1000 Rural Youths Prepare for State 4-H Convention
More than 1,000 farm boys and 200 leaders travel to Ames for Iowa 4-H Boys Short Course. Governor Wilson will speak at the banquet honoring graduates. Sessions cover dairy, live stock, crops, and demonstrations with officer elections planned and athletic events on the schedule.
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MES
Speculi
Ames
Iowa
Governor Wilsons
J B Magee
Ce Ren College
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Mark Thoreourg
Francis Johnson
Iowa Farm Bureau
He Kildee
Avery ‘Tue * Ames
R K Elsha Paul C
OH Lott
Joesink
Battles of Peace Address by Wallace Urges Domestic Strife Fight
Secretary Wallace told farmers in a Christmas message that the United States faces many battles at home including poverty unemployment and malnutrition. He urged a peaceful outlook while condemning foreign aggression and urging government reform and stronger social security.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Soil Conserving Payments Totals Updated in Washington County
Washington Iowa reports 1,857 soil conservation checks totaling $326,300.95 received to date. The office notes 1,257 checks previously processed, totaling $220,617.15, with 597 checks totaling $105,692.90 just received.
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Gazette
Washington
Washington County
Smill Conservation Office
Short Course on Rural Electrification Planned
Harold Beaty Ames extension engineer announced a tentative short course for REA project superintendents and private utility reps in Iowa. The program during Farm and Home week at the college in February will run February 12 and 13 and focus on efficient farm and home electricity use.
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Ames
Harold Beaty
REA
Iowa
Vaccination School Set for Dec 28 in Anamosa
Sixteen Jones county farmers will attend a hog cholera vaccination school in Anamosa on December 28 conducted by Dr. K W Stouder, Ames extension veterinarian.
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Anamosa
Jones County
K W. Stouder
Ames Extension
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire Quip
A playful missive from AFLA styled as a college jab at Cornell and Mount Vernon diction. The note mocks a rising humor in discourse and ends with a cheeky remark about American whimsy and festive cheer among youths.
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AFLA
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Livestock Perish In Columbus Jct Barn Fire
Five horses and ten head of cattle perished in a barn fire of undetermined origin Saturday morning on the Ed White farm two miles southwest of Columbus Junction. Two hundred bushels of corn 300 bushels of oats 15 tons of mixed hay and other articles were destroyed. The barn and contents were insured. Fire trucks from Washington and Columbus Junction helped save additional buildings on the farm.
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Sreelai
The
Gazette
Columbus Junction
Ed White
Farmers Mutual
Washington
CCC Receives 2843 Bushels Corn From Allamakee Farmers
A total of 2843 bushels of corn was turned over to the Commodity Credit Corporation by Allamakee County farmers in liquidation of government corn loans. The corn is stored in government steel bins countywide. resealed corn in neighboring county totals 15000 bushels from 1937 and 1938 crops.
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Waukon
Commodity Credit Corporation
Allamakee County
Atlamakice
Michael F. Burke
Morley Shipping plans annual meeting on December 28
Morley J and Bickerstaff, managers of the Morley Shipping association, announce the annual meeting and banquet will be held here on December 28.
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Morley
J &. Bickerstaff
Morley Shipping Association
Champien Steers Bess 67.2 Percent At Chicago Show
A record dressing percentage was set at the Chicago International Carrot Grand Champion show as Schmidt Brothers Angus load 1054 pounds dressed 67.2 percent. Other eastern Iowa loads also posted high dressings, with Herefords and Angus from multiple farms achieving 60s and 60s plus percentages amid generally high quality beef.
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Schmidt Brothers
Placher Brothers
Chicago
Delmar
Clinton County
Iowa
F W. Hinkhouse and
Lippold Brothers
le Claire
William Jargo
Andover
Sam Turkington
Crawfordsville
Charles Karsch
Witwer
Marion
Carl Thomson
Sabula
Angus
Chi
Cago
New York
East
J. F. Mommsen
Miles
Emil Bucks
Davenport
Leo Augustine
Maple River
Farm Auction Schedule for late December and January
A sequence of farm auctions is listed with dates and locations. Richard Jackson closes out near Morley on December 26, Henry S. Bailey holds a sale at Thompson farm near Mount Vernon on December 27, M C Yamiel closes out near Rochester on December 28, Frank Varbeck conducts a sale near Cedar Rapids on December 30, and Fred Hawkins Estate sale is set for January 3 on the southwest edge of Cedar Rapids along J St. Rd.
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City Sales Co
Richard Jackson
Morley
Henry S. Bailey
Thompson Farm
Mount Vernon
M. C. Yamiel
Rochester
Frank Varbeck
Cedar Rapids
Fred Hawkins
J St. Rd
Heavy soybean exports rise in November surpassing prior years
The Agricultural Marketing Service reported November movement of soybeans to mills and export markets was unusually heavy, about twice the level of the same month in the past three years. Exports likely higher than October with growers receiving around 87 cents a bushel for thresher run beans. By Nov 28, about 73 percent of the 1939 crop had been sold in surplus districts, led by central Illinois at about 82 percent sold.
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the Gazette
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service Today
Seaboard
Illinois
Johnson Named To Executive Board Of Nat's Farm Bureau
Francis Johnson president of the Town Farm Bureau federation was named to the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau federation. The committee meets on call of the national body and implements board directives. First meeting will be in Washington DC early January to review the legislative program. Johnson will attend the Iowa Farm Bureau federation annual meeting January 15 to 19 and report back. Members include Ed O Neal Earl C Smith Herbert P King J F Porter and H J King.
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Des Moines
Francis Johnson
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farm Organization
Johnson
Washington, D .c
Congress
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Earl C Smith
Illinois
Herbert P. King
New York
J. F. Porter
Tennessee
H. J- King
Wyoming
Red Clover Seed Prices Fall Twenty Cents This Month
Prices of red clover seed declined 25 cents per 100 pounds in November per the Agricultural Marketing Service. Growers in surplus districts earned 13.90 per 100 pounds clean seed, down from 13.95 last year and 19.50 average. Movement quickened to reach 60 percent sold by end of November, with northern Minnesota fastest and northern Illinois slowest. Imports July 1 to Dec 15 totaled 13,200 pounds versus 162,800 in 1938 and 751,580 for 1933-37 period.
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington
Minnesota
Illinois
A Country Woman Praises Early Morning Paper Boy
In a frost filled dawn a small boy sorts his morning papers under a street light as a country woman notes such quiet courage. The scene portrays humble daily heroism amid a silent urban morning.
Seed Export Totals Compared With Previous Year and Five-Year Average
Seed exports were reported, with a comparison to 24 020 pounds last year and 297 833 pounds for the month, alongside the five year average. The notes emphasize volatility in monthly shipment totals and the need to track trends.
REA Line Project Pushed Near La Porte City
Thirty miles of rural electric line to serve over fifty farms in Spring Creek township east of La Porte City awaits Iowa Commerce Commission approval for the Buchanan County rural electric cooperative. The line would originate from the La Porte City Municipal Light plant and reach all sections of the township.
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LA Porte City
Spring Creek Township
Buchanan County Rural Electric Co-Operative
Iowa Commerce Commission
REA
Nebraska Herd Sets Five Year Butterfat Record
A. W. Ackermann of Bennington, Nebraska, earned a plaque from the state dairymen's association for his Holstein herd. The 38 pure bred cows averaged 553 pounds of butterfat per year over five years from 1935 to 1939, establishing a world production record.
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Bennington, Neb
A. W. Ackermann
Bennington
Ackermann
State Dairymen’s Association
Monona Creamery Pays 33 Cents For Top Butterfat
E. E. Drahn, secretary of the Monona Farmers' Cooperative Creamery, reports patrons received 33 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat in November and 32 cents for No 1 butterfat. A total of 46,805 pounds of butter were produced from 37,628 pounds of butterfat, with 41,856 pounds shipped to eastern markets.
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Monona
E. E. Drahn
Monona Farmers’ Co- Operative Creamery Company
Maynard Creamery Pays 33 Cents Butterfat in November
Maynard Cooperative Creamery patrons received 33 cents a pound for November butterfat, announced by secretary C. H. Paul.
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Sioux City
Mason City
America
Land
Columbus
CCC
Allamakee
Champien
BESS
TUE Farm
Borrok
J L Harrison
Walter Wessel
Teeds Grove
Wessel
Carl Thomsen
J. L. Harmsen
Hinkhouse and Son
Witwer Steers
Llue
Nas
Axminster
First Avenue
Nat's Farm Bureau
Nebraska
Monona Creamery
Maynard
Maynard Cooperative Creamery Company
C. H. Paul
Mer
Pacific Mills
Pepperell
Poplins
Second Street
Montgomery Ward
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