Iowa Farmers To Be Asked For Suggestions On 1938 Farm Program
Iowa farmers will suggest provisions for the 1938 farm program at a June Ames meeting with AAA officials. State and county planning leaders, extension staff, soil conservation and resettlement reps will attend. County groups will answer questions and forward suggestions for a regional program summary by July 1.
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Iowa
Moines
Ralph Smith
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Iowa Farm Program
AAA
Ames
Smith
State Committee
North Central
Federal Extension Service
Federal Soil Conservation Service
The
Resettlement Administration
Washington
FENCE DRIFT CAUGHT IN THE WOVEN WIRE
A flood of rain caused extensive washouts across eastern Iowa. Roy Metcalf and other farmers reported soil loss and million dollar damage from the recent downpour. Counties including Fayette and Tama sustained notable harm to newly planted corn.
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Roy Metcalf
Fayette
Metcalf
Maynard
Tama
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Launches Campaign For Agricultural Bill
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau announces an aggressive program to enlist every Iowa farmer in support of the new agricultural bill. State president Francis Johnson says the executive committee will meet soon to prepare detailed plans and 10000 copies of the measure and explanations will be sent to county bureaus soil conservation leaders and local members.
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Des Moines
Iowa
American Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Organization
Francis Johnson
Farm Bureau
Johnson
Soil Conservation Committee
Farm Bureau “Minute Men
REA Supporters Fight Power Firm Bid For Franchise
In Iowa City Johnson county supervisors scheduled to hear objections to Iowa City Light and Power's petition for a 215 mile rural electric line franchise. An objection with 147 names was filed, supporters of the REA program in Johnson County are cited. Frank Krall, REA committee member and board chair, faces pressure to resign. The case includes a loan decision pending in Washington to back lines serving 500 farmers.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Iowa City Light and Power Company
REA
Johnson County
Frank Krall
Board of Supervisors
Krall
Ed Opfel
REA Development
Washington
Biggest And Best Fair Season Forecast From Iowa Groups
Independence Chamber of Commerce and Jesup Lions join with eastern Iowa fair managers in a large planning meeting. William J. Campbell hosts and the Lions club quartet performs as organizers predict a record fair season with events across Grundy Center to Cedar Rapids and beyond. The next association meeting is June 17 at Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids.
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Independence
Independence Chamber of Commerce
Jesup
Campbell
Lions Club
L. F. Dodge
E. R. Cope
E. A. Brown
W. W. Biasier
Grundy Center
Osage
Nashua
Elkader
Central City
Cresco
Town State Fair
Tipton
Waterloo
Waukon
Montrose
Cedar Rapids
Nine district farm tours set to visit Iowa State campus
AMES Grant Chapman announced nine district tours to the Ames campus in June drawing over 2,000 farm visitors. Districts schedule dates from June 16 to June 30, with programs at the dairy, agronomy and experimental farms and access to college buildings, greenhouses and gardens. District chairman names lead the organization across counties including Brooklyn Sigourney Spirit Lake Creston Harlan Allison Decorah Fort Dodge and Knoxville.
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Ames
Grant Chapman
Iowa State College
East Central District
Southeastern
Northwestern
Southwestern
Central
North Central
Northeastern
Monona Creamery Pays 37 For Top Butterfat
Monona The Monona Cooperative Creamery paid patrons 37 cents a pound for first grade butterfat and 36 cents for second grade delivered in April. Ben Gulsvig buttermaker reports 55,927 pounds of butter were manufactured from 45,131 pounds of butterfat received.
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Monona
Monona Cooperative Creamery Company
Ben Gulsvig
Milking Shorthorn Picnic Set Near McGregor in Iowa
The Milking Shorthorn Breeders Association of northeast Iowa holds its annual picnic next Wednesday on the Irvin F Meyer farm west of McGregor. Local residents have the weekend before to answer sale ads and make plans for the event.
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Mcgregor
Milking Shorthorn Breeders Association
Iowa
Irvin F. Meyer
The Class of 1937 Graduation in Quiet Church Ceremony
A church graduation scene unfolds as the class of 1937 processes in with soft music and pastel dresses. Parents and students share hopeful, misty pride while noting limited facilities and the promise of future success. A country woman reflects on commencement hopes for the graduates.
Corn Cultivation Begins in Troy Mills Area
Corn planting started in the Troy Mills vicinity but rain hampers plowing as weeds sprout in waterlogged fields. Gooseberry and currant bushes are sprayed for worms though rain washes away the treatment. Early cherry and plum trees show fruit set, and locals report radishes onions and lettuce from garden plots.
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Troy Mills
Training School for Fair Judges Planned June 16 18
AMES Iowa tenth annual livestock Judging conference promotes uniform judging at fairs and show ring rules. Open to breeders agents educators and students, it runs June 16 17 and 18 with half day sessions on beef cattle dairy cattle sheep draft horses and hogs. A gold medal will be awarded to the judging winner.
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Ames
Iowa
College Animal Husbandry Department
Bit Caught In Breast Strap Fatal To Horse
Buckingham farmer James Maar was driving home a team from the Henry Schroeder farm when a bit ring caught on the breast strap of the harness. The horse choked and died before help could arrive, dropping dead on the pavement as the owner struggled to draw near.
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the Gazette
Buckingham
James Maar
Henry Schroeder
Music for the cows at Haas dairy farm in Iowa county
John Haas of Sumner township Iowa county adds an electric radio and milking machine to his dairy barn. His Holstein herd ranks near the top in the Iowa county dairy contest for butterfat production.
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Marengo
John Haas
Sumner Township
Iowa County
Haas
Iowa County Contest Association
May hog receipts set record low for the month
Interior buyers took in 324 700 hogs by Thursday making May the lightest on record. Totals may reach about 360 000, roughly 30 percent below May last year and about 20 percent lighter than the prior light May in 1935. Prices held with limited trade amid lean consumer support, wholesale pork rising but overall market quiet.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Hired as 4-H Club Agent in Fayette
William T. Diamond of Faulkner was employed by Fayette county Farm Bureau directors as 4-H club agent to begin work June 7. He will complete an animal husbandry course June 14 at Ames after returning from 1936 4-H work in Dallas County and Iowa State College studies. Diamond, raised on a Franklin County farm, held state fairs judging titles in 1931 and 1932 and was part of the Franklin County judging team coached by W. B. Hamilton.
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the Gazette
Fayette
Wiliam T. Diamond
Faulkner
Fayette County
Iowa
Waterloo
Franklin County
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
150000 Tomato Plants Arrive for Columbus Junction Area
A shipment of 150000 tomato plants arrived Thursday for the local canning factory. Orville Sparrow, owner and operator, said farmers and truck growers in the vicinity will plant and harvest tomatoes under contract for the facility.
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Columbus Junction
Orville Sparrow
New Iowa Weed Law Sets Up County Noxious Weed Officers
Iowa’s new weed control act takes effect May 20 and requires county and township boards to appoint weed commissioners. Cities may appoint their own, with board approval. Commissioners serve one year and are paid from the county fund. Primary weeds include quack grass and Canada thistle. secondary weeds include wild mustard and sour duck. The state weed commissioner is Secretary of Agriculture Thomas L. Curran. The act allows temporary designation of any weed as noxious if it poses a serious pest, triggering destruction by the county supervisors.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Board of Supervisors
County General Fund
Secretary of Agriculture
Thomas L. Curran
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
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