Timothy Seed Crop Thresher Run Lighter by Seven Percent
A U S Department of Agriculture report says timothy seed production reached 1,162,000 bushels this year, about 7 percent below 1940 and 33 percent below the 10 year average. Acreage fell to 360,900 acres from 411,200, with drought and legume emphasis triming output and carryover stocks down.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Ohio
United States
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Cedar County Fair Volunteers Restore Grounds and Buildings
Thirty Cedar county fair boosters volunteered at the Tipton fairgrounds August 14 15 and 16. They tore down old speed barns repaired structures and built fences to improve the grounds and buildings this year.
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Tipton
Fence Drift and a Million Dollar Rain
A fragmented report describes fence drift in woven wire and a large corn crop damaged by late moisture. The piece notes calendar quirks with daylight saving and Thanksgiving, but relief eventually arrived.
Dairymen Meet In Chicago To Shape Farm Policy
Representatives of about one million farmers attended a two day executive session called by the National Milk Producers Federation in Chicago. Delegates debated price fixing meat imports and oleomargarine policies aiming to draft a unified stance on farm price parity duties on defense materials and dairy surplus impacts.
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Chicago
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Federation
Charles W. Holman
Holman
Congress
Treasury
Department of Agriculture
pacifist stance noted by Willie Willis around Riley
Willie Willis comments on his pacifist approach when facing Riley, contrasting his attitude with how he acts around smaller children. He questions self-identity and hints at situational restraint.
Mesquakies Exhibit Highlights Farm Product Progress
The Mesquakie powwow exhibit showcased progress in crops and preserved foods by Indian women. Winners included John Young Bear for cabbage dried corn cucumbers beans and raspberries, Mamie Mitchell with onions carrots beets cucumbers plums strawberries and blackberries, and Willie Johnson for best pop corn and sweet corn. Other top prizes covered potatoes melons squash and preserves with multiple growers earning blue ribbons and firsts.
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Tama
Mesquakie
Mamie Mitchell
Loman Kapayou
Sam Peters
Harvey Lasley
Willie Johnson
George Henry
Susie Poweshiek
Florence Jefferson
Fred Brown
Mary B. Young Bear
George Sanache
Joe Peters
Albert Davenport
Percy Bear
Adeline Wanatee
Thornburg to Attend Parley on Oleo Standards
Secretary of Agriculture Mark G. Thornburg will join a meeting of midwestern and southern agricultural commissioners to discuss proposed regulations for the oleomargarine industry. The rules would permit coloring and flavoring, sparking opposition as adulteration of oleo.
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Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark G. Thornburg
Southern Agricultural Commissioners
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
Thornburg
Excellent potato crop reported at Amanas
The Amanas reports an excellent potato crop with larger size and higher yield than usual. Private growers are selling potatoes at 50 to 60 cents a bushel. Tomatoes are plentiful, apples look poor, but pears are expected to be normal.
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Amana
Soul Conservation by a Country Woman
A rural vignette follows a tanned laborer inside a screen porch. The man, dusty and fatigued, sips lemonade after a lean day in the fields, revealing weathered features and a World War era peach of sentiment in his eyes.
Riverside To Host Fall Festival And Corn Show
Riverside sets October 8 to 11 for its second annual corn show and fall festival sponsored by the Better Riverside club. F W Schnoebelen chairs the committee. A 40 by 100 foot tent will display corn seed vegetables fruit and women’s work and business house exhibits with an amateur contest tryouts each night and finals Saturday.
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the Gazette
Riverside
Better Riverside Club
F. W. Schnoebelen
Health Champions Named in Wapello County 4-H
Max Hooks age 19 of Hedrick won the Wapello county 4-H boys' championship while his sister Dorothy Hooks earned the girls' division honor marking the county health champions in a Monday event.
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Ottumwa
INS
Monday
Wapello County
Max Hooks
Hedrick
Dorothy
United States Register of Merit Sires and Dams Named
The USDA publishes a directory of 155 sires and 809 dams based on daughters’ trap nest records for 1938-39. Subjects include breed, owner name, and breeding criteria for U S Register of Merit status under the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Dairy Industry
National Poultry Improvement Plan
U. S. Register of Merit
U. S
Eastern Iowa fairs and 4-H shows this week
Keokuk county fair What Cheer Aug 16 19 Washington 4 H show Washington Aug 18 20 Poweshiek 4 H show Grinnell Aug 18 20 Union district fair West Liberty Aug 18 21 Fayette county fair West Union Aug 18 22 Jones county fair Monticello Aug 19 22 Iowa State Fair Des Moines Aug 20 29
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Iowa
Keokuk County
What Cheer
Washington
Poweshiek
Grinnell
Union District
West Liberty
Fayette County
West Union
Monticello
Des Moines
Breeding Record Details for Sire and Dam Daughters
The report lists weight and body weight for sire and dam mates, total mates and those qualifying for U S R O M. It includes dam leg-band number, egg production and weight, body weight, and counts of daughters entered for U S R O B with numbers to complete and qualify. Entries show egg production and weights for daughters along with reasons for unqualified offspring.
Decline in Corn Loans Expected This Fall
Des Moines AP reports Maurice O'Reilly, state commodity loan supervisor, expects a drop in corn loans this fall from last year. Farmers will likely use corn at home due to higher livestock demand, heat damaged crops, and stable prices, easing storage space concerns with 1 200 steel bins sent from Illinois to Iowa. About 35 million bushels were stored in steel bins last fall, and arrangements are coordinated by county committees in both states.
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Des Moines
Maurice O’reilly
O'Reilly
Iowa
Illinois
Record Hatch Indicates Historic July Chicks Output
A United States Department of Agriculture report shows July 1941 produced a record 28,386,000 baby chicks, 33 percent above July 1940. Heat limited egg quality, boosting hatchery demand. industry eyes over a billion chicks for the year and a 10 percent rise in laying flocks by Jan 1, 1942.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Campaign to expand Iowa poultry production launched
Ames-W M Vernon appeals for statewide cooperation to run the largest poultry production drive in Iowa history. The program trains and coordinates Farm Bureau, instructors, AAA and FSA staff, hatcherymen, buyers, and feed dealers to boost eggs per hen, egg quality, growth of market birds, and reduce costs nationwide. County agents lead the effort locally.
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Ames
FSA Farm and Home
Vernon
Winneshiek 4-H Steers Top At 16 Per Cwt
In Decorah the Winneshiek county fair 4-H beef sale crowned twin Shorthorns bred by Bernard Wanless Hesper as champion and reserve with Hormel Austin Minn paying 16 dollars per 100 pounds for 1100-pound steers. An Angus shown by Arnold Sersland sold for 14 dollars per 100 pounds. The grand champion market lamb from Glen Green Castalia sold for 16 cents per pound.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County Fair
Bernard Wanless
Hesper
Hormel Company
Austin
Winneshiek Equity Cooperative
Glen Green
Castalia
Sleeping sickness cases rise in Iowa riding season
State veterinarian Dr. R H A Seidell reports 1100 horse sleeping sickness cases in Iowa through August 4 with 236 deaths. He notes outbreaks peak mid August to early September and urges vaccination for prevention. He just returned from the American Veterinary Association meeting in Indianapolis.
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R. H. A. Seidell
Des Moines
Iowa
Indianapolis
American Veterinary Association
Seidel
Fatal sleeping sickness hits two farmers horses near Lowden
Walter Rowland Lowden and Carl Prange, farmers south of Lowden, each lost a horse last week to sleeping sickness. These are the first fatalities from the disease reported in the area. A number of farmers are vaccinating their animals against this.
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Lowden
Walter Rowland
Carl Prange
4-H Pigs And Lambs Judged At Columbus Junction
Special to The Gorxette report shows Louisa County fair results. Ralph Oak of Columbus Junction placed first in purebred litter class for 4-H members. Billie Duncan of Columbus Junction won top market litter. Richard Bieri of Letts led market pigs. Paul Heindels of Columbus City showed top purebred lamb and Robert Page Miller of Morning Sun led top market lamb.
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Columbus Junction
Ralph Oak
Louisa County Fair
Billie Duncan
Richard Bieri
Paul Heindels
Columbus City
Robert Pagemiller
Morning Sun
Modern barn rising on Kipp farm southeast of Ossian
Ossian area reports a new barn on Mrs Margaret Kipp farm to the southeast. The 36 by 60 structure features a Gothic roof with steel stanchions and drinking cups for livestock.
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Ossian
Margaret Kipp
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Merit Register For Poultry
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Ben
Tama Gattle CO
Tama, Iowa
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People's Furniture CO
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