Hundred Head Exhibited at County Fair
Rex Conn reports the Linn County fair showcased over 100 top quality Belgians in a draft horse show judged by Albert Wilkins of Iowa State College. Winners included Falcon and Scott of Rowley for stallion and mare, Don Smith of Stanwood for champion gelding, and McCutcheon of Maquoketa for champion grade mare. Forty-five teams competed in heavy to light classes with multiple trophies awarded across purebred and grade divisions.
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Linn County
Albert Wilkins
Iowa State College
Iowa
Falcon and Scott
Rowley
Don Smith
Stanwood
Irving McCutcheon
Maquoketa
Fischer and Son
Fence Drift Prompts Call to Combat Noxious Weeds
Marion resident J. W. Frazee questions responsibility for road upkeep and weed control at the Linn County fair. The piece urges landowners to notify weed commissioners and notes 2 4D spray shows promise against Canada thistle. Public officials and farmers should unite to eradicate the weed problem.
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J. W. Frazee
Marion
Linn County
Highway Commission
Farm income to set new high in 1946 hopes
Washington based agriculture officials predict farm income for 1946 will surpass the record $16.831 billion set last year. They cite cash farm receipts for the first six months nearly steady at $8.633 billion, down 3 percent from 1945, with meat marketings hurt in June but price gains since OPA lapse expected to close the gap by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Agriculture Department
Worry of FALSE TEETH prompts easy use of FASTEETH
Embarrassment from loose plates is avoided with FASTEETH powder sprinkled onto denture plates. The product claims to hold plates more firmly without a gummy taste and describes FASTEETH as alkaline. It advises purchase at any drug store.
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Acre Gerutan
Grinnell Hosts Poweshiek 4-H County Fair Dates
The Poweshiek county 4-H club fair runs August 19 to 21 at the sale barn south of Grinnell. Livestock judging is set for day two and the baby beef sale closes the event. Girls 4-H exhibits and produce will be shown in Congregational and Baptist churches in Grinnell.
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Grinnell
Here
Elkader Fair Scheduled for August with New Livestock Displays
The Elkader fair will run August 13 to 16 with horse racing slated for Wednesday and Thursday. The Clayton county combined school bands perform Friday. Secretary E. F. Seifert says four H livestock and agricultural displays promise to be the best in the fair’s history.
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Clayton County
E. F. Seifert
Farmers Fared Very Well in 79th Congress
A Monday survey shows the 78th Congress boosted farmers with higher prices through subsidies and ceilings, expanded markets, and laws to convert millions of tenant farmers into owners. Key measures include expanding the Agriculture Department's research, marketing studies, and a new government insured loan program via a Farmers Home Administration to aid low income farmers.
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Ashington
78Th
Congress
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
American Pork Producers Assn Elects Yungelas
William Yungelas of Webster City Iowa was elected president of the American Pork Producers association at a Chicago meeting. He succeeds Theodore Anderson of the Missouri Livestock association. Yungelas runs a large hog farm west of Webster City and has been invited to Washington several times this year to discuss hog producer issues.
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Des. Moines
William Yungelas
Webster City
Iowa Swine Producers Association
American Pork Producers Association
Chicago
Theodore Anderson
Missouri Livestock Association
Yungelas
Washington
Clinton Oats Yield 100 Bu For McLennans
Hartwick reports an 18 acre field of Clinton oats on the W. S. and Harold McLennan farm near here yielding 100 bushels per acre. The crop benefited from seven years of contouring strip-cropping and nitrogen phosphate fertilizer. Other Clinton oat growers in Poweshiek county include James V. Keller Brooklyn Emory Farley Malcolm Carl Brothers Montezuma Carl Tokle Grinnell and W C Molison Grinnell.
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Hartwick
W. S
Harold McLennan
Poweshiek
James V. Keller
Brooklyn
Emory Farley
Malcolm
Carl Brothers
Montezuma
Carl Tokle
Cedar Sports Festival Held Saturday at Tipton
Several hundred persons attended the Cedar county Farm Bureau sports festival at the county fairground. Events for men women boys and girls included horseshoe baseball softball foot races high and broad jumps tug of war pie eating chair quoits croquet slipper kick and rolling pin throw. Picnic tables were set in the grove for lunch at noon.
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Tipton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Health Contest Winners Tie in Poweshiek County
Seymour Raffety of Chester township and Jack Buckley of Lincoln township tied for first in Poweshiek county 4-H health contest with 98.8 points each. Seventy two boys were examined. winners earn trips to the International Livestock exposition in Chicago in December from the Poweshiek county 4-H fair association.
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Gazette
Brooklyn
Seymour Raf
Fety
Chester Township
Jack Buckley
Lincoln Township
Chiicago
Peterson Named to Monroe County Extension Post
Special to The Gazette. Appointment of Paul D. Peterson as extension director in Monroe county was announced by Dr. Charles E. Finley of Iowa State College. Leila M. Dynes becomes extension home economist in Franklin county and Eleanor Finnessy in Dallas county. Peterson replaces Charles Greenlee, transferring to Marshall county. The change takes effect Sept. 1. Dynes and Finnessy assumed new posts Aug. 1. Margaret White resigns Aug. 15 as extension associate in music.
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Ames
Paul D. Peterson
Monroe County
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Leila M. Dynes
Franklin County
Eleanor Finnessy
Dallas County
Peterson
Henry County
Charles Greenlee
Marshall County
Dynes
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