Kinross Youth Tops Rate Gains in Iowa Calf Contest
Kinross youth Leland Grove led the All-Iowa livestock exposition rate of gain event with five calves averaging 2.24 pounds daily. Calves weighed Oct to Tuesday, total up from 2,250 to 5,450 pounds, judged by Stanley Nicol. Second place went to George Radeke of Belle Plaine at 2.19 pounds per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa
Stanley Nicol
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Farm Business Association
Dale Wendt
Delhi
Ralph Neff
Nichols
Earl Stuedemann
Clinton
Lloyd Fey
Delmar
Howard Gardner
Walker
Fey
Gardner
Studemann
All-Iowa
Leland Grove
Keokuk County
Grove
Kinross
Holst calves grand champion at Davenport fairs
Eldon Holst of Davenport fed a calf to average 2.1 pounds daily, weighing 1 835 pounds at start and 4 840 pounds at finish. He earned three grand champion awards at the All Iowa show and Mississippi Valley fair, while attending Hawkeye Downs for a dinner program. Nebraska Sandhills guests and Eastern Iowa cattlemen joined the event, with Beresford outlining 1940 lot feeding plans.
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Koof
Eldon Holst
Davenport
Holst
Hawkeye Downs
Nicol
Sandhills
Nebraska
Earl Peterson
Newport
Homer Buell
Rose
Earl Hollenbeck
Long Pine
Floyd Arrowsmith
Earl Stewart
Bert Bogue
Floyd Lackaff
Bassett
Eastern Iowa Cattlemen’s
Louis Lorenzen
Olin
Fred Hinkhouse
West Liberty
R. B. Blinks
Marion
Chris Kinsel
Vinton
Rex Beresford
Ames
Peterson
Nebraska Sandhills Feeder Cattle Association
Iowa Farm
Jones
Cedar Counties
Lorenzen and Hinkhouse
Beresford
Lot
Public Auction of Mount Vernon Home and Contents
On account of my time being taken up with practical nursing I will sell my home and contents to the highest bidder at public auction. The property is located one block south of the C N W depot on North 2nd Avenue in Mount Vernon Iowa. Auction date not specified.
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N. W
2Nd Avenue
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Seven Room Corner House And Three Vacant Lots For Sale
Commencing at 1 oclock sharp this 7 room all modern home sits on a 70 by 146 foot corner lot with three north end lots 140 by 160. Property features include living room dining room kitchen downstairs bedroom two large upstairs bedrooms a large bathroom full basement excellent furnace city gas electric lights cistern well and greenery plus a carriage barn and sidewalks. The three lots are fenced with woven wire and suitable for a chicken farm cow or pigs. Sale offers the house and lot or the vacant lots separately with privilege to choose. Full line of household goods, wood saws, and a 25 percent down payment with possession terms. Warranty deed and abstract furnished. W. EF. Challis, Auct. Contact details provided.
Large cement corncrib finished on Otto Kleppein farm
One of Clutier’s larger corncribs and granaries was completed last week on the Otto Kleppein farm west of town. The new cement structure measures 40 by 29 feet and 38 feet high with a 36-foot inside elevator and a 13-foot cement driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clutier
Otto Kleppein
Here
Barn Rising on James McSweeney Farm Near Randalia
A 36 by 64 foot barn is being erected on the James McSweeney farm near Randalia. The lower half will be of brick.
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Randalia
James McSweeney
Hay crop total put at 82 210 000 tons in 1939 report
Federal release from Kansas City cites 1939 hay crop at 82 215 000 tons, 5 percent above 10 year average but 9 percent below 1938 level. Nearly 90 percent tame hay, with alfalfa and clover timothy totals and Iowa specifics noted. Pasture condition at 69 percent of normal on Aug 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Iowa
Agricultural Marketing Service
Steers Bring 1,298-Pound Lot to Chicago Market
West Liberty reports feeder William Hinkhouse sold 18 head of 1,298 pound steers at $9.75 per hundredweight. The transaction occurred near here with price secured in Chicago.
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West Liberty
F. William Hinkhouse
Chicago
Fairs This Week Across Iowa Expos and County Shows
A slate of fairs and shows runs August 13 to 20 across Iowa. Events include the All-Iowa Livestock Exposition at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids August 13 to 19 and Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport August 13 to 19. County fairs and 4-H shows are scheduled in Buchanan Independence Louisa Johnson Tama Winneshiek Decorah and Gladbrook for mid August.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Louisa County
Columbus Junction
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tama County
Gladbrook
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Proposi tion to levy rural fire truck tax fails
In Mount Vernon Linn County Franklin township held a special election with 83 voting yes and 11 no to authorize a levy not exceeding one mill for a rural fire truck. The measure failed because 83 yeas were short of the 60 percent requirement of the last general election turnout by about eight to ten votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Franklin Township
Linn County
Ben Neal
Emil Biderman
J. F. Bowers
Linn 4-Hers to Show 16 Heads at State Fair
Eight Linn county 4 H youths bring 16 cattle and hogs to Des Moines for state fair competition scheduled August 24 to September 1. Participants include Adam Reid Jr Marion Dean Thomas Alburnett Harold Thomas Muriel Thomas Junior Haak Helen Gleason Bur dette Gleason Milo Wolrab with breeds ranging Angus Milking Shorthorns Holsteins Herefords and Berkshires.
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Des Moines
Adam Reid, Jr
Marion
Angus
Dean Thomas
Alburnett
Harold Thomas
Muriel Thomas
Junior Haak
Helen Gleason
Cedar Rapids
Burdette Gleason
Milo Wolrab
Mount Vernon
Gazette Futurity Assured For 1940
Two more Jersey heifer calves were dropped in the barns Tuesday night bringing the total to three for the 1940 All Iowa show. The calves arrive from Sutherland Dows herd and Ivan Gates West Liberty herd. The first calf arrived Monday from a Traer owner. E S Baughman Bloomfield won last year’s award for a yearling. If two or more calves return next year they will compete in a special futurity class for a gold trophy.
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Gazette Futurity
Chance Alexia Bell
Sutherland Dows
Sybil Mary King
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
Russell
Earl Lyon
Traer
Gazette
E. S. Baughman
Bloomfield
Mr. Baughman
Corn Crop Assured In Vicinity Of West Union
West Union report notes 1.82 inches rainfall last week across the county. Corn has matured near roasting ear but slowed by cool nights. Threshing 90 percent complete with sporadic rains. oats expected 35 bushels per acre. soybeans cutting underway with high yield. Fall plowing and pastures in good condition.
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West Union
Creamery Addition Planned at North English
Directors of the English Valleys creamery voted to construct a 24 by 68 foot addition to the creamery in North English. The new section will be one third the size of the main building, expanding processing capacity at the facility.
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English Valleys Creamery
Judging Schedule For Iowa City 4-H Show Announced
Special to The Gazett Iowa City Johnson 4-H show schedule released by County Agent Emmett Gardner covers Wednesday to Friday at the University of Iowa field house. Events include horse team contest lambs dairy calves hogs pony saddle classes and a society horse show with judges Donald Smith John Quist W. F. LaGrange Floyd Arnold and Harry Linn among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazett
Iowa City
Emmett Gardner
University of Iowa
Donald Smith
Stanwood
John Quist
Ames
W. F. LaGrange
Floyd Arnold
LaGrange
Olivette Werling
Tipton
Harry Linn
Des Moines
W. R. Whitfield
Early layers reported on Brandon farm woman’s flock
Mrs Merritt Elliott of Brandon reports her four month old pallets began laying eggs. The unnamed farm woman notes the hens are three miles northeast of Brandon and have started laying earlier than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazet
Brandon
Merritt Elliott
Co-Op Cannery At Toledo Starts Packing Sweet Corn
Toledo cooperative canning plant begins its annual corn pack estimating 15 000 cases this year, half of last year, amid nationwide acreage cuts and dry spring conditions. The plant canned Country Gentleman and narrow grain varieties with about 110 workers now and 400 job applications on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Op Cannery
Toledo
Gazette
Toledo Cooperative Canning Company
Anaes George Johnson
United States
Johnson Sai
Finals Set For Jones County 4-H Health Contest
Winners to be announced at the Jones county fair in Monticello August 22 to 25 officials said. Sixty girls and 28 boys were examined by local doctors with eight girls and six boys rechecked for the county event.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Monticello
Carl Smith
Helen Koppenhaver
Olin
Eileen Peck
Zella Armstrong
Martelle
Emrogene Hotz
Jean Huffman
Wyoming
Margaret Deischer
Eunice Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Lorraine Hanna
Lucille Embree
Richard Rohwedder
Willard Byerly
Floyd Siver
Mechanicsville
Donald Howie
Oer Nagtonal
James Miller
Rainfall at Iowa's 1939 crop season nearly normal
Iowa crop reporter Charles D. Reed said total rainfall since April 1 is 16.8 inches, exactly normal, with ample soil moisture. Cool weather slowed corn progress, most fields in hard roasting stage, some soybeans cut for hay, and a wilt-like disease reported in Dallas County near Waukee affecting several townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Reed
Waukee
Dallas
Northeast Iowa Triple A Picnic Attracts 1000 Attendees
More than 1,000 AAA committeemen from Iowa attended a Decorah picnic Tuesday with Minnesota and Wisconsin representatives present. D. B. Hutson of Washington D C, assistant administrator of the Triple A, spoke to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
AAA
Minnesota
Wisconsin
D. B. Hutson
Washington, D. C
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Ray Anderson
Jack Gill
Ivan Pollock
Mount Auburn
Arnold Yanecek
Walford
Gill
Pollock
Benton
Yanecek
Iowa County
Nora McGraw
W. EF. Challis
Lisbon
Dave Mueller
Great Lakes Optical CO
First Ave. E
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn
Gazette Photo
Federal
Paramount Theater
Delta
John Crew
Northeast Iowa
Toman
Third Ave
Dial
Keystone
Mid-States
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
Ninth Ave
Third St
the People's Furniture Company
People’s
First Avenue
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