Convention Draws 750 For Iowa Poultry Meeting In Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the tenth annual Iowa Poultry Improvement association convention with 750 hatcherymen and breeders from Iowa and neighboring states. New directors elected include R. E. Macy Iowa Falls Marle Mills Panora and Mrs. Wagner Washington. The gathering featured 49 commercial exhibits and a program by poultry experts from California to Washington. The closing session urged standardized egg laws and federal egg quality coordination to boost the billion dollar industry.
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D* Moines
Tvere
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Hugh Gordon
Marion
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
R. E. Macy
Iowa Falls
Marle Mills
Panora
Mrs. Wagner
Washington
Eric A. Nisson
Petaluma
Calif
International Baby Chick Association
Hugh E. Gordon
W. D. Termohlen
AAA
Poultry Improvement Association
Gordon
United States
Reese V. Hicks
Hicks
F. E. Mussehl
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Fence Drift and Cattle Congress Spotlight Iowa Youth
A tall Delaware County girl questions an interviewer with detailed cattle data including production, breed type, udder balance, and heart girth. She represents thousands of Iowa youths at the upcoming Cattle Congress, demonstrating strong knowledge of cattle conformation and dairy traits.
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Delaware County
Marmola tablets promise weight loss via gland aid
A vintage diet ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a doctor approved cure for obesity. It explains a tiny gland failing causes fat and claims the treatment boosts the gland with the formula in each box to burn excess tissue, urging readers to buy from a druggist.
Poultrymen Use Protein Mix in Rations Says Iowa Expert
An Iowa poultryman notes higher use of protein concentrates in rations for layers and breeders. He recommends equal parts meat scraps fish meal and soybean oilmeal, adding that milk products reduce the need for concentrates when available.
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Iowa
Railroad Chief Studies Soil Erosion In Iowa
KEOKUK AP Ralph Budd president of the Burlington railroad studied soil erosion control in southeastern Iowa between Keokuk and Centerville with USDA experts. Budd and his party toured the area in which erosion work has been done and will return to Keokuk to finish the inspection of the lines in the territory.
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Keokuk (Ap
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Keokuk
Centerville
Numerous Silos Erected On Mount Vernon Farms
Mount Vernon reports extensive silo building as farmers rush to store grain. Robert Beckman fills two temporary silos 13 feet by 12 feet inside a new barn near a recently burned site. Clarence Neal Harold Burge and others add silos including a cement stave 16 by 40 feet on the Hedges farm two miles north.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Robert Beckman
Clarence Neal
Harold Burge
Charles Hedges
C. F. Becker
E. C. Forrest
4000 Turkeys Consume Large Daily Feed At Iowa Farm
Special to The Gazette reports on Carl Mur field farm between Waukon and Postville where 4000 turkeys on an 88 acre site require more than a ton of feed daily. Two flocks of 2000 each house largest hens at ten pounds and gobblers at around eighteen pounds. Smaller birds average four pounds.
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Waukon
Carl Murfield
Postville
Feeder Cattle Shipments Slow in September First Half
Official reports show 59 257 head moved to belt feed lots from Chicago St Paul Kansas City and Omaha in the first eighteen days of September. This compares with 87 115 head for the first twenty days of September 1935 and total year to date shipments of 378 596 head versus 402 571 last year. For the first six months this year shipments were 198 226 head, down from 209 344 in 1935, and for the first eight months 319 339 head, up from 315 456 in 1935.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Kansas City
Omaha
Farm Business Assn Plans ten NE Iowa Counties
A farm business association will form as a cooperative project in ten northeastern Iowa counties. It will cap membership at 125 farmers, employ a full time adviser, and handle farming operations and records. Speakers included J J Wallace Don Fisher and Carl C Malone. Member counties are Dubuque Clayton Allamakee Fayette Winneshiek Black Hawk Bremer Chickasaw Howard and Floyd.
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West Union
Iowa
J. J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Don Fisher
Farm Management Extension Service
Ames
Carl C. Malone
Iowa Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
Dubuque
Clayton
Allamakee
Fayette
Winneshiek
Black Hawk
Bremer
Chickasaw
Howard and
Floyd
More Acres Required To Fill Silos This Season
Anamosa area farmers report drought reduced corn yields, needing 4 to 8 extra acres per silo. Lorenzen Brothers near Olin required 23 acres to fill a 16 by 45 foot silo, versus the usual 15 acres.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Lorenzen Brothers
Olin
More Silos Fill Tipton Area as Corn Harvest Advances
Farmers report more silos filled around Tipton than in years past as corn cutting begins. The crop is drying and largely safe from frost, but many farmers have lost their second hay crop and will feed fodder in place of clover.
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Tipton
Jesup Creamery Buys Butterfat At 43 Cents In August
Jesup Creamery paid 43 cents per pound for sweet cream butterfat in August, 41 cents for first grade and 38 cents for second grade. The plant produced 140,266 pounds of butter last month.
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Jesup
Jesup Creamery Company
Lost Nation Gardens Revived by Rain Yield Bright Crops
Fall gardens in Lost Nation are producing strong crops of onions spinach carrots beets and other vegetables after recent rains. String beans are thriving and housewives plan to can a winter supply unless frosts come early. Cabbage and tomatoes, planted earlier, were poor this season.
Monticello 4-H Girls to Demonstrate at Dairy Congress
Monticello from Jones county sends 4-H girls Margaret Deischer and Phoebe Hiller to the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo next week. They are coached by Mrs. R. J. Howie and Miss Pauline Cramer of Monticello.
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Monticello
Jones County
Waterloo
Margaret Deischer
Phoebe Hiller
R. J. Howie
Pauline Cramer
Marketing for the Farm Woman at Waterloo Dairy Congress
The Fairview township division of the Jones county Farm Bureau women host a booth at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress next week. A half hour demonstration on the women’s program will be given by Mrs Hoff man and Mrs Meeks of Martelle.
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Fairview Township
Jones County Farm Bureau
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Hoffman
Meeks
Martelle
Steers Sold For $9.75 In Chicago Trade
Williamsburg Iowa cattle feeder Clark Heitman sold a load of 1321 pound steers for 9.75 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago on Monday.
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Williamsburg—Clark Heitman
Iowa
Chicago
Calf Club Team Set for State Judging Contest
Four dairy calf club members under County Club Agent Max E. Sauerbry travel Saturday to Waterloo for the Dairy Cattle Congress state judging contest. Team members include Maynard Kuhns Scotch Grove Robert Beck Olin James Miller and Chester Miller Martelle.
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Anamosa
Max E. Sauerbry
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Maynard Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Robert Beck
Olin
James Miller
Chester Miller
Martelle
Farm Improvements Including Silos and Repairs at Scotch Grove
J. Hughes is building a large silo this week on his Scotch Grove farm and another on the Everett Stickley tenanted farm. He recently purchased an ensilage cutter. H. P. Bancroft farm receives barn re siding, tighter fences, new surrounding fence, and all buildings repainted.
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Scotch Grove
J. Hughes
Everett Stickley
Mr. Hughes
H. P. Bancroft
Farmer interview on parity and farm policy in Fayette
C H Knos grain share renter discusses farm programs and parity with hogs at 11 dollars and corn binders at 224. He analyzes Roosevelt versus Landon and praises the adjustment act, drought effects, and water issues while predicting Kraschel may beat Wilson. He favors Roosevelt and supports keeping Wallace if possible. He cites local voting patterns and drought’s role in prices.
Turkey grading demonstration set for Wellman Sept 29
A first ever turkey grading meeting in Iowa is scheduled for Wellman September 29. Organized by USDA poultry marketing specialist T W Heitz and Ames expert A D Oderkirk, the program runs from 9:30 a.m. to afternoon sessions for producers. Topics include marketing, handling, and grading turkeys under U S standards with discussion on Iowa and national production outlook.
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Wellman
Iowa
T. W. Heitz
United States Department of Agriculture
A. D. Oderkirk
Ames
U. S
Turkey
Professor Oderkirk
Oderkirk
Plantings Made On Community Center Of Farmers Union
The Clinton county Farmers' Union community center northwest of DeWitt was seeded and trees planted. Carl Meints announced the project at a Lost Nation meeting attended by County Chairman Harold Eden and other members. The group approved a new attendance promotion scheme.
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Lost Nation
Clinton County Farmers’ Union
DeWitt
Carl Meints
Harold Eden
Arnold Wulf
Eden
George Miller
Harold Meints
Anton Green
Worthington Butter Wins Scoring Contest at Dyersville Meet
Worthington butter sample scored 94 percent earning high honors at a dairy event in Dyersville. Gerald Armstrong of Lamotte won the men's division and his wife, Mrs. Armstrong, won the women's class. Section Nine of the Iowa Creamery Operators Association hosted the tasting with several hundred attendees.
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Dyersville
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
Gerald Armstrong
Lamotte
Closing Out Sale At B. F. Roy Farm Near Toddville
The owner will hold a closing out sale on the B. F. Roy farm located 4 miles east of Toddville on Rock Road, 3 1/2 miles west of No. 11, 9 miles north of Cedar Rapids, and 9 miles south of Center.
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B. F. Roy
Toddville
Rock Road
No. 11
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Two Corn Yield Areas Abandoned After Drought
Dr. M. M. Rhoades of the federal Bureau of Plant Industry in Ames reports that two of twelve Iowa Corn Yield test districts have been abandoned and already cut for fodder due to drought. Districts 4 Storm Lake and 7 Denison are abandoned. districts 10 Henderson and 11 Wayne are badly damaged but will be harvested to study drought resistance. Some corn strains withstood the heat, while others failed completely.
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Ames
Iowa
M. M. Rhoades
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Storm Lake
Denison
Henderson
Wayne County
Rhoades
Corn Is Better Than Expected At Troy Mills
Farmers at Troy Mills report seed corn ahead of expectations as harvesting of soybeans proceeds. A bumper crop is noted for late planted gardens with radishes and string beans ready for use. Spanish and Swiss chard are being canned and praised for tenderness.
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Troy
Sale items feature hay salt sprays and discounts
A local sale promotes fancy alfalfa hay in one car, bulk salt savings across two cars, and daily specials. It advertises a 65 cent Fly Spray and multiple other discounted items with an urging to order today.
New Way to Hold Loose Teeth Firmly in Place
An advertisement touts FASTEETH tasteless powder to secure dentures. It claims the product keeps teeth firm and comfortable without gummy taste and even freshens breath, available at drug stores.
Farm Auction Schedule for late September
Auction notices list three sales including a 168 acre Frank Dostal farm near Cedar Rapids on Saturday September 26. A Hampshire boat and gilt sale at Sigourney by Robert J. Shaw is set for Monday September 28. Closing out sale by B F Roy located 34 miles east of Toddville takes place Tuesday September 29.
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B. F. Roy
George Price
L. W. Oliphant
Frank Dostal
Cedar Rapids
Hampshire
Sigourney
Robert J. Shaw
Toddville
Choice Calves To Be Exhibited At Waterloo Dairy Congress
Eight calves including last year’s champion and reserve Jersey yearlings will be shown by Iowa county 4-H boys at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress. Exhibitors named include Eugene Jacobs Albert Wallace Arthur Wallace Kenneth Dane Marlo Matthes Herbert Wallace Robert Wallace and Donald Enochson.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Eugene Jacobs
Albert and
Arthur Wallace
Kenneth Dane
Iowa State Fair
Marlo Matthes
Herbert and
Robert Wallace
Donald Enochson
Bertram Silo Filling Nears Completion
Silo filling is nearly completed in the Bertram vicinity with residents F. G. Anderson, Joseph Vislisel, Roy White, George Vislisel, Archibald Brothers, Floyd Kitchen, Milo Novak and Leonard Novak already filled.
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Bertram
F. G. Anderson
Joseph Vislisel
Roy White
George Vislisel
Archibald Brothers
Floyd Kitchen
Milo Novak
Leonard Novak
Tubs Butter Shown at Waterloo Dairy Event
One hundred seventy six tubs of butter were scored Wednesday at Waterloo with results to be announced next week during the Dairy Cattle congress. Dairy judges include Dr. M. Mortensen O. A. Storvick and H. D. Reynolds. E. S. Estes says over four hundred entries received and fifteen herds of purebred cattle plus six horse groups placed in barns at the international waterfowl exposition.
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Waterloo
Purebred Beef Heifer Classification Change in 1937 Class
Des Moines AP Carl A. Oldson of Ames, secretary of the Iowa Beef Producers' association, announced a change in the 4 H purebred beef heifer show ring classification. Heifers eligible for the 1937 class must have been carved between January 1 and August 31 of this year.
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Des Moines
Carl A. Oldson
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
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