ICC decision clears Dubuque pickup despite protest
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled 2 to 1 that the Illinois Central may extend its livestock pickup service to Dubuque starting February 1. The ruling upheld the petition filed December 30 after protests from a Dubuque packing company and the Dubuque Traffic Association, noting service region east of Manchester and up to the Missouri line with a 3 cent per hundredweight rebate and farm to Chicago freight treatment.
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Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
ICC
Illinois Central Railroad
Dubuque
Illinois Central
Manchester
S. C
Chicago Packer
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Minnesota
Martello
Mount Vernon
Downey
Missouri
Hatcheryman Seeks Entrants For Capon Show
Central City hatcheryman V. O. Phelps invites rural youths aged 10 to 16 to enter the third annual capon contest. Entrants receive 30 heavy breed March chicks with caponizing at 10 weeks. Next winter four top capons will compete for cash prizes in market quality and weight. birds not kept by the winner stay with the entrant or with Phelps.
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Central City
V. O. Phelps
Phelps
Lee County 4-H Club Agent Named Washington County Agent
Washington announces J. W. Chandler of Donnellson as county agent for Washington county. He replaces William J. Roudabush who resigned. Chandler will assume duties March 15.
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Lee County Club
Washington
Washington (Ap
J. W. Chandler
Donnellson
Lee County
Washington County
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
William J. Roudabush
Chandler
Fence Drift in the Woven Wire and an Open-Air Breakfast
A light column notes ground hogs and a hearty outdoor man’s breakfast. The piece praises hearty fare like pork sausage and buckwheat cakes, describing sixteen flapjacks and six patties as an ordinary morning meal for a laborer who works outside all day.
TVA Phosphate Demonstrations In Iowa This Season
Two hundred thirty-one farmers across 21 counties partner with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Ames to test free phosphate fertilizer on alfalfa clover and pastures. Farmers maintain records while following a set cropping plan and liming schedule under a 5-year program. Counties include Clay Woodbury Crawford Audubon Union Floyd Hamilton Dallas Appanoose Davis Lee Louisa Scott Tama Benton Poweshiek Winneshiek Allamakee Fayette and Clayton.
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AMES
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bruce Kilpatrick
Extension Agronomist
TVA
Kilpatrick
Clay
Woodbury
Crawford
Audubon
Union
Floyd
Hamilton
Dallas
Appanoose
Davis, Lee
Louisa
Scott
Tama
Benton
Poweshiek
Iowa
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Fayette and
Clayton
Monona Creamery Pays 29c For Top Butterfat
Monona Union Farmers Creamery paid patrons 29 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat and 28 cents for No 2 butterfat in December. The plant produced 36 322 pounds of butter from 25 226 pounds of butterfat received.
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Monona
Union Farmers Creamery Company
Elliott Brown Angus Is Champ At Denver Show
Elliott Brown of Rose Hill near Delta won senior and grand championships in the Angus division at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver with Envious Blackcap Bath a 2 year old bull. Iown captured first in senior and junior bull calves. Other Angus winners included J Garrett Tolan Pleasant Plains Ill with a 3 year old bull and junior yearling and James B Hollinger Chapman Kan with a summer calf. Junior championship went to Tolan.
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DELTA
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Blackcap Bath
Denver
Iown
J. Garrett Tolan
Pleasant Plains
Ill
James B. Hollinger
Chapman
Kan
Tolan
Arlington creamery reports 1938 butterfat figures at annual meeting
The Arlington Cooperative creamery reported 1938 results showing 396,125 pounds of butterfat, 31.5 cents per pound, with 309,590 pounds in whole milk and 86,535 in cream. A total of 298,311 pounds butter churned from 239,679 pounds butterfat, overrun 244 percent, and 2.4 cents manufacturing cost per pound.
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Arlington
Arlington Cooperative Creamery
Cedar Rapids
Robert Bromley
Des Moines
Dairy Inspection Service
Iowa
W. W. Weatherwax
Clarence
Fred Harms
Oelwein
Farmers Creamery reports 1938 butterfat earnings and gains
Edward H. Cox presents the annual Farmers Creamery association meeting figures for Sand Springs. Butterfat averaged 31.73 cents per pound with 3 4 pounds of butterfat produced from 1 459 689 pounds of cream and 556 278 pounds of butter manufactured. Total departments net gain was 967.91 dollars with assets listed at 31 429 dollars and a surplus of 20 157.26 dollars.
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Sand Springs
Edward H. Cox
Farmers Creamery Association
Cox
Farm Auction Dates Listed for February Around Iowa
A series of farm auctions announced for February includes Beverly Livestock Auction on Thursday. A. T. Fairbanks Poland China sows sale in Mon ticello. Cedar Rapids Livestock Exchange hosts events. L. M. Phelps Livestock near Tipton and Anamosa Livestock hold sales. Orben Schoff Hampshire sows near Lost Nation. H. J. Burgstahler closes out sale near Mechanicsville next week.
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A. T
Fairbanks
Poland
China
Monticello
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
L. M. Phelps
Tipton
Anamosa
Orben Schoff Hampshire
Lost Nation
H. J. Burgstahler
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Cedar Bluffs
Coon Creek Church
The Button Box and A Rural Creamery Year in Review
A reminiscence on fading button boxes and old sewing tools contrasts with a 1938 dairy year report. The Randalia creamery details include milk and cream quantities, butterfat, and patron payouts, plus elected officers and directors.
Amber Mutual Creamery reports butterfat price and production
Secretary Phil Daly announced at the Amber Mutual Creamery annual meeting that patrons were paid 30.45 cents per pound for butterfat from 474,052 pounds received in 1938, yielding 589,445 pounds of butter. Overrun averaged 24.34 percent. average butter price was 26.33 cents per pound. Directors elected were E. L. Helgens, Lee Crain and J. H. Husman.
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Roland Herman
Harvey Stock
Ove Roe
A. N. Jacobson
Orrin Shindell
Randalia
Center Valley
John Waskow
Robert E. Rief
Ray Dahrkopf
Ed Leyh
Art Meyerhoff
Marvin Burkhart
Ludwig Leyh
Henry Nauholz
AMBER
Phil Daly
Amber Mutual Creamery Company
E. L. Helgens
Lee Crain
J. H. Husman
Farmers Creamery Names Officers At Annual Meeting
Special to The Gazet reports Tolett Johnson serves as secretary at the annual meeting of the Farmers Creamery company.
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Gazet
Waukon
Twenty three graduate Tipton farm school class listed
Twenty three members of the Tipton farmers evening school were to receive certificates at a graduation meeting and banquet led by Herman T. Holmes. The graduates include Carl Mitzner Ernest Werling Milo Agne Eddie Bell Byron Dorcas Homer Dorcas J W Bolin Carl Mather Birt Armstrong Arthur Russ Glen Ridenour Charles Handley Don Welty Harold Wingert B E Agne Ben Schroeder Glen Agne Forest Witmer E W Penningroth J A Waddell C H Banks Nevin Witmer and Wilbur Conrad.
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Tipton
Tipton Farmers’ Evening School
Herman T. Holmes
Carl Mitzner
Ernest Werling
Milo Agne
Eddie Bell
Byron Dorcas
Homer Dorcas
J. W. Bolin
Carl Mather
Birt Armstrong
Arthur Russ
Glenn Ridenour
Charles Handley
Don Welty
Harold Wingert
B. E. Agne
Ben Schroeder
Glen Agne
Forest Witmer
E. W. Penningroth
J. A. Waddell
C. H. Banks
Nevin Witmer
Wilbur Conrad
Holstein Breeders To Meet At Anamosa Feb. 2
The Jones County Holstein Breeders association holds its annual meeting Thursday at the Anamosa courthouse. Dr. N D Snell will discuss Bang's disease control work in the area.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Holstein Breeders Association
Court House
N. D. Snell
Bang
East Iowa REA Plans Annual Meeting and Election
Davenport hosts the Eastern Iowa Light and Power cooperative annual business meeting and officer election on February 7, announced by secretary J. W. Du Bois.
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East Iowa
Davenport
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
J. W. du Bois
Moon's Journey Around Earth Measures About 1.5 Million Miles
A science note explains that during each orbit the Moon covers roughly one and a half million miles. It highlights the vast reach of lunar travel as the satellite completes its path around the Earth.
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Earth
Cost Of Growing Corn Varies Widely Across States
Iowa and Illinois farmers show lower 1937 corn costs per bushel at 47 cents versus a national 62 cents, driven by higher yields. Meteorologist warns fall grains in southern Iowa face moisture risk, while spring crops may escape long drought, aided by rains in the north.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Ilinois
IDPA
Charles D. Reed
Evans Expects AAA To Improve With Experience
R M Evans administrator of the agricultural adjustment administration told the Illinois Agricultural association that improvement in the AAA program will come with more experience and cooperation among farmers. He said surpluses from 1937 and above average 1938 output pose real problems but stress the program's strength. He credited AAA corn with a price rise in fall and noted market strengthening as husking began.
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Chicago
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Illinois Agricultural Association
AAA
Evans
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Cough and Cold
An advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine soothes inflamed mucous membranes loosens phlegm and expels germs. It notes a druggist can order it and emphasizes asking for the genuine Creomulsion.
Eighteen Added To Jones County Rural Youth Group
The Jones county rural youth association will name the 1939 Ames assembly delegates at Anamosa on Tuesday evening. Eighteen new members will be initiated during the meeting held February 17 and 18.
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Jones County
Ames
Jones County Rural Youth Association
Anamosa
Quality Farm Team Auction Opens At 10 30 Sharp
A sale catalog lists six horses led by two Belgian type work pairs including a 7 year old bay mare and a 3 year old bay gelding. A blue roan 3 year old is green broken with a placid disposition. Also offered are a 1 black 7 year old mare and a 2-year-old black gelding plus a bay smooth mouthed mare described as a slave.
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