Fayette county wool pool yields largest in 14 years
The Fayette county wool pool delivered 38,734 pounds in two days with 244 consignors. Kassler Fur company of Dubuque bought the wool for shipment to New York at 9.50 a hundredweight net after 0.05 handling. total consignor receipts were 3,696.88. Freight to New York totaled 382.02 for two carloads.
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Ayette
Fayette County
Kassler Fur Company
Dubuque
New York
Fayette Pool
B. Woodwick
County Farm Bureau
Fence Drift Caught in the Woven Wire
The fragment evokes a summer scene with fences, dogs, mud, and sweltering heat. References to Democrats, old haunts, saloons, and creatures suggest a nostalgic or symbolic piece on weather, aging, or social conditions.
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RPA
Butterfat receipts at Traer creamery fall amid price decline
For the year ending June 1 the Traer cooperative creamery paid patrons 172 920 dollars for 654 348 pounds of butterfat marking a 17 percent drop in receipts from the prior period. The operation began June 1 1926 and once paid 500000 in a year and peaked near 800000 pounds in 1930 with 731 patrons.
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TRAER
Traer Co-Operative Creamery
Traer Creamery
Tama County
Elvin Thede Wins Killian Judging Trophy In Tama
Elvin Thede of Tama county and nearby Gladbrook won the grain and livestock judging contest conducted by County Agent Z R Mills. His score of 1344 earns him the Killian trophy for one year and he leads eight judges chosen to represent the county at the state contest in Ames in August. The judging spanned hogs Jerseys Holsteins horses oats wheat barley and cattle across several farms and facilities under supervision of R L Pemberton and county staff.
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Toledo
Elvin Thede
Tama
Gladbrook
Z. R. Mills
Elvin
Ames
Eldon Wiese
Robert Martens
Floyd Marken
Farm Bureau
What’s What Out on the Acres
Interview with Will Sherren a Winthrop farmer born 1858 on 159 acres two miles north of Winthrop. He discusses weather taxes road work schooling and farming economy noting prices swing with the market and urging prudent spending and unity to curb liquor use amid hard times.
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Will Sherren
Winthrop
Dubuque
Aurora
Farming Folks Say They Would Not Support Prohibition
An interview with a veteran farmer discusses prohibition enforcement costs and public sentiment. He weighs voting options for Hoover, criticizes party leaders, and recalls farming practices from earlier decades including cattle feeding and equipment growth.
Beef Club Tour Taken In Clayton County
Members of the Clayton county baby beef club conducted their annual tour Tuesday visiting six members homes. Calves were inspected and discussions held on hoof and horn trimming, show preparation, and care and feeding with John L. Quist and County agent Roy Combs assisting.
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Eleader
Clayton County
John L. Quist
The
Ames Extension Service
Roy Combs
Barn Under Construction After Fire destroys barn
Wil Kopriva, a farmer south of Traer, begins erecting a new barn to replace one destroyed by fire weeks ago. Caslavka of Traer handles the construction work.
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Traer
Wil ‘Kopriva
Caslavka
Eat what you can and can what you can't campaign
Ames Iowa State College in cooperation with the Red Cross and welfare groups launched a food conservation drive under the slogan Eat what you can and can what you can't. The effort aims to preserve vegetables meats and fruits for indigent residents through county canning demonstrations and home economics guidance.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Red Cross, Welfare and Women's Organizations
Thursday
R. K. Blss
Iowa State College Extension Service
Bliss
Iowa
Ull
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