Linn County fair horse show winners listed
Rex Conn reports sixty four Belgians and local entries compete at Central City. Grant Good of Ogden judged. Roy Tompkins Wyoming wins mare under 1750 pounds. Harry Wendell Atkins takes champion two year old gelding. Winners span foal, yearling, mare and gelding classes with names including Wendell Tompkins Hindman Eichhorn and Etten among top placers.
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Central City
Grant Good
Ogden
Good
Farcour
Judge Good
Roy Tompkins
Wyoming
Harry Wendell
Atkins
William Wood
Onslow
Roy Lichlyter
Springville
Dan Rogers
Wood
Harry Jarard
Palo i
Clydesdale
Tom Eichhorn
Rogers
Wendell
Hindman
Alburnett
Tompkins
Red Robinson
Clarence
Eihhorn
John Krobertson
Bud Wallison
Lichlyter
Linn County Fair
Fred Wagner
Stanwood
Peterson
Gazette Choton
Ed Rigby
Atkins yields 6070 bushels from 66 acres of Clinton oats
On the W. D Weichman farm near Newhall sixty six acres produced 6070 bushels of Clinton oats, an average of 92 bushels per acre. A 20 acre field averaged 105 bushels.
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Atkins
W. D Weichman
Newhall
Acres man on milk cattle hogs and crops near Ryan
C L Fisher 44 owner of 160 acres four miles northwest of Ryan farms dairy cattle and hogs. He has 16 sows for fall farrow and oats yielding about 65 bushels per acre. He expects corn near 1.30 to 1.40 at picking time and hog prices around 20 for top hogs. He favors price supports and predicts a recession around election time but no depression soon. He supports Dewey and urges FBI checks on Communist revelations warns Russia lacks allies to start a war.
Veterans Instructors Attend Ames Training Conference
About 300 instructors overseeing 6000 ex GI students in on farm training attended a three day conference at Iowa State College in Ames. The event, called by the state board for vocational education, started Monday with Iowa State staff and external agency representatives assisting through Wednesday.
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Ames
Iowa State College
State Board For Vocational Education
Iowa State
Five Day Program Planned for Linn 4-H Club Girls
Linn county 4 H club girls prepare a five day All Iowa fair achievement show with entry of exhibits and booth construction starting Saturday. Margaret Stewart reports 21 clubs will arrange booths and display home furnishings while judging on Monday awards ribbons and selects top exhibits for the State fair. A banquet for 23 Achievement Queen candidates and parents follows Monday at the Roosevelt hotel.
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Linn County
4-H Club
Margaret Stewart
Linn
Stewart
C. W. Grady
van Horne
Burdette Jones
Waterloo
Iowa Tractor and Machinery Company
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Grady
Howard Bayles
Iowa State College Extension
Hawkeye, Downs
Masonville Grange Fall Festival Sees Plow, Horse Pull
Masonville hosts a fall festival on August 26 with a plowing contest from 10 a.m. and a horse pulling event at 11 30 a.m. Sports entertainments in the afternoon and evening concerts cap the day.
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Masonville
McGinnis and Barger Named Livestock Judges at Decorah Fair
Dallas McGinnis field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy Association and Paul Barger Black Hawk county extension director have been named livestock judges for the 1948 Winneshiek county fair. McGinnis will judge all dairy classes in 4 H and open divisions. Barger will judge beef cattle and sheep in both divisions. Judging starts at 9 30 a m August 20 in the fair's new swine pavilion.
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Decorah
Dallas McGinnis
Iowa State Dairy Association
Paul Barger
Black Hawk County
Winneshiek County
McGinnis
Barger
Midwest Livestock Conference Set In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa hosts the Midwest Livestock Conference for Farm Bureau livestock committees from 12 states on September 16 and 17. IFBF President Howard Hill will preside. speakers include Dean H. H. Kildee H S Nicol Rex Beresford I W Arthur and Richard Stephens from Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa State College.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Farm Bureau
IFBF
Howard Hill
Hill
Iowa Livestock
Dean H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
H. S. Nicol
Iowa Farm Bureau
Rex Beresford
I W. Arthur
The
College
Richard Stephens
Iowa Farm Bureau Livestock Committee
Large Beef and Dairy Show Opens at Waterloo
More than 100 dairy calves and 105 baby beeves were among entries at the Black Hawk county 4-H fair opened Monday at Waterloo. Saddle colts, swine and beef heifers are expected in lesser numbers. Judging will be Tuesday.
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Waterloo
Ins
Black Hawk County
Waterl OO
Champion Steer At National Fair Shown by Henkes
Henkes McGREGOR-Rollie of Farmersburg exhibited the grand champion baby beef at the Clayton county fair's National event. An Angus steer led 57 entrants to top honors. Other winners included Dean Meyer Garnaville as reserve champion and Biulhe Tapper Monona as champion showman in beef breeds.
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McGregor
Rollie Henkes
Farmersburg
Clayton County Fair
Dean Meyer
Garnaville
Biulhe Tapper
Monona
Norbert Henning
Garnavillo
Berkshire
William Lundt
Osterdock
Grand Meadow
Halb Injured in Fall From Baled Hay Load
COLUMBUS JUNCTION Harry Hall an employee on the Ralph Lowe farm was seriously hurt Saturday afternoon when he fell from a load of baled hay. Both wrists were broken and he was taken to Bellevue hospital in Muscatine.
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Columbus Junction
Harry Hall
Ralph Lowe
Hall
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
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Wendell, Tompkins
Rex Conn
Larkey Brothers
Carson Moffett
Fischer and Sons
Mechanicsville
Alfred Etten
Anamosa
Wendell Eichhorn
Henry
Lunon Tipton
Arnold Driscoll
Olin
Etten
Robinson
Moffett
Harley Anderson
Orval Bach
Walker
Eichhorn
Hennessey
Larkey
Moffet
Iowa Iron & Coal CO
DIAL
PYAAR
Hawkeye Downs
Iowa Fair Revue
White Horse Troupe
Big Babe
Luther
Watkins
Marengo
D. L. Reilly
Jake Luther
Martz and Eckert
Watkins Savings Bank
Vodine Company
Dearborn
Chicago
Fisher
C L Fisher
Ryan
Dewey
Washington
FBI
Russia
L. Fisher
Linn 4-H
Hamilton Seed Company
Reoq
First ST
Finneil
E. K. Larimer
Caratens
H. C. Platner
Lisbon
Guy Mitchell
Platner
Adolph Ahrens
F.B. Livestock Groups
HFC
Third Avenue Highly
Cedar Rapid
Neathy
Henkes
Giard Eager Hands
Millville Merry Maids
Boardman Live Wires
Littleport Lassies
Elgin
Bernard Hansen
Donna Gilbertson
Coryn Rypestal
Jolly Workers
Clayton County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Watereloo
Tony
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Fote
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