Schmidt Brothers Win Grand Champion Fat Steers at ILEx
Schmidt Brothers of Deimar Iowa sweep carlot Angus victories at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. They exhibit multi carloads, place top in light and heavy divisions, with 86 carlots shown and nine sick cattle eliminated. The event crowns grand champion Angus and Hereford calves, with Mercer county Illinois showcasing a top 4-H baby beef showing and Iowa youth earning multiple placings.
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Schmidt Brothers
Deimar
Ford
George
DeWitt
Clinton County
Packer Cattle Buyers
Chicago
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove
James Blair
Dayton
John Mommsen
Miles
John Turin
Kiron
Lippold Brothers
Lackir
J. J. Newlin
Grimes
Louis Reimer
Schleswig
Linn County
Charles Karsch
Witwer
Marion
Denver
George Gordon-Davis
Buenos Aires
Robert Carroll
Aledo
Ill
Mercer County
Irene Brown
Louis Goecke
State Center
Chester Ebert
Mokena
Iowa
Glen Mommsen
Robert Goecke
Bernard Kozik
Elberon
Angus
Burdette Farley
Malcom
Howard Yoder
Iowa City
Mervin Schneider
Riverside
Robert Joslin
Clarence
Brinton
Stuart
Martha Kemp
Myron Oxley
Shorthorn
Leo P. Duer, Jr
Charlotte
Adam Reid, Jr
Champion County
Marshall
Linn
Bernice Shaffer
Walker
Junior Reid
Marjorie Towers
Linn County 4-H Officers Elected at Cedar Rapids Frolic
About 250 4 H club youth gathered at the Shrine auditorium Cedar Rapids for the annual frolic. County officers for 4 H clubs were elected with Dean Thomas Alburnett president Leslie Schirm Palo vice president and George Pelisek Cedar Rapids secretary for boys. Girls officers Florence Bena Cedar Rapids president Mildred Sloan Marion vice president Isabelle Hoge Springville secretary and Lillian Pelisek Cedar Rapids historian. Recognitions went to 1939 county officers blue ribbon teams goal achievers and record book winners. The Linn County Fair awards term concluded with livestock and home economics honors for various 4 H members from Marion Fairfax Mount Vernon and other towns.
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Shrine Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Jean Minish
Mount Vernon
County
Paul Lillie
Central City
Dean Thomas
Alburnett
Leslie Schirm
Palo
George Pelisek
Florence Bena
Mildred Sloan
Marion
Isabelle Hoge
Springville
Lillian Pelisek
Helen Stark
Lois Frederick
Ardis Stinger
Edith Gensicke
Jean Stamey
June Clatterbuck
Lucille Gove
Maines
Ames
Edith Hagerman
Frances Hill
Coggan
Mary Schulte
Fairfax
May Fallis
Airfax
Miss Gove
Banner Valley Boosters
Clinton Climbers
Fairfax Jolly Juniors
Indian Creek Bluebirds
Linn’s Best
Marionette
Merry Sous
Prairie Pals
Sunny Susies
Linn’s
Fairfax Jolly
Merry Lous
Whittier Gleaners
Frank Bedell
Martha Kemp
Mac Towers
Linn County
Closing Out Public Sale at Powell Farm
Auction notice for December 6 1929 at L Powell Farm two miles southeast of Troy Mills. 94 head of livestock including horses cattle hogs and springers, plus dairy cows and calves. purebred Hereford and Jersey stock. machinery and farm equipment. Terms to be announced by auctioneers W L Powell and McCalley with F W Lindahl as clerk.
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L. Powell Farm
Troy Mills
Serrel Wae
Yyermass
Iolstein
Guernsey
Jersey
Wright
W. L. Powell & N Seen
MecCalley
F. W. Lindahl
Tarmins
Byse Farm
Cedar Ra
Burke
Storreok
Coming Farm Auctions This Week in Iowa
New auctions announced for Monday December 4 through Wednesday December 6. Joe Halva estate sale near Center Point. Oscar Olson sale near Tipton with Milo Chihak near Alburnett. City Sales Co. auction and W. G. Byse sale near Cedar Rapids. Sam Hamed sale near Robbins. John A. Grover estate near Rowley. W L Powell and Son sale near Troy Mills.
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Joe Halva
Mi. S. Center Point
Oscar Olson
Mi. S. Tipton
Milo Chihak
Alburnett
City Sales Co
W. G. Byse
Cedar Rapids
Sam Hamed
N. Robbins
John A. Grover
S. Rowley
W. L. Powell and Son
Troy Mills
Sigourney Adult School Banquet Set For Monday Evening
The Sigourney adult evening school will hold a banquet Monday at 6:30 p.m. with George Godfrey of Ames Experiment Station as principal speaker. The ISU YMCA boys quartet will perform, and 80 graduates will receive certificates for attending eight of 12 meetings, out of 100 enrolled.
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Sigourney
George Godfrey
Ames Experiment Station
A. E. Hagen
Iowa State College Y.M.C.A
Luke Wittetoe
Board of Education
Webster Farm 114 Acres Sold for 12500 Dollars
The George Sorden farm of 114 acres located half a mile north of Webster was sold by Aetna Life Insurance Co of Hartford for 12500 dollars, about 100 dollars per acre. The property has fair improvements.
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Webster
George Sorden
Aetna Life Insurance Company of
Hartford
Atwater Buys 192 Acre Robins Homestead in Cedar Rapids Deal
Donald M Atwater of Marion has purchased his grandfather Warner Marsh's 192 acre farm, half a mile north of Robins, from Mary Redmond of Cedar Rapids for 16320 dollars, 85 per acre. Tenant Lam en previously farmed the land. the original 200 acre tract was bought in 1851 from the government, then largely timbered. J Frank Cravens of Cedar Rapids handled the sale.
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Donald M. Atwater
Marion
Robins
Mary Redmond
Ceda
Rapids
Lamen
Mr. Atwater
Warner Marsh
United States
J. Frank Cravens
Cedar Rapids
Corn Brings 42 Cents At Sale Near Lone Tree
Feeder pigs sold for 6 and 6.90 dollars each and gifts brought 8.80 at the Karl Wiese estate sale near Lone Tree. Corn in the crib brought 424% cents a bushel. Chickens sold for 55 to 82 cents each. Machinery sales included a hay baler 100 dollars two tractors 145 and 150 dollars corn elevator 200 dollars corn plow 18 farm wagon 22 truck 10.50 and a car 300 dollars.
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Karl Wiese
Here
Wilson to Address Iowa 4-H Short Course Graduates
Gov George Wilson will speak at the annual recognition banquet in Ames during the Iowa 4-H boys short course December 27 to 29. About 1000 delegates and 4-H grads are expected, as youths aged 21 by January 1 will be honored with the first state recognition certificates. Frank Reed, assistant state boys club leader, announced the plans.
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Ames
George Wilson
Iowa
Iowa Rural Young People’s Assembly
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Strayer
Hudson
Byron Jeffry
Burlington
Public Auction Notice Near Rowley Details Property Sale
Public auction set for Wed December 6 near Rowley. Properties include 160 acres and adjacent parcels along roads and a water system. Terms require payment of a percentage of the purchase price by the successful bidder. The listing mentions a 20 by 24 foot structure and a corn or grain related operation as included in the sale.
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John A. Gwee Betate
Ar Meee
Rowley
Sai Roperties
Siena
Sapaie
Isis
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce to speak at banquet
The Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce will also speak at the banquet program, joining other dignitaries.
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Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Colorado Cuts Sleeping Sickness in Horses This Year
Dr. E N Stout of Colorado State College extension service reports 178 horses infected in the state this year, down from 4384 last year, highlighting statewide progress against sleeping sickness in horses and mules.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Ins
Colorado
E. N. Stout
Colorado State College Extension Service
Stout
Conservation of Wheat New Policy
Frank Mullin reports a global shift to conserving wheat after months of war. Prices in the world market rose to wartime highs, then fell as drought and poor harvests risk a light 1940 winter crop. Argentina and southern hemisphere rains cut output. Europe’s war-related demand and sea dislocations affected totals. Britain imported large quantities from Canada.
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Chicago
Europe
Poland
U. S
Argentina
Canada
Great Britain
Food and Life book on nutrition from 1939 yearbook
A Washington published 1939 Agricultural Yearbook titled Food and Life emphasizes human and animal nutrition. It notes no statistics are included and requests 50 cents for the statistical supplement unless obtained gratis via a congressman, with a price of $1.50 from the Superintendent of Documents.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Iowa Delegation To 4-H Congress Totals 50
Fifty Iowa 4-H youths left for the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago for December 3 to 9. They travel as rewards for 4-H achievements. Chaperones included Miss Nellompson F. F. Reed Edward Syndergaard and Mrs Louise Scott with Florence Forbes of Ames to judge home furnishing exhibits at the event.
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Ames
Iowa
Chicago
Nellompson
F. F. Reed
Edward Syndergaard
Louise Scott
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Florence Forbes
Blinks Reelected President of Cedar Valley Farm Group
R. B. Blinks, a Marion farmer, was reelected president of the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association at the annual meeting in Cedar Rapids attended by more than 200. Chester Hagen Palo was named secretary treasurer and I. R. Hintz Monticello vice president. Directors named include Clarence McLaughlin Monticello Ben Neal Mount Vernon Conrad Roseland Gilman Clark Brindle Conrad and Herman Franzen berg Keystone. H. S. Nicol Cedar Rapids is fieldman. John Ise University of Kansas and L G. Allbaugh Ames economists addressed the group. IL K Macy Ames and Dorothy Simmons Ames spoke on agricultural outlook.
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R. B. Blinks
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Cedar Rapids
Chester Hagen
Palo
I. R. Hintz
Monticello
Clarence McLaughlin
Ben Neal
Mount Vernon
Conrad Roseland
Gilman
Clark Brindle
Conrad
Herman Franzenberg
Keystone
H. S. Nicol
O Neal to Address A F B F Tuesday
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation will speak at the Tuesday morning session of its twenty first annual meeting in Chicago December 4 7 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace is the Tuesday afternoon principal speaker The twentieth anniversary banquet Tuesday evening features Secretary of State Cordell Hull The Kansas senator Arthur Capper and Marvin Jones will address legislative topics The 1940 officers and directors will be elected Thursday afternoon
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Chicago
Edard A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Henry A. Wallace
Cordell Hull
Arthur Capper
Kansas
A.f.bf
Marvin Jones
Agricultural Committee
House of Representatives
Linn County Farm Bureau calendar of meetings
The Linn County Farm Bureau lists meetings this week. Monday at 10 a.m. Spring Grove township home project training at Mrs Bert Tritle home. Tuesday at 10 a.m. Brown township training at Miss Hazel Kennedy home. Wednesday at 10 a.m. Monroe school at Mrs Elmer Davis home. 8 p.m. Otter Creek township meeting at Alburnett high school. Saturday 10 30 a.m. Farm Bureau board meeting at the Y M C A Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Spring Grove Township
Bert Tritle
Brown Township
Miss Hazel Kennedy
Monroe Township
Elmer Davis
Otter Creek Township
Alburnett High School
Farm Bureau Board Meeting
Y.M.C.A
Cedar Rapids
Farm auction listing from Toddville sale
A Toddville auction by W. G. Byse lists hogs cows and sows about 140 pounds, feeding shoots, multiple seed lots including clover and timothy seed from 1989, yellow corn in crib, oats, clover and alfalfa hay, complete farm machinery. Terms usual. Lunch served. Tony Schmitz auctioneer. Merchants National Bank clerk.
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Toddville
W. G. Byse
Tony Schmitz
Merchants National Bank
Soybean market up 3 103.75 cents in Chicago market
Light receipts and ongoing demand from processors and exporters push futures higher by 3 to 30 cents week over week. US visible stocks fall to 6,677,000 bushels while Chicago holdings drop 118,000 bushels. export buying remains limited though sentiment holds that business will continue. Meal demand rises as wheat offal production stays light and bean meal gains use as high protein feed.
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the Gazette
Chicago
United States
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Illinois
Ray Anderson
Gazette Farm Editor
Witwer Cattle
George Hoffman
Henry Harrisen
Teeds Grove
J. W. Frasier
Charleston
Walter Wessel
Verlin Blair
Tom Wilson
Earlham
Gazette Photo
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Boys and Girls Club
Ellen Borghart
Merle McGrew
Robert Macon
Phillip Hand
Center Point
Jack
Rotschild Longley
Mirakal
All Aim Ieee Jacks Flor
Sigourney Adult School
Lone Tree
Laura Heddleson
Howard Hamilton
Cedar County
Tipton
Laura
Heddleson
Cedar
Howard A. Hamilton
Cedar County Farm Bureau
Edna Hambright
Farm Bureau
Governor Wilson
Rude Auto CO
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Frank Mullin
Food and Life
E. Cohn & Sons Ltd
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Penick & Ford
Cedar Valley Farm
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Merle E.sgarmoe
Dial
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No. Il
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Mead
Shropshire
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