County AAA Officials Face Dilemmas in Iowa Corn and Hog Plan
In Iowa, county corn and hog committeemen endure limits as Triple A rules strain local flexibility. Critics cite four expert rulings setting rigid standards for permissible production, while Washington officials largely ignore elected county reps. Delays persist, with some contracts arriving after harvest and 1935 signers fearing reduced opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
AAA
Henry A. Wallace
Middlewest
South
Congress
Fence Drift Adventure on the Weave
A calf and a boy ride a rope in a humorous scene. The calf cavorts while the lad belly flops, towed like a surf board through rough woven wire. The mishap leaves clothes and skin scraped but teaches perseverance and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.F.A
4 H Girls Improve Attractiveness of 3080 Farm Homes
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa reports 3385 farm homes were made more attractive last year through 4 H home furnishing clubs. In forty counties 4117 girls adopted improved practices in furniture selection and arrangement. They refinished, rearranged and decorated homes and participated in art and picture memory contests across 255 clubs and 2538 individual girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames—Lowa
Florence Forbes
Ames Extension Service
Forbes
New Six-Row Rotary Hoe Delivered to Grundy Farm
S. G. Sperry northeast of Grundy Center received a six-row rotary hoe with 1 152 points featuring pivots for three flexible points per row set. Tractor pulled at proper speed cultivates 75 to 100 acres daily, ideal for soybeans and corn, with potential to reduce cultivations to one or two shovel passes in favorable seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Grundy Center
S. G. Sperry
Grundy Center
Bohemian Girl Ballet Chorus Drawn From Iowa and Poweshiek Girls
Ten Town county and Poweshiek county girls will form the ballet chorus for the Bohemian Girl presented by farm women in Ames in June. Chorus includes Elva Davis Ruth Stahl Helen Hanley Rita Murrin June Masterson Erla Enochson Paula Heitshusen Ethel Stanerson Eleanor Hartz Julia Faktinson and vocal lead Dorothy James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Poweshiek County
Farm Women of the Opera
Ames
R. W. Ashby
Elva Davis
English Township
Ruth Stahl
Pilot
Helen Hanley
Rita Murrin
June Masterson
Fillmore
Erla Enochson
Paula Heitshusen
Troy
Ethel Stanerson
April Hog Kill Declines to 28 Year Low at Inspection
Federal inspection shows April hog slaughter at 2,177,436, the smallest for April in 28 years, while cattle and calves posted near records for the month. Calves, sheep and lambs also rose, with hog totals for the ten months ending April at 30,122,020 and sheep at 15,180,819 across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Scott Farm Sells for 162 Per Acre in Scott County
The M. H. Calderwood farm near Eldridge in Scott county was sold to Albert C. Oetzmann for about 162 dollars per acre. The 173 acre property brought 28000 dollars in cash and realty, the best per acre price in Scott county in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
M. H. Calderwood
Eldridge
Scott County
Albert C. Oetzmann
Four More Signup Meetings Listed In Linn On Wednesday
County Agent George E. Dillon announces four signup meetings in Linn county on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The sessions in Clinton Covington hall College township hall Fairfax public school and Fayette Palo school will sign Group 1 contracts identical to 1934 allotments. Cards have been mailed to farmers awaiting signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committeeemen
Bertram
Boulder
Brown
Buffalo
Linn County
George E. Dillon
Clinton
Covington Hall
College
Township Hall
Fairfax
Fairfax Public School
Fayette
Palo School
Livestock Feeding Major Industry Around DeWitt Vicinity
DeWitt area farms rely on cattle hogs and sheep feeding with Milwaukee railroad facilities easing shipments. Notable figures include Robert Bowman tenant on G M Smith farm and G A Peters known for Duroc Jersey hogs. A barn fire killed 150 sheep from John H Turner’s flock amid a long running drought since 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plewitt
DeWitt
Robert Bowman
Milwaukee Railroad
Bowman
G. M. Smith
Smith
William Porter
G. A. Peters
Arthur and Kennedy
William Arthur
Ames
Here
Carl J. Smith
Guernsey
John H. Turner
Benton 4-H Feeds 253 Head Of Livestock In Benton County
Special to The Gazette Blairstown Benton county 4 H club members feed 253 head of livestock including 125 beef calves 89 youths and girls manage the beeves with June tours planned June 10 baby beef inspection and June 28 colt inspection The Thormann brothers Merl and John are shown with three colts and two Angus calves Mervin Zeller is club agent The Benton club members also raise 66 pigs 22 lambs 27 poultry flocks and several sows and litters plus 12 youths breeding corn this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Blairstown
Thormann
Benton County
Merl
John Thormann
Mervin Zeller
Zeller
Benton
Hail and Wind Damage Farms Near Calamus Iowa
Heavy rains drenched eastern Iowa with destructive hail and wind around Calamus. Trees were blown down in a one mile wide zone seven miles north of Calamus. Two old barns on the Charles Hubbe farm reportedly razed by noon Monday. Hail stones near Grand Mound and a broken locomotive headlight outdoors noted. Farmers report corn planting affected by washed planter marks and soil cake after recent snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Calamus
Charles Hubbe
Grand Mound
North Western
Cedar Rapids
Corn planting under way before weekend rains
Hazleton reports corn planting progressing with S. C. Gorcoran among the first and Peter Michels starting Saturday. Grass and oats thrive while early potatoes can be cultivated. Gardens grow slowly due to cold weather and wet low spots in the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
S. C. Gorcoran
Peter Michels
Webster Oats and small grains show good growth
Webster community reports strong growth in oats and small grains. Early potatoes and corn are emerging, with most plowing finished and corn acreage set to expand this week if weather allows. Apple trees blossom and strawberries show promise. mushrooms are plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazetta Webster
Webster
Chelsea Farmers Report Rich Growth After Rains
Chelsea area farmers report corn planting as the main activity with small grains and pastures showing fine growth. Recent rains aided early gardens and plum trees are in full blossom while apple and cherry trees begin to bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
McKenna Brothers Install Six Row Bean Planter
The McKenna Brothers near North English purchased a new soybean drill with six planter shoes set at twenty inches to two feet apart. The shoes can be replaced by shovels to cultivate six rows at a time southeast of North English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenna Brothers
North English
Iowa Team Costs Wisconsin Man Six Hundred Dollars
Trucker Henry Brun scheen delivered a matched team of horses to a farmer seventy miles east of Madison Wisconsin. The team cost six hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Henry Brunscheen
Wyoming and
Hale
Madison
Wis
Ames Offers Course In Control Of Soil Erosion
A new soils course to train soil surveyors in erosion control will be offered at Ames in the first term of the summer quarter. It includes a week of preliminary training and five weeks of field work studying five different soils areas of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Grain Imports Rise as Foreign Corn Flows to U.S.
A federal report shows 335000 bushels of foreign corn arrived at U.S. ports in the week ending May 10. New Orleans received 121000 from Roumania. Galveston 207000 from Argentina. Albany 7000. Argentine shipments totalled 6.5 million bushels with about 4.5 million afloat to the United States. Oats and butter imports also shifting, with Dutch and Dutchess shipments and changes in packaging and pricing noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roumania
New Orleans
Galveston
Albany
C.i.f
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Gulf Ports
Fort Worth
F.o.b
Holland
Plan to Keep CCC Camp at McGregor in Clayton County
Increased farmer interest in soil erosion work at the CCC camp in McGregor prompts a plan to retain McGregor as a base with small nearby camps to extend work across Clayton County. Coordination between Farm Bureau and CCC is sought, with transfers considered but continuation recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Clayton County
CCC
D. C. Poshusta
R. E. Uhland
Bethany
Soil Erosion Service
Roy Combs
Elkader
Farm Bureau
Uhland
Louis Murphy
Clayton
Knoxville
Postville Voc Ag Students Plant Corn Test Plots
Sixteen Postville vocational agriculture students cooperate in test plots to compare yields of home varieties and hybrid seed corn. Participants include Lyle Gunderson Guy Waters Rodney Smith Willard Schroeder Glen Pixler Clifford Olson Orlando Loftsgard Paul Harris Dennis Lammert Dale Turner Boyd Turner Telmer Olson Ed Looney Bob Kenney Harlan Foels and Willard Meyer. Seed supplied free. tests conducted on home farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Lyle Gunderson
Guy Waters
Rodney Smith
Willard Schroeder
Glen Pixler
Clifford Olson
Orlando Loftsgard
Paul Harris
Dennis Lammert
Dale Turner
Boyd Turnerm
Telmer Olson
Ed Looney
Bob Kenney
Harlan Foels
Willard Meyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Aaa
Fox
Bless
Ray Anderson
Claude Wickard
Ralph Moyer
Arden McKee
J. J. Reed
R.S. Straszheim
WORK
Oxfords
Grundy
Poweshiek
E. Cohn & Sons Inc
L Street
Penick and Ford
SCOTT
Linn
DeWitt Vicinity
Great Plains
Merl Thormann
West Union
Fayette County
Fred Price
Morris Christensen
Maurice Olesen
J.C. Jensen
Clarence
Littleton
Kresge
Postville Ag
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!