Reed Reports 96 Percent Of The Corn Planted Nine Days Early
Iowa crop report notes 96 percent of corn planted, 14 percent ahead of normal and nine days earlier than typical. Warmth and timely rains aiding oats, barley, flax, and pastures, with good progress in plowing for soybeans and notable early harvest scenes in Linn and Cedar counties.
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Reed
ES Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Federal Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Decorah
Fremont
Montgomery
Hancock
North Central
FENCE DRIFT AND LIMEROCK SLABS AT TROY MILLS
A report notes fence drift caught in woven tire near Troy Mills. Keen observers mention a Keen appearing Limerock slab curb by the bridge on both sides of the road at Troy Mills. The inland town beside the Wapsie River shows potential.
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Troy Mills
Tama Listed Among Counties Considering Soil Districts
Iowa announces preliminary steps toward forming soil conservation districts in seven more counties. Guthrie Jasper Tama Wayne Jefferson Sioux and Appanoose join eight counties with districts formed and six with formation under way.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Guthrie
Jasper
Tama
Wayne
Jefferson
Sioux
Appanoose
Randalia farm cattle shed blown down by wind
A 24 by 40 foot cattle shed at the Hugh Mabon farm a quarter mile south of Randalia was blown down in a wind and rain storm Monday afternoon. Two trees including a large apple tree were uprooted and minor damage was caused to telephone and electric wires in Randalia.
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Randalia
Hugh Mabon
Angus Average 984 In Illinois Auction Sets Record
Pleasant Plains Angus cattle averaged 984 dollars Monday at the J Garrett Tolan sale, the breed's highest auction average in twenty years. Eight bulls averaged 2206 dollars and 41 cows and heifers 745 dollars, with top bull at 8200 and top cow at 6700. Rose Hill breeders John and Elliott Brown also sold a senior yearling bull for 3000 dollars to a Rhinebeck NY show herd owner and a junior yearling for 500 dollars to Frank Plummer of Marion.
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Pleasant Plains
J. Garrett Tolan
Rose Hill
John and
Elliott Brown
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Frank Plummer
Marion
Considerable Corn Spaced At Three Feet In Cedar County
Cedar County farmers adopt three foot corn spacing to boost yields. A notable number bought new planter wire and some farmers are drilling corn. County Agent Howard Hamilton says the three foot method will still be used by under five percent of local farmers.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Howard Hamilton
Dairy Commission Leader to Address CTA Picnic at Spencer's Grove
Elmer Smith of Volga Iowa district dairy advertising committee member of the Iowa dairy commission will speak at the Wapsie Valley Herd Improvement association annual picnic June 3 at Spencer's Grove ten miles south of Independence The program includes a judging contest on the Roy Muchmore farm two miles southwest of Rowley Floyd Arnold extension dairy man from Ames will attend.
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Independence
Elmer Smith
Volga
City
Dairy Advertising Committee
Iowa Dairy Commission
Wapsie Valley Herd Improvement Association
Spencer’s Grove
Roy Muchmore
Rowley
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Wapello and Van Buren Choruses Rated Excellent
Wapello and Van Buren choruses were rated excellent in the southeast Iowa singing tourney held in Mount Pleasant. Louisa county chorus sang but did not compete due to having won in a previous annual meet. judge S. C. Ham of Iowa Wesleyan College officiated.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Wapello
van Buren
S. C. Ham
Iowa Wesleyan College
Louisa County Farm Women
Rural electrification project may proceed in Iowa
The REA informs Rep. Karl LeCompte that the T I P rural electrification project in Iowa appears feasible but final action is delayed due to exhausted funds. The cooperative seeks about 160000 to add 274 miles of lines in Tama Poweshiek Keokuk Benton and Johnson counties, supplementing a prior 160000 allotment for 180 miles in the same areas except Johnson. The delay cites 1940 41 appropriations nearly exhausted and pending Iowa requests awaiting new funds.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Karl M LeCompte
Iowa
Tama
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Benton
Johnson
Fayette Rally Day Set by 4-H June 4
Fayette county 4-H girls plan Rally Day on June 4 with a Good Citizens Good Neighbors program to promote national defense. A Pan American fiesta, speeches by Rev A J Kindred Paul E McElroy and J F Ingels, officer installations, an honorary member, song festival and grooming contest are on the schedule from 9 30 a m to 4 p m.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Meta Jane Masters
A. J. Kindred
Paul E. McElroy
Farm Bureau
J. F. Ingels
Allamakee DHIA Picnic Set for June 8 at Waukon Park
The Allamakee county DHIA picnic is scheduled for June 8 in Waukon Park. A basket dinner will precede livestock judging at the Dr. C. W. Rominger Swiss farm in Union Prairie township. The two top individuals will represent the association as a judging team at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress this fall.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Waukon Park
East Iowa Fair Managers To Discuss Problems Friday
East Iowa Fair Managers association meets in Monticello to discuss handling of community and county fairs. Jones county fair hosts with representation from Osage Decorah Nashua Waverly Cresco Eldon Independence Maquoketa Marshalltown West Liberty Tipton Eldora Postville National West Union Monticello and more. Special guests include Iowa State Fair board officials and Iowa secretary of state Mark Thornburg. A fried catfish luncheon will be served.
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Monticello
Eastern Iowa Fair Managers Association
Jones County Fair Board
Osage
Decorah
Nashua
Waverly
Cresco
Eldon
Independence
Maquoketa
Marshalltown
West Liberty
Tipton
Eldora
Postville
National
West Union
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Jones County
Carl Smith
Best Judges Determined At Fayette C T A Picnic
Fay ette Dairy Herd Improvement Association No 1 held its annual picnic and judging contest in Fayette. Two Jersey classes at McLeish and Sons farm and one Holstein class at W G Lincoln and Son farm were judged. The top teams were Elmer McLeish with Ralph Alshouse first, Clyde Lincoln with Donald Oelrich second, with McLeish and Lincoln named to represent at the Dairy Cattle congress and Oelrich and Bassett as alternates.
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Oelwein
Fayette Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1
McLeish and Sons Farm
W. G. Lincoln and Son Farm
Elmer McLeish
Ralph Alshouse
Clyde Lincoln
Donald Oelrich
Dairy Cattle Congress
George Bassett
Permanent Parity Law Proposed
Washington AP reports Senator Bankhead seeks a permanent price pegging system for major crops as part of the farm program. The measure would build on Roosevelt’s parity loan plan and aim to stabilize cotton, wheat, and corn income with changes to acreage allotments and penalties for excess marketing. Congressional talks on farm funding continue amid calls to reconcile parity payments and soil conservation funds.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate House
House
Senate
Joint Congressional Committee
Farm Notes From Cedar Rapids and Nearby Areas
SARNYARD Roy Lassen of Benton County farms near Dysart with 20 sows 132 pigs 190 steers and 109 heifers. Lyle Tompkins of Wyoming feeds a 40 head Angus herd. Alfalfa ground hosts 2,000 turkeys. Farm Loans and financing details offered by The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids. Potato insect control advice cites Iowa State College Extension Bulletin P18 sulfur dust method plus calcium arsenate mix. Lime spreading for alfalfa at C J Opfer farm west of Monticello.
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Roy Lassen
Benton County
Dysart
Mr. Lassen
Lyle Tompkins
Wyoming
Iowa
Colorado
Iowa State College Extension
Here's A Bright Idea Here's A Bright Idea
Washington AP reports a proposal to start a large scale food drying program to preserve surplus grains fruits and vegetables. Delegates at a national nutrition conference support portable dryers to convert yield into stable powder enabling county level operations and new farm income.
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Washington
United States
Jackson County Feeders Tour Chicago Stockyards
Thirty four Jackson County livestock producers traveled by chartered bus to the Union Stockyards in Chicago to study grades of fat steers cows heifers calves and swine and current prices. County Agent F E Krause joined the group. An additional sixty producers from eastern Iowa across twelve counties will visit June 5 and 6 to learn grading and marketing of meat in the Chicago market led by Herman Aaberg of Ames Iowa with the Chicago Producers Commission association.
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Gazette
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Union
Chicago
F. E. Krause
Iowa
Herman Aaberg
Ames
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Linn Dairy Promotion To Be Planned Saturday
Linn county dairy month promotion chairman R. L. Stallman invites dairy producers distributors and manufacturers to a 1 30 p m meeting May 31 at the Farm Bureau office Cedar Rapids post office building to map Linn county dairy promotion efforts for June in cooperation with other counties and states
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R. L. Stallman
Linn County
Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Natex 10 Day Trial Promises Relief From Constipation
A fervent sales pitch promotes Natex a 10 day relief plan claiming to flush wastes from constipation and ease headaches bad breath digestion and nervous unrest. Endorsed by diverse workers it urges testing the product with meals three times daily after which use is limited. Sold by K and M Pharmacy 100 Second Avenue SE with a $100 reward for proof of truthfulness.
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Nature
Natex
K & M Pharmacy
Podzimek’s
Second Avenue SE
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Linn
Francis Thomson
Mechanicsville
Acre
Leonard Serbousek
Raymond Butler
Serbousek
Wapsie Couse
Ashton
Ashton's Chick & Feed Store
Sixteenth Avenue Southweat
Angus
Illinois
Dairy Commission
C.T.A
Wapello and
T.I.P. Rea
MR. Crock
Ah-Er-Lim
Joe Wet Wonder
Tema
Williams
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Allamakee Dhia
East Iowa
Fayette C.T.A
Sarnyard
Farm Service Department
Peoples Savings Bank
C. J. Opfer
Mr. Opfer
Guernsey
Linn Dairy
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9Th Ave
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