk counties. Thirty dead horses were picked up for rendering. many were young horses. Veterinarians warn of breathing difficulties and coughing while field work continues under dust storms and high winds. Farmers consider limited precautions such as wind direction to reduce exposure.
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Iowa
Buchanan County
Fayette
Bremer
Blackawk
Fairbank
Fema Calurain
Liu Welwolls
Oelwein
Ben H Meyer
Ooiwein
Tipton
Vinton
Iowa City
John Bryant
Mount Vernon
Bryant
Vernon
Riverside Feed Mill Catalog Notice
An advertisement lists feed products and prices at Riverside Feed Mill 119 Fourteenth Ave SE including Starting Mash Growing Mash Chick Scratch and Dairy Feed with quantities 100 lbs and prices around $2.00 to $2.50. The notice invites customers to call or visit, and mentions they buy fees and poultry.
Farmers Face Drought Ahead in Troy Mills Area
Special to The Gazette reports rain scarce and winds strong causing dust and ground drying. Potatoes and gardens grow poorly while pastures and feed supplies worry farmers as cisterns dry. O H Kramer and Irvin Price lead Troy Mills in early corn planting with others to finish soon.
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South Bethel
Troy Mills
O H Kramer
Irvin Price
Troy Milll
Drought Breaks in Grundy Center Then Light Rain Near Oelwein
In Grundy Center a brief heavy shower ended weeks of drought and began to ease soil moisture but with ground still very dry. In Oelwein Charley Brownell Charley Clark and Will Lincoln finish early corn planting as a light rain and high winds affect oats and pasture, with feed scarce and pastures turning brown.
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Gazette Grundy Center
Grundy Center
Oelwein
Charley Brownell
Charley Clark
Will Lincoln
Washington Declared Modified Accredited Area for TB Eradication
Washington designated 14th modified accredited area by the U S Department of Agriculture for eradicating tuberculosis in cattle. The May 1 1934 designation notes infection under one half of one percent and lists prior states with the status. A brush fire in Trinity neighborhood at South Bethel spread to timber land owned by local farmers, with a partial loss of a forty acre tract owned by the Trinity Reformed Church.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Carolina
Maine
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Idaho
North Dakota
Nevada
New Hampshire
Utah
Kentucky
West Virginia
120 Acres Sold for 4800 Cash Near Independence
Independent Buchanan county farmer Matt Fuhrman bought land northwest of Independence. He acquired about 120 acres along the road from his farm for 40 dollars per acre in cash. Fuhrman already owns 32 acres and plans to expand his holdings to 200 acres total in a series of tracts. The purchase is tied to the Curtis Armard farm, purchased by Fuhrman as receiver in charge of the Commercial State Bank. Assets include a backstory of his first job at age two on his family’s farm.
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Independence
Matt Fuhrman
Buchanan County
Washington Township
Northwess
Commercial State Bank
Fuhrman Alrracy
Curtis Zarmard
Eo Fuhrman Boucht
An .Ceestiver
Hs Sams
Protesting Direct Marketing Restrictions In Livestock Trade
Strawberry Point livestock buyer Schoeppe travels to Washington to urge against federal limits on direct marketing. He argues direct selling reduces price swings, lowers costs, and maintains competition, while warning the bill could drive him out of business and raise rail and yard expenses for producers.
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Sreetal
Strawberry Point
Schoeppe
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Scheepne
Iowa
Chicago
Wapsie Test Shows High Butterfat in April Dairy Report
Independence report lists 451 cows on the Wapsie Valley Cow Test averaging 679 pounds of milk and 27.7 pounds of butterfat in April. Top herds include J F Kelleyher and Kremer Robins on Holsteins. State Hospital herd places second with 1 063 pounds milk and 394 butterfat.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley
Tom Hotchkiss
J F Kelleher
Kremer and Robinson
State Hospital
Oeighty
Arvid Mancusons
L A Thom and
W J Bonefis
Art Satterlee
Henry Allenstein
E G Potter
Lard Substitutes Highlighted by Iowa State Bulletin
A bulletin from Iowa State College notes lard's price and quality issues versus standardized substitutes. Dr. T. W. Seommte and Sattmer Sechtekele discuss improving substitutes to boost consumer acceptance and support AAA pricing, citing Iowa's dominant role in US lard supply.
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AMES
Iowa State College
T. W. Seommte
Agriculaeaset Evreuites
Satmer Sehtekele
Brookings Instaigavaaist
AAA
Une College
Ateneo DaYegany
Amos Fe
Upp
Uawwiesinastiaas
Mata
Tapacress Tseo
Yan Packers
Iowa
United States
Maximum 10 Percent Boost in World Wheat Prices
Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel, U S adviser, said the maximum initial rise over current wheat prices under the commissions minimum price plan would be 10 percent. The conference agreed CIF prices would be fixed if governments accept the scheme, while exporting countries set their own FOB prices proportionately raised to CIF and adjusted periodically.
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London
Mordecai Ezekiel
United States
Commissions
Ezekiel
Robin Returns to South Bethel For Third Year Run
A white robin reappears near James Reeve's South Bethel residence for a third consecutive year. The bird coexists with other robins and annually builds a nest and raises a family, continuing its regular red-breasted cycle.
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South Bethel
James Reeve
Shoats Bring $3 Cut At Columbus Junction Sale
Broad sows sold at $10 each while spring pigs ranged from $1.25 to $190. Shoats 100 to 150 pounds brought $3 per hundredweight. Cows calf and cattle prices noted. five horses sold 50 to 62.50. Hedge posts and rab bits sold cheap. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan were auctioneers with Farrel Smyle as clerk.
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Columbus Junction
Paul Klotz
H M. Duncan
Farrel Smyle
Johnson County Wool Pool Set For Saturday
J T Winborn chairman of the Johnson County Sheep and Wool Growers association announces wool will be pooled in Iowa City this Saturday. Wool will be consigned to the State organization warehouses in Des Moines and sold by the National Wool Pool in Boston with an advance of 18 cents per pound or more. The Johnson county pool has reached up to 19 000 pounds recently and Cedar county growers join in some seasons. One Cedar extension grower Paul Pownall of West Branch will consign over a ton Saturday.
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Iowa City
J. T. Winborn
Kalona
Johnson County Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Des Moines
National Wool Pool
Boston
Johnson County
Cedar County
Johnson Pool
Cedar
Paul Pownall
West Branch
Granary Burns On Old Matsell Farm Near Viola
Fire destroyed a large corn crib and granary on the old Matsell farm along the Wapsie north of Viola at 11 p m Tuesday. The Matsell mansion and other buildings survived thanks to 200 neighbors and the Anamosa fire department. Loss estimated above insurance about 1000 dollars. The farm is owned by Col C Robbins of Cedar Rapids and tenanted by John Eiben. An automobile belonging to Eiben burned in the driveway.
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VIOLA
Matsell
Wapsie
Col C . Robbins
Cedar Rapids
John Eiben
Eiben
New York City
Anamosa Fire Department
Col Robbins
Trucker Fined and Jailed for Hauling Infected Hogs
Aldo W. Farnsworth of Hull Illinois was fined 200 dollars and jailed thirty days in Springfield for trucking thirty three hogs known to be infected with cholera from Illinois to Missouri. The federal case charged a violation of the livestock quarantine law prohibiting interstate movement of diseased livestock. Hogs were sold at public auction with buyers testifying that diseased animals were mixed with healthy ones, leading to deaths.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Aldo W. Farnsworth
Hull
Springfield
Missouri
Washington Beef Growers Oppose Federal Control Plan
Beef cattle feeder and producer associations in ten of eleven counties in the first district met in Washington and voted against a federal beef reduction plan. E L Stewart chaired the session as authorities stated the program would be dropped if counties opposed it.
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Washington
E. L. Stewart
Beef Cattle Feeder and Producers Association
Twenty two Iowa youths win title Iowa Farmer at Ames FFA
Twenty two Iowa youths were awarded the Iowa Farmer title at a conference banquet at Iowa State College. Names include Lloyd Bone Winterset James Cox Woodbine Elvin Fickel Fairfield William Gilbert Iowa Falls and others. Awards based on service records leadership training school and community achievement and intent to farm.
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Tipton
Horace Westcott
Denison
Wallace Wingert
Iowa
Tipton FFA students lead statewide judging contest efforts
Special to The Gazette Tipton M IA Crary instructor and fifteen Tipton high school vocational agriculture students attend the Ames FFA convention and judging contests. The Iowa FFA degree will be conferred on Harlan Kroeger Harold Wentzel and Wallace Wingert. Nine Tipton boys receive Leadership awards the largest group from any school in the state. Delegates include Jerry Martinek Edward Safley Francis Moffit and others with teams in livestock grain and farm management contests.
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Tipton
A. Crary
Tipton High School
Ames
Harlan Kroeger
Harold Wentzel
Wallace Wingert
Claire Gardner
Harold Hass
Harold Wehde
Wayne Chapman
Harry Wehde
Ivan Bartlett
Harlan Kroecer
Jerry Martinek
Edward Safley
Earl Rohlf
Gerald Chambliss
Paul Werling
Francis Moffit
One More Corn Crib Unsealed In Winneshiek County
A corn crib in Winneshiek county containing 375 bushels has been unsealed after the loan was paid in full. The action severs the lien and transfers custody of the storage to the lender.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Troy Mills Mare and Colt Lost in Foal Incident
Special to The Gazette reports Thomas Trevor losing a valuable mare and foal two and one half miles northwest of Troy Mills on Tuesday.
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Troy Millls
Thomas Trevor
Troy Mills
Carl Cites County Delays in Corn-Hog Program
Federal statistician Leslie M. Carl said about twenty Iowa counties have not supplied required figures for the corn-hog program delaying payment of benefit checks. Quotas will be based on signed contracts. counties must report total acres and hogs not included to determine eligibility and completion of canvasses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Oelwein Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Oelwein Farmer's Co operative creamery paid twenty seven cents a pound for butterfat in the first half of April. Frank Schroeder secretary reports two carloads of fertilizer handled this year versus three last year, showing farmers cut fertilizer use due to lack of rain.
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Oelwein
Oelwein Farmer's Co-operative Creamery
Frank Schroeder
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