Fifty Dollar An Acre Land Values For Linn County Loans
Ray Anderson reports farm land values in Linn County reach up to fifty dollars per acre for federal land bank loans with top appraisals at one hundred dollars per acre on the best prairie farms. Nine recent commitments show seven scaled down one rejected and one approved for the requested loan.
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Linn County
William McTavish
Cedar Rapids
McTavish
Linn County National Farm Loan Association
Omaha Bank
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
D P Hogan
Mildred Peters Wins 4-H Style Show at Marengo
In Marengo Iowa Mildred Peters of Sumner township won high individual honors in the girls division of the 4-H club show She led the champion demonstration team with Marjorie Langlas and the pair demonstrated sleeve styles Peters and team will represent Iowa county at the state fair Sumner township also won the booth contest with 982 points of 1000 and their clothing exhibits scored 391 of 400 The winning booth featured aids
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Marengo
Sumner
Mildred Peters
Sumner Township
Miss Peters
Marjorie Langlas
Lowvete
Joe Gaunt
Iowa County
True Blue Girls
Madison Township
Jones County
Jacqueline Kinler
Hale
Velma Peterson
Wyoming
Ernest Vrooman
Merry Maidens Club
Paul Smith
Johnson 4-H Lads Dominate West Liberty Fair
Johnson county 4-H youths swept awards at the Union district fair with $320 in prizes. Cleo Yoder of Wellman led the Angus calf to grand championship. Johnson entrants claimed first in Angus and Shorthorn groups and multiple champion classes. Attendance surpassed 15 000 with a projection above 25 000 by Thursday night.
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Gazette
West Liberty
Cleo Yoder
Wellman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Des Moines
Cedar
Muscatine
Howard Dean
Nichols
Muscatine County
Hereford Edwin Siders
Lone Tree
John
Son County
Hampshire
Martin Warren
Jersey
Robert Jones
Alvin Meyer
Leland Stock
Addleman
Girls' demonstrations judge results with homemaking projects
Runner up teams from Troy township Hilton and Marengo earned prizes in demonstrations on Alteration of a Commercial Pattern Selecting and Making a Good Type of Work Apron and Hosiery. Troy township took second with Booth Hilton and Marengo tied for third Dayton finished fifth. In the girls judging contest Verla Schumacher Mae Misel won first with Evelyn Geiger Gladys Ballard second. Winifred Olson Grace Helgason of Hilton and Mildred Misbach Mildred Peters of Sumner tied for third.
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Troy Township
Maidie Williams
Dorothy James
Wilma Plagmann
Maxine Olson
Hilton
Regina Breele
Gwendolyn Bherman
Marengo
Booth
Dayton
Verla Schumacher
Mae Misel
Evelyn Geiger
Gladys Ballard
Winifred Olson
Grace Helgason
Mildred Misbach
Mildred Peters
Sumner
Angus Is Grand Champion At Grinnell 4-H Show
Estel Pilgrim of Grinnell won grand champion in the baby beef on Angus class at the Grinnell 4-H show. Merle Reams from near Grinnell took first in Shorthorn, and Willis Miller of Brooklyn exhibited the top Holstein dairy calf.
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Gazette
Grinnell
Estel Pilgrim
Raymond Pilgrim
Merle Reams
Willis Miller
S. T. Miller
Brooklyn
Watkins Team Wins Pulling Contest at Benton County Fair
Wat kins team won the light class pulling contest with a 2 945 pound weight and 2 400 pound dynamometer pull for 27 1/2 feet. Vinton entrants A Davin and C B Pauley placed second and third, with C E Zeiser of Urbana fourth. Keifer dairy champion was Richard Lenart of Dysart with a Holstein. reserve Guernsey went to Tommy Elliott of Garrison. Lamb and ram winners came from Vinton and nearby towns with Oxfords shown by Harold Wallner and George McKinley. Poland, Duroc, Spotted Poland, and Hampshire classes documented for multiple breeders from Garrison, Vinton, Shellsburg, and surrounding areas.
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Vinton
Gus Wendell
Watkins
Benton County Fair
A. Davin
Pauley
C. E. Zeiser
Urbana
Richard Lenart
Dysart
Tommy Elliott
Garrison
Myron Fuehrer
Shellsburg
Harold Wallner
Lamb
George McKinley
Ram Lamb
Angus heifers sell at Chicago top price of 610
Walter J Brandt of Dysart marketed 27 Angus heifers near Chicago. The 800 pound cattle sold straight at 610 dollars per head, the top price for the load lots.
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the Gazette
Dysart
Walter J Brandt
Chicago
Angus 4 H Calf Wins at Jones County Fair
Monticello exhibitor James McLaughlin’s Angus calf topped the 4 H baby beef show at Jones County fair with 34 entries. Reserve champion went to a Hereford entered by Donald Meeks of Martelle. Shorthorn first place to Marvin Blohm of Center Junction.
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Monticello
James McLaughlin
Jones County Fair
Donald Meeks
Martelle
Marvin Blohm
Center Junction
Dean Newman
Dale
Roy Folkerts
Anamosa
Maynard Allen
Stanley Parker
Martello
Roy Martin
Scotch Grove
4-H Winners Named At What Cheer Fair
Keokuk county 4-H delegates to the state fair include Leona Kirkpatrick 17 Kinross health champion and Margaret Riddle 18 Gibson style show winner. Melvin Sorden 14 Webster wins boys health contest. Billie Yates Sigourney exhibitor of grand champion baby beef.
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Keokuk County
Leona Kirkpatrick
Kinross
Margaret Riddle
Gibson
Maurice Soulis
Keokuk County Fair
Miss Kirkpatrick
Evelyn Kirkpatrick
Melvin Sorden
Glenn Sorden
Webster
Des Moines
Soulis
Billie Yates
Sigourney
Tom Noller
Bob Orr, Jr
Thornburg
Dale Moore
Dwight Zepp
Hedrick
Billie Higgins
Keswick
James Wemer
Claire Wemer
Harold Benzing
Ellis Morse
Bwiss
Waormt Bronlar
Ollie
Evelyn Gorden
Shropshire
Ewe Lamb
Ram Lamb
Lyle Brower
South English
Market Lamb
Chester
Darwin Dobbins
Marvin Senger
Frank Dilion
Ames Men To Help Morgenthau Define Normal Land Value
Murray and Bentley of Iowa State College's agricultural economics staff have been asked by Henry Morgenthau Jr. to assist in establishing the normal value of farm land for refinancing farm loans under the administration's farm credit program. They have recently collaborated on Iowa farm mortgage studies and published bulletins on the emergency situation in Iowa.
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de Boaeg
W.G
Murray
Iowa State College
R. C. Bentley
Agricultural Economics Research Staff
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Bentley
Iowa
Iowa State College Department of Agricultural Economics
Farmer sells mix of heavy cattle at Chicago market
Washington county farmer Jesse Pearson sold 47 cattle at 261 pounds for 4.40 per hundredweight, 58 cattle at 330 pounds for 375, and 10 cattle at 390 pounds for 3.40 at the Chicago market this week.
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The
Gazette
Washington, Ta
Jesse Pearson
Washington
Chicago
Delaware Calves Bring High Prices At Chicago Auction
Delaware county 4 H club members sent 21 head of baby beeves to Union Stock Yards with weights of 700 to 1,090 pounds. Prices ranged from 5.25 to 6.50 per hundredweight, averaging 5.85 and totaling 1 064.97. Top bid was 7.00 for a 960 pound calf from Amos Kaisner Livingston County Indiana.
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Union Stockyards
Chicago
Carson Moffit
Cedar County
Iowa
Delaware County
Amos Kaisner
Livingston County
Alfalfa Proves Ideal Hay Crop for Manchester Farmer
Manchester area farmer Francis Skinner says alfalfa is the ideal hay crop. He planted two acres three years ago at a seed cost of 36 dollars and 2 dollars for lime. This year he harvested ten good sized loads and the field nears a third cutting after a strong last year yield.
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Manchester
Francis Skinner
North Tama C T A Records 32.1 Butterfat Average
The North Tama County T A cow test association reports August results with 465 cows averaging 828 pounds of milk and 32.1 pounds of butterfat. W. D. Mitchell’s 16 Holsteins led with 1291 pounds milk and 49.9 fat. McElhinney and Mitchell lines also show high cows. Several other herds exceeded 40 pounds butterfat, including Hayward Brothers and Barker, with multiple purebreds noted.
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Toledo
North Tams Cow Test Association
Henry Nieman
W. D. Mitchell
Hayward Brothers
W. G. Barker
E. M. McElhinney
Ray Hotzel
Joe Chezik, Jr
Monthly Livestock Report Notes Culling and Feeding Details
From 72.2 to 79.3 pounds during the month three cows were culled and sold as unprofitable. Twenty five association members fed grain and twenty four fed high protein feed of cracked soy beans. Five had blue grass pasture, twenty one had dog yer, and three had sudan grass. Three also fed ensilage.
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Association
Corn Cannery at Tipton Opens Annual Sweet Corn Pack
Tipton plant ready to begin its yearly sweet corn pack with a few trial loads planned for Friday or Saturday. Al Gladfelter succeeds injured Manager Hamilton in overseeing operations. All former employees to be rehired and an advance price to farmers expected as yield looks good.
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Tipton
al Gladfelter
Hamilton
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Jones Fair
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Vernon Richardson
Iowa Holstein Breeders Association
Willis Fairbanks
Leo Waggoner
Poland
Sutter
Delbert Graff
Durocs
Health Boy
Ames
Morgenthau
Delaware
Alfalfa Pays
Lake Trout
Mississippi
Lake Superior
Joe Stark
First St. NE
North Tama C.T. A
Daily Farm News
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