Silver Anniversary Of East Iowa Veterinary Ass'n Commemorated
A nine practitioner assembled souvenir book marks the East Iowa Veterinary Association’s 25 year history. Notable aims include eradicating bovine tuberculosis and hog cholera, with foreword by J R Mohler and contributions from leaders across the veterinary field. Photographs, member sketches, and articles cover clinics, field work, and industry progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
J. R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United States Department of I
Iowa
Lowa
A. E. Wight
Bureau of Animal Industry
H. D. Bergman
Ames
American Veterinary Medical Association
Oscar V. Bremley
Columbus
H. Preston Hoskins
Chicago
J. A. Barger
Charles Murray
Veterinary College
Kentucky
Ohio
Minnesota
Indiana
Kansas
Colorado
Wisconsin
Missouri
New York
Rhode Island
Wayne Dinsmore
Horse and Mule Association of America
Charles D. Reed
Des Moines
G. A. Kay
Cedar Rapids
T. P. White
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
London
V. Benedicto
Holguin
Cuba
American Foundation For Animal Health
Cow Tester Named Creamery Secretary
WAUKON Howard Gordon, tester for the Allamakee county cow test association for three years, is elected secretary of the Waukon Farmers creamery. He succeeds Toller Johnson who resigned after 18 years in the post.
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Waukon
Howard Gordon
Allamakee County
Waukon Farmers Creamery
Toller Johnson
Weigle Attends Summer School for Planning Work
Decorah district agent Everett J. Weigle will spend six weeks at Ames in a summer school program to prepare for his role as district chairman on county agricultural planning work. A state headquarters substitute will handle his duties during absence.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Everett J. Weigle
Ames
Fence Drift Triggers Shooting at Viola Farm
A farmer near Viola heard intruders and fired a loaded shotgun toward a henhouse. A startled scream followed by a bang left twenty three pullets dead as a dog brushed the shooter's bare rear. The incident is described as an arousing local legend with a woven wire fence tale.
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Viola
Delegates From Linn County to State 4-H Convention
Miss Lucille Gove announced a group of 20 Linn county girls and women who will attend the state 4 H convention in Ames this week. Official chaperon is Mrs Will Faltis of Fairfax with leaders Mrs Jake Gerber Cedar Rapids Miss Caroline Hagerman Marion Miss Sarah Kirkpatrick Mount Vernon and Mrs Earl Dukek Alburnett. Jean Minish Mount Vernon county president will be sent by the county organization and Florence Bena Cedar Rapids earned a longtime records contest. Delegates include Maxine Netolicky Ely Elsie Evers Coggan Luester Patterson Cedar Rapids Dorothy Burgess Fairfax Margaret Sanders Cedar Rapids Leone Edgerley Central City Virginia Sloan Marion Arlene Quaas Marion Ardis Stinger Mount Vernon Loretta Sherbon Walker Arlene Snell Central City Isabelle Hoge Springville. Gove and Stinger will attend a panel training in Ames Monday. rest travel Wednesday.
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Lucille Gove
Linn County
Ames
Will Faltis
Fairfax
Jake Gerber
Cedar Rapids
Caroline Hagerman
Marion
Sarah Kirkpatrick
Mount Vernon
Earl Dukek
Alburnett
Jean Minish
Florence Bena
Maxine Netolicky
Ely
Elsie Evers
Coggan
Luester Patterson
Dorothy Burgess
Margaret Sanders
Leone Edgerley
Central City
Virginia Sloan
Arlene Quaas
Ardis Stinger
Loretta Sherbon
Walker
Arlene Snell
Winneshiek Small Grain Paths Short Straw Buries Harvest
DECORAH Farmers report Winneshiek small grain fields are headed out on short straw and too short to harvest while pastures remain short despite rains. Corn prospects are reported as excellent.
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Gazette
Decorah
Hay baling in Conesville area halted by rain
Alfalfa haying on R. C. Smith farms south of Conesville was halted by rain last week. Balers were working in the vicinity operated by Elza Hamilton and Earl Cragg.
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Conesville
R. C. Smith
Elza Hamilton
Earl Cragg
Stanwood weather boosts crops but strawberries suffer
Showers in Stanwood over the past days have greatly benefited pastures hay meadows and gardens though late for strawberries. Moisture should raise oat quality as heading occurs while corn prospects are excellent.
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Stanwood
Less Gain In Dairy Output Than Usual
Dry weather cuts butter production across the midwest and eastern milk sheds. Butter and cheese markets firm as supplies lag behind last year. Milk control rulings promise higher producer and consumer prices from July. Eggs show steady or weak tones with government buying and heat effects lifting top grades mildly. Receipts stay high and storage movement remains heavy.
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Colonel L. Brown
New York City
Midwest
Chicago
New York
United States Supreme Court
Increased Butterfat Reflects Improved Grass
WEST UNION Improved pastures boosted May butterfat yield in Fayette C. T. A. No. 4 with an association average of 32.2. Jerry N. Spencer’s six registered Guernseys averaged 55.9 pounds, over 12 pounds above the next herd, and he had the only two cows over 70 pounds. Nine cows exceeded 60 pounds, twenty-two exceeded 50. The association will hold its annual picnic at the West Union fair grounds on June 15. Tester Clifford Church leaves the group to farm with his father. May notes from George A. Youmans for Fayette C. T. A. No. 3 report Floyd Gilley with seven Holsteins at 48.5 pounds. six cows tested above 60 pounds, including Homer Chapman with three.
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West Union
Fayette C. T. A
Jerry N. Spencer
West Union Fair Grounds
Clifford Church
George A. Youmans
Fayette C. T. A. No. 3
Floyd Gilley
Homer Chapman
Lambs Judged In Sigourney 4-H Show
In Sigourney a 29 head 4-H lamb show Saturday crowned a champion lamb shown with owner Robert Reinert of Delta. Kenneth Norris of Hedrick placed second. Judge C. W. McDonald of Ames led the judging and conducted a grading demonstration. Prime lambs sold for 10 dollars per hundredweight to the Ottumwa packer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Reinert
Delta
Sigourney
Kenneth Norris
Hedrick
C. W. McDonald
Ames
Ottumwa
Friley Urges Soil and Soul Conservation at ISU
Dr. Charles E. Friley, president of Iowa State College, urged national conservation of natural and human resources in a commencement address to 641 graduates. He warned that farm tenancy and soil neglect threaten cultural heritage and urged a shared guilt and resolve to restore social economy for future generations.
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Ames
Charles E. Friley
Iowa State College
Friley
Householder To Judge Holsteins At West Union
West Union fair grounds will host a district Holstein show on June 21 with extension director Glen Householder judging. A farmers judging contest will form a team to compete at the state show in Ames on June 28, with a committee led by Fred Pieplow of Aurora and Irving Stewart of Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Glen Householder
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
West Union Fairgrounds
Fayette County
Paul McElroy
Anamosa
Fred Pieplow
Aurora
Irving Stewart
Maynard
M.¥lroy
Soil Conservation: A Nation’s Duty and Respect for Land
A country woman urges soil conservation as a national goal, calling for barren hills to be retired and seeded, drainage projects planned, gullies terraced, and waste land reforested. She stresses treating the land as a trust and cites Watt on land as the creator’s footstool.
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Watt
Iowa Farm Size Averages Rise to 164.1 Acres
Des Moines AP Iowa assessors report the state's average farm size edged up to 164.1 acres in 1938 from 164 in 1937, with gains in Woodbury and Monona countered by declines in Polk, Scott, Lee, Linn, and Cerro Gordo. East Iowa counties list shows varied figures from 118 in Linn to 201 in Monona.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Scott County
Polk County
Lee
Wapello
Linn
Cerro Gordo
Woodbury
Monona
Allamakee
Buchanan
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Winneshiek
Poweshiek
Tama
Benton
Clinton
Cedar
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Muscatine
Keokuk
Louisa
Washington
Wisconsin bill to fund dairy ads by butterfat checkoff
The Wisconsin Senate referred an assembly bill to the judiciary committee proposing a two week checkoff of one cent per pound on butterfat from Wisconsin farms to fund dairy research and advertising campaigns. Lieutenant Governor Goodland urged studying the bill's constitutionality. The plan mirrors a current Iowa law.
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Madison
Wisconsin State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Assembly
Wisconsin
Goodland
Iowa
Iowa 1939 AAA Compliance Audit On 1600 Townships
Four thousand eight hundred committee men in 1600 townships conducted a 1939 AAA compliance check across Iowa. The audit reviewed eligibility processes, record keeping, and adherence to agricultural adjustment program rules.
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Iowa
Iowa Dairy and Food Fees Fall in 1938 Levy
Iowa department of agriculture reported a $151,173 drop in dairy and food division fees for 1938 due to low oleomargarine prices. Oleomargarine tax losses led the decrease, while total license fees collected reached $439,849.89. Federally inspected pork production stood at 4,828,140,000 pounds.
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Des Moines
INS
Dairy and Food Division
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Restaurant Trust
Agricultural Department
General Fund
47Th General Assembly
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark Thornburg
New Ag Teacher Hired at Marengo
Marengo school board announces the appointment of Ralph W. Gruenwald of Delmar as vocational agriculture teacher. Gruenwald is a graduate of the local agricultural program and will begin duties with the start of the new term.
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Marengo
Ralph W. Gruenwald
Delmar
Gruenwald
Ames High School appoints agriculture instructor in 1937
Ames selects a new agriculture instructor for the high school in Lytton, succeeding R L Amsberry who reportedly moved to Lohrville for a similar post.
Sweet Corn For Canning Third Reduced This Year
A Hoyt Ellis of Vinton, secretary of the Iowa Nebraska Canners association, says Iowa corn canning will operate on a reduced basis. Not more than 22,000 acres are under contract and the 1939 acreage likely will be about two thirds of 1938.
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DES Moines
A. Hoyt Ellis
Vinton
Iowa-Nebraska Canners’ Association
Iowa
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Ray Anderson
Weigle
Firm
Undertone
Riley
Householder
Jason
Mistah
Mistah Major
Hoople
Williams
Paw
Ag Borne
AG Department
Ralph Gruenwald
Jter
Cuticura
Dept
Malden
2Nd Ave. SE
Smulekoff’s
Simmons and Smulekoff’s
Simmons
Smulekoff
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