Hay Stocks Narrow Gap From Last Year Amid Winter Demand
Agricultural Marketing Service reports May 1 farm hay stocks at about 10.865 million tons, 5.5 million below last year but near 10-year May average. Heavy winter demand and a large previous crop kept supplies high in fall. eastern and Mississippi Valley feeding rose due to hard winter, while western hay feeding was light from mild winter. Regional variances show below average in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and New England to Kentucky Tennessee.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
New England
Kentucky
Tennessee
Frain City
Kansas City
Federal
Demonstration On Strip Cropping Near Ely Friday
County Agent Rex Cann announced a Friday demonstration on contour strip cropping at 1 30 p m on the William Novak farm in Putnam township Linn county about four miles north of Ely Harold Shold of the soil conservation service at Marion will assist in the work.
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William Novak
Putnam Township
Linn County
Ely
Rex Cann
Cann
Harold Shold
Soil Conservation Service
Marion
Natex helps Chelsea farmer after long illness
Chelsea Iowa farmer Joseph Hrubes credits Natex with reversing a long illness marked by indigestion gas recurring fatigue and nerve issues He says his energy sleep and appetite improved rapidly and urges others to try Natex through Podzimek's Pharmacy in Chelsea and other druggists.
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Natex
Joseph Hrubes
Chelsea
Iowa
Podzimek
Second Avenue SE
Second Avenue
Corn 15 Up On Three Center Point Farms
Center Point area reports corn up on at least three farms as weather teases with warm spells. Paul Mader near Center Point has 46 acres planted April 26 27, G W Newman south of Center Point 20 acres planted May 3 4, and Ed Klima four miles northeast of Center Point also has corn up. Weather may allow most farmers to finish planting this week. Northwest Iowa crops show progress with two thirds in north central and northeast Iowa, despite rains in the south. Oats barley flax and winter wheat show good growth with chinch bugs active in some southwest counties.
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The
Gazette
Center Point
Paul Mader
G. W. Newman
Ed Klima
Mader
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Fremont
Buttermakers To Meet At West Union May 22
West Union will host the Section 11 Town Creamery Operators' association meeting and a butter scoring contest on May 22. Secretary J F Barnes of Alpha announced the event today.
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West Union
Town Creamery Operators’ Association
J. F. Barnes
Alpha
Gully Filled And Planted By CCC Men In Iowa
Twelve years after a gully formed to drain a Belle Plaine barnyard CCC workers at Belle Plaine filled the gully with blade and tractor planted trees and fenced the area. Four erosion control cooperatives are being organized by Iowa farmers in Marion Montgomery Clayton and Lucas counties with petitions approved by the state soil conservation committee.
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Belle Plaine
William Sbobinet
CCC
Soil Conservation Service
Ames
Iowa
Lester Clapp
Extension Soil Conserva
Iowa State College
Clapp
Marion County
Montgomery County
Clayton County
Lucas County
State Soil Conservation Committee
FSA Reports 24700 Families Forced Off Corn Belt Farms
The Farm Security Administration reports at least 24 700 corn belt families Iowa Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri cannot find farms for the 1940 crop year. About 2 336 of 58 000 rehabilitation loan borrowers and 6 246 eligible applicants also lack farm sites. Additional renters totaling 16 120 not applying for aid cannot locate land.
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Indianapolis
Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Farm labor needs drop as farms expand and mechanize
P G Beck notes that improved equipment has increased farm size and reduced the needed farm workers by 1 600 000 from 1929 levels. An editor's report cites an April Gazette FSA note that 4 008 town renters were forced off land due to insufficient farms.
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Sion
P. G. Beck
the Gazette
FSA
Masters Hired as Fayette County Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Meta Jane Masters of Mount Pleasant is named Fayette County home demonstration agent effective September 6. She previously taught home economics at Yarmouth High School and Mount Union schools, and is Iowa Wesleyan College graduate. Isabel Crowe of Ames, born in New Zealand, was hired as temporary Fayette county agent from June 10 to September 6, after which she joins the Ames extension service as home efficiency specialist.
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Fayette
Meta Jane Masters
Mount Pleasant
Fayette County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Miss Masters
Yarmouth High School
Mount Union
Iowa Wesleyan
Isabel Crowe
Ames
New Zealand
Ames Extension Service
Adair County Farmers Seek Soil Conservation District
Des Moines reports 568 of 1 988 landowners in Adair County signed a petition for a countywide soil district. A hearing is set for May 18 to consider the petition, with a similar hearing planned in Sac County on May 20.
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Des Moines
INS
Harry Linn
Adair County
Scan County
Linn
Cane Comparisons Set for Allamakee
A sorghum cane variety test plot will be planted this spring on the John Sievesind farm in Union Prairie township Allamakee county. Seed from Iowa State college will include sweet semi sweet and grain types with 12 plots. Results will be summarized for a field day next fall.
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Waukon
John Sievesind
Union Prairie Township
Allamakee
Fred O'Riley
Iowa State College
Corn test plots planned in Allamakee county farms
The county Farm Bureau sponsors two corn test plots in Allamakee county this year. The Karl Simmons farm near Waukon will test upland soil while the Hartley Brothers farm in Union City township will test bottom soil. Both plots will be hand planted this week.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
County Farm Bureau
Karl Simmons
Hartley Brothers
Union City
True Orchards Sprayed With Lime Sulphur Solution
A cluster-bud spray at the True orchards near here used 450 gallons of lime sulphur solution Monday. Francis E. Wilson is the renter. No dormant spray has been applied on the farm for several years.
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Edgewood
Francis E. Wilson
Fence Drift Stoven Wire Reflects Global Tension
Disjointed notes lament a dangerous European situation and urge ordinary people in Iowa to assess their responsibilities to prevent the world from going mad. References to dairy cows in Holland and horses in Belgium echo a wartime era mood and caution.
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Iowa
Holland
Belgium
You
Seasonal butter gain delayed by late pasture growth
Des Moines report shows creamery butter production for the week ending May 9 fell 6 percent from a year ago. Agricultural statistician Leslie M. Carl said the usual sharp seasonal increases failing to begin this season due to late spring pasture growth.
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Des Moines
INS
Leslie M. Carl
Hay and Grain Barn Fire Near Brooklyn
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a barn on the James O Halloran farm two miles northwest of Brooklyn at 1 30 a m Tuesday. The blaze had headway before discovery and the barn held 15 tons of hay and 100 bushels of ground feed. No livestock were lost but ducks and geese near the barn burned.
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The
Gazette
Brooklyn
James O’halloran
State Beekeepers Meeting to Run May 16 and 17
Special to The Gazette Ames hosts a two day beekeepers short course May 16 and 17 featuring a display of pet gadgets and an exhibit of equipment. Two round table discussions will cover honeybee housing and cooperative marketing with Ed Brown of Sioux City. speakers include J N Martin of Iowa State College botany on legume seed pollination J W Newton of Baton Rouge on queen bee raising and package bees and Frank C Pellet of Atlantic on new honey plants and cooperative work.
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Ames
F. B. Paddock
Ed Brown
Sioux City
J. N. Martin
Iowa State College
J. W. Newton
Baton Rouge
Frank C. Pellet
Atlantic
AAA Committeemen Meet At Ames For Program Instruction
Iowa county AAA chairmen met at Ames to review 1940 1941 farm program and training for county officials on compliance checks. The sessions aim to determine parity payment eligibility later this year with a possible second farm inspection to verify soil depleting and corn allotments compliance.
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Ames
INS
Iowa
AAA
O. D. Klein
State Aaa
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