Rural Iowa Farm and Home Week Draws Thousands to Ames
Rural Iowa treks to Ames for Farm and Home week at Iowa State College Monday through Saturday. A celebrity-filled general assembly and many state meetings will run daily with programs on country life corn hogs sheep beef dairy and rural youth. An Institute of Cooperation and Little International Livestock show Tuesday evening and livestock judging Friday highlight activities. Noon radio mass meetings feature experts from U S Department of Agriculture Ontario Agricultural College University of Wisconsin and Rome.
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Ames
Wci
O. E. Baker
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
G. E. Christie
Guelph
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
O. S. Aamodt
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Signora Olivia Rosetti Agresti
Rome
Italy
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Iowa Cooperative Institute
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Farm Business Association
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association
Iowa Turkey Growers
Iowa Beef Producers
Parent Education Council
Rural Young People’s Executive Committee
Ames to honor 32 churches with merit certificates
Thirty two Iowa churches will receive merit certificates for rural community life during Farm and Home week in Ames. The awards, to be handed out in the morning Christian Rural Fellowship program, involve ten church groups. Names include Forest Chapel United Brethren near Anamosa and Morning Sun, along with churches at Belle Plaine Fayette Delhi and near Charles City.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
W. H. Stacy
Extension Rural Sociologist
Forest Chapel
Hogs Sold at $8 a Hundredweight Near Keota
G J McDowell of Keota marketed 33 Hampshire hogs weighing about 200 pounds each at Chicago last week for eight dollars per hundredweight. The sale involved farm hogs raised by the Keota area farmer.
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Sigourney
G. J. McDowell
Keota
Hampshire
Chicago
Closing Out Sale At Anamose Farm Featured Livestock And Machinery
Closing out sale held at the Anamose area farm on county road B. The sale includes 4 head of horses 67 head of cattle with several calves and yearlings, Hereford and Shorthern stock, 8000 hrs of corn 200 bu oats and hay. Complete line of Oliver machinery including 1 new Oliver 70 tractor, discs plows planter and related tools. Poultry equipment and coop items plus furniture and miscellaneous. Terms announced day of sale. Lunch on ground. Avot Len Bebee clerk Wm Folk ers.
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Anamose
Centralit
Hereford
Oliver
Aeiss
Len Bebee
WM. Folkers
Accountant Returns To The Farm Says He Prefers It
ALICE DAVIDSON profiles DETER SIEVEKA a former accountant, auditor, and restaurant manager who prefers farming near Olin Iowa. He runs 100 acres with his wife supplying livestock poultry and dairy while enjoying higher community involvement and the $3.50 month REA electric service.
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Deter Sieveka
Mr. Sieveka
Jones County
Olin
Jackson Township
Sieveka
Walter McCormick
Pete
Cedar Rapids Business College
Farm Auction Listings Spread Across Several Iowa Towns
A sequence of estate and closing out auctions is listed for Feb 13 to Feb 21 in multiple Iowa towns including Mechanicsville Springville Fairfax Martelle Marion Anamosa Alburtne tt Arlington and Newhall with bidders like Howard Wood Frank House Vincent Ceynar Est Robertson Armstrong Emma Steffen P C Lassen Ralph Hanson L A Bir k A B Stephenson Fred Woods H D Flower A J McCreery Ed McCoy Addison Berry and John Grover among organizers. The fragment notes winter conditions via Jensen and mentions a $700,000 fund balance carried from last year amid pests like grasshoppers and chinch bugs threatening farmers.
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Howard Wood
Mechanicsville
Frank House
Springville
Vincent Ceynar
South
Fairfax
Robertson & Armstrong
Martelle
Emma Steffen
Tipton
P. C. Lassen
East
Marion
Ralph I. Hanson
Swisher
Ed McCoy
West
Addison Berry
Bertram
John Grover
North
Newhall
Bert Gibson
Middle West
Jensen
Senate Committee Backs 5.47 Million Farm Pest Aid
The Senate appropriations committee favored a measure to fund farm pest eradication at 5.47 million dollars. Iowa members pushed for a higher amount after the House trimmed to 2.0 million, matching last year. If the Senate approves, the House must act to align with the Senate’s figure. Congressman Ben F. Jensen urged a larger appropriation as necessary.
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Washington, D. C
ICPA
Middlewest
Iowa
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Republican
Littleport Creamery Reports 1938 Butterfat Figures
The Littleport Farmers Cooperative creamery paid patrons 62 337.08 dollars at 30.4 cents a pound for sweet cream butterfat in 1938. Cream yield was 258 784 pounds with butter and buttermilk income of 70 704.92 dollars. Ransom Ruegnitz elected president. J J Wiley vice president. O H Elvers secretary. directors named.
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Littleport
Littleport Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Ransom Ruegnitz
J. J. Wiley
O. H. Elvers
J. L. Cords
George Tieden
W. F. Steen
Henry Fritz
E. F. Hakert
Henry Ortman
Oscar Meese
Odell Heads Greeley Company Board Meeting
John Odell was named president at the annual meeting in Greeley. Harvey Burbridge was elected vice president and John C. Tegeler secretary. W. P. Harris treasurer. directors include Leroy Pilgrim J. O. Gibbs Harold Mead and William Holthaus. C N Baehler was reemployed as termaker.
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Greeley
John Odell
Greeley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Harvey Burbridge
John C. Tegeler
W. P. Harris
Leroy Pilgrim
J. O. Gibbs
Harold Mead
William Holthaus
C. N. Baehler
Volga City creamery officers reelected in annual meeting
Special to The Gasette. Volga City officers of the Volga Farmers creamery were reelected at the annual meeting. W. J. Ehrhardt remains president, Joe Winkler vice president, Glen Moats secretary, and F. L. O'Brien treasurer. C. E. Puffett and August Druecker were named 3-year directors. F. P. Gernand serves as operator with L. E. Marble as assistant.
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Volga City
Volga Farmers Creamery
W. J. Ehrhardt
Joe Winkler
Glen Moats
F. L. O’brien
C. E. Puffett
August Druecker
F. P. Gernand
L. E. Marble
FFA Initiation Adds Twelve Members at Waukon Chapter
Twelve boys were initiated into the Little Switzerland chapter of the Future Farmers at Waukon on Thursday. Names include Charles Bakke Vernis Engelhart Henroe Evenson Donald Flage Irvin Flage Willard Goeke Leland Hagen Donald Hensmeier Milford Hanson Arlo Kline Clement Larkin and Charles Ryan.
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Waukon
Little Switzerland
Charles Bakke
Vernis Englehardt
Henroe Evenson
Donald and
Irvin Flage
Willard Goeke
Leland Hagen
Donald Hensmeier
Milford Hanson
Arlo Kline
Clement Larkin
Charles Ryan
Farm institute in Des Moines to spotlight labor industry ties
Des Moines hosts the third annual Farm Institute with 22 officials and experts from labor industry and agriculture. Cabinet members Frances Perkins and Henry Wallace join leaders from AFL CIO three big farm groups and manufacturers. Sessions include open forums on wages hours and price and production policies.
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Des Moines
National Farm Institute
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Congress For Industrial Organizations
National Association of Manufacturers
Henry Wallace
Sidney Hillman
New York City
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Charles R. Hook
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Company
Manufacturers’ Association
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Frances Perkins
John Vesecky
Salina
Kan
National Farmers Union
Charlton Ogburn
AFL
Louis Taber
Columbus
National Grange
Gunnar Lange
Sweden
Edward O'Neal
Florence
Ala
American Farm Bureau Federation
Fred H. Clausen
Horicon
Wis
van Brunt Manufacturing Company
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Paul G. Hoffman
South Bend
Studebaker Corporation
Joseph Eastman
Federal Railroad
E. G. Nourse
The
Brookings Institution
Henry C. Taylor
Chicago
Farm Foundation
O. B. Jesness
St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Leon Henderson
Emergency National Economic Committee
Vawter Estate Farm Sold Near Linn County
The 473 acre Keith Vawter estate farm northeast of Linn County was sold to Cedar Rapids attorney Charles J. Lynch. The Cedar Rapids closing handled by T. G. Eicherly of George P. Witwer and company. The cash deal amount was not disclosed.
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Keith Vawter
Linn County
Charles J. Lynch
Cedar Rapids
T. G. Eicherly
George P. Witwer and Company
Cora Vawter
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar For Week
Farm Bureau events list home project meetings in Buffalo Linn Jackson Washington Clinton centers on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with multiple times and locations. Notable gatherings include hog production meetings at Marion Legion hall with Mrs Stanley Lubbock and Mrs C R Mills alongside Glenn Stoner and Christian church venues.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Home Project
Buffalo Township
William Mitchell
Linn Township
Farm Bureau
Glenn Stoner
Washington Township
Stanley Lubbock
Legion Hall
Marion
Machinery and farm goods auction listing in Fairfax
An auction notice lists farm machinery and related items for sale including a Ferguson tractor John Deere gear spindles hay equipment seeders engines and a Chevrolet truck with asking prices. Items described are old but noted as in use with partial condition remarks and various tools rugs and household items offered by Vincent Ceynar Est John Krall Admin and Goras E Parizek assistant at Fairfax State Savings Bank Clerk.
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MEAD
Moga
Ferdson
John Deere
Iewa
Duicherting Jek
Ferns, Anvil and
Vincent Ceynar
John Krall
Groras
E. Parizek
Anstisneers
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Iowa State Dean Kildee to be honored at Farm and Home banquet
Dean H H Kildee head of Iowa State College division of agriculture will be honored at the Farm and Home week banquet in Ames Thursday evening. A portrait of the dean will be presented to the college by alumni and friends.
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H. H. Kildee
Division of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Ames
Washington County sheep dipping tank effort reports gains
Nearly 6,000 sheep were dipped in a new portable dipping tank bought in 1938 by the Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers association. The annual meeting also noted 40 purebred rams purchased last fall. Robert Owen of Ainsworth was reelected president, Lloyd Marke of Washington vice-president, and Howard Anderson of Crawfordsville secretary and treasurer.
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Washington
Washington County
Western Stockmen Optimistic About The Spring Roundup
Denver AP reports government livestock statistics showing favorable conditions across 17 western states. Beier notes mild winter, ample hay, strong prices, and good prospects for spring grazing with cattle at 84 percent of normal and sheep at 86 percent, while ranges stand at 79 percent.
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Denver
Western
F. W. Beier, Jr
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Texas
South Dakota
Idaho
Nebraska
Beier
Randalia youth to visit Farm and Home Week at Ames
Elwood Mabon, 1938 Fayette county 4-H dairy champion and Randalia member, will receive a free trip to Farm and Home Week at Ames this week. E. M. Wright, secretary of the State Dairy Association, announced the prize.
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Alia—Elwood Mabon
Randalia
Fayette County
Ames
E. M. Wright
State Dairy Association
Hill's Mill Faces Removal One of Iowa's Oldest
Special to The Gazette notices Hill's Mill, built in 1852 near Prairieburg, to be razed. Two surrounding bridges will be torn down and the road rerouted. The mill, operated by the McQueens and later Hill and family, supplied Civil War era flour and later feed grinding until 1912, when control passed to William Hill Jr.
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Linn County
Prairieburg
Central City
William McQueen
McQueens
Robert
Iowa
Hill
Stuart
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
William, Jr
FSCC buys rise in butter demand in New York and Chicago
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation boosted butter purchases to 1,915,326 pounds in the New York and Chicago markets for the week ending Feb 4, from 1,322,622 pounds the prior five days. Market sentiment was cautious, with buyers prioritizing actual needs and grades below 90 well supported. Storage and withdrawals varied across the 35 markets, totaling 101,939,901 pounds in storage with DPMA and FSCC agencies holding large shares.
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Cormodities Corporation
New York
Chicago
DPMA
FSCC
Fire destroys Lloyd Corse pins farm house north of Donnan
The Randalia report states the Lloyd Corse pins farm house and contents were burned Friday noon. A chimney started the blaze and the roof was ablaze before detection. The Donald van Sickle family occupied the home.
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Randalia
Lloyd Corsepins
Donnan
Donald van Sickle
Oats and Corn Sell at Midday Prices Near Toledo
Oats sold for 43 cents a bushel and corn brought 40 cents in the Roy Christenson closing out sale near Toledo. Broad cows averaged 30 dollars per head, 60 pound pigs 6 dollars 50 cents, calves 26 dollars per head, and milk cows 65 dollars.
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Toledo
Gazette
Roy Christenson
M Schlockhof Sale At Lone Tree Sells Livestock And Farmyr Items
Lone Tree sale yields prices with lambs sold at 35 dollars per head fall pigs 9 to 12.50 dollars. Hampshire board 20 dollars Guernsey cows 45 to 81 dollars. Horses 40 to 115 dollars. Ducks 0.25 each. Corn 37.5 cents per bushel oats 31 cents Timothy hay 4 dollars per ton cow pea hay 5 dollars. Farm implements include a 2 year old tractor 455 dollars wagons 40 to 65 dollars harrow 20 dollars endgate feeder 20 dollars spreader 15 dollars harness 10 to 15 dollars horse collars 0.50 to 2.50 plows cultivators 5 to 17 dollars.
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Lone Tree
M. Schlockhof
Hampshire Board
Public sale to close farm auction on February fifteenth
Stephen son ad closes farm sale listing horses cattle sheep poultry grain hay and farming equipment. Items include a Bay mare nine years old with foal, four bred ewes, 2206 bushel corn, 800 bushel oats, John Deere and Fordson tractors, plows, planters, and tools. Auction hours at 11:00 a.m. with terms and refreshments. Conducted by Adlate Stephenson owner and A J Schueler clerk.
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Tay Farm
Lesron Mit Tailes
Marion
Zaan
Mae
Ermsey
Hampshire
Berkshire
Harrow
Shropshire
Relae
Relae Pues x In Barn. Farmecormick
Deering
Cern
McCormick
Western Land Relief
John Deere
Earn Anne
Gees McCormick
Marneat
Whistler
Terme
P. C. Lassen
Milebell
Tel - Fics ‘NeUonsl Bank
Rorses
Carrie
Fordson
Emerson
Jeky Deere
Roderick Lean Dines
John Deers
McCormick-Deering
Xeed Mae
Gandi
Evangelisal Church
Adlate
Stephenson
Ges
Price
Auet
A. J, Schueler
Paus
Springville
Paraita
Helstein
Shri
Deere Hay
Lighter Receipts Boost Egg Market
New York City reports a rise in egg prices as weekly receipts run lighter in four leading markets year over year. Cold weather slowed production and storage eggs clean up, boosting prices as demand absorbs fresh arrivals. Officials expect little government intervention unless prices fall later, with relief purchases possible.
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New York City
Central City Farmers Co-Op Elects Directors
In the annual meeting of the Central City Farmers Cooperative exchange O C Brewer Guy Hutchins and John Drexler were elected to 3 year director terms Minor Estil Henry Drexler and Henry Henderson were named for two years and George Brewer Ben Sherman and Fay French for one year
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Central City
Central City Farmers Cooperative Exchange
O. C. Brewer
Guy Hutchins
John Drexler
Minor Estil
Henry Drexler
Henry Henderson
George Brewer
Ben Sherman
Fay French
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A. J. Schueler
D. R. McCreery
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Volga
F.F.A
Bond Béritain
Finch Bain
Pr. C. Latven
United States State Bk
Joseph Kushner and Company
Second Street
OND Farm Institute
Wallace
Perkins
Taber
Johnson
Vesecky
Hook
Hillman
Vawter Estate
Farm Bureau Calendar
Vincent Sree
Watferd
Txems Cash
Dean Kildee
Washington Co
Hill’s Mill
Lis
Laggy Butter Mart
Laseen & Mitchell
First National Bank
L. Brown
Farmers’ Co-Op
Tony Schmitz
Auct
C. E. Flower
Arlington
Strawberry Point
Maryville
No. 10
No. 154
Crushed Rock Road
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Credit Presse
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Thiele
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