Angus Auction Of Three East Iowa Breeders Totals $20095
A machine that mows standing alfalfa and blows it into a silo was demonstrated on the C B F Michel farm near Marion. Built by George and Ralph Michel, the PTO powered device mows five foot swaths, elevates to a conveyor, chops, then lifts into a wagon. Ensilage of alfalfa has surged in eastern Iowa this season. Shirley Phelps near Strawberry Point also demonstrated silage of sweet clover yielding 8 to 10 green tons per acre and molasses additions.
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Marion
George Michel
Ralph Michel
Michel
Iowa
Shirley Phelps
Strawberry Point
Phelps
Michel and Son
Waukonne farmer ensiles sweet clover for feed
Roy Steel of eight miles southeast of Waukon last week ensiled ten acres of sweet clover filling a 12 foot silo to 30 feet. He used 40 pounds of molasses and reports the feed comparable to corn silage. He plowed the sod after ensiling and prepared it for sowing soybeans for fall hay.
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Bpecal
the Gazette
Waukon
Roy Steel
Steel
Dr Murray to Speak at Southeastern Iowa Farm Supervisors Meeting
Dr W C G Murray an Ames economist will address the quarterly meeting of group 4 of the South Eastern Iowa farm supervisors at 6 30 p m Monday at the Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Glen McCall of Washington serves as chairman.
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W. CG. Murray
Ames
Southeastern Iowa Farm Supervisors
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Glen McCall
Washington
Herd Averages 50.3 in La Porte Pioneer May
La Porte reports Vaughn L Craft herd of ten grade Holsteins topped May Pioneer Dairy Association with an average butterfat production of 50.9 pounds per cow. Tester Albert Ratliff confirms the results.
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LA Porte City
Vaughn L. Craft
Pioneer Contesting Association
Albert Ratliff
Butter Production Outlook In 1938 Markets Voice Firmness
COLONEL L BROWN reports butter prices held firm last week with a slight mid week dip due to favorable weather in producing regions. Mid June brings no large production, making big storage unlikely unless weather turns exceptionally favorable. Chicago shows stronger activity than New York, while government and industry stocks are being drawn down toward a three month finish. Eggs have firmed after a government storage release, with warmer weather slowing production and top quality eggs remaining tight.
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New York City
Chicago
New York
Dairy Products Marketing Association
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Poultrymen Stock Up As Hatcheries Closing Out
Special to The Gazette from Tipton reports farmers stocking up on chicks from hatcheries closing out. Chicks weighing three quarters to one pound cost as low as 20 cents each, with many pullets available. Fewer chicks than usual were placed in brooders this season.
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Tipton
Modern dairy barn rising near Waukon on Sivesind farm
A highly modern dairy barn is under construction four miles west of Waukon on the John Sivesind farm. The 32 by 82 foot building features a gothic roof glued-on rafters cement floor steel stalls and air conditioning via insulation. Builders are Stilwell Robey and Senneff with a cost of 900.
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Waukon
John Sivesind
Stilwell, Robey and
Senneff
Sale of 59 Angus cattle yields $20,095 in Iowa auction
At Glyn Mawr Farm south of Olin Iowa, 59 Angus bulls cows and heifers sold for a total of 20095 dollars with an average of 340.60 dollars. Bulls averaged 390.39 dollars with a top 1500 dollars. Cows averaged 357.65 dollars and a top 910 dollars. Heifers sold included breds 325.71 dollars and open heifers 307.29 dollars. Buyers included Hideaway Farm of Chester New Jersey and many out of state buyers. Auctioneered by Lincoln Neb. Arthur W. Thompson.
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Lin
Iowa
Glyn Mawr Farm
Olin
Elliott Brown
Rose Hill
Hideaway Farm
Chester
N. J
S. C. Fullerton and Son
Miami
Oklo
J. M.ludor
Ralph Wadley
Lansing
Mich
Tudor
Wadley
McWhorter,Morgan, Farrell and
Sheets
Aledo
Brown
W. A. Rafferty
Morocco
Ind
Maas Brothers Herd
Riverside
L. R. Kershaw
Muskogee
Okla
Glyn Mawr
Kershaw
Maas
Avery
Ada
Minn
Martin
Fay Crump
Morrison, Sr
Stanley Pierce
Creston
Pierce
Timberline Stock Farm
Congerville
Ill
Hamilton Brothers
Carl Pappert
Clyde
Ward Renecker
Cynthiana
H. M. Thurlow
Browning
Andelax Stock Farm
Worton
Timberline
J. L. Hamilton
Little York
Frank Godschaux
Abbeville
Edna Mae Brown
Andelax
Lee Thornton
R. E. Bloomer
Keithsburg
Strawn Brothers
Garrison
R. J. Hadley
Grinnell
Chrome grass alfalfa field on Pufahl farm near Garnaville
Floyd Parks reports a 9 acre chrome grass alfalfa and brome field on Alfred Pufahl’s farm southeast of Garnaville. Seeding in spring 1938 used oats as nurse crop at 1% bushels per acre, with 6 pounds brome and 8 pounds alfalfa per acre. Pastured after oats harvest. alfalfa stands strong in fall but thinner this spring. Pufahl plans future use as pasture with hay cut this year.
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Floyd Parks
Waukon
Iowa
Alfred Pufahl
Garnaville
2 Weeks Tour To New York Fair For Rural Youth
A two weeks tour to the New York World's fair for Iowa rural young people's groups is planned July 23 to August 5. George Strayer, president of Iowa Rural Young People's assembly, announced the itinerary starting from Des Moines with stops in Iowa City and Davenport. The 3,000 mile trip covers twelve states and includes two days at the fair plus visits to Washington DC and Chicago.
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New York Fair
the Gazette
Hudson
Iowa
Rural Young People's Groups
George Strayer
Rural Young People’s
Assembly
Des Moines
Iowa City
Davenport
Strayer
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Consignment Angus Sale Tops Eastern Iowa Auction
Sixty seven Angus head sold Friday at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids in the first Eastern Iowa Aberdeen Angus breeders consignment auction. Total 10 345 dollars average 154 40. Top open bull 425 dollars to C F Paymal Lenox for a calf consigned by Kemp Marion. Auctioneer A W Thompson Lincoln Neb. Sellers include Kemp Sheets Moffit and others.
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Ray Anderson
SXTY
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
C. F. Paymal
Lenox
I. E. Kemp
Marion
Alex George
Calhoun
Kemp
John W. Sheets
Maquoketa
W. B. Lutes
Merino
Colo
W. Watkins
Williamsburg
H. H. Groff
Watkins
H.D. Miller
Morley
L. R. Kershaw
Muskogee
Oklo
E. F
Hideaway Farm
Chester
N. J
James Moffit
Tipton
Revolution
Belman
Pigs Raised At Mount Vernon Fetch High Carcass Yield
Lyall Bryant of Mount Vernon raised ten Poland China crossbred pigs that weighed an average 244 pounds at 188 days. Slaughtered Friday at Cedar Rapids packing plant, the litter yielded 70.7 percent, about one percent above average, with sales at 6.35 dollars per hundredweight. Two pigs showed calcium deficiency but recovered after calcium gluconate injections from a veterinarian.
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Cedar Rapids
Allen Nash
Wilson and Company
Lyall Bryant
Mount Vernon
Poland
Hampshire
Bryant
Rural Sports Day Planned for Central City Fair Aug 4
Farmers and Farm Bureau families will compete Aug 4 at the Linn County fair in Central City to form county teams for the state Farm Bureau sports festival at Iowa State College on Sept 8 and 9. The program covers baseball, softball, tug of war, volleyball, bowling, rifle and trap shooting, golf, tennis, horseshoes, shooting events, track and field, and football passing and kicking drills.
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Gazette
Central City
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
4 H Conservation Day At Maquoketa Park
Jackson county 4 H clubs plan conservation day at Maquoketa Caves state park on Tuesday. A basket lunch will be served at noon and a park tour from 1 to 4 pm will be guided by park custodian C. W. Keairnes, Mrs. Keairnes, and naturalist Lowell Swenson.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Maquoketa Caves State Park
C. W. Keairnes
None provided due to source constraints
E L Quaife cautions against crowding large numbers of pigs in a single lot to ensure better results, advising to avoid groups of fifty or sixty at once to maintain welfare and management outcomes.
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E. L. Quaife
14 District Dairy Breed Shows To Be Staged This Week
Three dairy breed groups Holstein Jersey and Guernsey will hold 14 district shows across Iowa this week. Events schedule lists locations and dates from Mason City Indianola Osage Marshalltown West Union Allison West Liberty Independence Elkader Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with winners advancing to the All Iowa Exposition in Cedar Rapids in August.
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Holstein
Jersey
Guernsey
Iowa
Mason City
Jersey Parish
Indianola
Osage
Marshalltown
West Union
Allison
West Liberty
Independence
Elkader
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeres
Aug
Oats Head Early In Allamakee County Crop Weather
Prospects for a bumper corn crop in Allamakee county after soaking rains. oats have headed out and premature cutting likely. Rain came too late to benefit pastures in most sections. Clover improved, but timothy tonnage did not increase.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Indianola Holstein Tops Parish Show Des Moines
Former 4-H member Harry Pilfer Jr of Indianola won senior and grand championships at the central Iowa parish show held at the state fairgrounds in Des Moines. About fifty animals were shown as hay making kept many farmers away. Grand champion bull went to Herb Kleiss of Brooklyn and senior champion animal to Walter Woodyard and Son of Indianola. Warren county 4-H members led team and judging honors with Boone county second. Edwin Moffit of Newton won adult judging, Leonard Kendall of Bondurant was second, while Mrs. Hugh Schrier of Indianola won the women’s division with Mrs. Herbert Kleiss of Brooklyn second.
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Des Moines
INS
Central Iowa Parish
Harry Pilfer, Jr
Indianola
Herb Kleiss
Brooklyn
Walter Woodyard
Warren County 4-H Club
John McKee
Warren County
Dean Kildee to Speak at Maryland Dairy Plant Dedication
Ames authorities announce Dean H. H. Kildee of the agricultural division will speak at the University of Maryland's new dairy industry and animal husbandry plant dedication in College Park, Maryland. Less than three days later he will serve as judge at the Golden Gate exposition in San Francisco.
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Ames (Ap
H. H. Kildee
Agricultural Division
Ames
University of Maryland
College Park
Dean Kildee
San Francisco
Linn County Farm Bureau Calendar of Meetings
This week’s Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists events including a Franklin township meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at R. P. Ink farm, a Wednesday 7:30 p.m. 4-H demonstration training school at the Farm Bureau office, and an 8 p.m. gathering at Linn Mt. Zion community building.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Franklin Township Farm Bureau
R. P. Ink Farm
Farm Bureau
Linn Township Farm Bureau
Mt. Zion
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Marion Blvd
L. Brown
New Jersey
Farm Editor
Daniel Hull
Osceola
Bertha Hoskins
Harlan
E. A. Goodson
Bloomfield
E. F. Walshire
Son
Mechanicsville
C. L. Bischoff
Tingley
Clifford Gay
Beacon
J. V. Avery
Oskaloosa
Glen Wilhoit
Batavia
Arthur W. Thompson
Lincoln, Neb
Cabl Hdesemever
Stanwood
Garnavillo
Art Lincoln
Wyoming
James Miroffit
James Sherlock
Knoxville
H. D. Miller
Leslie Akers
Mattoon
Walter Wilkinson
A. W. Thompson
John W. Allman and Sons
R. H. Domer
Robinson Brothers
Masonville
Cornelius Thines
Preston
G. L. Thompson
Lamont
R. S. Stephenson
Reinbeck
Carl D. Wallace
E. Brotherson
Victor
A. L. Goodell
Humboldt
Lynn Burke
D. S. Patton
Ryan
I. W. Suter
Monticello
C. E. Shan
Be _ Gazette
E. Com and Sons
Third St
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Farm Bureau Calendar
Merle
F&f
Garmoe
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