Purebred Herefords Bring Strong Returns at Andrews Brown Sale
Fifty two Herefords sold at an Iowa City auction by Frank F. Andrews and Charles D. Brown, averaging 163 dollars. Bulls topped at 250 dollars from Andrews, cows at 210. Total 8500 dollars with about 2000 attendees from five states including Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Auctioneer was Fred Reppert of Decatur Indiana.
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Iowa City
Frank F. Andrews and Sons
Charles D. Brown and Sons
Andrews
R. A Briedenstein
Kohaka
Iowa
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Fred Reppert
Decatur, Ind
Sweetclover Seed Prices and Trade in 1940 Facts
Sweetclover seed sold for 360 per 100 pounds on Dec 24 with 425 paid in central Illinois. Imports July–Dec 1940 totaled 322 300 pounds vs 2 020 700 in 1939 and 2 853 260 average. Movement progressed near normal. Iowa and other regions show most crop now left farms.
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Sprelal
the Gazette
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Centrallinois
Iowa
4 H Beef Feeding Doubles In Fayette County Fair
Special to The Gazette Fayette county records a new high in baby beef work with 48 club members feeding 83 head of Hereford, Angus, and Shorthorn calves for the 1941 Fayette county fair. W. T. Diamond reports the total more than doubling from 41 head last year as juniors from West Union and Fayette enter multiple cattle. He notes earlier feeding this year suggests a heavier group of steers for the fair.
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Fayette
Fayette County
W. T. Diamond
Harry Stolle
West Union
Nydeggar
Robert Faust
Diamond
Chicago Producers Commission and Livestock Marketing Meet
Chicago hosts the nineteenth annual Chicago Producers Commission meeting and the seventh annual Livestock Marketing Company gathering on March 4. Dr. Arthur E. Holt of the University of Chicago will speak on Cooperation and Democracy.
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Chicago
Chicago Producers Commission Association
Livestock Marketing Company of Chicago
Arthur E. Holt
University of Chicago
Butterfat Prices At Silver Springs Creamery Rise For December
Special to The Gavette notes patrons earned 37 cents per pound for last half of December butterfat at the Silver Springs creamery. Scheidel Brothers led with 245.3 pounds produced.
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Ossian
Silver Springs
Scheidel Brothers
Center Junction Fat Averages 32 Cents
Center Junction reports average butterfat price of 32 cents per pound for 1940. The Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery processed 252018 pounds of butter from 202803 pounds butterfat, with 49215 pounds overrun.Manufacturing cost was 194 cents per pound. Patrons received 64896.62 for butterfat. gross sales totaled 90745.26. 200 attendees. H H Schnur of Waterloo spoke. directors reelected. Monticello creamery to hold meeting Feb 3.
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Center Junction
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery Association
H. H. Schnur
Waterloo
H J Dirks
Fred Welch
Wallie Cruise
F. D. Sutherland
Worthington Creamery to Hold Annual Meeting Jan 31
Worthington creamery plant schedules its annual meeting for January 31 at 1 p.m. in Worthington with officer elections on the agenda. Edgewood likewise sets February 4 for its Farmers' Creamery annual meeting to elect officers.
Hawkeye Farmers creamery to hold annual meeting
Special to The Gazette reports Hawkeye Farmers creamery will hold its annual meeting in Epworth on February 10. In Sand Springs, Farmers Mutual Creamery association plans its stockholders meeting on February 6.
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Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Epworth
Hawkeye Farmers Creamery
Sand Springs
The
Farmers Mutual Creamery Association of
110 Mattress Applications In Cedar County Surplus Cotton Plan
Cedar county reports 110 applications for surplus cotton to be made into mattresses at the Farm Bureau office. Miss Laura Heddleson, Cedar county home demonstration agent, announced today. Henry Von Muester, chairman of Cedar county Triple A, placed an order for at least 6,000 pounds of cotton and one bale of standard 8 ounce ticking with the surplus marketing administration.
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Tipton
Farm Bureau
Laura Heddleson
Cedar County
Surplus Marketing Administration
Henry von Muenster
Triple A
Creator of Plants and Puzzles Clue Wordy Grid
Crossword style clues mix puns and definitions across horizontal and vertical entries. Several entries hint at botanical themes, archaic spellings, and common words, with themes including fruits flowers and plant products.
Farm Auction Schedule Listings for January and February
Upcoming sales include H. F. McCalley sale 2144 miles NW of Marion Virginia City Sales Co. on Tuesday January 28. Wednesday January 29 features Wm Burlton closing out sale 3 miles east of Norway and R H Klemm closing out sale 3 miles NW of Paris. February 5 brings Helgens Bros Poland China sale 6 miles SE of Monticello. February 10 presents Harold Wehrman Berkshire sale in Belle Plaine.
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H. F. McCalley
Marion
City Sales Co
Wm. Burlton
Norway
R. H. Klemm
Paris
Helgens Bros
Poland
China Sale
Monticello
Harold Wehrman
Berkshire Sale
Belle Plaine
Baby Beeves On Feed In Linn Herefords Lead
One hundred thirty six baby beeves are being fed by 75 4-H club members in Linn county led by 69 Herefords 41 Angus and 26 Shorthorns. Entrants close January 15 with about one third from Linn county. Calves will be fed groomed for county fair the All Iowa show and some for the state fair.
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Linn County
Bill Harr
Horr
Iowa
Tama County Seals 300000 Bushels of 1940 Corn
About 300 loans on 300000 bushels of 1940 corn have been made in Tama county to date. H C Aschenbrenner of Traer, vice-chairman of the county AAA, reported. The average loan covers 1000 bushels, with a loan rate of 61 cents a bushel. Only two cribs tested had moisture above 20.5 percent and were ineligible for sealing.
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TRAER
Tama County
H. C. Aschenbrenner
County Aaa
200 Acre Chalupnik Estate Sold At Auction In Tama County
The John Chalupnik estate of 200 acres in Buckingham township Tama county sold Saturday to J G Pod hajsky a farmer south of Traer for 75 dollars per acre. Possession will be given March 1. The farm is well improved.
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Traer
John Chalupnik
Buckingham Township
Tama County
J. G. Podhajsky
the Gazette
Manchester
Clarence H. Blanchard
Ray Dunlap
Masonville
Youth Series At Tipton With Part Time Classes
Tipton residents organize a youth series aligned with weekly part time classes. Boys cover topics from Tractor Repair to National Debt with a focus on Aid to Great Britain. Girls plan sessions on kitchen Utensils household linens and home furnishings across January to March.
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Tipton
AAA
Great Britain
Soul Conservations From A Country Woman
A COUNTRY WOMAN recalls earlier rural life with vivid, memory filled scenes of tablecloths, red bricks, churns, rain barrels, pantry breads, dried apples, herb sacks, lye soap, cracklings, sauerkraut, and frozen cabbage, inviting nostalgia for traditional farm life and self sufficiency.
State Agricultural Planning Meeting At Ames Jan 28-29
Ames R K Bliss director of the Ames extension service calls the state committee on agricultural programs to Ames for a two day meeting January 28 and 29. Bliss chairs the committee which seeks a unified state agricultural program to meet war impacts with high level interest from Secretary Wickard. The state committee includes leading farmers and statewide agricultural agencies, working with county committees in every Iowa county.
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AMES
R. K. Bliss
Ames Agricultural Extension Service
State Committee On Agricultural Programs
Bliss
Claude Wickard
Iowa
Lespedeza Seed Prices Fall Behind 1939 Levels
U S prices to growers for clean Korean lespedeza seed on December 24 averaged 4 dollars per hundred pounds, down from 4.80 in 1939 and 5.55 the five year average. Other varieties averaged 7 dollars per hundred pounds. Growers plan to use 28 percent on farms and sell 72 percent. dealers may handle about 58 million pounds. By December 24, 59 percent of the crop had been sold despite a late harvest delaying movement.
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Washington, D. C
Kobe
Beef Feeders Seek Parallel Dairy Feeding School
Jackson county cattle feeders urged a fat cattle feeding and marketing lecture at their meeting. They desired a program like the dairy feeding school and planned to hold the school in February, County Agent Krause said.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
FepUuty
Krause
Wisconsin Farm and Home Week Returns to Madison
The College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin schedules its annual Farm and Home Week for February 3 to 7 at Madison presenting programs, exhibits, and demonstrations for farmers and residents.
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College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Madison
South Garden Plots Plan New Home Production Drive
Washington officials announced an extensive live at home program for the south. President Roosevelt is very interested as agriculture department staff draft plans to shift large cotton acreages to home gardens and farm feed. A southwide conference in New Orleans February 10 to 12 will gather representatives from at least 13 southern states to map a nutrition and security driven agricultural adjustment.
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Washington
South
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
New Orleans
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
M. L. Wilson
Wilson
4-H Clubs Elect Delhi Go-Getters Officers
Delhi Go-Getters 4-H club elected Anna Belle Petion president Vida Guetzke vice president Bernice Reth secretary Nola Zane Petion treasurer Lila Jean Toms historian and Helen Fleming reporter. Leader is Miss Eva Mae Meyers with assistant L Bodensteiner. They will study clothing in year one.
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Delhi Go-Getters
Anna Belle Petion
Vida Guetzke
Bernice Reth
Nola Zane Petion
Lila Jean Toms
Helen Fleming
UNION
Sunny Sals
Batty Stolle
West Union
Josephine Wiley Jis
Antoinette Berns
Beverly Grimes
Lorraine Grimes
Eva Mae Meyers
L. J. Bodensteiner
Riverside Ramblers
Melvin Schneider
Riverside
James Veggy
Maynard Schneider
Robert Cress
Hearts OF Center 4-1
Hearts of Center 4-H
Randalia
George Grimes
Willian Hof
Gladys Perry
Jeanette Jarchow
Marjorie Benter
Conservationist Placed On Tama Reservation
Robert T. Mitchell of Lawton Oklahoma is appointed CCC junior engineer in charge of reforestation erosion control and soil conservation projects on the Sac and Fox Tama reservation for the rest of the fiscal year starting this week.
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Toledo
Civilian Conservation Corps
Interior Department
Robert T. Mitchell
Lawton
Oklo
Ccc-Id
New $5000 Locker Plant Opens with 180 Compartments
A $5,000 cold storage locker plant was completed here and lockers began filling. The facility includes 180 lockers, a refrigeration unit, and a modern butchering shop. William Suckow of Postville is employed as a butcher and Earl Davies will manage the plant.
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McGregor
William Suckow
Postville
Earl Davies
Record livestock shipments from Greeley reach 570 cars
Last year set a record as 570 cars of livestock were shipped from Greeley. The grand total came from five counties contributing to the load.
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Greeley
Saliva Roles and Digestive Process Outlined
An overview discusses how saliva moistened food aids mastication and swallowing, with ptyalin converting starches to maltose and dextrin before intestinal digestion. It notes other saliva functions such as mouth cleaning, taste stimulation, and maintaining moisture for speech, while warning hurried eating limits its action.
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Best
Taylor
Starling
Jones
Fehling
Howell
Lead Lined Tank Risks Chronic Lead Poisoning
A reader asks about danger from drinking rain water stored in a lead lined tank and pumped to the home for cooking laundry bathing and drinking. An answer confirms water may dissolve lead from the lining and cause chronic lead poisoning in some cases.
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IR. D. Ans
AFL Official Urges Seven Day Work Week
Washington AFL leaders promote a seven day work week to boost defense production. Joseph McDonagh cites six day practices now in shipyards and industry, proposing phased days off to lift output by about 40 percent, with profits offsetting higher labor costs. William Green pledges full wartime cooperation. Timber wolves trained to pull sleds noted.
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Washington
INS
American Federation of Labor
Joseph McDonagh
Metal Trades Department
AFL
William Green
Local carpenter endorses Natex to beat ailments
Edgar Forby of 353 7th Ave SW credits Natex with curing sluggish bowels and fatigue. He says the laxative and stomachic effects improved sleep, headaches, dizziness, muscle aches, and appetite. Natex reps at Podzimek's Pharmacy and local druggists sell the product.
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Natex
Edgar Forby
7Th Avenue
Podzimek
Second Avenue
Podzimerk
Second Avenue SE
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