Irrigation Proposed to Stabilize Dust Bowl Regions
Experts told a congressional committee that irrigation could settle 40,000 to 50,000 western families and support 75,000 to 100,000 more in towns. Debler cited 3,000,000 farm residents who could benefit directly, while Pace highlighted Scotts Bluff County Nebraska as an irrigation success amid population shifts. Alfred Barnes noted rising tenancy and a likely 1940 census showing half of farms tenant worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debler
Pace
Scotts Bluff County
Neh
Scotts Bluff
Alfred R. Barnes
South Dakota Agriculture Conservation Committee
Farm migration blamed on drought and policy in hearings
A congressional committee led by Rep. John H. Tolan heard testimony from dust bowl farmers and relief officials in Lincoln Nebraska. They cited crop failure drought low prices and large scale farming and blamed the AAA for displacing farmers in the wheat belt while Iowa experts defended the plan as generally beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
INS
Congressional
AAA
John H. Tolan
California
Paul V. Benner
Topeka
Kan
Johnson County
Iowa
E A. Willson
North Dakota Relief Administration
John Hopkins
Iowa State College
Eleven Claims Filed In Tama For Livestock
Damages for livestock and poultry killed by dogs are listed in claims filed with Tama county auditor Lee M Youngman. Names include W. L. Paxson Montour $32 for four ewes. R. W. Carson Montour $2160 for three lambs. Marian M. Olson Gilman $20 for a calf. Arthur Petersen Tama $29 for a lamb a ewe and a shoot. Clarence Bushner Gladbrook $20 for a buck. Anton Camenisch Tama $9 for a lamb. R G Winders Toledo $50 for a calf. Clifford O Mason Montour $19 for a ewe and a lamb. E. E. Townsend Gladbrook $12 for a ewe. C L Watkins Chelsea $20.40 for 17 turkeys. Mrs Ray Bennett Tama $10 for a 200 pound hog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lee M Youngman
Tama County
W. L. Paxson
Montour
R. W. Carson
Marian M. Olson
Gilman
Arthur Petersen
Tama
Clarence Bushner
Gladbronk
Anton Camenisch
R G. Winders
Clifford O Mason
E. E. Townsend
Gladbrook
Chelsea
Ray Bennett
Hog Sale Reports 75 Hogs Sold at Chicago Market
Paul Rohwed der, a Jackson county farmer, sold 75 hogs averaging 225 pounds at Chicago for 6.80 per hundredweight and nine under weights averaging 168 pounds at 6.00 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Paul Rohwedder
Jackson County
Chicago
Six District FFA Voc Agri Meetings Set in Iowa
About 192 vocational agriculture teachers and 800 students and local FFA members and officers are to attend six district conferences and FFA leadership meetings from Sept. 18 to Oct. 12. The program includes talks on livestock disease, farming programs, and leadership development with ISU and Ames participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
FFA
N. T. Hall
Thay
Clarinda
Mount Pleasant
LeMars
North Central
Iowa Falls
South Central
West Des Moines
Lamont
K WW Stouder
Ames
H. T. Hall
J. B McClelland
Iowa State
W. M. Wescoat
FFA Association
J B. McClelland
Iowa State College
Carter Golf Courses Inc Incorporation Notice in Iowa
Public notice states Carter Golf Courses Inc organized in Cedar Rapids Iowa to own operate build and manage golf courses and related facilities. Capital stock 250 shares of 10000 each. began July 18 1940. term twenty years. directors 3 to 7. officers Charles C Carter president and Charles Carter treasurer with Trewin Simmons & Trewin as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Golf Courses, Inc
Carter Golf Courses. Inc
Cedar Rapids
Rolf
Board of Directors
Iowa
Secretary of State
Noticss
Tne
Charles C Carter
Robert W Nef
Ho ¥ Simmons
Hunt Brad Ievs
Charles €. Carter
Richard W Carter
Charles Carter
WY Simmons
Derte Carter Golf Courses, Inc
Trewin Simmons & Trewin Attorneys
Iowa farmer builds silos for wild grass silage
William Lodwick of Sedan Iowa operates 400 acres of slough grass in Appanoose and 3600 more in Lee County. He plans to store about 2400 tons of wild grass silage this fall using special trailers and molasses to boost quality. His team includes Angora goats used to aid the process, kept in the silo with water overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCOT
Appanoose
Iowa
William Lodwick
Sedan
Chariton River
Lodwick
Lee County
Kirksville
Most Of Fayette Corn Crop Out Of Danger Of Frost
Special to the Gazette West Union reports most Fayette county corn crop is out of frost danger today. Yields will be lighter than last year but may be saved if a warm week arrives. Silo filling is in full swing with substitutions and mixtures. About half of the 3 000 farms have silos. Soybean hay crop is strong and in shock. Final alfalfa and clover cuttings are done. Rough feed supply remains large despite heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette West Union
Fayette County
Fall farm work and harvests in Millersburg report
Farmers plow and repair as corn dries and frost risk varies by field. Late corn seems more promising than early plantings. Peaches sell at a dollar per bushel with 100 bushels sold at two farms. Apples and grapes promise heavy yields, potatoes regrew after rains, and fall gardens outperform early crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
William Winegraden
Ochs Brothers
Farm Implement Sales Second Only to 1929 Peak
New York AP reports farm implement sales this year may reach about 600 million dollars, second only to the 1929 peak. Standard Statistics estimates Tuesday, part of a larger farm income rise toward roughly 8.9 billion dollars in 1940, the largest since 1929 except for 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Statistic Company
County AAA Officers Elected In Delaware County
Delaware county delegates elected 1940 41 officers at a Manchester meeting. Chairman Chester O McCarthy vice chairman Harold A Stead regular member Dale S Henderson first alternate Joseph J Dingbaum second alternate John E Doyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Delaware County
AAA
Chester O. McCarthy
Harold A Stead
Hopkinton
Dale S. Henderson
Edgewood
Joseph J. Dingbaum
Dyersville
John E. Doyle
Pasture Field Day Sept 20 Near Albia
A pasture field day at the Iowa State college pasture improvement farm five miles southwest of Albia will open at 10 am with inspections of lespedeza strains pasture and nurse crop seedings and clover seedings in bluegrass. Attendees include farmers county agents and soil conservation service men from southwest Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
H. D. Hughes
September Farm Auction Schedule In Iowa, Listings Several Sales
The notice lists farm auctions by date with locations near Lisbon Marion Cedar Rapids Ely and Sabina. Items include I J Whitman Shorthorn sale Sept 18 two miles from Lisbon G F Willier Holstein sale Sept 19 northeast of Marion Beverly Cattle Co sale five miles southwest of Cedar Rapids Sabina Grover estate Sept 21 eighty acre farm near Lisbon Frank F Postal closing out sale Sept 24 four miles northwest of Ely and Edd Johnston estate farm Sept 26 two miles north of Lisbon plus eight acres timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Whitman
Lisbon
G. FE. Willier
Marion
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapids
Sabina Grover
Frank F. Postal
Ely
Johnston
Beverly
Vermont
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
WMT
Cedar Ratins
Iowa
Waterloo Dairy Show judging dates listed for Sept 30 to Oct 6
The 1940 Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo will judge Ayrshires Oct 1 2 Brown Swiss Oct 3 4 Guernseys Oct 2 3 Holsteins Oct 3 4 Jerseys Oct 1 2. Friday Oct 4 is Dairy Herd Improvement Association day with contests and banquet prizes. First herd arrival noted as 16 Holsteins from Hill Man farm Rockford Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ayrshires
E N, Hansen
Ames
Brown Swiss
J. P Eves
Chicago
W. K Hepburn
Hopewell Junction
N. Y
C. S Rhode
Urbana
Jerseys
J. W. Ridgway
San Antonio
Tex
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIA
United States
Iowa
Standard Association
Congress and Allied
E. S. Este
Hill-Man Farm
Rockford
Floyd Johnston
Interstate Farm Women Conference Approaches in Hartington
Mrs. N May Larson will represent Iowa State College at the Interstate Conference of Farm Women in Hartington Nebraska September 25. R K Bliss extension director announced the event which gathers women from Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota under the theme The Mid West Farm Woman Her Hopes Objectives Methods and Accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
N. May Larson
Iowa State College
Farm Women
Hartington
Neb
R. K. Bliss
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
40 Corn Loans in Linn Since Aug
One hundred forty loans covering the rescaling of 192,905 bushels of 1938 and 1939 corn on farms in Linn county have been handled by the Linn county Triple A committee since Aug. 1, 1940. R. B. Booth, commodity loan supervisor in Linn, announced today. No coin has been accepted for redemption yet as more government storage bins are erected in Linn county. A carload of bins is stored at Marion, with two more carloads ordered and due in about two weeks. Bin sites will be at Marion, Fairfax, Ely, Alburnett and Martelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Triple A
R. B. Booth
Linn
Booth
Marion
Fairfax
Ely
Alburnett
Martelle
Last Years Champs Entered For Plow Tourney Sept 21
Four 1939 champions will compete in the second annual corn belt plowing match September 21 at the Harry Blansham farm near Boone. Defending titles include Ray Witt Cedar champion tractor plowman of Iowa, Leo Drake Memphis Mo champion tractor plowman of Missouri, F F Martin Bridgewater horsemen’s division winner, and 18 year old Lyle Mason Meriden entering men’s division after winning 1939 boys tractor. Six Boone 4 H girls seek Queen of the Furrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Harry Blansham
Boone
Herb Plambeck
Radio Station
Ray Witt
Cedar
Iowa
Leo Drake
Memphis
Missouri
F. F. Martin
Bridgewater
Lyle Mason
Meriden
Cherokee County
Plambeck
Martin
Lyle Hinkley
Johnson
Edwin Schienker
Ankeny
Hinkley
WHO
Iowa Implement Dealers Association
Cedar Rapids Hearing Set On Sanitary Sewer Plan
Notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa seeks approval for a 24th Avenue Southwest sanitary sewer from 4 Street to 90 feet west of 3rd Street. Council fixes hearing for October 3 1940 and outlines assessment methods and contract details for the project costing 31638.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Eath Council
24Th Avenue
3Rd Street
City of
Farmer in Clayton county backs Roosevelt and soil conservation
Interview with Fred Eggimann of a 380 acre farm northwest of Elkader discusses his role as a soil district supervisor, plans to start conservation practices this fall, and how contouring and strip cropping improved yields. He notes his support for Roosevelt and comments on war and personal family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Fred C. Eggimann
Otto Eggimann
Eggimann
Irvin Fehlhafer
Soil Conservation Service
McGregor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional Committee On Migration
Congressional Committee
Great Plains
John C Page
LAS Bureau of Reclamation
Washington
E. B. Debler
Bureau
Denver
Page
Triple-A
Voc. Agri
Fayette
Delaware
Uncle Bulgy
Martha
Leander
Nell
Little Leander
Williams
Hc. T
Interstate Farm Women’s
Prince
Towa
L. J. Btorey
Merle & Garmof
Raat
Roosevelt
Clayton County
Ole Embertson
Germany
Hitler
Houston
Andrew Jackson
Wallace
Gazette
Fred Eggimann
Meadowbrook Farm
U. S
Michigan
Elberta Freestone
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