Linn 4-H Dairy Leads State Projects in 1939
J S Quist of Iowa State College reports Linn county led state 4-H dairy projects in 1939 with 103 members and $725 in premiums. nationwide totals show 2,152 members completed dairy projects across 97 counties, with Linn excelling in enrollments, premiums, and calf values.
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Linn
Heifer
J S Quist
Iowa State College
Quist
Iowa
Jinn
Bill Harr
Linn County
Seeding Progress Nearing End in West Union and Decorah
West Union reports three quarters seeded as of Saturday with plowing well underway and topsoil moisture adequate though subsoil remains dry. Oats seeded early froze in April while sheep shearing begins and bees survived winter well. Decorah notes about 50 percent of grain in ground with corn plowing good but slow due to moisture. new seeding and pastures lagging. pig and lamb crops above normal and an unusually large share of early lambs thriving.
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Brecal
the Gazette
West Union
Decorah
Kildee And Wilson Honored By North Dakota Ag College
Iowa State College dean of agriculture H H Kildee will receive an honorary doctor of agriculture from North Dakota Agricultural College at June 10 spring commencement in Fargo. M L Wilson head of the federal extension service will also receive a doctor of agriculture degree. Both are Iowa State graduates.
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Ames
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
N.D
M. L. Wilson
Federal Extension Service
Kildee
Wilson
House On Ray Stout Farm Near Tipton Destroyed By Fire
TIPTON fire crews answer alarm at the Ray Stout farm seven miles northwest of Tipton to battle a roof blaze that destroyed the house. Only first floor furniture saved as flames prevented spread to other buildings. HOPKINTON undertermined origin fire damages a bedroom and destroys furnishings at the Fred Stevens farm northwest of Hopkinton.
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Ray Stout
Tipton
Gazette
Hopkinton
Fred Stevens
Mr. Stevens
Dyersville
S M., Casteel
Muscatine Junior Feeders Plan Tour
Muscatine County junior commercial feeders plan a Saturday tour to inspect seven calf lots of five head each in the Eastern Iowa 4-H Cattle Feeders club. Schedule includes Farm Bureau office 7:30 a.m., Eugene McBride farm 8:00, Lawrence Yocum farm 8:40, Ralph Neff farm 9:10, Harold Schmitt farm 9:40, Gaylord Wilson farm 10:25, Maynard Jakeman farm 11:10, Wayne Drumm farm 11:30.
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Gazette
Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine County
Ralph Sf Olson
Muscatine Farm Bureau
Eugene McBride
Lawrence Yocum
Conesville
Ralph Neff
Nichols
Harold Schmitt
Gaylord Wilson
West Liberty
Maynard Jakeman
Wilton
Wayne Drumm
West Branch Youth Wins F F A Speech Meet at Sigourney
Bernard Adelman of West Branch High School will represent the district at the state F F A public speaking contest in Ames on May 10 after winning the Sigourney district meet Friday evening.
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West Branch
F.F.A
Sigourney
Bernard Aldeman
Agricultural Congress
Ames
Allamakee 4-H'ers Plan Rally Day April 29
Miss Ella Loughran of Ames will meet Allamakee county 4-H leaders and the county girls club committee on April 29 to aid in planning their annual rally day.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Ella Loughran
Ames
Allamakee County
Farmers Break Pasture to Boost Corn Base Amid AAA Dilemma
A farm editor explains how farmers are breaking permanent pasture to increase crop land in hopes of a higher corn allotment. The move undermines soil conservation as new erosive land enters production, driven by corn base inequalities and rigid rules, with local leaders divided on whether the practice pays off. Roy Kutcher near Oxford shifts to 25 acres of corn on sod to meet renter duties, despite shrinking his official corn base.
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AAA
Roy Kutcher
Oxford
Kutcher
First Vocational Agricultural Project Underway at Lisbon
The Lisbon agricultural class led by Mr. G. R. Harlan started a one acre potato patch using Cobbler seed. Ninety percent of the 1300 pounds seeded were treated for disease. 400 pounds were left untreated. Twenty eight students participated, guiding the furrow with Mr. Harlan on the handles.
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G. R. Harlan
Lisbon
Norman Nesley
Harlan
Tipton Offers Winter Classes In Agriculture And Homemaking
Sixty adults completed winter part time courses in agriculture and homemaking sponsored by Max Kneedy and Miss Frances Hershman at Tipton. A monthly social meeting will replace the course and a council of fourteen students was elected with Harold Eiler as president and Kay Buresh as secretary.
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Tipton
Max Kneedy
Frances Hershman
Harold Eiler
Kay Buresh
Guernsey Picnic Planned for June 18 at Cedar Rapids
The 1940 summer picnic and field day for Town Guernsey breeders will be held June 18 at the Cedar Rapids fair grounds. R A Nelson of Independence chairs the planning committee. Two parish shows will accompany the field day. Cliff Finley of the American Guernsey Cattle Club moved his field office from Minneapolis to Des Moines on April 1 to better cover seven states.
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Beverly Yards
WMT Fack
Cedar Rapids Fairgrounds
R. A. Nelson
Independence
Des Moines
Cliff Finley
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Minneapolis
Elijah to Address Lisbon Part-Time Ag Class Members
Earl Elijah, farmer and cattleman and chairman of the Iowa Soils Districting committee, will speak at Lisbon on the evening of April 30. G R Harlan, agricultural teacher, announced the plan for the banquet program of part time agricultural students.
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Elijah
Lisbon
Isbon — Earl Elijah
Clarence
Iowa Soils Districting Committee
G. R. Harlan
Harlan
Soul Conservation And The Bathroom Scales
A country woman notes the fluctuations of bathroom scales, describing ups and downs followed by periods of steadiness as a lighthearted reflection on daily weight readings and self awareness. The piece uses personal observation to illustrate common ordeals with body weight.
Maynard Co Op Creamery Marks 62nd Anniversary
Patrons were paid 32 cents a pound for March butterfat at the Maynard Cooperative creamery which recently observed its sixty second anniversary. The creamery opened April 15, 1878, as Iowa's oldest cooperative creamery. First day receipts were 633 pounds of milk and by 1879’s start total milk received reached 867,272 pounds, producing 33,517 pounds of butter. Glen C. Mittelstadt serves as buttermaker at the Maynard plant.
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Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery
Maynard Creamery
Iowa
Glen C. Mittelstadt
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Kildee and Wilson
North Dakota Ag College
East Iowa
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Quailty Cuaranterd
Costa Y Nothing Extex
Fair Aline
Cedar Rapids
Ora Ee
Onyxette
Hartman's
First Avenue East
Ree
Pha
Hamilton
Zinnia Seeds
Coldwell
Linley
Rered Steel
Wren Houses
S Ft
Eile
Boysen
Hardy
Old Everblooming
Hawkeye
Bbc
Bermuda
Vigoro
Gian' Cannon
Hamilton Seed & Coal CO
Lombardy
Haarlem
Holland
Soek
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Beverly Cattle Company
Cedar Rapins
Guernsey
Finley
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