New Hog Cholera Vaccine Discussed By Ames Expert
Dr C N McBryde of Ames outlined crystal violet hog cholera vaccine tests and the serum virus method. He noted U S losses from cholera and praised Dorset and the duo’s work while cautioning that the new vaccine remains experimental and farmers should rely on licensed serums. The Cedar Rapids address drew veterinarians and spouses from multiple Iowa counties.
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C. N. McBryde
Ames
Dorset
McBryde
Niles
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
East Central Veterinary Association
United States
M. Dorset
Iawa
Bureau of Animal Industry
Jackson
Benton
Buque
Linn
Cedar
Delaware
Black Hawk
Polk
Story
Johnson
Henry
Buchanan
R. M. Hofford
H. N. Strader
Marion
J. A. Barger
Des Moines
H. C. Ring
Ring
Anamosa
Cedar County
Fence Drift and Grandad’s Barn of Bucks and Bright
A reminiscence by Dr. A. L. Murray recalls Grandpa feeding Buck and Bright by lantern, the ox team that once made the wilderness gleam, and a shift to faster farming with horses, machines, and land expansion. The narrator notes the old barn, gas pump, milkhouse, hot dog stand, and a sheriff’s for sale sign nearby as markers of changing times.
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Old Buck
Bright
Big Buck
Old Grandad
Sheriff's
Early Plowing and Planting Spread Across Iowa Fields
Farmers race to plant as corn seed sprouts under favorable weather. George Koss and Ed Brecht plant sizable acreages near Ely and Fairfax while widespread field work, soil moisture, occasional frost, and rising seed prices shape a busy spring in eastern Iowa.
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Arly
George Koss
Ely
Ross
Ed Brecht
Fairfax
Brecht
Gazette
Iowa
Officers Elected By Buchanan Poultry Association
The Buchanan County Poultry association met to set show dates before Thanksgiving. New officers were elected including President Mrs Harold Todd and Vice President Harold Todd along with superintendent Mrs William Schmidt and directors J A Gray Frank Schmidt and William Schmidt.
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Buchanan County Poultry Association
Harold Todd
Harold Hoffman
William Schmidt
J. A. Gray
Frank Schmidt
Barn Remodel Nears Finish at Dillon Farm
Carpenters have worked three weeks remodeling the Dillon farm barn. About two more weeks are needed to complete the task on the Edgar Dillon property.
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Gazette
ESTER
Edgar Dillon
Coglan Plants Sixty Acres. 56th Consecutive Year Farmed
North Liberty report states farmer Thomas A. Coglan completed planting sixty acres of corn on his farm this Friday. Now operated by his son Byron, the Coglan farm marks his fifty-sixth consecutive year of planting on the same property.
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North Liberty
Thomas A. Coglan
Byron
Iowa Women Plan 100 Attendees for Washington Confab
Iowa extension staff and farm women from 21 counties will travel to the Associated Country Women of the World triennial conference in Washington DC on June 16. The delegation includes 18 Muscatine County members and numerous county home project chairmen with names such as Myrtle Garner Flack Dorothy Jane Wilson Helen Cruzen Darle Clark and Cora Davis.
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Ames
Ames Extension Service
Iowa
Associated Country Women of the World
Washington, D. C
Muscatin County
Farm Women’s Chorus
State Extension Service
State Farm Bureau Committee
County Home Project
Scott County
Myrtle Garner Flack
Ethel Garner
Polk
Dorothy Jane Wilson
Hancock
L. Weaver
Calhoun
Fred Laird
Katie Walters
Humboldt
Earl Saxton
Carroll
T. W. Everts
Rippey
Clay
Woodbury
Odean Waugh
Delaware
Julia Satterlee
Clayton
Joel Clark
Winneshiek
G. W. Peckham
Benton
Ernest Reiss
Hardin
Nels Larson
Frank Anderson
Warren Johnson
Elmer Olsen
Willard Wood
Jackson
George Roe
A. G. Nims
Joyce Ni
Orchardist Implements Cluster Bud Spray for Apple Scab
The 87 year old Rev. Charles H. True of Edgewood area applied 225 gallons of cluster bud spray mix for apple scab control this week on his orchards.
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Edgewood
Charles H. True
Growers buy 40 acre Ames farm for disease resistant crops
The Southeastern Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association buys a 40 acre Conesville farm to support plant pathologists and melon breeders in developing wilt and anthracnose resistant watermelons cantaloupes and sweet potatoes. The cooperative funds seed and field work with about eighty members.
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Ames
Southeastern Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Iowa
Conesville
Iowa Melon Growers’ Association
Muscatine County
Melon Growers’ Association
Experimental Association
Muscatine Island
Kanawha
Hawarden
Glenwood
J. C. Robinson Seed Company
Waterloo
Neb
D. W. Layton
N. D. Morgan
North Central
Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association
American Sugar Beet Company
Walter F. Buckholz
Mork Farms Rows Corn Ahead of Wet Weather
Special to The Gazet West Union Andrew Mork of the Turkey river bottom six miles northeast of West Union rowed his cornfield on Thursday after planting six days earlier. The last planting on the Mork farm was to occur Friday illustrating the common condition in northern Fayette county where parts of fields are planted while others remain unprepared.
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Hopkinton
Gazet
West Union
Andrew Mork
Turkey River
Mork
Fayette County
Seed Treat Center and Plant Disease Stations Grow
A permanent seed treat center is planned while a weed control research station near Hawarden in Sioux county is led by Dr. A L Bakke. In Mills county near Glenwood a Carter orchard station studies cedar apple rust yellow leaf and codling moth. Kent and Richardson run spray research and timing with S W Edgecombe guiding extension notices to growers.
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Pleasant Valley
Scott County
Sioux County
Hawarden
A. L. Bakke
Glenwood
Mills County
C. G. Kent
C. H. Richardson
Carter
Kent
Richardson
S. W. Edgecombe
Extension Service
Corn Planting Progressing on All Farms in Vicinity
Farmers report ground in good condition as corn planting advances. Oats look fine and cattle are on pasture. Gardens grow quickly with expectations of a large strawberry crop if rainfall continues.
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Oelwein
Millersburg Weather Drench Hurts Early Corn Planting
A heavy rain and hail north of Millersburg Tuesday night washed newly planted corn and disrupted fields. Farmers had rushed corn planting between showers all week as discing plowing harrowing and planting continued. Gardens are growing rapidly.
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the Gazette
Millersburg
Cedar County Farmers Report Most Corn Ground Planted
About half the corn land in Cedar county has been prepared and a quarter of that area is planted. Seeding is nearly done with a good stand reported. Ground is breaking up well as farmers note favorable conditions.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Future Farmer Contest Winners Named at Ames Event
Winners announced for the Iowa Future Farmers of America public speaking chapter and exhibit contests during the agricultural congress in Ames. Public speaking honors go to Clarence Dean Iowa Falls first and Loren Davenport Humboldt second with John Koontz Fairfield third William Dreier New Providence fourth and Russell Thomas Corning fifth. Chapter winners include Horace Barkey and Donald Robinson Iowa Falls first and Bar et Tompkins Floyd Kuehnast Humboldt second with Alfred Sump Wayne Swanson Clarinda third Kenneth Nurse Robert Rannels Dunlap fourth and Nicholas Ehr Roland Howard Jesup fifth. Exhibit results list Iowa Falls Humboldt Dunlap and Jesup placements.
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Ames
Iowa Future Farmers of America
Clarence Dean
Iowa Falls
Loren Davenport
Humboldt
John Koontz
Fairfield
William Dreier
New Providence
Russell Thomas
Corning
Horace Barkey
Donald Robinson
Baret Tompkins
Floyd Kuehnast
Alfred Sump
Wayne Swanson
Clarinda
Kenneth Nurse
Robert Rannels
Dunlap
Nicholas Ehr
Rolland Howard
Jesup
500 Chicks Die from Brooder Heater Regulator Failure
Albert Kramer, farmer on the R. H. Wendling farm south of Earlville, lost 500 baby chicks Tuesday evening when the coal heater regulator broke. The chicks had just been received and died of suffocation.
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Gazette
Earlville
Albert Kramer
R. H. Wendling
Corn Planting Advances as Rain Delays Germination
Corn planting is progressing rapidly with early plantings emerged. Later plantings will require rainfall to germinate due to scant precipitation this month, and some fields remain too cloddy to till until it rains.
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Webster
Tama Jim Wilson Estate Land Sells for $10000
Traer Lebert Morrison, three miles northwest of Traer, has bought the Flora Wilson land, 260 acres adjoining his farm. The deal, about $10,000, includes timber and brush covered, rolling terrain. The tract was part of Tama Jim Wilson, former United States secretary of agriculture, holdings and Saarstens had leased it for years.
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Traer
Lebert Morrison
Flora Wilson
Saarstens
Tama Jim” Wilson
United States
Oelwein C T A Averages 31 2 Butterfat in April
During April the thirty herds on test in Fayette County Cow Test association No 1 averaged 850 pounds of milk and 31.2 pounds of butterfat per cow. Ninety five cows produced more than forty pounds of butterfat each during the month. C C Brownell and Sons north of Stanley had high herd with twenty cows all milking averaging 49.4 pounds of butterfat.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
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