Roosevelt Allocates 2 Million for Farm Debt Settlement
President Roosevelt assigns 2 million of work relief funds to the Rural Resettlement Administration to support debt adjustment for farmers. Rexford Tugwell will oversee debt specialists while volunteers handle out of pocket expenses. 15,000 volunteers operate in 45 states to broker settlements between debtors and creditors.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Rural Resettlement Administration
Old Farm Credit Administration
Rexford Guy Tugwell
FCA
William ST Myers
Viene
Massachusetts
Vermont
Tugwell
Feree
Rye Crop Control Plan Nears Approval
Washington AP reports a rye crop control program planned with minor bakers opposition. Secretary Wallace may sign next week an adjustment plan including a thirty cent per bushel processing tax to fund the program, avoiding Congress powers initially. George Farrell leads the wheat section and will oversee the rye program.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
George Farrell
AAA
Barley and Oats Yield Big Near Giard After Drought
Special to The Garett IARD reports threshing finished with barley at about 49 bushels per acre and oats from 50 to 60. Harmows bulge with alfalfa. Theodore Hartwick farm shows eight acres of alfalfa thriving after poor prior yields. Corn needs warm weather to mature as fields face frosts and ongoing plantings of savbeans and there is note of berry crops.
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Garett
Girad
Theodore Hartwick
Fragmented OCR Note Chronicles Uneven Weather Events
A garbled OCR fragment describes varied conditions with references to farming tasks and weather impacts. It mentions plowing, harvests, and stormy periods, with unclear dates and places. The readable parts hint at agricultural disruption and seasonal activity.
Processing Tax Receipts Decline In Iowa
Iowa processing tax collections fell 56 percent for June through August, totaling 807,975 versus 5,989,657 a year earlier. The drop is linked to injunctions obtained by processors against tax payments as courts hear nine suits in Federal Judge Charles A Dewey's court.
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Des Moines
Towa
Charles D Reed
Internal Revenue Collector
Internal Revenue
Iowa
AAA
Tawa
Charles A Dewey
Predict End Of Ten Day Cool Spell Inwood Weather
DES MOINES UP Brisk weather prompts residents to pull warmer clothes and blankets. A light frost was reported Wednesday night from Atlantic and Inwood. The mercury dropped to 35 degrees Thursday morning at Inwood. Wednesday's high was 71 at Burlington and Atlantic. Warmer weather is predicted for Friday with increasing cloudiness. Reed says the west and central parts of the state will feel the warmth first.
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Des Moines
Towans
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Inwood
Charles Reed
Mercury
Burlington
Reed
Jones County Calves Listed For International Show
Three Jones County 4 H calves were entered in the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Don Meeks of Martelle with his Angus calf won grand champion at the Jones County Fair and sold for 14 dollars per hundredweight.
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Jones County
Spee
the Gazette
Jones
Beeves
Angus
Wlle
Chicsen
Donald Meeks
Martelle
John Tacor
Olin
Meeks
Jones County Fair
South Amana Sale Brings High Steer Prices
Sprea of The Gazette notes in South Amana that H Staner son accompanied a wad of 1097 pound steers sold in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Sprea
South Amana
H_ Stanerson
Delmar Farmer Leo Ryan Markets 990-Pound Yearlings in Chicago
Delmar farmer Leo Ryan sold 990 pound yearlings in Chicago on Tuesday, moving a notable lot. The sale reflects regional cattle demand as buyers evaluated livestock quality and weight for promotional markets.
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Leo Ryan Farmer
oRres Delmar
Chicago
Plan to Adjust Base Quotas In Corn Hog Program
Washington AP Learn steps to correct inequities in corn hog quotas base figures from 1932 and 1933. County bases stay fixed while county committees adjust sub bases to reward farmers with under conditions in those years. Increases require downward adjustments for others.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Gerald B. Thorne
Livestock and Feed Grains Division
AAA
Iowa
Ames
Starlings Outcompete Native Birds Across Iowa
Ames wildlife expert Bernard V. Travis says European starlings threaten native birds in many regions of Iowa. He notes control is hard and cautions against indiscriminate killing due to migratory and songbird protections. The bird roosts in barns and towns, nests over other species, and was first seen in Iowa in 1926.
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Ames
Bernard V. Travis
Ames Extension
Travis
Iowa
Europe
United States
Central Park
New York City
Tama 4-H calves fetch top bid at Tama market sale
Twenty six Tama county 4-H calves sold in the weekly market sale with an average price of 11.68 per hundred and a top price of 13.75. The highest price calf was a 1120 pound Hereford owned by Walter Pippert sold to Rath Packing Company of Waterloo.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Tama County
Walter Pippert
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Elmer Paustian
Marvin Wood
Janet McElhinney
Lester Lenhart
Roger Rickert
Margaret McElhinney
Wayne Wilcox
Leonard Schuett
Angus —Marvin Wood
Roger Fleming
Arlo Lienknecht
Shorthorn
Duane Morrison
Lyle Lorenz
Milo Paustian
Esther Lorenz
Lester Thaden
John Kerr
Livestock Awards Highlight Grundy County Fair Opener
Martin Myers of Beaman won the Holstein heifer grand championship and Elmer Fritzel of Holland claimed the junior Hereford grand. Robert Antidt of Beaman took the Chester White market pig title. Other awards went to William Conrad, Paul Vint, Wayne Lynch, Vernon Lynch, Joe Knock, Sherwood Snititzer, and George Hanson. Grant township led township winners with Colfax, Gray, Shiloh, and Felix following. 4 H girls' club exhibits impressed, with the county 4 H club taking first at the state fair among 34 counties, plus extensive horticultural displays and a Townsend plan talk by Dr. Neal of Des Moines.
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Grundy Center
Martin Myers
Beaman
Robert Antidt
Chester
Elmer Fritzel
Holland
Grundy County Fair
William Conrad
Conrad
Poland
China
Paul Vint
Wayne Lynch
Vernon Lynch
Joe Knock
Sherwood Snittzer
Wellsburg
Angus
George Hanson
Dike
Sherwood Snititzer
Grant Township
Colfax
Gray
Shiloh
Felix
Horticultural Hall
Grundy County
Neal
Des Moines
Townsend
Klondyke Iceberg Featured at Waterloo Dairy Exhibit
At the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress September 30 to October 6, the American Guernsey Cattle club showcases Klondyke Iceberg and Foremost Southern Girl from Little America. Edgar F. Cox, herdsman on Byrd’s Antarctic expeditions, narrates the display with a recreated snow barn and photos. Coniak the Labrador husky, sled dog kennels, and Byrd equipment illuminate the exhibit along with testimonies on fresh milk aiding Byrd’s return from illness.
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the Gazette
Waterloo
Edgar F. Cox
Little America
Cox
American Guernsey Cattle Club
New Zealand
Coniak
Byrd Base
Milton J. Seeley
Wonalancet
N. H
Byrd
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Grasshoppers Threaten Iowa Grapes in Biting Drought
In Council Bluffs, AP reports Southwestern Iowa grasshoppers gnaw grape stems and cause fruit loss by dropping grape clusters. Grape Growers Association says current damage is slight but ongoing feeding could sharply reduce yields.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Grape Growers Association
Acre Farm Sold Near West Branch
Jerry Murray sold his forty acre farm one mile east and five miles north of West Branch to James Zousel for $1700. Possession on Jan 1. The land has no house and fair improvements. Across from Zousel’s farm. MARENGO region. Also, a 25 acre tract in the J D Shaull estate sold in receivership for $1950 with an average $78 per acre. Land leased to Effie Mae and Forrest R Shaull. Terms: $300 cash, balance March 1.
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West Branch
Jerry Murray
James Zousel
Zousel
Marengo
J. D. Shaull
Ladora Farmers Savings Bank
Harold D. Evans
Effie Mae
Forrest R. Shaull
Fayette Windbreaks To Be Inspected Sept 12
G R Ramsay Ames extension forester will inspect windbreak plantings in Fayette county on Thursday Sept 12. An early summer check found about 10 percent of trees had died. Douglas fir and Norway spruce were the hardiest. inspections will cover farms of Rothlisberger Elgin Hitch Elgin Lauer Eldorado Steil Westgate and the Paul Davis farm in Oran township.
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Fayette
G. R. Ramsay
Ames Extension Forester
Fayette County
W. S. Rothlisberger
Elgin
L. D. Hitch
W. A. Lauer
Eldorado
R. C. Steil
Westgate
Paul Davis
Oran Township
Ancona State Meeting At Waterloo This Fall
MONONA The state meeting of the United States Ancona club of Iowa will be held with the American Poultry Congress at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress from September 30 through October 6. President G. A. Malff of Monona reports special premiums totaling about $200 will be awarded in addition to the regular premium list.
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Monona
United States
Ancona Club
Iowa
American Poultry Congress
Waterloo
North English farmers ship livestock to Milwaukee
Dandsill Brothers near North English, Iowa shipped two carloads of cattle and two carloads of hogs to Milwaukee Wisconsin, continuing a regional trade pattern.
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Dandsill Brothers
Milwaukee
Wis
Fayette Test Ass'n No. 4 Averages 19.8 Pounds Butterfat
West Union reports Fayette No. 4 Cow Test averaged 19.8 pounds butterfat and 473 pounds milk in August. John Mathews led with high cow at 47.5 pounds butterfat and 791 pounds milk. Harold Hammersland topped herd with 30.3 pounds butterfat from 13 Holsteins.
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Fayette
West Union
Fayette No
John Mathews
Jersey
Harold Hammersland
Walter Plath
Tom Hanson
Grant Lauer
Opening At Allamakee County Fair Draws 2000
About 2000 people attended the fair opening in Waukon as livestock pens overflowed and fruit, vegetable, and grain exhibits impressed. Free acts entertained daily. Clayton county Farmersburg beat Allamakee polity Harpers Ferry 3 to 0.
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Gazette
Waukon
Clayton County Farmersburg
Allamakee Polity
Harpers Ferry
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Mias
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Giard
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OWA Daily Press Bureau
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the Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Bran
Farmers Supply CO
Troy Mills
Guernsey
Tame
Anna Shaffer
Glorge Price Auctionser
Walker Bank
Citrk
Ancona
Wisconsin
Allamakee Co
First E. Cohn and Sons, Inc
L Street
Shueyville
A. T. Bena
Cedar Rapids
Joe Sebetka
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
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