Forage contracts rise modestly in Iowa amid drought dire need
Government relief leaders report slow farmer participation in Iowa and neighboring states for the forage and stover conservation program. About 75 000 tons listed in Iowa and 200 000 tons across six states have been noted, with many farmers selling hay instead due to high prices. Deadline for signing is November 10, and officials urge immediate contracts to ship feed to drought areas.
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Iowa
Stover
Waterloo
Kansas City
Minnesota
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
L. W. Plager
Triple A Conservation Project
Mid-Western
Northwest
Dakota
Forage
Plager
Seed Oats Shortage Revealed by Ames County Survey
A statewide seed survey of 63 counties shows about 75 percent of farmers lack known sources for oat seed next spring. Of 11 600 responders, 8 196 have not located seed, with 77 certain of supply. need totals reach 836 640 bushels, while only 659 000 bushels are listed for sale. The report warns of acute shortages in corn, barley, flax and more. In Fayette county 162 of 184 respondents lack seed oats, with 7 025 bushels offered for sale.
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AMES
Ames Extension Service
Interview With Earl Elijah On Iowa Farm Outlook
The final “What’s What Out On The Acres” features Earl Elijah of Cedar County guiding questions from The Gazette farm editor. Elijah, owner of 320 acres near Clarence with additional holdings, discusses farm programs, soil fertility, quotas, debt relief, and the future of farming in Iowa with emphasis on practical reforms and long term sustainability.
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Earl Elijah
Cedar County
Mr. Elijah
Gazette
Clarence
Roy Joslin
Elijah
Ryan
Delaware
Buchanan
Fayette
Linn
Seed oats demand dips in Louisa county survey
About 300 Louisa county farmers responded to a 1935 seed survey. Sixteen farmers offered 1,500 bushels of seed oats for sale while 260 reported they do not know where to obtain seed oats. The survey also signals strong demand for soy bean seed at prices close to last year.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Truckers Offer 70 Cents for New Corn
A farmer near Traer reports buyers from drought areas in southern Iowa offered 70 cents a bushel for new corn. Thousands of bushels of shelled and ear corn have moved from north Tama County into the drought zones of Iowa and Missouri as truckers take nearly all available supplies from local elevators.
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Traer
Iowa
Missouri
North
Tama
Work on two story nine room modern home near Degner farm
On the William Degner farm northeast of here a two story nine room modern home 28 by 38 is nearly finished. The house has an attic full basement oak floors and woodwork and is being painted It includes a hot water heating plant and a farm plant to furnish electric light.
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Operal
Gazette Dysart
Wiliam Degner
Cranberry Sauce and 10 Minute Cranberries Recipe
The text outlines serving cranberries in diverse ways. It details a 10 Minute Cranberry Drink process using water sugar and cranberries, cooking until they pop, then cooling and serving.
Farm Auction Notice Near Cedar Rapids
A closing out sale by Lake Comely 2 miles west Cedar Rapids postponed and a new sale for John Plower 534 miles northeast Cedar Rapids announced for Saturday November 10. Local buyers urged to note locations and timing.
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Lake Comely
Cedar Rapids
John Plower
Monticello Creamery Pays 30 Cents For Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers' Mutual Creamery Company of Monticello were paid 30 cents for butterfat received at the creamery during the first half of October.
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Monticello Creamery
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Farms Sell at 80 and 100 An Acre Near Traer
In Traer area two 80 acre farms changed hands. Mrs Rob ert Young of Traer bought the north 80 acre tract formerly owned by Paul Chalup sky Jr for 8000 dollars or 100 dollars per acre with tenancy moving to March first. E S Stark southwest of Traer purchased the adjoining 80 acre farm part of the Ella Palmer estate for 80 dollars per acre and it remains unimproved.
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Traer
Emma [ Kittrel
Reinbeel
Paul Chalupsky, Jr
Robert Young
Floyd Cooper
Ella Palmer
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Time
The Gazette farm editor discontinues the second series of What's What Out On The Acres. Interviews were arduous yet pleasant and yielded wealth of information, creating new acquaintances and renewing old friendships with farmers who were cordial and helpful.
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Gazette Farm Editor
100 000 Bushels Of Corn Resealed In Tama County
To date more than 100000 bushels of corn have been resealed in Tama county, according to latest figures released by Earl Wolfe, Tama county recorder. Eighty instruments are now on file in his office. BR. M. Gunn, farmer in Geneseo township, has the largest amount of corn resealed in the county thus far, with nearly 16000 bushels. Several cribs in Tama county will be purchased by the federal government for seed corn for next spring.
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TRAER
Tama County
Earl Wolfe
BR. M. Gunn
Geneseo Township
Terrace terracing demonstration leads Fayette county field work
Byron J. Virtue Ames extension service agricultural engineer supervised the first Fayette county terracing demonstration. He oversaw the establishment of two terraces in a field on the Guy Ernst farm south of Elgin.
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Fayette
Byron JT. Virtue
Ames Extension Service
Fayette County
Guy Ernst
Elgin
Government cattle shipped for slaughter after drought pasturing
Donnan G. R. Holmes has spent two months pasturing a carload of government cattle and has now shipped them for slaughter.
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Donnan
G. R. Holmes
Second Crop Oats Harvest Near Stanwood
Stanwood area reports show B E Burgess and Son near Stanwood cutting and shocking thirty acres of volunteer oats with first crop averaging seven bushels per acre. The second crop could have doubled the yield with more fair weather. Volunteer oats will feed livestock. Homer Burgess nearby harvested twelve acres of soybeans yielding thirty bushels per acre.
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Stanwood
B. E. Burgess
Lucian Burgess
Threshing Underway as Dysart Soy Yields Reported
Threshing of soy beans has begun in the Dysart area with combine crews reporting yields averaging twenty to thirty bushels per acre.
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Dysart
Donnan Area Soybean Yields Reported at 15 to 20 Bushels
Farmers in the Donnan vicinity thresh soybeans with yields ranging from fifteen to twenty bushels per acre. The report comes from The Gazette via Brecial.
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Donnan
Greeley Cow Test Averages Butterfat for October
In Manchester the Greeley Cow Test Association reported 461 cows, 93 dry, averaged 430 pounds of milk and 18.4 pounds of butterfat for October. Fifteen cows yielded 40–50 pounds of butterfat, and twelve cows were unprofitable. High cow was a grade Holstein owned by Gerdes and Schnittjer of Earlville with 66.5 pounds of butterfat. Dan J. Schnittjer of Delhi led the herd with 32.1 pounds of butterfat from 13 cows, one dry.
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Manchester
Greeley
Kelloggs All-Bran Lauded As Natural Laxative
A reader from North Bergen New Jersey praises Kelloggs All-Bran as a national natural laxative claiming its daily use improves bowel health. The letter notes bulk from bran plus vitamin B and iron, compares it to leafy vegetables, and suggests two tablespoons daily with medical advice if not relieved.
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John Daniels
Third St
North Bergen
N. J
Battle Creek
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