East Iowa Corn Needs Approximately Month To Mature
During the Hawk Eye Downs auction on Friday rot-fed calves sold to Wilson and company of Cedar Rapids for 10 dollars a hundredweight. Exhibitor Eldon Holst of Davenport. A total of 315 head sold for 26 91.36 thousand dollars. Lot-fed calves weighed 248 995 pounds averaging 86.42 per head and 9.40 per cwt. Individual calves weighed 43 090 pounds averaging 86 74 per head and 9 20 per cwt.
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Hawkeye Downs
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Eldon Holst
Davenport
Tama 4-H Livestock Show Tops With $11 Baby Beef Sale
Gladbrook grand champion baby beef, an Angus exhibited by Dean Fleming of Dinsdale, sold for $11 per hundredweight to Rath Packing Co. of Waterloo. Twenty-five fat beeves averaged $9.25 cwt, with 25 market pigs at $6.10 cwt. Twin dairy heifer champions were Winders of Toledo, while Hereford, Shorthorn and other breed winners were named by judge Don Groves.
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Gladbrook
Tama Country
Dean Fleming
Dinsdale
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Bobby Winders
Toledo
Winders
Paul Westfall
Richard Stephenson, Jr
Reinbeck
Art Timm
Tama
Wayne Odanker
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
Linn county rural electric cooperative manager Robert Palmer announced bids for the second transmission line project will be opened at the Marion office at 10 am August 29. The line spans about 236 miles and will serve 570 farmsteads in Linn county northern Johnson county and one Benton county township. Energetization of the first project nears completion with roughly three-fourths of a mile remaining. energization began July 17 to serve 456 farms on 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. Buttermaker William Behrens reports.
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Arlington Creamery
Arlington
Arlington Cooperative Creamery
William Behrens
Beef imports rise in first half of 1939
Washington AP reports South American canned beef entered the United States in growing quantities in the first six months of 1939. Imports totaled 41,000,000 pounds, up from 39,000,000 in the same period last year, and came from Uruguay Brazil Chile in addition to Argentina. Roosevelt praised Argentine beef for its canning and noted domestic choice beef sells fresh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Heifer 15 Champ Beef at Decorah Wins Grand Title
An 800 pound Angus heifer shown by Elmore Herrold Calmar wins grand champion baby beef at Winneshiek County fair Decorah. Dean Darrington Mabel Minn reserve champion Hereford. Gayle Ludeking Waukon tops Shorthorn class. Many entries advance to Big Four fair Postville Sept 8 11. Club cattle housed in new 58 by 148 ft barn costing 3450 funded by donations.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Elmore’ Herrold
Calmar
Dean Darrington
Mabel
Minn
Gayle Ludeking
Waukon
Postville
Merlin Snell
E. J. Weigle
Fall Festival At Todd Grove Set For August 24
Manchester reports the Prairie Center Grange will hold the annual fall festival at Todd Grove four miles south of town on August 24. The event features a plowing contest picnic 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 Steady as DPMA Buys Large Quantities
The butter market stayed steady with prices at 23134 cents in Chicago and 2414 cents in New York for 92 score, driven by DPMA purchases. DPMA bought 1,294,965 pounds at New York and 559,440 pounds at Chicago this week, versus 1,414,350 and 668,763 pounds last week, and 3,085,882 and 4,565,842 pounds in the prior year. Production appears to decline gradually while receipts at four major markets rose 70,000 pounds week over week but trailed last year by 2,400,000 pounds. Storage holdings rose slightly as DPMA and FSCC stocks dropped 1,356,551 pounds and commercial stocks increased by 1,423,138 pounds.
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Chicago
New York
Dairy Products Marketing Association
DPMA
FSCC
New Apiary Established Near Waukon by Carpen ter and McKaye
A new apiary with 40 hives is set up on the Iowa river bottom 14 miles north of Waukon by Roy Carpen ter of Waukon and J V McKaye of East Peoria Illinois.
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Waukon
Iowa River
Roy Carpenter
J. V. McKaye
East Peoria
Ill
Corn development slow after heavy rains in eastern Iowa
After a spell of wet weather in June to August, corn across eastern Iowa shows uneven growth with less than ten percent dented and many fields still green. Forecasters warn that frost by Oct. 1 could delay maturity, while broader grazing prospects rise as grasses and alfalfa benefit from the rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dented corn spotted on Manchester farm
Special to The Gazette reports corn on John D. Luense's farm at the west edge of Manchester shows dents three months after planting. The hybrid variety was affected and Luense notes the unusual damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
John D. Luense
Luense
Judging Dates Of 4 H Livestock At State Fair Listed
Des Moines details the 4 H livestock judging schedule at the state fair. Events include market pigs and pigs on foot, purebred pigs, beef and dairy heifers, poultry elimination, and baby beeves with auctions of market pigs and lambs. Additional dates cover 4 H colts and live stock contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
4-H Livestock Show Opens In Grinnell And Monticello
Grinnell hosts livestock judging and a baby beef auction on Wednesday with a county girls demonstration starting at 1 p.m. The Jones County Fair in Monticello runs Tuesday through Friday with four-H exhibits judged Wednesday and auctioned Friday at 10 a.m. Carl Smith of Anamosa and Ed Helgens of Monticello supervise the 4-H livestock events.
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The
Gazette
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Monticello
Jones County Fair
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Ed Helgens
Iowa apple crop set at 60 percent of normal this year
Leslie Carl federal agricultural statistician reports Iowa’s commercial apple harvest at an estimated 60 percent of normal while the nationwide crop runs 64 percent. This reflects weaker production in Iowa amid broader national downswing in apples.
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Iowa
Leslie Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Mechanicville Veterinarian to address national veterinary convention
F. M. Wilson of Mechanicville will speak at the American Veterinary Medical Association’s seventy sixth annual convention in Memphis Tennessee from August 28 to September 1. His topic is Non specific Enteritis of Swine and he will demonstrate at the horse and mule clinic. Also attending are Cedar Rapids veterinarians A R Menary and Grant B Munger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
F. M. Wilson
American Veterinary Medical Association
Memphis
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
A. R. Menary
Grant B. Munger
Farm Tour Planned by Cedar Valley Association
Stanley Nicol announced a four day farm tour for members and non members of the Cedar Valley Farm Business association. Tours cover livestock, crop systems, labor use, equipment, marketing and management with visits to six farms from Sept. 5 to Sept. 8 including Blairstown Vinton Alburnett Morley Conrad and Gilman areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Nicol
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
H. J. Grunewald
Blairstown
Chris Kinsel
Vinton
H. A. Koch
Alburnett
Reuel McColm
Morley
Clark H. Brindle
Conrad
Glenn Lovig
Gilman
Farm Debt Advisory Board to Meet in Cedar Rapids
The farm debt advisory board will convene Monday at 1 pm in the resettlement office on the third floor of the post office building in Cedar Rapids. Chairman C. B. F. Michel announced the gathering Saturday.
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Farm Debt Advisory Board
Resettlement
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
C. B. F. Michel
Combine Hulls Mammoth Clover Seed At Goldsberry Mounce Farm
On the Goldsberry Mounce farm southeast of Center Point, Mam moth clover yielded about 3 bushels per acre. Mr Mounce, 78, marked his fiftieth clover seed crop on the farm since 1884, shown with son W Mounce and great grandson Wayne Center. A neighbor operated the combine hulling the seed after windrowing and aging in the field.
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Goldsberry Mounce
Center Point
Mr. Mounce
Lard consumption rising in 1939 trends
Chicago AP report quotes A S Mc Murray that domestic lard use is increasing rapidly. July consumption matches the 1924 record, signaling lard use has been re established and 1939 may rank among the top years.
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Chicago
A. McMurray
Sweet Corn Pack Starts Monday at Center Point
Center Point canning factory will begin the season’s pack of sweet corn Monday. No stock from last year remains. About 100 workers will process corn from 700 acres over the next three weeks as quality is reported good.
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Center Point
G. F. Brookman
Brookman
Gazette Futurity Award Eligible Calves At All Iowa Show
Three Jersey calves shown at Hawkeye Downs may compete for the Gazette futurity award next summer at the All Iowa show. Calves come from Traer Cedar Rapids and West Liberty breeders. two must return for 1940 judging. The 1939 winner was E. S. Baughman of Bloomfield, pictured with the gold plated trophy from the American Jersey Cattle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Hawkeye Downs
Russell Lyon
Russell
Earl Lyon
Traer
Sutherland Cows
County Fairs and State Fair Schedule Placed
Fairs listed include Keokuk county fair at What Cheer August 19 to 22 Poweshiek 4-H show in Grinnell August 21 to 23 Fayette county fair at West Union and West Liberty August 21 to 25 Jones county fair at Monticello August 22 to 25 and the State Fair in Des Moines August 23 to September 1.
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Keokuk County
Poweshiek
Monticello
Des Moines
Plowing Title Won With 65 Dollar Tractor in County Match
George Gertley of Eddyville won the Monroe county plowing match near Albia with a $65 homemade tractor and a 20 year old plow scoring 91.25 percent. The victory qualified him for the corn belt plowing match near Mitchellville on Sept 23. About 3 000 spectators watched 15 entries. Sam Long of Monroe Indiana placed second and Wilbur Bevins of Albia Iowa placed third.
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ALBIA
George Gertley
Eddyville
Monroe County
Here
County Rural Young People's Organization
Gertley
Mitchellville
Sam Long
Monroe
Wilbur Bevins
Railways Set $10 Annual Fee for Corn Bin Locations
Cedar Rapids officials confirm Western Association of Railway Executives has decided a uniform charge for locating government owned corn storage bins on railway properties. The fee is $10 per location per year plus $3 more for each bin beyond two at each location.
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Cedar Rapids
Western Association of Railway Executives
Cash sale of 120 acres in Linn County for 16800
The Edwin S. Williams estate and Guarantee Bank executor sold the 120 acre Alex J. Mitchell farm three miles southwest of Cedar Rapids to Frank Nast for 16800 cash, 140 per acre. Sale handled by Joseph Sadowsky of J. Frank Cravens, Cedar Rapids. Farm reported with fine improvements, REA service, and first quality tillable soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin S. Williams
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Alex J. Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Frank Nast
Joseph Sadowsky
J. Frank Cravens
Elgin Auction Sells Corn Oats Cows and Car
In the Elgin closing out sale for Mabel Holzer at the south edge of town corn sold for 41 cents a bushel and oats brought 26 and 27 cents. Milk cows averaged 60 to 82.50 per 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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