Iowa Feeders Sweep Chicago Carload Show Championship
Iowa entrants swept the Chicago market fat stock show carload championships. Karl Huffman of Ida Grove and Robert Storz of Omaha won the light and medium weight Hereford carloads, averaging 963 pounds. Dave Weber of Pittsfield took the heavyweight Hereford title. E. F. Goecke and Son of State Center won the Shorthorn medium weight carload, Bailey and Coverdale of Maquoketa and R. E. Coverdale of Delmar took heavyweight and lightweight divisions, Schmidt brothers of Delmar topped Aberdeen Angus with a medium weight carload and led the heavy weight Angus. John F. Mommsen of Miles owned the lightweight Hereford carload.
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Chicago
Karl Hoffman
Ida Grove
Robert Storz
Omaha
Chicago Market
Huffman
Storz
Dave Weber
Pittsfield
Ill
E. F. Goecke and Son
State Center
Bailey and Coverdale
Maquoketa
R. E. Coverdale
Delmar
Schmidt Brothers
Angus
John F. Mommsen
Miles
Ames Mam Elected by American Society of Animal Production
Dr. A. D. Weber of Kansas State college was chosen president of the American Society of Animal Production at its Chicago meeting. Elected to officers were Dr. W. A. Craft of Ames Iowa as vice president and W. V. Lambert of Purdue as secretary and treasurer. The group presented the Saddle and Sirloin club with a portrait of Prof. Frank O. King, chair of Purdue's animal husbandry department.
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Chicago
A. D. Weber
Kansas State College
American Society of Animal Production
W. A. Craft
Ames
W. V. Lambert
Purdue University
Frank O. King
Poison Fog For Insect Control Developed By USDA
The USDA reports a new aerosol insecticide fog developed by a chemist and an entomologist. A pint can liquified gas dissolves insect poison and escapes as a fine fog to combat malaria mosquitoes, houseflies, moths, and many garden and field pests. Civilians access after the war.
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Uncle Sam
United States Department of Agriculture
Maquoketa Farm Bureau elects officers at annual meeting
Officers chosen for Jackson County Farm Bureau include E. J. Hartvigsen Maquoketa president Clyde Chandler Bellevue vice president Carroll Eads Preston secretary Adam Straub Maquoketa treasurer Charles Butterworth Andrew boys 4 H chairman Mrs Lloyd Guyer Maquoketa girls 4 H chairman and Mrs Willard Ingalls Monmouth home project chair. Horses bring 75 to 95. Special to The Gazette Columbus Junction sale featured three to five year olds at 75 to 95 with 25 head cows and heifers at 85 to 100 Hampshire sows with litters 90 gifts 85 feeder pigs 14 sheep 15 White Rock pullets 1 50. Klotz and Duncan Columbus Junction auctioneers Columbus Junction State Bank clerk.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County Farm Bureau
E. J. Hartvigsen
Clyde Chandler
Bellevue
Carroll Eads
Preston
Adam Straub
Charles Butterworth
Andrew
Lloyd Guyer
Willard Ingalls
Monmouth
Gazette
Columbus Junction
John Schwab
Guernsey
Jersey
Hampshire
White Rock
Klotz and Duncan
Columbus Junction State Bank
More Machinery Bought In Iowa Last Spring
Iowa farmers spent 5 168 258 more for machinery at the start of the crop year last spring than the year before, according to the state tax commission. April June machinery purchases totaled 12 780 395 versus 7 612 037 the prior year. Repairs fell, blacksmith shops declined 259 715. Food stores and restaurants rose 7 386 250, groceries and meats up 5 292 586. Automotive and related businesses jumped 25 386 163. Spending also rose in apparel, furniture, building materials, services and utilities with a drop in farm and garden goods.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
5-V and 5-C 4-H clubs spread in Americas
The 5-V clubs in Venezuela and the 5-C clubs in Cuba mimic the U S 4-H pledge areas Head Heart Hands Health The article notes these Latin American clubs reflect values such as Valor Vigor Verdad Verguenza and Cerebro Corazon Cooperacion Civismo Leaders from Brazil and Chile study in the United States Jamaica and Haiti now have 4-H work underway Canada eyes forestry clubs along 4-H lines.
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United States
Venezuela
Cuba
United States Department of Agriculture
Cerebro
Corazin
Cooperacion
Civismo
Americas
Agriculture In
Gertrude L. Warren
Brazil
Chile
Jamaica
Haiti
Canada
National 4-H champions named at Chicago congress
Terre Haute Indiana youth Donald Mowrey and Laurel Mississippi girl Mary Jo Morgan were named national achievement champions of 1944 at the 4-H congress opening. Each receives a Roosevelt trophy and 200 college scholarship. runners up and sectional winners gain scholarships and trips to Chicago with several reporting high incomes from livestock and projects.
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Chicago
Terre Haute
Ind
Donald F. Mowrey
Mary Jo Morgan
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Oskaloosa
Melva Lea Pool
Ramona
Okla
Wayne Bates
Carlinvile
Ill
Bates
Jack Tyler
Claude
Texas
Dick Nesbit
Fort Collins
Colo
James E. Repard
Canan‘daigua
N. Y
Repard
Norma Ruth Gahm
Streator, Ill
Rosemary A. Conzemius
Cannon Falls
Minn
Elaine Noble
Deep Run
N. C
Fayette Dairymen Honor For Production Records
Fourteen Fayette county dairymen received certificates of merit from the National Dairy association for creditable production records in the last testing year. Those exceeding 400 pounds butterfat include Arthur Gildner Sumner Holsteins 459.3, H A Mabon Randalia Brown Swiss 454.8, Walter Kruempel Arlington Brown Swiss 449.4, C J Decker and son Westgate Holsteins 432.4, W H Turner Fayette Holsteins 425.
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Fayette
Fayette County
National Dairy Association
Arthur Gildner
Sumner
H. A. Mabon
Randalia
Walter Kruempel
Arlington
C. J. Decker and Son
Westgate
W.H. Turner
Holsteins
Coming Farm Auctions Near Anamosa and Cedar Rapids Area
A dense list of farm auctions scheduled through January in Iowa towns including Anamosa Marion Solon Walker Cedar Rapids Olin Newhall Coggan Cedar Rapids Prairieburg Lisbon Tipton Clarence Sheneyville Tipton and Olin. Vendors Buckner Hale Emmet Lehmann Ralph Buline Martin Cook Knapp Voelker Lopata Robbins Postal Holmes and Son Svoboda etc. Auction dates run December to January with closing out and public sales across multiple mileage markers.
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Buckner and Hale
Anamosa
Emmet Lehmann
Marion
Ralph J. Buline
Solon
Martin Cook
Walker
Herman E. Mussman
Keystone
John Wigger
Olin
Elmer Broendel
Newhall
Chilmore and Blofield
Coggan
Arthur Knapp
J Ave
Weing Road
Cedar Rapids
Dolph van Sickle
Springville
C. E. Voelker
Mechanicsville
Blanche A. Lopata
Anton Rieder
Watkins
John
Henry Voelker
Stanwood
Louie F. Robbins
Viola
Walter Baker
Charles Postal
Sam Holmes and Son
Tipton
Leo Feyerabend
Joseph O. Louvar
Shueyville
Ibsen and Meijer
Clarence
H. V. McCarty
Louis Penningroth
J. D. Gorius
John Connor
Lisbon
F. H. Kisor
Edd Lahman
Lineback Estate
A. L. Wilson
Henry J. Westphal
Nutrient Supplements Needed When Legume Hay Is Absent
When legume hay is not included in the ration, deficiencies in protein calcium and vitamins must be corrected by adding supplements that provide sufficient amounts of these nutrients for proper animal nutrition.
Hemp Plants May Produce Linen Thread in Iowa
DES MOINES AP—Hersey E. Hazen says 11 hemp plants in Iowa may become linen thread producers after the war. Iowa State College researchers report a retting process yielding thread stronger than linen and of higher quality than the finest Irish. Plants, built by War Industries Corp at $350,000 each, may be taken over by linen manufacturers if viable, though reconversion costs and war needs temper plans. Disposition likely after the European war ends. most plants to close by end of next year, with order of closure listed by location.
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DES Moines
Hervey E. Hazen
Iowa Agricultural Adjustment Agency Committee
Iowa State College
Hazen
War Industries Corporation
The
Iowa
Boone
Mason City
Rockford
Iowa Falls
Humboldt
Algona
Traer
Hampton
Grundy Center
Britt
Eagle Grove
Three New Girls 4-H Clubs In Winneshiek
In Winneshiek county three new girls 4-H clubs were organized in the past week. Ossian group of 29 girls led by Mrs. Elmer Hawkins and Mrs. Alvina Hemesath. Highland township club led by Mrs. Norman Akre and Mrs. Theodore Storla named the Highland Hustlers. Orleans township gathered eight girls at Orville Hovey home to seed a club. County total rises to eight clubs with 87 girls enrolled.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Ossian
Elmer Hawkins
Alvina Hemesath
Highland Township
Norman Akre
Theodore Storla
Highland Hustlers
Orville Hovey
Orleans Township
Farm prices too high, veteran buyers warned
Lobbyist Benjamin C. Marsh, executive secretary of the People’s Lobby, Inc., said in Washington that returning veterans who buy farms will be soaked and charged that political economists who backed subsidies helped cause an impending collapse in agriculture. He cited a 12 billion dollar rise in land prices and eight billion in farmers’ intangibles since 1940 as proof prices are too high and the sector is unstable.
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INS
Benjamin C. Marsh
The
People’s Lobby,Inc
Marsh
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