Foreign Corn Share Tops US Market Review Figures
The federal grain market review reports foreign corn at 37.94 percent of commercial receipts, with 50,000,000 bushels imported and 81,778,000 bushels domestic so far this season. Argentine and South African origins show in Chicago and southern markets as prices shift for June deliveries.
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South Africa
Ett
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Mary
Quebec
Chicago
Finland
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Fort Worts
Galveston
Atlanta
Texas
Chitego
Postuille Ag Class Tours Watershed Project Site
Readable fragments show a school group from Postuille Agriculture class visiting a watershed project location. Details are limited but the trip aims to observe environmental work and local water management in the area.
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Postuille Ag
Sweden Sends Hog Carcasses to U S in Fresh Meat Trade
New York reported imports of pork from Sweden totaling fifty fresh killed hogs with canned pork from various European countries rising. Poland led imports with over a million pounds in some weeks while Canada Italy and Latvia also shipped pork products. Beef imports from South America reached 192 922 pounds as beef prices trended higher in New York.
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Sweden
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Denmek
Germany
Poland
Roumania
Polstd Oeortinues
Canada
Italy
Latvia
South Amera
New York
13 Year Locusts Due In Southeastern Iowa
Southeastern Iowa expects an invasion of 13 year cicadas reported by insect survey leader J A Ivistap of the federal entomology bureau. He notes heavy populations in Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi western Tennessee western Kentucky southern Indiana southern Illinois and the extreme southeast, with peak conditions varying by location.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
JA lIvstap
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Tiltners
Werton
Toeieins
Seeyre Pitt
Tests Show Hoppers Harmful as Turkey Feed
Special to The Gazette from Stillwater Oklahoma. Oklahoma A and M College experiments fed ground dry grasshoppers to six week old poults in three rations. Lot 3 with heavy grasshopper content caused listlessness mortality and poor weight gain. limited grasshopper use in Lot 2 reduced gains. grasshoppers removed restored normal growth. Post mortems found no disease. Research continues to assess grasshopper value in turkey feeding.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A and M College
Turkey
Gird For Hopper War In Washington County
Washington County committees brace for a hopper conflict as local groups prepare plans and guard against a rise in pest pressures. Officials warn of potential crop damage and mobilize community volunteers for coordinated response efforts.
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Hopper
Washington County
Washington Community Auction Totals $2 780
A local Washington community sale raised a total of 2780 in a rough auction that included various household items. Bids were spirited, with several standout lots but unclear final tally details due to the damaged text.
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Washington
Government Order Forces Poultry Unions to Accept New Rates
Reprinted from Produce News. New York officials report the Packers and Stockyards Act allows the secretary of agriculture to curb rackets in the live poultry trade. After unions staged strikes resisting a rate drop from 52 to 41 dollars per car, a May 1 implementation led to two weeks of work stoppages and redirected shipments to Newark. By mid May the reduced rate of seven dollars per car per man was restored and operations resumed at New York terminals.
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Congress
Packers and Stockyards Act
Secretary of Agriculture
New York City
Poulsx
New York Live Poultry Commission Merchants Association
West Washington
Newark
Washington
Wallace
Freght
Calling All Dogs in Springtime Enthusiasm for Summer Homes
Readers urged to consider the responsibilities of dog ownership when taking a pup to summer houses. The piece argues many dogs end up lonely or abandoned as owners move, with pups needing care, space, and ongoing commitment rather than casual travel.
Do Not Abandon a Dog to Escape Responsibility
A 1937 note warns against abandoning dogs over blame, urging owners to accept responsibility and not treat a pet as a temporary companion. The text frames neglect as unjust and implies jail would be a harsher fate for abandoning a dog.
Enochson Heads Iowa County Jr. Short Course Group
Enochson was chosen president of the Iowa County junior short course association at a Williamsburg meeting attended by about thirty. New officers include Elmer Stahl as vice president John V. Driscoll treasurer R W Ashby secretary W R White and M F Sauter directors. The group favors Aug 23 25 dates before the state fair to avoid clashing with the Marengo jubilee.
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Iowa County
Williamsburg
Earl Enochson
Elmer Stahl
John V. Driscoll
R.W. Ashby
W R. White
M. F. Sauter
Enochson
I A Schafbach
J. A. Schaffbach
A E Hursh
Cornelius Falinson
Frank Mullin
Hybrid corn acreage hits record in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska AP D L Gross extension agronomist reports 56 000 acres of hybrid corn planted the largest hybrid corn crop in the state history up from 20 000 acres last year highlighting a major expansion in Nebraska agriculture across the season.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
D. L. Gross
Nebraska Agricultural College Extension Agronomist
Gross
Feeder Advised Against Repeating Feeding Combos Yearly
A guidance note warns feeders to avoid repeating the same feed combination each year whether prices are low or high. It emphasizes variety to maintain balanced nutrition and reduce reliance on a single feed mix.
Wool Market Still On Firm Foundation
Special to The Gazette Washington reports the domestic wool situation remains steady with strong demand and below average world supplies. Domestic clips sold higher than last year, with prices near 1929 peaks. Foreign markets stayed firm to higher in April, while U.S. consumption in Q1 1937 outpaced any year since 1923. Stocks rose 14 percent to 120 million pounds, though southern hemisphere supply tightened as the 1936-37 selling season closed in April.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
United States
Phosphorus Vital for Tegumes Growth
Many tegumes suffer from phosphorus deficiency in the soil and fail to thrive without ample supply of this mineral nutrient, underscoring its essential role in their development.
Aerial Map Project Opens for 1937 Contracts
Bids for AAA aerial mapping contracts opened May 21 in Washington as areas already flown push the 1937 map to about 350000 square miles across 34 states. Contracts for photographing 11786 square miles in Town were set to be let this week covering Allamakee Benton Black Hawk Bremer Chickasaw Clinton Delaware Des Moines Dubuque Fayette Henry Howard Jefferson Johnson Louisa Muscatine Poweshick Van Buren Wapello Washington Winneshiek and Scott counties.
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AAA
Allamakee County
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Clinton
Delaware
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Fayette
Henry, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Louisa
Muscatine
Poweshick
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Wapello
Winneshick and
Scott
Trucks Handle Majority of Chicago Receipts in April
The Chicago Producers Commission reports trucks delivered the equivalent of 5,183 rail cars of livestock in April, 47.55 percent of total receipts, up from 4,613 cars in 1936. Drive-ins at 69 U S stockyards accounted for 59.5 percent cattle receipts and 21.8 percent sheep and lambs. Kansas City stores 60 million bushels of grain, Chicago over 53 million, Buffalo over 50 million.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago Producers Commission Association
United States
Statistical Market Review
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas City
Buffalo
N. Y
Corn Emergence Follows Warm Soil in Springville Field
In eastern Iowa near Springville on the Dillon Atherton farm, corn plants emerge as soil warms. Soil two inches deep reached 76 degrees Sunday afternoon with surface at 86, following planting on May 14. Sprouts appeared by May 18 and root growth reached about 1.5 inches. by May 22 underground temp was 56 with a few hills showing above ground.
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Springville
Dillon Atherton
Atherton
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