Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Wins Champion Calf At Wapsie Fair
Berneice Shaffer, 15, of near Troy Mills, led the Hereford calf to grand champion in baby beef at the Wapsie Valley fair. The event drew 49 head with Carl Oldson presiding. Other divisions saw Angus and Hereford winners from Central City, Marion, Palo and Center Point among 4 H feeders and purebred entrants.
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Wapsie Fair
Entral City
Wapsie Valley Fair
Berneice Shaffer
Emmett Shaffer
Troy Mills
Carl Oldson
Amesfield
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Berneice
Linn County
Clayton Brothers
West of Rowley Reserve
Oldson
Marxian Mills
Central City
Mills
Melvin Levasseur
Alburnett
Albert Hindman
Marion
Carl Rockwood
Sinth
Ruth Michel
Wayne Carpenter
Ralph Drake
Pale
Carpenter
Lee Sloan
Alburnett Hereford
Phillip Hand
Center Point
Maxine Griffith
Curtis Hayes
Palo
Glen Kester
Paulo
Junior Boyer
William Barnhart
Merrill Flitsch
Boyd Owens
Dale Goodyear
Dean Thomas
Muriel Thomas
Harold Thomas
Marvin Pearson
Sprongviate Jie
Harperes
Cecil Goows
Allen Mithens
Center
Morey
Gnazette
Carl Oldsen
Oldsen
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Rowley
FENCE DRIFT AND FARMING LIFE AT WAPSIE VALLEY FAIR
The page notes fence drift from woven wire and farm labor figures for 20 acre plots with eleven workers year round and twenty in rush season, plus Hampshire pig and Shropshire lamb exhibits by locals. It covers 4‑H canning, posters, record books, and extensive farm women exhibits across Linn county including Tanis Best and other club winners.
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E. M. Wright
Waterloo
London
Jersey
Guernsey
Wapsie Valley Fair
Helen Sumney
Ames
C Squire F Square Club
College Township
Tims Best
Marion
Jackson Juniors
Jackson
Tanis
Bowks
Indian Creek Bluebirds
Bertram Township
Worris Wilson
Central City
Missessie Banth
Cedar Rapids
Mis C H Wand
Center Point
Happy Hands Club
Linn County
Wolsen
Doermie
Stella Forrest
Certrolatv
North Mirton
Eh Oueman Phaed
Booth
Ors Derois
Otter Creek
Maneackson
Marian
Bettorum
Spring
Boulder
Brown
Grant
Wolleton
Ween
L. Petrok
Alburnett
Mars Miehel
Jesse Rooth
F H Hoare
Wor Kempt
Marion Seed
Beckmann
Meurt Vernon
Seven-farm oat threshing ring wraps up late season near Wellman
A seven-farm threshing ring northwest of Wellman completed operations Wednesday with oats yielding an average of 50 bushels per acre. Participants Erlis Swartzendruber Dan Shettler Ralph Gingerich Joe Erb Maynard Reber Ezra Troyer and George Trieschmann, led by Swartzendruber, plan to thresh timothy next before the 1935 season ends.
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Wellman
Timothy
Erlis Swartzendruber
Dan Shettler
Ralph Gingerich
Joe Erb
Maynard Reber
Ezra Troyer
George Trieschmann
Swartzendruber
Threshing Begins on Thompson Farm Report
Spere'al ta The Gazette notes threshing operations started Monday on the S G Thompson farm. Oats yielded about 40 bushels to the acre while corn and hay supplies require further work before storage.
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Spere
S G Thompson
Harvest Update From Local Fields After Storm
Harvest is nearly finished in parts with threshing just starting in some areas. Most grain stands up well though a few fields were damaged by the storm. Corn tasseling appears in many fields and some better plots are bulking. Soybeans show strong growth with farmers reporting good yield prospects.
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Webster
Dal Wiggins
Gazette OF
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Unclear OCR Item on Farm Seed Venture
Fragmentary text describes a farming venture involving seed horses and crops. Mentions Don Wherry Tote and pumpkins farms under supervision. Lacks clear dates places or outcomes.
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Wyoming
Iktesseing
Toa
Phas
Memories and recollections across rural summers
A country woman reflects on memories of muddy days and fairs as August approaches. She recalls reunions of longtime friends, childlike mischief, and the value of memories in shaping families, homes, and a well ordered life through generations.
Memory Lane Keepsakes For Children And Home
A call to store away keepsakes like lace and lav ender to preserve family memories and easily bring them forth for children. The tone urges making childhood memories happy through organized, timeless mementos.
Fayette Lads Return Home After International Dairy Trip
The Fayette county 4-H club dairy judging team returning from England reached home after representing the United States as national champions. Coach B W Lodwick reports they disembarked July 29 and will reach farm homes Sunday. They toured New England with stops at New York Jersey Cattle Club Peterboro and Brattleboro then passed via Niagara Falls and Canada. Members are Paul Harrison Maynard Robert Putman Ocwein and Grover Miche Maynard. E M Wright Iowa Dairy secretary and Mrs Wright joined in Europe and arrived in Waterloo. Wright noted a mostly calm voyage with a rough crossing near Jersey and Guernsey that upset several travelers.
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Fayette County
United States
England
B W. Lodwick
Lodwick
New York
New England
American Jersey Cattle Club
Peterboro
N. H
National Guernsey Association
Brattleboro
Hoe
Niagara Falls
Canada
Paul Harrison
Maynard
Robert Putman
Oclwein
Grover Miche
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Wright
Europe
Mr. Wright
Jersey
Guernsey
Manchester Firm Imports 27 Head Of Belgian Horses
Manchester firm Dygert Brothers unloaded the first foreign horses in the city. Twenty seven Belgian stallions and mares, ages two to five, arrived from Europe via Hoboken and the Manchester and Oneida railway. Collins Gardner led the shipment in express cars.
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Manchester
Dygert Brothers
Ervin Dygert
Europe
Collins Gardner
Hoboken
N. Y
Manchester and Oneida
Fair Grounds
Chinch Bugs Damage Corn Around Hopkinton
Chinch bugs appear in alarming numbers near Hopkinton damaging corn fields. Farmers report pests in old neighboring fields and from Gadient's field near the Dubuque county line. County officials and the county agent warn of potential future damage and seek eradication measures.
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Hopkinton
John Ulenkamp
F. R. Tesar
Peter Gadient
Dubuque
Linn county to distribute 154236 in first farm program payments
S M Wiley says one batch of checks from Washington is late delaying full plans. Group 1 signers in Jackson Buffalo Boulder and Maine townships receive checks Saturday at Central City while Monday distributions occur at Mount Vernon for Bertram Linn and Franklin townships. total payments cap 154 236 across 135 contracts next week.
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S. M. Wiley
Linn County Corn and Hog Control Association
Washington
Wiley
Jackson
Buffalo
Boulder
Maine
Central City
Mount Vernon
Bertram
Linn
Franklin
Linn County
Commercial Crop Expert Puts Corn At 2 189 000 000
CHICAGO E H Miller crop expert with James E Bennett and company on Aug 1 estimates major grain crops. Winter wheat 407 000 000, spring wheat 182 000 000, total wheat 589 000 000, corn 2 189 000 000, oats 1 163 000 000. Wheat down due to drought and rust. corn higher than last month. oats slightly lower.
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the Gazette
Chicago
E. H. Miller
James E. Bennett and Company
Department of Agriculture
Bucks oats tax loss shows drought yield rise
An eastern insurance company earned 29 dollars from its two fifths share of oats on 100 acres in Buckingham last year. This year 520 dollars came from a 95 acre oat field on the same farm. Yield rose from 7.25 to 52 bushels per acre, and sale price moved from 10 to 26 cents per bushel.
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Buckingham
Eastern Insurance Company
Roy Karr
Karr
Buckingham Grain Company
Morris Swenson Announces Fayette County Contest Meeting
Elwein Morris Swenson, tester for contest association No 1 in Fayette county, announces the annual meeting on August 6 at the Ed Treptow farm. Officers for the year starting September 1 will be elected. In July Smith Brothers and Cashen led with 1005 pounds of milk and 33.5 pounds of butterfat.
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Elwein
Morris Swenson
Contest Association No. 1
Fayette County
Ed Treptow
Smith Brothers and
Cashen
Farms Sell At 30 85 And 150 An Acre
Tipton reports land sales from J. E. Morton Real Estate. EB A Lienamann eighty acres northwest of Tipton sold to Emil Stuhr Bennett for 85 per acre. F D Rixe eighty acres northeast of Tipton sold to Theo Lange Tipton for 150 per acre. Staley 120 acres southwest of Tipton sold to Walter Conway for 50 per acre. All cash sales.
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Tipton
J. E. Morton
Buchanan 4-H Lads Try For County Judging Team
Independence Iowa thirty Buchanan county 4-H club boys tried out for the county livestock judging team Tuesday. Two horse classes were judged at the Iowa State hospital a class of fat steers at Clayton brothers farm and a class of dairy cattle at W J Campbell's farm. Nine boys had high scores this spring and summer and are named as finalists Robert Crawford Danny Strauer Glenn Miller Norman Frye Jr Wayne Halstead Milford Nachholz Rudolph Town James Wilson and Lloyd Kiefer.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Iowa State Hospital
Clayton Brothers Farm
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Dale E. Irwin
Robert Crawford
Danny Strauer
Glenn Miller
Norman Frye, Jr
Wayne Halstead
Milford Nachholz
Rudolph Town
James Wilson
Lloyd Kiefer
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Frank Klemm
Merl McGrew
Ray Anderson
Hampshire Barrow
Klemm
Lowell Parks
Max Klemm
George Pelisch
Cecil Goodlove
Allen Matheny
Matheny
Willard Goodlove
Springville
McGrew
Dudley Henderson
Wayne Ford
Lloyd Schultz
Donald Blount
Wilbur Smith
Solon
Paul Stanley
Raymond Truhlar
Ely
George Ellsworth
Coggan
Wild
Carroll Hoge
P. S. Shearer
Mais Houss
Ty Enon
Secio Tre Nation
J. Toter
F. Michel
Kneip Market
K-Boled Ib
DIAL
Anamosa Sale Pavilion
Lee Bebee
D. E. Brickley
Mer
Timothy To
Thresh
Seaton Brothers
Iowa
Keokuk
Morley
Miller
Willis Boots
Will Hay
John Butschi
Elsworth Tallman
John Wurzbacher
Max Jurgenson
Walker
Gazette
Spring Grove Township
Knight Williamson
West Prairie
Fiza Jeffries
Spri
Ruth Suckow
Fayette
Ba County
Court House
Cedic
Towa
Robert M. Wesely
Deere
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Bugs
Maquoreta
F. E. Krause
Jackson County
H. E. Henderson Higtey
Lake Superior
Joe Stark
First Street
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Reet PE Tea
Cee Ae
Roosevelt Hote
First Ave
Second St
Gallon Fruit Sale
Quaker
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