All-Iowa Livestock Show to Judge 5-Head Beef Contest Aug 12
About 280 junior beef calves in the 5-head division will be judged August 12 at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids by Dean H H Kildee of Iowa State College. The event is part of the All-Iowa Livestock Show August 11 to 16 with entries from 12 counties led by Linn County and Jones County exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Carl Smith
Anamosa
Carl Oldsen
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Muscatine County
Gaylord Wilson
West Liberty
Ralph Neff
Nichols
Lawrence Yourm
Conesville
Maynard Jokemon
Wilton
Wayne Drumm
Eugene McBride
Muscatine
Harold Schmitt
Poweshick County
Lotus Goodrich
Brooklyn
Bruce Bolen
Grinnell
Marvin Calderwood
Dubuque County
Francis Heiderscheit
Waupeton
Walter R. Meloy
Bernard
Francis Aitcheson
Cascade
Francis Feldman
Boone Oats Yield 70 Bushels To Acre Near Center Point
Special to The Gazette Center Point four acres of Boone oats yielded 280 bushels when combined late last week on the Snyder Brothers farm near Center Point. Melvin and Roy Squires did the combining and noted two passes around the field produced 20 bushels per acre, compared with an 18 acre field of regular oats yielding less.
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Center Point
Gazette
Boone
Snyder Brothers
Melvin
Roy Squires
Corn under loan collateral totals 447 million bushels
As of July 1 the Commodity Credit Corporation reported about 447,220,000 bushels of corn held as loan collateral. Of this total 291,237,000 bushels come from the 1939 crop and 10,300,000 bushels are wheat loan collateral from the 1939 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Tree Budding Demonstration Set for Thursday Events
S. W Edgecombe, Iowa State horticulturist, will demonstrate orchard tree budding in connection with top working at four Linn county Farm Bureau meetings next Thursday. Sessions at Robbins farm near Palo, Henderson near Toddville, Williams near Whittier, and Hartzell near Mount Vernon proceed from 8:30 am to 5 pm.
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S. W Edgecombe
Iowa
Linn County Farm Bureau
E. D. Robbins
Palo
L. C Henderson
Toddville
John P Williams
Whittier
C. F. Hartzell
Mount Vernon
Maquoketa County Reports Few Grasshoppers
County Agent F. E Krause reports Maquoketa has a small stock of federal grasshopper bait while Jackson County has few grasshoppers so far. No insect outbreaks have been reported in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
F. E Krause
Jackson County
Tower Snaked Erect To New Location
Charles D. Nolan, a Cedar Rapids veteran pump and windmill man, moved a 50 foot windmill tower over 100 yards in under an hour on the Booth Smith farm near Cedar Rapids. Four guy ropes and a crew kept it stable during the tractor-assisted move. The tower's relocation supported a new 255 foot well drilled after the old one ran dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Nolan
Cedar Rapids
Booth- Smith
Lloyd Carson
Golden Jubilee Planned Sept 27 by Luana Creamery
The Luana Farmers creamery founded in 1890 will mark its golden jubilee with a large picnic in Luana on Sept 27, as planned by the creamery board of directors and the commercial club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luana Creamery
Luana
Creamery
Commercial Club
Creamery Group Sets Meetings in Volga City and Elgin
Fred Gernand announces the Iowa Creamery Operators association Section 11 meeting for July 21 in Volga City. In Elgin Section 1, butter maker Louis Lehman will host the gathering on August 1.
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Volga City
Fred Gernand
Iowa Creamery Operators Association
Elgin
Louis Lehman
4 H Dairy Tour Planned In Washington County
Washington county hosts its first 4 H dairy club tour on July 25 guided by County Agent J W Chandler with Alvin Lueder and Frank Rice. Fay Barney of Fairfield accompanies to discuss animal merits and faults as eleven farms are visited from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p m with a noon picnic at Sunset park Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington County
J W. Chandler
Alvin Lueder
Sunset Park
Livestock Judging Set For August 15 In Iowa City
Johnson county 4-H fair opens August 14 at 7 30 p m with boys cattle exhibits at the Iowa stadium and girls canning and nutrition displays at the field house armory. Judging begins August 15, saddle horse show slated for the evening, two days of girls demonstrations follow. Lee Schwimley chairs boys 4 H club work, Mrs Lloyd Burr chairs girls in Lone Tree.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa Stadium
Fieldhouse
Emmett Gardner
Lee Schwimley
Kalona
Lloyd Burr
Lone Tree
Notice of hearing on sale of Marion bank real estate
Notice to depositors and creditors of the Commercial Savings Bank of Marion Iowa that D W Bates Superintendent seeks leave to sell the front 55 feet of Lot 6 Block 13 Buchanan Reeds Addition Cedar Rapids for 2500 dollars. Court fixs August 1 1940 9 00 a m at Cedar Rapids Court House for hearing and objections.
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Commercial Savings Bank of
Marion
Iowa
District Court of Linn
D. W. Bates
State of Iowan
Commercial Savines Bank of
Town
Buchanan & Reed
Cedar Rauids
Linn County
8Th Street
S.W
Cedar Rapids
Bates
State of
Towa
John M. Rankin
Thos. L. Woods
Chinch Bug Invasion Halted In Iowa Says State Entomologist
Do J Drake Iowa state entomologist reports that creosote barriers and farmer cooperation reduced chinch bug damage to about 10 percent of corn. He warns small grain setbacks won't stop bugs, outlines migration path through crops and notes over 1.3 million gallons of creosote distributed with barriers 99 plus percent effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Do. J. Drake
Drake
Chinch Bug Resistance Trials May Need Broader Plot
Several hybrid corn firms claim resistant strains but tests show pests favor some varieties. Most trials compare resistant varieties with nonresistant ones, urging a comprehensive plot to compare all resistant types. An Ames experiment station or extension groups like 4-H and Farm Bureau could run the study.
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Iowa
Ames
AAA Checks Distributed For Buchanan County Farmers
Independence reports 571 checks totaling 34 395.64 received for Buchanan county farmers with 65 000 expected in total AAA funds. The latest batch adds 230 more compliance checks worth 13 791 64.
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Buchanan
Independence
AAA
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids Plans 1940 Swimming Pool Bonds Sale
The City of Cedar Rapids Iowa invites sealed bids for fifty three thousand dollars in Swimming Pool Bonds dated July 1 1940. Bids due July 29 1940 at 10 A M in City Clerk office. Bonds mature 1942 1952 with semi annual interest. City to obtain Chapman and Cutler opinion. Rights reserved to reject bids. Walter E Miller City Treasurer and L J Storey City Clerk dated July 11 1940.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Messrs
Hay Mow Bracing Highlights Barn sturdiness at Evans farm
Gazette photo describes an 82 by 50 foot barn on Frank Evans farm northwest of South English. Anti bulge braces brace each end of the hay mow tied to siding near the floor. Builder Dave Van Auken of North English. About 17 000 feet of native lumber used from 190 felled trees in a 30 acre timber patch. Red oak and red elm were the saw logs.
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Dave van Auken
North English
Frank Evans
South English
Neighbors Harvest 70 Acres of Oats North of Manchester
Good Samaritan neighbors harvested seventy acres of oats on the Luther Sly farm three miles north of Manchester in three and a half hours for Frank Cole whose wife died last week. Four binders and eighteen shockers worked, with many local families aiding and a dinner prepared afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Manchester
Luther Sly
Frank Cole
Clyde Scovel
Fred Scovel
Fred
Clarence
Harold Mead
Harry Mead
Ross Childs
Harold Hatfield
John Airhart
Ernest Bradley
Amasa Work
Clarence Airhart
Elmer Kehrn
Harry McDowell
Ernest Mangold
Dick Evans
Charles White
Robert
Gus Erickson
Francis Skinner
Veal Calves Bring $14 To $20.50 In Independence Sale
Independence consignment sale saw veal calves rise with fifty topping at 20.50 and most calves from 14 to 17. Hogs sold lower, cows mostly 45 to 50, top cow at 63 for a three year old Holstein. A team of work horses fetched 124, hogs averaged about 5.95 per hundred and a 40 pound pen brought 290 each. Hereford heifer sold for 46.50.
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The
Gazette
Independence
Holtein
Poultry and Egg Promotion Planned
In St Louis a planning committee for a national poultry and egg promotion organization reports progress toward a permanent structure. The national board will include one representative from each national and regional producer group and related industry sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
National Board
Association of Producers, Breeders, Hatchery
Dinsdale-W J Breakene Feeds 600 Head of Cattle in Yard
Dinsdale W J Breakene received twelve carloads of cattle from Kansas and Texas in the last week. Most cattle go into his feeding yards where he keeps about 600 head, mostly yearling heifers and heavy steers, on feed.
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Gazette
Dinsdale
W. J. Breakeneridge
Kansas
Texas
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Willis Fairbanks
Leo Levien
East Town
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Univis Lenses
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