Holsteins Placed in District Show at West Union
Harris photo shows the Holstein breeders of Fayette County contributing the entire entry set for the district exhibition. Winners include Miche's bull calf, Earl Arthur's junior yearling, Max Grafenberg's senior yearling, and Deering and Stewart claiming multiple champion titles and senior entries. The judging team for the All Iowa show features Irving Deering, Irving Stewart, Alfred Kamoss, and Emil Steege.
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Harris
West Union
Gazette West Union
Cedar Raunds
Hellisten
Fayette County
Miehe
Maynard
Irving Deering
Postville
Paul P. Stewart
Miche
Earl Arthur
Ocelwein
Max Grafenberg
Kenneth Kerr
Deering
Stewart
Iowa
Irving Stewart
Alfred Kamoss
Lamont
Emil Steege
Westgate
Eastern Iowa records lowest rent land tenancy by district
Data from Leslie M. Carl shows Dubuque as the county with the smallest tenancy and the northwest district at 66.1 percent rented leads tenancy. The southern district including Washington and Keokuk averaged 48.3 percent rented, with several regions midrange and central counties around 48 to 49 percent.
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Leslie M. Carl
Des Moines
Dubuque
Lyon
Milk production tops June record in Iowa farms
Special to The Gazette from Des Moines reports May milk output per cow rose sharply, reaching 20.3 pounds on June 1, the highest in 15 years. The June 1 rate was 5 percent higher than a year earlier and 12 percent above the 1929-38 June average. Milk cows numbers were up about 1 percent, with total May volume at an estimated 102 percent of last year.
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The
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Corn Ordered Out Of Northwest Iowa For European Export
Estherville railroad officials reported that the agricultural commodity credit corporation ordered large quantities of stored corn shipped to England and France immediately. The plan calls for loading government cars at Duluth and Milwaukee for lake transport to eastern ports, with about 35,000 bushels from Estherville and 10 cars from Raleigh, plus shipments from Webster Pocahontas and Emmet counties.
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Estherville
INS
Agricultural Commodity Credit Corporation
England
France
Duluth
Milwaukee
Raleigh
Webster
Pocahontas
Emmet
Gophers Slain In Decorah Field Shootout
Special to The Garrite Decorah area reports one week’s total of 130 striped gophers killed on a 53 acre field two miles south of Decorah by E H Ellickson and his hired man using rifles. Twenty four were slain in a two hour stretch during the effort.
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Decorah
E. H. Ellickson
New York City Girls Visit Iowa Farm Observation Week
Five ambitious New York City high school girls attended the Iowa convention of 4 H clubs at Ames and travel across the state for a six day farm observation. Guided by Miss Maxine Rustad from North Dakota, they explored crops, corn, and farm operations while meeting local youths and viewing hog breeds and farm work. The group splits among Boone Warren Webster and Dallas counties with Mimi Goldfarb among them at Henry Grunewald’s Blairstown farm.
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New York City
Iowa
Ames
Midwest
Iowa State
Maxine Rustad
North Dakota
New York
Lincoln High School
Teachers College
Columbia University
Miss Rustad
Story County
Boone County
Towa
Iowa Acres
Berkshire
Mimi Goldfarb
Henry Grunewald
Blairstown
Benton County
Boone, Warren
Webster
Dallas
Buckhorn 4-H Dairy Calf Club Tour Attended
Ernest Wright secretary of the Iowa Dairy Association attended the Buckhorn 4-H dairy calf club tour with 30 participants visiting nine farms. County Agent F. E. Krause and Jackson county CTA representative Harry Watkins joined Wright as he discussed animal care and quality and later showed pictures of the 1939 Dairy Cattle Congress at a South Fork Farm Bureau meeting.
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Maquoreta
Ernest Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Buckhorn
Mr. Wright
F. E. Krause
Harry Watkins
Jackson County
South Fork
Poweshiek County 4-H Clubs Earn Standard Certificates
Seven Poweshiek county girls 4-H clubs have been awarded standard club certificates by the state office per county club committee chair Mrs. Charles Hudson. Named standard clubs include Chester Stars Sheridan Sunshine Grant G. G. G. Washington 20th Century Sugar Creek Work and Win Union Fairy Workers.
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Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Charles Hudson
Chester Stars
Sheridan Sunshine
Grant G. G. G
Washington 20Th Century
Sugar Creek Work
Win
Union Fairy Workers
CCC Soil Tour Planned for Benton County Farmers
Belle Plaine to host a soil conservation tour for Benton county farmers this Wednesday starting at 1 pm. The CCC camp will lead a look at soil saving practices such as terracing grassed waterways strip cropping buffer strips contour cultivation and tree plantings.
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Belle Plaine
Benton County Farmers of CCC
Iowa Farm Tenancy Data Show 56.5 Percent Rented in 1939
El Moines special report by M. G. Thornburg says 19,517,146 acres or 56.5 percent of Iowa farm land were rented to operators in 1939, down from 57.1 percent in 1938. The report details county by county variations and notes 210,343 farms in 1939, with average size 164 acres.
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EL Moines
M. G. Thornburg
Lee County
Louisa
Dubuque
Lyon County
Thornburg
Department
Horse killed by stick wound near Buckingham
Leland Philip, a farmer near Buckingham, reports a horse died Thursday from a wound after a dry stick broke under its hoof and penetrated the body. The injury led to infection and the animal succumbed.
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the Gazette
Buckingham
Leland Philip
June offers plenty for the country heart
A Country Woman extols June's offerings from garden blooms to fresh harvests and picnics. She lists pecnies, hybrid tea roses, oriental poppies, strawberries, radishes, lettuce, new peas, tender chickens, red clover and locust trees. The piece ponders why June presents so much when appreciation cannot keep pace.
AAA Conferees Urge Loan Program For Nat s Defense
Representatives from the 10 state north central AAA region urged in Chicago that the 1941 farm program mirror the 1940 outlines with minor technical changes. They asked for continued ever normal granary loans as a defense measure and a flexible program to meet wartime needs while preserving farmer protections. Claude Wickard warned Allies outcome may limit farm product outlets and depress demand. German victory could push Germany to seek South American trade.
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Chicago
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Hitler
Germany
Institute Reunites Cooperation Experts At Michigan State
EAST LANSING Mich The American Institute of Cooperation will hold its sixteenth annual session July 8 to 12 at Michigan State College East Lansing. More than 100 agricultural speakers are listed on the program.
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East Lansing
Mich
American Institute of Cooperation
Michigan State College
Phosphated Ground Boosts Meadow Growth At Strawberry Point
A photo from the Charles Wilcox farm near Strawberry Point shows phosphate treated fields producing taller grass and better meadow stands. The oats on phosphated land yielded 6 1 4 bushels per acre more than lime only, with heavier application behind the spreader. Floyd Parks notes similar gains at neighboring farms, indicating increased growth and vigor in small grains from TVA phosphate across multiple cooperators.
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Charles Wilcox
Strawberry Point
Wilcox
Floyd Parks
Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Winneshiek
Parks
Busy week ahead for eastern Iowa cattle breeders and veterinarians
Crowded schedule in eastern Iowa features the Towa Guernsey field day at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids the Marshalltown hog carcass cut-out test and a Waterloo veterinarians clinic Many events run Tuesday with district shows Cedar Rapids and additional breed shows across Mason City West Union Atlantic Des Moines Waterloo Cresco Fort Dodge Spencer Lamont Grinnell Elkader Waverly Storm Lake Marion and Waukon including judging contests and state picnics Top figures include Governor George Wilson C B Finley and Dr C Y Cannon. judging by Jens Bollerup and Floyd Johnston, with a Milking Shorthorn show near Cresco and a butter contest at Calmar.
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Towa
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Waterloo
George Wilson
C. B. Finley
American Guernsey Cattle Club
C. Y. Cannon
Ames
Hampshire Swine Registry
Peoria
Fred Beard
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
H. H. Kildee
Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association
L. P. Scott
General Clinic
Guernsey
Mason City
West Union
Atlantic
Des Moines
Holstein
Cresco
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Jersey
Lamont
CTA
Waukon
Allamakee C.T.A. No
Linn County
Thomas Park
Marion
Guy Hillier
Floyd Johnston
Ames, Extension Dairyman
Calmar
Hogs On Interior Markets In First Half Of June
The interior markets of Iowa and southern Minnesota logged 415 900 hogs in the first 15 days of June, vs 336 600 a year earlier. If this pace holds, June could top the 1933 interior high of 825 100. The week ended with 186 300 head, down from 188 400 the prior week. last year for the same week the total was 150 300.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Lard Cooking School At Vinton Tuesday
Miss Katherine Kratoska of the National Live Stock and Meat board will conduct a lard cooking school in Vinton at 1 30 p m Tuesday to demonstrate lard value in cooking and outline health and nutritive benefits.
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Vinton
Katherine Kratoska
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Kratoska
Farm Near Norway Brings 90 An Acre
The 240 acre Cleghorn farm in Benton county six miles northeast of Norway sold for 90 dollars an acre to H H Grott of Wat kins. Lyle F Schoot of Manchester Equitable Life Assurance Society field rep announced the sale. Elmer Tow Norway real estate man handled the sale. Groff will take possession immediately and operate with Arley B Schulte as tenant.
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Norway
Cleghorn
Benton County
H. H. Grott
Watkins
Lyle F. Schoot
Manchester
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Elmer Tow
Groff
Arley B. Schulte
Founding Of First Dairy Co op To Be Celebrated
The Lake Mills centennial celebration on July 22 marks the founding of America's first dairy cooperative in 1840 when Anne Pickett made cheese in her log cabin under neighborly cooperation. Key speakers include John Brandt of Land O Lakes Minneapolis, Dean C L Christensen UW Madison, A C Oosterhuis Oconomowoc, A C Thomson Fort Atkinson, and Jasper Pickett Winnebago County, a founder’s descendant.
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Lake Mills
Wis
America
Anne Pickett
John Brandt
Land O'Lakes Cream Series
Minneapolis
Dean C. L. Christensen
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
A. C. Oosterhuis
Oconomowoc
National Holstein-Friesian Association
A. C. Thomson
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin Dairy Men’s Association
Jasper Pickett
Winnebago County
Dairy Cooperative Movement
Illinois Wool Pools To Total 200000 Lbs
Nearly 200000 pounds of wool are expected to be trucked and shipped into Chicago by July 1 from 42 county wool pools in Illinois. S F Russell secretary manager of the Illinois Wool Marketing association says the wool will be shipped to Boston for final sale by the National Wool Marketing association, a nationwide farmers cooperative.
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Ial
Thette
Penicago
Chicago
Illinois
S. F. Russell
Ilinois Wool Marketing Association
Boston
National Wool Marketing Association
Farmers’ Cooperative
AAA Confab Sets July 10 12 In Washington DC
AAA state committeemen from across the nation gather in Washington July 10 to 12 to confer on plans for administering the AAA program during the coming year.
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Washington, D.C
AAA
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