Vinton Show Bests Oats Grower Kinsel In 32-Lb Bushel Claim
Chris Kinsel of west of Vinton is named 1938 champion oats grower after his Iogold oats weigh 32 pounds to the bushel in a 133-entry thin-run oats class. The show's corn and hay winners are also noted, with Barred Rock and White Leghorn breeds among poultry champions and sweepstakes honors going to Joe Merchant and Einar Carlson of Vinton.
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Vinton
Benton County
Vocational Agricultural Department
Kinsel
Ed Dyas
Ames
Chris Kinsel
Lloyd Callison
Charles Lee
Morris Long
Paul Kortson
Lester Noe
Arthur Steffenson
Lester Thompson
Wapello Farm Bureau Speakers at Tuesday Meeting
Earl Devore C A Spear and County Agent Jack Cowen spoke at the Wapello township Farm Bureau meeting held at the Deihl home. Cowen will leave March 1 to join the Farm Security Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Earl Devore
C A. Spear
Jack Cowen
Wapello Township
Ray Anderson Hospitalized After Pendectomy Procedure
Ray Anderson farm editor of The Gazette at 1750 By Avenue NE is a patient at St Luke's hospital. He underwent a pendectomy Friday at noon. His condition was reported as satisfactory Friday afternoon.
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Ray Anderson
Avenue NE
the Gazette
St Luke's Hospital
George Kuehl Heads N E Holstein Men
George Kuehl of Elkader was elected president of the first district of the state Holstein association at Elkader. George Tieden was named vice president, Grover Hahn secretary, and Paul McElmee state director. District directors include Godfrey Skogman, Fred Eggimann, Walter Meier, Shirley Phelps, Art Staack, E E McNeal, Ralph Sargent. L C Leath named show committee chairman to set date and place for a spring district show.
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Elkader
George Kuehl
State Holstein Association
George Tieden
Grover Hahn
Paul McElmee
Greeley
Godfrey Skogman
Farmersburg
Fred Eggimann
Walter Meier
Shirley Phelps
Strawberry Point
Art Staack
St Olaf
E E McNeal
Garber
Ralph Sargent
L C Leath
Forty-Two Yearling Heifers Bring Forty-Nine Dollar Average
Forty-two head of yearling Hereford heifers sold for an average of 49 dollars at George Goos dispersion sale west of Ryan. Cows to 85 dollars, calves 1250, three year old bull 110. Mares 6 and 7 years old averaged 280, horses 78, feeder pigs 925 each. Approximate receipts 7000 dollars.
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Ryan
George Goos
Creston Horse Sale Draws Strong Demand for Stallions Mares
The Creston sale by the Adair and adjoining counties horse association drew a capacity crowd as 46 Percherons and Belgians were sold. Twenty stallions averaged 182 with a top 350 for a 10 year old Percheron from North Orient Horse Co. Twenty six mares averaged 136 led by a 2 year old Belgian at 250. Two teams of grade Belgians sold for 340 and 332.
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Creston
Horse Association of
Adair
North Orient Horse Company
Angus cattle sale in Columbus Junction tops bids
One hundred head of Angus cattle consigned by John McAnnish of Marion county were sold here Wednesday. Twenty five bred heifers brought 70 to 85 dollars to breeders in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Seventy head sold by weight in groups. An Angus bull weighing 2,000 pounds sold for 120 dollars.
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Columbus Junction
John McAnnish
Marion County
Iowa
Illinois
Short Course For Creamery Operators Planned Feb 20 25
Ames Dairy Industry week presents an annual short course for creamery plant managers and operators to be held in Ames February 20 through 25. C A Iverson heads the dairy industry department and says lectures demonstrations and discussions will cover ice cream butter cheese and market milk. Eight guest speakers including O E Reed chief of the bureau of dairy industry Washington DC have agreed to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
C. A. Iverson
Dairy Industry Department
O. E. Reed
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Washington, D. C
Salmon Case Contains Forty Eight One-Pound Cans
A case of salmon comprises 48 cans each weighing one pound. The item is described as a standard canned seafood package likely intended for retail sale or distribution.
Birds top large show at Vin ton by local 4H exhibitors
The large show staged by the vocational ag department crowned two birds as top prizes. A Barred Rock cockerel shown by Joe Merchant of Vin ton topped the sweepstakes, while the Reserve champion was a New Hampshire Red hen entered by Einar Carlson of Vinton. Judge was W M Vernon, Ames extension poultry specialist.
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Robert Underwood
Garrison
Dyas
Harlan Harper
Vinton Hay
Jay Yerkes
Vinton
Joe Merchant
Vinton Reserve
New Hampshire
Einar Carlson
W. M. Vernon
Ames
H C. Moore
Dysart
William Eldridge
G J. Wengell
Independence
Lewis Greaser
A. Vinton
Harper
Joe Wax
Clayton Cramer
Herman Wax
Ralph Skoog
Willard Mossman
Vocational Ag Department
Ames Extension
North English Creamery reports 1938 butterfat gains
The English Valleys Cooperative creamery in North English paid an average 30.28 cents per pound for 1,348,840 pounds of butterfat in 1938. Butter manufactured 1,678,038 pounds. average butter price 26.56 cents. overrun 244 percent. expense 2.04 cents per pound. Patron payments totaled 408,504 dollars. Officers elected for 1939 include Frank Wallace president and L G Wallace VP. holds include R G Owen and others. State dairy inspectors and instructors spoke at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North English
English Valleys Cooperative Creamery
O Q O. Hauskins
Frank Wallace
L G Wallace
Orval Fass
Howard White
South English
E M Wilson
Keswick
Harry Wade
Parnell
R G Owen
George Mohr
Henry Norling
Homer Miller
Linn County Mutual Creamery Board Reelects Officers
Edward Zumbach Fred Ammeter and Will Herman were reelected directors at Coggon. John McDonnell was reelected president and Gaylord O Dossa secretary and manager. The creamery posted a 1938 business volume of 319109.48.
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Edward Zumbach
Fred Ammeter
Will Herman
Linn County Mutual Creamery
Coggon
John McDonnell
Gaylord O’dossa
Thrombin Topic Dominates Iowa City Veterinary Meet
In Iowa City the East Central Veterinary Association's February meeting featured Dr P Smith, co discoverer of thrombin, explaining its powder form use in small vessels to halt bleeding and its role in treating sweet clover poisoning and surgical hemorrhages. Dr W M Hale discussed viruses, with others including J W Giffee, P V Neuzil, and J S Potter contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
P. Smith
University of Iowa
East Central Veterinary Association
Smith
W M. Hale
J. W. Giffee
P. V. Neuzil
Blairstown
J. S. Potter
Holstein Breeders Schedule Seven District Meetings
Ames Iowa Holstein breeders will hold seven district meetings February 14 to plan programs for the year elect officers and name committees Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairy husbandman announced today Meetings will be at the Farm Bureau offices in Fayette Charles City Tipton Hampton Fairfield Paullina and Atlantic District meetings were held at Elkader Des Moines Waterloo earlier this week
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Ames
Iowa
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Dairy Husbandman
Farm Bureau
Fayette
Charles City
Tipton Hotel
Tipton
County Court House
Hampton
Louden Manufacturing Company
Fairfield
Lang’s Cafe
Paullina
Atlantic
Elkader
Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa Subsistence Gardens Harvest $445 557 in 1938
DES MOINES AP Subsistence garden projects ran in 30 Iowa counties last year yielding crops valued at 445 557 at harvest. WPA administrator George J. Keller cited 43 985 49 in WPA expenditures and 3 982 acres under cultivation across 11 185 gardens with 729 600 quarts canned and 3 675 131 pounds stored for later use.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George J. Keller
WPA
Keller
A K Pierce
Pierce
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Iowa Emergency Relief Administration
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Family Welfare Bureau
Community Chest
Old Fashioned Wood Box Kitchen Reverie
A gray haired man recalls childhood evenings in a warm kitchen lit by a kerosene lamp. He describes sharing time on the wood box with his brother, shaving shavings, and planning futures while learning life lessons from his mother in a nostalgic reminiscence by a country woman.
Ames To Publish Paper For Farm-Home Guests
Don Jackson of Glenwood is editor of Better Iowa Extra to be printed in Ames next week for Farm and Home Week visitors. Ruth Jensen Humboldt is women's editor, Ben Helmick Ames is entertainment editor, with June Adams Artesian SD Ethel Overhold Klemme Robert Garnett Greybull Wye and William Moist Ida Grove as issue editors. Three issues will be printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Don Jackson
Glenwood
Iowa Extra
Ruth Jensen
Humboldt
Ben Helmick
June Adams
Artesian
Ethel Overhold
Klemme
Robert Garnett
Greybull
Wye
William Moist
Ida
Grove
Brown's Angus Best Bull in Ogden Show
Envious Blackcap B.6 from the Elliott Brown herd of Rose Hill Iowa was chosen as the top bull in the Angus division at the Ogden livestock show in Utah.
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Ogden, Utah
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Record hog receipts show steep decline in Iowa Minnesota markets
Interior markets in Iowa and southern Minnesota logged 17 500 hogs this week, down from 18 100 last week and 21 200 a year ago. Five week total hit 99 200, compared with 137 600 and 121 000 in 1938. Market observers cite a seller's market amid high corn hog ratios and improving road conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
10000 Entries Expected In State Corn Grain Show
Ames IA AP More than 10000 selected ears of corn from all sections of Iowa will be on exhibit at the thirty seventh annual state corn and small grain show during Farm and Home week in Ames. Joel Robinson says entrants compete for 1000 dollars in cash prizes plus several trophies. Results of the 1938 Iowa corn yield test will be announced Monday night at the annual meeting of the corn and small grain growers association. Trophies and medals will be awarded to high scoring entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Joel Robinson
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Corn and
Corn and Small Grain Growers Associat'o
Harvest 300 Tons Of Ice At Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon report says 300 tons of 11 inch ice were harvested early in the week from the stone quarry pool and stored by the F. J. Peterson company near Ivanhoe bridge. River ice was not thick enough to cut. Twenty four Oxford Junction workers aided five local men under Fred Mizaur.
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Mount Vernon
F. J. Peterson
Ivanhoe Bridge
Oxford Junction
Fred Mizaur
Coming Farm Auctions This Week in Illinois Iowa Listings
A sequence of farm auctions runs Feb. 11 to Feb. 20 across Illinois and nearby towns. Auctions include Berkshire sow sale in Aledo and livestock closings in Lisbon Mechanicsville Springville Fairfax Martelle Tipton Marion Swisher and Tipton with farms and real estate offered by various local sellers.
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National Berkshire
Aledo
Ill
Andrew Reiger
Lisbon
Anamosa Livestock
Howard Wood
Mechanicsville
Frank House Estate
Springville
Vincent Ceynar
South
Fairfax
Robertson & Armstrong
Martelle
Emma Steffen
Tipton
P. C. Lassen
East Marion
Ralph I. Hanson
East Swisher
Fred Woods
Ed McCoy
West Springville
Marion Co op Ships Cattle Hogs and Sheep in 1938
Marion Shipping association moved 839 cattle weighing 563,722 pounds valued at 45,638 11 dollars. Hogs totaled 3,451 head weighing 885,000 pounds bringing 68,537 21 dollars. Sheep shipments were 34 head weighing 2,817 pounds valued at 208 74 dollars. Speaker S H Thompson discussed cooperative livestock marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fernow
Marion Shipping Association
S. H. Thompson
Ames Extension Livestock Marketing
Delegates Chosen for Farm and Home Week
Wapsie Farm Bureau women named Mrs Ed Ehrich and Fred Geertz as delegates to Farm and Home week at Ames next week. Ehrich serves as township chairman. The meeting highlighted stool weaving led by Hank Hank grass, directed by Mary Grace Martin, Muscatine county home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Wapsie Farm Bureau
Ed Ehrich
Fred Geertz
Ames
Ehrich
Hank Hank Grass
Mary Grace Martin
Muscatine County
West Liberty men plan Shorthorn cattle shows
William Anderson Jr of West Liberty and his cattle herdsman James Rundell of Dodgeville Wisconsin travel to California for eight purebred Shorthorn cattle to exhibit at the Golden Gate exposition and will return via an exposition in Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
William Anderson, Jr
James Rundell
Dodgeville
Wis
California
Fort Worth
Tex
New Powers Given County AAA Groups
Des Moines Iowa O D Klein state AAA chairman announced that decentralization for the 1939 program delegates several functions from national and state offices to county committees. The change includes former county committeemen computing payments and preparing payment applications to speed up processing and reduce red tape and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
O. D. Klein
AAA
Klein
Lightning Hits Decorah Barn On John Drew Farm
A Decorah barn on the John Drew farm was struck by lightning Thursday afternoon. The blaze burned the barn along with three horses nine cows and hay. Earl Stennes occupied the farm and the Decorah rural fire crew stopped the fire from spreading to nearby structures.
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Decorah
John Drew
Earl Stennes
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B V Smith
Joe Juch
Charles Primmer
George Schueler
Jersey
White
William Thompson
Bob Heppe
Charles Primme
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Russell Weiner
H. C. Moore
William Wilson
Buff Leghorn
Glenn Beresford
Brown
Russell Weisert
Buff Orpington
Levi Lewis
George Rapp
E. H Dowden
John Meyer
Wapello Farm Bureau
Allis Chalmers
F. M. Robertson and
E. D. Armstrong
N. E. Holstein
Anamosa Livestock Auction
D. E. Brickley
Lee Bebee
Barred Rock
N.H. Red
Coggon Meeting
Holstein Breeders
Black-Top Road
Canning Factory
Farmall
Jebn Peer
Sehold Furniture, Co
Sosa
John Boling
Audt
Grant White
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Good Rock Road
Ralph J. Hanson
W CE Challis
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Auto Parts CO
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H. P
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Buick
Olds-Essex
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Graham
Gazette
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
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