Farmers Seek Road Widening Between Keystone and Van Horne
A 95 member delegation from Keystone Van Horne urged Benton county supervisors to widen the farm to market road from 66 to 100 feet. Seven landowners opposed to the plan did not attend. A committee to study the proposal was appointed including Otto Kaeberle William Fry Ronald Berry Dwight Ayres and Harlan Hammar.
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Vinton
Keystone-Van Horne
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Six Mile Road
Otto Kaeberle
William Fry
Ronald Berry
van Horne
Dwight Ayres
Harlan Hammann
Keystone
Johnson Holds Club Banquet in Iowa City
Over 200 Johnson county 4 H club members, parents and leaders attended a banquet in Iowa City sponsored by First National Bank. Dr. Eddie Anderson, Iowa football coach, spoke and showed photos from the 1947 Iowa Indiana game. Emmett C. Gardner introduced winning club members from the home economics and livestock show held last week.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
First National Bank
Eddie Anderson
Iowa
Emmett C. Gardner
Corn borers and apple futures in a busy Iowa market
Arvey Chada of the US corn borer station in Muscatine checked 20 Linn county fields for indicators. He said second brood borers are beginning to hatch with peak egg laying not yet reached, averaging 26 egg masses per 100 stalks.
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Arvey Chada
Muscatine
Linn
Chada
U.S
Local Farmer Threshed 190 Bushels Timothy Seed
North Liberty reports Guy Myers harvested 190 bushels from 11 acres of timothy seed last week. He received bids of seven cents per pound for the crop.
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North Liberty
Guy Myvers
Canadian Beef Priced Too High For U S Buyers
At Toronto stock yards on Tuesday American cattle buyers showed little interest in Canadian cattle slated for export for the first time in six years. Ontario farmers asked 31 to 34 dollars per hundredweight, while buyers offered 26 to 30. cattle last week sold for 24. The stockyards manager cited lower Canadian quality as a reason top U S prices were unlikely.
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Toronto
J Bridle
Dominion
Ontario
U.S
F C Fletcher
Allamakee County Fair Under Way in Waukon
WAUKON The annual Allamakee county fair runs this week in Waukon with 65 baby beeves 70 dairy calves and 100 lambs moved to barns. 4 H youths competed for 850 dollars in premiums and the baby beeves are slated for sale Thursday afternoon with A A Rudnick of New Albin as auctioneer.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Waukon Club
A. A Rudnick
New Albin
Benton 4-H Sale Tops $38 Average For Calves
John Frimml of Norway refused a bid of 5125 per hundred for his grand champion Angus steer at the Benton county fair 4-H sale auction following the achievement show. The reserve champion Hereford shown by Virgil Kozik of Elberon sold for 45 per hundred as the sale drew a small crowd.
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Winton
John Frimml
Norway
Benton County
Virgil Kozik
Elberon
Hartz Buys Plagmann Farm Near Blairstown
Frank Hartz of Blairstown purchases the 160 acre G H Plagmann farm two miles northwest of Blairstown for 58800 dollars. The property includes a modern house and high soil fertility. Possession is set for March 11 1949 with a tenant to be placed and son Glenn expected to take over later.
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Blairstown
Frank Hartz
G H. Plagmann
Hartz
Glenn
Suffolk Ram Tops National Sale At $3350 In Salt Lake City
A Suffolk ram consigned by P J Rock and Son of Drumheller Alberta sold for 3350 at the national ram sale in Salt Lake City. Buyer was James Laidlow of Muldoon Idaho. A second Suffolk ram named Tom Dewey sold for 1500 by Lawson Howland of Cambridge Iowa.
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Salt Lake City
P J. Rock and Son
Drumheller
Alberta
James Laidlow
Muldoon
Idaho
Tom Dewey
Lawson Howland
Cambridge
Judging Teams Compete at Fair
Holstein team from District 8 won top honors at the All Iowa fair judging contest with Alvin Lueder M M Campbell and W T Giles on the winning squad. District 4 and District 3 followed for second and third. Duane Wylam of Waverly posted the top individual score and Lueder and Campbell were among other high scorers. The Ayrshire top team consisted of John Droste H J Frost and B L Muench.
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Ayrshire
Waverly
Alvin Lueder
M M Campbell
W.T. Giles
Duane Wylam
Lueder
Campbell
John Droste
H. J Frost
B. L. Muench
Guernsey farmer on Iowa acres discusses fairs and dairy plans
Rex Conn interviews C H Jennings, owner of 125 acres near Iowa City. He explains starting in purebreds in 1943 to involve his sons, notes seven Guernseys showing this year, and highlights butterfat income, soil conservation views, and political stances. He forecasts dairy’s future and praises Cedar Rapids fair facilities.
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C H Jennings
Iowa City
Guernseys
Linn County Beef Sale Set for Saturday at Hawkeye Downs
One hundred seventy head of 4 H baby beeves will be sold in the Linn County achievement show auction at Hawkeye Downs Saturday afternoon starting at 1 30 p.m. Tony Schmitz of the Iowa Livestock Exchange will cry the sale, County Youth Assistant Norval Hart said Tuesday.
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Linn County
Hawkeye Downs
Norval Hart
Tony Schmitz
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Hart
Purebred Minnesota Gilts and Boars Offered by I. R. Hintz
Purebred Minnesota No 1 gilts bred to farrow early September also spring boars and gilts offered by I R Hintz Monticello, Ja.
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Minnesota
I. R. Hintz
Monticelle
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Scottswood
Frost Brothers
Waterloo
Duroc
Rollie Pemberton
Peoria
American Hampshire
Gregor Vaske
Dyersville
Harry Nauman
West Liberty
Benton
Johnson
Crawford
Lampert Yards Incorporated
E Ave
PPLE
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Washington
The
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Timothy Harvest
Beverly Cattle CO
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Allamakee County Fair
Plagmann Farm
Suffolk
Aluminum
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
Soe
St. S.W
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Merchants National Personal Loan Department
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jennings
Rex Conn
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Get of Fire
Eugene
Dewey
Cedar Rapids
Co. H. Jennings Guernsey Breeder
Becker
14Th Avenue SE
Midwest
Pier
Ferdinand
Clarabelle
Land
vasEray
All-Iowa Pig Congress
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the Agricultural Show Window of
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