Dairy Sires Proved In United States Rise Above 1938 Figures
The Ames dairy extension reports 3 067 sires proved in 1940 up from 2 237 in 1939 and 1 069 in 1948 across United States dairy herd improvement associations. In Iowa 436 sires were proved in 1940 up from 209 the year before, with a strong rise in identifications and production records nationwide.
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United States
Iowa
Ames Dairy Extension Service
Wisconsin
New York
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Jersey Parish And Brown Swiss Canton Meetings Listed
Jersey parish meetings announced for February dates with locations partly unreported. Brown Swiss cantons schedule 1941 activities with Canton 7 at Sigourney and Canton 6 at Cedar Rapids among others, several sites unreported.
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Jersey Parish
Brown
Jersey
Grinnell
West Liberty
Marion
West Union
Storm Lake
Canton
Sigourney
Jefferson
Orange City
Iowa Falls
Weat Union
Cedar Rapids
Fire Destroyed Barn on Ray Homire Farm Near Elberon
A barn on the Ray Homire farm three miles east of Elberon was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Thursday evening. Elberon and Kesstone fire departments aided in confining the blaze to the barn and saving surrounding buildings.
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Elberon
Ray Homire
Kesstone
Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers Miracle Cure
A recent medical discovery now widely used by doctors and hospitals has proven unusually successful in treating stomach ulcers caused by excess acid. The harmless preparation relieves pains quickly and is recommended for gas pains indigestion and heartburn due to hyperacidity. Consumers may obtain a bottle of Lurin from their druggist and mix two teaspoonfuls in a half glass of milk for easy use. Sold by May's Drug Store Ford Hopkins and drug stores everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
May
Ford Hopkins
Fence Drift and Dairying Notes From Cowtesters Reports
Squibs from the cowtesters reports quote Victor Steege and Jaseine Home herdsman Toledo on fatting heifers before freshening and selling if poor. John Offringa describes a C C Bender heater setup. An oil barrel used as a makeshift fire for cobs and wood is noted. Testers report a straw shortage for bedding with dairymen using sawdust and mixtures or grinding silver for bedding.
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Victor Steege
Tama
Jaseine
Toledo
John Offringa
West Branch
C C Bender
Civet Cats Lauded
Ames farmers may need to rethink views of civet cats as vermin after Wilfred Crabb's study shows these small carnivores eat rats and mice, aiding pest control. Crabb notes 10 percent of winter meals are rats and 40 percent rats and mice overall, and advises against trapping civets near poultry unless pests are proven to molest poultry.
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Gazette
Ames — Towa
Wilfred D. Crabb
Agricultural Experiment Station
Iowa
Crabb
Hay and cattle fetch top prices at Calmar sale
Special to The Gazette reports sharp demand at a Calmar west sale on Feb 13. Hay went to $18 a ton, oats 54 cents a bushel, and corn 50 cents. Cattle topped at $85 and horses at $91, with chickens averaging 75 cents. Nearby auctions west of Waukon saw top horse at $73, cows to $70, sows at $28.50, hay $8 a ton, corn 35 cents, and eats 38 cents. Other notes include AAA meeting plans in Iowa City and steer prices in Wyoming, plus Masonville sale results detailing cows, calves, bulls, hogs, and soybean hay sales.
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Calmar
H. Hageman
Gaze Waukon
Masonville
Joseph McGuire
Cecil Ryan
Manchester
Mrs Mike Koranda Sale Yields Mixed Farm Prices East of Oxford Junction
At the sale east of Oxford Junction on Friday, 600 bushels of corn sold at 46 cents per bushel while 500 bushels of oats brought 44 cents. Hay brought 8.80 a ton with 25 tons sold. The top cow of 16 brought 78, eleven calves averaged 2300 per head. Two horses sold for 76 and 22, a harness 25, and four brood sows brought 1430 each.
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Oxford Junction
Mike Koranda
Ed Ludvicek Sale Near Buckingham Figures Mixed Prices
At the Ed Ludvicek sale northeast of Buckingham on Friday steers averaged $121 per head while cows reached $102.50 each. A 450 pound bull sold for $44.50. Baled straw and bean straw brought $0.45 per bale. Sheep sold for $12.
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Buckingham
Ed Ludvicek
Rural Drama Meet Set at Van Horne February 26
Benton county Junior Farm Bureau will stage a county wide drama festival in Van Horne on Feb 26. Three plays are planned In Doubt About Daisy Orville s Big Date and Red Flannels with casts led by Nadine Schroeder Jim Grumber Audrey Wiese and more in a small town showcase.
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van Horne
Benton County Junior Farm Bureau
Daisy
Elmer Scheetz
Nadine Schroeder
Jim Grummer
Audrey Wiese
Stanley Keep
Don McGrew
Gertrude Albers
Eugene Wagner
Ralph Skoog
Marguerite Cottrell
Dale Beser
Clara Stueck
Hazel Skoog
Helen Vaupel
Emar Carlson
Harley Hanson
Charles Birker
Well Known Showman Puzzle Answers
Puzzle list of clues and answers spans horizontal and vertical sets. Entries include references to showmen, puppets, dwarfs, and stage items with terms for emotions, objects, and roles.
Soul Conservation Across States To Market Tobacco
A travel diary by a country woman recounts driving from Missouri through Illinois Indiana Kentucky and into Tennessee. She notes an industrial boom in various locales and mentions a tobacco auction near Clarksville with prices around 9.20 a hundredweight. The journey proceeds toward Nashville Chattanooga and the Smoky Mountains.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Missouri
Ilinois
Illinois
Indiana
Dixie Highway
Kentucky
Nashville
Chattanooga
Smoky Mountain Country
Waukon Equity Reports 182000 In 1940 Business Volume
More than 300 people attended the Equity Co Operative association annual meeting in Waukon. Henry Fossum was elected president Louis Sherman vice president Ed Schoenthal secretary treasurer and Mrs Joe Zoll and Ed Schoenthal named to the board for a three year term. Total 1940 sales reached 182000 with 102000 in merchandise and 60000 in live stock, up from 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Equity Co- Operative Association
Henry Fossum
Louis Sherman
Ed Schoenthal
Joe Zoll
Ed. Schoenthal
Hogs top market at 8.20 in Chicago sale
Lorenzen Brothers feeders near Olin sold 105 hogs averaging 196 pounds at 8.20 per hundred in Friday Chicago market. Olin area buyers and local dealers tracked the day’s results.
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OLIN
Lorenzen Brothers
Chicago
U S Larder Inventories On Chance Britain May Need Food
Government officials prepared a survey of food supplies to meet any eventuality if the United States becomes the larder for democracies. They reported ample stocks including cotton, wheat, corn, meats, dairy, and fruits with storage levels noted and policy aims toward expansion of domestic consumption.
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U.S
Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Agriculture Department
Canada
Extension Meeting At Iowa City March 11 12
The United States department of agriculture district extension school will be held in Iowa City on March 11 and 12. The program includes a prominent lecture followed by group discussions on the theme What Do National Defense Policies Mean to Farmers.
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Iowa City
United States Department of Agriculture District
Fertility Experts to Speak at Independence Meeting
Special to The OEE reports Bruce Kilpatrick Ames Adair agronomist will discuss farm fertilizers crop rotations liming and other fertility and management practices at a meeting in Independence.
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OEE Independence
Bruce Kilpatrick
Ames Adair Agronomist
Independence
Notice of Amendment to Articles of The Builders Material Inc
A notice from Cedar Rapids Iowa reports a February 3 1941 stockholders meeting adopting amendments to The Builders Material Inc Articles of Incorporation. Changes include new Article IV describing authorized capital stock 100000 00 with 5 00000 common voting stock and 95000 00 Class A non voting stock and related rights. Also Article VII revised terms for officers and directors and new Article XI authorizing stock dividends. Arthur Barlow president and KE Nelson secretary sign.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Builders Material, Inc
Cedar Rapaids
Executive Council of
State of
Board of Directors
Anid
Roxy
Arthur Barlow
KE. J. Nelson
Ferrine and
Albricht
Farm Animals Count By Department Of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture reports Jan 1 farm animal totals: horses 10,364,000. mules 4,238,000. cattle 71,666,000 up 4%. milk cows 25,817,000 up 2%. hogs 52,983,000 down 12%. stock sheep 49,646,000 with total sheep and lambs 55,820,000. Values shift with overall declines in horses and hogs while cattle and milk stock rise.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dairy Association Annual Meeting Next Friday
Ames on Feb. 21 the Town State Dairy association holds its annual meeting at 10 o'clock. Dairymen will lunch together at noon then a panel discussion on counteracting the stockyard bull menace and increasing pure bred sires. Afternoon sessions include Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein and Jersey associations.
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Ames
Town State Dairy Association
Guernsey
Jersey
Ames Colleges Receive 4100 Gift For Agronomy Research
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association and the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association announced gifts totaling 4100 for agronomy work at Iowa State College. Each group contributed 700 for a research assistantship. 1400 funds go to the experiment association office. An additional 2700 supports the corn research program, funded by voluntary farmer contributions through the corn certifying service.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Towa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Joe L. Robinson
Agricultural Experiment Station
Experiment Association
Corn Research Fund
Association
Robinson
Farm Auction Schedule Highlights Several Closings
A sequence of farm sales and closings listed for February 19 to 25 across Iowa. Entries include Struchen, Maxfield and Britting near Alburnett and Coggon, Denohoe estate near Oxford, F A Kula near Prairieburg, W Turecek near Swisher, Moon estate near Stanwood, Mrs Tom Bader near Anamosa, Boddicker Berkshire sow sale near Cedar Rapids, Viola Illinois Berkshire sale, C E Green sale near Marion, A H Hartman near Manchester, Schmickle near Center Point, and Towers near Marion.
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Struchen
Alburnett
Maxfield
Britting
Coggon Denohoe
Oxford
F. A. Kula
Prairieburg
W. Turecek
Swisher
Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Moon Estate
Stanwood
Tom Bader
South
Anamosa
Boddicker Berkshire
Berkshires
Viola
Ill
C. E. Green
Marion
A. H. Hartman
West Edge
Manchester
Schmickle
Center Point
Infestation Expected In Louisa County Chinch Bugs
Louisa County agent Lael Moon warns farmers to separate small grain from corn to curb chinch bug spread. Creosote barriers next summer can be reduced by keeping borders minimal. Winter mortality has ranged 20 percent, far below typical 50 to 80 percent, due to snow cover and mild weather.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Lael Moon
36 Bales Of Cotton Received In Allamakee
Thirty six bales of cotton have been received by the Allamakee county AAA with Michael Burke as chairman. Mattress making centers will be set up at Waukon and Lansing to train supervisors under the Ames extension specialist Miss Marian Edwards.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Michael Burke
Lansing
Marian Edwards
Ames
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Joe G. Raim
Johnson County
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Roy Dyas
E. Richardson
Emmett C. Gardner
Wyoming
Paul Levyson
South Carolina
Tai
Waukon Equity
Congress
Harry L. Hopkins
Harold D. Smith
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Treasury
Hopkins
Great Britain
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Germany
North
America
Mack
Williams
ED Borein
TN Serace
DR Merle E Garmot
Ars
Dairy Association
Ames Research In Agronomy
Allamakee
Marten
Berk Shire
Chaseb
Towers
Tassen and
Mitchell
Isagar
Haarlem
Tae
Uur
Beverly Cattle Company
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