Bulk Of Iowa City Lambs Sell For $9 Cwt
Four hundred and four head of lambs consigned to a Johnson County pooled sale sold mainly at nine dollars per hundredweight Cedar Rapids weight. Good to choice lambs brought nine dollars, with some primes at nine fifty and mediums at eight. Other items included a few cull lambs at six and ewes at two fifty.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Packer
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
Johnson County Farm Bureau
E. L. Hegg
Livestock ‘Marketing Co-Op
Emmett Gardner
Johnson
Wether
Fence Drift in the Woven Wire
A concise verse by R. F. A presents a scene of fence drift and dawn birds. The poem moves from subdued sleighbells to a swelling choral tone, linking the tingling soundscape with the orchard gathering birds at dawn.
Excellent Chance For Corn In West Union Community
In Fayette county nearly an inch of rain last week improved the corn crop with ears forming heavily and a strong prospect for the date. Soybeans in the same fields also look promising, threshing paused by rain but moisture welcomed. Oats average twenty five bushels per acre, pastures refreshed by .77 inch rainfall, and the last hay cuts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Fayette County
Decorah
Winneshiek
Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Corn Growth Stages Reported as Fields Tassel and Silk
A farming brief notes corn plants progressing beyond the filling stage with later fields tasseling and silk development observed. The update highlights successive growth from filling to reproductive stages across fields.
Oats and Barley Yields Reported Across Local Farms
The highest oat yield nearby reached 65 bushels per acre on the Co. V. Newman farm, with other fields down to 14 bushels. A 20 acre barley field on the W. B. Meeks farm produced 41 bushels per acre, averaging 46 pounds per bushel. Combines have been employed on a few farms.
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Co. V. Newman
W. B. Meeks
Iowa farm products value climbs in 1937 report
Iowa's 1937 farm product value totaled 582,573,102 dollars, up 45,467,62 from 1936. Although cash farm income dropped to 522,356,000, officials cite higher on farm stock and year end inventories, with corn at 204,153,316 from 10,928,633 acres and livestock driving most income.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Department of Agriculture
Iowas
Tipton FFA Boys Prep Hogs for Cedar County Fair Show
Tipton FFA members of the Junior Breeders association plan the Cedar county fair junior swine show August 9 to 12. Guided by Herman T Holmes and led by president George L Fraseur Jr the nine members raise eighty-one pigs from eleven purebreds to be auctioned October 27. Siders serves as vice president with Duroc and Hamp sheltering weights from 100 to 160 pounds, as the group buffs beasts to peak condition and follows approved feeding on clean ground.
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Tipton
Junior Breeders Association
Future Farmers
Cedar County
Herman T. Holmes
George L. Fraseur
George Fraseur, Jr
Chambliss
Guernsey
Lawrence Wright
Kenneth Montz
Lloyd Thien
Billy Woods
Lester Dark
Leslie Phelps
Kenneth Siders
Siders
Holmes
Cedar County Fair
Wright
Cedar Health Contest Thursday Planned in Tipton
TIPTON The boys division of the 4 H Cedar county health contest will be conducted by Dr R M Laughlin and Cedar County Medical Association members. The girls health clinic was originally planned.
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Tipton
Cedar County
R. M. Laughlin
Cedar County Medical Association
Girls
Water jug cheers harvest hands in rural scene
A country woman narrator recalls a small boy on a horse delivering a water jug during harvest. Men pause for a cooling drink, hats tipped back, then resume work refreshed. The sack covered jug remains an unsung yet indispensable part of harvest.
Scheduled Monday Postponed to Undetermined Date
A planned event set for Monday has been postponed with a new date not yet determined. Details remain unclear as organizers work to finalize rescheduling and notify participants.
Hay Combustion Fires Burn Three Washington Barns
Three farm buildings burned in Washington last week due to spontaneous combustion of poorly cured hay. On Wednesday the 42 by 40 barn at Will Fleming’s farm was destroyed. on Saturday the 72 by 80 barn at P. G. Ahrens’s farm burned. on Sunday a smouldering beam was found near the top of the Safe Stout farm barn south of West Chester, with charred wood and burned hay. Salt was applied after removal.
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Gazette
Washington
Will Fleming
P. G. Ahrens
Crippen Builds Barn Granary and Machine Shed on Farm
Special to The Gazette reports Harry Crippen is constructing a new barn a granary and a machine shed on his farm located west of Delhi. The project expands farming facilities and storage capacity for the property.
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the Gazette
Delhi
Harry Crippen
Springville Iowa to Hold Budget Hearing August 12 1938
The town council of Springville Linn County Iowa will meet August 12 at 8 p.m. at the town hall. Taxpayers will be heard for or against the proposed expenditure estimate. Paul W. Sterner, Town Clerk.
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Springville
Linn County
Iowa
Paul W. Sterner
Four-County Lime Bids Sought Aug. 10 in Iowa
County supervisors and the 4 county Soils Improvement association agreed to seek bids August 10 for about 34 000 tons of agricultural lime to aid a soil sweetening program in Benton Tama Iowa and Poweshiek counties. The act allows counties to supply lime with owner payments via taxes.
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Belle Plaine
4- County Soils Improvement Association
Benton
Tama
Iowa
Poweshiek
4-County Association
Boards of Supervisors
Carl Culver
Fred Bruene
Gladbrook
Tama County
C. A. Housch
Des Moines
Iowa Emergency Conservation Works
Paul Burson
Toledo
Burson
Jay Morton
IECW
Housch
Ray Hutchinson
Montezuma
Will Lorenz
Lincoln
Mike Soder
Millersburg
Iowa County
Calling All Dogs By Albert Payson Terhune
A clipping discussed in the British press and American papers asks how old a dog can live. Lancashire reports cite setters reaching ages past eighteen, with Blackpool dogs Spot and another terrier noted for long life and health.
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Lancashire
England
Blackpool
Spot
Evening Gazette
West Lancashire
Record query on dogs beating speed records for lan Vilad LUD ATs
A fragmented query asks about dogs capable of beating records for lan Vilad LUD ATs on public roads at night, seeking examples or known cases. The text appears as a stray remark rather than a complete report with clear facts or events.
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Lan Vilad
Benjamin Franklin and Washington Pioneered Focal Spectacles
Benjamin Franklin created focal spectacles and the adoption by George Washington marks an early use in political leadership. The note highlights Franklin's invention and Washington's early endorsement in American history.
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Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Notice to Assign Sheriff’s Certificate in Cedar Rapids Bank Receivership
D W Bates Receiver of the Iowa State Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa files in Linn County District Court an application to sell and assign a sheriff’s certificate from a 1838 foreclosure case John C Diask et al for Lots 12 and 13 Block 18 Bowing’s Third Addition to Cedar Rapids for 400 dollars. A hearing is set for August 8 1934 at Linn County Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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District Court of For
Linn County
D. W. Bates
Iowa State Savings Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Saveings Bank
District Court
Towa
D. W Bates
State Savings Bank
John C. Diask
District Court of Iowa
Ling County
Bowling
Chai. J. Har
Judicia
Linn County Court House
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