Farmers largely avoid picketing in western Iowa strike area
Gazette observer Tait Cummins reports most farmers south of Sioux City stay on their farms despite nationwide farm holiday attention. They deem time valuable, oppose disruptive pickets, and fear conflicts with marketed produce, while some call for fairer returns and greater action.
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Ink Family Tales From the Mount Vernon Area
An interview with R. P. Ink of Grange Gables farm near Mount Vernon covers early threshing methods from steam to gas tractors, labor needs, and safety. It traces farm changes, taxes, school funding, and local politics including Hoover versus Roosevelt views, prohibition, and farm organizations.
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Grange Gables
Mount Vernon
Iowa farmer sells 109 hogs at Chicago prices
Special to The Gazette. John son county farmer F O Lutz reports selling 109 head of 291 pound hogs Thursday in Chicago for 415 dollars per hundredweight.
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Iowa City
F. O Lutz
Johnson County
Chicago
Barn and Silo Fire Destroys Iowa Farm Barns
A hay barn on the Ike Fasbrouck farm two miles southeast of Grundy Center burned Friday evening. Fire, caused by wiring or spontaneous combustion, destroyed 65 tons of hay two calves and machinery, with a nearby silo and hog house damaged. Firefighters aided amid water scarcity. losses exceed insured values. Dynamite was used to break burning hay to save other buildings.
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Gazette
Grundy Center
Hay Heating Spurs Swift Haymaking At Urbana Farm
On the Fred Kelly farm near Urbana Lawrence Floyd and son-in-law rushed soy bean hay to prevent spoilage after a odor alarm. Hay heated in the mow and was moved to a field in small cocks. Other farmers report heating issues with soy bean hay and prompt handling to avert losses. Wheat prices are around 60 cents a bushel and Timothy seed fetches about $1.25 a bushel.
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Spencer's Grove
Fred Kelly
Urbana
Lawrence Floyd
Kelly
Floyd
Benton County
Ration Of Corn And Tankage Best In Delaware Test
Delaware test results show corn and tankage delivering the best overall gains and lowest cost per hundred pounds of pork. Crossbred pigs started June 10 on Sweet clover and mineral mix, ended Sept 13 at about 110.90 pounds. Tankage fed pigs finished best, cost per cwt 1.73 versus 2.89 for corn alone and 2.38 for corn plus soy meal. protein mix cost 0.91 per cwt with similar gains.
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The
Gazette
Manchester
Delaware County Farm Bureau
Ames Extension Service
Ralph Childs
Kermith S. Huhn
Considerable Sudan Hay Near Oxford Prepared for Hay
Sudan grass was cut and cured for hay last week in the Oxford area. Some soy beans were ensiled with corn. Tomatoes are ripening in the last days, with the larger crop of green tomatoes turning and of better quality than earlier picks.
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Oxford
Fall Festival Set for Postville September 27 30
The Postville fall festival is scheduled for September 27 to 30, growing out of the old Postville Institute and the 4 H club show.
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Postville
Vie Gaz Post Ville
Postville Institute
Linn County Veterinary Meet to Demonstrate Test for Pullorum Disease
At the September Linn county Veterinary association gathering held at Hotel Montrose on Thursday at 6 30 pm Dr P V Neuzil of Blairstown president of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association will demonstrate rapid agglutination blood testing with tinted antigen for pullorum disease in chickens. Clinic and case reports also will be given.
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Linn County Veterinary Association
Hotel Montrose
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Field Yields Two Crops in One Season
Special to the Gazette. Tipton Linn township farmer Claude Stine harvested wheat in July then sowed soybeans in July. Moisture and rich soil boosted growth. by mid September the soybeans stood three feet tall with pods forming. No cultivation beyond broadcast planting and disking. Estimated two tons of hay per acre from the soybeans.
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Gazette
Tipton
Claude Stine
Linn
North Liberty Farmer Severely Injured by Saw Accident
Alexander Young, a farmer two miles northwest of North Liberty, was seriously hurt while sharpening knives for an ensilage cutter. His knee contact with a moving saw severed muscle and an artery. He was taken to Iowa City for treatment and now ambulatory with a crutch.
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The
Gazette
North Liberty
Alexander Young
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