Fairfax Girl Tops All-Iowa 4-H Style Show
Mardelle Perry, 18, of Fairfax won the 1952 Linn county 4-H style review from 32 competitors at the All-Iowa fair youth center. Her prize includes a trip to the state fair to represent Linn county. 11 other blue ribbon winners joined her on stage.
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Gazette
Mardelle Perry
Linn County
Fairfax
Mardelle
Chicago
Wava Palmer
Springville
Carol Schmid
Roberta Yates
Palo
Jean Pavelka
Mt. Vernon
Mary Lou Lyons
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Pollock
Pat Clark
Marcella Boland
Jeanne Emmons
Marion
Carol Jordan
Marie Reyhons
Vernon
Keokuk County 4-H Show Opens Saturday at What Cheer
Keokuk County fair entries total 290 head of livestock in junior division with 126 4-H members and 15 Keota Sigourney FFA members. Swine and sheep judged Saturday. beef and dairy cattle Monday. Sheep and hogs judged by John Dohogne. beef cattle by John Minish. dairy cattle by Clair Werner. Girls 4-H clubs showcase home furnishings booths. annual demonstration Saturday judged by Mrs. Maurice Beaver. Entertainment includes pet and doll parade, evening show Saturday, rodeo Monday, and horse racing Tuesday.
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Keokuk County
Keota
Sigourney Ffa
John Dohogne
Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
John Minish
Dysart
Clair Werner
Rose Hill
Maurice Beaver
Cedar Rapids
Philippines declares national emergency over locust invasion
Manila AP reports that on a Thursday night the Philippines declared a national emergency to combat a locust outbreak devastating key agricultural regions across the country.
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Manila
Philippines
Value of Iowa Farms Tops Five Billion in 1950 Census
Iowa farm value exceeds 5 billion dollars across 203 000 farms with an average of 27 500 per farm. Farm income in 1951 surpasses 2 billion, about 37 percent return on capital land investment. Auto ownership 90 percent with 80 percent tractors. grain combines milking machines and trucks also common. In 1950 farmers spent over 550 million on seed livestock and feed averaging more than 2700 per farm.
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Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Leonard Wendt Wins G I Judging Contest at All Iowa Fair
Leonard A. Wendt of Reinbeck won first place and 25 dollars in the G I dairy judging contest at the All Iowa fair. The event drew Iowa veterans enrolled in the GI farm training program with Richard Pope Walker second, Don Cook Center Point third, Harvey Eister Oxford fourth, and Cloyd Frey Reinbeck fifth.
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Leonard Wendt
G.I
Leonard A. Wendt
Reinbeck
Iowa
Richard Pope
Walker
Don Cook
Center Point
Harvey Eister
Oxford
Cloyd Frey
Cedar Youths Urged To Buy Project Lambs
John W. Patterson Cedar county extension youth assistant urges boys to join the 1952 Iowa 4 H western lamb feeding project and buy lambs contracted in August and September. Each boy feeds out a lot of 16 or 32 lambs with feeder lambs cheaper than last year, improving prospects for a profitable season.
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Cedar
Tipton
John W. Patterson
Cedar County Extension
Patterson
Brucellosis Committee Adopts Control Plan
The Iowa Brucellosis Control Committee met at the state house in Des Moines and approved a program to be proposed to the legislature. The plan includes regulatory measures and laws restricting movement of brucellosis infected cattle and swine within Iowa. The Monday session was the final meeting of the committee, which was formed last year by Agriculture Secretary Clyde Spry.
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Ames
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Agriculture
Clyde Spry
Farmers Favor Hog Price Supports in Iowa Poll
A Des Moines survey found 71 percent of farmers favor federal hog price supports. Support level cited at 17 dollars per hundredweight, with 23 percent opposing government aid. Democratic farmers top Republicans in backing, 81 percent versus 58 percent.
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Des Moines
INS
Wallaces’ Farmer
Iowa Homestead Magazine
Guernsey Show Returns to Dairy Congress Exposition
The American Guernsey Cattle Club of Peterborough NH informs E S Estes secretary manager the club will return to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo with its national show and the national junior show begun in Waterloo in 1949. The junior event awards state 4 H and FFA Guernsey championships.
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Waterloo
INS
American ‘Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
New Hampshire
E. S. Estes
National Dairy Cattle Congress
FFA
Missouri Team Repeats in Horse Pulling Contest
Gilbert and Waybel of Shebina Missouri repeat as lightweight winners at the All Iowa fair on Thursday. Their team pulled 2700 pounds for 2742 feet to take first. Ted Davis of Hedrick placed second with a 2700 pound lead and two feet three inches. Charles Gorman of Rose Hill finished third. In the middleweight class Dale Beckman led with a 3000 pound pull for 24 feet two inches, followed by Harold DeWolf of New London, George Shipley of Rose Hill, and Earl Locke of New London. Vic Holzworth of Harper won the heavyweights with 3200 pounds for 2714 feet on the third try. others were Gilbert and Waybel second, Grant Humston of Washington third, Melvin Tuttle of Chariton fourth.
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Gilbert
Waybel
Shebina
Ted, Davis
Hedrick
Charles Gorman
Rose Hill
Dale Beckman
Harold DeWolf
New London
George Shipley
Rose
Postville F F A Chapter Hosts Fryed Chicken Supper
Postville F F A chapter and fathers host Commercial club members at a fried chicken supper on August 19 at 7 p.m. in the Big 4 fair dining room.
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Postville
Postville F.F.A
Commercial Club
Dairy Feeding To Be Stressed At ISCC Cow Conference
Iowa State College hosts the second annual Cow Conference on September 11 with researchers and extension specialists presenting dairy calf feeding trials including antibiotics forage grain mixes and dairy field advances. W D Knox Hoard s Dairyman editor speaks on herd health during the morning session and DHIA honors are awarded for high butterfat averages.
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AMES
Iowa State College
A. R. Porter
W. D. Knox
Hoard’s
Dairyman
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Woi-Tv
P. Mabel Nelson
Division of Home Economics
On the Acres Interview with Albert W. Aller
Albert W Aller a 49 year old farmer with 80 acres near Alburnett discusses corn yields weather and cattle. He critiques Holsteins and Guernseys milks, notes cream sales to a local creamery, and mentions plans to cement a cattle shed floor. He backs Stevenson Dems and notes mixed views on Truman era policies.
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Albert W. Aller
Alburnett
Harvey Kowalsky
Walker
Robert
James
Farmers split on soil payments and liquor by the drink vote
A reader voices mixed views on soil payments during hard times. The writer notes farmers could trim taxes and mentions the liquor by the drink issue and gubernatorial support by Loveless, indicating undecided stance.
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Farm Bureau
Loveless
July Milk Output Down 2 Percent in Iowa
Iowa crops report shows July milk production at 578 million pounds, down 2 percent from a year earlier and 14 percent below the 1941-50 July average. January-July output tied a record low for the period at 3,448 million pounds, with per cow production at 19.2 pounds on August 11, pasture at 93 percent of normal, and July egg output at 344 million, down 3 percent from July 1951.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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M. Feder & Sons Iron and Steel Scrap
F Avenue
Dial
Gilbert and Waybel
Shelbina
Reans
Vic Holzworth
Harper
Guernsey
Dairy Congress
Missouri
F.F.A. Chapter
Yager's
Rex Conn
Guernseys
Coggon
Stevenson
Europe
Waukon
Patricia Schmidt
Arla Page
Allamakee County
Vodeseererve
Ates
Iowa State Fair
Hollywood
Broadway
Ed Sullivan
Midwest
Feuenpar
America
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