Hybrids Seen as Next Step in Poultry Business
N F Waters of the Ames agricultural experiment station predicts hybrid or top cross chickens will revolutionize poultry within five to ten years. Five years of study show higher fertility and hatchability, better livability, and greater productivity in top-cross flocks versus random-bred birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters
Ames Agricultural Experiment Station
Ames (Special
N. F. Waters
Ames Research Poultryman
United States
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
A terse note hints at a weather-tinged mishap with a violent headache looming and a tongue in cheek puzzle about season names and a possible historical clue. The fragmentary text evokes a playful riddle rather than a clear event.
McGrew Elected Chairman Whittier Farmers Institute
Ernest McGrew of Spring Isle was elected president at the Whittier Farmers Institute fiftieth annual session. Clarence Neal became vice president, Mrs Henry Hood secretary, and L C Adams treasurer. Crop show winners included Will Martin with top farm produce, best peck potatoes, Floyd Hampton top corn, Kyle Clark first oats, Donald Clark best soybeans, Emmett Hoge first place bean hay, Kyle Clark alfalfa hay, Alfred Coppock clover hay. Blue ribbon women’s exhibits went to Eleanor Hoge and others, with many named in handicrafts. Child handicraft winners listed, led by Bertie McGrew and Ernest Hoge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittier
Ernest McGrew
Spring Isle
Whittier Farmers’ Institute
Clarence Neal
Henry Hood
L C. Adams
Will Martin
Martin
Floyd Hampton
Kyle Clark
Donald Clark
Emmett Hoge
Alfred Coppock
Clover Hay
Eleanor Hoge
George Joyce
Robert Begley
Clara Binns
Merle Stewart
Dorothy Bedell
Russell Joyce
Ralph Pearson
Lawrence Begley
Reynold Morris
Mary Stanley
Fred Bailes
Tom Pollock
Virginia Williams
Lillian McGrew
Donna Mae Hampton
Patricia Gatewood
Bertie McGrew
Earnest Hoge
Donald Heald
Dora Joyce
Carroll Hoge
Floyd Clark
Tama Farmers Show Higher 1938 Program Compliance
Tama county led in 1938 program participation with 2,422 summaries, ranking second in the state behind Kossuth. The article notes white rat Triple A farm program has been discontinued. Tama farmers also received six cents per bushel for corn under the experimental reduction program, lower than the ten cents in adjacent counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County
Washington
Tama
O D. Klein
Iowa Agricultural Conservation Committee
Kossuth
Clayton County
Benton County
Black Hawk
Marshall
Grundy
Morley Promises $250 in Prizes for Corn Show
Morley in Morley Iowa will host the first annual corn and legume show sponsored by the vocational agriculture department. The event, under Harlan Main's corn show committee, offers at least $250 in premiums and will be staged Thursday at the school with three divisions for adult, vocational agriculture and junior entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Vocational Agriculture Department
Harlan Main
Guernsey Breeders In Fayette To Meet Jan 11
Fayette The Fayette County Guernsey Breeders association will hear C. B. Finley of Minneapolis fieldman for the American Guernsey Cattle club at their annual meeting in Fayette. The meeting starts at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Fayette
Fayette County
Guernsey Breeders Association
C. B. Finley
Minneapolis
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Co op Creameries Report To Patrons At Oelwein And West Union
At Oelwein the Farmers Creamery reported 1 363 447 pounds of butterfat with 443 079 53 dollars paid to patrons and 32 351 pounds sold in cream and 1 331 096 churned into 1 651 157 pounds of butter. Net income from butter was 31 86 cents per pound churned. West Union reported 532 428 pounds butter in the year ending Nov 30 the largest in history and patrons were paid 31 63 cents per pound of butterfat with 24 33 percent overrun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Oelwein Farmers Cooperative Creamery
F. W. Schroeder
Creamery Department
Feed and Coal Department
West Union
O. E. Reeder
West Union Farmers Creamery Company
F J. Grefenberg
O E. Reeder
A. C. Palmer
H. A. Stolle
Clarence Hoag
H. L. Pape
H. L. Olesen
R. F. Whitcher
Henry George
Carl Fels
Rowley Creamery Pays 29c First Half December
Rowley Farmers Cooperative creamery paid patrons 29 cents a pound for No. 1 butterfat in the first half of December, with No. 2 at 28 cents and No. 3 at 27 cents. Prices compared to late November show No. 1 at 31, No. 2 at 30, No. 3 at 29 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley Creamery
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
No. 2
Dubuque Cattlemen To Meet At Cascade
Rex Beresford Ames animal husbandman will speak at a Dubuque county beef feeders meeting in Cascade at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. The gathering will discuss forming a county association of cattle feeders and Beresford will tour the county that day to inspect 4-H calves in the new lot feeding project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Husbandman
Dubuque
County Association of Cattle Feeders
Beresford
18 State Campaign To Increase Meat Consumption Begun
CHICAGO The National Live Stock and Meat Board announced an intensive two week campaign in New York City to promote meat consumption. It plans lecture demonstrations for meat trade men in fifty six cities across eighteen states during the first two months of 1939. States include New York Ohio West Virginia Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Texas Arkansas Louisiana North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Georgia South Carolina Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Chicago
New York City
National Live Stock and Meat Board Today
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Farmers Institute At South Prairie Jan 11 12
WEST LIBERTY The annual farmers institute at South Prairie church will run January 11 and 12. Exhibits in grain fruits and garden products will be judged Wednesday and officers for 1939 will be elected Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Institute At
South Prairie
West Liberty
Farmers’ Institute
South Prairie Church
Argentine December driest in 30 years
The December drought in Argentina left the month the driest in thirty years and January rain was too scant to improve crops. The weekly grain review notes extensive corn damage, while last week’s exports reached 2,071,000 bushels. U S No 2 yellow rose to 7 7 1/8 cents as Argentine corn advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Weekly Grain Review
Federal Bureau of Economics
United States
U. S
Harness Brings 20 to 30 in Ainsworth Sale
Columbus Junction reports a closing out sale of Frank Chihak stock of handmade harness at Ainsworth. William Chihak, administrator, notes prices ranged from 5 to 750 dollars for single harnesses and up to 350 for horse collars. Heavy harnesses fetched 20 to 30 dollars, light sets 15 to 25 dollars, other sets 5 to 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COLUMBUS _ JUNCTION
Frank Chihak
Ainsworth
William Chihak
Farm auction schedule listing multiple closings
A sequence of farm auctions is announced with dates and locations. John Vestrel and Harry Lowe close out near Swisher and Marengo respectively, Cumberland Taylor near Urbana, B R Burt near Coggon, L M Rohret near Oxford, and Hodgin White near Marion, spanning January 10 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vestrel
Swisher
Harry Lowe
Marengo
Cumberland & Taylor
West
Urbana
B. R. Burt
West Coggon
L. M. Rohret
Oxford
Hodgin & White
East Marion
Farmers In Tama Vote To Continue Poultry Egg Co Op
After three meetings in Gladbrook Toledo and Traer, 144 Tama county farmers decided Saturday to continue the Tama county branch of the Iowa poultry producers marketing association. The Ottumwa based group organized in April 1936 is supervised by a committee including Fred Husak Don Hayes Charles Gary William Garretson and Vern Dan Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Gladbrook
Traer
Tama County
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Towa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Ottumwa
Fred Husak
Don Hayes
Charles Gary
Montour
William Garretson
Vern Dan Schmidt
Reinbeck
Prices of Soybean Seed Rise 7 Cents in December
Prices to growers advanced seven cents a bushel in December pushing thresher run beans to about 70 cents on Dec 27. Movement of soybeans for the season to date ran faster than usual with about 75 percent sold by growers by Dec 27, ahead of last year and the five year average. Regional prices varied from 50 to 60 cents for Wilson to 1.90 to 2.40 for Otootan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Washington
Wilson
Virginia
Manchu
Dunfield
Illine
Mammoth
Tokio
Biloxi
Laredo
Otootan
Horses Treated for Bots in Jackson County
Maquoreta county agent F. E. Krause reports Jackson county veterinarians are treating several horses for bots. The disclosure highlights the spread of bot infections among local equines and the ongoing veterinary response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoreta
F. E. Krause
Jackson County
Linn County Board Proceedings Report of Payroll and Adjournment
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors adjourned to November 29 1938 after approving extensive payroll entries for numerous clerks sheriffs and judges listed with payments in dollars and cents. The document records names like Anna Kaiser Olive Kent Mertle Kimball Josephine Kindig and Frances Komk among others along with multiple clerks and ret books entries and concludes with the official attestation by Elmer M Seevell chairman and Robt Vesely county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Anna
Kent
Olive
Segud
Kimball, Mertle
Kindig
Josephine
Komk
Frances
Kotek
Minnie
Lloyd, Onalee
Low
Alicee
Meyers, Olive
Miller, Della
Miller, Laura
Minehart, Frances
Newkirk, Ruth
Newlin, Wanda
Norris
Elizabeth
O'Brien
Virginia Dea
Parsons
Yvonne Patton
Edna
Pollet
Grace
Rabik
Reed
Bertha
Reilly
Beatrice Rion
June Robinson
Lena
Ryan
Gatherine
D . Ryan
Emily Ryan
Schneider
Marion
Schnell
Rachel
Schultz
Irma
Shea
Marian
Shelton
Bessie
Snyder
Mae Sommer
Marie
Steggall
Alma
Switzer
Rena Thome
Freda
Titus
Gertrude
Tompkins
Mary Vavra
Mary
Wells
Lula
Wenger
Blanche
Wilford
Hazel
Willits
Irene
Wilson
Emma
Wood Jessie
Louis L Goebelt
Geo. Zalesky
Beulah Lindahl
Anna Zalesky
Anna Radebaugh
Waa
Nelle Arduser
Mary Laurance
Ada G. Thompson
Ethel J Ryan
A. H. Hiiadnase
Eek Foe
John C. Heins
Oboe Pat H. G. Hockman
Maude C. Bender
Lillian Nolan
Bessie B. Newman
Grace M. Hershey
Nora P. McDonnell
J. A. Kayser
B. R. Burt
Jesse Lennox
H. C., Chilmore
J.J McAreavy
Geo. T. Main
Guy S Perkins
Glenn Ferguson
G. M Goudy
E. R. Balderston
Guy C. Hutchins
Herman Sigmund
Claire H Andrews
Marie Falcon
Wm. R Storey
C. ©. Secrist
Louie F. Levasseur
Geo. Michel
Fred McShane
John W. Gill
Rose Clark
Effie M Miller
Frank Ozburn
Ethel Courtnes
Mildred A Titus
Celan Rollins
Etna
Geo. W. Burns
Sara Nott
Irma Boyle
Viola Schenken
F. A Schumack
Win Ryan
E. E. Parsons
Margaret IL. Taylor
Margaret E Leming
Susan Sanborn
Legion Hall
J Kassler
F Schultz
F Broekman
Emma R Klein
Elsie Michel
J M van Note
O F Millburn
Chas W van Note
Charles Miller
Constable
J B Miller
Walter Karch
T E Hense
Clive Pickering
James Mackey
Louis F Dolezal
Jos W Holets
Newton Zeller
CN Rose
Thos W Kelley
Willard Carson
Hall
P Sookup
G W Newman
J F Newland
R W Lockhart
de Seth A Hendryx
W Hopker
Board of Supervisors
Elmer M. Seevell
Linn County
Iowa
Robt. M. Vesely
Farm Phone Bill 8 92 008 000 A Year
Government agricultural economists note farmers pay higher than pre war prices for home and production needs while prices for their products lag pre war levels. Latest study finds monthly farm telephone service costs higher about 30 percent versus prewar, with total farm telephone expenditure around 32 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
United States
Bureau of Home Economics
Wyoming shipping group handles 58 carloads in 1938
The Wyoming Shipping association reported 58 carloads of livestock totaling 1,086,285 pounds for 1938. Read at the annual meeting here, shipments included 2,710 hogs 362 cattle 53 calves and 110 sheep. Peter Fichhorn was elected chairman Chris Hansen secretary Henry Bramer and Fred Petersen and Paul Levsen served as directors with Raymond Denniston hired as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garvette Wyoming
Wysomin Shipping Association
Chicago
Peter Fichhorn
Chris Hansen
Henry Bramer
Fred Petersen
Paul Levsen
Rayemond Denniston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ocelwein and
Linn CO. Board Supervisors Proceedings
Lindley Coon
Marian B. Wilcox
Mary N Smith
Lillian Myers
Eleanor Cahill
J Achter
Bernice A Diserens
Elizabeth Chase
Caroline Shonka
Nora Burgert
Fred J. Payneer
Lillian S. Beane
Frank Trachta
Edward Womacka
Lottie McLeod
Anna C. Lesinger
John F. Kazimour
J. Ll. Prochaska
Lenore Messa
M W. Spencer
Clara E. Stastny
iMay M West
C. C. Doolittle
E. Atkinson
J. Conway
May Kelso
Ruth McTavish
Kathryn Riemann
Clifton Crull
Wm. J. Phelan
Edna Gaffey
R J Valentine
Jos
R. Treichler
Stanley C. Moore
Marie Peck
Benjamin Tait
Maude Love
Florence Rochlitz
Mary F Serovy
James Benda
R. H. Chiverton
Theodore Suchomel
Tn Oi Melina Pitlik
Ade Ruth Schorr
Poe
Sam E. Dale
Bet A Sarah Ainsworth
Emma Janda
Elsie F
Belle Bingham
L D Ross
Gus Fawdrey
Fanny Fegley
Thelma Dolley
Ned R. Porter
Margaret Stark
Rosa Bird
Emma _ Burmeister
Jetta Gallagher
Helen R. Camp
Zetta Rogers
Emmett Albaugh
Adolf Biderman
Geo, Wisliel
Geo, King
John Walker
John McDowell
Harry G. Came
Clara M. Came
A. J. Bedell
J L Plumly
C E Reed
Ida C Bowdish
R F. Wiley
Town of
Springville
Geo W. Fry
Harry Newlin
Creeee
F. B Collins
Will Secrist
Clifford R. Bowdish
Frank D. Stoddard
Henry J Hood
Tony Lillig
T. B. Yuill
John A Owens
Peter Gibney
Wm L Bemer
John Farmon
Roy A Nelson
T. I. Mitchell
Biderman
G. C. Murphey
J. M. Differding
Gertrude McCaliey
Standing Wolf
SVRGE
Zamboanga
Paul, Revere
Tobet Wattle
Nech
Williams
Wyoming Shipping Co-Op
Carters
MR. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
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