Federal hog buying plan eyed for Iowa Monday
The emergency program to feed relief by purchasing pigs and sows at packing plants moves toward Iowa next Monday with per plant quotas to be set by Washington. Edible carcasses will be auctioned for relief use while inedible hogs go to tankage. Chicago reports slow demand as hog receipts rise to 26 000 with only 6 000 pigs and 200 sows covered by the plan.
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Nterior
Iowa
Chicago
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Joseph
South St Paul
Kansas City
International News Service
Farmer John F Boddiker Sells Steers Near Top Price
Special to The Gazette. Keystone John F Boddiker, a Benton county farmer, sold a load of 1 255 pound steers in Chicago Monday for 7.25 a hundred, within 5 cents of the top.
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Keystone
John F Boddiker
Benton County
Chicago
Fence Drift On Road Inspires Wartime Roadside Image
A fragmented reflection notes a buggy whip and a twoven tire on a roadside. The piece laments missing older pleasures and contrasts a buggy ride with a windshield splattered by June bugs, hinting at changing times and rough terrain.
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RPA
Flax Yields Nine to Twelve Bushels per Acre Reported
Des Moines report from the crop bureau indicates flax yields of nine to twelve bushels per acre with a value around 1.80 dollars per bushel. Officials note flax may be considered for wheat substitute within allotment rules though not yet decided. Manchester farmer Lyle V. Sutton plans threshing twelve acres of flax this week as heads stand well for a strong yield.
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Des Moines
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Bureau
Manchester
Lyle V. Sutton
Oil Used In Chinch Bug Control In Southern Iowa
Preliminary reports to the Iowa Department of Agriculture show farmers in sixteen counties in the southern region have used over 83 000 gallons of road oil and gas plant refuse for chinch bug control at a cost exceeding 2400 dollars. The department may pay half the oil cost up to six cents a gallon after delegations appeal to the governor and secretary of agriculture.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Olson Show Sparks Grand Champion at Vinton Fair
Herbert Olson, 4-H member from north of Norway, won the grand championship in the baby beef show at the Benton County Fair in Vinton. Stanley Keep of Belle Plaine took reserve champion Hereford, Luther Anderson of Newhall led with Inscalf in the Shorthorn show, and Arthur Franzenberg of Keyston topped the Angus class.
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Vinton
Herbert Olson
Norway
Benton County Fair
Stanley Keep
Belle Plaine
Luther Anderson
Newhall
Inscalf
Arthur Franzenberg
Keystone
Om Dain
Moses
Onis
Evestack
Park Woods
Bele Plaine
Beant Werning
Era William McKinney
Benton Ownmiy
Des Moines
Shock Corn Cutting Expands As Drought Hits Iowa Farms
Drought drives farmers across northeastern Iowa to fill silos and cut corn for shock fodder. Albert Drexler near Coggan and D. K. Lillie of Central City begin silo work, with neighbors in Manchester also harvesting. Weather chief Charles Reed notes much corn drying early and chaffing, pasture losses, and livestock on winter feed. Washington county reports good yield despite some hail damage. overall crop development near average and clover harvest underway. Rowley notes new seedings revived after rainfall. corn matures quickly with frost risk reduced. hail did not harm as feared. Watermelons and cantaloupes plentiful in area.
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Coggan
D. K. Lillie
Central City
E. G. Dunning
Earl Lane
Manchester
Charles D. Reed
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Washington
Washington County
Gazette
Rowley
Irish Lass From Parnell Wins Health Honors In Iowa County
Catherine Hanley 15 from Parnell scored 98.2 percent to win the Iowa county 4-H health championship ahead of rivals, with Arnold Heitshusen 16 leading boys at 98.4. Hanley will compete in Des Moines. the county contest introduced dental exams this year, with six of eleven contestants scoring off for cavities or deficiencies.
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Parnell
Iowa County
Marengo
Catherine Hanley
Iowa
Arnold Heitshusen
Troy Township
Des Moines
Catherine
Firah
Arnold
Anton Heit- Susen
Ralph Wallace
York Township
Leroy Cheney
Englsh Township
Elrs
Ella Mise
Washington Township
Dorothy James
Troy
Marjorie Langlas
Sumner
Margaret Steinmetz
Evelyn Geiger
Cecilia Blick
Marine Olson
Hilton
Cc. H. Hermann
Amana
R. Galbraith
Mammoth Clover Yields 2.3 Bushels Per Acre In Iowa Town
In Kalona area, Mammoth clover seed crops run about two to two and a half bushels per acre. Irvin Gingerich reports a hullers operation north of Kalona, with Chris B Miller at fifty bushels from twenty acres, Ray Smalley at two and a half from ten, and J T Winborn hull working ten and a half acres. Alsike yields four bushels per acre. second crop medium red clover hulls start in about two weeks.
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Kalona
Irvin Gingerich
Chris B. Miller
Ray Smalley
J. T. Winborn
Alsike
Crop Reporters To Hold Annual Session Aug 30
Des Moines Iowa Crop Reporters association schedules its annual meeting at the state fairgrounds August 30. The program features Leslie M Carl on allotment plans and Charles D Reed on weather and corn maturity. Meetings take place in the cattle barn at the fairgrounds.
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DES Moines
Iowa Crop Reporters’ Association
Leslie M. Carl
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Charles D. Reed
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Fairgrounds
Giant athlete in a variant picture puzzle clues
A compact list of cross word style clues references a female figure noted as a world champion in a sport, with multiple horizontal and vertical entries including terms for time, places, objects, and generic descriptors, forming a dense word puzzle in a puzzle page. It mentions a pictured lady and hints at her fame in this sport along with related vocabulary.
Large Crowds Expected At West Liberty Fair
Special to The Gazette West Liberty hosts the annual fair with over 10 000 attendees expected. Tuesday's turnout surpassed last year as 4 H entries and other classes show strong entries. Judging concludes Wednesday and a special train will ship high placing livestock to Des Moines for the state fair. Civil War veterans and widows were honored guests, including 93 year old Mrs Sarah Ellen Tharp.
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Gazette
West Liberty
Des Moines
Sarah Ellen Tharp
Wallace Short to Speak at Black Hawk County Picnic
Wallace M. Short of Sioux City, former state representative and labor editor, will address the Black Hawk County Farmers Union picnic at Electric Park Saturday at 2 30 p m. An original notice in Linn County court seeks fore closure of a mortgage on Cedar Rapids property with a potential deficiency judgment and a receiver.
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Gazette
Waterloo
Wallace M. Short
Sioux City
Woodbury
Black Hawk
District Court of Iowa
Linn County
Henry Wefer
Mary Co. Olin
Elmer A. Olin
John Krejci
Mary Krejci
Andrew N. Weber
Rose A. Weber
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mary C Olin
J D. Wefer
Rose A Weber
District Court
Towa
Appraisal Squad Works Fast in Linn County
More than 200 Linn county land bank and commissioner loan applications have been appraised by a 12 member team led by Senior Appraiser A A Burger. Additional assessments for farms in nearby counties will finish by week end as the squad expands to Benton, Jones, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Scott and Muscatine counties.
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Linn County
A. A. Burger
Benton, Jones
Clinton
Iowa
Jackson
Scott
Muscatine
Linn
Burger
Associated Press
Omaha
D. P. Hogan
Omaha Land Bank
D. W Bates
Towa
Bates
Hogan
4 H Health Winners Named At Grinnell
Evelyn Lang 15 of Brooklyn and Dale Mincer 15 of Scarsboro were named 4 H health champions of Poweshiek County at the Grinnell 4 H club show after district contests held Tuesday.
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Grinnell
Evelyn Lang
Brooklyn
Dale Mincer
Scarsboro
Poweshick
Barn Fire Debris Vanishes After 70 Help Clear Site
Seventy neighbors aided Leo Levasseur at his farm near Alburnett clearing debris from a large barn fire that destroyed a 65 by 102 foot structure, 150 tons of hay, and a 30 by 80 shed. Fire ruled caused by spontaneous combustion. livestock sold the day after. Rebuilding to begin. insurance covered about 4500 dollars. A hollow tile silo survived with minor damage. repairs estimated at 40 to 50 dollars.
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Leo Levasseur
Alburnett
Levasseur
4-H Livestock Show Extends Massive Monticello Fair
Monticello Jones County fair hosts the largest 4-H livestock show in club history. Thirty-two members exhibit forty baby beeves and one purebred beef heifer, twenty-seven show dairy calves, twelve sow and litter entries, twenty-eight market pigs, sixteen members with twenty lambs, plus three draft colts and seven poultry and garden entries.
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Monticello
Jones County Fair
West Union fair showcases 918 head of livestock and premiums
At the eightyeth Fayette County fair, 918 head of livestock and 754 fowls are exhibited. Forrest Shaffer Elgin wins grand 4 H baby beef with a Hereford. Otis Rothliisberger Elgin tops open fat steer class with a Shorthorn. Township and breed awards listed for Swine, Draft horses, and more.
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West Union
Fayette County
Forrest Shaffer
Elgin
Otis Rothliisberger
Harlan
Union
Scott, Banks
Smithfield
E. L. Baldridge
Strawberry Point
Chester Whites
Leo Johnston
Hawkeye
Hampshires
Vagts Brothers
Eldorado
J. T. Cole
Durocs
Edward Thurm
Waverly
Berkshire
George DeBar
John
Aurora
W. F. Mittlestadt
H. A. Kent
H. J. Stelzmiller
C. C. Carmichael
Godfrey Martin
C. W. Humphrey
Acreage Sells for 3100 at Wessler Property Auction
George Price auctioneer reports the sale of the N. O. Wessler acreage with dwelling at Western for 3100 dollars. The ten acre tract changed hands at the bid.
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Alburneti
George Price
N. O. Wessler
Western
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