Iowa Strawberries Might Bring Higher Price This Year
Iowa fruit reports show strong potential for higher strawberry prices as the season moves north from southern growing areas. Despite drought in parts of the state, some regions see improved outlook with rains aiding pollination and tree fruits, though overall yield may be reduced and quality uneven across counties.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Louisiana
Arkansas
Percy Keehn
Lagomarcino-Grape Company
Missouri
O.K
Herrick
Larrabee To Speak At C T A Picnic In Benton
Frederick Larrabee of Fort Dodge will speak at Benton county C T A picnic at the School for the Blind in Vinton on June 7. Two judging teams will be selected by a contest for competition at the Waterloo daily show.
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Spreial
Vinton
Benton County
School For the Blind
Frederick Larrabee
Fort Dodee
Iowa State Dairy Association
Waterloo
Fires destroy 1000 chicks at Arlington farm
Special to The Gazette reports two fires at the Emil Wegner farm northwest of Arlington. The April 23 blaze killed 500 ten day old chicks and another fire on May 23 destroyed about 500 two day old chicks. Cause undetermined.
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Arlington
E L Nading
Emil Wegner
Tama signers receive $200000 in initial payments
Seven hundred fourteen of 738 Tama county early pay checks were received from AAA headquarters in Washington. Distribution to contract signers will begin Monday, with total payments exceeding $200,000 as the first installment for corn and hog production reductions. The 24 not received were held for minor adjustments. In Linn County, 188 contracts receive $32,183.10 as first installments. Distribution starts at 1 pm Monday in Room 207 Federal Building Cedar Rapids.
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Gazette
Toledo
Tama County
AAA
Washington
Donald Hayes
Tama County Corn and Hog Control Association
Linn County
Center Point
S. M Wiley
The
Corn and Hog Control Association
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
Wiley
Light Butter and Egg Shipments Persist in New York Market
Receipts of butter remain light in New York with four leading markets at 93 percent of last year and eggs at 92 percent. Butter prices stay around 25 cents per pound as storage demand and drought fears influence sentiment. Dressed poultry shows gradual gains while roasters and ducks face competition and meat prices edge higher, yet remain affordable to consumers.
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Colonel L. Brown
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Middle West
Long Island
Conroy Poultrywoman Keeps Comparative Cost Accounts
Mrs Mae Stanerson of Conroy operates a 390 hen Leghorn flock with detailed records to compare costs year by year. She uses an University of Illinois scale to judge profitability, buys feed in bulk, culled hens timely, ships to Chicago grocer, and fuels a 240 acre farm with electric brooders to maximize liveability and reduce losses.
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Conroy
Leghorn
Mae Stanerson
Iowa County
Stanerson
University of Illinois
Chicago
Large corn-hog payments district allotments listed
Grundy Center residents receive three hundred early pay corn hog checks totaling 44,600 on Thursday. A second allotment of 400 checks totals 100,000 arriving Friday. J L Bailey of Lincoln township gets 445.80 and John Geerdes of Shiloh township receives 570 as 231 checks totaling about 40,000 are paid Friday.
Ten Horses Die From Dust Storms In Manchester Area
Special to The Gazette reports at least ten horses in the Manchester community have died from lung dusting after recent dust storms. Four of the animals were within a few miles of each other near Dundee, according to a local veterinarian.
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Gazette
Manchester
Dundee
Cascade-J P Kurt Sells Heavy Steers Near Cascade
The Cascade J P Kurt operation in Dubuque county sold two carloads of 1 225 pound steers Wednesday at Chicago for 875 dollars per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Cascade
J P Kurt
Dubuque County
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Co‑op Installs $2500 Can Washer
The Cedar Rapids Co-operative Dairy at 560 Tenth Street SW installed a $2,500 straightaway can washer and sterilizer in the last week. Cans are dumped, washed, rinsed, scalded, dried, and returned to the truck instantly. The machine uses two steamers, cold and hot water, soap, steam jets, and a drying air flow.
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Cedar Rapids
Drought Persists and Bean Acreage Expansion Planned
Manchester reports a ninth week of extreme drought with only a brief shower as measurable rain. Crops suffer as corn must be replanted, oats are thin, potatoes emerge small but facing potato bug pressure, pastures are short, and an extensive soybean acreage is planned this week while alfalfa endures.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Walford Sees Frost Damage Vines and Replanting Calls
A light frost in Walford on Thursday evening damaged potato and tomato vines. A welcome rain arrived Wednesday. Pastures are short, gardens poor, and many farmers must replant corn.
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Walford
Rain Yields Hope for Wells County Crops
Independence Buchanan county forecasts a good corn crop if rains arrive as corn is growing well though some seed lacks moisture. First alfalfa cutting is promising but short. Early potatoes and gardens need rain. Soybean plantings expected to rise 25 percent versus other seasons.
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Gazette
Independence
Buchanan County
Study Finds Iowa Soybeans Labor Cost Efficient Across Regions
An Ames experiment station survey of 150 farms shows Iowa soybeans need about 10.6 hours man labor and 17.6 hours horse labor per acre with drilling giving higher yields and lower costs. Northern Iowa favors four row drills. southern Iowa relies on solid drilling. Harvest methods vary with binder or combine, and soybeans increasingly serve as hay and green manure.
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Ames
Iowa
Ames Experiment Station
Albert Mighell
H. D. Hughes
F. S. Wilkens
Farm Crops Department
Towa
Hughes
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year
Weather bulletin notes Iowa rainfall to date. May total is 1.00 inch below normal, with overall Jan 1 to date at 4.44 inches and a 5.70 inch deficit since January 1. Normal values are 3.44 inches for May and 10.14 inches by date.
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Iowa
Criticism Rises Over Wallace Aides in Corn and Hog Plan
Iowa farmers and local leaders voice frustration with Henry Wallace and his aides over the corn and hog program. They urge more practical experience, fewer college minds, and timely quota decisions as protests reach Washington and Cedar Rapids.
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Muscatine
AAA
North Western
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Washington
Chicago
National Holiday Association
Wallace Short
Louisa County
Herring
Sand Springs Creamery pays 27 for April butterfat
The Farmers Mutual Creamery at Sand Springs paid twenty seven cents a pound for April butterfat. The plant produced 36,000 pounds of butter in April this year versus 25,000 pounds in April 1933.
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Sand Springs
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Drop in Livestock Rail Rates Planned
The Chicago Daily Drovers Journal reports the Chicago Livestock Exchange transportation committee expects an interstate freight rate cut effective about July 1 to boost rail movement of cattle hogs calves and sheep to Chicago. The plan, filed March 15 and approved on Interstate Commerce docket, targets eastern points from Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Missouri with a June 30 1935 expiration.
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Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Transportation Committee
The
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Chicago
Exchange Transportation Group
Western Trunk Line Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drovers Journal
Missouri River
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Cedar Rapids
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Geo. Gaul & Sons Albin & Gibson
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LINN
Farm Editor
Co-Op Dairy
Civatiou
Ben C. Johnson
Mer
Dial
Gene Fagan
P. C. Lassen
Frost
Marshall
Black Hawk County
Fayette County
Davis County
Wilson
Peking
Virginia
SY International News Service
Mr Wallace
Henry ‘Wallace
Henry
Nra Johnson
E. Cohn & Sons
Rainbow Flour
16Th Ave
R. B
Rmasa
W. L. Matus
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