Cane For Sorghum Mill Averages Sixteen Tons An Acre
Cane grown near Waconia southwest of Cedar Rapids yields an average of sixteen tons per acre for 1920 contract production with American Syrup and Sorghum company. Twenty six growers delivered about 875 acres, totaling an estimated 14 000 tons. Wessale notes strong demand and daily plant output of about 5000 gallons with 120 workers.
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American Syrup and Sorghum Company
Waconia
Cedar Rapids
Frank Wessale
Wessale
FENCE DRIFT Breaks Free In Woven Wire Run
In the first quarter a fumble and a loss set tone but in the fourth quarter Jack Frost and Amazing Maize spark a dramatic 50 yard breakout. Old-Timer Sunshine provides key blocks as the Iowa product rumbles past defenders with relentless speed and power.
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Jack Frost
Travel
Amazing Maize
Towa
Sunshine
Delta-Willis Utterback sells 93 two year old steers
Delta Willis S Utterback of Oskaloosa sold ninety three head of 2 year old steers weighing 1000 to 1200 pounds each for 11 cents a pound to an Oskaloosa buyer. Cattle delivered by truck from his Delta farm two miles east of Delta to Ottumwa after about a year on feed.
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Delta
Willis S. Utterback
Oskaloosa
Mr Utterback
Ottumwa
Reed Reports Corn Still 10 Days Late
In Des Moines, a weekly crop bulletin by Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes warm dry days hastened corn toward maturity with half the crop safe for feeding in extreme north counties and little safe in the south. Temperatures ran 6.4 degrees above normal, keeping the crop about ten days late, while fodder, soybeans, and alfalfa progress improve. Fall plowing faces weed problems as winter wheat sowing begins slowly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Reed
Bulletin
2500 Tons of Shocked Cane Covers Five Acres Near Cedar Rapids
A crew of sixteen under John Magnusson shocks surplus cane at the Wa conia Sorghum mill grounds southwest of Cedar Rapids as harvest outpaces processing. Weighing over 2,500 tons, the shocks form a field resembling a crowded city of wigwams while cane is trucked in by growers.
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Waconia
John Magnusson
Hog cholera listed in 77 communities
Bulletin of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association cites hog cholera outbreaks reported by practitioners in two weeks across many localities including Dysart Vinton Belle Plaine Waterloo Cedar Falls Hudson Fairbank Waverly Plainview Winthrop Independence Hazleton Oelwein Aurora Lamont Dumont Greene Applington Tipton West Branch Bennett Durant Clarence London New Hampton Nashua Clinton DeWitt Charlotte Princeton Colesburg Earlville Ryan Hopkinton Burlington Morning Sun Cascade Dyersville Randalia Maynard Rudd Grundy Center Conrad Winfield New London Cresco Deep River Maquoketa Preston Mount Vernon Springville Grinnell Muscatine Walcott Blue Grass Davenport Eldridge Tama Montour Dysart Traer Gr Brook Bonaparte Farmington Ottumwa Ainsworth Washington Anamosa Monticello Iowa City Oxford Sigourney Keota Walpello Columbus Junction Lone Tree Marshalltown
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Bulletin of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Dysart
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hudson
Fairbank
Waverly
Plainview
Winthrop
Independence
Hazleton
Oelwein
Aurora
Lamont
Dumont
Greene
Applington
Tipton
West Branch
Bennett
Durant
Clarence
London
New Hampton
Nashua
Clinton
DeWitt
Charlotte
Princeton
Colesburg
Earlville
Ryan
Hopkinton
Burlington
Morning Sun
Cascade
Dyersville
Randalia
Maynard
Rudd
Grundy Center
Conrad
Winfield
New London
Cresco
Deep River
Maquoket
Preston
Mount Vernon
Springville
Grinnell
Muscatine
Walcott
Blue Grass
Davenport
Eldridge
Tama
Montour
Traer
Gladbrook
Bonaparte
Farmington
Ottumwa
Ainsworth
Washington
Anamosa
Monticello
Iowa City
Oxford
Sigourney
Keota
Wapello
Columbus Junction
Lone Tree
Marshalltown
Cattle Sold At Waterloo By Atkins Hagen And Son
Atkins Hagen and Son near Atkins sold sixty two head of fat cattle averaging 1200 pounds at Waterloo this week for twelve cents a pound. The cattle were trucked to market in seven loads.
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Atkins—Hagen and Son
Atkins
Waterloo
Beans Contracted at 04 Cents Bushel
Special to The Gazette reports North English Yellow soybeans are contracted at fifty four cents a bushel by Kinross elevator, and eats at twenty five cents a bushel. Several combine owners in Keokuk Washington Johnson Iowa counties prepare machines for custom harvesting at 2 to 3 dollars per acre. Soybeans are cut for seed in the area using mowers and then raked and bunched by hand.
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The
Gazette
Kinross
Keokuk
Washington
Johnson
Iowa
Hay and bean harvest news from local farms
Farmers report an unusually heavy bean crop and many filling silo as corn ripens rapidly. Local fields show strong yields and timely progression into storage and silage preparations.
Local Farm Labor Shifts With Seasonal Tasks
Approximately three fourths of the corn in the area is out of frost danger. Farm work varies from silo filling and cutting soybeans to alfalfa hauling manure and corn shucking. Some fall plowing is noted.
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Littleton
Co op Cannery in Tama Packs 4700 Cases Sweet Corn
Toledo Toledo Co operative Canning company closed a four weeks run with 49 700 cases of corn packed from 750 acres. Two hundred people employed and the payroll totaled 7 000. One fourth of the corn has been sold. George Kelly is manager. The factory expects to operate another year. A dance in the basement corn husking room was held by 400 workers and corn growers Monday.
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The
Gazette
Toledo
Toledo Cooperative Canning Company
George Kelly
Local Farm Conditions Report From Webster Area
Webster farmers report large soybean hay put up, most early bean fields too weedy to thresh, and third crop alfalfa also weeded. Early corn avoids frost, should reach maturity within ten warm dry days, green corn fed to livestock, silo filling to start soon, and fall plowing underway. Late tomatoes scarce, home grown peaches ripening weighing up to half a pound, selling at about one dollar per bushel.
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Gazette
Webster
Farmers Fill Silos as Harvest Season Advances
Farmers in the area report silos being filled as soybeans are harvested. Beans are smaller than last year but heavier for hay and harvest remains challenging using mowers grain binders. Corn is ripening quickly and two weeks of warm weather should protect most crop from frost.
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Aurora
Local Crops Thrive Amid Warm Trend in Keokuk County
Farmers report third crop alfalfa hay being cut as warm weather accelerates tomato ripening and melon season. Delta farmer DELTA-C. N. Augustine owns 150 acres of dented corn now safe from frost. Last week’s warmth sped corn maturity while feeds of all kinds remain plentiful versus last year, promising better stock for next spring.
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Conesville
Delta
C. N. Augustine
Keokuk
Fall plowing delayed by farmers putting up soybeans
In Blairs town area the fall plowing schedule is disrupted as farmers suspend soil work to harvest and store soybeans. The delay affects field preparation and planned planting timelines. Local agricultural officials note weather and crop cycles influence the pause.
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Blairstown
Packing of 1935 sweet corn at Vinton plants ends
Iowa Canning company completed the 1935 corn pack in Vinton after several weeks across two plants totaling 150 000 cases or 3 600 000 cans. Over 400 workers were employed. Hoyt Ellis notes good quality but below average yield, about 2 and 1 half tons per acre. Merle Fry reported a 414 ton per acre yield in Eden township. Evergreen variety corn sold for $7 per ton.
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the Gazette
Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Hoyt Ellis
Merle Fry
Eden Township
Allamakee Test Ass'n Averages 24.7 Butterfat
In August the Allamakee Cow Test association with twenty six herds and 467 cows averaged 534 pounds of milk and 247 pounds of butterfat. The top month herd was Karm Simmons seventeen purebred Holsteins at 1193 pounds milk and 40.4 butterfat. Harold Kaeser and George Gocke herds tied for second with 34 pounds butterfat. Thirty cows exceeded 40 pounds, six over 50, and one over 60 pounds butterfat.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Karm Simmons
Harold Kaeser
George Gocke
Farm Auction Dates Near Central City Cedar Rapids and Belle Plaine
Readable notices show farm auctions scheduled for Thursday September 19 by EB W Rowley near Central City. Friday September 20 features Iowa Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids. Tuesday September 24 lists a public sale by Elmer Radke ten miles east of Belle Plaine.
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Iowa Livestock Exchange
C. R. & J. C. Stock Yards
12Th St
12Th Ave. SW
Cedar Rapids
Jack Clements
Tony Schmitz
Guernsey
EB. W. Rowley
Mi. S. Central City
Esha
Elmer Radke
East Belle Plaine
Court approves sale of 175 acre Solon farm for 4500
Judge Harold D. Evans in district court approved the receivership sale of the 175 acre farm near Solon, formerly owned by Frank Lorence Jr., from Ald Brothers State Bank to Elmer M. Dewey for four thousand five hundred dollars.
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Solon
Harold D. Evans
Frank Lorence, Jr
Ald Brothers State Bank of
Elmer M. Dewey
Jesup Creamery pays 28 cents for top butterfat in August
Jesup Creamery patrons received 29 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat 28 cents for first grade and 25 cents for second grade in August Arnold Jensen secretary reports 199 413 pounds of butter were manufactured that month.
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Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
Arnold Jensen
Two Hundred Thousand In Corn And Hog Payments Arrive
Special to The Gazette reports that 1341 corn and hog checks totaling 200000 arrive in Tama county for 1935 program. Robert Lyon, treasurer, receives them in Toledo. Distribution to follow at Toledo courthouse Wednesday and Thursday and at Traer Friday.
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Toledo
Tama County
Robert Lyon
Traer
Hauling Bee by Farmers Near Littleton for Barn Project
About twenty farmers joined a gravel hauling bee for F C Robert near Littleton who plans a 32 by 52 foot barn. Farm women served dinner. In Blairstown a new corncrib block is on H R Rieke farm southeast of town. New barns are under construction on Charles Coffland and John Johnson farms nearby. Extensive repairs and remodeling of farm buildings were done this summer.
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Littleton
F. C. Robert
Brecial
Amy Blairstown
H. R. Rieke
Blairstown
Charles Coffland
John Johnson
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W. R. Buchtela
Rockford
Buchtela
Americas
Renesee
Co-op
Vinton Pack
Carter
Jess
Mane
Ives
Western
Court Okeys
Jesup Creamery
Checker
Frigidaire
Checker Electric Supply Co
Frigidaire Distributors
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Lowe
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