2 Acre Stockyards Rise at Hawkeye Downs
A 2 acre 84 pen stockyards near completion at Hawkeye Downs southwest of Cedar Rapids will host 375 rotted baby beeves from 17 eastern Iowa counties when the All Iowa exposition opens August 13 1939 Calves are fed by 45 farm youths since November 1 in lots of five head and will be auctioned after judging The project is overseen by the Eastern Iowa Cattle feeders club Rex Beresford Ames and county 4 H agents with 40 workers building the yards Banquet for 4 H members Aug 15 at Hawkeye Downs will honor 75 young feeders and invite Nebraska ranchers and others involved with the calves.
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Charles Moore
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States
Moore
Nebraska Sand Hills
Eastern Iowa Cattlemen's Association
Rex Beresford
Ames Animal Husbandry Extension Department
George Scott
Linn County
Eastern Iowa
Lester Schirm
Phillip Hand
Center Point
Keith Carson
Ely
John Clark
Mac Towers
Marion
Melvin Levasseur
Alburnett
Howard Gardner
Walker
Eldon Burr
Nebraska
Ames
Clare Marshall
Corn Growth Outlook: Temperature Rain Affect Iowa Yield
Agricultural authorities citing Wallace and Bressman say yield hinges on rainfall and temperature during the tasseling window. In eastern Iowa Cedar Rapids records show June mean 72.5 degrees with 4.74 inches rain. ideal is 71 F and 3.5 inches. Experts note July warmth and ample moisture may help, while extreme heat during pollination could harm pollen viability.
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Henry A. Wallace
Earl N. Bressman
Wallace and Bressman
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
Wallace and
Bressman
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Corn Belt
Board of Trade
Wallace
H. D. Hughes
Ames
Hughes
Iron Mountain in Styria Holds 300 Million Tons Ore
The Iron Mountain in Styria Austria is estimated to contain about 300 million tons of ore and is about 50 percent pure iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styria
Austria
Banks Life and National Life Trial Farm Purchase Plan In Iowa
Two insurance firms with Farm Security Administration approval test a no down payment plan to sell farms in Iowa to FSA clients. Cedar Rapids manager McClary and Des Moines manager Auner describe steps from preliminary farm data to FSA financing and five year operation with later amortization over 20 years. The pilot targets southern Iowa with expansion possible. Special notices follow about Buckingham and Dike land purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Life Insurance Company
Vermont
J. S. Auner
Des Moines
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Iowa
Bankers Life Company
Aren C. McClary
Cedar Rapids
Wayne County
National Life
Montpelier
National Life of Vermont
Bankers Life
McClary
Auner
Ames
Harold Anway
Mr. Auner
Insurance
Amner
Sigourney Hosts Nutrition Program Planning Meeting
Mrs. Lucille Lacock Cochran of Ames will lead a program planning session this Friday in Sigourney on the year’s home project foods and nutrition. The Keokuk county committee will meet with Miss LaVonne Dubes and Mrs. Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Lucille Lacock Cochran
Ames
Keokuk County
Cochran
LaVonne Dubes
New Wheat Brings 06 Cents at Traer
Weaver Brothers east of Traer market the first new grain of the year. Their July 8 harvest yielded over 30 bushels per acre, selling at 56 cents a bushel. Rye produced about 40 bushels per acre, sold for 32 cents. Four combines operated in the Weaver field, with two by dealers for demonstration. Logan Fleming near here delivered high quality wheat, and R P Young sold rye loads. In Garnavillo a field baler begins operation on custom basis by Orval Fielbar of Elkader, cutting 125 bales or five tons per hour.
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TRAER
Weaver Brothers
Weaver
Logan Fleming
R. P. Young
Garnavillo
Orval Fielbar
Elkader
Clayton County
Phosphate boosts oat growth on Chapman farm fields
On Homer Chapman’s farm near Arlington a field split with 12 acres phosphated and 3 acres unphosphated shows taller straw and heavier, plumper grain on the phosphated side. The test, part of the northeast Iowa soil improvement effort led by Floyd Parks, also reports alfalfa yields 25 percent higher on phosphated ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Chapman
Arlington
Chapman
Iowa
4-County Soil Improvement Association
Floyd Parks
Waukon
Washington 4-H Livestock Inspectors Preview County Show
A county tour by pig club and baby beef club members, led by Ed Lyndegaard J W Chandler and John Knotek, aimed to boost the August 8-10 Washington county 4-H achievement show. About 100 youths and parents visited farms, saw Bobby Foster with a Hereford calf, and stopped at multiple local farms before a picnic lunch.
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Washington
Washington County
Ed Lyndegaard
J. W. Chandler
John Knotek
Bobby Foster
Clyde Rouse
Donald McLaughlin
Martin Whittaker
A. L. Duensing
J. B. Walker
Ray Lambert
M. M. Flynn
Peter Schneider
Lloyd Foster
Ray Bell
John Horak
Ameal Chabal
Homer Jarrard
Milton Mass
John Flading
G. C. Timmons
Geed Earth Appreciation From a Country Woman
A country woman reflects on soil conservation, calling the land a Geed Earth worthy of care. She notes a green and yellow countryside and anticipates a broader classification with more years under the current soil conservation program.
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Iland
Farm House Damaged by Fire Near Martelle
Fire caused by an exploded oil stove razed the kitchen and part of the roof of the Ed Holcomb farm house two and a half miles northeast of Martelle Thursday afternoon. Martelle fire company and neighbors confined flames to damaged areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bredal
The
Gazette
Martelle
Ed Holcomb
Here
Martelle Fire Company
Beans Bring High Price at Local Bean Field Sale
Mrs. K. W. Le Hew picked 333 pounds of wax beans in the James C. Sherbon field two miles south of Walker on Thursday. The beans sold to the Vinton cannery at 60 dollars per ton, top price.
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Walker
K. W. le Hew
James C. Sherbon
Vinton
Committee named on lard marketing strategy
A congressional group teams with farm organizations to study markets for lard and domestic fats. Rep August H Andresen chairs a non partisan panel to report to the agriculture department. Rep Coffee urges using federal surplus purchases if land as surplus. The study will cover imports, taxes, exports, futures regulation and expansion of domestic fats programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
August H. Andresen
Minn
Agriculture Department
Rep. Coffee
Neb
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Agriculture predicts higher U S lard output for 1940
The agriculture department forecast lard production in 1940 at about 2.1 billion pounds, up from 1.754 billion last year, based on a pig crop 15 percent larger. It also projected 1940 lard output near the 1929-33 average of 2.342 billion pounds, with exports likely below average due to loss of the German market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
United States
Annual Colt Show At Ryan Labor Day
The Ryan colt show is scheduled for Labor Day September 4. The Ryan Community club reports plans are nearly complete and the colt show committee includes Dr. W. S. O'Brien W. 3 B. Robinson Carl Wenger and E. J. Huls.
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Ryan
Labor Day
Ryan Community Club
W. S. O'Brien
W. 3
B. Robinson
Carl Wenger
E. J. Huls
Farm Bureau Joint Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
Fox Spring Creek Big Creek and Cedar township Farm Bureaus plan a joint meeting at the local high school in La Porte City. The program will include the 4 H band a boys demonstration team and the Black Hawk county farm women's chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Gasette
LA Porte City
Fox
Spring Creek
Big Creek
Cedar Township
Black Hawk County
Public Auction Notice of Real Estate in Iowa
Undersigned offers for sale the described real estate at public auction. The property includes the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter in Section 2 and the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter in Section 11, Town 54, Range 8 West of the Fifth P.M., in Lucas County, Iowa. Sale on the premises known as the Jacob C. Merrie area near a road one mile north of a lane. Attorney: Ry Frea W. Hann.
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Hie Wat Eck
Soethwest
Swia
Nerihwent
Tion Tea
Fu Town
Liam Ceenty
Owas
Jacob C. Merrie
Toner
Ry Frea W. Hann
Her Altorney
New York Butter Receipts for June Dip From Year Earlier
Butter receipts at New York in June totaled 28,321,080 pounds, below the 31,349,237 pounds a year earlier. Minnesota shipments surged to 9,034,300 pounds, Iowa followed with 8,818,037 pounds, and Michigan contributed 781,148 pounds. Egg receipts reached 614,523 cases, down from 688,202 casess. Iowa led egg imports with 166,935 cases. Prices: extras 24.06 cents, Chicago 23.65 cents. last June New York averaged 25.76 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Brown
New York City
New York
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Chicago
Butter price recommendation still in the mill
A Washington telegram reports the Commodity Credit Corporation has not yet submitted its DPMA butter purchase price to Secretary Wallace for approval or rejection. There is no indication when the price will be sent, and officials note no pressure to speed the decision.
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the Gazette
Washington, D. C
Commodity Credit Corporation
DPMA
Wallace
Linn County 4H Sports Festival Thursday at Marion
Linn county Junior Farm Bureau sponsors a 4 H sports festival at Thomas Park Marion on Thursday. Morning events include a county boys club softball tournament girls track tennis and horseshoe. Afternoon events add girls quiet games a county girls softball boys tug of war horseshoes tennis track and swimming diving. Notables include Catherine Reinheimer Glenn Olinger Paul Janda William Benn and Milford Hartung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Thomas Park
Marion
Junior Farm Bureau
Catherine Reinheimer
Glenn Olinger
Springville
Paul Janda
Cedar Rapids
William Benn
Milford Hartung
Mount Vernon
Rye Threshed Near Hopkinton by Delay Brothers
Delay Brothers near Hopkinton reportedly led local threshing, harvesting four acres of rye on Wednesday with good quality reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Delay Brothers
Early Oats Harvest Near Springville Edge
Springville area farmers J. G. Van Sickle and Dolph Van Sickle were among the first to begin oats combining last week at the west edge of Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
J. G. van Sickle
Dolph van Sickle
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Fred Hinkhouse
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Marion Blvd
Persenal
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Merle
Joseph Kushner and
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Iowa City
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