Limited State Fair Plans Fat Hog Show and 4 H Exhibits
The state fair board tentatively schedules Aug 26 to Sept 2 for a limited fair. It will include the market pig show 4 H baby beef lamb and boy shows, possibly 4 H market poultry and dairy exhibits if feasible. School exhibits and a quiz derby will run as usual. The fairground layout allocates 75 acres for the fair, with 160 acres campground, north of the main street from Grand Avenue entrance to the amphitheater.
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War Department
Lloyd Cunningham
Pat Defame
Shaw
State Fair Board
Inwa State College
Pal
Fence Drift Editorial on Agriculture in Post
An editorial in the Saturday Evening Post argues agriculture should be prioritized. Ben Hibbs, new editor, is praised as a lean New England Yankee who knows the score and supports stronger staff with knowledgeable editors beyond the East.
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Saturday Evening Post
Ben Hibbs
Country Gentleman
Post
Philadelphia
Teams Top At $360 At Cedar Rapids Livestock Sale
One hundred forty eight Iowa consigned work horses sold at Cedar Rapids in the Iowa Livestock exchange sale ring. Top team brought $360. another team sold for $272. The top 25 head averaged $104.75, reported Tony Schmidt, auctioneer and firm member.
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Iowa
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Tony Schmidt
Neighbors rally farmers around ailing Manchester farmer
James Houlihan who farms 240 acres at the southwest edge of Manchester has been ill since December. This week Elmer Kehrli organized a group of farmers to help, gathering neighbors Tuesday to aid the ailing resident and his property.
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Manchester
James Houlahan
Elmer Kehrli
Farmers Plow 50 Acres in Seven Hours at Houlahan Farm
Seven workers helped by Mr. Kehrli used tractors and two bottom plows to till 50 acres in seven hours at the Houlahan farm. The assisting crew included Hi ram R. Wilson Donald Eibey Melvin Arnold Melvin Ondler Glenn Chrystal and Leslie Heiken.
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Houlahan Farm
Mr. Kehrli
Hiram R. Wilson
Donald Eibey
Melvin Arnold
Melvin Ondler
Glenn Chrystal
Leslie Heiken
Farm Youth School at Ames Dates Set for 4-H Members
AMES Iowa's second Farm Youth school for 4-H members will open July 15 and run through Aug 22. One hundred members from every county in the state will attend, with two from Pottawattamie. The program aims to boost skill and efficiency to aid the war effort.
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Ames
Iowa
Pottawattamie
Plum Trees Bloom in Hale Iowa Orchard Yard
Plum trees burst into bloom this week in eastern Iowa with early orchard fruits. Apples will follow soon as a plum blossom photo was taken Thursday afternoon in the Riches Brothers farmyard two miles northeast of Hale.
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Iowa
Riches Brothers
Hale
Hog Prices Rise Sharply Amid Strong Spring Demand
Hog prices moved sharply higher this week approaching the year’s high, with interior Iowa and southern Minnesota receipts up 21 percent in April to 626,800 head and 179,600 heads in the first five days this week, all demand absorbing the supply. Weights are heavier, quality better, with many hogs in the 260 to 300 pound range, sows still a smaller share of slaughter. Interior prices rose 30 to 50 cents through Thursday, then fell 10 to 20 cents Friday on lighter volume of 44,800 head tombol.
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Interior
Iowa
Minnesota
Ag Program Planned At United States Chamber Meet
On April 29 during the annual meeting in Chicago a roundtable on agricultural topics will be held. Delos L. James of the chamber will announce the theme Federal Controls on Agricultural Marketing with speakers from the grain cotton and farm sectors including John B. Hutson Herschel D Newsom M Clifford Townsend and others.
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Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chicago
Delos L. James
Agricultural Department
Chamber
Philip R. O’brien
Chicago Board of Trade
John B. Hutson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Organization
Herschel D. Newsom
Indiana Grange
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Chamber of Commerce
4-H Rally Day Planned at Independence High School
Independence Buchanan county 4-H girls schedule their annual Rally day for June 3 at Independence High School. The plan was set at a Tuesday committee meeting led by Miss Ella Loughran, Ames extension specialist.
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Independence
Buchanan County 4-H
Independence High School
County 4-H
Ella Loughran
Ames
Cattle Market in Chicago Shows Wide Swings This Week
Chicago cattle prices moved in two directions with choice cattle selling at 15 to 25 cents higher while bulk sales to the killer market fell 25 to 40 cents. A top price of 17.25 was paid for two loads of steers and Hereford and Angus cattle. Heifers rose 25 to 40 cents with tops near 15, while cows and bulls fluctuated and calves climbed to around 14 to 15. Limited yearling supply and improving spring weather kept feeder demand modest.
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the Gazette
Chicago
Field Crops Need Rain In Tipton Area
TIPTON Rain is badly needed as oats struggle to sprout while alfalfa greens show little growth. Farmers press ahead with corn prep and fertilizer hauling as gardens prosper and fruit trees endure winter. Joe Johnston uses spring garden potatoes from last year. three bushels noted. WALKER Oats have emerged but crave rain. gardens and strawberry and raspberry plants survived winter. rhubarb and asparagus harvested for home use.
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Tipton
Joe Johnston
Walker
Farmers Build New Poultry Houses Near Walker
George Heider, a farmer four miles east of Walker, completed a new hen house on his farm while Fred Simanek, two miles southeast of Walker, finished an 18 by 36 foot poultry house on his property.
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Walker
George Heider
Fred Simanek
New Corn To Replace Tapioca
A waxy corn from China crossed with Iowa lines yields a hybrid set to replace tapioca. Iowa and Beltsville stations began waxy corn breeding in 1936 with seed this spring for a seed crop. Production expected by 1943 with ample seed by 1945, as urgency rose after Pearl Harbor to deploy a tapioca substitute.
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China
Iowa
Beltsville
J. M. W. Farnham
R. M. Hixon
Ames
M. T. Jenkins
United States Department of Agriculture
Manchester FFA Buys $25 Defense Bond
Manchester Future Farmers of America chapter approved its treasurer to purchase a $25 war savings bond and a book containing a 10 cent stamp for each of the 47 members, as the group met this week in Manchester.
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Manchester
Steers Entered in 5-Head Junior Feeder Show at All-Iowa Fair
Eleven eastern Iowa counties will be represented in the 5-head junior commercial feeders show at Cedar Rapids during the All-Iowa fair in August. Howard Hamilton of Tipton, superintendent, announced thirty-three 4-H boys are feeding 165 calves. Judges include Schmidt Brothers of Delmar and P. S. Shearer of Ames. County-by-county entries list multiple participants from Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Muscatine, Cedar, Benton, Tama, Clayton, Johnson, and others, with several farms and youths named.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Howard Hamilton
Tipton
Schmidt Brothers
Ford
George
Delmar
Chicago
Cedar and Benton
Tama
Clayton and Johnson
Jones
Merlin Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Willard Byerly
Champ Polled Hereford Sells For $570
DES MOINES AP Omer Doty of Burchard Neb won top honors in the Iowa state Polled Hereford cattle show and sale Thursday Doty showed the champion and reserve champion bulls and sold the champion at the top price of the sale 570 The reserve brought 400 Wilbert Witte of Hampton Ia showed the champion female and I G Birrer of Riverside Ia entered the reserve winner Iowa Polled Hereford association officers elected were Mervin Christensen Lone Rock president and L B Curran Mason City secretary and treasurer
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Des Moines
Omer Doty
Burchard
Neb
Iowa State
Doty
Wilbert Witte
Hampton
Ira
I. G. Birrer
Riverside
Iowa
Hereford Association
Mervin Christensen
Lone Rock
L. 8 S. Curran
Mason City
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