Wool Prices Rally in Boston and East as Carryover Shrinks
A federal wool market review shows Boston prices for combing and clothing fleeces mostly at 36 cents a pound with some grades higher. Iowa pool quotes range around 30 cents, while Linn county plans a June 8 sale. Domestic wool carryover is unusually small, with total US stocks down 23 percent from 1935 and imports rising for apparel class wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Springfield
Federal
Iowa
Linn
Marion
United States
FENCE DRIFT and Wool Market Notes from 1936
A 1936 farm market update notes wool consumption in March reached a 7 higher peak than 1929 and 20 percent above March averages. It also reports 30,000,000 pounds used in Q1 1936 versus 5,307,000 in 1935 and that imports in Q1 1936 exceed any year since 1929. Wool supplies in the southern hemisphere were 305,000,000 pounds smaller than a year earlier, down 31 percent, and 18 percent below the five year average.
Twenty Eight 4 Hers In Jones Feeding Lambs
Twenty eight 4 H sheep club members in Jones county have fifty two market lambs and purebred lambs on feed this year up from twenty five members with forty lambs last year. The market club ends when lambs reach market weight while purebred lambs stay with the ewe and lamb club. Work includes selecting feeding and purebred lambs, studying breed characteristics and market types, and analyzing production costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Max Sauerbry
Ewe and Lamb Club
Clover Stand Reaches Peak in Jasper County Since 1933
Leonard Zahn Jasper County Farm Bureau agent said Monday that Jasper County has its best stand of clover since 1933 marking a notable agricultural improvement for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Jasper County
Leonard Zahn
Farm Bureau
Grasshoppers menace Iowa farms in multiple counties
Iowa entomologist A D Worthington reports millions of grasshoppers hatching across a broad belt in southwestern and southeastern Iowa threatening heavy crop losses. Areas including Plymouth Ira Carroll Green Guthrie Adair Union Taylor Scott Muscatine Louisa Henry Des Moines present severe infestations. government bran supplies are limited and farmers must act quickly to control the pests.
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Ames
Iowa
A. D. Worthington
Worthington
Plymouth County
Ira
Carroll, Green
Guthrie
Adair
Union
Taylor
Missouri Line
Scott County
Muscatine
Louisa
Henry
Des Moines
Dallas
Polk
Marion
Mahaska
Keokuk
Jefferson
Henry and Lee
Audubon
Cass
Shelby
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Missouri River
Shelby County
Harrison County
Pottawattaime
Minnesota
Harlan
Red Oak
Montgomery
Grasshopper Control Demos Planned Across Southwest Iowa
Iowa entomologists will hold grasshopper control demonstrations in southwestern Iowa over several weeks. The first event is in Harlan on May 26 followed by Logan May 27 and Council Bluffs May 28, Oakland May 29, and Atlantic May 30. Subsequent demos will cover other counties.
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Worthington
Iowa
Harlan
Logan
Council Bluffs
Oakland
Atlantic
Buyer Pays $600 For Team at Cedar Rapids Horse Sale
Jack Clements bought a matched team of grade geldings for $600 from Frank Agnitch of Monmouth. The four and five year olds, weighing 2020 and 1980 pounds, were headed to Hobart New York for New York state fair exhibition. The sale also included twenty five western horses with top prices of $310 for a matched mare team and $125 for a saddle horse.
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Iowa
Jack Clements
Cedar Rapids
Hobart
N. Y
New York
Frank Agnitch
Monmouth
E. L. Foote
Mr. Clements
Joe Ernst
Center Point
Stanwood Horsemen
Decorah
John Trollope
Beach
N.D
Fred Rowan
Conesville crops face grasshopper menace this spring
Grasshoppers threaten cantaloupe and sweet potato crops in Conesville as growers use poison bran to control the pest. Sweet potato plants are nearly set, cantaloupe up in many areas, cut worms affect home gardens, and all crops need rain though strawberries should be abundant with timely rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
4 H Kittenball League Formed In Jones County
Jones county 4 H clubs formed a kittenball league with ten clubs planning a summer schedule of nine seven inning games. Games will be played Thursday evenings every two weeks. Eligibility requires good club standing and up to date record books. June 4 schedule features Martelle Morley Olin Scotch Grove Olin Wyoming Fairview Madison and Jackson Cass.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Martelle- Morley
Olin
Scotch Grove
Wyoming
Fairview-Madison
Jackson-Cass
National Leaders To Talk At Rural Training School
National leaders in economics education religion and other fields will appear at the second annual Country Life institute set for June 22 to 24 at Iowa State College. Topics include soil conservation rural health and unity of the middle west with speakers such as Toyohiko Kagawa Edwin G Nourse Iona Gale George Counts Rudolph Ganz and others.
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Ames
INS
Country Life Institute
Iowa State College
Middle West
Toyohiko Kagawa
Edwin G. Nourse
Institute of Economics
Brookings Institute
Iona Gale
Middlewest
Midwest
Institute
George S. Counts
Columbia University
Rudolph Ganz
Chicago Musical College
T. V. Smith
University of Chicago
George S. Wehrwein
University of Wisconsin
Mary Swartz Rose
Elmer T. Peterson
Better Homes and Gardens
Des Moines
W. W. Waymack
The
Des Moines Register
Murphy Invited to Speak at Jones County Farm Bureau Picnic
Senator Louis Murphy has been invited as guest speaker for the Jones county Farm Bureau picnic and program at the Monticello fair grounds on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Louis Murphy
Jones County Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Bigger crops and lower prices seen
Washington reports from government economists project 1936 crops will exceed domestic needs despite a new soil conservation program. Export surpluses expected to push farm prices down, though not as much as without the program, with livestock and tobacco prices varying by crop.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Maryland
Milking Shorthorn Sale Sets High Price at Waterloo
At Waterloo's eighth national Milking Shorthorn congress Charles D Round of Wheaton Illinois paid 305 for the junior grand champion heifer bred by Borg farms Wisconsin. Roy A Cook of Independence was sale manager as about 400 attendees from ten states watched竞高 quality cattle across Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Iowa.
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Waterloo
Borg Farms
Wisconsin
Charles D. Round
Wheaton
Illinois
H. H. Kildee
Ames
Roy A. Cook
Independence
Minnesota
Iowa
Edgar Wolf
Sheldon
E. M. Mitchell and Son
Reinbeck
Mitchell
A. Tiernagel
Story City
E. M. Mitchell and Sons
Elmer D. Goetsch
Davenport
E. M. Mitchell and Sons of
Dean Kildee
George W. Borg
Delavan
Wis
State Association
Cedar Rapids
Clutier 160 Acres Sold for $91.50 an Acre
Otto Kleppein a livestock buyer purchased the Krezek farm of 160 acres from Conant and King of Gladbrook for 91.50 per acre. The property lies at the edge of Clutier.
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Clutier
Otto Kleppein
Krezek
Conant and
King of Gladbrook
Farm Improvements Highlight Clutter Area
Many improvements are underway in Clutter area this season. Plans include a large new corncrib with overhead granary on the John Anders farm a new chickenhouse and a roof replacement on the Joseph F Dvorak farmhouse and 235 rods of tiling on the Alfred Fischer farm.
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Clutier
John Anders
Joseph F. Dvorak
Alfred Fischer
Asparagus crop cut by drought on local farm
Lack of rain has reduced the asparagus yield at the O. A. Bown farm near La Porte City. An eight acre patch now yields about 1,500 pounds daily, with the best day this season at 1,800 pounds.
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LA Porte City
O. A. Bown
Rally Day for Jones County 4-H Girls Set June 17
Anamosa will host the Jones county 4-H girls Rally Day on June 17 at An tioch church five miles east of Anamosa. County doctors and dentists will be guests for health contests. Morning music contest led by Mrs Truman Stanton. Afternoon officer elections announced by Mrs A R Embree. Clubs will present dramatized songs or stunts with officer installations awards and honorary member initiation.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Antioch Church
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
A. R. Embree
Herd tops butterfat test with 1.3 lb daily yield
The National Holstein Freisian association in Madison Wisconsin announced Elmer M Santman herd in Dysart surpassed 155 days of official test with an average daily butterfat production of 1.3 pounds per cow. Four cows exceeded 200 pounds for the period with one cow yielding 281.7 pounds.
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Dysart
National Holstein-Freisian Association
Madison, Wis
Elmer M. Santman
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London
Jones
Scott
East Counties
William
Rural Training School
Murphy
Clutter
ASC
Ema
Nurito
Bank of America
Los Angeles
California
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
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