Parnell Youth's Angus Purchases Grand Champion at Marengo
Leo Yoder of Wellman Johnson county paid 19.75 per cwt for the grand champion Angus at the Marengo 4-H show. The sale featured 52 baby beeves at an average of 16.05 per cwt with buyers from Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Waterloo. Johnson county calves were not sold at auction and were shipped to Cedar Rapids packing, 22 head averaging 875 pounds.
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Leo. Yoder
Wellman
Johnson County
Chicago
Marengo
Iowa County
Clayton White
Parnell
Yoder
Woaer
Ralph Drake
Linn County
Los Angeles
Angus
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Benton County
Vinton
B. G. Alcorn
Einar Carlson
Carlson
Paul Rathje
Atkins
Belle Plaine
E. L. Hegg
Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association
Iowa City
West Liberty
Des Moines
Billy Bob Hunter
Hunter
New Barn Replaces Storm Destruction Near Rowley
Special report from The Gazette notes rapid building and repairs around Rowley. A storm-felled barn on Dorothy Bradley’s farm three and one half miles southwest is replaced by a 48 by 36 building with an 18 foot lean to. A new house rises on Arthur Kress’s farm four miles southeast, and a barn is under construction on Charley Buehler’s five mile south site.
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Frank van Orsdol
Charley Pratt
Lee Kresses
Charley Clark
Joe Boeler
Rowley
Wilson Brothers
Dorothy Bradley
Arthur Kress
Charley Buehler
Ames Pasture Demonstration To Include 1900 Acres
Ames Iowa State College will lease pasture rights on 1900 acres in Decatur Monroe Appanoose Davis and Van Buren counties to local farmers under a Resettlement administration plan. The project aims to better utilize pasture resources with supervision by the college and cooperative record keeping by grazing farmers.
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Ames
Iowa
Resettlement Administration
Iowa State College
Rainer Schickele
College
Schickele
Ames Extension Service
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Decatur
Monroe
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
Neighbors Thresh 35 Acres of Oats in Palo
Twenty friends and neighbors spent a day and a half threshing thirty five acres of oats on the I. F. McCallister farm near Palo. Lincoln Ladies aid served dinner at the Lincoln church. Mr McAllister has been in St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids for two weeks.
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The
Gazette
Palo
I. F. McCallister
Lincoln Ladies Aid
Lincoln Church
McAllister
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Farm Income Set At 9 Billion Dollars In 1937
The 1937 farm income is projected at 9 billion dollars from product sales and government payments, up 1.14 billion from 1936. Higher prices boost crop income by about 1 billion, while soil conservation payments may total 400 to 450 million.
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Washington
INS
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Hobby Show Planned at Jones County Fair
Mrs Bernard Cass of Scotch Grove announces a hobby exhibit for farm women at the Jones county fair from August 24 to 27. A committee led by Mrs Olin Howie of Monticello includes Mrs L A Oltman of Scotch Grove and Mrs Paul Smith of Center Junction to oversee the exhibit.
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Monticello
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
County Home Project
Jones County Fair
Olin Howie
L. A. Oltman
Paul Smith
Center Junction
Angus 15 Champion of Marengo 4-H Show
In heavy rain, 123 carloads gathered for the Iowa county 4-H livestock show. Junior Angus champion Clay ton White led grand baby beef, with Merle Yanacek reserve Shorthorn and Arnold Yanacek best senior Shorthorn among other breed wins.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Clayton White
Merle Yanacek
Arnold Yanacek
Alvin Eggert
William Malloy
Dale Risdon
Paul Donohoe
Wiliam Mead
Trimpe Brothers
Eugene Jacobs
Hereford
Marlo Matthes
Hampshire
K. Smith
Poland
Clayton Bohstedt
Paul Leahy
Glenn Scott
Lawrence Smith
G. Hanson
Lew Plager
Grundy Center
Johnson County selects dairy judging team for state contest
IOWA CITY The Johnson county contesting association today named Frank Carson and Martin Warren to represent the county in the state dairy cattle judging contest at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress this fall. Carson scored 292 of 300 and Warren 268.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County Contesting Association Today
Frank Carson
Martin Warren
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Carson
Warren
US Dairy Trade in First Half of 1937 Shows Large Butter Imports
Washington reports that butter imports from January to June 1937 reached 9,591,687 pounds, far surpassing exports. Cheese imports rose to 30,197,019 pounds while exports fell to 285,346 pounds. Eggs in shell exceeded imports at 1,113,860 dozen, with total eggs and yolks at 2,786,385 pounds, up from 2,166,819 pounds a year earlier.
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Washington
United States
Guaranteed Price For Monticello Sweet Corn At $7
Monticello cannery contracts seven hundred fifty acres of sweet corn for the upcoming season with a base price of seven dollars per ton. A sliding scale raises the ton price if Chicago field corn on December 1 exceeds 70 cents per bushel, reaching ten dollars per ton if corn hits one dollar. Sixty five workers will be employed under manager C. C. Hodson. a trial run occurred Friday and Saturday with a full start planned August 23.
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Bordal
Gazette
Monticello
Chicago
Cannery
C. C. Hodson
Fairs This Week Across Eastern Iowa With County and 4-H Shows
Eastern Iowa hosts six county fairs and four 4-H livestock shows this week, plus the Des Moines state fair opening Wednesday. Fairs include West Liberty Keokuk What Cheer West Union Monticello with 4-H events in Grinnell and Washington. Judging starts Monday in West Liberty and Tuesday in What Cheer, with auctions for Fayette county market animals Friday.
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West _ Liberty
What Cheer
West Union
Monticello
Grinnell
Washington
Iowa
Des Moines
West Liberty
Coming Farm Auctions August 24 1937
Farm sale notices list livestock auctions and estate sales in Iowa with farms near Van Horne Solon Cedar Rapids Stanwood and Cedar Rapids area. Auctions cover A H Fry farm Charles and Anna Vanorny estate F A Williams farm Sarah G Challis estate and Ed Smahel farm dates August 24 25 28 30 1937.
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A. H. Fry
East
van Horne
Charles and
Anna Vanorny
Solon
F. A. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Sarah G. Challis
South
Stanwood
Ed Smahel
Local 4-H Livestock Shows Set for Washington Grinnell and Monticello
Duncan of Cedar Rapids will judge baby beeves and open class hogs in four H divisions while Joe Pieper of Olin judges theMonticello colt show and J E Porter of Onamosa judges lambs. The 4-H beeves sell at auction next Friday with extensive midways sports and entertainment across all fairs. Washington and Grinnell fairs include all livestock classes and 4-H girls exhibits.
Farmers Union Chief to Speak at Fayette County Fair
E M Everson national president of the Farmers Union will address the Fayette county fair Thursday August 26 He has attended Washington through the last three sessions of Congress and will discuss farm legislation of the past five years and current pending measures Everson formerly farmed at Charles South Dakota and maintains his home there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
E. M. Everson
Farmers’ Union
Fayette County
Anamosa 4-H Club Exhibitors at Jones County Fair
More than 100 4 H club boys bring sixty five baby beeves forty dairy calves 100 pigs fifty sheep and lambs and twenty five sucking and yearling colts to Monticello for the Jones county fair Tuesday through Friday Livestock judging is set for Wednesday with baby beeves up for auction August 27 at 10 am Ten girls demonstration teams compete Wednesday Judge is Mrs Geraldine Elliott of Ames A bascule bridge is defined as a movable two leaf span
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Guernsey
Anamosa
Monticello
Geraldine Elliott
Ames
Stanwood Horse Show adds entry sheds for Sept event
The Stanwood show committee bought sheds from the Stanwood school district to house entries for the September 10 and 11 event. Don W. Smith said the buildings will be remodeled. Premiums total 516 dollars, the highest yet, with contests for yearling drafts, colts, brood mares, suckling foals, teams, ponies, and saddle horses. Horses are shown the second day, with saddle horses judged after the evening parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecctal
the Gazette
Stanwood
Don W. Smith
Barn Raising Near Volga City For Whitford Farm
Friends and neighbors helped raise a 30 by 40 foot barn on the Guy Whitford farm southwest of Volga City. The project is being carried out by E. C. Becker.
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Volga City
Guy Whitford
E. C. Becker
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Ely
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Swisher Trust & Laws. Bank
Johnson Co
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