Wheat growers told Hessian fly free dates by county list
Iowa farmers were told by Dr. C J Drake that sowing wheat between September 17 and 28 may avoid heavy Hessian fly damage in western counties. Infestation is reported heavy in western Iowa and nearby states with certain counties named as safe for later sowing.
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MES
Iowa
C. J. Drake
Monona
Woodbury
Nebraska
Minnesota
Indiana
Drake
Solers
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Emmet
Ossuth
Winne
Dubuque
Plymouth
Crawford
Carroll
Greene
Boone
Story
Marshall
Tama
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Harrison
Shelby
Audubon
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Poweshick
Johnson
Cedar
Muscatine
Scott
Pottawattamie
Cass
Adair
Madison
Warren
Marion
Mahaska
Washington
Louisa
Mills
Montgomery
Adams
Union
Clarke
Lucas
Monroe
Wapello
Jefferson
Henry
Des Moines
FENCE DRIFT Caught in the Homes and Gardens Scene
Entomologists have established observation stations across Iowa to track when egg laying will stop. Data is sent to Iowa State College, tabulated, and relayed to county agents for action.
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Mont
Page
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Wayne
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
Lee
Iowa State College
Iowa Farmers Split on Feeding Corn to Livestock
Charles F. Curtiss urges feeding the bumper corn crop to cattle as the best value this year, while Henry A. Wallace warns that aggressive feeding could depress winter prices. He notes cattle feeders fear market declines and caution is needed amid encouragement from financial bodies. About 80 percent of Iowa corn is typically used for livestock, mostly hogs, with cattle and other animals taking smaller shares.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United Press
Charles F. Curtiss
College of Agriculture
Ames
Henry A. Wallace
Wallaces
Curtiss
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Corn Brings $6 An Acre At Rowley Farm Auction
At the Rowley sale of Frank Zimpher on the old Zimpher farm, twelve acres of corn sold for six dollars an acre while 100 bushels in the crib brought twenty cents a bushel and 200 bushels brought nineteen cents. Oats sold at eleven cents a bushel and thirty-five tons of timothy hay brought two fifty to four twenty five a ton. Various livestock and farm machinery revenue items are listed with prices. auctioneer C B Hopkins and Rowley Savings Bank served as clerk.
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Rowley
Frank Zimpher
Charles Zimpher
C. B. Hopkins
Rowley Savings Bank
Pigs Average 199 Pounds At 4 Months And 20 Days
George Beehm of south Greeley sold fourteen spring pigs four months and twenty days old at four dollars per hundredweight. They averaged 199 pounds. Two sows weighing 1100 pounds in total sold for three dollars per hundredweight.
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Greeley
George Beehm
Readjustment in Amana colonies under new corporation
Interview with East Amana farm manager Richard Schaefer reveals the transition from communal to private home ownership. He describes wage changes, share values, and ongoing shifts in labor, transport, and living costs as the Amana colonies move toward a sale of homes at set appraisal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Schaefer
East Amana
Wielau
Saxony
East Amana Farm Dialogue on Taxes and Prohibition
Daily Farm News interviews East Amana colony residents about taxes, schooling, and farming. The farmer discusses acreages including 1200 acres of farm land and 2000 acres timber, milk cows, sheep, hogs, and crop rotations. He notes T B testing, milk cream sales, and opinions on Hoover and prohibition.
Clarence Farm Sold Near Clarence at 95 Per Acre
The 80 acre farm of Mrs. Ida McLeod four miles northeast of Clarence sold Monday to John Range for 95 dollars an acre. No improvements. Sale handled through C. E. Morehead.
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Clarence
Ida McLeod
John Range
C. E. Moreead
Margin per Hen Rises Slightly Despite Lower Egg Prices
Ames poultry extension service reports August margins per hen at 16.6 cents, up from 15.1 cents a year ago, as calendar flocks earned 27.8 cents per bird in receipts and faced 11.2 cents in expenses. Egg production averaged 13.2 per hen with high producers at 22.2 cent margins, urging culling of lower producing hens to boost profits.
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The
Gazette
AMES
Ames Poultry Extension Service
August Butterfat Brings 21 Cents A Pound
Patrons of the Garrison Co operative creamery receive August butterfat payments at 21 cents per pound, two cents higher than July. Manager J H Ridenour notes August butterfat volume rose 13 percent from the previous year’s August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison
Garrison Co-operative Creamery
J. H. Ridenour
Monticello Creamery Pays 21 Cents a Pound for Butterfat
Patrons of the Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery are paid 21 cents per pound for butterfat received in August.
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Monticello
Monticello Farmers’.Mutual Creamery
Tremendous Tomato Grows in Henry Niemeier’s Garden
Henry Niemeier of Thirtieth Street SE displays an Oxheart tomato weighing two pounds eight ounces, the largest he has seen, with many other tomatoes in his garden weighing around two pounds.
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Henry Niemeier
Thirtieth Street
Butterfat Feed Costs Decline With Rising Production
Tipton vocational agriculture class tested 451 cows under M A Crary. Five groups show feed cost per butterfat pound declining as production rises from under 100 to over 400 pounds. Group details include 109 cows at 24.1c, 81 cows at 19.1c, 123 cows at 12?4c, , and 46 cows at 9.3c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Tipton High School
M. A. Crary
Simpson to Speak at What Cheer Farm Union Picnic
A crowd of 10 000 is expected at the tri county Farm Union picnic in What Cheer where John A Simpson national president will speak. Members from Mahaska Wapello and Keokuk counties are coordinating the event.
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Tri-County Farm Union
John A. Simpson
Mahaska
Wapello
Keokuk
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