Corn in roasting ear stage in most of Iowa
Reed reports cool wet week slowed damage from rains near Davenport to Keokuk. Bulk of Iowa corn in roasting ear stage with early denting, but insufficient rains may cause more damage if warmth returns. Weather hindered threshing. weeds surged as rains continued. Kansas City office estimates 1940 U S hay crop at 92 million tons, with Iowa at 5.70 million tons.
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Reed
Iowa
ES Moines
Charles D Reed
Mississippi River
Davenport
Keokuk
Kansas City
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
United States
Towa
Farm Bureau Head Ed Neal to Visit Iowa Week of Sept 2
Ed A ONeal president of the American Farm Bureau federation will spend the week of September 2 in Iowa. He will address events in Fort Dodge on Labor Day, speak at Cherokeee on September 3, attend the plowing match, and appear at Ames for the farm sports festival September 6 and 7, with a stop at LeMars on September 5.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Ed A Qo Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa
Ames
Oneal
Fort Dodge
Cheronkee
LeMars
July butterfat average sets Ames records across associations
Ames dairy herd improvement groups report a July average of 266 pounds butterfat per cow, a five year high but well below June’s 394 pounds. Causes include hot weather and poor late July condition. Top herds include Dallas-Brone 329, Fremont-Page-Mulls 832, Sioux 317, and Linn No. 2 member Graver of Lisbon 492.
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Ames
Floyd Johnston
Iowa State College Extension
Johnston
Dallas-Brone
Fremont-Page- Mulls
Sioux
Lowa
Scott
Johnson
South Jones
Graver
Lisbon
Linn No. 2 Association
F. A . Mitchell and Son
Iowa Falls
WL. Smith
Central
Atkins farmer sells steers in Chicago sale
Louis Berger of Atkins Benton county sold 191 202 pound steers on Monday in Chicago at 1165 dollars per hundred weight.
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Atkins
Louis Berger
Benton County
Chicago
Steer Sale Highlights 221,124-Pound Stock at Chicago
Montana based buyer Sil purchases large steer group from Raymond Maune near Mount Vernon. The 221,124 pound cattle sell for 65 cents per hundredweight at Chicago market, indicating strong demand for large cattle lots.
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Mount Vernon
Raymond Maune
Chicago
Grapefruit Juice Recipe Claims Quick Fat Loss
An advertisement touts a fat reducing grapefruit juice recipe using Fernol concentrate. It recommends two tablespoons daily mixed with two cups grapefruit juice for rapid results, claiming safety and wide availability at local drugstores and pharmacies.
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Ferno
Drus
Peiffer
Drite Odlweth Widner Drug
Manchester
MecMickle
Anasmosa
Meredith
Derie
Mount Vernon Davis
Druz Fayette
Carl W. Bull
Strawsberry Point
Frank D_ Eby
Marento
Theden’s Pharmary
Tama
LaGrance Druc
Vinton
Tracer Drug
Tracr
All Iowa Fairs This Week Featured Across Counties
The page lists fairs and 4-H shows across Iowa from August 11 to 21. Cedar Rapids Mississippi Valley Dav enport Columbus Junction Independence Decorah Maquoketa Decorah Winchester Decorah Iowa City Gladbrook Tama National Aug 16-18 What Cheer Aug 17-21.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Columbus Junction
Independence
Maqtoketa
Decorah
Iowa City
Gladbrook
Keokuk County
What Cheer
Oleo Consumption Drops 60 Percent in Iowa Year
Iowa officials report oleomargarine consumption fell 60 percent in 1939 from 1938 as dairy promotion lures. Butter demand rose due to a dairy ad campaign and food stamp factors. oleomargarine tax receipts plunged from 170 385 to 78 959, lowering overall department revenue.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Towa
Department of Agriculture
Angus Bring 1075 Per Hundredweight In Chicago Sale
William Gardner of Buchanan County sold 13 Angus steers and heifers averaging 705 pounds at Chicago for 1075 dollars per hundredweight. He is a Buchanan County farmer with the Angus herd.
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Independence
William Gardner
Buchanan County
Chicago
Churches plan Jones County Fair booth exhibit
The County Council of Christian Education plans a fair booth featuring all Jones county churches at the Monticello fair in August 2023. Mrs Gladys McNealy explains a cooperative display with church photos, teaching-material rack, Bible displays, Sunday school work, two story periods daily, first aid kit, tracts, and 300 Penny Gospels for free distribution led by hostesses from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The aim is to showcase church and Sunday school work as free service to boys and girls and highlight Christian efforts countywide.
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Monticello
Jones County
Gladys BE. McNealy
Center Junction
County Council of Christian Education
McNeilly
Ministerial Association
All-Iowa 4-H Booth Judging Concludes at Cedar Rapids
All-Iowa fair judging of girls 4-H club booths completed Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. Judge Mrs. Jane Knapp of Vinton awarded blue red and white ribbons across sub projects major projects and displays including conservation gardening health and dressing table before and after, with entrants Benton Linn Clinton Delaware Jones Iowa Cedar.
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Cedar Rapids
Jane Knapp
Vinton
Benton
Linn
Cedar
Delaware
Iowa
Jones
Clinton
Business Center
Hog Cholera Reported Across 38 East Iowa Areas
Veterinarians report war cholera in 38 eastern Iowa communities over the past two weeks per the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin. The list includes Cedar Rapids Central City Manchester Mount Vernon Readlyn Waterloo and Mediapolis among many others with farm counts noted. swine erysipelas also reported in several towns including Garnaville Fayette Dysart Blairstown and Clar ence.
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Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Alburnett
Troy Mills
Walker
Independence
Hazleton
Farley
Calesburg
Manchester
Vinton
Shellsburg
Palo
Waterloo
Dinkerton
Denver
Readlyn
Jubilee
la Porte City
Victor
Iowa City
Solon
Ely
Bennett
Clarence
Mechanicsville
Olin
Mount Vernon
Winfield
Swedesburg
Wapello
Morning Sun
Mediapolis
Mount Pleasant
Washington
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Farson
Garnaville
Guttenberg
St. Olaf
Waukon
St. Ansgar
Rockford
Rudd Mason City
Fayette
Dysart
Blairstown
Dixon
Eldridge
Canadian oats yield record at Arlington farm
The Arch Derflinger farm near Arlington produced a 106 bushels per acre oats yield on 5.4 acres using a Canadian variety. From 5.4 acres Mr Derflinger threshed 574 bushels. This is the territory’s highest known yield for oats to date.
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Arlington Farm
Arlington
Derflinger
High oats yield reported in Fayette county fields
Special to The Gazette notes Walter Dietel's 2444 bushels from 48 acres at 50.0 bushels per acre. A 7.4 acre Canadian oats field averaged 85.2 bushels. These are the top oats yields yet reported in northern Fayette county.
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West Union
Walter Dietel
Fayette County
Rain Boosts Corn Crop Hopes In Tipton Southern Cedar County
The Gazette reports heavy Tuesday rain in the South Bethel community aiding corn, with alfalfa hay short due to drought. Farmers finish threshing and celebrate at picnics including a Weeds Park gathering in Muscatine with fifty attendees.
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the Gazette
Tipton
Cedar County
Bethel
Weeds Park
Muscatine
Lightning F pad strawstack fires near Stanwood on farm
A strawstack on the Foster Boyles farm near Stanwood was struck by lightning during a Tuesday rainstorm. Stanwood firemen drew water from a creek and saved part of the stack. The two hour rainfall aided pastures and seedings and assured a normal corn crop for the area.
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Stanwood
Foster Boyles
Linn F. B. Baseball Team To Be Picked On Monday
Linn county Farm Bureau baseball team tryouts set for Monday at 1 pm on the Thomas park ball diamond in Marion. Teams from Linn county will compete in the state sports festival at Ames on September 6 and 7. Rex Conn announces a three member committee to oversee the field day: Paul Lillie of Central City Wayne Ford of Central City and Lester Schirm of Cedar Rapids.
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Thomas Park
Marion
Linn County
Linn County Farm Bureau
Ames
Rex Conn
Paul Lillie
Central City
Wayne Ford
Lester Schirm
Cedar Rapids
Buttermakers Plan River Cruise In Guttenberg
North eastern Iowa creamerymen of section No. 9 invite members to a river picnic next Sunday with Buttermaker A. C Honn of Colesburg as skipper. The anchor will be weighed at 2 p.m. at Guttenberg port.
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Guttenberg
Mississippi
Iowa
State Creamerymen’s Association
A. C Honn
Colesburg
Butcher Hog Prices Near Top in Cedar County Sale
Tipton Ray Challis, a Cedar county farmer north of Tipton, sold 46 light butcher hogs averaging 199 pounds at Chicago Monday for 6.85 dollars per hundredweight, near the day’s top. He also received 5.75 for six sows averaging 286 pounds and 5 for 23 underweights averaging 137 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Tipton
Ray Challis
Cedar County
Chicago
Iowa Milk Output Falls 20 Percent in July
Dairy report shows August 1 production per cow at 146 pounds, down from 183 on July 1. Dry conditions and heat cut pasture quality. total state production near 94 percent of 1939 level as cows grow slightly, with eastern regions hit hardest.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Leslie M Carl
East Central
Northwest
North Central
West Central
Slackening Decline in Butter Output Eyed in Weekly Report
The butter report notes improved pastures in major creamery states after rain, easing the mid July drop. For the week ending Aug 8 production fell 2 percent from the prior week, and 4 percent below the year-ago level.
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Tony
George B. Basker
Buehler Bros
First Street
DIAL
Virtus Lorenzen
Olin Farm
Hawkeye Downs
Violet Buell
Rose
Neb
Bassett
John Oxley
Cecil
Twiggs
Williams
Slam
Owa
Threshers
Linn F. B
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Speeia
Charge A&p
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