Upset at Beef Show Signals Shifting Livestock Judgment
Des Moines 4 H baby beef show surprised by two breed reserve champions rising to grand and reserve grand awards amid a debate between market utility and traditional breed standards. The trend appears across hog judging as well with buyers and processors pushing emphasis on market demand and production records influencing future placements.
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Des Moines
United States
Rer and
Kildee
Ames
Iowa State Fair attendance tops 400000 as weeklong events begin
Des Moines AP reports the 87th Iowa State Fair opened with Farm Bureau day. Sunday's attendance reached 67,268, building toward 400,000 despite four days left. Farmers attended sessions, 4-H activities, public speaking contests, health contest, checker and quiz events, and a large railroad exhibit. Don Radda and Lawrence Flander vie for tall corn honors. Summers, ex-4-H champion and current U.S. Army major, appears in a historic photo.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Paul Hansell
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Bureau Committee
General Assembly
Simon-Pure
Francis Johnson
Terrill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Boys and Girls
Bis Ap
Wapello
Osceola
Muscatine Farm Bureau
Don Radda
Washington
Don
Washington County
Lawrence Flander
Radda
Flanders
Jess
Lawrence
Harper
Keokuk County
Duran H. Summers
Malvern
Mills County
Summers
Clifford Bell
Jir
Pulaski
Davis County
Ways to Avert Another Fruit Tree Fiasco
Iowa researchers warn of a decade long winter apple shortage after last winter’s blizzard. Maney urges salvage of remaining trees and planting hardy stock for permanent future orchards, with gradual expansion to limit total loss.
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Ames
T. J. Maney
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Maney
Iowa
Home Efficiency Training Series Announcement
Ames extension foods and nutrition specs plan a series of home efficiency training led by Miss Esther Everett at Manchester. The program aims to teach practical budgeting and nutrition skills for households.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Esther Everett
Ames Extension Foods and Nutrition Specs
Postville Big Four Fair and Ryan Colt Show Scheduled
A schedule lists events this week including the Big Four Fair at Postville from Aug 29 to Sept 1 and the Ryan colt show opening Sept 1. Other dates show a planned state desing in August 286-29 and a towa event.
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Postville
Iowa State Fair judging sparks drift over livestock statements
A quoted remark attributed to W. H. Seward appears amid a column about Iowa State Fair judging. The piece notes opinion shifts and potential obsolescence of earlier views as livestock assessments are discussed.
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Iowa State Fair
Tree growers confront freeze damage and grafting tips
Maney urges midwestern growers to use hardy stock as budded trees fail in Iowa climate. Salvage strategies include pruning damaged limbs to spur new shoots. Grafting may save trees girdled by the freeze if tops remain.
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Iowa
Maney
Lawa
Rowley Creamery Pays 39e For Top Butterfat
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery pays for butterfat delivered in the last half of July. Grade one brings 39 cents, grade two 38 cents, and grade three 37 cents per pound. In the first half of the month payments were 40, 39, and 38 cents respectively.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery Company
Joe MacGrath
Dairymen of Four States to Meet Sunday
A mass meeting of dairy farmers from Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois is set for LaCrosse Wisconsin on August 31 afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Four State Dairy Protective committee with headquarters at Sparta, aims to protest alleged government and lend-lease dairy production policies.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Four-State Dairy Protective Committee
Sparta
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Southern Farm Bureau Heads Rap Price Fixing
In Hot Springs Arkansas farmers from ten southern states and Puerto Rico at a Southern Farm Bureau federation training school condemned government price fixing. They urged if fixed, it should span wages and all industrial products. They accused government policies of bias toward certain sectors and called on President Roosevelt to veto the measure.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Sns
Puerto Rico
Southern Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
Rged
Plan Township Horse Show at Fuhrmeister Farm
Putnam township in county hosts an evening horse show at the F L Fuhrmeister farm one mile south of Ely. The event starts at 7 30 p m with judge Rex Conn from the county Bureau officiating. Farm Bureau members urged to bring top animals for action and a basket lunch will be served. Carson Farm Bureau director invites members of other townships to attend.
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Putnam Township
County
F L. Fuhrmeister
Ely
Rex Connarm Bureau
Tomatoes Packed At Rate Of 100 Cases Per Hour
Columbus canning plant runs 100 cases of tomatoes per hour. Over 40 workers pack 120 acres under contract. Kenneth McCoy serves as plant manager.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Company
Kenneth McCoy
Alsike Seed Crop Outlook Across States
Alsike clover production for the year is projected near 1940 levels but above the 10-year average. Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri show smaller crops, while Wisconsin and Oregon report higher yields. Acreage drops 15 percent with a 11 percent per acre rise. Oregon and Wisconsin yield well above average. Carryover seed on farms runs about 30,000 bushels, up from last year.
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War Egton
D.C
Department Ture
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Oregon
Middle West
Veices Brass
Barbecue Planned At Elkader Sept 18
A barbecue is planned in Elkader on September 18. The beef for the event will be supplied by 4 H club baby beeves purchased during the Elkader fair.
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Elkader
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