Iowa Corn Progress In Marshall County Reports Good Condition
In Marshall county corn stands shoulder high and progressing well across Iowa last week. Chinch bugs threaten some fields, prompting orders for barrier oil from county agents. National figures project a 1940 corn harvest around 2.44 billion bushels with broader grain totals near 4.545 billion bushels.
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Marshall County
Iowa
Reed
D* Moines
Charles D Reed
Chicago
Board of Trade
United States
Iowa 1939 Dairy Output Tops 99 Million
Special to The Gazette Des Moines Iowa dairy production in 1939 reached 7 529 496 635 pounds of milk with a total value of 99 349 719 87 dollars Chief R G Clark of the dairy and food division reports Butter production totaled 232 590 765 pounds valued at 57 924 997 49 gallons of ice cream 6 930 090 valued at 6 237 081 00 and farm butter 9 000 000 pounds valued at 2 250 000 00 Cottage cheese 3 126 450 pounds valued at 218 851 50 Condensed milk 21 804 431 pounds valued at 932 277 16 Skim milk and buttermilk 4 680 000 000 pounds valued at 4 680 000 00
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Des Moines—I
Iowa
R. G. Clark
State Department of Agriculture
Clark
First hay cut on Rhines farm yields 40 tons from 20 acres
Don E. Rhines east of Edgewood reports the first cutting produced 40 tons of hay from 20 acres. He also harvested ten loads from a four acre field planted with a mixture of alfalfa red clover and alsike.
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Edgewood
Don E. Rhines
Rhines
Mrs Brenneman To Speak On Des Moines Radio
Mrs A D Brenneman of Marion Linn county home project chairman is set for a Des Moines radio talk next Saturday from 12 to 1230 p m. Miss Lucille Gove says she will discuss the rural women recreation camp held last week at Palisades Park.
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A. D. Brennaman
Marion
Woman's Home Project
Linn County
Des Moines
Lucille Gove
Brenneman
Palisades Park
Fence Drift in the Cov en Wire
Poem extols a small country town and its main street values. It describes a white church, cottage streets, friendly welcome, and democracy’s heart, contrasting with writers’ flamboyant urban tales. The speaker longs to live in such a town.
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Main Street
GaA.c
Hog Kill Increases At The 27 Markets
Hog slaughter at 27 federally inspected markets rose to 718,971 head for the week ended June 28 from 695,509 the prior week and 489,837 a year ago. Cattle slaughter also rose to 136,337 head from 127,706 and 133,643. Sheep and lambs fell to 264,053 from 269,015 and 274,983, while calf slaughter was 75,358, down from 75,999 and 75,743 respectively.
Hog Cholera Reported In East Iowa Communities
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports hog cholera outbreaks in the last two weeks on farms near Tracer Tipton Anamosa Center Junction Londen Iowa City Springville Wheatland Burr Oak Decorah Marengo Cedar Falls Gladbrook West Liberty Central City Lone Tree Monona Garna ville Victor Independence Quasqueton Delhi Victor Monticello Dike Charles City Postville.
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Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
Iowa
Tracer
Tipton
Anamosa
Center Junction
Londen
Itowa City
Springville
Wheatland
Burr Oak
Decorah
Marengo
Cedar Falls
Gladbrook
West Liberty
Central City
Lone Tree
Monona
Garnaville
Victor
Independence
Quasqueton
Delhi
Monticello
Dike
Charles City
Postville
Wapsie Valley Herd Leads June Results in Iowa Test
June report shows the Iowa State Hospital herd of 79 Holsteins averaging 1357 pounds of milk and 42.1 pounds of butterfat. The top individual was a Guernsey from the R A Nelson herd producing 1362 pounds of milk and 68.1 pounds of butterfat under twice daily milking.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Cow Test Association
Iowa State Hospital
R A. Nelson
A F F A Tour Set For July 10 In Waukon
Milo Pitcher, vocational agriculture instructor at Waukon, announced the annual F F A chapter tour and picnic will be held July 10 starting at 9 30 a.m. from Waukon High School.
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Waukon
Milo Pitcher
Waukon High School
Rural Newly Weds Form Organization in Fayette
Seventeen young married couples on farms formed the Newly Weds Club in Fayette to study farm and home management. Paul E. McElroy is director. Sixteen county townships are represented. Next meeting is August 5 at the Legion hall in Fayette with a 7 PM dinner. members invite three couples as guests.
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West Union
Fayette
Paul E. McElroy
Ray Bodensteiner
Waucoma
Albert Bodensteiner
St Lucas
Sylvan Hoag
Elgin
Archie Schroeder
Postaille
Carl Boeckenheuer
Hawkeye
Donald Scott
Teroy Alcorn
Marvin Burkhart
Lyie Arthur
Randalia
Glenn Bennington
Edwin Decker
Westgate
Herbert Malven
Maynard
Leroy Henniges
Benton Harrison
Frank Brownell
Stanley
Harold Downer
Lamont
Alfred Stewart
Oelwein
Legion Hall
Officers Named For Fire Fighting Assn In Grinnell Vicinity
Elmer Iverson elected president of the Rural Fire Truck association to raise funds for a farm property protection fire truck within ten miles of Grinnell. George Simmons vice president Leonard Pederson secretary and George Selle treasurer also serve as directors with Shirley Eichhorn and Lester Ahrens. Donations total 1769 with 800 more hoped.
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Grinnell
Elmer Iverson
Rural Fire Truck Association
George Simmons
Leonard Pederson
George Selle
Shirley Eichhorn
Lester Ahrens
North Jones C T A and June Milk Averages
In Monticello the North Jones C T A records show 441 cows on test in June producing 791 pounds of milk and 301 pounds of butterfat, with JC Ahtrichs’ herd averaging 807 pounds of milk and 437 pounds of butterfat. Edgewood notes 415 cows on test in Clayton-Delaware C T A averaged 962 pounds of milk and 293 pounds of butterfat, while Roy Walters of Garber led with 14 grade Guernseys at 43.2 pounds butterfat.
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Monticello
North Jones Ct.a
Lawrence Tatum
JC. Ahtrichs
Shomont
Edgewood
Clayton-Delaware C.T A
Norman Braker
Roy Walters
Garber
Butter output falls across nation in latest week
Creamery butter production dropped 3.3 percent nationwide for the week ending June 27, with the West North Central division down 5.3 percent. Iowa is in that division, which accounts for 49 percent of U.S. output, and regional production was 8 percent below the same week in 1939.
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Des Moines
INS
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central Division
Iowa
Equitable Life Farm Sold at $130 Per Acre Near Traer
Traer real estate brokers report the sale of a 160 acre farm by the Equitable Life Insurance Society of New York to John Wrage of Tracer for 130 dollars an acre. Possession passes March 1, 1941. The property sits seven miles north and one mile east of Tracer with Harry Wrage as current tenant.
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Traer Real Estate Brokers
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
John Wrage
Tracer
Harry Wrage
Study of Oats Varieties Planted in Buchanan County
Ten oat varieties were planted on the Thomas Hotchkiss farm in Madison township Buchanan county and studied by Farm Bureau members County Agent Dale Irwin and Ames extension agronomist for smut stem rust date of maturity blight lodging crown rust. Varieties include Hancock Boone Marion CI 3500 CI 3502 Iowa 103 Iowa 105 Gopher Columbia and Fulghum. Plots will be harvested when ripe and full results including yield will be announced later.
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Yedal
Gazette
Independence
Thomas Hotchkiss
Madison Township
Buchanan County
Farm Bureau
Dale Irwin
Ames Extension Agronomist
Hancock
Boone
Marion
Iowa
Iowa 105
Gopher
Columbia and
Fulghum
Lambs Graded In Washington Pool Sale Report
Washington Ia Thirty one county sheep growers pooled four hundred twenty six lambs for grading and sale. E L Hegg of Iowa City graded both pools. Eleven prime lambs weighed about eighty pounds and brought ten dollars fifty cents per hundredweight. Remaining lambs sold at home weights with prices by grade and weight.
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Washington
Washington County
E. L. Hegg
Iowa City
Guy Cole
Peterson Sheep Company
Agan to Succeed Collins as West Union Ag Teacher
R. Collins has left West Union for Oskaloosa and will start August 1 teaching manual arts and agriculture. Raymond J. Agan, a recent Iowa State College graduate from Peru, will take the West Union job and begin August 1.
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Agan
Collins
West Union Ag
West Union
T R. Collins
Smith-Hughes
Oskaloosa
Raymond J. Agan
Peru
Iowa State College
Glamour and advertising women in a country view
A Country Woman argues that advertising targets women with beauty and household products. She asserts women drive demand for creams, soaps, and recipes, and jokes that constant use would exhaust them, transferring glamour duties away from women if possible.
National cornhusking contest date set tentatively in Scott county
Davenport dispatch reports the national cornhusking contest will be held in Scott county on October 30 with exact field to be decided later. The state husking contest is planned near Mitchellville around October 26 with final arrangements pending.
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Davenport
INS
Scott County
Mitchellville
Truck Fees Dominate 1939 Vehicle Registration Collections
Among the 48 states total motor vehicle registration fees for 1939, motor trucks accounted for 29.2 percent, about 99 million dollars, as reported.
Budget Estimate and Record of Filing Palo Dist Meeting
Notice from Palo Consolidated School District Fayette Township Linn County Iowa announces a July 18 1940 8 p m meeting at the school building to hear taxpayers on the proposed expenditures. J Warren McClintock district secretary.
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Palo Consolidated School District
Fayette Township
Linn County
Towa
J. Warren McClintock
Linn County Supervisors Proceedings March 1940 Pension Payments
Proceedings detail widow pensions for March 1910 period ending March 1940, list of pension recipients with amounts, and motion to adjourn. Includes allotment of work relief payrolls for March 1940 and bids/contracts for lubricating oils and oils for Linn County materials.
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Wilson Marvin
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Linn County
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Mar
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J B. Hannahs
West Point
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Late hero king of Belgium Pep
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