Clinton Oats Rise From 43 Years of Work To Record Iowa Crop
A drought yanked the 1948 Iowa oat crop into a record 273,000,000 bushels with 45 bushels per acre due to Clinton oats. Iowa State scientists credit progressive breeding from Bond derivatives and Victoria lineage begun in 1905, led by L. C. Burnett, Dr. J. L. Robinson, and Dr. H. C. Murphy, for the era’s yield boom and disease resistance.
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Iowa
Welv Auauilie
Iowa State College
Clinton Oats
Clinton
College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
L. C. Burnett
J. L. Robinson
Iowa Experiment Station
USDA
Murphy
Bond
Australia
Dr. Murphy
Ames
Shelby
Former Iowa State 4-H leader Mrs Bakke dies at Ames
Mrs Josephine Arnquist Bakke longtime head of Iowa State College 4 H girls club died Tuesday in Ames hospital after months of illness. She helped start the state 4 H program in 1920 expanding to 15 000 active members by retirement. Her innovations included health contests 4 H prize methods and year round projects.
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Ames
Josephine Arnquist Bakke
Iowa
Iowa State College
A. L. Bakke
Bakke
Washington State College
Chicago
Suffolk Sheep Sell Well On Rose Hill Farm Interview
Max Browneller, 29, operates 180 acres near Rose Hill, raising Suffolks after starting with Shropshires in 1931. He praises Suffolk growth, lam b weights, and market demand, notes wool vs meat tradeoffs, and voices views on government wool price support and political alignments.
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Max Browneller
Rose Hill
Five Room House with Furnishings and Items
A list of assorted household possessions includes furniture such as Davenport and chair, writing desk, library table, six chairs, kitchen table with four chairs, round table, icebox, kitchen cabinet, kitchen stools, dresser with mirror, table lamp, and a writing desk. Also included are two bicycles, garden hose, and miscellaneous items.
West Liberty fair judges cattle sheep and hog entries
Winners announced for Hereford Shorthorn Aberdeen Angus and Poland China classes at the annual West Liberty fair. Baby beef judging Wednesday with Thursday auction at 9 a.m. Champions named include Willoden Doefer Muscatine and H M Small Letts for cattle and multiple growers for hogs sheep and litter events across West Liberty Muscatine Davenport Atalissa Stockton Wilton and Iowa City locations.
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West Liberty
Willoden Doefer
Muscatine
H. M. Small
Lloyd Burr
Lone Tree
Aberdeen Angus
Harold Eiler
Tipton
Poland
China
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Durocs
Gerald Nevins
Nevins
Harold Timm
Howard Berry
Iowa City
Duane Dotson
Atalissa
John Claussen
Davenport
Chester Whites
R. E. Williams
Grand and junior champions crowned at county fair swine show
Sywassink of West Liberty earned grand champion and McMahon of West Liberty claimed junior champion boar, Hampshires named grand and senior champion boar Victor Mueller of Lone Tree, Oxley of West Liberty took junior boar and Healy and Einfeldt Wilton claimed champion female with Oxley also as junior champion.
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Sywassink
W. A. McMahon
West Liberty
Hampshires
Victor Mueller
Lone Tree
Lorin Oxley
Healy
Einfeldt
Wilton
Oxley
Linn F B Sports Festival at Ellis Park
Linn county Farm Bureau members braved extreme heat for the annual county sports festival at Ellis Park. John Owen of Palo won the wood chopping event in 53.4 seconds, narrowly beating William Reimer of Lisbon who finished 1:32. Four Linn county teams will compete at Iowa State College September 11 and 12 in boys and girls 4-H tournaments, Junior Farm Bureau events, and all-star softball and baseball. W C Stallman and Lee Sloan will manage the Linn county baseball team at Ames.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Ellis Park
John Owen
Palo
William Reimer
Lisbon
Linn County
State Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Farm Bureau
W. C. Stallman
Fairfax
Lee Sloan
Alburnett
Ames
Tangen Farm Sold For 162 An Acre Near Ossian
OSSIAN Orlando Tangen tenant and son of the former owner sells the 142 acre Tosten Tangen farm east of Ossian for 162 dollars per acre to Charley Humnker. Possession will be given March 1, 1949, with the new owner taking over the property.
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Center Point
Iowa
East Center Point
Central City
Ossian
Charley Humnker
Tosten Tangen
Orlando Tangen
South Dakota
Cantaloupes Named for Italian Town of Cantaloupe
The melons got their name from Cantaloupe in Italy where they were first cultivated in Europe.
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Cantaloupe
Italy
Europe
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E Avenue NW
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Victor
Keller
2Nd Ave
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Twelfth Avenue
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
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George B. Basker
Keith Windus
Chester White
Duane Sywassink
Duroc
Donald Duncan
Hampshire
Robert Einfeldt
Robert Oxley
Tom Bailey
Oxford
Samuel Nagel
Shropshire
Ewe
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Linn F.B
Tangen
Buchanan County
Independence
Rowley
R.E.A
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Tony Schmitz
O. O’brien
van Horne
M. Feder & Sons
Iron and Steel Scrap
F Avenue
Servel
Poe
Mae
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric CO
Sears
Homart
ROMEX
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Kenmore
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