Indian Creek erosion pact covers 11821 acres on 81 farms
The Indian Creek watershed erosion control project near Marion has 11821 acres on 81 farms in cooperative agreements with the government. Agreements call for a 33 percent reduction in row crops, a 6 percent rise in small grains, and a 93 percent boost in meadows and rotated pastures over a five year term.
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INCE
Indian Creek
Marion
Roy Bennett
Bennett
CCC
Iowa
Linn
Tama
Jones
Cedar
Delaware
McGregor- Farmersburg
Clayton County
Linn County
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids
William Watkins
Ed Graf
Ames
Lester Clapp
Soil Conservation Service
FENCE DRIFT IN WOVEN WIRE CROP LOSS ESTIMATED
Nine thousand dollars is the estimated loss from fifteen acres tied to Fertility During fifty years of cultivation. B A Barnes soils surveyor for the Indian Creek erosion control project bases the figure on measurements and calculations from a 115 acre tract with a six percent slope north of Marion. Conservation concerns note living soil organisms wash away on gullied fields.
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B. A. Barnes
Indian Creek
Mr. Barnes
Marion
First Bangs Test In Jones Shows 27 Percent Infection
Special to The Gazette Anamosa reports 418 bangs disease reactors in Jones county from 1 164 head tested under Dr Neal D Snell federal veterinarian in charge Fifty herds tested to date with an initial 27 percent infection. Eight herds passed clean while forty two remained infected.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Neal D. Snell
Wapsie Test Assn Cows Average 20.5 September Butterfat
INDEPENDENCE The 402 cows on test in the Wapsie Valley C T A during September produced an average of 541 pounds of milk and 20.5 pounds of butterfat. The high herd of nine grade Guernseys owned by Arthur Satterlee averaged 835 pounds of milk and 35.9 pounds of butterfat. The high cow, a Jersey owned by W J Campbell Jesup, produced 1303 pounds of milk and 63.5 pounds of butterfat.
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Gazette
Independence
Wapsie Valley
Glen Gavin
Arthur Satterlee
W. J. Campbell Jesup
New Barn Designed To Reduce Fire Hazard Near Jesup
A new 34 by 64 foot barn with concrete foundation and floors is being built one mile north of Jesup on Dr. Robert Cook of New Haven Conn’s farm to replace a barn that burned August 1. The Cook farms are managed by Mark Sweitzer of Mount Vernon.
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Jesup
Robert Cook
New Haven
Iowa rural rehabilitation loans aid 2030 farmers in state
The Rural Rehabilitation Division loaned 1 285 753 dollars to 2 030 Iowa farmers from Dec 1 1935 to July 1 1936. Boasts 71 in SE Iowa and 58 in NOR Iowa secured debt relief. average loan 696 in north, 608 in southeast. 5 year terms at 5 percent.
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Ames
the Resettlement Administration
Iowa
B. W. Lodwick
Headcoe
Toay
Lodwick
Edge of Lone Tree dairy owner predicts Landon win
Victor Mueller describes 200 acre farm near Lone Tree with 80 rented acres. He details water system upgrades for a new dairy, a milk contract with University Hospital Iowa City, and plans to milk about 18 cows for 60 to 100 gallons daily earning a 25 cent premium. He highlights 4-H driven herd, shows at four state fairs, and leans toward Landon though undecided on Roosevelt.
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Victor Mueller
George Mueller
Lone Tree
Hughes condemns imported seeds for Iowa crops
Ames expert H D Hughes, head of farm crops, warned Iowa farmers against sowing imported clover and alfalfa seed. He cited tests showing low stand survival for Argentine alfalfa and questioned European red clover’s value, urging Alsike or sweet clover as better options to avoid winterkill and disease.
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Ames
H. D. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
America
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Arizona
California
Peru
Africa
Italy
Corn
France
Hungary
Poland
Rural rehabilitation loans aid 2,715 Iowa farmers to 1936
About $68,143 funded by rural rehabilitation loans to 2,030 families. Purchases included one new tractor and various equipment plus 117000 bushels of corn and 78000 bushels of small grain. Funds also spent on kitchen goods 1724 dollars food 3000 dollars clothing 764 dollars medical aid 816 dollars. Loans called standard loans aid drought relief and farmers are rehabilitated in place on their farms.
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Lodwick
Rural Rehabilitation Division
Iowa Rural Rehabilitation Office
50 Bushel Corn Yield Expected On Farm In Fayette
Special to The Gazett West Union a 50 bushel yield of corn from a 139 acre field is predicted on the John Knutson farm four and one half miles south of here. The best corn this year is found in that locality.
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Gazett West Union
John Knutson
Strange potato patch specimen in Clarence grows tall
In Clarence an A. W. Lyle potato patch yielded a unusual specimen where two grass shoots pierced a two inch diameter potato and produced a twelve inch growth beyond the opposite side.
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Clarence
A. W. Lyle
Delaware Farmers See $1.97 Million in Land Bank Loans
Manchester Delaware county farmers received 449 loans totaling 1 972 300 from the federal land bank and land bank commissioner over the last three years. Of the total 1 304 700 came from the federal land bank on first farm mortgages and 667 600 from the commissioner on first and second mortgages. More than 480 000 was discounted from old loans with borrowers credited on existing debts.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Federal Land Bank and Land Bank
Jesse P. Sloan
Federal Land Bank
Sloan
Steers Sold in Chicago Dozens Fetch Top Prices
Farmers northeast of Monticello marketed eighteen 1357 pound steers at 9.85 per hundredweight in Chicago for about 2445 dollars. George Manternach sold 1250 pound steers at 9.20 in Chicago on the same day.
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Monticello
Delay Brothers
Chicago
George Manternach
Farmers Auction Week Schedules Across Iowa
A series of farm auctions announced for October lists events in Cedar Rapids Tipton Lisbon Walker Center Junction and Keota. consignors include Iowa Live Stock Exchange J H Martin Wachal estate See husen Martin Chester White sale and Greenwood farm with sales from Oct 9 to Oct 15.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Wachal
Walker
Seehusen-Martin Chester White
Center Junction
Greenwood Farm
Keota
Keystone 80 Sells for 102 Per Acre
The H. F. Albers well improved eighty near Keystone was sold to an unidentified buyer from Williamsburg for 152 an acre. The deal was arranged through Robert Harder, Keystone real estate dealer.
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Keystone
H. F. Albers
Williamsburg
Robert Harder
Linn County 4-H Records Contest Entrants Named
Representing Linn county in the Iowa 4-H memory record book contest are Alice Wallace Betty Rhinehart Alice Stewart and Carolyn Hager man of Marion Mary Shultz Center Point and Gertrude McGrew Springville Miss Lucille Gove home demonstration agent announced Thursday Their record books were selected in a recent county contest Stewart had the outstanding nutrition record planning and preparing 544 meals baking 490 loaves 300 rolls 79 dozen cookies and 65 cakes Rhinehart had best 2 year nutrition record with 834 jars canned and 5838 articles baked this year Shultz had best rural electrification record book while Hagerman McGrew and Wallace had best four five and nine year records respectively
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Linn County
Alice Wallace
Betty Rhinehart
Alice Stewart
Carolyn Hagerman
Marion
Mary Shultz
Center Point
Gertrude McGrew
Springville
Lucille Gove
Linn
Twinola Club
Fall Feed Abundant Around Morley With Bumper Corn
Fall feed is plentiful in the Morley vicinity. Farmers may cut another alfalfa crop this year. Garden crops especially climbing beans are thriving. Frost has spared high ground crops, but low lands suffer damage. An unusually large amount of corn has been cut for fodder and yields exceed expectations.
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Morley
Butter and meat imports show eight month totals drop and rise
U S imports data for eight months shows butter at 6 170 806 pounds, far below last year’s 21 826 263. Cheese and pork imports rise with 6 542 220 pounds of cheese, 24 974 196 pounds of pork, and beef and veal totaling 71 270 529 pounds, while eggs and exports shift versus 1935 figures.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Commerce
Fall Festival at Center High Set for October 15
The annual fall festival at Center High School in Washington township Johnson county northwest of Kalona is scheduled October 15. The event will feature activities for students and community members and takes place at the school grounds.
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Center High
the Gazette
Kalona
Center High School
Washington Township
Johnson County
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