Corn loan program details from Iowa agriculture officials
Farmers must obtain loan eligibility forms from the county agricultural conservation committee and certification before using sealers. Official state sealers will sample corn from cribs, test moisture at Des Moines, and calculate loan quantities with moisture adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Secretary of Agriculture
Carl Smith
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Office of the
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Des Moines
Farm Business Group Plans Cedar Rapids Annual Meeting
Cedar Valley Farm Business association members from seven eastern Iowa counties will gather in Cedar Rapids in December 1937 for their annual meeting announced by the county agricultural agent. The group focuses on cooperative record keeping with the extension service Iowa State College and county farm bureau, led by officers and a board of directors. Fieldman J J Wallace visits member farms four times yearly and helps analyze records at year end. All interested farmers are invited. program details will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
County Farm Bureau
Extension Service
Iowa State College
J. J. Wallace
Home Project Meeting Offers Practical Home Décor Tips
Miss Nora Workman led an all day home management session at Mrs. Harlan Russell’s Morley residence. The Ames Extension service specialist advised slip covers, smart furniture groupings, simple bookcases, vase choices, and flower heights to harmonize rooms for about twenty officers from Rome Greenfield and Hale townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Workman
Harlan Russell
Morley
Extension Service
Ames
Rome
Greenfield
Hale
Lois Lorenzen
Farmers Cautioned On Origin Of Alfalfa And Red Clover Seed
The bureau of agricultural economics warns farmers to verify seed origins for alfalfa and red clover bought this year due to seed shortages and large price differences between adapted and unadapted stock. Northern and central states drought below average while the southwest exceeds. southern alfalfa seed may be misrepresented as northern and could fail in harsh winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural’ Economics
Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Egg Markets and State Laws Shape Midwest Poultry Trade
A letter discusses how eastern egg laws label shipped and stored eggs and ban fresh eggs with deep air cells, disadvantaging Middle Western producers. The writer notes Pacific and Atlantic coast expansion, higher eastern restrictions, and political aims behind protectionist rules, urging fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Boston
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Onslow Community Notices and Local Movements
Onslow community roundup lists Homemakers Club plans a December 15 Christmas dinner with Mrs Herman Seehusen, upcoming meetings and hostesses, visits from Iowa City guests, missionary society activities, and a Busy Bee 4 H club gathering with gratitude roll call. Rail delay disrupts freight service. house moves, sales, and job changes also noted among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Township
N. J. Paul
Herman Seehusen
Astruman Club
Ss. G. Hutton
Keith Lemon
Jerry
Iowa City
L. M. Smith
R. W
Lorraine Hanna
Gladys Herren
Aurilla Orr
Helen Tjaden
Max Davis
Tebo
Hans Thompson
Thompson
California
Frank Johnston
Walter Koon
Carroll
Bickford
Anamosa
Bob Carson
Eldora
Roy Beck
Pauline Shaffer
National Seed Corn Company
Onslow
Bloomington
Ill
George Overholt
Harold
Dorothy
Maquoketa Visitors and Community Social Notes
Mary Ellen and her mother were Maquoketa visitors Saturday. Road work started last week north of Onslow with resurfacing from Skahill's corners to Cascade and four miles already completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen
Maquoketa
Onslow
Maquoketa River
Skahill’s Corners
Cascade
C. R. Smith
Truman Stanton
D. J. Wasson
Melvin Ingwersen
Leroy Dirks
Clair Westphal
al Hamilton
F. G. Orr
Marvin Hanwardson
George French
Mary English
Hopkinton News: Hewitt Arrives as New M E Minister
Rev Harold W Hewitt and wife arrive from Moretown Vermont to lead the Hopkinton M E church. The union Thanksgiving service is at 10 oclock in the M E church. Hopkinton public schools recess Wednesday to Monday morning. Parsonage prepared by ladies. reception for Hewitts at Lux home Tuesday. Chicken supper by St Lukes Catholic ladies tonight at Legion hall. Various local visits noted including Monticello Anamosa Chicago Pharr Texas Rochester Minn and Iowa City plans for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Hopkinton
Harold W. Hewitt
Moretown
Vermont
Hewitt
Cornell College
R. Eb, Lux
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Legion Hall
E.S. Dufoe
Monticello
Josie Smith
Lester Ament
Minnie Zeuch
Anamosa
Earl Dunlap
Fred Turnis
H. F. Stoddard
Rochester
Minn
Goiter
G. G. Brown
Iowa City
Mary Louise Wyer
Maurice McNeilly
Center Junction
Helene Smith
Donald McDonald
Carl Reuter
Kensington club hosts Mrs Himebaugh and guests
Mrs age Himebaugh hosted the Kensington club at her home with members including Mrs Mabel Kney and Mrs Gladys Bling attending. A Chicago visitor and Ray Sanford with family plan Thanksgiving in the Gearhart and Cay homes. Others travel to Des Moines for Soldiers Relief convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Age Himebaugh
Ray Sanford
Scotch Grove
An Himebau Mir
Chicago
J. R. Gearhart
A. P. Cay
A. P. Himebaugh
Kensington Club
Mabel Kney
A. Moore
Kney
Gladys Bling
Mee
Towe City
Ve. P. Fiebaun
Howard Hunt
Earmvilie
Des Moines
Soldiers' Relief
Alice Vouvabor
Anamosa
Rawson
Scotch Grove Community Notes Across Local Events
Mrs D C Sinclair hosts Larkin club with fourteen members at Scotch Grove. Bernard Cass resigns farm bureau chair. W B Clark elected. Ralph Zimmerman anniversary dinner for Carl Zimmerman family. Rev and Mrs Herbert French buy Florida home in Oldsmar. Women's Community club hears book review A Green Hill plus Farm Hazards. Presbyterian aid society dessert luncheon December 1 for Red Cross donations. Thanksgiving observances welcomed. Cars collide near Scotch Grove. no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin Club
L. J. Schiemme
Clara Chaplin
Onslow
Carl Stahlberg
Bernard Cass
Farm Bureau
W. B. Clark
Carl Zimmerman
Joan
Marvin
Ralph Zimmerman
Laitter
Herbert French
Oldsmar
Florida
F. A. Royden
Green Hill
Women’s Community Club
B. Clark
H. J. Dirks
Irene Schrader
Presbyterian Aid Society
R. A. Naylor
Red Cross
Clifton Abbott
A. B. Nichols
Cantor Junction
Local Social Notes Highlight Monticello Visitors and Farm Bureau Meeting
Sunday visitors frequented the Stanley Bright and Dave Wilson homes with Mrs. E H Cox and daughters dining with Howard Travers at Ryan. A Farm Bureau Homemakers meeting led by Mrs Edward Cox and Mrs Chester Lang reviewed Successful Tailoring with sixteen attendees. Bertha Baxter, daughter of Monticello, was noted as married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Bright
Monticello
Stanley Bright
Lester Lang
Charlotte Kay
Dave Wilson
E. H. Cox
Howard Travers
Ryan
Glenn Filer
J. L., Batchelder
Farm Bureau
Ernest Wahl
Edward Cox
Chester Lang
Hubbard
C. C. Stevenson
Manchester
Lester Wilson
Bertha Baxter
Baxter Wedding Ties Oneida Couple to Manchester Roots
Mr and Mrs Arthur Baxter of Oneida wed Donald ER in Me eagnatan ty at the Manchester Methodist parsonage with Rev James P Shaffer officiating. The bride wore a Wallis blue dress with matching accessories. After the ceremony the couple departed for a brief trip through Illinois Indiana and Ohio to visit relatives before settling on a farm eight miles southwest of Manchester. Local guests offered best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Baxter
Oneida
Donald ER
Manchester
Jamas P. Shaffer
Howard Travers
Ryan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Henry Eileen
Betty
Delhi
Stanley Bright
George Nordman
Margaret Murray
Monticello
C. C. Stevenson
John Albany
Dyersville
Joyce Bright
Lois Baum
Elmer Timmer
Ann Clement
Clement
J. L. Batchelder
John Eden
Joseph Baxter
E. H. Cox
William Conley
Lucy Luensman
C. Stevenson
Fire truck stalled after gas drained from station
Firemen in Waukon Allamakee county rushed from the station when the siren sounded but reached only one block before the truck stopped. Investigators found a thief had entered the station and drained ten gallons of gasoline, leaving the vehicle unusable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee County
Farm Wage Bill Seen as Farmers Exemption Hint
Farmers warned that a wage hour bill's exemption for farmers signals Congress intends to fix farm labor wages and hours in future. The piece argues a future three line amendment could extend the law to farm workers, despite current exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Mail
Congress
Cedar Rapids man claims 26 years without a scratch
W H Horak of Cedar Rapids has driven a car for 26 years without a fender scratch. He is described as a safe driver and an expert, having navigated traffic in large cities and treacherous mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Horak
Cedar Rapids
Horak Drives Safe Rules Highlight City Road Safety
The text praises Mr. Horak for observing three highway rules: stay on your side, watch the signs, and only cross when it is clear. It expresses a wish for more people like him in road safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Horak
October disease prevalence in Iowa shows scarlet fever lead
A state health review for October reports eight major communicable diseases. Scarlet fever tops the month with 309 cases versus 230 expected, while diphtheria drops to 14 of 73 expected. measles at 12 near 10. infantile paralysis, meningitis, typhoid, smallpox, and whooping cough also noted with varying deltas and calls for vaccination, containment, and sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
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Tom Lathrop
Monmouth High School
Monmouth
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Herman Gutzeit
Peter Hanson
Berlin
Germany
Jens Hanson
Davenport
Sievert Sievertsen
Amber
Thomas Hanson
Olin
John Peterson
The
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H. A. Schmitt
Herta
Annamale Gutzeit
D. C. Sinclair
Arend Balster
Paul Paulsen, Sr
Sand Spring
Charles Steve
Mt Hotel
Hotel Sherman
Frankie Masters and
Sherman LE AE el
E. G. Hicks
John Deere and International
Deering
McCormick
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
H.p
Crounds
E.G. Hicks
Banta Hopkins
Monticello State Bank
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