Corn Planting Advances Eight Days Ahead In Iowa
Iowa corn planting runs eight days ahead of schedule with 82 percent completed state wide. Northwest Iowa shows 95 to 100 percent completion while moisture supports oats barley and flax growth. Drought pests like grasshoppers and chinch bugs appear in some areas and D. MOINES notes rainfall totals from April 1 to May 19 average 3.39 inches or 66 percent of normal.
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S. E. Decker
Iowa Weather and
Northwest
Decker
Page County
D. Moines
Iowa
Des Moines
INS
Waukee
van Meter
Mount Ayr
Clarinda
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Atlantic
Decorah
Albia
Iowa Falls
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Pasture Renovation Tips Highlight Early DiscIng Benefits
A March 12 column reports pasture experiments near Albia showing heavy early discing boosts clover density and blue grass vigor. ISU researchers note clover nitrogen feeds blue grass. H D Hughes echoes thorough discing or no discing. A Cedar Rapids bank advertises farm loans as a resource for farmers.
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U. S
Albia
Iowa State College
H. D.hughes
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Certificate Plan Favored By Board of Trade President
Chicago AP The Chicago board of trade president supports emancipation of American agriculture from federal aid. Philip Ray O'Brien, a broker and farmer, advocates a certificate plan to pay farmers cost of production and stabilize income, arguing producers should receive parity through fixed-value certificates sold to processors and users.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Philip Ray O'Brien
O'Brien
Congress
O’brien
Borrowers On Wheat May Cash In Now
Washington AP report notes price surges boost profits for farmers who stored 1940 wheat under the ever normal granary program. About 278 million bushels were loaned at 65 cents, with current prices near a dollar. Roughly 100 million bushels have been redeemed as speculation swells loan value.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Nine Dairy Promotion Sessions Planned Monday
Iowa Dairy Industry commission announced final preparations for the June dairy month campaign to promote butter milk cheese and ice cream. Nine district meetings will be held in Fairfield Muscatine Waverly Manchester Lamont Adel Oakland Humboldt Primghar.
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Des Moines
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Fairfield
Muscatine
Waverly
Manchester
Lamont
Adel
Oakland
Humboldt
Primghar
Iowa
Commission
Fence Drift and Market Debates on Grain Trade
The piece discusses the Chicago Board of Trade president proposing a debenture plan to reduce racketeering and price manipulation in grain markets. It argues skepticism toward proposals from market makers and urges farmer unity to push for price equity amid thinning trade volume.
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Chicago Board of Trade
O’brien
Grain Co Ons
Exchange
Federal Farm Board
Board of Trade
Calmar Creamery Pays 37 and 38 Cents for Butterfat
Calmar Creamery patrons were paid 37 and 38 cents per pound for butterfat in April. The plant received 46 618 pounds of butterfat and produced 58 119 pounds of butter during the month.
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Calmar
Calmar Creamery Company
Potatoes in Blossom Report from Hazleton Grower
A. Morey of Hazleton reports potatoes in blossom after being planted on Good Friday and aided by some commercial fertilizer.
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Gazette
Hazleton
I. A. Morey
Hazleton Farm Reports 120 Pigs Farrowed This Month
Floyd Oakley, tenant at the Vernie Scott farm near Hazleton, reports 120 pigs farrowed this month from 16 sows with no runt or weakling in the litter.
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Hazleton
Floyd Oakley
Vernie Scott
How Red Clover May Be Pollinated
George P. Schatz of the Iowa Beekeepers association told a Ames short course group that honey bees may fertilize red clover when mixed with alsike. He argued bees move through alsike to red clover and back, fertilizing red blossoms by accident, with dry years as an exception.
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West Union
George P. Schatz
Iowa Beekeepers Association
Ames
Alsuke
Schatz
Fred Boess
Hawkeye
Claude Hopkins Heads New Buchanan DHIA
Seventeen dairy farmers signed membership agreements to form Buchanan DHIA No. 2 headed by Claude Hopkins Independence. Officers elected include Arly Braden Winthrop vice president Eugene Wilson Independence secretary treasurer and Howard Satterlee Rowley and James Hamilton Independence as directors. Testing year will begin July 1 with nine of twelve additional applicants pending inclusion bringing total membership to 26.
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Independence
Buchanan Dhia No. 2
Claude Hopkins
Arly Braden
Winthrop
Eugene Wilson
Howard Satterlee
Rowley
James Hamilton
Haying Begun Southwest and Plains Report
The Farm Editor reports haying has started in the southwest and Platte valley Nebraska. Alfalfa remains the main crop in Nebraska for dehydration and meat mills, with price ranges and market adjustments noted in Kansas City and Oklahoma. Carryover old hay totals across states show Iowa Missouri Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota with substantial stocks, signaling a strong corn belt stock and a promising new crop ahead.
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Government Report Today
Kansas City
Platte Valley
Nebraska
Oklahoma
The
Gazette
United States
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
Improvement Planned On Monticello Fairground
Harry S Rodman secretary of the Jones county fair board said the planning organization met Monday night and set aside 3500 dollars for remodeling floral hall. A 40 percent enlargement will yield 32000 square feet with 16000 for girls 4 H projects and exhibits and 16000 for other agricultural displays. The existing building will be modernized and renovated with painting rewiring and a new entrance.
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Monticello
Harry S Rodman
Jones County Fair Board
Floral Hall
Hampshire Boars Sell High at Peoria Auction
The Hampshire Swine registry in Peoria reports 60 boar pigs sold from March to May this spring at prices between 100 and 350 dollars.
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Peoria
Corn Exports Fall Sharply in First Half of 1940-41
A federal Foreign Crops and Markets report shows U S corn exports in the first six months of the 1940-41 marketing year totaled under 8 million bushels, down from 25 million the prior season. Nearly all shipments were for the British market via the United Kingdom and Canada.
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United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Rural Fire System Proposed by Earlville Chief Otis
Chief F S Otis of Earlville urged a complete farm registry in Iowa to map routes for rural fire access and water supplies. He said the plan boosts rural fire fighting efficiency and raises owner awareness, with fire prevention tied to registration during the current annual fire school opening.
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Ames
Iowa
F. S. Otis
Earlville
Otis
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