Angus Show Opens at Hawkeye Downs This Week
One hundred fifty head of Iowa Aberdeen Angus cattle are gathered at Hawkeye Downs for the Iowa State Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association show and sale with judges from California and Colorado. The event features a new futurity class, a ban quet at Montrose hotel, and Tuesday sale led by Ham James and Ray Sims.
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Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Lyle S. Hoyt
California Polytechnic College
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Claude Lowery
Hartsell Ranch
Hartsell
Colo
Association
Harold Parks
Ames
Montrose Hotel
Parks
Ham James
Newton, Ill
Ray Sims
Belton
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association Annual Meeting
The Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association schedules its annual meeting for February 15 at Iowa State College in Ames. The 10 a.m. gathering opens with Dean Floyd Andre, with talks on pulling contests, soils and grasses, trail riding growth, and a review of 1949 activity. R. F. O'Donnell and Prof. B. J. Firkins are among the speakers, with State Agriculture Secretary Harry Linn and Joe Dumond of Waterloo participating.
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Des Moines
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
Iowa State College
Ames
Harlan Conley
Sale to Start Promptly at 12 30 Livestock and Farm Stock Auction
Auction lists include 72 head livestock and 18 head horses, 52 Chester White pigs, 150 Ward's barred yearling hens, hay and grain, 350 bales clover hay, 800 bushels corn, and a large collection of farm machinery. Items include tractors, plows, binders, planters, hay equipment, milking gear, and household goods. Sale property to be removed after settlement.
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Chester
Allis-Chalmers
Oliver
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
John Deere Hay
Galloway
McCormick- Deering
Deere
Briggs & Stratton
Farrow
Farm sale notices set across Iowa events
Public sales span Feb 7 at Frank Boddicker's 242 miles from Newhall and Feb 8 Knapp sale southeast of Troy, with livestock hay grain and machinery. Feb 7 1 p.m Poland China bred sow sale 40 head at Hess and Sons. Feb 9 estate sale 40 acre farm includes poultry. Feb 11 Poland China sale 55 gilts 20 boars at Hawkeye Downs.
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Frank Boddicker
Mi. S
Newhall
Iowa State Aberdeen Angus Association
Hawkeye Downs
Poland
O. J. Hess and Sons
Dyersville
Iowa
Poland-China Breeders’ Association
Hawkée Downs
Mrs. Davidson to Speak at Lisbon School Banquet
Lisbon event marks the tenth annual evening school banquet at Lisbon High School with Mrs. William Davidson of Stanwood as the main speaker. She spoke on Germany as I Saw It after a Europe tour with the Friends Service Committee. FFA honors go to five students for vocational agriculture work, with special awards from Lisbon Bank and Trust Company.
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Lisbon
William Davidson
Stanwood
Lisbon High School
Army Buys 5,063,000 Pounds Mutton from Uruguay
The army contracted to buy 5,063,000 pounds of fresh frozen mutton from Uruguay at 14.76 cents a pound. Delivery is to be at Piraeus Greece, with meat graded comparable to commercial or utility.
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Chicago
Uruguay
Quartermaster
Piraeus
Greece
Open Herd Registry Urged by USDA Dairy Chief
Lexington report shows Dr. O E Reed urges open herd books and performance records for purebred dairy cattle. He says only 5 percent of U S 24 million milking cows are registered and 95 percent are grades or crossbreds. Reed recommends open registry to improve germ plasm and utility value.
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Farrow
Eac
Lexington
United States
O. E. Reed
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Proved sires boost dairy gains in Beltsville experiments
Dr. Reed outlines 39 years of breeding research at Beltsville Maryland showing proved sires in Holstein and Jersey herds raise milk output. Cross breeding with different breeds cut generation time to gain 155 pounds butterfat in two generations, vs 200 pounds in six to eight generations of purebred matings. He argues many commercial farmers should use top bulls with AI access to improve production.
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Reed
Date Set for Jones County Farm Loan Meet
Anamosa hosts the Jones National Farm Loan Association annual members meeting on February 14 with noon luncheon in the Catholic church basement. Harold B. McTavish announces, Perry Russell of Mechanicsville chairs, and four other directors named. Rex Conn of The Cedar Rapids Gazette will be guest speaker. The association is part of the federal land bank system.
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Anamosa
Jones National Farm Loan Association
Harold B. McTavish
Perry Russell
Mechanicsville
Jones County Association
Robert Livingstone
H. F. Adams
Monticello
Albert Rohwedder
Wyoming
Dillon Story
Rex Conn
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Federal Land Bank System
Federal Land Bank
Jones County
Fast Growing Barrow Sold at West Union
West Union stock buyer Elmer Halverson purchased a 280 pound barrow from Glenn Knapp. The hog, farrowed Aug 12 from a Minnesota boar, was nearly five and a half months old and the heaviest for its age that Halverson recalls handling. Eleven other hogs from the same litter averaged 222 pounds.
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West Union
Elmer Halverson
Glenn Knapp
Halverson
Minnesota
Country Diary Chronicles a Coal Shortage and Snowy Week
Jane records daily notes from Sunday to Saturday detailing a coal shortage amid heavy snow, rabbit and fox tracks, a first open house at a town garage, tax returns, a birthday party, and a ponying of chores. The diary mentions a new Flair magazine, an IRS collector, a coal truck, a dessert meeting, and ongoing household routines.
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Friend
Flair
Jim
Chicago
Town
Tag
Jane
Blair House
Cindy
Pil
P.T.A
Sale Ad Highlights Farm Lot Items West of Walker
Closing out sale 2 miles west of Walker and 14 miles north on Hogs features cattle poultry hay grain and a full line of tractor machinery. See full display ad Sunday February 12 for details.
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Central City
Thurs
Glen Remington Wesley Waterhouse
Monticello State Bank
Miles N.W
Alburnett
Walker
McGregor Farm Sold and Tapper Moves In
Tapper has sold his farm east of Moe to Richard Bigler of Poste ville and moved to McGregor. He takes over the local New York Life agency from retired Harvey Haltmeyer and acquires the Art Hinsch residence. The farm traces to Tapper’s great grandfather who walked to Dubuque 109 years ago to claim land later sold.
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Mcgregor
Woodrow Tapper
Moenona
Richard Bigler
Posteville
Art Hinsch
Tapper
New York Life Insurance Company
Harvey Haltmeyer
James Tapper
Dubuque
Iowa
Woodrow
Farm Bureau Meeting Scheduled in Marengo
Members of the Iowa county Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting at 1.0.C.F. hall in Marengo on February 9. Guest speaker will be A. A. Couch of Des Moines, president of the Iowa Federation of Labor.
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Marengo
Iowa County Farm Bureau
C.F. Hall
A. A. Couch
Des Moines
Iowa Federation of Labor
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Secy
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Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ely
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Bob
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Adm
Parizek & Donohoe
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Novak
First Trust & Savings Ely
Farmer’s Insurance
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Clifford Hemphill
Walker State Bank
MecCalley & Heins
Farm Bureau Meeting
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Stewart Aldrich
Rowley Bank
Poland-China
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Haskell Sargent
Ott Wilson
Chas. Smith
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