Tentative Cedar Rapids milk license nears final drafting
A tentative Cedar Rapids milk license arrives for dealer and producer review. Marion is removed from the defined sale area while the plan mirrors changes made for the Des Moines license and sets minimum prices by butterfat content. A market administrator will enforce the schedule once in effect.
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Cedar Rapids
Co- Operative Dairy Company
H. Hardman
Washington
Marion
Des Moines
Gazette
Secrey of Agriculture
Henry Walace
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Area
Fence Drift and Rules Stir Farm Field Game
A farmers game piece laments umpiring and frequent rule changes. It notes boos from fans and field obstructions leading to extra innings, while urging players to swing for a homer to affect the price parity pennant. Also mentions a dairy price adjustment tied to butterfat levels and a milk price cut.
Colesburg Butter Tops District Meet
Colesburg hosts the May creamery section meeting. A C Horn of Colesburg was noted in the butter judging contest while Otto Weger of Strawberry Point earned a complementary rating. L D Potter of Dubuque won first in judging, with Fred Shafer of Balltown and Otto Weger tied for second. women’s judging saw Mrs Otto Weger win, with Mrs C Baehler and Mrs Robert Wilson placing second and third. The June session will be at Dyersville on June 21.
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Colesburg
A. C. Horn
Coolesoo
Pieeson
Otto Weger
Strawberry Point
L. D. Potter
Dubuque
Fred Shafer
Balltown
Otto Weeger
C . Baehler
Greeley
Robert Wilson
Edgewood
Dyersville
Fire on Ed Kadera Farm Kills 350 Chickens
A large blaze at the Ed Kadera farm near Oasis destroyed a broad house and its 350 half grown white Jersey Giant chickens Thursday, leaving extensive losses for West Branch.
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West Branch
Ed Kadera
Oasis
Drop in Hens Signals Smaller Poultry Supplies This Spring
The USDA reports a 10 percent drop in hens and a 15 percent fall in young birds from a year ago due to higher feed costs and low egg prices. May 1 layer counts average 741 per farm, down from 761 last year, with May hatchings implying continued lower poultry production this season.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Grundy County rats feast on sealed corn loan grain
In Grundy County a New Deal program for government sealed corn loans has backfired as rats fatten on 1.5 million bushels of corn worth 679000 dollars. Farmers, initially amused, now hunt large cats and rat terriers to curb the rodents who have eaten hundreds of bushels.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
George A Gibbs
Gibbs
Linn County approves 188 early pay contracts total over 33000
The Linn County Corn and Hog association reports 188 of 196 early pay contracts approved by the AAA in Washington. Checks will be mailed within days, with the first installment exceeding 33000 dollars. Eight contracts are withheld for minor errors awaiting quick correction.
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Linn County Corn and Hog Association
AAA
Washington
Iown
Linns
Clayton Women Plan Achievement Day May 28
Clayton county Farm Bureau women will hold their annual Achievement day here May 28. Ten townships will participate in booth exhibits. Hale Cornett, Clayton county Farm Bureau president, and the following persons will speak on the afternoon program. Mrs W C Monlus, chairman of gits 4 H club work. Mrs N May Larson of the Ames extension service. B R Jones representing the State Board of Assessment, and Counts Agent Ray Combs.
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Eleader
Clayton County Farm Bureau
Hale
Cornett
W C Monlus
Gitts
N May Larson
Ames Extension Service
R Jones
State Board of Assessment
Ray Combs
Jersey Show at West Liberty Set for June 14
Jersey cattle breeders sponsor a show in West Liberty on June 14 to select a herd to be shown at the state fair. Exhibitors from Davenport Muscatine Williamsburg Gib son Town City Marengo and Cedar Rapids participate.
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Jersey
West Liberty
Wet Liberty
Donald Jone
Riates
Jerseys
Frean Davenport
Creameries Pay 25 Cents A Pound For Butterfat
Butterfat payments listed by Rowley and Maynard creamery co operatives. Rowley reports 25 cents per pound for last two weeks of April and Maynard notes 25 cents per pound for April butterfat. Albert Sloan serves as secretary. American Jersey Cattle Club annual meeting set for June 6 in New York.
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Creameries
TY Carer
Rowley
Rowley Taare Co-operative Creamers Company
Payaenty
Dultertat
Appl
Albert Sloan
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
Butte
Jersey
Catte Club
Waldorf-Astonima Diate
New York
Chinch Bug War Seeks $1 Million Federal Aid
Iowa entomologist Dr C J Drake says Congress has introduced a $1,000,000 bill to buy up to 10 million gallons of barrier oil for chinch bug control in Iowa and neighboring states. About 2 million gallons would go to Iowa with county agent distribution.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C J Drake
Washington
Turnell
Drake
Congress
Guy Gillette
Cherokee
Sioux City
Akron
Ilinois
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Gillette Secures Nation Aid To Tackle Chinch Bug In Iowa
After a conference with President Roosevelt Congresssman Guy M Gillette Iowa learned a fund of 1,000,000 will be provided to combat the chinch bug menacing corn across 50,000 to 80,000 Iowa farms and thousands in the Midwest. The President said to direct aid via Secretary Wallace and Federal Emergency Relief Director Hopkins and to push 1,000,000 in Congress for this purpose.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Guy M Gillette
Iowa
Middle Western
Wallace
Hopkins
Senate
House
Sudden Feed Change Costs Greeley Dairyman $220
Greeley dairy farmer G H Heiker, in the Greeley Cow Testing association, says a abrupt switch from cotton seed meal to a substitute protein reduced butterfat production from 628 to 519 pounds, a loss of 1085 pounds, valued at about $220 at 27 cents per pound. He argues changes should be gradual to avoid feed rejection and profit loss.
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Greeley
H Heiker
Greeley Cow Testing Association
Heiker
Farmers Clean Up The Town At Oneida
Oneida residents joined Gretda Grange and the town council for a Wednesday cleanup day. Volunteers cleared ditches and streets, tore down dilapidated buildings, and painted the fire station site. Women served hot dinner and plan future landscaping with trees and a large fireplace for picnics.
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Gretda Grange
Oneida
Commissioner Loans Total 40 255 000 in E F L B District
In the first year of the Emergency Farm Loan act, the Eighth Federal Land Bank district issued 19 115 Commissioner loans totaling 40 255 000. Iowa Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming saw 43 239 houses, banks, and lenders involved as loans were disbursed through the Federal Land Bank and related agencies.
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Omaha
Land Bank
Bert Waddell
Omaha Federal Land Bank
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Waddell
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Bank
Farm Credit Administration
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Washington, D. C
Federal Land Banks
United States
Land Bank Commission For
Eleader
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Clayton County
Fleeces Reported Heavy In Troy Mills Vicinity
Special to The Cyarette reports heavy shearing across Troy Mills with fleece heavier and of better quality than last year, averaging ten pounds per fleece. More grease remains in the wool.
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Troy Mills
Cyarette
Vege table Compound tonic for teen girls promotion
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound recommended for teens to support health during adolescence. The advertisement urges mothers to use the tonic for several months and teaches guardians to promote health, claiming benefits for a future wife and mother. Sold at drug stores.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
State average precipitation from Jan 1 to date stands at 4.44 inches short of the 10 inch normal. Since Jan 1 there is a 5.56 inch deficiency. May totals show 1 inch with a 2.30 inch May deficit. no 24 hour precipitation was recorded through 7 am Thursday.
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Iowa
Kinsley Honored At State Jersey Breeders Picnic
Fifty Jersey cattle breeders and families gathered at the college dairy farm for the state picnic. W. J. Campbell of Jesup presided as the Iowa Jersey Cattle club presented an enlarged photo of R. G. Kinsley McGregor an honorary member of the Iowa State College Dairy Cattle club. Speakers included Hilton Boynton Dean H. H. Kildee C. Y. Cannon and M. Mortensen.
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Ames
Jersey
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
R. G. Kinsley
McGregor
Iowa State College Dairy Cattle Club
Hilton, Boynton
H. H. Kildee
C. Y. Cannon
Mr Kinsley
M. Mortensen
Fred Idtse
American Jersey Cattle Club
Illinois Farm Leader Addresses Cedar County Farm Bureau
Clarence Earl C. Smith of Chicago, president of the Mnols Agricultural association, spoke to Dayton township Farm Bureau members at Dewey Sawyer’s home south of Clarence. He spoke at a Cedar Rapids conference Thursday and planned a stopover in the Earl Elijah farm on the way to Monmouth for another engagement Friday.
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Clarence
Earl C. Smith
Chicago
Mnols Agricultural Association
Dayton Township
Cedar County
Farm Bureau
Dewey Sawyer
Clarence Mr Smith
District Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Earl Elijah
Monmouth
Steers Bring $8.90 In Chicago Market Sale
Adams Delaware county feeder sold a load of 1 350 pound steers in Chicago for 890 dollars per hundredweight on Tuesday reflecting strong feeder cattle demand.
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Manchester
Adams
Delaware County
Chicago
Frost Near Hopkinton and Drought Hit Crops
Frost was observed near Hopkinton with below normal temperatures and no rain. The drought hurts fruit set on apples and pears, slows strawberry growth, and threatens garden seeds while whittier reports a shower helping spirits but corn and oats struggle. Troy Mills notes corn planting started after light rain with good stands and limited replanting needed.
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Hopkinton
Troy Mills
Rowley Farmers Shift to Corn and Soybean Planting
Farmers near Rowley cultivate corn and plan to plant soybeans due to a feared hay shortage. The crop shift reflects concerns over feed and winter fodder availability.
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Rowley
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk
Women report lettuce and radishes from their gardens are later than normal this year. Millersburg notes light showers through the week bring corn up through the ground. Pastures are short but alfalfa shows promise. Deep wells hold out, shallow wells run dry. Gardens vary. peas form on some plants while others emerge. Cherries begin to color and are of fair size.
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The
Gazette
Millersburg
Claire Wemer Iowa Delegate To 4-H Club Congress
Claire Wemer 20, son of Herman and Mrs Wemer of Gibson, named outstanding 4-H club boy in Iowa. He will represent Iowa at the National Club Congress in Washington DC on June 13. He is president of the Iowa 4 H Boys' club, a top dairy calf producer, and has held multiple show honors including Jersey champion showman at Waterloo and state fair, plus Grand Champion Showman last year.
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Sigourney
Claire Wemer
Herman Wemer
Gibson
Iowa
Washington, D C
Claire
Iowa Testing Association
National Congress
Waterloo
Brooder House Burns at Ray Chaplin Farm Near Sand Springs
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a brooder house a kerosene brooder stove and a small number of chicks on the Ray Chaplin farm one mile east of Sand Springs according to a special report to The Gazette.
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Ray Chaplin
Sand Springs
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