Reed Reports Half Of Iowa Corn Safe From Frost Damage
government meteorologist Charles D Reed said in his weekly crop report that two dry weeks and abnormal heat pushed corn toward maturity, reducing yields by up to five bushels per acre on about a quarter of acreage. Stalks were damaged, ears unlikely to fill. Drought worsened pasture conditions and plowing for winter wheat seeding remains hard.
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Charles D Reed
Reed
D* Moines
Iowa
Farmers rush to pay off corn loans in 1938 drive
RFC Head Herbert Daniel reports Nebraska and western Iowa farmers are paying down 57 cent corn loans ahead of October 1. About 115000 loans cover 100 million bushels, all under government seal. CCC in Chicago is reportedly refusing offers for corn.
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RFC
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Herbert Daniel
Reconstruction Finance
Daniel
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chicago
CCC
Fayette 4-Hers Enter 30 Dairy Calves at Waterloo
Fayette county dairy calf club members plan to exhibit 30 head of Brown Swiss Jersey Holstein and Guernsey calves at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress Sept 25 to Oct 1. Demonstration team members Charles Webb and John Elliott will attend and compete. Exhibitors include Rueben Steffen Ralph Alshouse Grover Miche Robert Hanson Eugene Lauer Robert Adams Donald Fay Paul Bassett Norman Exman Aris Platt Donald Oelrich Robert Owen Leslie Owen Charles McLeish Robert Cline Elmer McLeish Elwood Mabon Lowell Mabon.
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Fayette — Fayette County
Dairy
Monticello Creamery Picnic Draws 3000 Attendees
Monticello Labor Day picnic sponsored by the Farmers Creamery attracted about 3000 people. The event featured an ox roast dinner at noon and an afternoon program of sports and entertainment for the eighth annual gathering.
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Gazette
Monticello
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Reflects Autumn Lambs
A short verse notes drift caught in woven wire and hints at many lambs being clipped this fall. The speaker, identified as R. F. A., adds a small rustic aside about Bo Peep and her lamb herd.
Creamery Hosts Boar Day Picnic With Games and Food Shortage
Directors and employees of the local creamery welcomed patrons and the public to a boar day picnic. Despite large provisions including 1100 pounds of meat 25 bushels of potatoes 100 loaves of bread and 210 gallons of coffee, food ran out before all were served. Emil Stutt secretary led the sports program featuring a baseball game a tug of war and other contests.
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Emil Stutt
Creamery
Permit Farmers to Use NHA Funds in Corn Crib Building
Des Moines Iowa AP federal housing administration director D A Brandt said farmers may finance corn cribs or storage bins under the national housing act. Loans up to 2500 dollars for up to 10 years may be made for structures used wholly or in part for agricultural purposes.
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Des Moines
D A. Brandt
Federal Housing Administration
Town
Brandt
Planning Committee For Cedar To Meet Sept 13
Cedar county agricultural planning committee members will meet at 7 30 p m on September 13 to review last year s work plan the coming year s program and elect officers. The meeting will form an executive committee and subject sub committees with members from Tipton Mechanicsville Stanwood Durant West Branch Clarence Moscow Wilton Junction Massillon and other communities.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Moscow
Robert Kelly
Clarence
L. C. Rummels
West Branch
Flavel
Northeast Iowa Farm Tour Visits Sutton Pork Operation
Members of the Northeast Iowa Farm Business association toured Lyle Sutton’s pig operation northwest of Delhi on Tuesday guided by fieldman Leonard Bodensteiner. They viewed 2000 hogs, inexpensive equipment, automatic waterers, and Sutton’s cattle feeding lot with cattle bought in Allamakee county for 7.45 per hundredweight. The day included visits to the Austin Mead farm and plans for stops at Kerr, Bauer, and Tanruther farms on subsequent days for contour and strip cropping and beef production insights.
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Jeither
Lyle Sutton
Delhi
Northeast Iowa Farm Business Association
Leonard Bodensteiner
West Union Sutton
Business Association
Sutton
Allamakee
Association
Austin Mead Farm
Manchester
Mead
Cascade Farmers Hear CCC Soil Conservation Plan
Thirty Cascade township farmers gathered Tuesday evening to learn how a proposed CCC camp based soil conserving project will be run this fall at Monticello. Will McLaughlin chaired the meeting with Lester Clapp and Virgil Webster outlining the plan and inviting a tour of similar projects in the McGregor Farmersburg watershed next Monday.
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Cascade
Cascade Township
Dubuque County
CCC
Monticello
Will McLaughlin
Soil Improvement Association
Lester Clapp
Ames Agronomist
Virgil Webster
Soil Conservation Service
Marion
McGregor-Farmersburg
Stodgell Seeks Repeat Corn Husking Title
Lee Stodgell of Morning Sun, former state champion, will compete in the 1939 Louisa county corn husking contest. The Farm Bureau will again sponsor the event, with Guy Wiley chairing the committee alongside Dean Parsons Harold McCormac and County Agent Lael Moon.
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Wapello
Lee Stodgell
Morning Sun
Louisa County
Farm Bureau
Guy Wiley
Dean Parsons
Harold McCormac
Lael Moon
County Fair and Horse Show Lineup This Week
Allamakee county fair runs in Waukon from September 5 to 8 while Stanwood hosts a horse show from September 8 to 9. Local residents and visitors are invited to view exhibits and compete in events at both venues.
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Waukon
Stanwood
Hogs Sell Well at Morning Sun Farm Auction
Ninety Hampshire and Poland China hogs sold for 20 to 36 dollars each at W. J. Henderson farm four miles southeast of Morning Sun. Eighteen boars brought 25 to 35 dollars and 115 stock shoats 5 to 20 dollars. Cattle and sheep sales included 65 Jersey and Guernsey cows 65 to 75 dollars, heifers 40 to 75 dollars, and two buck sheep 5 dollars. A yearling Jersey bull brought 105 dollars at Carl Walter’s purebred Jersey sale in Quasqueton.
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Columbus Junction
Hampshire
Poland
China
W. J. Henderson
Morning Sun
Jersey
Guernsey
Carl Walter
Silo Collapse Ends Farm Fill In Fayette Area
A 30-foot tile block silo collapsed on the Henry Hettler farm between Fayette and Randalia as it was being filled. Rusted reinforcing rods caused bulging and wall failure, leaving 25 feet of silage intact. Neighbor Frank Davis bought the silage, and work began on another silo. Hettler estimated $800 loss.
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Hettler
Davis
Interior Iowa And Southern Minnesota Lead In Hogs Killed
A federal livestock report shows hogs slaughtered in the week ended September 1 totaled 501,983 head with Iowa and southern Minnesota plants contributing 100,775. Plant sites include Cedar Rapids Des Moines Fort Dodge Mason City Marshalltown O atumwa Storm Lake Waterloo Albert Lea and Austin. Chicago followed with 75,053 head and other major centers listed in order of size.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Madison
Milwaukee
New York
Newark
Jersey City
St. Louis
East St. Louis
National Stockyards
Ohio-Indiana
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Southwest Group
St Joseph
Wichita
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Omaha
Sioux City
Farm Bureau Picnic in Louisa Planned Sept 16
Committees named for the annual Louisa county Farm Bureau picnic to be held at Oakville on September 16. General chairman Marshall Strawhacker leads the program committee with Mrs Lee Stodgel Frank Scales and Lael Moon, entertainment chair Clay Bruner with Vernon Wiederrecht Bill Newell and Keith E Myers, refreshments chair Mrs Harold Swan and Mrs Frank Creighton.
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Louisa County Farm Bureau
Oakville
Marshall Strawhacker
Lee Stodgel
Frank Scales
Lael Moon
Clay Bruner
Vernon Wiederrecht
Bill Newell
Keith E. Myers
Harold Swan
Frank Creighton
Iowa Spends 28 Million on 1938 Farm Program
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports Iowa total certifications for payment and obligations under the 1938 agricultural conservation program reaching 28,587,611.08 through June 30, 1939. Iowa payments to farmers totaled 28,111,220.83 with 99,571.61 yet to be certified, plus state office costs of 376,332.86 and other expenses.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
U. S
United States
AAA
Washington
Department of Agriculture
General Accounting Office
The
Treasury
Bureau of Standards
Division of Fiscal Management
Prizes Set for Watermelon Day Exhibits in Conesville
The Southeast Iowa Experiment Association will award cash prizes for first, second and third places in five farm product classes at Watermelon Day in Conesville. Classes include Largest watermelon any variety, one dozen big stem Jersey sweet potatoes, one dozen small stem Jersey sweet potatoes, one pint watermelon pickles, and a tallest stalk of corn. The event also features Ames Experiment Station displays and space for non contest agricultural material.
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Spraing
Conesville
Southeast Iowa Experiment Association
Ames Experiment Station
Keokuk County Agent In Charge Of Planning
Forrest Bennett, Keokuk county Farm Bureau agent, began work on state farm planning in Henry county Wednesday. He returned from Ames with instructions and will lead this district of 14 counties.
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Sigourney
Forrest Bennett
Keokuk County
Henry County
Bennett
Ames
Belgian horses arrive at Greeley before war outbreak
The final consignment of Belgian horses for Holbert Horse Importing Co. is due in Greeley Wednesday. Departed Europe August 19 and reached New York August 28 with 44 head, mostly yearlings and 2-year-olds. Eleven sold in New York. 33 shipped to Greeley. Eight stallions and the rest fillies. This shipment was the last before hostilities and before the September 1 registration fee by the American Belgian Breeders Association.
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Greeley
Atlantic
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Europe
New York
United States
American Belgian Breeders Association
Ireland Opens Doors to Imported Apples Duty Free
Ireland announces that apples may be imported without duties, aiming to boost availability and lower prices for consumers. Government officials expect the policy to support local markets and provide broader access to fresh fruit for residents.
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Ireland
Fairfax Man Praises Natex For Health Turnaround
Fairfax resident Enos Tow describes relief from severe constipation headaches and indigestion after using Natex. He credits quicker bowel action better sleep and renewed energy and urges readers to visit Podzimek's Pharmacy where a Natex representative is available daily. A reward note on testimonials is included.
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Iowa
Enos Tow
Fairfax
Natex
Podzimek
Second Ave. SE
100 Second Ave. SE
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