Warning Issued on Hessian Fly Dangers to Wheat Crop
Iowa State College entomologist warns farmers across Muscatine and surrounding counties to destroy volunteer winter wheat in September to prevent Hessian fly damage. Fly-free dates will be announced after a state survey. cooperation needed to curb infestation and protect next spring's wheat yield.
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Muscatine County
Iowa
Carl J. Drake
Iowa State College
Drake
H. D. Tate
Monona
Nebraska
Missouri River
Testing of Fair Entries for Two Diseases
Testing of four H club members dairy and beef heifers for tuberculosis and Bangs disease is under way in Muscatine county. Dr. R S Tillie, local veterinarian, conducts the tests required by state law before exhibition. Iowa is fully accredited so baby beeves need no testing unless from non‑accredited areas.
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Muscatine
R. S. Tillie
Ralph H. Olson
H. A. Seidell
Division of Animal Husbandry
Iowa
Miss Sneeringer to Leave Thursday for 4-H Camp Fun
Patricia Sneeringer of near West Liberty in Muscatine county will depart Thursday for the state 4 H camp for contest winners to be held August 10 to 13 at Camp Mitigwa nine miles south of Boone. Her conservation book was judged best in one county. About forty eight girls and as many boys plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Sneeringer
Near West Liberty
Muscatine County
Camp
Mitigwa
Boone
Miss Sneeringer
Officials Push Plan for Farm Crop Loans and Subsidies
Washington officials advance government loans and subsidies to lift prices of major farm commodities. Congress restored capital for the Commodity Credit Corp, providing about 250 million dollars for loans on surpluses of wheat, corn, cotton, wool, dairy, and others. Loans exceed market prices to stabilize values, with wheat loans around 61 cents per bushel and corn loans planned 55 to 57 cents. Farmers may repay or surrender crops at loan expiration. total farmers benefits include 778 million dollars in added payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Congress
Commodity Credit Corp
Midwest
Fulton Bureau to Hold Meeting Friday Night
Fulton town ship Farm Bureau members plan a Friday night meeting August 11 at the Geurink home. The program includes Leona Illian vocal solo Billy and Bobby Allbee duet Fulton Industrial Girl Four-H team demonstrations Fulton Future Farmers boys team talks by Miss Mary Grace Martin and Ralph H Olson. Each family should bring a cake for the ice cream social. A Coca Cola representative will present a walk and movies. Lillian Puls chairs the arrangements committee.
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Fulton Township Farm Bureau
Clarence Geurink
Leona Illian
Billy
Bobby Allbee
Fulton Industrial Girll
Fulton Future Farmers Boys
Mary Grace Martin
Ralph H. Olson
Coca Cola
Lillian Puls
Market closing quotations and price changes across major stocks
The report lists closing quotations for a wide range of corporations including Am Can Am Loco Am Rad Am Smelt Am Stl Férs Am Te and Te Anaconda Chrysler Ford Motor Co and many others with percentage changes. Notable movers include Anaconda 26 percent Atchison 27 percent Gen Electric 37 percent Westinghouse 1064 percent and U S Steel 495 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison
Beth Stee
Borg-Warner
Chrysler
Artist Wright
Deere and Co
Dupont
Eastman
el Pow
Firestone
Gen Electric
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Gillette
Goodyear
Hudson
Libbey O F Glass
Nash-Kelvinator
Y Central
Oliver Farm
Penney
Phillips Pet
Radio
Rem Rand Ln
FSA Officials and Group Attend Fairfield Meet
Howard A. Klinetop Farm Security manager Elvina S. Cady home management supervisor and Muscatine county tenant purchase committee attend a conference at Fairfield. Delegation members Bert L. Metcalf Albert C. Eckhardt and Granville E. Flatt er participate. They plan to return Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Klinetop
Elvina S. Cady
Muscatine County
Fairfield
Bert L. Metcalf
Albert C. Eckhardt
Granville E. Flatter
Congress Orders New Waterways Surveys Made
Congress sent to the president a substitute bill directing Army engineers to conduct preliminary surveys for potential projects. The Senate Commerce Committee trimmed the House omnibus rivers and harbors bill, then faced pressure to keep spending lower, delaying action until next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Commerce Committee
Sen. Bailey
D-N. C
Committee
Bailey
Mississippi River
Alton
Ill
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Army
Iowa Hog Market Review Des Moines August 7
Des Moines reports show 25,300 hog receipts over 48 hours at 18 yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota, down from 31,200 last week. Prices for various weight classes range from 4.50 to 6.40 per cwt with steady to firm demand and occasional gains, based on transactions through 11:30 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Ous Else and Choice
Patterns to Be Theme of First Project Lesson
Miss Mary Grace Martin announces a Muscatine county home project for farm women starting late September. The first two lessons cover decorative patterns applied to trays bowls quilts and aprons with chip carving to follow later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Mary Grace Martin
Ames
Nora Workman
Iowa State College
Martin
Bloomington Township
Sweetland
Goshen
Fulton
Preparations for Fair to Occupy Bureau Leaders
West Liberty fair plans emphasize Four-H demonstrations led by county home demonstration agent Miss Mary Grace Martin. Meetings set to organize judging and demonstrations include sessions with Roscoe Eliason near Letts and a schedule of activities for Seventy-Six Sparklers Bloomington Best Wapsie Best Wilton Busy Bees Green Valley Hustlers at listed farm homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Mary Grace Martin
Martin
John Hendriks
Farm Bureau
Roscoe Eliason
Letts
J. S. McBride
Bloomington
Ivan Toyne
Wapsie
Virginia Smith
Wilton
Harold Covell
Green Valley Hustlers
E. J. McFadden
Mercer Farm Bureau Board Meeting Notice
Members of the Mercer county Farm Bureau board are notified of a meeting at the Farm Bureau office on Tuesday at 10 a m. Routine business will be discussed and reports from Earl D. Peterson and committee chairs will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Mercer County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Earl D. Peterson
Private Household Furniture Sale Notice
Classified ad for a private sale of household furniture including refrigerator gas stove rugs antiques and miscellaneous items. Sale held Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a m to 8 p m at 605 West 3rd Street.
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West 3Rd Street
Wheat and Corn Prices Down as Market Closes
Wheat and corn futures declined as trading ended in Chicago with limited rallies and lighter demand. Weather reports from the domestic northwest and Canada forecast cooler, unsettled conditions while rain hit the Canadian prairies.
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Chicago
New York Produce Prices Mixed on Eve of Market Close
Eggs total 12 133 cases mixed colors fancy to extra fancy 18 224c standards 18c firsts 164%c seconds 14 15%c mediums 14%4c No 1 144gc average checks 13c Butter 499 299 steady creamery higher than extras 24 25qc extra 92 score 24 4c firsts 88 91 score 23% c seconds 20 214yc Cheese 112 439 steady state whole milk flats held 1988 164 19c Jones 16c other fresh 14 54 15c
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jones
New York Bonds Mixed as Rail and Utilities Lead
In New York trading the bond market showed mixed results with medium priced railway loans and some utilities advancing. Industrial issues struggled, while United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel rose modestly. several major utilities and corporate bonds fell, and U S government issues were largely unchanged with slight downticks in some maturities.
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New York
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Armour
International Telephone
American Water Works
New York Central
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Nickel Plate
Commonwealth Edison
Columbia Gas and Electric
American Telephone
National Daily
Europe
Oiece
United States
Chicago Produce Prices Mixed Across Butter Eggs Poultry and Potatoes
Chicago market notes show butter trading weak with mixed creamery prices and varied percentages. Egg prices steady to higher for fresh graded and local shipments, while live poultry offers a broad range for hens, broilers, fryers, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Potatoes and other starches reflect regional shifts with Bliss Triumphs and Idaho Russets noted, few sales for some grades. Storage standards for butter and egg prices are listed with dates and references to U S Department of Agriculture figures.
Germany Develops Egg Substitutes From Fish and Milk
The commerce department reports Germany developed egg substitutes from fish protein and dried milk albumen to replace egg imports, which totaled 38 million dollars in 1938. The fish substance can replace egg whites in baking candy and dairy products, while miles, a dried milk albumen, foams like beaten egg whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Germany
Hatch Bill Oversight Shifts to Attorney General Murphy
Attorney General Frank Murphy takes responsibility for enforcing the Hatch law limiting political activity by federal workers. He told reporters that a citizen can file complaints with the justice department over suspected violations. Senator Carl Hatch, author of the bill, was photographed with Vice President Garner in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Justice Department
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
John Nance Garner
Local Market Egg and Poultry Quotations
Local markets publish prices for eggs and poultry. Hens and cocks show varied per pound rates. heavy and light hens quoted at different levels. Quotations supplied by John P. Sauire Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Chicago cash grain prices and grain varieties
Chicago cash grain report lists No 2 yellow wheat 65 cents No 2 mixed 64 1/2 cents No 2 corn mixed 44 1/2 cents No 2 oats mixed 27 1/2 to 28 1/2 cents sample mixed 25 to 26 1/2 cents No 2 white 29 1/2 to 29 3/4 cents sample white 26 cents Malting barley 50 56 cents nominal feed 40 cents No 2 malting 54 cents No 3 malting 50 52 cents Timothy seed new crop 3.75 to 4.10 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler, Gilbert and Hill
Hershey
Chicago
Timothy
Kansas City Livestock Market Report August Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs salable and total 500 with gains up to 10 cents, top at 6.20. Cattle salable 16,000, calves 2,500, opening slow to steady with stocker and feeder trades 65 percent of receipts and most items steady or firm. Sheep 3,000 with slow bidding and steady asking prices for trucked-in natives around 8.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U. S
New York Sugar Futures End Higher Then Ease
Liquidity and hedging offset a moderate domestic demand and sugar futures cooled after an early rise. Prices edged off with September at 1.88 cents a pound and March at 1.94, refined steady around 4.30 to 4.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iowa Livestock by Associated Press Iowa Hogs Steady Across Regions
Iowa hog and cattle price bids from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Mason City and surrounding markets show steady to mixed movements. Prices cover hogs from 140 to 800 pounds with varying ranges for each weight class and steady cattle tone across several regions.
Hog Prices Hold Steady at Chicago Market Opening
Chicago August 7 AP hogs steady to strong as receipts estimated at 13 000 cattle 7000 sheep 2000 salable hogs about 10000 total 12500 with spots up 5 to 10 cents. Top hog quotes 6 70 for 180 240 lb. 6 55 for 240 270 lb. 6 00 for 270 300 lb. 4 50 to 5 40 for 300 330 lb. Cattle steady to mixed. calves 1500 lb steers around 10 00. heifers near 9 75. Sheep 4000 head with lambs weaker 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Chicago
Wis
Idaho Spring Lambs
Price No
Frigg
Ecenes
Cave
Pri
Lisccue
Fis Ugn'e
Omaha Livestock Market Report Aug 7 U S Dept
Salable hogs 5500 with barrows gilts steady to weak sows active to 15c higher weights list. Cattle 11600 with fed steers yearlings uneven, heifers steady, cows weak. Sheep 11500 with lambs slow and bids weak to 15c lower, sheep steady and feeding lambs strong.
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Omaha
U. S. Dept
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Fulton Bureau
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NEW York Bonds
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Oregon
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Chicago Grain & Provisions
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New York Sugar
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