Tug o war title goes to southern township team
Independence hosted a combined sports festival and 4 H demonstration day with a tug of war won by a southern townships team captained by Walter Bantz. Fred Cherry led the northern team. Hazleton Be Naturals won in 4 H events with Leone Short Betty Van Vooren and Mary Lea Schnepp earning top honors and state fair advancement. Spencer Burrell Floyd Hopkins of Homer Harrowers won boys demonstrations for rat control.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Walter Bantz
Fred Cherry
Hazleton Be Naturals
Leone Short
Betty van Vooren
Mary Lea Schnepp
Spencer Burrell
Floyd Hopkins
Homer Harrowers
Gazette
Buchanan
Bety van Vooren
Hazleton
Buchanan Fairground
Meyer Farm Sells at $302 An Acre Near Van Horne
The 160 acre Herman J Meyer estate farm four and one half miles southeast of Van Horne sold Tuesday for 302 dollars per acre. Buyer was Carl W. Buls of Cedar Rapids. The all tillable property with improvements drew bidders from 14 Iowa counties plus Illinois and Minnesota. Auctioneer Tony Schmitz and the Van Horne Savings Bank clerked the sale.
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van Horne
Herman J Meyer
Carl W. Buls
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
Tony Schmitz
van Horne Savings Bank
Raatz Injured In Farm Threshing Accident
Hawkeye farmer Henry Raatz suffered serious injuries when his clothing was caught in a tractor power takeoff driving a grain elevator. He was pulled into the machine and transported to Mayo Clinic Rochester where doctors found internal and external injuries.
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Hawkeye
Henry Raatz
Raatz
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Clayton Women Pick 1949 Program Topics
Clayton county rural women met with Miss Mabel Phipps and Mrs Mildred Wellman of Iowa State College to choose three topics for the coming year. The topics are Youth Needs Understanding Parents Busy Day Meals and Desserts.
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Clayton
Eleader
Clayton Couunty
Mabel Phipps
Mildred K. Wellman
Iowa State College
Burke assumes Winneshiek DHIA supervisor role
Ray Burke of Waukon has taken over DHIA supervisor duties in Winneshiek County succeeding Maurice Partridge who resigned. Burke recently completed the DHIA training course at Iowa State College.
Postville Packing Plant Plans Stock Campaign
Postville President Fred Groth announces a campaign to sell common stock for the proposed packing plant during the remainder of the month.
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Postville Packing Plant
Postville
Fred Groth
Wharps What Out On The Acres
Rex Conn interviews Joe Gorvin a 43 year old renter of 120 acres near Oxford. Gorvin discusses grain and livestock farming milking 11 Guernsey cows selling cream to Marengo, about 40 spring pigs, oats yielding 40 bu per acre, and corn prices forecast around 1.35 to 1.50 a bushel with hog profitability tied to corn and supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gorvin
Oxford
Mary Gorvin
Joe
Marengo Creamery
Market cattle and farming notes from local Iowa ads
J F Hekel of Winthrop sold two loads of heavy fat cattle near top price. Peoples Bank and Trust Company serves farmers from Cedar Rapids with offices at Newhall and Center Point. W G Wyman and Son near Monticello report hay surplus and expect about 500 round bales. Iowa State College swine specialist E L Quaife advises mineral mixes for hogs on pasture or dry lot, detailing salt bone meal limestone ferric sulfate manganese sulfate and premium tips for fattening pigs and pasture hogs. Black salt recommended as supplement.
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J. F. Hekel
Winthrop
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
Center Point
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Farmers Talk Politics and Prices in Iowa River Fishing Chat
A farmer discusses his political leanings toward the Democrats and possibly Truman, noting support for farm programs like Triple-A and sealing corn. He favors market-driven pricing for scarce items and keeping surplus grain on farms, with personal hobby as fishing in the Iowa River for catfish.
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Joe
Iowa River
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Dhia
Benton County
Vinton
the Gazette
Frances Kueny
van Herne
Teay Schmiis
Gorvin
Rex Conn
Joe J. Gorvin
Linn County
Barbara Kubik
Fairfax
Joe Kubik
John Krall
Truman
Wallace
KC Grocers
Miller
Dial
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Tony Schmitz van Horne, Lows
George B. Basker
Agricultural Show Window of
Hawkeye Downs
Jerseys
Big Sur
Hollywood Hot Rods
Happy Harrison’s
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