Phosphate Fertilizer Yields Vary by Iowa Soils
A. J. Engelhorn reports 25-year Iowa tests show phosphate fertilizer boosts crop growth on some soils but not others. Benefits depend on past manure use and rotation. best timing is when small grains are sown with a legume. Field tests used 120 lb acre of 20 percent phosphate across corn oats and clover timothy.
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Iowa
A. J. Engelhorn
Ames Research Agronomist
Englehorn
Farm Science Reporter
Jowa
Clinton County cattlemen banquet set for Dec 11
The Clinton County cattlemen plan their annual banquet with Ford and George Schmidt as guests of honor after winning the Beef Cattle Championship in Chicago. Iowa feeders swept firsts in several classes at the International. phosphate fertilizer boosted greenhouse crop growth, notably tomatoes 147 percent and Sudan grass 70 percent.
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Clinton County
Ford
George Schmidt
Chicago
Colby’s Livestock Auction Scheduled Wednesdays at Tipton Iowa
Colby’s Livestock Auction at Tipton Iowa fairgrounds sale barn runs every Wednesday. The sale lists horses calves hogs cattle with two packer buyers for calves and fat hogs. J C Brady to buy fat hogs. Wilbur Colby auctioneer. contact 10F10 Mechanicsville.
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Colby
Tipton
Iowa
J. C. Brady
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Corn loans under government seal rich with cornbelt figures
The Agriculture Department reports 88 723 CCC loans repaid from Jan 1 to Nov 22 1941 totaling 93 863 795 bushels of resealed 1940 and 1938 39 corn. Remaining 183 508 loans on 208 406 125 bushels include 143 813 477 bushels resealed from 1938 39 crops and 64 592 648 bushels from 1940. In Iowa 45 421 loans on 47 534 258 29 bushels of resealed corn and 1940 corn were repaid since Jan 1 leaving 102 oe Joans on 125 563 656 18 bushels.
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Gazete
Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iowa
Farm Auction Listings for Early December Farm sales
A sequence of farm auction notices with dates December 2 through December 11. Entries include multiple estate closings and public sales across Iowa towns such as Walker Anamosa Martello Monti Cedar Rapids Tipton Clarence Waubeek Lisbon and Mechanicsville. Listings feature individual sellers and locations with proximity details and sale dates.
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Mary C. Woodfin
Walker, Grabbe
Kennebeck
Anamosa
McPherson
Martello
Allan J. Fairbanks
Poland
China
Monticello
Louis White
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Dice
Tipton
R. M. McGranahan
Newhall
Preston & Son
Ryan
Howard Franklin
Prairieburg
Leavens & Zieser
Walker
Clarence
Marie Aler
Waubeek
Leon Morningstar
Lisbon
Roenischek & Son
Oxford Jet
Reinhart & Marshek
West Branch
Elsie Grebe
Garrison
Clarence Neal
Springville
Ludvig Petrak
Henry Dehn
Imi
Healy & Butler
Leland Fry
Leo Winchester
Alburnett
Burgess Dairy
John Carville
Mechanicsville
Johnston
Rationing Of Machinery Likely In Iowa
The Iowa USDA defense board led by Albert Loveland announced a campaign for the week of December 8 to urge farmers to repair machinery while parts are available. Farmers should gather unused machines for junk to supply spare parts and attend winter repair schools run by Ames engineers with dealers and agriculture groups. The national defense drive will cut new machinery supplies, and steps are planned to ensure repair parts.
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Iowa Usda Defense Board
Albert Loveland
Des Moines
Iowa
Defense Board
Ames Agricultural Engineers
Farm Bureaus
Soil Conservation Service
National Defense
Beef cattle sale at Cedar Rapids yields strong prices
Buckingham A R McElhinney of Geneseo sold 152 head of cattle at Cedar Rapids. Fifty head averaging 1131 pounds brought 11.75 per hundredweight and 102 head averaging 1405 pounds sold for 11.25 per hundredweight.
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The
Gazette
Buckingham
A. R. McElhinney
Geneseo
Cedar Rapids
Beef Imports Rise in First Nine Months of 1941
Foreign Crops and Markets reports beef and veal imports into the United States in the first nine months of 1941 totaled 345.17 million pounds on a dressed-weight basis, 7.5 percent of production, up from 259.43 million pounds a year earlier. Exports reached 23.0 million pounds, up 86 percent.
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United States
Mexico
Canada
Cuba
Berkshire Association To Meet Tuesday Evening
Harold Wehr man former east of Belle Plaine traveled to Chicago for the International Livestock exposition and the American Berkshire association meeting. The Berkshire group will convene Tuesday evening after the exposition's champion barrow results are announced.
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Berkshire Association
Belle Plaine
Harold Wehrman
Chicago
American Berkshire Association
Dairy Feeding Schools Set Across Iowa This December
The USDA food for freedom program prompts a series of one day dairy feeding schools led by extension dairy specialists Floyd Johnston Floyd Arnold and Arthur Porter. Morning talks cover production needs price outlook and how to boost output. Afternoon sessions compare feeds and ration costs and assess local dairy conditions. East Iowa towns listed include Tipton Anamosa Preston Dubuque Manchester North English with dates in early December.
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Gazette
AMES
Food For Freedom
United States
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Farm Bureau
State Extension Service
Floyd Johnston
Floyd Arnold
Arthur Porter
East Iowa
Tipton
Anamosa
Preston
Dubuque
Manchester
North English
Iowa School Lunch Program Feeds 32733 Children in October
Free lunches reached 32,733 Iowa school children in October under the community school lunch program. The service operated in 1,335 schools, with daily lunches five times higher than October 1940. Farm products valued at 31,850 assisted the program through surplus marketing aid.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Surplus Marketing Administration
Iowa Welfare
Illinois Wins Intercollegiate Livestock Judging Meet in Chicago
Illinois captures the intercollegiate livestock judging contest with 4452 points, first ever for the Illini. Oklahoma A and M takes second, Iowa State and Mississippi tie for third among 28 teams as judges and exhibitors report record two day attendance at the International Livestock Exposition.
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Chicago
University of Illinois
Oklahoma A
Iowa State
University of Mississippi
Donald Brown
Purdue
Oklahoma A and
University of Nebraska
Texas A
M. F. G. Collard
Texas
William Skladan
Andrew
Alberta
Paul Pawlowski
Vilna
Alta
A.C
H. P. Courtney
Sidney
Neb
Maurice Sether
Gardner
Mich
Barley Loan Figures Release From 20 States
The Commodity Credit Corporation reported through Nov 22, 1941, 21,203 loans on 15,390,351 bushels of 1941 barley in 20 states. Loans averaged 40 cents per bushel, with about 14,300,000 bushels stored on farms. Compared with last year, loans covered 5,683,663 bushels, including 4,943 stored on farms and 1,480 in warehouses in Iowa.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Towa
Olive Tablets Claim Gentle Liver Bile Stimulation
An advertising blurb promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle way to stimulate liver bile and improve bowel movements. The copy asserts daily bile flow prevents constipation and associated headaches and dullness, priced at 15 cents with catalog numbers 304 and 604.
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Dr. Edwards
Soviet General and Crossword Clash in Puzzle Grid
A newspaper puzzle presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries led by a Soviet general themed round. Players fill terms such as army commander and various common crossword answers across intersecting rows and columns. The grid includes references to numbers and abbreviations, with a nod to Leonard and other proper nouns.
REA Growth Reported From 1941 Rural Electrification
The REA financed power program shows an 82 percent rise in electricity delivered in the year ending June 30 1941. Consumers used 568 190 394 kilowatt hours, with 823 cooperatives serving 780 482 members. Total line mileage rose to 307 590 miles. gross revenues reached 29 356 462 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
REA
Central City Cow Sets 713 Pound Butter Fat Record
W L Smith of Central City owns a Holstein cow that produced 713.3 pounds of butter fat from 23 625 pounds of milk. The cow, nine years old, was milked three times daily and far surpasses the national average, per the Holstein Friesen association of America.
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Central City
W. L. Smith
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
DPMA Buys Butter As Foreign Imports Depress Market
The Dairy Products Marketing Association bought 1 700 tubs of butter mostly low grade at New York and Chicago plus five carloads as U S D A reports. Purchases aimed to halt a price drop while imports from Argentina loom, with about 20 923 boxes due in New York soon and more cargoes expected in two weeks. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation also reports large dairy purchases since March 15 including cheese evaporated milk and various milks powders.
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Dairy Products Marketing Association
New York
Chicago
U.S.D.A
DPMA
Argentina
Belle Plaine FFA to Plant Experimental Orchard
Belle Plaine high school FFA plans an experimental orchard in the city park next spring. Plans call for fourteen apple fourteen pear four cherry eight peach and eight plum trees. Students will perform pruning grafting spraying and banding demonstrations for the community.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine High School
FFA
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