4-H Grand Champions Compete at Chicago Market Show
The Chicago market fat stock show crowned junior grand champions in steer and swine divisions with a 1070-pound Aberdeen Angus steer owned by Robert Johnson of Galva Iowa and a 228-pound Berkshire barrow owned by Frank Trainor of Pontiac Illinois. Johnson’s steer came from his 35-head herd and earned top junior honors along with other Iowa winners including Earl and George Hoffman of Ida Grove.
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Chicago
Robert Johnson
Galva
Barrow
Frank Trainor
Pontiac
Albert Fritzler
Sterling
Colo
White
Joan Shorthorn
Benjamin Greve
Bryant
Hereford
Enoch
Ida Grove High School
Ida County
Earl Hoffman
Ida Grove
Johnsons
Carlot
George Hoffman
Earl
Bernard Hlauenberg
Melbourne
Queens Ld
Iowa
Emmet Wolf Remsen
Leo Gannon Mingo
Gannon
F. W. Hubbell
Des Moines
Fred
George Schmidt
Delmar
Associated Press
Ames Swine Expert Outlines Self-fed Gilts Feeding
Ames bred gilts can be self fed during gestation if ration is mixed properly. Iowa State College swine expert E. L. Quaife recommends placing feeders 15 to 20 rods from sleeping quarters to promote exercise. He advises a ration of one third ground shelled corn, ground oats, and coarsely ground alfalfa with 100 pounds of protein supplement per ton plus minerals.
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The
Gazette
Ames
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Quaife
Quaifer
Allaway Appointed ISC Soils Assistant Professor
Dr. W. H. Allaway of Lincoln Nebraska joins Iowa State College as research assistant professor of soils. He will also serve as agent for the U S Department of Agriculture with the bureau of plant industry soils and agricultural engineering. He previously taught at Nebraska and Illinois geological survey.
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Ames
W. H. Allaway
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa State College
Charles E. Finley
Allaway
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry,soils, and Agricultural Engineering
Iowa State
University of Nebraska
Illinois Geological Survey
Nebraska
Complete Closing Out Sale at Mechanicville farm
Auction lists 3600 pounds of horse stock including sorrells, 8 Holstein cows with high butterfat, 205 Hampshire lambs and hogs vaccinated, 300 Austra White pullets, dairy and farm equipment, portable buildings, tractors, plows, binders, wagons, and 4500 bushels of corn. Items to be sold early with lunch on grounds. Wilbur Colby auctioneer and John Carville clerk, Mechanicville Iowa.
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Hampshire
Nice
Poland
Deering
Rock Island
Hayes
McDeering
T. McDeering
Guernsey
Jersey
John Deere
Deere
Deere Tractor
Champlin
Champlin Hatchery
Prairie Chapel Ladies
Author of Plowman's Folly Visited Ames
E. H. Faulkner author of Plowman's Folly visited Iowa State College on Monday en route to Lincoln Nebraska. He toured the agricultural experiment station and met with Dr. W. H. Pierre head of the agronomy department. Faulkner is on a broader tour of East and Midwest experiment stations after visiting New England and stations in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and North Dakota.
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Ames
E. H. Faulkner
Iowa State College
Lincoln
Neb
Agricultural Experiment Station
W. H. Pierre
Faulkner
Midwest
New England
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Dakota
Benton Cattlemen Meet in Vinton Annual Dinner
Benton county cattle feeders hold their annual meeting and dinner in Vinton on Thursday evening December 13. Speakers include Rex Beresford extension animal husbandman Iowa State College and Stanley Nichol head of livestock marketing for the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation.
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Vinton
Benton County
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Stanley Nichol
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Anderson Urges Fellowship at 4-H Club Congress
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson told the 24th annual 4 H club congress in Chicago that fellowship between farmers, industry and government is needed for balanced national economic expansion. He warned of future farm labor shifts as mechanization and industry grow and predicted about half of current farm youth will seek work outside farming.
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Chicago
U. S
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Iowa Farm Index Rises in November Driven by Egg Prices
Iowa farmers saw a three point rise in the November farm index as egg prices jumped from 30 to about 40 cents per dozen. Other items in the index stayed mostly stable though wheat and oats edged up while corn fell slightly. The egg price surge lifted the egg feeding ratio from 12.8 to 16 and the corn-hog ratio rose from 13.8 to 14.1 amid seasonal trends.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Father and Son Banquet Held by Jones County 4-H Club
The ninth annual father and son banquet of the Jones county 4-H club boys will be held Saturday evening in Oxford Junction. Royal Holbrook of Iowa State College will speak on the subject Iowa Industries.
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Oxford Junction
Jones County
Royal Holbrook
Iowa State College
Iowa Industries
Coming Farm Auctions Schedule December
A sequence of farm auctions and public sales across several Iowa areas. Listings include Dec 5 near Springville, Dec 6 near Morse and Ryan, Dec 7 near Marion, Dec 10 near Marion, Dec 11 near Vinton, Dec 12 near Troy Mills, Dec 14 Iowa Polled Hereford sale at All-Iowa fairground Cedar Rapids, and Dec 19 near Elberon. Names, distances, and organizers vary by event.
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Clarence Plapp
Springville
John and
Mary Zimmerman
Morse
Thomas J. Supple
Ryan
Miller and
York
Olin
John Nesley
Ash Crossing
Mt. Vernon
D. F. Hindman
Marion
Otto Giese
Chas, Young
Mechanicsville
Howard Bostrom
Vinton
James Vinsaty
G. V. Anderson
R. Rosecrans
Troy Mills
Iowa
Hereford Assn
Cedar Rapids
Mina M
Elberon
F B President Re elected at Allamakee Farm Bureau Meeting
John Rooster of New Albia was re elected president of the Allamakee county Farm Bureau at the organization s recent annual meeting.
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F. B
Waukon
John Rooster
New Albia
Allamakee County
Farm Bureau
Wilson Presents $200 Scholarships To 4-H Winners
Four 4-H club youths received $200 scholarships from Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago for leadership in alleviating the meat shortage. Recipients include Elwood DuBois Jr of Salem New York Robert W. Orebaugh Parker Indiana Gerald L. Honick Blackwell Oklahoma and Wesley D. Fields Gooding Idaho.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago Packer
Elwood DuBois, Jr
Salem
N. Y
Robert W. Orebaugh
Parker
Ind
Gerald L. Honick
Blackwell
Okla
Wesley D. Fields
Gooding
Ida
Maurine Steyer
Exeter
Neb
Betty Klusmeyer
Brodhead
Wis
Betty Lou Jones
Lafayette
Delores Giese
Hales Corners
Agriculture panel backs plan to split farm loan agencies
The house agriculture committee approved a bill to detach all federal farm loan agencies from the department of agriculture. The measure would place the credit agencies under the control of an independent seven member board.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Department of Agriculture
Soil surveys progress in Towa County under SCS program
Marengo Sanford M. Smith of the Soil Conservation Service has begun soil surveys in Towa County Iowa within the county soil conservation district. Four groups cover 55 farms totaling 10 860 acres with group one near Sumner and Pilot completed but halted by weather. A fifth group of 11 farms is forming south of Victor and another is forming in Days ton township.
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Towa County
Marengo
Sanford M. Smith
The
Soil Conservation Service
Iowa County Soil Conservation District
Sumner
Pilot
Victor
Dayston Township
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