Iowa crop bulletin notes chinch bug threat eased by rains
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports southern Iowa drought counties have seen the chinch bug menace greatly reduced. Eastern counties still face possible damage where infestation was worst. Dry conditions hinder field work in the south, while corn planting runs about three days late but progressing. Some southern fields show seed rot from cold, wet soil and beans may see late planting to replace drowned corn. In Winthrop, farmers rush to finish planting by Memorial Day as rotted seed forces replanting.
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ES Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Winthrop
FENCE DRIFT AND Early Garden Notes From Decorah Meantime
Rainfall measured 0.41 inches boosts growing conditions as topsoil dries. In Marengo farmers gauge 5 months rainfall at 1.19 inches, with May adds up to 6.53 inches. Moisture from autumn seasons leaves subsoil with better moisture for 1935. gardens show onions radishes lettuce peas asparagus potatoes progressing.
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Marengo
Replanting Boosts Corn Planting Across North English Area
North English South English Wellman and Millersburg farmers press fresh corn plantings as rains delay progress. Many replant entire fields while most replant one or two. lateness and cold wet weather blamed on germination issues. Groundwork for soybean planting begins pending suitable weather.
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Wellman
Millersburg
Weather Delays Hit Local Planting and Cabbage Losses
Special to The Ganette reports Delta rains slow corn planting with under half of the crop in. Pastures thrive while cut worms prosper in cool wet weather. About 100 of 1600 cabbage plants set by Mrs. Frank Caywood survived the damage from pests. Webster sees continued delays into June as rains persist with plowing nearly done, early corn turning weedy and some fields needing replanting.
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Frank Caywood
Gazette
Webster
Early planted corn shows through ground in Littleton area
In Littleton the early planted corn is nearly all visible above the soil, signaling progress of spring planting and favorable field conditions for farmers in the district.
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Littleton
Head Of Livestock Handled By Iowa City Co-op
Johnson county Farmers Livestock Marketing association reports year ended April 30 with 18,060 head weighing 4,932,040 pounds and gross sales of 285,709.13. Manager E L Hegg announced at annual meeting. directors elected Gene Colony Carl Hastings John Thomas. officers Paul Coulter president William Verry secretary. I W Arthur Ames extension service spoke on strengthening packer and stockyards administration.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Farmers Livestock Marketing Association
E. L. Hegg
Gene Colony
Carl Hastings
John Thomas
Paul Coulter
William Verry
I. W. Arthur
Ames Extension Service
Packer and Stockyards Administration
Enrolment Grows in Buchanan 4-H Livestock Projects
Dale E. Irwin reports Buchanan 4-H club enrollment up with thirty boys in ninety three projects to date. Thirty dairy heifer participants feed thirty two head including six purebred Jerseys and four purebred Guernseys among others. Sixteen boys manage twenty three baby beef head and fourteen run about thirty market barrows. Seven boys to show yearling colts at the county fair as colt clubs form in Cone Jefferson Perry and Buffalo townships.
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Reecal
Independence
Dale E. Irwin
Buchanan
Hereford
Ayrshire
Market Barrow
Cone
Jefferson
Perry
Buffalo
Hog market prices reported for Jones county hogs
August Latare, a Jones county farmer, sold 23 hogs averaging 237 pounds on the Chicago market at 10.20 per hundredweight and 25 hogs averaging 278 pounds at 10.10 per hundredweight.
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Anamosa
Latare
Jones County
Chicago
Bowman Advises Iowa Moratorium Laws For Farm Refinancings
Iowa farm debt adviser M L Bowman urged farmers who used the Frazier Lemke act to refinance to seek state moratorium protections. With the act ruled unconstitutional by the U S Supreme Court, those not yet foreclosed should request a March 1 1937 extension. foreclosures with judgments must appeal to the state supreme court within four months. Those who acted after a foreclosure sale face no extension.
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DES Moines
Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council
United States Supreme Court
M. L. Bowman
Council
Bowman
State Supreme Court
Foreclosure petitions stack in district court
Special to The Gazette Marengo five new foreclosure actions filed, totaling 27 075 21 across 417 62 acres. One petition involves Northwestern Mutual Life against Joseph Share estate et al. Other cases Bechtel Trust Co of Davenport versus Geo O and Carrie F Septer eighty acres 7 145 51 Henry Kohrs estate of Davenport versus George G Stanard estate et al 40 acres 1 545 plus fees FE Eddy versus Mollie Betz Walworth Farmers Savings bank receivership and David Cooperider 137 62 acres 6 562 98 First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago versus Amandus and Elizabeth Wagner 160 acres 11 821 72.
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Gasette Marengo
District Court
Northwestern Mutual Life
Joseph Share
Bechtel Trust Company of
Davenport
Geo. O
Carrie F
Lightning Kills Cow and Mule at Baird Farm
A cow and a mule were killed on the Arthur Baird farm near North English on Monday morning when a cottonwood tree was struck by lightning.
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Arthur Baird
Here
Extraordinary Guernsey cow Alice shines in herd record
In the Endsley and Rummels herd one mile south of West Branch, Alice the Guernsey cow is in her thirtieth month of lactation and still yields over a pound of butterfat daily. Her heifer calf has produced since November first, and Alice has produced 1,376 pounds of butterfat in two years, plus 587 pounds in twelve months after nine months of lactation, ranking second in the West Branch Cow Test. Fresh since Dec 7, 1932, she is in calf after a long breeding halt due to an individual condition, not Bang's disease, and responds to treatment.
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West Branch
Guernsey
Alice
Endsley and Rummels
West Branch Cow Test Association
Bang
Truckers Bring Posts To Iowa And Take Back Corn
Missouri truckers haul posts to Iowa to supply corn needs at Farmers Elevator. Adolph Babbinet, Dan Conry, Roy Gravatt, Roy Kern, and Thomas Hayes each deliver large bushels, Mutual Life Insurance adds 800, and George Beenken manages the elevator while Missouri trucks reload shelled corn at night to prevent delays.
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Buckingham
Farmers Elevator Company
Missouri
Adolph Babbinet
Voorhies
Dan Conry
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Roy Gravatt
Roy Kern
Thomas Hayes
George Beenken
Willie Willis New Kid Impresses With Style
Willie Willis, the new student, draws attention for his neat attire and fresh wardrobe choices. Teachers note his punctual arrival and confident demeanor as he settles into the classroom routine.
Moisture Conditions Hopeful For Sioux City Farmers This Summer
In Sioux City area moisture is at its best in ten years with six to eight feet of ground soaked by persistent rains. Winter wheat and grasses show excellent growth, aided by cool weather and plentiful rain. While planting slowed, nearly all corn is in the ground, though some replanting may be needed due to rotting.
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Sioux City
Dakotas
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Morley cattle shipment moves from Olin and Onslow
Harry Miller of Olin received two cart loads of western yearling white faces to finish on pasture this summer. The lot totaled seventy three head. A second carload was sent to Oxford Junction, unloaded, and driven to a farm near Onslow.
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Morley
Harry Miller
Olin
Oxford Junction
Onslow
Fayette dairy team seeks 3500 to sail to London contest
Fayette county dairy judging team seeks 3500 to cover costs for the international dairy judging contest in London July 3. E M Wright reports pledges include 150 from Holstein Breeders Iowa and 25 from Floyd Johnson Ames. a 1000 is hoped by Friday to reserve steamship Normandy for coach B W Lodwick and team members Robert Putman Arlington Leonard Talcott Randallia Grover Miehe Maynard Paul Harrison Maynard.
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Waterloo
Normandy
Fayette County
E. M. Wright
Town Dairy Association
England
London
Holstein Breeders Association of Iowa
Floyd Johnson
Ames Dairy Extension Service
Wright
New York
United States
Robert Putman
Arlington
Leonard Talcott
Randalia
Grover Miehe
Maynard
Paul Harrison
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette
Dubuque Test Ass'n Averages 312.2 Lbs Butterfat For Year
Dyersville notes show 498 cows across 25 members averaged 7 344 pounds of milk and 312.2 pounds of butterfat. Vaske Holstein herd led with 10 428 pounds milk and 361.8 butterfat, while 27 cows sold for dairy use and 71 for beef. Officers listed: Russell Hawkins president Albert Fox vice president William Beyer secretary treasurer.
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Dyersville
Dubuque County
Alfred P. Breitbach
Jersey
Chris Baier
Epworth
Guernsey
William Hawkins
Dubuque
J. H. Vaske
Vaske
Russel Hawkins
Albert Fox
William Beyer
Albert Panteratz
Harold Kuntz
West Branch and Traer establish vocational agriculture depts
AMES The Traer and West Branch schools vote to start vocational agriculture departments next year. Instructors will be H H Radke of Kel ley at Tracer and H R Alleman of Stockton Ill at West Branch. Other districts Voting yes include Decorah Osage Leon Mediapolis and Northwood.
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AMES
Traer
West Branch
H. H. Radke
Kelley
Tracer
H. R. Alleman
Stockton, Ill
Decorah
Osage
Leon
Mediapolis
Northwood
Tipton Ag Students Win Dairy Judging Contest
M. A. Crary, instructor in Tipton schools, announces his class of forty-two agriculture students won first place in the fifth cow judging contest sponsored by a dairy publication at Fort Atkinson Wisconsin. The Tipton class led eighteen Iowa schools with a score of 387.9.
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Tipton
M. A. Crary
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Iowa
Heavier Hogs Signal Profit in Feeding Trends
The Ames extension circular Farm Facts notes heavier hogs reaching markets since March 1, with notable gains in May. Chicago and western markets show higher weights though still below normal. farmers are feeding more corn to lift hog weights as hog prices rise, improving profitability despite high feed costs.
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The
Gazette
AMES
Ames Extension
Chicago
Omaha
Sioux City
Dairy production hints at year to year drop
Washington reports May 1 milk output 2 percent below a year earlier while per cow production rises 2.4 percent. Fewer milk cows mean overall output about 2 percent lower than last year. Hay and grain stocks are tight but pastures are better than last year.
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Bureau of ‘Agricultural Economics
Washington
Bureau
100 Acres Of Cucumbers Contracted Near Delta
Delta pickle plant head Watson Utterback reports over 100 acres of cucumbers contracted this year after last year’s drought halted operations. The plant resumes work and aims to harvest the crop for processing.
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Delta
Watson Utterback
Demand for cattle keen in the Dakotas
Howard Thomp s son of Cedar Rapids, fieldman for a Chicago co operative livestock commission firm, said demand for cattle is keen in the Dakotas after recent rains. He spoke to Benton county cattlemen, noting cattle will graze in many feed lots after corn harvest. Dakota farmers are optimistic about crops this year. He and Rex Beresford of Ames plan more cattle feeder meetings in Toledo and State Center.
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Garetts
Pukwana
Thomson
Dakota
Thompson
Rex Bereseford
Ames
Toledo
State Center
Buchanan Dairymen Plan Field Day On June 4
INDEPENDENCE The annual reorganization meeting picnic and field day of the Wapsi Valley Contest association is set for June 4 at the R A Nelson farm 1 1/2 miles northeast of Independence Earl N Shultz Ames extension dairy specialist will supervise a judging contest at 10 30 am to select a two man team to represent the association at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo this fall Other events include music by the Hazleton Little German Band horseshoe pitching a kittenball game and a program of readings music and dancing.
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Independence
Wapsle Valley Con Test Association
R. A. Nelson
Earl N. Shultz
Ames Extension Dairy
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Hazleton “Little
McClelland Heads Linn County Cow Test Group
Clifford McClelland elected president of Linn County Cow Test Association No. 1 at a recent reorganization meeting in Whittier Archie Post named vice president Clifford Knight secretary treasurer and George Michel and Jesse Carnahan directors Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairy specialist addressed the session The new year test program will begin July 1.
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Whittier
Clifford McClelland
Linn County Cow Test Association No. 1
Archie Post
Clifford Knight
George Michel
Jesse Carnahan
Floyd Arnold
Ames
Farm duo sells heavy heifers on Chicago market
Special to The Gazette. VINTON Joe Remington and his son John, farmers northeast of Vinton, sold a carload of 745-pound heifers on the Chicago market for 10.85 a hundredweight and a carload of 738-pound heifers for 11 a hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Joe
Remington
John
Chicago
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