West cattle shipments to rise 15 percent this fall and winter
A federal report estimates about 800000 more feeder cattle and calves will depart ranches in seventeen western states this fall and winter, a 15 percent rise from last year. Drought areas drive movement to the Rocky Mountain region and other sections for grazing, with sheep marketings also influenced by feed shortages.
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North Dakota
Texas
Temeee
Denver
Rockies
Plains States
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
Fedeer
Bennett And Ryan Colt Shows Listed For Sept 5 And 7
Liberal premiums are provided for the annual colt and horse show during the fall festival at Bennett on September 5. The organizing committee includes Dr. A R Stephenson Omer Wright and Art Bachus. Entries may be made as late as 10 am on show day with judging starting at 10:30 am Nine classes are arranged.
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Bennett
A. R. Stephenson
Omer Wright
Art Bachus
Ryan-A horse and colt show at Labor Day event
A horse and colt show will highlight the Ryan Labor Day celebration on September 7 judged by Harry Linn of Des Moines, secretary of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders' association. Entries close at 10 am with judging starting at 11 am. Premiums fund classes for horse colts mare colts yearlings get of fire and special classes sponsored by stallion owners. a sweepstakes colt will be named.
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Ryan
Harry Linn
Des Moines
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders’ Association
Winners at West Union listed for Fayette county fair open class
Grand champions at the Fayette county fair open class daily show include Brown Swiss bull and cow H A Mabon Randalia Guernsey cow Fayette county home Guernsey bull J H Bassett and Son Arlington Holstein cow Myron Talcott Randalia Holstein bull Paul McElmeel Greeley Jersey bull and cow W J Campbell Jesup. 4 H club baby beef winner George Whitley Fayette reserve Claire Claxton Randalia. 4 H Holstein champion Grover Miehe Maynard reserve Raymond Taylor Fayette. 4 H Guernsey champion Leo Sinnott Randalia reserve Paul Harrison Maynard. Elwood Mabon Randalia double champions in Brown Swiss. 4 H Jersey champion Joe Hall Oelwein reserve Robert Cline Elgin. Improvement awards to dairy club members Virginia Rummell Fayette Holsteins Leo Sinnott Guernseys Elwood Mabon Brown Swiss Robert Cline Jerseys. Milking Shorthorn show judged Tuesday herd chosen for Cedar Rapids Sept 16 19. Breeders to exhibit at All Iowa include UL A Scharnweber Sumner six head August Bachle Son Maynard five Irvin T Meyer McGregor two E O Wagner Elgin two Louis Lehman and Sons Elgin one. Milking Shorthorn champion cow and bull shown by Irvin T Meyer.
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Gazette
West Union
Fayette County Fair
H. A. Mabon
Randalia
Guernsey
Fayette County
Robert Cline
Elgin
Dairy Club
Fayette
UL. A. Scharnweber
Sumner
August Bachle
Maynard
Irvin T. Meyer
McGregor
E. O. Wagner
Louis Lehman
Guttenberg Corn Canning Factory Reopens After Years
Smoke pours from the Guttenberg brick canning factory as a good corn stand on Mississippi river bottomlands resists drought. The plant reopens with 100 workers and contracts 750 acres of sweet corn around the Turkey river junction, with 25 acres on the south bank. Growers ferry corn to the north side for trucking to the cannery. Manager J M Johnson says about 35 000 cases, roughly 850 900 cans, are expected.
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Guttenberg
Turkey River
Mississippi
P. W. Chandler
Rockford
Ill
Turkey
J. M. Johnson
Local pickle plant boosts production with steady cucumber crop
Oelwein plant yields five to seven tons of pickles daily from cucumbers grown locally. The current cucumber crop is smaller than last year but remains good, with local acreage planted to cucumbers down from previous seasons.
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Oelwein
Angus tops 4-H show at Washington county fair
At Washington Iowa the Washington county 4-H club fair awarded grand champion and reserve champion baby bees to exhibitors from Riverside and area. Donald Marek showed the champion Angus in the senior division, with John Frame winning junior Angus and other winners including Raymond Bell Hereford Hilton Durst Ruth Smith Billy Maas Donald Rath Cleo McCoy in dairy and colt classes. The event concludes Wednesday with the Farm Bureau picnic.
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Washington
Washington County
Donald Marek
Riverside
John Frame
Raymond Bell
Hilton Durst
Ruth Smith
Billy Maas
Donald Rath
Cleo McCoy
Farm Bureau
Judging Begun At Monticello Fair
The eighty third Jones county fair opened with judging of 4-H baby beeves, colts and sheep. Joe Pieper of Olin judges colts and J M Tudor of Olin judges beef calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Joe Pieper
Olin
J. M. Tudor
Midwest Advertising Incorporation Noted in Cedar Rapids
Notice states Midwest Advertising Inc is organized under Iowa law with principal office in Cedar Rapids Linn County. It outlines business scope including designing and distributing advertising matter, printing and erecting billboards, signing and decor, and general corporate powers with a 10 000 capital and a 20 year duration beginning July 7 1936 with initial directors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Advertising, Inc
Cedar Rapids
United States
Posperation
W. BD
Poon
Wee
Is Corporation
Gipwast Advertising, Inc. Brion
Eastern Iowa fairs and stock shows this week
Fairs and live stock shows run across four sites with dates this week. Fayette county fair in West Union from Aug 24 to 28. Keokuk county fair in What Cheer Aug 24 to 27. Jones county fair in Monticello Aug 25 to 28. State fair in Des Moines Aug 26 to Sept 4.
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Iowa
Fayette County
West Union
Keokuk County
What Cheer
Jones County
Monticello
Des Moines
West Liberty fair names hog and beef show champions
Grand champions in the open class hog show were Poland boar L. F. Ruess West Liberty Poland sow Helgens Brothers Monticello Duroc boar Betty Nauman West Liberty Duroc sow Bert Miller Lisbon Chester White boar R Alan Williams Iowa City Chester White sow W A McMahon West Liberty Spotted Poland boar Adolph Riessen Stockton Spotted Poland sow Adolph Riessen Stockton Hampshire boar Lloyd Guyer Maquoketa Hampshire sow Orben Schoff Lost Nation. Grand champions in the open class beef show were Shorthorn cow F W Hubbell Des Moines Shorthorn bull W C Anderson and Son West Liberty Hereford bull and cow Wiese Brothers Donohue. The sweepstakes old pen and young pen in open class poultry show were exhibited by P P Black of West Liberty. L F Ruess won the award for best display.
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West Liberty
Poland
L. F. Ruess
Helgens Brothers
Monticello
Duroc
Betty Nauman
Bert Miller
Lisbon
Chester
R. Alan Williams
Iowa City
W. A. McMahon
Adolph R. Riessen
Stockton
Hampshire
Lloyd C. Guyer
Maquoketa
Orben Schoff
Lost Nation
F. W. Hubbell
Des Moines
W. C. Anderson
P. P. Black
Plowing Begins After Rain Restores Fall Soil
LITTLETON The first fall plowing in this vicinity was started Monday after rains Friday and Saturday. This marks the first time there is enough moisture for fall plowing. Silo filling is the main occupation of local farmers, and gardens are yielding better than expected following the rains.
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Littleton
Weather and harvest update from South Bethel area
Recent rains boosted pastures and lawns in South Bethel. Soybeans look good, alfalfa being plowed and reseeded, plums and grapes ripening. Farmers haul sweet corn for the factory, fall plowing has begun, straw and hay baling underway. Neighbors helped Charles Nauman bale seventeen tons. he plans a new barn to replace one wrecked in a summer windstorm.
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Gazett South Bethel
Charles Nauman
County Agent In Louisa Accepts Job In Illinois
Earl D. Peterson, county agent in Louisa county for five years, will resign and take a position as agricultural agent in Mercer county Illinois with headquarters at Aledo. He plans to begin work September 15.
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Louisa
Illinois
Apello
Earl D. Peterson
Louisa County
Louisa County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Peterson
Mercer County
Aledo
Grinnell 4-H Winners Highlight Major Honors
Twin Grinnell sisters Margaret and Miriam Davidson, both 16, captured top honors at the Poweshiek county 4-H fair. Margaret won grand champion baby beef and Miriam was named county health champion. They will compete at the Des Moines state fair August 26 to September 4.
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Grinnell
Margaret Davidson
Miriam Davidson
Brooklyn
Margaret
Miriam
Des Moines
Donald Bolen
Jersey breeder on 160 acres near West Liberty
Ivan Gates discusses his Jersey herd on 160 acres five miles northwest of West Liberty born on the farm in 1908. He has purebreds since 1932, sells milk to dairies in West Liberty and West Branch, participates in the cow test association, and outlines his rotation, alfalfa, silos, and hybrid corn plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
Jersey
Test Association
Livestock Judging at Keokuk County Fair Yields Top Calves
Incomplete results from Keokuk County Fair livestock judging list 75 calves. Notable winners include Gladys Bonnater of Keswick with a reserve Angus, Bob Orr of Thornburg with a first place senior Hereford, Woodrow Lee of Kinross winning the first place senior Hereford, Darrell Groves of South English with the first junior Hereford, Dwight Zepp of Hedrick with the first senior Shorthorn, and Billy Yates of Sigourney with the first junior Shorthorn. Ed Lyndegaard of Valley Junction served as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk County Fair
Gladys Bonnater
Keswick
Bob Orr
Thornburg
Woodrow Lee
Kinross
Darrell Groves
South English
Dwight Zepp
Hedrick
Billy Yates
Sigourney
Gladys Bonwater
Ed Lyndegaard
Valley Junction
France Faces Agriculture Shortfall Amid Rising Demand
About half of France's population works in farming yet domestic production cannot meet demand. The gap prompts concern over food security and calls for policy review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Corn fodder cutting begins amid drought scarcity
Farmers in the area started cutting corn fodder this week as drought and feed shortages force large acreages to be harvested for fodder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
Corn Matures On Two Martelle Farms In Farm Report
Art Crane two miles west of Martelle reports fifty acres of bloody butcher corn mature and expected to yield over 35 bushels per acre. Roy Peet, neighbor, has thirty five acres of early Reid's yellow dent mature and expected to yield over 30 bushels per acre. Both planted in late April with Crane planning to cut twenty acres next week for shredding.
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Martelle
Art Crane
Crane
Roy Peet
Reid
Iowa Poultrymen Plan Convention at Savery Hotel
Des Moines hosts the annual Iowa Poultry Improvement association convention September 22 to 24 at Hotel Savery. The event marks the group's tenth anniversary with speakers F R Beaudette from New Jersey agricultural station and F E Mussehl from Nebraska university. Washington DC figures Dewey Termohlen and Berley Winton also listed. Chicago humorist Arthur F. Briese will speak at the banquet Wednesday evening, with guests E A Nisson and Reese V. Hicks among others.
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Des Moines
Iowa Poultry Improvement Association
Hotel Savery
F. R. Beaudette
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
F. E. Mussehl
Nebraska University
Dewey Termohlen
Washington
D. C
Berley Winton
Washington, D. C
Arthur F. Briese
Chicago
E. A. Nisson
Reese V. Hicks
Kansas City
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E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Jane Knapp
Vinton
Lois Baltisberger
Jean Eichhorn
Malcom
Burdett Farley
Ray Thompson
Montezuma
Claire Wells
Wallace Lang
Hampshire Litter
Maynard Lang
Hampshire Gift
Walter Puls
Ellen Lincoln
Marie Duffus
Donald van Riper
Charles Horn
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Corwin Hadley
Kenneth Swaney
Arlene May
Merle Lang
Harry Bunnell
Maynard Hutchinson
Roland Doty
Warren Ryan
Karl Shadley
Bayard Shadley
Marion Hendrickson
Clair Bolton
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Washington Township
Mary Louise . Wilson
Doris Ehret
Laird Jones
Wilbur Mollison
Loren Brown
Florence Schuerman
Harold Miller
L. H. Evans
West Liberty Dairyman
West Branch
The
Cow Test Association
Roosevelt
Keokuk
J. W. Pirie
16Th Ave
Belle Plaine
Zika Ave
Ellis Park
A. E. Wiley
Gene Fagan
Iowa Poultrymen Plan Convention
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Mason City
Sioux City
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
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Lincoln Fields
Lawrence College
van Goch
Art Institute
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