Walston Leads Plowing Contest at Grange Fall Festival
Four contestants battled dry soil on the Paul Witt farm three miles northwest of Manchester in the Masonville Grange fall festival plowing match. Winners include Dean Walston first and Clarence Francis second with Paul Witt third, all from Manchester, and Francis from Masonville.
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Manchester
Annnual
Masonville Grange
Paul Witt
Dean Walston
Clarence Francis
Junior Ilifes
Francis
Masonville
Fred O'Neal
Gerald Walters
Colesbury
Wayne Gatiney
Winthrop
Grange
Margaret Carradus
Judy Rima
Arthur Schaefer
Asonville
Irvin Sullivan
John Airhart
Dundee
Walter Schiess
Earl Brown
Maggie Scott
Sadie Singer
Robert Billhorn
Allen Kaufman
Postville FFA Names New Officers for Fall Year
Postville announces new FFA officers Roger Christofferson president Eddie Waters vice president Clay Meyer secretary Dean Wenger treasurer Wayne Walter reporter and Don Elvers sentinel. The chapter plans 48 vocational agriculture students this fall the largest in its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
FFA
Roger Christofferson
Eddie Waters
Clay Meyer
Dean Wenger
Wayne Walter
Don Elvers
Blue Proposes Legislation Aiming at State Farm Board
Gov Robert D Blue said he will urge the 1949 legislature to study farm siting land purchases land sales drainage needs and building requirements for storage and sales of grain on state farms run by the board of control He also seeks efficiency recommendations from Wright based on 1946 1947 farm operations findings including returns from Clarinda Oakdale and Davenport Cherokee facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ES Moines
Robert D. Blue
State Board of Central
Ernest M. Wright
Wright
Board of Control
Blue
Clarinda State Hospital
Davenport
Oakdale
State Board of Education
Cherokee State Hospital
Hauskins Is New Head of English Valley Creamery
NORTH ENGLISH The English Valleys Cooperative Creamery Association board accepted the resignation of manager Harry R. McLain and named O. O. Hauskins to fill the vacancy. Hauskins previously managed the creamery from 1931 to 1943. The plant produces about 20 million pounds of butter annually. Howard White is president and O. O. Faas is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Valleys’ Cooperative Creamery Association
Harry R. McLain
O. O. Hauskins
Dunreath Drive
Cedar Rapids
Hausking
McLain
Howard White
South English
O. O. Faas
North English
Barnes Winson Butter Wins at Fayette County Fair
Joe Barnes of Alpha won the butter competition at the Fayette County fair scoring 95. L. D. Lehman of Elgin was second with 94 and R. C. Wilson of Wadena placed third with 94.
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Fayette County Fair
West Union
Joe Barnes
Alpha
Fayette County
L. D. Lehman
Elgin
R. C. Wilson
Wadena
Amana hog foreman critiques system and politics
Rex Conn interviews Fred Wendler, 48, South Amana hog foreman, discussing herd size 975 spring pigs 260 fall pigs and 37 more sows, criss cross breeding, hybrid boars, and market weight 200 to 225 pounds. Wendler supports the Amana restructuring, GOP views, and opposes communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wendler
Amana Society Hog Department
South Amana
Corn Crop Hurt by Drought and Heat
The article notes dry weather and hot winds have damaged corn through fired stalks and burned spots on light soil. While some say maturity has sped up reducing frost risk, the harvest will yield fewer bushels. still the crop may be the largest ever, though weather hazards strongly affect farmers' returns.
Cattle Marketing and Farm News From Iowa
Sven Hanson and his son Harley travel from a farm near Vinton to market fat cattle in Chicago last week. A new 40 car free parking lot opens at Peoples Bank and Trust in Cedar Rapids for customers. The Eldo Hartkemeyer family near Atkins camps at State Farmers. Farmers should delay seeding fall wheat until after the Hessian fly free date set by the State Entomology Department, usually around Sept 20 in this area. Scientists run observation stations statewide to track fly emergence and advise the extension director. Volunteers should destroy any remaining fall wheat to minimize risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sven Hanson
Chicago
Harley
Vinton
Peoples Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
State Entomology Department
Iowa
Time for Sloping Gullies Reseeding Sides
Ames farmers urged to start gully work this fall to prevent soil loss next spring. Marvin Anderson of Iowa State College touted grassed waterways and reed canary grass for gully control with rootstock transplants in late Aug to Sep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Marvin Anderson
Iowa State College
Iowa
Anderson
Postville cow sets milk and butterfat record
A Brown Swiss cow owned by Ewald C. Brandt of Postville completed a 305 day record with 12 522 pounds of milk and 564 pounds of butterfat from twice daily milking in southern Iowa area noted for adequate rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Ewald C. Brandt
McGregor and Luana Plowmen Enter Northeast Iowa Contest
McGregor resident Conrad Lovig and Luana’s Robert Foels will represent Clayton county in the northeast Iowa conserved plowing contest at the Corlett brothers farm two miles east of Farmersburg on September 8. Six other counties send two contestants each.
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McGregor
Conrad Lovig
Robert Foels
Luana
Clayton County
Iowa
Corlett Brothers
Farmersburg
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Jack Sheppard
Burdette Evans
Walston
Board of Control Farms
Hauskins
English Valley Creamery
Washington Bartlett
Washington State
Yakima
Washington
Amana Society
Minnesota
Rex Conn
Fred
Hampshire
Amana
East
West Amana
East Amana
Homestead
Amanas
High Amana
Dewey
K. B.C
Iowa Iron & Coal CO
Roosevelt Hotel
DIAL
Joe Stark
First Street
Third Ave. S.W
Muscatine
Barwyard
Chatter
Ven
Eldo Hartkemeyer Family
Near
Atkins
The
State
Vince Goedken
George Pins
Goedken
Timothy
Golden Valley
Harold's Food Store
16Th Avenue SW
Hi-Life
California Juice Oranges
Zac
Kraft’s
Lady Corinne
Salerne
Wapsie
Prunes
Jar
16Th Ave. S.W
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