Baby Beeves Top $11 At Linn County Fair Auction
Twenty seven of sixty baby beeves sold at the Linn County fair auction for an average of $9.40 per hundredweight. Top price $11 for a 1,015 pound Hereford from Central City bred by Joe Woods and bought by Will Falcon of Waterloo. Auctioneers were Lassen of Marion and Mitchell of Waubeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neutral City
Linn County
Will Falcon
Waterloo
Joe Woods
Central City
Falcon
Mort Gray
Cedar Rapids
Tom McDonald
Coggan
P. C Lassen
Marion
W. T. Mitchell
Waubeck
Martha Kemp
Bernica Shaffer
Walker
Junior Reid
Eli Shada
Harold Wagnar
Junior Haak
Vocational Agen To Meet At Ames Aug 9 11
A subject matter conference for vocational agriculture instructors will be held at Ames from Aug 9 to 11. Two days will include talks and conferences by college staff on latest developments and the final day will focus on departmental discussions for improved teaching material and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Oldsen And Hazen To Judge At North English
Carl Oldsen of Ames and Glen Hazen of Ottumwa will judge livestock at the ninth annual Keokuk county 4 H show and English Valleys creamery celebration in North English. The Junior Commercial club of North English helps stage the event with activities in the municipal park from Tuesday through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Oldsen
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Glen Hazen
Ottumwa
Keokuk County
English Valleys
North English
Olin Farmer Threshed 2619 Bushels of Oats on 52 Acres
William Pruess of Olin, a local farmer, recently harvested 2 619 bushels of oats from 52 acres, reflecting a strong yield for the area and marking a productive season on his farm.
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Olin
William Pruess
Farm Sports Festival Planned At Traer Aug 9
The Tama county Farm Bureau hosts a festival at Traer as a preview to the state event in Ames on Sept 8-9. Men and boys compete in tennis, track, kittenball, volleyball, baseball, rifle shooting, tug of war and archery while women and girls do clock golf, chair quoits, darts, races and slipper kicking. Traer Commercial club assists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Tama County
Farm Bureau
Ames
Traer Commercial Club
Shucks Discusses Corn Storage On The Stalks For Surplus
A letter to the Gazette debates alternatives to piling up steel bins and elevators by leaving corn on the stalks to create cheap storage and reduce production. It notes past policies, mentions Linn and Cedar counties, and highlights the tension over keeping grain prices aligned with livestock markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hoover
Wallace
Linn
Washington
Cedar County
Tri State Freight Rate Formed At Maquoketa
Fifty cattle feeders and shipping associations met at Maquoketa and formed what is to be Tri State Freight Rate association to extend free pickup service by railways. Joe Drew named president with Burton Brown vice president and Bert Morehead secretary treasurer. dues set at 10 dollars. An estimated 2,500 attended the Farm Warehouse twentieth anniversary with speakers Paul Ahlers Frank Flynn Fred Mitchell and Lt. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper. Open markets discussed and a boundary note on free pickup service included.
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Maquoketa
Tri-State
Monmouth
Baldwin
Grand Mound
Eldridge
DeWitt
Goose Lake
Durango
Onslow
New Liberty
Miles
Amandsa
Dodgeville
Wis
Harper, Ill
Waddama Grove
Ill
Sherman
Cascade
Joe Drew
Fillmore
Burton Brown
Anamosa
Bert Morehead
Arnold Pruess
Clarence
William Kuper
Bellevue
E. J. Drake
Rodney Griffiths
Shipping Association
Farm Warehouse
Paul Ahlers
Frank Flynn
Union Stockyards and Transit Company of
Chicago
Fred Mitchell
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Mount Vernon
Dewney
Herme
USDA Announces New Drug That Makes Hybrids Fertile
USDA researchers reveal colchicine from meadow saffron seeds enables heritable, rapid chromosome doubling in young plants. This breakthrough allows cross breeding in cotton, cereals, tobacco, fruits and grasses, potentially altering plant size and fertility.
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Washington
More Timothy Harvest Boosts In Millersburg Area
Farmers report higher timothy cuts this season with better seed prices and well filled heads. At Henry Tanke farm oats yielded 50 bushels per acre, signaling strong interim yields for local fields.
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Millersburg
Henry Tanke
Winneshiek and Allamakee Health Champs Named
Decorah 16 year old Lucille Aschem wins Winneshiek county health girl title with 98.1 points in a field of 18. Ossian’s 18 year old John Moellers secures boys health winner with 97.8. John is a Ossian St Frances de Salee senior and basketball fan. Lucille is a Decorah junior active in 4 H for eight years with bicycling skating dramatics and aims to be an airplane stewardess or nurse.
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Decorah
Lucille Aschem
Hans Aschem
Winneshiek County
Lucille
John Moellers
John B. Moellers
Ossian
John
St. Frances de Salle School
Norma Hagen named Allamakee county 4-H health champion
Norma Hagen of New Albia, 15, won the Allamakee county 4-H girls health championship in Lansing among eight contestants. She belongs to Union City Happy Homemakers. parents are Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hagen. Alternate was Sophie Buerger, 16, of the Sun shine Makers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Norma Hagen
New Albia
Allamakee County
Lansing
Union City
Happy Homemakers Club
Herman Hagen
Sophie Buerger
Sunshine Makers Club
Wool Crop Placed At 379 699 000 Lbs In 1939
The 1939 U S wool crop is estimated at 379 699 000 pounds by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Service. This is up 3 7 million pounds from 1938 and 6 percent above the ten year average, with 47 455 000 sheep shorn, 2 percent more than last year. Native states yield 102 696 000 pounds, western states 273 003 000 pounds, and Texas fall wool adds 10 835 000 pounds.
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Chicago
United States
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Texas
California
New Farm Buildings Rise on Seeman Farm
A large corn crib and hog house are being built on the August Seeman farm southeast of Dysart. The operation is run by Wesley Mehlhaus.
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Dysart
August Seeman
Wesley Mehlhaus
27 An Acre For Shellsburg Farm Bargain
Emil Gustafson and Son of Martelle bought a 280 acre Shellsburg area farm from Prudential Insurance for 7500 dollars. The main highway site includes 170 acres plow land 110 acres bluegrass pasture and timber with an eight room house three barns and other structures. Possession is set for March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
Emil L. Gustafson
Martelle
J. Frank Cravens
Cedar Rapids
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Gustafson
Volga Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Volga City reports the Farmers Cooperative creamery paid patrons 27 cents for top butterfat and 26 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat received during the first half of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga Creamery
Volga City
Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Farmer Injured by Hay Rope Accident Near Hopkinton
Peter Hugh, a farmer near Hopkinton, was thrown from a wagon when a hay rope twisted around him. He suffered a fractured shoulder and cuts and bruises and was taken to Monticello hospital.
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the Gazette
Hopkinton
Peter Hugh
Monticello Hospital
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Mac Towers
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Robert Williams
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Herman Helgens
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Robert Hagerman
Dean Thomas
Alburnett
Carl Smith
Merle McGrew
Lloyd Mallie
John Towne
Helgens
Chester White
George Shearer
Delhi
Emmett Allen and Sons
Clarksville
Hampshire
Dame
Laurence Walters
Shell Rock
C F. Walters
Cedar Falls
China
Clarence Smith
Arlington
William J. Oehler
Bert Miller
Lisbon
Floyd McGrath
Green Island
Selma Ekquist
Ames Extension Service
Edith Hagerman
Mildred Sloan
Martha Lippert
Florence Bena
Indian Creek
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Whittier Gleaners
Fairfax Jolly
Merry Sous
Prairie Pals
Banner Valley Boosters
Clinton
Loretta Sherbon
Doris Marie Petro
Mae Fallis
Fairfax
Frances Hill
Coggon
Gwen Smithe
Caroline Fuhrmeister
Ely
Arlene Quaas
Ula Mae Wilson
Kathleen Wilson
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Ellen Paul
Neva Anderson
Edith Gensicke
Millie Davis
Mary Schulte
Florence Benn
A. B. Minish
Robert Sloan
Will Fallis
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa City Sales CO
D. J. Gatens
Mer
Vocational Agen
Oldsen and Hazen
Gazette
Paogto
Tri-State Freight Rate
Joseph Kushner and Company
Second Street
USDA
Sliver
Shover
Marion Blvd
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Shellsburg Farm
Hay
Merle
Klinger
Klinger’s
Paint and Wallpaper CO
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