Value Of 4-H Club Products Estimated To Reach 25 Million
A National Committee release predicts 4-H clubs will produce 25 million dollars in value this year with more than 1.19 million members. The report outlines funding from non-government sources, extensive awards, and trips to Chicago and national events tied to dress and home arts, livestock, and leadership contests.
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National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
AF Tha Waninne Datae Urhinh Faved
Esr
Club Congress
H. A. Moses
United States
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Radio Corporation of America
Radio City
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire
The note describes crop harvests impacted by rain and vines loaded, with commercial growers facing difficulties. It praises tomato quality this year and notes appealing garden produce including peaches from Iowa, amidst a season of tempting fruits and vegetables.
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RFA
Iowa
Homemakers Schedule Set For Jones County Meetings
Miss Elizabeth Petersen Ames extension clothing specialist leads four Jones county homemakers meetings this week. Mrs. Bernard Cass Scotch Grove announces events at Anamosa Tuesday, Monticello Wednesday, Onslow Thursday, and Olin Friday with locations at the community room Congregational church and high school.
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Anamosa
Elizabeth Petersen
Ames
Jones County
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
County Home Project
Congregational Church
Monticello
Onslow
Olin
FSA Sets Bottom Requirements For Its Tenant Leases
The Farm Security administration announces a policy for rehabilitation program tenant farmers requiring written leases meeting local standards. Leases must be equitable and offer secure tenure or compensation options, with protections for landlords and a guaranteed share in improvements.
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FSA
Washington
Farm Security Administration
C B. Baldwin
Grinnell Hybrid Seed Corn Harvest Starts At Plant
Harvesting and drying of hybrid seed corn began at the Grinnell plant of a hybrid seed company. Oil burner kilns were installed recently. One 17 acre plot, belonging to Francis Schmitz, averaged 106 bushels per acre. About fifty men will work this season.
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Grinnell
Stanley Jorgensen
Francis Schmitz
Hogs top at $9.35 in Chicago market sale
A Dysart feeder owned by A. J. Minish led the Chicago market last week with 72 head of 273 pound cross bred Poland Chinas and Pampshires hogs selling at 9.35 per cwt. The hogs were farrowed in December and sourced north of Dysart.
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Gazette
Dysart
A. J. Minish
Chicago
Chicago Producers Open Iowa Branch
The Chicago Producers Commission association opens an Iowa branch in Des Moines on October 1 to supply stocker and feeder live stock to farmers. The National Live Stock Credit Corporation will also operate from the same building. Harold H. Schloeman is named branch manager. Iowa directors include Henry Dobbin, C. J. Hearst, and Charles W. Martin.
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State Center
Iowa
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Des Moines
Henry Dobbin
East Sixteenth and
Maury Streets
Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation
National Live Stock Credit Corporation
Dobbin
Harold H. Schloeman
Livestock Commission
Sioux City
Chicago
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
C. J. Hearst
Cedar Falls
Charles W. Martin
Jefferson
Tent Pitched To Shelter Overflow Cattle At Waterloo
After a hurricane threat from the Eastern States expo waterloo dairy show in Massachusetts, an extra tent was erected to house a record dairy cattle entry. Teams from Arizona Illinois Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Indiana South Dakota Wisconsin judged in five dairy breeds with forty four Iowa counties represented in the judging contest.
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Waterloo
Springfield
Mass
Dairy Cattle Congress
Arizona
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Indiana
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Dairy Club
Few Farms for Rent Around Tipton Reported Rise in Cash Rent
A fall shortage of farms for rent around Tipton pushes cash rent to as high as 110 dollars per acre. Real estate dealers cite owners farming their own land and operators taking on larger acreages as reasons for the reduced rental supply.
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Tipton
Farm Auction Schedule Moves Through Iowa Call
Coming farm auctions list events on Tuesday September 27 at Iowa City Sales Company. Thursday September 29 at Beverly Cattle Company. Friday September 30 for the 9345 acre Alice Young estate farm near Walker. Tuesday October 4 Auman and Plummer Angus sale at Cedar Rapids on 12th Avenue and 12th Street.
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Iowa City Sales Company
Beverly Cattle Company
Alice Young
Walker
Auman and Plummer Angus
12Th Ave
12Th St
Cedar Rapids
State runs dairy cows at no labor charge profit 131538
Des Moines report by State Comptroller C. B. Murtagh shows that penal and hospital labor funded the care of fourteen institutions produced 11,257,293 pounds of milk valued at 220,565 dollars. Fourteen facilities housed 984 cattle with Mount Pleasant, Oakdale, and Independence units posting highest yields.
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Des Moines
INS
C. B. Murtagh
Mount Pleasant State Hospital
Oakdale
Back To The Farm Where He Was A Colt
A one eyed black gelding owned by Hubert Shankland, purchased December 18 at Farnham sale northeast of Morley, wandered back to the farm where he was foaled in Newport country. Shankland located the horse in a meadow near the pasture on the old Farnham farm now tilled by Malcolm Jurgensen.
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Morley
Hubert Shankland
Mr. Farnham
Malcom Jurgensen
Linn competitors named for Waterloo dairy show
County Agent Rex Conn announced Linn county dairy call club members who will exhibit next Saturday in the Waterloo show. They include Dean Thomas Harold Thomas and Muriel Thomas of Alburnett with six Milking Shorthorns junior Haack of Marion with a Guernsey Emmett Hamed of Robins with a Holstein and Russell Gerdes of Marion with a Brown Swiss.
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Rex Conn
Linn County Dairy Call Club
Waterloo
Dean Thomas
Harold Thomas
Muriel Thomas
Alburnett
Junior Haack
Marion
Emmett Hamed
Russell Gerdes
Iowa County Dairy Calves To Be Shown At Waterloo
Six Iowa county 4 H boys will exhibit dairy heifers in the club show at the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo Saturday. William Walter and C Kenneth Dane, Williamsburg, with Guernseys. Irvin and Clayton Bohstedt, Victor, with Jerseys. Albert and Arthur Wallace, Williamsburg, with Jerseys.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
William Walter
C. Kenneth Dane
Williamsburg
Irvin
Clayton Bohstedt
Victor
Albert
Arthur Wallace
First New Corn Arrives Chicago From Vincennes
The weekly grain market review notes the first carload of new crop corn reached Chicago on Sept 22 from Vincennes Indiana. It graded No 5 yellow tested 52 pounds per bushel 23 percent moisture and sold at auction for 46 15 cents a bushel. No exports listed though lake shipments of 1 000 000 bushels were reported.
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Grain Market Review Today
Chicago
Vincennes
Ind
Wheat exports under AAA subsidy reach 2.84 million bushels
Washington AP The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported 2,841,770 bushels of wheat exported under the subsidy program through Sept 15. The Surplus Commodities Corporation had purchased 8,743,591 bushels, with a loss of about 11 cents per bushel totaling $312,595. Flour exports totaled 145,220 barrels with subsidy of $58,088.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Wallace
Dairy Groups To Meet To Promote Dairy Use Oct 5
Chicago hosts a meeting October 5 at the Palmer House to plan advertising for dairy products. Invitations go to processors from the National Cooperative Mills Producers Federation American Butter Institute Inc National Association of Local Creameries and the Tri-State Dairy committee covering Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota.
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Chicago
Palmer House
National Cooperative Mills Producers Federation
American Butter Institute, Inc
National Association of Local Creameries
Tri-State
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Winneshiek 4-H Girls Demonstrate At Waterloo
Three Winneshiek county 4-H groups will perform and compete at the Dairy Cattle congress in Waterloo this week. The Woodside Workers will appear in the variety program led by Mrs. Ole Anderson. Demonstration teams include Violet Price and Doris Greenslade from Orleans township, led by Mrs. Eva Henderson, and Helen Woodhouse with Irene Anderson from Madison township, led by Mrs. Ole Haugen.
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Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Waterloo
Woodside
Ole Anderson
Violet Price
Doris Greenslade
Orleans Township
Eva Henderson
Helen Woodhouse
Irene Anderson
Madison Township
Ole Haugen
Mussers Predict S63 Will Endure In Agriculture
Iowa Daily Press Association reports R H Musser of the Soil Conservation Service predicts the SCS program will be permanent in American farming. He notes continued work, proper acre tasks, and long term funding through cooperative agreements with farmers in Iowa and surrounding states.
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Robert Bliss
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
R. H. Musser
The
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa
Knoxville
Marion
McGregor
Greenfield
Shenandoah
CCC
SCS
Agricultural Extension Service
Towa County Folk Say Farewell To R. W. Ashby
Conroy Iowa county club agent R W Ashby resigns to become county agent in Palo Alto. Friday a party with 400 friends and co workers celebrated his departure. Ashby’s successor Joseph Davis was introduced. Music by the Iowa county 4 H boys chorus and the Conroy band accompanied the event. Lawrence White presented a gift to Mr and Mrs Ashby.
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Conroy
R. W. Ashby
Iowa County
Palo Alto
Ashby
Joseph Davis
Iowa County 4-H
Lawrence White
Ag Students Inspect Hybrid Corn Test Plot
Vocational agriculture students from Strawberry Point inspected a hybrid seed test plot on the Delbert J. Wilson farm near Edgewood. They will run yield tests in two weeks. Shirley Phelps led the inspection and Harold Nolin spoke on hybrid seed development. A testing machine showed an 800 pound pull to uproot a corn hill.
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Edgewood
Strawberry Point
Delbert J. Wilson
Shirley Phelps
Harold Nolin
Charles City
Its nice to know you’re missed by a country woman
A country woman recalls a farm family accident that postponed a newspaper piece. Her freshman son broke a foot when a saddle horse slipped and fell on him, delaying the article as X rays casts and crutches came and went. Now the boy’s back in school, weather clears, canning nears completion, and the story is finished.
FSA Headquarters Opens in Marengo Courthouse
An office for the Farm Security Administration in Iowa's Marengo will open at the courthouse on Monday. Edward Kinsey of Grinnell will lead, with Myrle L. Milligan overseeing the women's work.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Edward Kinsey
Grinnell
Myrle L. Milligan
New Anne Adams Pattern 4952 for Fall Bolero Frock
Campus fashion highlight Anne Adams Pattern 4952 features a high neck bolero frock with wasp waist suitable for fall. Available in junior and misses sizes with long or short sleeves, this pattern advises 54 inch fabric yardage and includes a Sewing Guide. Order details note 15 cents for pattern and 25 cents for book, sent to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
W. 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Alfalfa Seed Crop Drops to 1932 Low in 1938 Estimates
Washington reports alfalfa seed production at 777000 bushels in 1938, the smallest since 1932, with acres fallen from 493000 in 1937 to 433000. Grasshopper damage in Kansas Nebraska the Dakotas and Minnesota explains the decline, while excessive rainfall and poor seed set cut yields east of the Mississippi and in several western states. Montana and Utah show better yields with larger acreage.
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Washington, DC
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mississippi River
United States
Montana
Utah
Price on Sept 13 for sweet clover seed hits low mark
Washington reports Sept 13 prices at 315 dollars per 100 pounds clean seed the lowest for that date since 1933. The 65-year average is 4.15 dollars. Seed quality is fair and similar to 1937, with slow movement and only 8 percent of the 1938 crop sold by Sept 13. Imports since July 1 were negligible with 100 pounds imported versus 43 380 pounds on the five year average.
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Gazette
Washington
Free Library On Wheels Planned For Rural Iowa
Iowa moves toward rural library service under State Librarian John Dennison and Rural Project Superintendent Marjorie Donaldson with WPA support. Three districts east central and west will supply trucks to rural schools and communities and later allow farmers to order books by phone. Each district will have a trained superintendent and assistant at Davenport Des Moines or Council Bluffs offices.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
John Dennison
Marjorie Donaldson
WPA
Davenport
Council Bluffs
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