April Cattle Kill Heaviest For The Month Since 1918
April cattle slaughter under federal inspection reached 812,264 head, the heaviest for April since 1918. Hog kills totaled 2,558,614 head, about 380,000 more than April 1935, while sheep and lambs were 1,266,393 head, among the heaviest Aprils on record. First four months of 1936 show cattle up more than 12 percent from 1935, with hogs also above last year’s total though below recent years’ averages. Calves slaughtered in April 1936 reached 524,694, the largest April kill on record aside from 1918.
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United States
Fence Drift and Lilacs in a Gazette Verse
Editorial note laments lilac pods this spring and mocks poetically the muse's absence. A playful piece critiques romantic notions with lilac imagery and moonbeams, ending in a light joke about being dumb and mum.
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Harry Boyd
Gazette
C T A Cows In Iowa Average 28 1 Butterfat In April
Ames report shows Iowa dairy cows on test averaging 281 pounds of butterfat in April, up from 269 pounds in 1935. Higher butterfat prices and abundant feeds kept production strong through winter 1936, with seven associations and owners named for top butterfat figures.
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Ames
Iowa
Ames Dairy Extension Service
South Hardin
Fremont-Page-Mills
Grundy
Pioneer-Cedar Falls
Dallas-Boone
Fayette Wo
Brookinn
I. Smith
Central City
Earl Srith
West Tiberts
C T Maydell
Buckingham
Charles Stubbs
Sun
Contac
Hog Price Slump Likely Through May and June
Ames extension economists report spring price declines in hogs as fall pigs sell in volume. They expect brief rebounds but a general downward trend through May and June with a larger pig crop in early 1936 and higher receipts in late 1936. If demand improves, fall price drops may be less severe.
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AMES
Ames Extension
Towa
Webster Man Hired as 4-H Agent in Black Hawk County
Webster high school teacher Gerald A Lineweaver has been hired as the new 4-H club agent in Black Hawk County to assist County Agent Paul Barger. Lineweaver, a five season showman with national herds, is joined by Gladys M. Johnson, home economics teacher at McCallsburg, named as home demonstration agent to lead 4-H girls clubs and women’s home projects. Both begin work in about two weeks.
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Speveial
Waterloo
Gerald A Lineweaver
Webster High School
Black Hawk County
Paul Barger
Gladys M. Johnson
McCallsburg
She Wall
Wall
Muscatine Island Church Revives Community Life
Sociologist Ray E. Wakeley recounts Muscatine Island's 1868 church origins, wilted growth after a fundamentalist minister, and a 1933 recovery under Rev. L. C. McDonald turning the church into a community center open to all groups, aiding farmers and local organizations.
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Muscatine Island
Ames Experiment Station
Muscatine County
Ray E. Wakeley
Ames
Corn Planting Underway Across Eastern Iowa Fields
With corn planting just getting under way in eastern Iowa, farmers report progress from Winneshiek to What Cheer. Charles Grimm near Millersburg finished April 29 with about two plants per hill on forty acres. overall planting in the region is at 5 percent with 35 to 40 percent anticipated by week’s end.
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Muscatine Island
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Iowa
Charles Grimm
Millersburg
Grimm
Decorah
Winneshiek
George Grove
Barnes City
A. F. Wright
What Cheer
Farmers Report Early Planting and Crop Conditions Across Regions
ROWLEY Glen Cottrell leads planting as corn goes in first in area while oats, potatoes, cabbage and tomato plants show good growth. WILTON JUNCTION seed corn quality rises with high test results from several growers. TOLEDO fruit trees blossom but peaches and some grape vines suffer winter damage. WESTCHESTER farmers begin corn planting with many just starting this week.
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Rowley
Glen Cottrell
Wilton Junction
Gus Telston
Charles Nebergall
Paul Kruse
Toledo
Island builds new community center and plans centennial
Leaders from church and laypeople drive community life on the island. Iowa State College extension service aids recreation and music programs. A 2 500 dollar community house is to be built by summer with Rev McDonald guiding the effort. The 100th anniversary of settlement is set for next fall.
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Iowa State College Extension Service
McDonald
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association Elects Officers
Waterloo Dr. L. F. Bacon of Cedar Falls was chosen president at the May session. G. J. Sexton of Sumner was elected vice president, and C. B. Strain of Dunkerton became secretary. Forty three practitioners from eight counties attended as monthly meetings will pause until September with a summer picnic planned.
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Waterloo
L. F. Bacon
Cedar Falls
Cedar Valley Veterinary Association
G. J. Sexton
Sumner
C. B. Strain
Dunkerton
Irwin Horse Show Set for September 3 and 4
Irwin board approves September 3 4 for a local horse show featuring all classes a parade races and high school horses on exhibition A H Blair serves as secretary of the event The item about potato planting in limed soil appears as a separate note from experiment stations warning against scab and scab gnat in such soil.
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Irwin
Board of Directors
A. H. Blair
Oelwein Woman to Represent Fayette in Washington
Mrs W H Hatch of Oelwein chosen as Fayette county delegate to the third triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World in Washington D C May 31 to June 6 She will represent Farm Bureau home project women in Fayette county Mrs W H Turner of Westfield township named as alternate.
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Maynard
W. H. Hatch
Oelwein
Fayette County
Associated Country Women of the World
Washington, D. C
Farm Bureau Home Project
W. H. Turner
Westfield Township
Rowley Creamery Butterfat Prices Reported
Patrons of Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery were paid 35 cents for grade No 1 butterfat and 34 cents for grade No 2 butterfat in the first half of April, reports secretary Joe McGrath. During the last half of March butterfat sold for 35, 34 and 33 cents per pound.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company
Joe McGrath
Rural Electrification Plan Meeting at Fayette
A rural electrification meeting is scheduled in Fayette on the evening of May 20. A representative of the Rural Electrification Administration will explain the plan of operation and county plans to start the project.
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Fayette
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Reinbeck Asparagus Cannery Runs Full Tilt
The Reinbeck asparagus cannery operates at full capacity with fifty four workers plus a large cutter and truck crew to haul the harvest. It will can from 210 acres mostly near Waterloo with some near Grundy Center and Reinbeck. Thirty eight women and sixteen men are employed. Last year the plant canned 20000 cases from a similar acreage and this year's crop should exceed that figure after a poor growing season.
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Reinbeck
Waterloo
Grundy Center
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Caps Offer Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic to flush waste and acids from kidneys. It claims relief from backache puffiness and bladder irritation and urges readers to ask their druggist for the GOLD MEDAL product from Haarlem in Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
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