Neighbors Aid Tama County Farm With Tractor Plowing
Fifteen neighbors from Reinbeck used fourteen tractors to plow seventy five acres and disc one hundred acres at the Victor Claussen farm. Mr Claussen and his two sons were ill with mumps and could not work the land. Participants included Lester Dinsdale Paul Hulme Leonard Philp John Philp Merle Wood John Schliching Ray Pressley Harold Manful Henry Lieh Vernon Hoeppner Harry McKinney RichardBeecher Harold Ellis Warren Breakenridge Wayne Dake.
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The
Gazette
Reinbeck
Tama _ county
Victor Claussen
Mr. Claussen
Lester Dinsdale
Paul Hulme
Leonard Philp
John Philp
Merle Wood
John Schliching
Ray Pressley
Harold Manful
Henry Lieh
Vernon Mhoeppner
Harry McKinney
Richard Beecher
Harold Ellis
Warren Breakenridge
Wayne Dake
OPA looks to shift cattle price rules to boost feeding
A private Washington conference led by John J. Madigan signals possible lower ceilings on lower cattle grades to encourage cattle feeding. Subsidies tied to liveweight prices would still reward slaughterers paying above averages while promoting efficient beef production nationwide.
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Washington
John J. Madigan
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
Currant Worms Easily Controlled Says Nebraska Expert
Lincoln Neb Worms that eat currant and gooseberry foliage are easily managed with dusts or sprays. Don B Whelan University of Nebraska extension entomologist recommends lead arsenate calcium arsenate or cryolite dust mixed with flour plus one tablespoon per gallon for spray. Rotenone is also advised with package directions. The key is to have materials ready before worms appear.
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Lincoln
Neb
Don B. Whelan
University of Nebraska
Whelan
Government corn pledge under 60 day wartime freeze
47 654 000 bushels of corn have been sold or pledged to the government under the 60 day freeze effective April 25. The measure aims to secure supplies for 17 CCC eligible war plants while officials review actual industrial needs and may lift the order before the period ends if requisitioned stocks suffice until the new crop arrives in November or December.
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Washington
INS
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Marvin Jones
Congressional
WFA
Midwest
125 County
Calyx spray timing for fruit trees this week
Iowa State college fruit specialists urge applying the calyx spray this week after about 95 percent of petals have fallen from apple trees. The spray helps control apple scab brown rot of plums cherry leaf spot and also targets codling moth canker worm green fruit worm and curculio. Recommended mix is four quarts liquid lime sulfur plus two pounds hydrated lime and one and a half pounds leaf arsinate per 50 gallons of water.
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Iowa State College
Plowing Cuts Corn Borer Numbers in Iowa Fields
In Scott County a survey found one corn borer per stalk last fall, about 10 000 borers per acre. Butler and Bluegrass farmers plowed all cornstalks for oats and reduced live borers per acre to 80 480 on plowed fields, a drop from 10 000. Plowing shows clear reduction vs disked ground.
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Ames
Scott County
Butler
Bluegrass
Iowa State College
AAA
H. L. Gunderson
Extension
Gunderson
Farmers warned of hog cholera threat in coming spring
Des Moines reports a 25 percent rise in outbreaks last year with more than 6 000 incidents. Officials urge preventive vaccination around weaning time as the best defense, noting there is no cure once cholera strikes.
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Des Moines
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
American Foundation For Animal Health
Anderson Appointed Acting Secretary of Hereford Ass'n
Kansas City reports B. M. Anderson named acting secretary of the American Hereford Association by president J. S. Bridwell to relieve long-time secretary R. J. Kinzer and allow more focus on breed promotion.
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Anderson
Hereford
Kansas City
B. M. Anderson
American Hereford Association
J. S. Bridwell
Association
R. J. Kinzer
Bridwell
Clayton County Girl Wins First Prize for Essay
Mary Ellen Carroll, 13, of McGregor, daughter of dairy farmers Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll, won first prize among 79 Clayton county pupils in an essay contest on soil conservation. The $25 bond prize was sponsored by the county soil district Farm Bureau Garnav ille Commercial club and Lions club of Strawberry Point.
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McGregor
Mary Ellen Carroll
Charles Carroll
Clayton County
Clayton County Soil District
Farm Bureau
Garnaville Commercial ‘Club
Lions’ Club
Strawberry Point
Carroll
Mississippi River Hills
Iowa
Mary Ellen
Moody Hill School
Carroll Farm
Poultrymen Urged To Buy Chicks Now In May
Special to The Gazette Ames Poultry producers who plan to buy late chicks should act now. Ralph Baker ISU extension economist notes Iowa growers can likely secure chicks by end of May as egg prices push hatchery orders down. Buying in May with proper feeding and management promises a decent return. June hatch rates may fall and death loss rise with heat.
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Gazette
Ames
Ralph Baker
Iowa State College
Iowa
Baker
Egg Support Depends on Shipments
A. D. Oderkirk of Iowa State College argues that egg price support effectiveness for Iowa producers hinges on government movement of eggs from shipping points. Without prompt movement and adequate storage, containers, and labor, a glut could depress local markets despite a government purchase program.
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Ames
Iowa State College
A. D. Oderkirk
Iowa
Oderkirk
Iowa Farm Economist
Barn Fire Destroys William Kiepper Farm Barn
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn on the William Kiepper farm eleven miles southwest of here. A harness and part of a separator were saved. Insurance covered the loss.
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Waukon
William Kiepper
Here
Tama County Erosion Ranked Top Farm Problem
Tama county farmers face severe soil erosion. County soil district commissioner Robert Lyons cites a survey showing 73 000 acres eroded to unusable future use and 127 000 acres with 50 to 75 percent soil loss, risking about 200 000 acres in 50 years without better practices. Most surveyed farmers plan to continue conservation work.
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Toledo
Tama County
Robert Lyons
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Soil Conservation Service
Lyons
Farm sale near Waukon fetches $5,000 for 80 acres
Francis Zoll, tenant on the Farley farm west of Waukon, bought the former Peter Jones 80 acre farm northeast of Waukon for $5,000. The deal secures ownership of the parcel and completes a local land transfer.
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Waukon
Francis Zoll
Farley
Here
Peter Jones
Evening session on haymaking at Dysart high school
The final of 10 evening school sessions for farmers will be held at Dysart high school Wednesday night. Des Moines implement company representative H. A. Strong will speak on New Systems of Haymaking as part of the vocational agriculture program led by instructor W. D. Mathews.
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Gazette
Dysart
H. A. Strong
Des Moines
W. D.mathews
Storage stocks rise for lard and eggs in May report
The War Food Administration released the May 1 cold storage report showing lard and pork rendered fat at 497,641,000 pounds, up from 432,339,000 April 1. Egg stocks jumped to 12,802,000 cases from 8,415,000, while pork, beef, creamery butter and frozen poultry also shifted, with beef down to 282,291,000 pounds and frozen poultry at 129,988,000 pounds.
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War Food Administration
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