Congdon and Battles Angus Auction Sets Prices All Around
Fifty bulls and cows sold at Congdon and Battles Angus sale with 49 head averaging 216 dollars. Bulls averaged 212 dollars with 20 bulls. 29 cows and heifers averaged 219 dollars. Three bulls and one 23 year old heifer brought 400 dollars each to top the sale, with buyers from Iowa and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Iowa
Aquoreta
Congdon and
George Baker
Leon
F. P. Ivy
West Point
Miss
Stanley Pierce and Son
Creston, Il
W. B. Watkins
Berryville
Watkins
Pond Mareanhale
Wanmind
Fence Drift and Quiet Rain Above the Creek
A barefoot boy walks a muddy creek bank fishing with a willow stick. He recalls damp days, simple clothes, and a carefree mood when rain or sun brings only fun and a nostalgic kinship with childhood.
Fayette Cow Test Assn No 4 to Meet in West Union
Annual meeting of Fayette Cow Test association No 4 set for Monday in West Union with speaker Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairyman. Kenneth Kerr Clermont led the group last year while George Fenton served as tester. The association has twenty six members.
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West Union
Fayette Cow Test Association
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Dairyman
Kenneth Kerr
Clermont
George Fenton
Hogs Bring $12 At Chicago Market Monday
Marengo-Hilmer Head marketed a mixed load of cattle and hogs on the Chicago market Monday. The hogs sold at $12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo
Hilmer Head
Chicago
Corn Experiment May Reveal How New Species Formed
Ames Iowa State College geneticists report that the sweet corn variety Black Mexican carries from two to eight extra chromosomes. Dr. E W Lindstrom notes the extra chromosomes have not shown to carry genes, so new species would form by gene mutation and translocation, with no immediate prospect of a new corn species.
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Gazette
Ames
Iowa State College
E W. Lindstrom
Department of Genetics
Lindstrom
Lamb Pool Scheduled At Sigourney June 18
The Gazette reports a Lamb Pool committee formed to organize the event in Sigourney on June 18. Members include D Wo Bruns and ST Yates of Sigourney, Vibert Mateer of What Cheer, and VF Zepp Hedrick.
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Lamb Pool
Sigourney
Speria
Sigourney Committee
D Wo Bruns
Sigour
New ST
36 Cents Paid For Top Butterfat At Wellman
Wellman dairy reports top butterfat at 36 cents per pound for sweet cream, with the Kraft manager and buttermaker noting early May production and favorable conditions. The feature highlights pricing and dairy quality signals from the local creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Kraft
Butter Prices Seen Relatively High This Summer
Iowa State College economists predict relatively high butter prices this summer due to rising production and strong consumer demand. Butter production has been unusually low this spring, but pasture growth may lift milk output. peak butter production normally arrives in June, with dairymen not expecting a stronger market until 1937 crops are harvested. Butterfat prices lag feed costs, trading at about half the value of feed compared with last year.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa State College
Resettlement Loans Repaid Across Five States Near Two Million
Indianapolis report shows farmers repaid almost 2 million dollars on resettlement loans in Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa and Missouri. RC. Smith says 84 percent of maturities since July 1 1935 are paid amid 1936 drought losses. April late repayments indicate the 2 million total will be surpassed by fiscal year end. John F Smith notes loans cover standard rehabilitation cooperative and community service emergency and drought loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndianapolis
Resettlement Administration
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
RC. Smith
Smith
Hog Lab Farm To Start Soon Near Ames
Des Moines AP state board of education will begin development of a regional swine breeding laboratory at the Henry F Woodruff farm four miles south of Ames once title to the 342 acre site passes in about three weeks. The Morrill act endowment funds cover the $125 per acre purchase and anticipated fencing and plant equipment by the federal government. The state college will supervise operations and derive revenue from hog sales, with other states also bidding for the project.
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Des Moines
Henry F Woodruff
Ames
State Board of Education
Towa
Board of Education
Towa State College
Sterv
Boone
State College
Pierson
Clarence Paul Pruess Sells Livestock for Chicago Market
Clarence Paul Pruess shipped thirty two head of cattle to Chicago for the Monday market. The consignment included twenty five heavy steers averaging 1363 pounds and selling at 12.85 per hundredweight.
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Bpectai
Chazette
Clarence
Paul Pruess
Chicago
Argentine venture yields inbreds for Des Moines seed firm
Des Moines AP says a hybrid seed corn company raised an extra crop of inbreds in Argentina to boost next year's corn belt supply. Two crops grown in a year allowed recovery from drought and frost losses, with no seed sold and harvest shipped to the United States six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Argentina
Murray Brawner
Robert Wood
Duggan
Buenos Aires
United States
Grimes and Rolfe
Flora
Ind
Contour Cropping Trials in Iowa County Farms
Iowa County Farm Bureau funds soil conservation tests across four contour farming plots on CF Feller Hartford and Cornelius Faltinson Hilton farms to study erosion and yield. Pasture experiments on four local farms test reseeding, clover mixes, liming, and superphosphate while Marengo High students assist Harry Lanelis in Sumner township testing fourteen hybrid corn varieties with moisture normalization.
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Gazette Marengo
Iowa County Farm Bureau
Feller
Hartford Township
Cornelius Faltinson
Hilton
Paul Burson
Roy Denzler
Washington Township
C. F. Feller
Hartford
P J Cunningham
Dayton
Amana Society
Marengo High School
Harry Lanelis
Sumner Township
Dandelions Killed By White Kerosene
Iowa State College botanist W. E. Loomis introduces a fall kerosene spray to kill dandelions. A pint per square foot in late September yellows both grass and weeds, but bluegrass regrows while dandelions die. Purity of kerosene is key to avoid bluegrass damage. fall application suits large patches and prevents summer seeding. The method, after ten years of testing, has largely cleared parts of the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
St Paul
Iowa State College
W. E. Loomis
Webster farm plowed and planted corn to aid sick owner
Neighbors and friends gathered Saturday with tractors and teams to Ora Henry's farm near Webster. They plowed disced and planted Henry's corn as he has been ill for a month and cannot work the field. Helpers included Virgil Long Byron Snakenberry Dale Mikesell Donald Herrick and Charles Kitzman.
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The
Gazette
Webster
Ora Henry
Mr. Henry
Henry
Virgil Long
Byron Snakenberry
Dale Mikesell
Donald Herrick
Charles Kitzman
Fifty Holsteins Entered For Show At West Union
More than fifty head of purebred Holstein cattle have been selected from area herds to exhibit in the district Holstein show set for June 11 at West Union. Representing herds include Fred Pieplow Aurora A M Doughty W H Turner and Wilkinson and Miehe Fayette M E Talcott Randalia Herbert Malven and Carl Miehe Maynard and Forest Hamlett Lamont Floyd Johnston Ames extension staff will judge. A separate judging contest for men women and youths under 21 will also be held.
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West Union
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
A M. Doughty
W H. Turner
Wilkinson
Miehe
Fayette
M. E. Talcott
Randalia
Herbert Malven
Carl Miehe
Maynard
Forest Hamlett
Lamont
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Department
Jones county girls 4-H rally set for June 8 at Anamosa
Anamosa hosts the Jones county girls 4-H club rally day on June 8, announced by county 4-H chairman Mrs Harold Hartman. The eleven local 4-H clubs in Jones include 134 members with sixteen leaders and assistant leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Harold Hartman
Jones
Farmers Move Cattle To Summer Pastures In Troy Mills
Farmers around Troy Mills begin summer grazing for cattle and calves on river bottoms and higher rented pastures. First corn plantings are up and by week’s end most planting and all plowing should be finished.
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Troy Mills
Hog market report from Cedar county feeders
Mechanicville Wright and Blair Cedar county feeders received 12.05 per hundredweight for sixty hogs averaging 260 pounds at the Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Wright and Blair
Cedar County
Chicago
Half of the corn planted in Fayette West Union
Northern Fayette county reports about half of the corn acreage planted by Monday morning despite cool spells. Farmers worked Sunday and some fields were not yet dry enough. Early corn is up with some replanted, oats and grass thriving, rye heading, alfalfa set for first cut in about eighteen days, fruit trees bloomed two weeks late, and sheep shearing began due to muddy fields.
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Gazette
West Union
Fayette County
Farmer First to Begin Cultivating Corn in Community
Frank Pealer, a farmer between Wyoming and Onslow, started cultivating corn planted May 6 on Monday. He is the first in the area to begin cultivation.
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Wyoming
Frank Pealer
Onslow
Corn Planting Near Walker Reports Good Stands
The Gazette notes almost all corn planted around Walker with early sprouts visible. Lloyd Lala and William Callan farms show good stands, oats prosper, and prospects point to a strong fruit crop. Some farmers are plowing for soybeans.
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the Gazette
Walker
Lloyd Lala
William Callan
Berger Bros Spraying South Amana Orchard for Moth Control
Paul and Theodore Berger spray the South Amana orchard this week to prevent coddling moth infestations. The brothers use standard orchard treatment to protect fruit and yields.
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South Amana
Paul
Theodore Berger
Weather notes on crops in Webster area
Most corn in this section is planted and early fields are up ready to plow next week. Rye and winter wheat heading out pasture good and alfalfa ready to cut in a couple weeks. Radishes and lettuce ready for use. Strawberries in bloom and promise a good crop here.
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Webster
Grasshoppers Begin To Hatch In Keokuk County
Sigourney station prepares poison grasshopper bait with materials arriving this week. Keokuk county farmers report hoppers hatching in every township. Farm Bureau office to fill orders for the bait.
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Keokuk County
Sigourney
Farm Bureau
Linn Co-Ops Meet Planned at Central City
Linn county cooperative groups will gather Wednesday evening at the Central City school house. Speakers from the Ames extension service and representatives of local enterprises will address the meeting, announced by BH Johnson, manager of the local creamery.
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Linn
Central City
Linn County
Ames Extension Service
BH. Johnson
Dogs Kill Sheep at Grinnell Farm
Grinnell resident John Siehl reports dogs killed eleven sheep and injured six more on a farm north of Grinnell early last Sunday. The six injured sheep are not expected to survive.
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Grinnell
John Siehl
Vacation in the country a boy’s idea of heaven
A country woman extols simple summer peace as children enjoy garden days, gopher traps, birds nests, berry patches, and renewed chores, cherishing vacation time before it ends.
Poultry Industry Day Set at Ames on June 15
Ames extension official AMES A D Oderkirk announced the annual Poultry Industry Day will be on the campus June 15. About 150 to 200 poultry raisers hatcherymen and other visitors are expected. Three out of state speakers Prof E M Funk James Gwin and Reese Hicks will headline the program with several Iowa and extension staff and industry officials also speaking. The event is sponsored by the poultry husbandry department and the agricultural economics section of the extension service.
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AMES
A. D. Oderkirk
Prof
E. M. Funk
University of Missouri
Columbia
James Gwin
Armour and Company
Chicago
Reese Hicks
George Wineinger
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Des Moines
Homer Hush
Hugh E. Gordon
Marion
Mr. Oderkirk
Poultry Industry Day
Poultry Husbandry Department
Agricultural Economics
Extension Service
Nineteen Air Mapping Contracts Awarded for 176 662 Sq Miles
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced nineteen contracts totaling 753 909 65 dollars for aerial mapping across 176 662 square miles in twenty two states. Contracts include Iowa to Gatschet Aerial Survey 44786 80 dollars Nebraska to Arthur N Mc Aninch Aerial Survey 44836 03 dollars South Dakota to Southwestern Aerial Surveys Inc 49398 00 dollars.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Iowa
Gatschet
Des Moines
Nebraska
Arthur N. Mc
Cedar County Wool Pool Set For Tipton June 1 2
Cedar county wool growers will pool their wool at Tipton on June 1 and on June 2 it will be trucked to the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association headquarters in Des Moines for marketing.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Gazette
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Des Moines
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