37 Living Brown Swiss Cows In Iowa Exceed Ton Of Butterfat
Fred Idtse of Beloit reports 37 living Brown Swiss cows in Iowa herds exceed one ton of butterfat, with totals over 14 tons credited to multiple owners. The top cow in the Zumbach herd produced 3,781.8 pounds butterfat across nine lactations from 98,820 pounds milk at 3.83 percent.
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Iowa
Zumbach
Ryan
Canton
Martin Rice
Cedar Rapids
Meyers
Otto Bloomquist
Fort Dodge
Walter Miller
Buffalo Center
Dahl Brothers
Lake Mills
Fred Idtse
Beloit
Wis
Idtse
Rice
Meyers and Hickey
Miller
Pearson
Wegman Estate
Buttermakers To Meet At Oelwein March 7
Members of Section No 11 of the Iowa Creamery Operators association will hold their monthly educational meeting in Oelwein on March 7. The gathering will include a butter scoring contest, announced today by J F Barnes of Alpha who serves as secretary and treasurer.
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Oelwein
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
J. F. Barnes
Alpha
Farmers Readying Spring Ads in Market Place
Hundreds of farmers prepare for spring as they read and place ads in The Gazette Farmers Market Place Want Ad section. The listing highlights agricultural supplies seed sales and livestock notices for the season ahead.
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Gazette
Rural Pageant to Be Staged in Tama County Next Week
The Tama County Farm Bureau and 4 H pageant Yesterday and Today will be shown in Toledo on March 6 and at Traer on March 5. Show starts 8 PM with musical dramatic and comedy episodes plus dance revues and tableaux. Margaret Bridgens of Iowa City former Eldora resident is production advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama County
the Gazette
Toledo
Farm Bureau
Tracr
Margaret Bridgens
Iowa City
Eldora
F. F. A. Convention At Ames Set For May 9-10
Des Moines Iowa supervisor H T Hall announced the twelfth annual Iowa Future Farmers of America convention to be held May 9 and 10 in Ames during High School Agricultural Congress activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. T. Hall
Iowa
Supervisor of Agricultural Education
Iowa Future Farmer Associations
Ames
Natex touted by Wendel at Podzimek's Pharmacy
Natex representative meets locals at Podzimek's Pharmacy 100 Second Ave SE, Atkins Iowa, touting relief for long standing constipation. Harry Wendel explains decades of symptoms improved after Natex, urging a fair trial with samples and explanation by the rep. Reward noted as 100 dollars in small print.
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Natex
Podzimek
Second Avenue SE
Harry Wendel
Atkins
Iowa
100 Second Ave. SE
Nine Powwows for Owa Farm Leaders Scheduled in March
Ames Iowa nine 3 day district discussion schools for farm leaders set March 11 to 29 with only 16 invitations per county. Visiting speakers include Mordecai Ezekiel Harold Rowe Lane Lancaster Walter Morton Grayson Kirk James O Howard Harold Bowen James L McCamy and Charles H Patterson. Staff will include A G Hart W W Wilcox John Vieg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
P. C. Taff
Ames Extension Service
Taff
Chariton
Red Oak
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Denison
Spencer
Mason City
West Union
Mordecai Ezekiel
U.S.D.A
Harold Rowe
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Lane Lancaster
University of Nebraska
Walter Morton
University of Wisconsin
Grayson Kirk
James O. Howard
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U.S.D. A
Harold Bowen
S.U.S
James L. McCamy
Charles H. Patterson
A. G. Hart
W. W. Wilcox
John Vieg
Acreage Of Legumes Boosted 40 Per Cent On 2908 SCS Farms
Ames Iowa farmers cooperating with Iowa State College and the Soil Conservation Service report a 40 percent rise in erosion resistant crops like alfalfa and clover. Acreage jumps from 62 500 to 88 700 acres, while clean filled crops such as corn fall to 102 200 acres. Semi erosion resistant oats and wheat drop from 82 100 to 74 900 as land use plans tailor cropping to soil needs.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Soil Conservation Service
Frank H. Mendell
Mendell
SCS
Elkader 4-H Club Gets Acquainted With Birds
Elkader Paramount 4-H members bring handmade bird houses to a February meeting at Georgina Tieden home near Elkader. Prizes went to Philip Eugene Beehon for a martin house and Raymond Storbeck for a wr en house. Art Dittmer wins Do You Know Trees contest. Next meeting at Kenneth Elvers home on March 8.
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Elkader
Paramount 4-H Club
Georgina Tieden
Bernell Kuehl
Elvers
Kenneth Elvers
Philip Eugene Beeh
Martin
Raymond Storbeck
Wren
Art Dittmer
Clover Hay Sells At 5.25 A Ton In Sale Near Buchanan
At the John R. Miller closing out sale one mile west of Buchanan 45 tons of clover hay sold for 5.25 a ton. Prices for livestock and farm equipment followed, including calves at 45.90 each and aged horses up to 80 dollars. John F. Boling served as auctioneer.
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Buchanan
John R. Miller
John F. Boling
Auction Results At Leavens Property Near Winthrop
Corn sold for 51.14 cents and oats at 38 cents a bushel at the closing out sale of Mrs. Marie Leavens and son southwest of Winthrop. Alfalfa hay brought 8 dollars a ton and timothy and clover hay 5 dollars. Five Holstein cows sold from 45 to 60 dollars, three feeding steers 850 to 900 pounds at 59 dollars each, twenty fall feeding pigs 3 to 6 dollars each. A tractor with cultivator brought 350 dollars, a hay-loader nearly new 115 dollars, a grainbinder 15 dollars, and a mower 5.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Marie Leavens
Thomas Oehler Sale Yields High Bids on Livestock
At Hopkinton the Thomas Oehler auction saw the top cow fetch 79 dollars while a 2 year old heifer sold for 69.50. Hay brought 11.25 per ton, corn 0.49, and eats 0.40 a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Hopkinton
Thomas Oehler
Cows and farm implements sell at auction near Columbus Junction
Eight cows brought 50 to 70 dollars each at Camiel Driessens farm five miles northwest of Columbus Junction. A team of horses sold for 60 dollars, eight Poland China pigs brought 18 to 20 dollars each, ten dozen chickens 50 to 65 cents each. Timothy and clover hay sold 5 to 6 dollars per ton, 1200 bushels of corn 50 cents, oats 50 cents. A binder 50 dollars, mower 15 dollars, wagons 30 to 40 dollars, manure spreader 30 dollars, corn planter 20 dollars, corn plows 2 to 5 dollars, harness 15 to 20 dollars.
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Columbus Junction
Camiel Driessens
Here
Poland
Unused Elevator Space Cited In Gov Bins Debate
DES MOINES reports unused grain storage between Duluth and Kansas City equals corn in government steel bins. R B Bowden of St Louis, VP of the grain and feed dealers association, outlined the issue at a Des Moines meeting. He said officials claim the ever normal granary is full and steel bins will stand for 20 years, displacing industry.
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Des Moines
INS
Duluth
Kansas City
Western Grain and Feed Association
R. B. Bowden
St. Louis
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
Deadline for Wheat Insurance Due This Thursday
Des Moines reports that wheat farmers must obtain 1940 federal all risk insurance by Thursday. Officials note grower participation is rising with over 310,000 winter wheat producers enrolled this year, versus 107,000 in 1939, and nearly 400,000 contracts are expected compared with 166,000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Jersey Show Planned for West Branch July 15
Parish No. 4 of the Iowa Jersey Cattle club met in Iowa City to organize a show on July 15 at West Branch with Allen Spencer as show chairman and parish president Claire Werner as vice president Donald Jones as secretary treasurer and directors for Johnson Iowa Cedar Clinton Keokuk Muscatine and Scott counties. A state Jersey sale tentatively set for May 6 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids was also approved with Gates as sale committee chair and Jones Tipton aiding. A parish picnic was planned on the Spencer farm. Local Jersey cattle experts from Missouri and Iowa surveyed herds around Iowa City West Branch Downing West Liberty Marengo and Williamsburg.
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Iowa City
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
West Branch
Allen Spencer
Spencer
Claire Werner
Williamsburg
Donald Jones
Jones
Johnson County
Arthur Wallace
Iowa County
Ivan Gates
West Liberty
Cedar
Jorgan Lyshej
Clinton
Glen Molyneau
Boonesville
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey Star
Keegan
Mr. Jones
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Jersey
Downey
Marengo
Farm and business leaders dine at Maquoketa gathering
About 150 farmers and Jackson county businessmen attended the farmer business banquet in Maquoketa. The event, sponsored by the county AAA committee, featured Fred W. Roeve of Des Moines as the main speaker who traced the AAA program from 1933 and its wartime roots in the slogan Food will win the war. Local officials included Mayor L C Schroeder and several club presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Jackson County
County Aaa
H. H. Merrick
Charles van Gorder
L. C. Schroeder
R. J. McNerney
Commercial Club
E. L. Schoenthaler
Lions Club
A. J. Hodgson
Izaak Walton
D. D. Fuller
Fred W. Roeve
Des Moines
AAA
Butter production dips 1.4 percent nationwide
Des Moines report shows weekly butter output fell 1.4 percent from the prior week and was 1 percent lower than the same week in 1939. The West North Central division including Iowa declined 3.3 percent vs the previous week and 2.9 percent from last year. Leslie M. Carl cites a temporary leveling off in the winter seasonal rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Hearing Set for Marion County Soil District Formation
A hearing on a petition to establish a state soil conservation district in Marion County is scheduled for March 14. The announcement came Wednesday in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Severe Sheep Scab Outbreak Reported In Southern Iowa
Des Moines reports severe outbreaks of sheep scab in southern Iowa and northern Missouri described as practically out of control by state veterinarian Dr. H. A. Seidell after a conference with Missouri officials. A plan requires all sheep sold through sale barns to be dipped under veterinary supervision before leaving the sale barn.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Missouri
H. A. Seidell
Seidell
State Department of Agriculture
Washington Poultry Co-Op Names Directors
Amos Stout Brighton township MrsThomas Gerdes Washington township Robert Miksch Dutch Creek township Mrs C L Stannard Clay township and S A Stephens Oregon township were elected directors of the Washington County Produce and Supply company a subsidiary of the Iowa Poultry and Egg Marketing association Ottumwa at recent annual meeting H C Finney retained as local manager John A Stewart is the retiring president.
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Washington
Amos Stout
Brighton
Thomas Gerdes
Washington Township
Robert Miksch
Dutch Creek
C. L. Stannard
Clay Township
S. A. Stephens
Oregon Township
Washington County Produce and Supply Company
Iowa Poultry and Egg Marketing Association
Ottumwa
Miksch
Stout
Gerdes
Washington county seals 800,591 bushels of 1939 corn
Loans on 737,591 bushels of 1939 corn in Washington county have been completed, and sealing on 63,000 more bushels remains. A total of 1,000,000 bushels is expected to be sealed before the March 31 closing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ia
Washington County
New cow tester named for Allamakee Cow Test Assn
Ossian resident Urban Schissel was hired as tester for Allamakee Cow Test Association No. 1 through May 1 marking his succession to Howard Gordon who resigned to become secretary of the Waukon Farmers Creamery March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Urban Schissel
Ossian
Allamakee Cow Test Association
Mr. Schissel
Howard Gordon
Waukon Farmers Creamery
Timber Survey Finds 109000 Acres Timbered in Allamakee
Foresters from Ames and Marion meet with the county forestry committee to discuss stationing a full time forester in Allamakee. They report timber pasture and woodland totaling 159000 acres, against county crop land of 173000 acres, based on a survey led by G R Ramsey aided by local committeemen and S T Runkel from the soil conservation service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Ames and
Marion
G. R. Ramsey
Ames Extension Forester
James M. Ryan
M. F. Burke
James Pigott
S. T. Runkel
Soil Conservation Service
Too Many Silos Stop Artists From Harvest Paintings
Pittsburgh artist Lila B Hetzel complains silos ruin farm pictures warning farmers need more corn cutting machines and pumpkins between corn rows. She says buyers want harvest scenes with pumpkins and will not purchase without them.
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Pittsburgh
Lila B. Hetzel
Cream grading drive targets 31 Iowa schools schedule
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg announced a March through March schedule listing 31 cream grading schools. The plan aims at stricter enforcement of the state cream grading law with sites in Sheldon Fort Madison Spencer Fairfield Algona Ottumwa Mason City Chariton New Hampton Leon West Union Missouri Valley Dyersville Atlantic Waterloo Red Oak Hampton Creston Webster City Indianola Storm Lake Newton LeMars Sigourney Denison Muscatine Jefferson DeWitt Maquoketa Cedar Rapids Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Mark Thornburg
Sheldon
Fort Madison
Spencer
Fairfield
Algona
Ottumwa
Mason City
Chariton
New Hampton and Leon
West Union
Missouri Valley
Dyersville
Atlantic
Waterloo
Red Oak
Hampton
Creston
Webster City
Indianola
Storm Lake
Newton
LeMars
Farm Auctions Schedule For Late February And Early March
A list of upcoming farm auctions includes Edw Hynek public sale near Solon on Feb 29 and John Nesley sale near Lisbon, Beverly Cattle Co livestock sale near Cedar Rapids on Feb 29, Livestock Exchange sale in Cedar Rapids on March 1, and Harry Lutz Estate sale in Louisa on March 5.
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Hynek
Solon
John Nesley
Lisbon
Beverly Cattle Co
Cedar Rapids
Livestock Exchange
Harry Lutz
Louisa
Series of Sessions For Locker Patrons Planned
Patrons and operators of refrigerated lockers in Appanoose County will meet in Centerville February 27 for a countywide session led by Ames extension nutritionists. Additional meetings in east Iowa follow in Fairfield Ottumwa Decorah Elkader and Waukon. Topics include economical locker space use and freezing friendly fruits and vegetables and frozen food preparation.
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Ames
Appanoose County
Centerville
Ames Extension
Iowa
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Decorah
Elkader
Waukon
Crop Acreage Survey To Be Released March 18
Ten thousand Iowa farmers participate in a survey of probable 1940 crop acreages as announced by Leslie M. Carl director of the joint federal state crop and livestock reporting. The survey results will be released March 18.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Joint
Federal State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Carl
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Ray Anderson
MR. Wendel
Tip
Squinty
Choix
Paris
Brooklyn
Haci
Centur
Williams
Soil District Hearing
T.rwilliams
Washington Poultry Co-Op
Iowa Livestock Exchange
O. B. Clements
A. F. Schmitz
George B. Basker
Better Livestock Auction
Meee
Pennsylvania
Wards
Second Street
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