Linn County women showcase achievement program and chorus
Linn County home demonstration day featured a 21 voice chorus in satin smocks performing in the high school auditorium before an audience of over 500. The program emphasized nutrition for body and soul with music, demonstrations on lard vegetables eggs vitamins and canned goods, plus a gavotte danced by eight women. Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth state Farm Bureau women chair stressed community housekeeping as she announced an upcoming international women’s conference in Europe.
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Home Project
Linn County
Helen Kacena Stark
Cedar Rapids
Helen DeWees
Alexander Taylor
Springville
Bertram
Brown
Maine
Jackson
Clinton
Virginia
Washington
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Sayre
Iowa Farm Bureau Women
Europe
Lucille Gove
Dem
Linn County Farm Women’s Chorus
Coggon
Center
Byron Ambdenstock
Marion
Fences and farm pledge events highlighted Linn county program
A Linn county home project drive reports 2018 women reached last year, a 477-gain over three years. County Chairman Mrs A D Brennaman led the meeting in Marion with Mrs Jacob Gerber of Cedar Rapids directing music. Fifty three 100 percent leaders honored. exhibits judged as superior by Mrs Lucille Cochran from Ames. Awards favor Monroe Brown Linn Otter Creek and other townships with special features for state fair potential named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
A. R. Pearson
Whittier
Linn Farm Bureau
Jean Minish
Mount Vernon
Monroe Township
Clinton Township
Marion Township
Lucille Cochran
Ames
Monroe
Maine
Jackson
Brown
Bertram
Buffalo
Clinton
Franklin
North Marion
Linn
Otter Creek
Spring Grove
Washington
South Marion
Drop in Early Lamb Offerings Forecast
The federal bureau of agricultural economics reports May 1 that early lambs and Texas grass fat yearlings and sheep for May and June likely will be smaller than last year. Conditions vary widely by region with drought in California and Texas depressing feeds, while native sheep areas see improvement though May conditions remain below average.
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Washington
Texas
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
California
Idaho
Oregon
Arizona
Record Butter Supplies Peak In April May 1 Stock At New High
Government and private butter holdings reached a May 1 peak of 70,861,000 pounds, the largest on record for May 1, as dairy production nears its flush season. Beef and pork stocks were near record lows for May 1, while lard held steady around 129,214,000 pounds. The report notes May 1 totals for meats exclude poultry and compares current levels with April and last year.
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Dairy Products Marketing Association
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Memories of April in Farm Storage and April 1939 Trends
A country column reminisces on spring scenes and notes USDA storage data for May 1 1938 to May 1 1939. Butter holdings stood at 20,144,000 pounds, cheese at 62,870,000, eggs rose to 5,884,000 cases, and poultry storage fell to 70,580,000 pounds with turkey at 17,385,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Ames-Whiting Leads At 1939 Iowa High School Ag Congress
Ames-Whiting high school topped achievement events with six superior awards at the Iowa High School Agricultural Congress held Thursday and Friday. Denison and Mount Ayr scored multiple merits while numerous schools earned both superior and merit recognitions across general agriculture to livestock judging. Separately, Milo Wolrab of Mount Vernon filed a patent for a clamp-on front axle attachment for row-crop tractors showcased at Ames during the engineering field day.
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Ames — Whiting
Manning High School
Eagle Grove
Mount Ayr
Denison
Iowa Falls
Jesup
General Agriculture
Fairfield
Whiting
Gowrie
Sigourney
de Witt
Manilla
Osage
Orange Township
Waterloo
Sac City
West Des Moines
Corning
Garner
Lytton
Stuart
Winterset
Belle Plaine
Manning
Ogden
Osceola
Griswold
Lamont
Manson
Mapleton
Muscatine
Sibley
Anthon
Castana
Crosco
Gilbert
Knoxville
Rockwell City
Sergeant Bluff
Greene
Clarinda
Grinnell
Napier
Shenandoah
Congress
Mount Carmel
Zearing
Correctionville
Monticello
Pella
Sloan
Forest City
Leon
Waukon
West Branch
Audubon
Bedford
West Bend
Farm Forum
Cresco
Dows
Chariton
Delhi
Hudson
Kanawha
Lamoni
Odebolt
Vinton
Waverly
Dunlap
Earlham
Milford Township
Nevada
Moravia
Oskaloosa
Spencer
Ankeny
Donnelson
Humboldt
Montrose
Story City
Milo Wolrab
Mount Vernon
Wolrab
Ames
Foxes stock their pantry with pigs
Felix Stepanek near Traer reported missing small pigs blamed foxes. He found a fox den with a two room setup and scarce food remains including a pig brown thrush pheasant and two rabbits. He captured four fox cubs and collected a 50 cent bounty at the county auditor in Toledo.
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Traer
Felix Stepanek
Calmar Egg Grading Plant Ships Six Decades Daily
George Buchell store manager at Calmar runs an electric egg grading operation shipping a car load of graded eggs weekly to New York. He grades over sixty cases each day using a modern machine.
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Gazette
Calmar
George Buchell
New York
Corn Planting Near Traer Nears Completion In Week
Traer area reports corn planting nearly finished by Saturday night after a week of steady progress. Half an inch of rain fell through the week, leaving pastures and gardens in need of a soaking.
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Traer
Local corn planting near completion as blossoms bloom
Farmers expect corn planting to finish within a week depending on weather. Gardens are flourishing with fruit trees, notably cherry, heavily blossomed across the area.
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Clarence
Farming Outlook In Marengo Region Reports Progress
Corn planting advances with some farmers finished. Oats thrive after Sunday night rain. Pastures improving though stock not yet in fields as grass needs a strong start. Gardens are in and fruit prospects look good.
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Marengo
Corn Planting Progress Report in Buchanan County
Independence reports corn planting about 75 percent complete and up to normal, with oats two weeks late though stands are good. Pastures remain poor while gardens grow well and crops near Otterville show a large field ready to plow.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Arthur Satterlee
County Conservation
John Tate
Otterville
Traer-Milroy Strachota Farm Suffer Two Misfortunes
Farmer Traer Milroy Strachota, who broke a leg last week, faced a second blow when his wife found the house stove overheated on Wednesday morning and only 86 of 400 chicks survived the heat.
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Traer
Milroy Strachota
Linn County Farm Bureau Rat Control Demonstrations
Two demonstrations on rat control are listed this week on the Linn County Farm Bureau calendar. The first is Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. on the Pete Bremer farm at Paris, followed by a 1:30 p.m. session on the William Walker farm one mile south of Prairieburg.
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Linn County
Farm Bureau
Pete Bremer
Paris
William Walker
Prairieburg
North Iowa farmers tap Barr quarry for road surfacing rock
In north Delaware and southern Clayton counties, growers access crushed surfacing rock from Ray Barr's Colesburg area quarry. Harold Wright, a Barr employee, assists with loading while H A Stone trucked lime from nearby Greeley at about 2 dollars per three ton load. Joe Baker also worked that day.
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North
Iowa
Delaware
Clayton
Highway No. 10
Colesburg
H. A. Stone
Greeley
Ray Barr
Barr
Harold Wright
Joe Baker
Oskaloosa Firm Wins Sweepstakes Award With Poultry
Ramseyer hatchery of Oskaloosa won the baby chick grand sweepstakes at the Iowa State college poultry show. Griffith hatchery of Fulton Missouri won the reserve sweepstakes. Warren Johnson turkey farm of Nottingham Pennsylvania won the turkey grand sweepstakes with two 12 turkey entries flown from Pennsylvania. Claude Goff of Oakland Oregon won the distance prize for his turkey entry. Mills hatchery of Panora won both the egg grand sweepstakes and the egg reserve sweepstakes.
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The
Mills Hatchery
Panora
Highways in United States Support 8.2 Automobiles per Mile
Authorities report a ratio of 8.2 automobiles per mile of highway across the United States. The finding highlights dense vehicle usage and road networks influencing congestion and traffic planning nationwide.
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United States
Sheep in Weeks flock yield heavy fleeces near Washington
Special to The Gazette reports Dewey Weeks northeast of Washington saw fleeces average 942 pounds with a heaviest at 1334 pounds. The wool is described as excellent quality.
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the Gazette
Washington
Dewey
Parity payments on corn promised for early July
Claude Wickard, director in the north central AAA region, said first parity payments on corn under the 1939 program will likely be issued early in July. He noted payments depend on speed of compliance checks, with Iowa counties entering peak processing by late June.
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Des Moines
Claude R. Wickard
North Central Region
AAA
Wickard
School of Instruction
O. D. Klein
Iowa Aaa Committee
Klein
Iowa
Audubon
Carroll
Cass
Louisa
Lucas
Mahaska
Marion
Union
Wapello
Warren
A. E. Albert
Eldon
Wapello County
Blencoe Elevator Purchases Corn At Forty Cents A Bushel
In Blencoe prices rose over ten days leading to the sale of more than 15 000 bushels of unsealed corn held by local farmers. Elevator operators quoted a net price of 40 cents per bushel to growers.
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Blencoe
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Farm Editor
Nutrition
Gavotte
Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Henry
Ray Anderson
Whiting, Manning
D. J. Gatens
Iowa City Sales Co
del Monte
van Camp
Scott Tissue
Double
A Gazette
Oskaloosa Firm
Merlen E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Third Street
Blencoe Elevator
Kook-Kwick
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
SEARS
Leen WY Roe
Third Ave
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