Local Notes Include Rain Need and Social Visits in Pilotland
In Pilburg on May 17 residents report planting progress mixed with a needed rain after a light Sunday shower. Social trips include Lydia Horak and Harold with Edith Priley and her son to Pella to view tulips, while Mrs. Stransky visited family in Washington.
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Frank Stramsky
Pilotburg
Lydia Horak
Harold
Edith Priley
Pella
Wayne Stransky
Washington
Albert Gillipste
Missouri
Will Brown
Indianola
Hansell
Mark Brown
John
Oklahoma
Mark
Dan Sexton
Cedar Rapids
Frank Stransky
Joe Haller
Herbert Campbell
Marion Stransky
Amelia Geret
Riverside
Geret
ISU Student Nominated for Carnegie Hero Award
Erith Le Roy Hopp, sophomore forestry student at Iowa State College in Ames, was recommended for a Carnegie Hero Award for saving 12-year-old Eugene Stokes from drowning in Squaw Creek on May 1. Despite weaker swimming, Hopp entered the nine foot stream, found Stokes at the bottom, pulled him ashore, and revived him with artificial respiration.
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Ames
Erith le Roy Hopp
Donnellson
Iowa State College
Hopp
Eugene Stokes
Squaw Creek
Stoker
Neighbor disputes rat outbreak reports in town and country
Mrs. Inez Martin, a neighbor, says she has seen no rats and hopes the town’s rat concerns subside. She notes widespread worry about vermin in both country and towns.
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Inez Martin
Local farm notes report crops in need of rain and early planting
The column lists farmers from Crawfordsville area noting crop conditions. Ed Vittetoe, C G Anderson, John Van Sype, W L Dickinsons, John D Jones, Jake Shrader, Paul Widmer, J W Hesseltine, Wm Leighty, Sam Nebels and Chris E Roth are described with fields, planting, care of livestock, and signs of progress while requesting rain and favorable conditions.
News Notes of Our Neighboring Communities
Journal notes from neighboring communities written by D. F. Macon survey local happenings, events, and civic briefs. Highlights include small-town meetings, school activities, and social notices from nearby towns.
Farmland Observations Highlight Fine Soil Conditions
Washington shoppers Henry J. Yoder returned home Wednesday morning while Dave Wenger tended fields near Wayland. Ed Wenger improved ground preplanting and Albert Magdefran reported rat issues at the north Wayland feed barns as preparations continue for corn planting.
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Henry J. Yoders
Washington
Dave Wenger
Ed ‘Wengers
Wayland R 2
Albert Magdefran
Wayland
Plow mishap and horse stock updates at Wayland
Everett Magdefrau leads a large mule team plowing a feed lot with a deep, walking plow while lecturing and joking about the effort. Frank Magdefray shows well stock at Wayland with eight loads headed out, as Geo Brooks touts quality horses and ponies, and Bill Allen departs after a short stay.
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Everett Magdefrau
Everett
Frank Magdefray
Wayland
Geo. Brooks
George
Krabill Improves Farm Near Wayland and New Garage
P. H. Krabill near Wayland continues home and farm improvements with tall wheat and a new garage featuring a top patent lift door. He notes the Wayland-Olds road is torn up but promises a fine finish. A house cleaning was held midweek and Krabill mentioned being tired by the day's work.
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P. H. Krabill
Wayland
P. H
First high priced farm sale near Crawfordsville
Roy Johnson farms south of Crawfordsville on No 918 selling land at 240 per acre rising to 450 in a quality tract. The yard features 2650 esprint pigs and many other hogs and livestock along with three fine colts on the property.
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Roy Johnson
Crawfordsville
Vaccination urged to fight equine sleeping sickness in horses
Iowa State College extension veterinarian Dr. K W Stouder promotes vaccination as the best protection against equine encephalomyelitis. Vaccinate weeks before exposure, this month and next, to maximize immunity. The chick embryo vaccine is safer, cheaper, and more effective than horse brain vaccines, with higher early immunity and broad protection across horse stock. In April the average cow butterfat was 29 pounds with 66 associations on test. top producers and associations listed include Herbert Kleiss, H F F Bothe, George Boerhave, and Pioneer, Cedar Falls, Sioux, and North Tama among others.
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Iowa State College
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Stouder
Lowa
Arthur Porter
Iowa State College Extension Dairyman
Herbert Kleiss
Brooklyn
H. FF. Bothe
Ft. Dodge
George Boerhave
Sheldon
Anton Heitshusen
South Amana
George RB. Jensen
Extra
Wm. F. Voelker
Ryan
Bobbit Bros
Thursman
Sioux
Fremont-Page- Mills
Pioneer
Henry
Cedar Palls
North Tama
Grass Pastures Gauge Better Iowa Condition This Spring
H B Cheney Iowa State College extension agronomist notes Iowa pastures are generally in good shape this spring though some damage from early grazing persists. USDA reports Iowa pastures at 87 percent of normal this year versus 81 percent in 1938. Cheney urges delaying grazing bluegrass and redtop until plants reach 3 4 inches and then grazing closely during rapid May and June growth to prevent seed formation.
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Iowa
H. B. Cheney
Iowa State College
United State Department of Agriculture
Cheney
Market report from Chicago hogs and cattle indicators
Market steady to higher for hogs with top at 7.25 and good to choice at 7.00 to 7.20. Cattle slower with 5,000 head. yearlings steady, weights weak, fed heifers steady, bulls weak, vealers higher to 10.75. Sheep 4,000 with lambs around 9.00 and fat ewes 4.00 to 4.25. Estimated tomorrow receipts show cattle 1,000 hogs 5,000 sheep 5,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Corn Markets Report May 18
Chicago cash grain note shows mixed corn bids around 52% to 57 percent for various lots. Some yellow corn offerings ranged near 52% to 53 percent with differing moisture and quality factors.
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Chicago
Brome Grass Needs Height for Healthy Pasture
The article notes that mature stages hinder palatability and nutrients, while immature growth is superior. Cheney advises leaving brome at 5 to 6 inches to preserve leaf area for regrowth. Stock prefer and eat top growth of brome more than bluegrass, reducing waste.
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Cheney
Jim’s high profit farming methods 1928 Iowa study
The Iowa Farm Economist outlines why Jim, with more livestock and the same labor, earned 1460 in a year while a neighbor with similar acres lost 280. Key factors include larger livestock units, efficient stock management, and planning for peak price periods.
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Jim
Iowa Farm Business Associations
Iowa Farm Economist
Iowa Fruit Harvest Prospects Favorable Says Edgecombe
Ex extension horticulturist S W Edgecombe of Iowa State College says apples show a big bloom in western southwestern and southern Iowa with fair to light blooms elsewhere. Heavy fruit set is reported for peaches pears cherries and plums. raspberries face damage from drought and black raspberry disease anthracnose threatens crops. berry reports vary for strawberries. Edgecombe urges cover spray every 7 to 10 days after calyx spray to curb apple scab as rains favor its development.
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Iowa
S. W. Edgecombe
Iowa State College
Edgecombe
Chicago Grain Table Highlights May Prices and Futures
Chicago grain table shows May wheat at 71736 with mixed figures across contracts. Corn May 49% 5 495% with July and September activity. Oats May 38 with scattered percentages, rye May around 48% to 50% across months.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Brief May 18
Market steady with overall receipts 47,794 cases and unchanged quotations. Poultry details list varied receipts and price ranges for ducks geese hens leghorn hens spring chickens roosters broilers and turkeys across multiple truckloads and year figures.
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Chicago
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