East Iowa fairs and 4-H shows fill the schedule
Eastern Iowa hosts numerous county fairs and 4-H livestock shows this week with strong crowds and high quality stock. Events span Davenport to Des Moines with judges from Ames Marshalltown and Vinton evaluating cattle hogs dairy heifers and poultry. The Buchanan Independence and Decorah fairs highlight dairy and beef classes plus youth demonstrations ahead of state events.
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Iowa
Jersey Parish
William LaGrange
Ames
Benton County Fair
Floyd Arnold
A. B. Kuk
Vinton
Harry Linn
Des Moines
W. A. Buchanan
Marshalltown
Earl Shultz
Shultz
Buchanan
Helen Swinney
Wilson Ashby
Decorah
Washington pushes seed grain program in last minute rush
Federal officials accelerate a seed grain purchase to store next spring after Minneapolis complaints that in transit grain may escape impounding. The plan seeks $10,000,000 funding, with sources shifting between CCC and Farm Credit Administration amid delay. the program would buy grain at cost plus carrying charges for later sale to farmers.
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Washington
Minneapolis
Department of Agriculture
F. R. Wilcox
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
Landon Backer on Acres Near Colesburg
Interview with Howard Sampson owner operator of 120 acres west of Colesburg details herd size fourteen milking eight dry cows and a 37 pound average. He grows alfalfa on ten acres yields 36 loads hay from two cuttings and discusses pasture fertility fertilizer feed costs and his support for Landon with August trip plans tentative.
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Howard Sampson
Colesburg
Elwood Boy and Girl Named Health Champions in Clinton
Edward Tubbs of Elwood, Hawkeye 4-H member, and Grace Dyer of Elwood, Brookfield Cheerio club, win Clinton county health champion titles and will compete at the state level. Clinton county 4-H boys club officers elected at the Farm Bureau festival and club show include President Ivan Barber, DeWitt. Vice-president Darrell Hicks, Elwood. Secretary Marcellus Hansen, Charlotte. Treasurer Carlton Maltas, Welton.
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Dewitt
Edward Tubbs
Elwood
Hawkeye Boys
Grace Dyer
Brookfield
Clinton County
Farm Bureau
Ivan Barber
Darrell Hicks
Correction on address of horse show winner Ben Schrader
The Friday Gazette incorrectly listed Ben Schrader’s address as Center Point. The winner in the light draft team class at the Wyoming horse show is actually from Center Junction.
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Ben Schrader
Wyoming
Center Junction
Center Point
Des Moines WPA Forecasts 5000 Drought Relief Applicants
L S Hill of the Iowa Works Progress Administration says 5000 farmers and farm laborers will be certified by Sunday night for feed loans grants or relief work. Drought relief lists are being built via the resettlement administration with WPA distribution. Eighteen county setups met in Ottumwa for instruction while twenty five counties convened in Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
L. S. Hill
Iowa
Works Progress Administration
Hill
Resettlement Administration
WPA
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
Linn County 4-H teams eye state fair honors
Roy Carson and George Pele of the 4-H Square Shooters club ranked first with a caponizing chickens demonstration at the Central City fair and will represent Linn county at the state fair. Glen and Ivan Bys of the Washington Winners club placed second with braided straw halters. Howard Gardner of Center Point won the record book contest and Pele also led in livestock judging.
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Roy Carson
George Pelesick
Bertram Township
Linn County
Percy Letson
Glen
Ivan Bys
Washington Winners Club
Washington Township
Howard Gardner
Center Point
Nine 4-H calves sell high at Delaware county fair
The Delaware county fair auction in Manchester sold nine 4-H baby beeves for 8 to 10.25 per cwt, averaging 8.97 per cwt. Top price 10.25 per cwt went to a 910sac Angus shown by Rolan Wessel of Greeley, bringing 103.28 dollars. Waterloo packer bought seven calves. others went to Hockaday Kramer of Manchester and George Cramer of Delhi.
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Manchester
Waterloo
Rolan Wessel
Greeley
Wessel
Lightning Kills Eighteen Pigs at Local Farm
Eighteen young pigs weighing about 100 pounds each were killed by lightning Thursday on Sherman A Crandall's farm. The hoghouse was struck but did not burn and the loss was covered by insurance.
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Hawkeye
Sherman A. Crandall
Here
Sows Bulk Large in Packer Receipts
United States Department of Agriculture figures show a high share of packing sows in market receipts across seven markets including Chicago East St. Louis Kansas City St. Joseph Omaha St. Paul and Sioux City. Week ended Aug 8 sow share reached 46 percent versus 30 percent in 1935. similar higher ratios appeared for late July and mid July compared with prior year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Chicago
East St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
Sioux City
Butter values rise on storage report and import plans
New York City market closes Friday with butter at 36 cents as the Aug. 1 storage report shows holdings well below the ten year level. Compared with last year the shortage runs to 26,235,000 pounds and 23,543,000 pounds below the five year average. Imports last week include 1600 casks from Holland and 950 from northern Europe. EU plans to aid dairy producers may lead to countervailing duties, though that could shift prices rather than reduce imports. Milk output and cow numbers dip, pastures remain poor, with consumption expected to rise after Labor Day.
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New York City
New York
Holland
Europe
C.i.f
New Zealand
Australia
England
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Jerseys Show in Postville Iowa Parish Exhibition
Forty one Jerseys were exhibited in Postville Iowa at the northeastern Iowa Jersey parish show judged by Floyd Johnston of Ames. First placings include Get of fire by Kinsley and Steva, produce of dam Olmstead and Schoentag, heifer calf R G Kinsley, McGregor, senior yearling bull Dave Olmstead, McGregor, junior yearling bull Mrs Charles Kremer McGregor, senior bull calf Kinsley, aged bull J S Schoentag Monona, 2 year old bull Gerald Steva Monona, aged cow W M Stevn Monona, 3 year old cow Joe Garrity McGregor, 2 year old cow Olmstead, senior yearling heifer Roy Learn Elgin, junior yearling heifer Kinsley. The senior and grand champion cow was shown by Olmstead and the bull by Schoentag.
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Postville
Iowa
Jersey Parish
Floyd’ Johnston
Ames
Get of
Kinsley
Steva
Dam
Olmstead
Schoentag
R. G. Kinsley
McGregor
Dave Olmstead
Charles Kremer
J. S. Schoentag
Monona
Gerald Steva
W. M. Stevn
Joe Garrity
Roy Learn
Elgin
Illinois health girl is perfect at state fair
Con stance Kircher a 15 year old from Griggsville Pike county earned a perfect 100 percent in the Illinois state fair 4 H club contest. It was the second 100 percent score in fair history though she weighed 114 pounds one pound over ideal. She earlier lost the girls championship due to mosquito bites.
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Springfield
Ill
Constance Kircher
Griggsville
Pike County
Miss Kircher
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar Highlights This Week
The Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists two township meetings and a 2 p.m. Tuesday demonstration at the Anamosa reformatory orchard led by County Agent Rex Conn. Fairfax township meets Tuesday evening at the Legion hall and Putnam township gathers Thursday evening at Ely Legion hall.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Township Farm Bureau
Rex Conn
Anamosa
Linn County
Fairfax Township Farm Bureau
Legion Hall
Fairfax
Putnam Township Farm Bureau
Ely
Colts Show At Walker A Homecoming Event
Thirty six frisky equine colts competed Saturday in a Walker colt show tied to the Homecoming celebration. Harold Kirk of Alburnett led the fourteen male colts. R. G. Ramsey Center Point and C. C. Craft Rowley followed. In the mare colt class William Franck Winthrop topped a twenty two entry with Hoffman and Walker colts taking second and third. Premiums went to several stallion owners including Kautz Rowley and Kirk Alburnett. Elmer Bare led the show with Joe Ernst J. D. Hoffman and W. A. McCalley on the committee. The homecoming program featured sports and entertainment.
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Walker
August Anderson
Anamosa
C. F. Zobel
Dysart
Harold Kirk
Alburnett
R. G. Ramsey
Center Point
C. C. Craft
Rowley
William Franck
Winthrop
James Hoffman
Oat Walker
Gene Smith
William Kautz
Vernon Ritze
Vernon Kirk
Sam Shaffer
William Harris
Quasqueton
George Michael
Elmer Bare
Joe Ernst
J. D. Hoffman
W. A. McCalley
Let's Talk It Over on Hog Market Outlook
An Iowa farmer predicts peak spring pig marketing in October due to corn prices and losses from cold weather. He estimates 50 60 percent of spring pigs may weigh under 180 pounds at sale and notes heavy hogs will be scarce next marketing year. He questions government policy and urges careful planning for eastern Iowa producers amid uncertain corn prospects.
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Iowa
United States
Great Plains
Crop insurance plans debated by Wallace Capper stance hints
The column discusses proposed crop insurance ideas from Henry Wallace and Senator Capper, noting uncertainty about details. It argues Congress will shape any bill and recalls past agricultural legislation, stressing the potential for sweeping coverage.
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Henry Wallace
Capper
Kansas
Congress
Alsike clover seed production may rise 30 percent this year
The U S bureau forecasts alsike seed output higher by about 30 percent due to larger acreage despite drought reducing yields in key districts. 1935 production was 17 million pounds, vs 19 million in 1934 and 24.8 million as the 5 year average.
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United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Middle West
Hopper Control Meetings In Jackson Tuesday
Maquoketa Iowa H Gunderson Ames extension entomologist will conduct three grasshopper control demonstrations in Jackson county Tuesday at 6 30 a m on the A W Baker farm north of Miles 10 30 a m at the W S Wilson farm near Iron Hill and 2 30 p m at the Otto Scheibe farm west of Maquoketa on highway 117 He will show poisons application methods mixing and crop benefits County Agent F E Krause reports heavy hopper infestation and says demonstrations cover wide areas of the county
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Maquoketa
H. Gunderson
Ames Extension
Jackson County
A. W. Baker
Miles
W. S. Wilson
Iron Hill
Otto Scheibe
Highway 117
Gunderson
F. E. Krause
Sweet corn bound for Cedar Rapids canning plant
Farmers in the region haul sweet corn to the Cedar Rapids canning factory this week. The crop is short but of fair quality.
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Troy Mills
Cedar Rapids
Milking Shorthorn Parishes Schedule Announced for Iowa
Independence secretary Roy A. Cook announces district parish shows across Iowa for Milking Shorthorns leading to the All Iowa Dairy show in Cedar Rapids. Parish secretsaries schedule judging at various county fairs from Aug 18 to Sept 19 with eight parishes forming 160 cattle for exhibition.
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Poweshiek County
Grinnell
Fayette County
West Union
Keokuk County
What Cheer
Washington County
Washington
Jones County
Monticello
Des Moines
Iowa
Buchanan County
Independence
W. J. Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Buchanan Fair
Roy A. Cook
Iowa Milking Shorthorn Society
John R. Holland
Milton
Oskaloosa
Eastern Parish
F. J. Bachman
Clarence
Paul Dresser
Cedar Falls
North Northeastern
B. J. Baumgartner
Elgin
R. R. Clampitt
New Providence
Dewey Roberts
Lime Springs
Cresco
Northwestern Parish
Walter Kruse
Sheldon
Sibley
C. C. Chamberlain
Earlham
Paul Mitchell
Reinbeck
John B. Gage
Kansas City
Ten Poison Bait Demonstrations Staged In Clayton
Special to The Gazette reports Clayton county conducts ten grasshopper control demonstrations led by County Agent Roy Combs. about twenty tons bran and one and a half tons arsenite received and distributed to nearby counties. The mixture uses bran sawdust water and poison and is spread twenty pounds per acre by seeder or hand along field edges. The drought is noted as severe. at George Tieden farm two tons of wet bran were distributed to attendees.
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Elkader
Clayton County
Grasshopper
Roy Combs
George Tieden
Insecticide Promises Big Savings for Pest Control
Des Moines reports entomologist Dr. Melvin H. Doner told 140 dealers at a product company sales conference that US pest eradication costs exceed annual army and navy upkeep. He described a new insecticide based on a Chinese formula now successful against crop pests.
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Des Moines
United States
Melvin H. Doner
Doner
Question Mark Corn Field Sparks Election Speculation
An immature ear of corn picked Saturday on the Dave Morrison farm between Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids is described as being shaped like an interrogation mark. The find prompts local observers to wonder about the corn crop’s outcome and any possible linkage to the fall election.
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Dave Morrison
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
714 Acre Farm At Auction At Public Sale
One undersigned will sell at public auction the Theo Rice place 1% mi south of Alice 5 mi east of Center Point 3 mi north of LaFayette. Property includes cattle two cows spring calf a steer hay rake cream separator two sets work harness 100 oak posts planks and other articles roughness on farm five acres timber 15 acres blue grass pasture balance plow land farm 742 on cod hot bouts leave. Bob Geo Price Auct Boy Jones Clerk.
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Theo Rice
Alice
Center Point
LaFayette
Bob Geo. Price
Boy Jones
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Ray Anderson
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Winneshiek County
Johnson County
Iowa County
West Liberty
University Stadium
Lee Niffenegger
N. May Larson
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