Auction at Hawk Eye Downs features grand champion calf
The Friday sale at Hawk Eye Downs included 315 head totaling 26,919.36 as 269 lot-fed calves brought 22,934.49 and 46 fat calves added 2,985.97. Grand champion five-head group sold for 10 per hundred weight to Wilson and company of Cedar Rapids. Exhibitor was Eldon Holst of Davenport. The lot-fed calves weighed 248,995 pounds averaging 86.42 a head and 9.40 a hundred weight. individual calves weighed 43,090 pounds averaging 86.74 a head and 9.20 a hundred weight.
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Hawkeye Downs
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Holst
Davenport
Tama 4-H Livestock Show Tops With $11 Baby Beef Award
Gladbrook crowning the champion baby beef, an Angus shown by Dean Fleming of Dinsdale, sold for $11 per hundredweight to Rath Packing of Waterloo. Twenty five steer cattle averaged $9.25 cwt, and 25 market pigs averaged $6.10 cwt. Dairy cattle judging followed, with a Jersey yearling dairy heifer from Bobby Winders of Toledo winning overall and her twin sister the reserve. Other winners include Stephenson and Zmolek in Angus and Hereford classes, Tomlinson and Lyon Brothers in sheep and cattle categories, with 4-H club honors going to Reinbeck and Lincoln entries.
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Gladbrook
Tama County
Dean Fleming
Dinsdale
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Bobby Winders
Toledo
Winders
Paul Westfall
Richard Stephenson, Jr
Reinbeck
Art Timm
Tama
Wayne Danker
Traer
Don Groves
Vinton
Angus
Ethel Koster
Richard Stephenson
Stephenson
Hereford
Ernest Zmolek
Donald Tomlinson
John Tomlinson
Market Lamb
Lyon Brothers
Hampshire Ram Lamb
Hampshire Ewe Lamb
Betty Zmolek
Cheviot Ram Lamb
Vernon Bru
Gilman
Shropshire
Ewe Lamb
Wilbur Haas
Lyle Lorenz
Lincoln
Bids On Second Linn REA Project To Be Read Aug 29
Robert Palmer of Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative announced bids for the second transmission line project will be opened at the Marion office at 10 am on August 29. The new line spans about 236 miles and will serve 570 farmsteads across Linn, northern Johnson, and part of Benton county. Energization of the first project was nearly finished with about three-fourths of a mile remaining as of Saturday, after starting midafternoon July 17 to serve 456 farms over 192.7 miles.
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Robert Palmer
Marion
Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative
Co-Op
Linn
Johnson
Benton County
Palmer
Arlington Creamery Pays 28 Cents For Butterfat
Arlington Cooperative creamery paid patrons 28 cents a pound for butter fat during July. William Behrens, buttermaker, reports.
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Arlington Creamery
Arlington
Arlington Cooperative Creamery
William Behrens
41,000,000 Lbs Beef Imported In Six Months
The agriculture department reports 41 million pounds of South American canned beef entered the U.S. in the first half of 1939, up from 39 million in the same period the previous year. Imports came from Argentina Uruguay Brazil and Chile, with Roosevelt noting canned Argentine beef and superior taste to domestic product.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Heifer 15 Champ Beef At Decorah County Fair
An 800 pound Angus heifer shown by Elmore Herrold of Calmar won grand champion baby beef at the Wineshiek county fair in Decorah. Dean Darrington of Mabel Minnesota exhibited the reserve Hereford. Gayle Ludeking of Waukon topped the Shorthorn class. The 4 H division featured 59 dairy heifers and 20 market pigs. the club cattle were housed in a new 58 by 148 foot barn costing 3450 dollars funded by local donations.
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Decorah
Wineshiek
Elmore Herrold
Calmar
Hereford
Dean Darrington
Mabel
Minn
Gayle Ludeking
Waukon
Postville
Merlin Snell
E. J. Weigle
Fall Festival At Todd Grove Planned Near Manchester
The Prairie Center Grange schedules the annual Todd Grove fall festival four miles south of Manchester for Thursday. Highlights include a plowing contest a picnic a baseball game and individual sports contests along with the farm and garden products show.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Todd Grove
The
Prairie Center Grange
Butter Market Holds Steady Amid DPMA Purchases
The butter market stayed steady at 23 and 24 cents for 92 score in New York and Chicago as DPMA purchases supported prices. DPMA bought 1,294,965 pounds in New York and 559,440 in Chicago, down from the prior week, with year ago figures much higher. Production appears to decline gradually while receipts across four major markets rose slightly, and storage holdings edged up as DPMA and FSCC stocks fell.
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Chicago
New York
Dairy Products Marketing Association
DPMA
FSCC
Apiary Established North of Waukon Along Iowa River
A new apiary with forty hives has been established on the Iowa River north of Waukon. The venture is attributed to Yan Ter of Waukon and J. McKaye of East Peoria, Illinois.
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Waukon
Iowa River
Yanter
J. McKaye
East Peoria
Development Retarded By Recent Heavy Rains
The article notes uneven corn development across eastern Iowa with less than 10 percent dented and about a month of favorable weather needed to mature. Frost timing could threaten soft corn, while a heavy fodder crop is likely and fall grain and alfalfa prospects improve with continued rain.
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Iowa
Veterinarian From Mechanicsville To Address National Meet
Mechanicsville veterinarian F M Wilson will speak at the American Veterinary Medical Association’s seventy sixth annual convention in Memphis Tennessee August 28 to September 1. His topic is Non enteritis of swine and he will demonstrate during the horse and mule clinic. Cedar Rapids vets A R Menary and Grant B Munger will also attend.
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Mechanicsville
F. M. Wilson
American Veterinary Medical Association
Memphis
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
Grant B. Munger
Farm Business Assn Tour Planned Sept 5 8
Stanley Nicol announced tours of Cedar Valley Farm Business Association members from September 5 to 8. The event lets members and nonmembers inspect cropping systems labor use equipment marketing and management at farms in Blairstown Vinton Alburnett Morley and other locations. Schedule includes Grunewald farm Blairstown September 5 at 10 am Kinsel farm near Vinton 1 30 pm September 5 Koch farm near Alburnett 1 30 pm September 6 McColm farm near Morley 1 30 pm September 7 and a Clark H dle site September 8.
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Stanley Nicol
Fieldman
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
H. J. Grunewald
Blairstown
Chris Kinsel
Vinton
H. A. Koch
Alburnett
Reuel McColm
Morley
Clark H. Dle
Dented corn on John D. Luense farm near Manchester
Corn on the John D. Luense farm at the west edge of Manchester shows dents three months after planting. Luense identifies the hybrid variety as the cause and notes the unexpected damage to the crop.
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Manchester
John D. Luense
Luense
Judging Dates Of 4H Livestock At State Fair Listed
Special to The Gazette Des Moines More than 2000 farm animals will be shown in the 4 H livestock classes at the state fair events. The schedule lists July dates for market pigs beef and dairy judging poultry contests and baby beeves and lambs auctions. The entries include 4 H colts and various purebred classes with specific start times across multiple days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Des Moines
Grinnell 4-H Show Sets Judging and Auctions Schedule
Grinnell hosts livestock judging on Tuesday at the Poweshiek county 4-H show. The annual baby beef auction is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. A county girls demonstration contest begins Monday at 1 p.m. and continues Tuesday at 8 a.m.
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The
Gazette
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Monany
Monticello Fair to Judge 4-H Livestock Wednesday
Four 4 H club livestock exhibits will be judged Wednesday at the Jones County fair here with sale of the animals at 10 a.m. Friday. The fair runs Tuesday through Friday. Carl Smith of Anamosa and Ed Helgens of Monticello are the 4 H livestock superintendents.
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Monticello
Jones County Fair
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Ed Helgens
Iowa Apple Crop Seen At Sixty Percent Of Normal
Iowa’s commercial apple crop is estimated at 60 percent of normal, compared with the national average of 64 percent, according to Leslie Carl, a federal agricultural statistician.
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Iowa
Leslie Carl
Federal
Farm Debt Advisory Board Meeting Set in Cedar Rapids
The farm debt advisory board will meet Monday at 1 p.m. in the resettlement office on the third floor of the post office building in Cedar Rapids. Chairman C. B. F. Micheli announced the plan Saturday.
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Farm Debt Advisory Board
Resettlement
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
C. B. F. Micheli
Combines Hull Mammoth Clover On Golds Mounce Farm
On the Golds Mounce farm southeast of Center Point a Mammoth clover crop yielded about 3 bushels per acre. The scene shows Mounce and his son W. M. Mounce beside the crop with a neighbor, Ed Shultz, operating a combine hull to process the seed after windrowed handraking.
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Center Point
Mr. Mounce
W. M. Mounce
Hull
Ed Shultz
Lard Consumption Rising Says Provisions Expert
Chicago based provisions expert S A Mc Murray notes domestic lard consumption increasing rapidly. He says July usage matched the 1924 July level and predicts 1939 could become one of the top years on record.
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Chicago
S. A. McMurray
Sweet Corn Pack Starts Monday at Center Point
Center Point canning factory plans kickoff for the season Monday under superintendent G. F. Brookman. No old stock remains as 700 acres yield is prepared. about 100 workers will process corn over three weeks. quality is reported good.
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Center Point
G. F. Brookman
Brookman
Calf Eligible for Gazette Futurity Award at All-Iowa Show
Two more Jersey calves may compete for the Gazette futurity award next summer at the All-Iowa. This year three calves were dropped at Hawkeye Downs with Russell Lyon presenting the prize calf. The award, already won by E S Baughman of Bloomfield, mirrors this year’s trophy model from the American Jersey Cattle Club.
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Gazette
All-Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Russell Lyon
Russell
Earl Lyon
Traer
Sutherland Cows
County Fairs and State Fair Dates This Summer
Listing of county fairs in Keokuk Grinnell Fayette and Jones counties with dates Aug 19 to Aug 25 and the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines starting Aug 1. Includes locations West Union West Liberty Monticello Grinnell and Des Moines.
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Keokuk County
Grinnell
Fayette County
West Union
West Liberty
Monticello
Des Moines
Plowing Title Won With 65 Dollar Tractor
Albia AP report: George Gertley from Eddyville used a $65 homemade tractor and a 20 year old plow to win the Monroe county plowing match sponsored by the county rural youth group. Gertley scored 91.25 percent and will compete in the coast plowing match near Mite on Sept. 23. About 3,000 spectators attended. Sam Long of Monroe placed second and Wilbur Bevins of Albia finished third.
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ALBIA
George Gertley
Eddyville
Monroe County
County Rural Young People’s Organization
Gwulley
Coasl
Mite
Biles
Sam Long
Monroe
Wilbur Bevins
Railways Levy Annual Fees for Corn Bin Locations
Government storage plan imposes $10 yearly for each location on railway property plus $3 more per bin beyond two bins. Officials say the charge will be uniform across railways. The Gazette notes the Aug 15 decision by executives to implement the policy.
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Way
Cash Sale of 120 Acres in Linn County
A Saturday transaction sold the Alex J. Mitchell farm 3 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids for 16800 dollars cash. The Ed win S. Williams estate and the Guarantee Bank and Trust company as executor transferred title to Frank Nast of Cedar Rapids at 140 dollars per acre.
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Edwin S. Williams
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Alex J. Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Frank Nast
Elgin Auction Sells Corn Oats Cows and Car
At the Elgin closing out sale of Mabel Holzer on the south edge, corn brought 41 cents a bushel, oats sold at 26 and 27 cents. Milk cows averaged $60 to $82.50 a head, and a 1926 automobile with under 10 000 miles sold for 86 dollars.
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Gazette
Elgin
Mabel Holzer
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