Bloomfield Lad's Hereford Tops State Fair Grand Champion
Tailor Mace, a junior Hereford shown by Joe D Miller of Bloomfield, won the grand championship at the state fair 4-H baby beef show. Reserve went to Lucky an intermediate Angus calf shown by Arthur Daniels of Adair. The 4-H calves were split into senior intermediate and junior classes with champions named by class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Joe D. Miller
Bloomfield
Lucky
Arthur Danwis
Adair
Sader Af Wellman
Artivaer Daniels
Hereford Show Domination Captured by Iowa 4-H Groups
Johnson county led with top results in the Hereford show and the county group standings across divisions. Winners included Mar shall, Len Millner, and Gerald Boone among others, with state judging teams placing in the top twenty. The event featured 156 Angus calves, a strong junior showing, and a state oratorical winner from Iowa Farm Bureau recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County
Lann Thure
Mar Hall
Croup
Marshall
Benton
Johnson
Muscitine
Jehnean
Warners
Iowa
Linn County
Gerald Boone
Coggan
Roland Neal
Carl Ragasonad
Ieee Ass Ward
Linneram
Ray Mis
Roland
Denny Neal
Renton County
Elvira M Williams
Milford
Secome
Burras
Tawa
Dysart Farms Rent At Six And Seven Dollars
Notice of rental terms for Dysart Farms indicating current tenants pay six dollars to seven dollars per acre. Names mentioned include Herman Keen and Frank Tye in connection with farm leases. Location referenced includes Dysart area and nearby fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Maan
Herman Keen
Frank Tye
Pope
Dubuque Dairymen Picnic At Mellerey Monastery Grounds
A Dubuque farm bureau gathering titled the Dairymen Picnic was held on Mellerey Monastery grounds. The event featured demonstrations by local clubs and the 4-H group from Dubuque county with attendees including Taylor, Keokuk County Farm Bureau leaders, and Floyd Putnam hosting at Delta School district facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Mellerey Monastery
IPR
Taylor
Warr Townie Keokuk County
Drought Accelerates Soybean Harvest in Iowa Counties
Drought across 11 northeastern Iowa counties pushes farmers to harvest soybeans ten days to two weeks early. Beans grew rapidly but yields worsened by two weeks of dry weather. some fields have been cut for grain or seed. Corn struggles toward maturity, aided only where recent showers fell. Haying and silage cutting underway in dairy regions with expectations of broader activity if rainfall remains sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Winners In Light Class At Monticello Pulling Contest
A team entered by R Gillett of Winthrop and driven by Eldan Gillett won the light weight class at the horse pulling contest on the Jones county fairground in Monticello weighing 2765 pounds pulling a 2550 pound load twenty three feet six inches. Carl Helms of Winthrop won the medium class and B P Falconer and Sons of Ryan took the heavy class on light soil. The report also notes drought effects on crops with corn in glaze and dent stages, beans soy and alfalfa being cut or green, and prices on tomatoes and fruit. A separate Washington dispatch says corn in the county is in hard glaze with denting beginning, plantings delayed by two weeks but crop ahead of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
R. Gillett
Winthrop
Eldan Gillett
Jones County Fairground
Carl Helms
P Falconer and Sons
Ryan
Ray Hamblin
Manchester
Washington
Dutch Uncle Sam Faces Pork Market Plan Turbulence
A distorted narrative describes government steps to control pig marketing with a Cedar Rapids to Chicago pricing gap guiding decisions. Farmers must obtain consignments permits and weigh transport costs against Chicago premiums while avoiding plant congestion.
Lets Talk It Over and the Farm Economics Debate
The piece discusses political party aims to fulfill campaign promises with impartial consideration of long term welfare. It argues for maintaining farm product outlets to aid global hunger relief, while warning against measures that hurt hog prices or raise costs for farmers. It notes price instability, rising building costs, and the need for farm commodity price alignment to support production and community needs.
Fayette County Fair Fat Steer Winner At Fayette
West Union reports best beef at Fayette Counts fair with numerous high quality cattle. Fred Rothhberger and Son of Elgon won the fat steer class with a 1900 pound Joan Shorthorn. The steer will be exhibited at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition.
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Boreigi
West Union
Fayette
Goast
Wet Union
Joan
Fred Rethimeberger
Elgon
Otis Rothhberger
Protabl
Jones 4-H calves average $6.46 cwt at Jones County fair
Twenty five 4-H calves sold Saturday to T. M. Sinclair and Co. of Cedar Rapids for an average of 6.46 per hundredweight. Top Hereford calf brought 7.50 cwt, exhibited by Donald Meeks of Martello. A total of six calves sold for 7 or more, fifteen between 6 and 7, four below 6. Prices for consignors and weights listed.
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Monticello
Jones County Fair
T. M. Sinclair and Company, Ltd
Cedar Rapids
Donald Meeks
Martello
Angus
Boyd Frantz
Erwin Sievers
Eugene Sievers
John Sievers
Henry Weseman
Hereford
Clarence Hosford
Marvin Blohm
Ben Hendrickson
Albert Hendrickson
Verne Embree
Ernest Blohm
Theo Martin
Evelyn Martin
Duane Lincoln
Erma Lincoln
Lloyd Fairbanks
Richard Fairbanks
Doris Fairbanks
Verdon Richardson
Morris McNeilly
Shorthorn
Phylls Steele
Willis Fairbanks
Billie West
Edwin Andrews
Don Fairbanks
Maynard Allen
Edgar West
Aberdeen Angus steer wins grand title at North Town fair
Mason City AP reports the grand champion baby beef a 1000 pound Aberdeen Angus steer owned by Eugene Greiman Hancock county sold for 42 cents a pound at the North Town fair Lake Miller Four champions in their classes sold for 20 to 22 cents a pound to Mason City businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Eugene Greiman
Hancock County
North Town
Lake Miller
Doojiggers and Whatyoucallems by Mary Brickley
Fall brings cooler nights and restless toes as a mother notes kids drape the bed sheet beyond the foot. A clever fix uses a curtain rod under the mattress to trap the sheet and keep the children tucked in.
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Mary
Brickley
Farm boy asks Roosevelt to bid on a sow
Nine year old Frederick Lyle Popple of Minnehaha County South Dakota writes to President Roosevelt offering a one year old sow for sale. He asks how much the president would pay claiming the pig would help him start a horse business. The White House says the letter will be acknowledged and considered by the farm administration.
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Dakota
Roosevelt
Washington
Frederick Lyle Popple
Mobridge
South Dakota
White House
Farm Adjustment Administration
Frederick
President Roosevelt
Sam Turner
Sam
Joe Turner
Lone Tree Youth Wins With Hampshire Pigs At State Fair
Edwin Siders of Lone Tree Johnson county 4-H won with Hampshire Jitter at the Iowa State Fair in the swine show. Howard Yoder of Wellman took grand championship in fat barrow. Other prize pigs were shown by Donald Doskoril of Tiffin, Dale Williams of Iowa City, Donald Krall and George Milter of Iowa City and others.
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Edwin Siders
Lone Tree
Johnson County
Hampshire
Des Moines
Chaimap Ton
Howard Yoder
Wellman
Barrow
Duroc- Tamworth
Donald Doskoril
Tiffin
Dale Willams City
Iowa City
Donald Krall
George Milter
Town
Olin Dealer Sells 1700 Feeder Pigs
A. B. Miller, livestock dealer at Olin Prospect, shipped four double deckloads totaling 1700 head of feeder pigs. The pigs, bought from drought areas Faulk and Edmonds counties in South Dakota, averaged 52 pounds at Stanwood. Frank Miller of Clar ence purchased 1250 pigs with the remainder sold to other farmers.
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Olin
A. B. Miller
Faulk
Edmonds
South Dakota
Stanwood
Frank Miller
Clarence
West Liberty 4-H Winners Announced At Fair
West Liberty headline reports 4-H clubs Fulton Royal Workers Wapsie Best Goshen Wapsie Plus and Fruitland Sunshine Workers winning grand and top placings. Dorothy Thoeming Mary Stecher lead in 4-H grand championship with New Type of Footstool demonstration and will seek state honors in Des Moines.
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West Liberty
Dorothy Thoeming
Mary Stecher
Fulton Royal Workers
Des Moines
Dorothy James
Lucille James
Wapsie Best Club
Leota Hildebrand
Evelyn Maxson
Goshen Wapsie Plus Club
Waterloo
Stockton
Fulton Royal Workers Club
Ames
Myrtle Jenkins
Muscatine County
Lucy Anderson
Milk Licensing Will Be Carried Out Says Gaumnetz
A Washington notice suggested milk licensing might not be required if trade agreements were reached. Dr J C Gaumnetz assistant administrator for dairying called Des Moines dairy official Jerry Mason to deny any plan to drop licensing under the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
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Gaumnetz
Gazette
Des Moines
Washington
J. C. Gaumnetz
Jerry Mason
Cooperative Dairy Company
Mason
Linn Girls Demonstrate at Iowa State Fair
Linn county 4-H champion demonstration team Alice Post and Doris Newhard of the Whittier Gleaners club present "Portfolios and Book Covers" Thursday at 2 pm in Des Moines during state fair competition.
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Linn County
Alice Post
Doris Newhard
Whittier Gleaners Club
Des Moines
Second year home management lesson set for Jones county
The Jones county Farm Bureau women begin a series of meetings this week with the first lesson of the second year home management program. Short cuts in quilt making will be demonstrated by Miss Mildred Wilson, Ames extension specialist.
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Amber
Jones County Farm Bureau
Mildred Wilson
Ames Extension
Two Farms At Auction In Iowa Estate of John A. Bures
180 acres across two adjoining farms to be sold at the premises on Tuesday August 29 1933 at 2 PM Location seven miles south of Cedar Rapids three and a half miles west of Ely and one mile northeast of Western and one mile southeast of Draport Inn on paved road No 161 Farm No 1 100 acres more or less improvements include eight room house bath half basement summer kitchen cistern reservoir deep well wind mill water to stock yards barn 48 by 54 two machine sheds hog house 50 by 14 with cement floor hen house 14 by 20 22 acre bearing orchard and fruit yard 90 acres plow land and balance buildings pasture electric line nearby Farm No 2 80 acres more or less improvements include four room house half basement wind mill well cistern barn 28 by 48 hog house 10 by 16 1000 bushel corn crib hen house 20 by 12 double garage 16 by 26 machine shed 16 by 20 250 rods hog tight fence 75 acres plow land balance pasture tiled land Soil No 1 farm black loam clay subsoil No 2 black loam with clay subsoil Land gently rolling Buildings fair repair Terms stated at sale Auctioneers note joint sale by Mrs John A Bures heirs and atter Bena auctioneer Peoples Savings Bank clerk
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Cedar Rapids
Ely
Western
Draport Inn
John A Bures
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