Knoxville 4-H Boy Is Iowa Health Champion 1932
Robert Sherwood of Knoxville was named Iowa health champion among 4-H club boys after a high score of 98.4 by seven physicians. He leads 23 counties with Roy Stanley and Aldis Hendrickson close behind. the 16 year old is a Knoxville high school senior. Des Moines coverage notes Republican events and fair activities at the Iowa state fair.
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Knoxville
Iowa
ES Moines
INS
Robert Sherwood
Roy Stanley
Beaconsfield
Aldis Hendrickson
Woodstock
Ray Haynes
Manilla
Crawford County
Lawrence Holaday
Greenfield
Blair Fowler
Lohrville
Sherwood
John Sherwood
First Eastern Iowa placings list at state fair
Special to The Gazette from Des Moines reports eastern Iowa exhibitors earning top spots in several departments. Holbert Holbert of the Holbert Horse Importing Company took senior and grand champion Percheron stallion, and first in senior Belgian stallion. Marshall county showed the champion county group of lambs, while Gerald Duncan of Columbus Junction won sweepstakes male in the Asiatic poultry division. Black
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Des Moines
Iowa
Holbert Horse Importing Company
Greeley Holbert
Champion County Group of Lambs
Marshall County
Gerald Duncan
Columbus Junction
Reward Offered for Name of New Tooth Powder
Hollywood cosmetics firm offers 500 dollars for the best name for a new Tooth Powder with 250 more for early mailed entries before September 3 1932. Each person may submit one name only. Postcards and scraps accepted. duplicate prizes possible if ties occur.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Marvel Products Co
Studio B-263
Sycamore Ave
California
Guen
Fence Drift and Locomotive Wreck Highlight Rural Road Scene
A vivid, compact描 description unfolds a vehicle crash by the highway and a toppled locomotive. The writer contrasts a common car mishap with the striking image of a metallic giant on its side, conveying awe and disquiet.
Langsshaw Show Highlights Rural Fair Duck and Corn Winners
Langsshaw displays top ducks with Knotek Brothers Riverside winning junior yearing boat and Acheson Dunsmoyre Ainsworth senior boat. Carn Holden Williamsburg leads best thirty ears of corn in southern district. Wimer Hulme Tracz second and Morris Bantz WH Gissedl Independence second and third in other ears. Eastern Iowa small grain prizes go to E J Dinsdale Reinbeck, Carl Holden Williamsburg first, E M Holden second. Milk seed winners include Red clover seed Carl Holden first, Soybeans Palmer Holden Williamsburg first with others at Reinbeck and North English. Carl Holden tops mammoth red clover. best barley straw and oats straw awarded to various Holdens. Palmer Holden best blue grass seed.
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Langsshaw
Knotek Brothers
Riverside
Acheson and Dunsmoyre
Ainsworth
Carn Holden
Williamsburg
Wimer Hulme
Tracz
Morris Bantz
WH Gissedl
Independence
Iowa
E. J Dinsdale
Reinbeck
Louis Albert
Miller
Carl Holden
E. M. Holden
Wilamsboro
Palmer Holden
Reinbeckx
Timothy
Lous Albert
E& M
Holden North English
Strax
Palmer Holten
Grain shipments from Dysart reach eastern markets
Tama Benton Grain company shipped five carloads of corn two carloads of oats and two carloads of barley to eastern markets. Lamprecht and Skiles delivered 4100 bushels of corn. Other deliveries include Feller 1700 bushels corn Mehlhaus 1300 bushels corn Casey Corcoran 2550 bushels oats Elmert Short 600 bushels oats Manderer 500 bushels barley Howard Mehlhaus 500 bushels barley. Two carloads of new crop Timothy Seed were sent to Minneapolis and Cedar Rapids. Henry Casey brought in 340 bushels from a ten bushels per acre yield.
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Dysart
Tama-Benton Grain Company
Lamprecht and
Skiles
R. A. Feller
Vernon Mehlhaus
Casey
John Manderer
Howard Mehlhaus
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Henry Casey
Dysart Farmers Buy Refrigerated Truck
Dysart Gnagy and Sawyer farmers southeast of Dysart bought a truck with a 16 foot refrigerated trailer for seven tons. They have contracted to carry Hudson Co-operative creamery butter to the Chicago market with two trips weekly starting now.
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Dysart — Gnagy and Sawyer Farmers
Dysart
Hudson Co-operative Creamery
Chicago
Farmer Rebuilds After Summer Farm Fire Near Wilton Junction
Harry Schnider, a farmer east of here, is reconstructing a large general purpose barn a double corn crib hog house garage chicken house and repairing the house and other buildings. Total cost about 3600 dollars.
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Wilton Junction
Harry Schnider
Here
CANNERY SHUT DOWN Spereta to The Gazette
The Waterloo canning company plant at Dysart will not operate this season due to financial issues and a large surplus from last year. The 500 acres of corn on leased land will be fed to livestock.
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Spereta
Dysart
Waterloo Canning Company
Iyvestock
Benton C T A No 4 Averages 334 Pounds Butterfat For Year
Benton C T A No 4 closes its fourth year with an average of 334 pounds butterfat per cow an increase of 78 pounds from the first year John Doughty tester reports Elmer Santman of Dysart leads with 14 120 pounds milk and 50 24 pounds butterfat from purebred and grade Holsteins The school for the blind at Vinton places second with 11 753 pounds milk and 434 4 pounds butterfat praising individual drinking cups in the barn and noting weigh your feed practices among members including Cecil Fletcher D B Cooper Clark Hoyt Bert Blough James Watson Harry Green Tom Elliott and Ivan Trottnow.
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Vinton
Benton County Cow Test Association No. 4
John Doughty
Elmer Santman
Dysart
Santman
Doughty
School For the Blind
Mr Doughter
Association
Cecil Fletcher
D B Cooper
Clark Hoyt
Bert Blough
James Watson
Harry Green
Tom Elliott
Ivan Trottnow
Kieffer pear crop outlook reported in Iowa by Holsinger
Ames extension horticulturist W. Holsinger says Kieffer pears will stay hard into November in Iowa and may be picked by mid September for storage. He advises wrapping in oil paper and storing in a cool dry basement and notes early picked pears will ripen to a smooth texture similar to Bartlett, though less flavorful.
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Ames
Iowa
W. Holsinger
Holsinger
Mr Holsinger
Wilton Junction Crop Report Notes Poor Peach Split
Excessive rainfall at Wilton Junction damaged peaches causing split fruit while green. sweet potato crop lags behind last year though quality remains good. Overall yield below normal.
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Wilton Junction
Clinton Limestone Shows High Calcium Content
Analyses of seven Clinton county yellow limestone samples show very high calcium levels. Samples from A M Kirby and W J Hint reach 100 percent calcium, Nick Stiles yields 100 percent, while A H Mohr’s samples test 98, 100 and 100 percent. The rock is generally soft and crushable. Mohr and neighbors plan a cooperative crusher to produce material for alfalfa and other fields this fall, with crushed limestone priced at 50 cents per ton when labor is free.
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Dewitt
Ames
Clinton County
A. M Kirby
W Jd Hint
Near Here
Nick Stiles
Gooselake
A H Mohr
Lost Nation
Mohr
Farmer G W Saylor recounts life on Iowa farms and taxes
Interview with G W Wash Saylor a retired farmer on three farms southwest of Mechanicsville about 268 acres born 1839 near Philadelphia who came to Iowa in 1877. He recalls being bound out as a boy, schooling, work for 100 dollars a year, building loans, taxes, and opposition to high taxes and public subsidies. He criticizes Ames University and the Tipton fair, and discusses education and farming futures.
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G W “Wash
Saylor
Mechanicsville
Philadelphia
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Ames
State University
Iowa City
Local farmer surveys roads taxes and politics in Cedar County
A Cedar County farmer voices strong views on road building funding taxes and public policies. He opposes compulsory measures on nursing and tuberculosis testing prefers pavement over gravelling and criticizes Chicago livestock commissions. He reports cattle gains and losses and analyzes strikes and elections while expressing desire for tax cuts and political change.
Steers Sell at $9.90 Cwt in Chicago Market
Tama County reports Clif Ryan sold twenty one head of 1210 pound steers Monday in Chicago at 9.90 dollars per hundredweight.
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Tama
Clif Ryan
Tama County
Chicago
Iowa Farmers Plan 15 Percent Less Winter Wheat Sown
Des Moines reports that Iowa farmers will sow 15 percent less winter wheat this fall, totaling 224000 acres versus 287000 in 1931. Rye acreage also declines to about 82000 acres from 100000 in 1931, with 1924–28 averages cited.
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Iowa Farmers Plan
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
24 Communities Report Hog Cholera Outbreaks
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin reports thirty four outbreaks of hog cholera across twenty four localities. Also listed are infections among hogs and cattle including swine plague in Riverside and Iowa City, infectious pneumonia in What Cheer, and necrotic enteritis in Independence and Belle Plaine, among others.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Riverside
Bennett
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
What Cheer
Independence
Stanwood
Anamosa
Dubuque
Manchester
Traer
Grundy Center
Tipston
Mount Pleasant
Deep River
Cedar Rapids
Chelsea
New Hampton
Blackley
Columbus Junction
Parenell
Victor
Charles City
Dixon
Farmers Buy 350 White Leghorn Pullets for Flock
Tipton W. H. Matthews, farmers near here, bought 350 White Leghorn pullets from an Iowa City hatchery and a Wilton Junction poultry farm. The birds will join his standard bred flock already producing.
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Tipton
W. H. Matthews
Iowa City
Wilton Junction
Milking Short Horns Championship Error Corrected
The Fayette county fair at West Union last week crowned August Bachle and Sons of Maynard as champions in the milking short horns category, correcting a prior misreport in The Gazette which had listed F. Rothlisberger of Elgin and J. H. Packer of Clemons.
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Fayette County
West Union
August Bachle
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G. W
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Coon Creek
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First Avenue East
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