Hickenlooper Heads 5 Acre Soybean Yield Contest in Iowa
Lieutenant Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper chairs a 5 acre soybean yield contest in Cedar Rapids in cooperation with Iowa Growers associations. Winners enter state prizes of 50 40 30 20 and 10 dollars plus a champion title and possible gold medal. Entries close Sept 1 with records on seeding practices required. Prize criteria include No 2 federal grade and oil content limits to support national defense goals.
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Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Oss
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Cedar
Mukden
Illini
Dunfield
Chamber of Commerce and County
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Government releases 20 million bushels of corn to War Department
Secretary Wickard announced the Agriculture Department will supply 20,000,000 bushels of government-owned corn to the War Department for alcohol production in munition manufacture. The move frees tanker space used for Cuban molasses and could yield about 125,000,000 gallons of molasses requiring 100 trips to Cuba. It also reduces surplus corn amid storage shortages for the 1941 crop.
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Washington
Wickard
Agriculture Department
War Department
Cuba
Monona Girls Champion Demonstrators In Clayton
Althea and Dorothy Thompson of the Monona 4 H club directed by Miss Willa Helwig were named champion demonstration team at county Achievement day. Their demonstration titled Shining Silver Satisfies. Mrs Emil Auelrich of Monona will accompany the team to the state fair in Des Moines August 24 29.
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Elkader
Althea
Dorothy Thompson
Monona Jolly Workers
Willa Helwig
Emil Auelrich
Monona
Des Moines
4 H Demonstration Champions Named at Louisa County Fair
Nelda Fletcher and Anna Boysen of the Merry Maids 4-H club Marshall township won the champion 4-H demonstration team prize for their project Book Shelves at the Louisa county fair. They earn a trip to the state fair in Des Moines. Kathleen McCormac and Jean Utter of the H W club Concord township earned a blue ribbon for Vanity Verve.
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Columbus Junction
Nelda Fletcher
Anna Boysen
Merry Maids
Marshall Township
Louisa County
Des Moines
Kathleen McCormac
Jean Utter
H. W. Club
Concord Township
Vanity
Sleeping sickness rises in horses near Williamsburg
Special to The Gazette Williamsburg reports increasing cases of sleeping sickness in horses in the area and near Parnell. A horse owned by Bob Harris east of Williamsburg is being treated for lockjaw.
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Williamsburg
Parnell
Bob Harris
Angus Champ In Louisa County Fair Crowned
Grand champion 4-H baby beef at the Louisa county fair was an Angus exhibited by Fred Stone of Wapello. Reserve championship went to a Hereford shown by Jimmy Jones of Letts. First place winners include senior Angus Fred Stone and junior Hereford Donald Rutt, with other class winners named across cattle categories.
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Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair
Fred Stone
Wapello
Jimmy Jones
Letts
Angus
Keith Duncan
Ivan James Jones
Jimmie Rutt
Donald Rutt
Oliver Cuthamp
Kenneth Blasi
Keith Curtis
Ralph Oak
Decker Reports Stored Corn In Excellent Condition
Iowa stored corn shows minimal loss with under ten percent damaged in a survey of over 1,000 bins. Entomologist G. C. Decker says live insects appeared in only 50 to 60 percent of bins and infestations can be controlled by a purgating mixture.
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Ames
Iowa
G. C. Decker
Decker
Silo Filling Starts Near Maynard on Nick Samuelson Farm
Silo filling began in the Maynard area on the Nick Samuelson farm east of town. Extreme heat in recent days spurred rapid corn firing and the community plans additional silo work to start next week.
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The
Gazette
Maynard
Nick Samuelson
Elkader 4-H Beeves Bring Averages Over Eleven Dollars
Special to The Gazette Elkader fair sees fifty 4-H baby beeves selling with an average of 11.81 per cwt and 101.68 per head on 860 pound animals. Top price 15 per cwt from a Dubuque packing firm for Leslie Whitford’s 800 pound Shorthorn reserve grand champion. Elkader Commercial club buys two steers for fall barbecue.
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Elkader
Dubuque
Leslie Whitford
Volga City
Elkader Commercial Club
Maquoketa Fair dairy calves and hogs judged for awards
About 2,500 people attended the Jackson county fair and 4-H achievement show opening day. Dairy calf champions include Brown Swiss Mary Jane Ruckotski and Guernseys Donald Kelly and Dale Denlinger. Hog section awards feature Dwane Willey and Leroy Ehlinger with multiple breed blue ribbons awarded to 4-H exhibitors Don Kelly Barbara Snoeberger and Wayne Nolting.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Ed Frank
Mary Jane Ruckotski
Guernsey
Donald Kelly
Dale Denlinger
Loran Mohr
Maxine Hartvigsen
Barn Nears Completion On Ossian Farm Site
A new barn on the Mrs. Margaret Kipp farm southeast of Ossian is nearing completion. The 36 by 60 foot structure features a Gothic roof, steel studs and drinking cups for livestock.
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Ossian
Margaret Kipp
350 Acres Sell For $22,750 In Iowa Purchase
Luana farmer LUANA Harva O Miller bought the 350 acre Dan McNeeil estate farm three miles north of Luana for 22750 dollars or 65 dollars an acre with possession on March 1 1942 Ossian John V DeCoy sold his 107 acre farm two miles east of Ossian on Highway 52 to Melvin Nesvick near Calmar for 110 dollars an acre.
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Luana
Harva O. Miller
Dan McNeeil, Jr
Ossian
John V. DeCoy
Melvin Nesvick
Near
Calmar
Kemp Places First With Aged Bull At Illinois State Fair
Angus breeder I E Kemp of near Marion Iowa won with an aged bull at the Illinois State fair and also took a blue ribbon for a group of three Angus bulls. Wayland Hopley of Atlantic Iowa showed the senior and grand champion Angus bull, a senior yearling, while John and Elliott Brown of Rose Hill Indiana won with a 2-year-old bull aged cow 2-year-old plier and get of sire in the graded herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. E. Kemp
Marion
Wayland Hopley
Atlantic
John and
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Farm Bureau Sports Festival Comes to Tipton Saturday
Cedar county holds its third annual Farm Bureau sports festival in Tipton this Saturday with events starting at 10 30 am and a noon picnic. Roy Joslin of Clarence serves as festival chairman. A pie baking contest promoting lard use is featured in connection with the event.
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Tipton
Farm
4-H Showmen To Be Honored At 1941 Iowa State Fair
Linn county 4-H showmen Loyd Taube of Marion and Ralph Drake of Palo, both former grand champions, will attend the 1941 exposition as special guests. They join 25 former champions honored during the fair’s silver anniversary, with a luncheon and dinner planned.
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Ralph Zepp
Keokuk County
Hedrick
Ralph
Iowa State
Ames
Lvnn County
Loyd Taube
Marion
Ralph Drake
Palo
Linn County
Frank Reed
George Wilson
Farm Bureau Federation
Rex Beresford
Taube
Drake
Duran Summers
Malvern
Clifford Tague
Kirkman
Charles Ryan
Cleo Kerns
Hartwick
Harry Haddock
Rhodes
Vernon Shephard
Muscatine
Clifford Benson
LaMoille
Elmer Dannen
Melbourne
Arthur Windom
Nodaway
Harvey Larson
Elkhorn
Wendell Nordstrom
Aurelia
Byron Hayes
Cumberland
North Jones Test Assn Reports July Dairy Averages
North Jones Cow Testing Association reports July results for 406 cows on test. Average production was 810 pounds milk and 31.3 pounds butterfat, tester Birwinn W. Paine noted. J. E. Ahlrich’s 16 grade Jerseys led with 715 pounds milk and 44.1 pounds butterfat per cow. Muller and Bell’s cow yielded 2,226 pounds milk and 106.8 pounds butterfat in July.
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Monticello
North Jones Cow Testing Association
Birwinn W. Paine
J. E. Ahlrich
Muller
Bell
Fayette County dairy herds top July milk output and butterfat
Association No 4 led Fayette County cow tests in July with 493 cows across 25 herds averaging 706 pounds milk and 28.4 pounds butterfat. Jerry Spencer of Clermont had the top producing herd with six Guernseys averaging 1,066 pounds milk and 46.9 pounds butterfat. Harva Miller of Postville topped individual cows with 1,197 pounds milk and 77.8 butterfat. Association No 1 ranked second with 452 cows across 29 herds under tester Sam Alshouse.
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Fayette
Guernsey
Association No. 1
Sam Alshouse
Parity and Price Policy Advocated by Waterloo Speakers
Hugh Johnson spoke at Waterloo advocating parity for agriculture and a ceiling on prices of industrial goods. Irvin Cobb praised Iowa, especially its rosy corn-fed girls, linking the state’s real appeal to the policy stance.
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Hugh Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Irvin Cobb
Dairy herds excel in July milk and butterfat tests
Association No 1 reports Ralph L Bowers of Arlington led nine Brown Swiss herd averaging 1101 pounds milk and 45.1 pounds butterfat. high cow Holstein from Bertha McLaury and Son of Oelwein produced 1866 pounds milk and 78.4 butterfat. Association No 2 averaged 662 pounds milk 23.2 butterfat across 450 cows in 26 herds, Kenneth Enderland tester. Walter Platt Clermont herd topped Brown Swiss with 15 cows averaging 956 pounds milk and 38.8 butterfat. Walter Kruempel Arlington owned top individual cow with 1938 pounds milk 91.1 butterfat. Association No 3 averaged 578 pounds milk 22.6 butterfat from 436 cows. R O Dietel Sumner led with nine Guernseys at 769 pounds milk 39.3 butterfat. Carl E Miehe and Son Maynard Holstein cow produced 1984 pounds milk 69.4 butterfat.
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Ralph L. Bowers
Arlington
Bertha McLaury
Oelwein
Walter Platt
Clermont
Walter Kruempel
Association No. 3
George A. Youmans
R. O. Dietel
Sumner
Drought Threatens County Corn Crops In Turkey River Bottoms
Drought and four weeks of heat have nearly destroyed area corn in the Turkey river bottoms. Threshing nears completion while other parts of the county await abundant rain to save crops.
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Turkey River
Postville Creamery Pays 469 June Butterfat Tax
Carl Welzel, secretary of the Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery, reports the creamery paid 469.41 dollars as a butterfat tax for the June 1-15 period to promote Iowa dairy products, up from 352.98 dollars for the May 1-15 period last year.
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Postville
Carl Welzel
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Iowa
Hereford Wins In Buchanan County Fair
Independence reports Hereford wins with grand championship in 4-H baby beef division by Irvin Daubenger. Daubenger also claimed grand champion Hereford in the purebred heifer club. Weal Gleason of Independence topped the 4-H club colt and won first in the yearling class. Readouts include Ayrshire, Guernsey, and Jerseylabeled calves and yearlings with multiple exhibitors named.
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Independence
Irvin Daubenberger
Buchanan County
Weal Gleason
Ayrshires
Marie Fratz
Fayette 4-Hers To Show 180 Calves At County Fair
Fayette county fair will feature nearly 100 dairy heifers and 80 baby beeves from 4-H members August 18 to 22. Sheep, pigs, lambs, poultry and colt entries also listed with judges named from Ames and Waterloo. Eight girls 4-H clubs perform demonstrations leading to county fair displays.
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West Union
William T. Diamond
Fayette County
C. W. McDonald
Ames Extension Animal Husbandryman
J. M. Murphy
Nashua
Ernest Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Paul Barger
Black Hawk
Hosiery
Avenue
Dorcas Chittenden
Ruth Dickinson
Westfield Happy Hustlers
Darline Paul
Josephine Exman
Smithfield Jolly
Eleanor Day
Betty Yearous
Putnam
Arlene Amundson
Lorraine Follett
Clermont Clover Clovers
Grant Kiel
Jean Hutchison
Frank Paschal
Bernice Burling
Schoff's Hampshire Sows Bring $55 Average at Auction
Lost Nation Hampshire breeder Schoff's stock sold 34 sows, averaging $55 with a top price of $100 paid by Loren Oxley of Atalissa.
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Lost Nation
Orben Schoff
Hampshire
Loren Oxley
Atalissa
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Louisa
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Anamosa
D. E. Brickley
Lee Bebee
Major Hoople
Sebastian
Jake
Bernard
Maquoketa Fair
Williams
Buddy
Kemp
Illinois
F. B. Sports Festival
West Liberty Fair
West Liberty
North Jones
Haarlem
al Fottiom
Cope Monsey
East
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
AFLA
Association No. 2
Postville Creamery
Hereford
Buchanan
Schoff
Jack
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