Hog cholera outbreaks reported in 67 Iowa localities
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association bulletin lists 67 communities across 28 counties with hog cholera in the last two weeks. Heaviest infection in Black Hawk Chickasaw Floyd and eastern Linn Cedar counties, with multiple farms affected and large hog losses.
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The
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Black Hawk
Chickasaw
Floyd
Cedar County
Linn County
Grain Judging Team Is Picked In Grundy Co
Four-H club boys of Grundy county selected for grain judging at the town state fair in Des Moines Thursday. Names include Howard Vint Beaman, Sherwood Snitter, Hugh Clarke, and John Hel misch of Conrad, with other local youths listed as picks or alternates.
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Grundy Center
Grundy County
Des Moines
Howard Vint Beaman
Sherwood Snitter
Wellsburg
Hugh Clarke
John Helmisch
Conrad
Hivecrack
Grunds
Martin Myers Beamin
Filmer Fritze
Healard
Delbert
Shik
Grundy
Orchard Demonstration Near Belle Plaine
A demonstration near Belle Plaine drew local interest as residents organized to show orchard care and top work on grafted trees. Community members, including organizers and attendees, gathered Friday to discuss preventive care and remap pruning plans.
Barberry Eradication Expands Jobs in Iowa War on Rust
Two hundred Iowa laborers will be hired under WPA funded barberry eradication to fight black stem rust of small grains. The program, run by D R Shepherd, covers 42 counties over 16 months, with crews of 5 to 10 men surveying timbered areas and renewing control in multiple counties where barberry bushes have reappeared.
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Iowa
D. R. Shepherd
Works Progress Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Shepherd
Polk
Black Hawk
Allamakee
Howard
Winneshick
Linn
Muscatine
Cerro Gordo
Des Moines
Aurora Farmer Hospitalized After Fall From Hayloft
Irvin Scharff a 43 year old Aurora farmer is in critical condition at Oelwein hospital after falling from a hayloft onto a cement floor Monday injuring his head and fracturing his right lip arm and left leg. John Burgin of Tama county was in Chicago market Monday with a load of 100 pound selling steers that brought $1090 per head.
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Irvin Scharff
Aurora
Oelwein Hospital
Sreeal
John Burgin
Taat County
Chicago
Health champion Rita Rush to compete at Des Moines state fair
Rita Rush, a farm lass from near Williamsburg, won the Iowa county health championship, scoring 975 percent, and will represent the county in the state fair health competition next week in Des Moines. She stands five feet six inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.
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The
Gazette
Williamsburg
Rita Rush
Iowa County
Des Moines
Rita
Grinnell honors health girl at Poweshiek 4-H fair
Evelyn Dee 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Dee Montezuma was named health girl champion of Poweshiek county at the annual 4 H fair in Grinnell August 19 21. The health boy was to be selected Tuesday afternoon.
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Gazette
Grinnell
Evelyn Dee
Fred Dee
Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Opal Hass Named Cedar County Health Queen For Des Moines Contest
Special to The Gazette Opal Hass of the Live Wires 4-H girls club Red Oak township Tipton area has been chosen Cedar county’s healthiest girl and will compete in the state 4-H girls health contest in Des Moines, announced County Agent Morrell Seeds.
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Tipton
Opal Hass
Live Wires
Red Oak Township
Cedar County
Des Moines
Morrell Seeds
H. D. A. appoints staff across four counties
Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis announces three new Ames Home Demonstration staff appointments in Marshall Guthrie Audubon and Muscatine counties. Elizabeth Horlacher Storm Lake will replace Gertrude Cookinham in Marshall. Mary Wood Peterson will replace Dotha Eckles in Audubon and Guthrie. Carrie Holland Cambridge will replace Dorothy Simmons in Muscatine starting Sept 16. Holland, an Ames graduate, has taught home economics at Walnut.
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Ames
Sarah Porter Ellis
Marshall
Guthrie
Audubon
Muscatine
Elizabeth Horlacher
Storm Lake
Gertrude Cookinham
Marshall County
Mary Wood
Peterson
Dotha Eckles
Carrie Holland
Cambridge
Dorothy Simmons
Holland
Walnut
Keokuk Farm Players Stage Wheat Pageant at Fair
The Keokuk county Farm Bureau plans a Wheat pageant at the state fair directed by Tisha Moorman with Mrs Maurice Soulis at the piano. Cast includes Mrs Herbert Wickencamp Elinor O'Brien Mrs Vern Hasty Mrs John Willams Mrs Gien Sorden Mrs Harry White Mrs May Dansdil Mills Cook Mrs Forrest Bennett Mrs Milt Farrehild Genevieve Schulte and Mildred Grove.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Keokuk County Farm Bureau
Tisha Moorman
Maurice Soulis
Herbert Wickencamp
Elinor O'Brien
Vern Hasty
John Willams
Gien Sorden
Harry White
May Dansdil
Mills Cook
Forrest Bennett
Milt Farrehild
Genevieve Schulte
Mildred Grove
Angus Tops West Liberty 4-H Show at West Liberty Fair
An Angus entered by Cleo Yoder of Wellman was named grand champion 4-H club baby beef at the West Liberty fair. This marks Yoder’s third straight year winning the beef calf purple ribbon. Edmon Paul of Pleasant Prairie earned reserve grand champion with a Hereford. Martin Warren of Iowa City, showing with Muller of Lone Tree, won grand champion in the 4-H daily show with a three year old Holstein heifer, also grand champion at Davenport’s Mississippi Valley fair. Muller and Warren led a strong Holstein showing with twelve firsts, five seconds, and one fifth in the open class. Seven Springs Farms of Muscatine, owned by Naber and Son, captured several top Holstein awards including grand champion Holstein bull and multiple placings. Genevieve Naber took the first Holstein heifer in the club class, with junior champion and other high placings. Lee Tipton of West Liberty won first with a Jersey heifer calf and was junior champion female. Twelve-year-old club member Lee, planning to show at Cedar Rapids, and Betty Nauman of Muscatine county topped several Duroc Jerseys events with multiple wins in boar, gilt, and herd categories.
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The
Gazette
West Liberty
Johnson County
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Edmon Paul
Near Pleasant Prairie
Martin Warren
Iowa City
Muller
Lone Tree
Davenport
Warren
Seven Springs
Muscatine
Naber and Son
Robert Naber
Genevieve Naber
Lee Tipton
Lee
Cedar Rapids
Betty Nauman
Muscatine County
Forty More Horses Imported At Greeley From Europe
Special to The Gazette GREELEY Forty head of registered Belgian and Percheron stallions and mares from France arrived Sunday by express from New York for Stolbert Horse Importing company. Mr and Mrs H B Cook led the 3000 mile journey aboard the SS Emile Francqui. This shipment completes Holbert’s year stock purchase of 130 horses after tours of northern France and Belgium. The group entered the International Livestock Show in Chicago where a Holbert stallion won the King Albert cup. The Holberts plan to exhibit at Illinois and Town state fairs before departing for Europe around Sept 1 to acquire more stock.
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Greeley
France
Fast Express
New York
Stolbert Horse Importing Company
H. B. Cook
Thomas Holbert
Emile Francqui
Holbert Farm
Holbert
Des Moines
Europe
Steers Top Chicago Market At $1275 For Haack Shipment
A load of 1.291 pound steers consigned by John Haack and Son topped the Chicago market Monday at 1275 dollars. Harry Haack accompanied the shipment to Chicago. The price was the highest since June 26 and total returns for the load reached 3620 dollars.
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Williamsburg
John Haack
Chicago
Harry Haack
Fairs and Livestock Shows This Week Across Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa events include the All Iowa Jersey Cattle show in Cedar Rapids August 22 to 24 and district fairs in West Liberty August 17 to 21 Fenton county fair in Vinton August 19 to 22 We jetic county fair in West Union August 19 to 23 Jones county fair in Monticello August 20 to 23 Iowa state fair in Des Moines August 21 to 30 Poweshiek county 4-H fair in Grinnell August 19 to 21 and a Buck Creek community fair west of Hopkinton August 20 local fairs and shows state.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Vinton
West Union
Monticello
Des Moines
Grinnell
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Grasshopper Infestation Declared Worst in Iowa in Decade
Des Moines AP reports western Iowa faces its heaviest grasshopper infestation in ten years with eastern chinch bugs rising and Hessian fly numbers increasing. Entomologists warn immediate poisoning. baiting limits set to ten pounds per acre. A. D. Worthington surveyed along the Missouri River noting large hoppers on highways and field edges. Wheat sown after the fly-free date is advised to avoid egg laying periods.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. J. Drake
Drake
A. D. Worthington
Missouri River
Grinnell Cannery to Pack 1200 Acres of Corn
Grinnell Cannery will start the corn packing season Thursday noon, with 120 workers to be employed. More than 1,200 acres of corn have been contracted, per superintendent Clark Hagen.
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Grinnell
Grinnell Canning Factory
Clark Hagen
Hagen
Farm Debt Committee Meeting Cancelled in Linn County
C B F Michel, chairman of the Linn county Farm Debt Advisory committee, announces the Aug. 26 meeting is cancelled but the regular schedule resumes. The next meeting is Sept. 9 in the federal building at Cedar Rapids.
ISU Instructor Wins Butter Exhibit at North Iowa Fair
Mason City report says N. E. Fabricius, butter department instructor at Iowa State College, won the butter exhibit at the North Iowa fair with a score of 95.
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Mason City
N. E. Fabricius
Iowa State College
North Iowa
Moratorium law checks tenancy upturn says Murray
Iowa’s moratorium law, in effect since 1933, limited tenancy increases and helped farmers hold land during depressions. Murray cites rising land values and asks for stabilizing policy to encourage low price purchases and mortgage payments in good times.
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Murray
Ames
Iowa
W. G. Murray
Minnesota
United States Supreme Court
Story County
Grange Master To Speak Near Manchester Aug 28
Ralph Smith of Newton Iowa Grange master and state corn and hog committee secretary will speak at the Prairie Center Grange fall festival at Todds Grove four miles south of Manchester on August 28.
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Manchester
Ralph Smith
Newton
Iowa Grange
State Corn and Hog Committee
Prairie Center Grange
Todds Grove
Calves Not Sold At Auction In Iowa City Shows
E. L. Hegg of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association said on Tuesday that baby beef show calves at Iowa City were not sold at auction as reported. The calves were marketed through regular channels and averaged 12 cents per pound.
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E. L. Hegg
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
Iowa City
Wild Blackberries Bring Dime a Quart at Earl Eisstein Farm
More than 900 quarts of wild blackberries have been picked and sold from a patch on the Earl Eistein farm this year. They brought ten cents a quart. Farmers in South Bethel are busy picking tomatoes for a Tipton canning factory. One farmer bought a sow for $7.50, fed it briefly and sold it for $31.50.
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South Bethel
Earl Eiselstein
Tipton
AAA Data Show Six Month Meat and Grain Imports Rise
Washington AP AAA released figures showing farm product imports for the first half of 1935 rose sharply from the same period in 1934. Pork imports edge up amid a domestic shortage while grain imports fall as crops mature. Beef imports decline after drought effects.
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Washington
AAA
Apple Tree Blooms While Bearing Fruit at Center Point
Center Point Wales Brody, a grocery clerk, notes a Greening apple tree blooming amid fruit. Blossoms appear among the plentiful apples, signaling a strong harvest as blooms and fruit coexist on the same tree.
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Center Point
Wales
Brody
Timothy yields six bushels to the acre
In Kalona region timothy yields six bushels per acre while oats average 45 to 70 bushels per acre and corn progresses well. Ten acres on Mrs Bertha Maske's farm produced 70 bushels of seed. In Troy Mills Cledith Shafter threshes 40 acres for 249 bushels. In Columbus Junction oats run 62 bushels per acre and rye 25 from Louisa county.
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Kalona
Thresherman C. C. Swartzendruber
Timothy
Bertha Maske
Troy Mills
Cledith Shaffer
Columbus Junction
Lloyd
Rye and corn update from Troy Mills field report
Threshing 9 completed locally with few timothy fields left. Corn shows good progress and several fields are dented.
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Troy Mills
Timothy
Mixed Cattle Sold in Chicago At 10.50 Per Hundred
Paul Halverson of Jones county sold a mixed load of steel and heifer yearlings in Chicago. The cattle averaged 833 pounds and brought 10.50 per hundred, reflecting steady demand for mixed stock.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Paul Halverson
Jones County
Chicago
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