Wool Dealers Active as Shearing Season Advances
Iowa City pool reduces buyers bids as wool dealers stay active through the shearing period. Reports from Mount Vernon and Vinton show wool buyers bidding up to 20 cents a pound, with pools assembling June 5 from Van Horne under County Agent W A Goer and Floyd Goodell’s coordination. The St Louis market and Midwest quotes influence local prices as farmers push to move stock.
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Johnson County Beef Tour Planned for May 31
Johnson County Beef Cattle Feeders association fixed May 31 for its annual educational tour of local feedlots. Rex Beresford of Ames and a Chicago open-market representative will attend. A separate 4 H club beef cattle tour is set for June 9 and 10 in Johnson County.
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Get Rid of Athletes Foot the Easy Way
A damaged OCR fragment describes a home remedy approach to treating athlete's foot. It mentions water, soap, and a sample treatment process with unclear steps and names. The text is inconsistent and partly unreadable, but signals practical instruction for foot care.
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Wheat acreage in 25 nations falls five per cent below 1932
Washington reports twenty five country wheat acreage at 184,686,000 acres, about 5 per cent below 1938's 193,121,000. Winter wheat harvest remains in the US, with 27,996,000 acres sown of 39,985,000. Canada plans 25,685,000 acres, down from 27,182,000 in 1932, while Russia reports winter sowings. Australia figures are unavailable.
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Herring Rapped By Holiday Ass'n For Use Of Troops
Boone Iowa Farmers Holiday association meeting adopted resolutions denouncing Governor Herring for sending troops to northwestern farms during outbreaks. A letter urged the governor to aid farmers and rebuild prosperity. A second resolution pressed Secretary Wallace to fund agriculture relief and farm rehabilitation. Milo Reno said he supports Roosevelt and that farm stakes would be unnecessary if pledges are kept. Officers re elected: John Chalmers president Carl Setterberg vice president Jesse Sicler secretary treasurer.
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Ege Institute Egg Day Planned at Independence Fairgrounds
The Buchanan county Farm Bureau with Independence Produce and Ames poultry extension service announced an egg day for June 9 at the Independence fairgrounds. W. D. Termohlen and W. M. Vernon will oversee events. An exhibition of graded eggs with prizes will occur, plus talks on egg care grading and breeding for quality.
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Elgin Creamery pays 23 cents for butterfat
Patrons of the Elgin Farmers Dairy Co. received payments for the last half of April butterfat at 23 cents a pound. Production is rising since feres were turned on. Press reports note buttermakers here, and on Thursday two and a half tons of butter were churned.
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Planting Delayed Across Corn Belt Amid Flooding
A Chicago to Cedar Rapids grain report shows Illinois by May 18 had only 2 percent of corn planted, far behind the 65 percent normal. Eastern Iowa and Indiana lines report 5 to 10 percent planted, with southern counties lagging and widespread flooding washing topsoil and flooding fields from Wisconsin through Ohio.
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Weather report notes Noah era like drought in Fayette County
Fayette county reports say the main had fallen for forty days and forty nights causing seed and planting to be impossible. Planting conditions are described as more favorable in western Iowa and the western corn belt states.
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Farmers struggle with rain soaked fields across towns
Special to The Gazette reports heavy rainfall disrupts plowing in North Liberty with fields mucky and tractors mired delaying corn work. In Hazleton about 25 acres affected with repeated soil work and some replanting anticipated due to cold weather. Oats, grass, and new seeding show progress while pastures and early potatoes advance unevenly.
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Corn planting progress and storm damage report
Considerable corn has been planted in the locality but much remains to be planted. Heavy rain on early Friday caused washing damage in many fields. The storm was accompanied by severe wind lightning and hail.
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Butter churn at Jesup creamery yields large output
A Jesup creamery reported churning 14 956 pounds of butter from cream received Monday and Monday night. The operation packed 219 tubs and ten boxes totaling 940 pounds.
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Farm land index falls 10.73 points in 1933
Washington reports the United States farm real estate value per acre index dropped to 73 on March 1 1933 from 89 a year earlier and 106 in 1931 while Iowa stood at 58 percent of pre war levels. The bureau notes broad declines in farm income since 1929 with real estate values down over one third. Indiana 53 and Michigan 80 lead state variations with Minnesota at 79 and Missouri at 55.
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Spencer's Grove Corn Delivery Benefits Local Elevator
Charles Fisher, once of Oak Grove church area, recently hauled 7,000 bushels of shelled corn to a nearby elevator at a price of 32 cents per bushel.
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