Three Packers Bid Each Buys A County Lamb Pool
Three eastern Iowa packing firms bid on three grading pools of lambs and each bought a pool. Prices ranged from 11.75 to 12.25 dollars per hundredweight for good to choice lambs with several head counts provided for Washington Iowa City Sigourney and Cedar Rapids. Morrell Rath Wilson and others bought consignments and several prime grades sold at 12.50 per hundredweight. A 4-H show at Sigourney awarded premiums and Morrell bought the club lambs.
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OOD
Iowa
Wilson and Company
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Rath and Company
Waterloo
Iowa City
RA aAvenuamanAmn
Ota
Tal Gay Gutlapolly
Weise
Sigourney
Morrell
Wilson
Washington, D. W
McDonald
Rex Beresford
Ames
Towa City
Raymond Bruns
Morrell and Company
Hog Prices Fall Amid Higher Hog Remains in Iowa Minnesota
Hog prices declined across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota last week with Thursday's close 5 to 10 cents lower on butcher hogs and sow prices dropping 10 to 35 cents depending on weight. Heavy receipts with 76,100 head in four days, about 22 percent above last week, but close to year earlier totals, fueled the downturn alongside a surge in sow marketing, near 40 percent of total receipts, suggesting a weaker June hog movement.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Blairstown Girl Elected Iowa 4-H Club President
Frances Ellingsworth of Corydon was elected president of the Iowa 4-H girls club at the tenth annual convention in Ames. Other officers named were Marie Grunewald Blairs town vice president Mary Elton Wendel Bronson secretary and Maxine Dial Ottumwa historian. The four day event featured talks by Harold Parsons and Isobel Crowe and culminated with the music festival Epochs of American Girlhood at Iowa State College stadium Friday night. The convention will close Saturday with installation of officers.
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Iowa State College
Bess Cunningham
University of Toledo
Fence Drift in Sroven Wire Causes Trouble
A note describes fence drift entangling sroven wire and warns of hazards. The text discusses summer nurse-crop grain growth with new grass seeding and the risk of clover, timothy, and alfalfa being smothered by heavy oats or barley. Farmers hesitate to cut nurse crop for hay hoping harvest will favor seed survival.
Hog market shows wider price margins and early sow run
Hog buyers see 20 to 25 cent discounts across weight groups as price spreads widen. Sows under 350 pounds fetch 50 to 60 cents less than 550 pound hogs, with indications that packing sow runs may be ahead of schedule and a shortened summer supply year. May hog marketings were notably reduced.
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Northwest
Extension Editor Takes Job With SCS Name
Special to The Gazette Ames announces L. R. Combs moves from Ames extension editor role to assistant to the regional soil conservation service conservator. S. H. Beck becomes extension editor. Clifford M. Simon named assistant bulletin editor. Combs to oversee education for five states with Des Moines HQ.
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Ames
L. R. Combs
Soil Conservation Service
Combs
S. H. Beck
Bulletin
Clifford M. Simon
Iowa State
Kansas City
Omaha
R. H Musser
Emporia
Kan
Federal Extension Service
Washington, D. C
Beck
Towa State
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Indians Inspect Amana Farms And Other Departments
Special to The Gazette. A delegation led by Gale E Parker and Ward Howsel toured Amana farms and other departments to study cooperative community enterprises. The Omaha and Winnebago populations total 2,842, living near Sioux City, while the Ponca and Santee communities number 1,812 about eighty miles west.
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Amana
Gale E. Parker
Winnebago Indian Agency
Ward Howsel
Frederick Miller
Charles Alford
J. W. Brewer
Marian Walker
George Blackbird
Otto Birdhead
David Frazier
Ulysses Redowl
Frank Beaver
Isaac Greyhair
Winnebago
Amana Farms
Sioux City
Steers Sold at Chicago Auctions Reach $12 Cwt
In Iowa City Dan Peters Johnson County feeder sold twenty two head of 1110 pound steers at Chicago Wednesday for twelve dollars per hundredweight.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Dan Peters
Johnson County
Chicago
Postville Jersey Show Chooses Grand Champions
Edwin Chenswold of West Union exhib aited bull calf named grand champion male. Geraghty Brothers of McGregor exhibited the grand champion female a 3-year-old heifer. Floyd Johnston of Ames judged with top placings by McGregor Delwein Clermont Monona West Union and Garber participants. One cow exceeded a ton of butterfat in lifetime from Roy Learn. A twenty-head show herd will go to Cedar Rapids for the All Iowa Dairy show.
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Postville
Edwin Cheaswold
West Union
Jersey Parish
Geraghty Brothers
McGregor
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
Johnston
Geraghty
Kinsley
Walters
Youngman
Garber
McLeish
Day
Delwein
Roy Learn
Clermont
Edwin Chenswold
Charles R O'Brien
Maynard
Win Chenswold
W. S. Stevn
Monona
R. G. Kinsley
Robert Cline
Cedar Rapids
Four Tie In Wapsie C T A Judging Contest
Four members tied for honors in the Wapsie Valley contest held during the association picnic at the fair grounds Tuesday. Tied entrants were Henry Allenstein Lamont Orville Thom Winthrop Jack Crawford Jesup and Jack Satterlee Independence. The first two will represent the association at the Waterloo Dairy Congress this year. Dad Hauser Marshalltown and Floyd Arnold Ames extension service spoke.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley Contesting Association
Fairgrounds
Henry Allenstein
Lamont
Orville Thom
Winthrop
Jack Crawford
Jesup
Jack Satterlee
Waterloo Dairy Congress
M. A
Dad” Hauser
Marshalltown
Floyd Arnold
Ames Extension Service
Abundant Cherry Crop Indicated At Troy Mills
Worms are conspicuous for their absence in cherry trees this spring, growers in this vicinity report. The fruit is abundant though not as large as usual. Gardens and field crops are growing well. Farmers were not able to resume corn cultivation until Thursday this week because of wet ground.
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Troy Mills
Webster crops show mixed yields after Sunday rain
Strawberries are good but not plentiful. cherries ripening. gooseberries ready. raspberries full but not yet ripe. Peas and beets ready for use. potatoes reported as large as goose eggs. Rain over an inch Tuesday boosts early potato prospects. Corn, oats, and wheat recovering after a storm. grasshoppers thick in places with no noted damage.
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Gazette
Webster
Charley Shiffiett
Rye Grower Buckles Up For Heavy Rye Harvest Near Mount Vernon
R H Bowman of Mount Vernon says his eleven acres of rye reach over six feet tall. He considered using a combine but rejected it due to thick matted straw making plowing difficult. The binder platforms will be strained to the limit this year for small grain harvest.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
R. H Bowman
New Creamery Building Dedication At Wadena
WADENA Tuesday evening drew 350 patrons to the dedication of the new Wadena creamery building. Fayette County Agent Paul McElroy and former Wadena butter maker Fred P. Gernand spoke at the event. William Nelson, Wadena butter maker, said operations will begin at the end of the week.
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Gazette
Wadena
Wadena Creamery
Fayette County
Paul McElroy
Fred P. Gernand
Volga City
William Nelson
Farmer reports corn heights for May plantings near Independence
LeRoy Lewis reports corn planted May 8 is 38 inches tall this week while May 15 corn stands at 30 inches. He notes no picking for the tallest stalk.
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The
Gazette
Independence
LeRoy Lewis
Ayrshire Cattle Association votes for All-Iowa Dairy Show
Members of the Iowa Ayrshire Cattle Association meet at the F F Campbell and Son farm Dunkerton to join the All Iowa Dairy Show and Junior Livestock Exhibition in Cedar Rapids September 6 10. Two show herds will be chosen by an inspection committee. Russell Lang Grinnell was reelected president Myron Sears Grinnell vice president and John Campbell Dunkerton secretary. Affiliation with the Iowa Dairy Association was approved.
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Dunkerton
Iowa Ayrshire Cattle Association
F. F. Campbell and Son
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Delaware
Buchanan
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Russell Lang
Grinnell
Myron Sears
John Campbell
Iowa Dairy Association
Lost Nation Farmers Union Plans June Picnic at Millrock
The Lost Nation local annual picnic and program are scheduled for June 20 at Millrock. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Winifred Clapp Mrs. Martha Scott and Mrs. Laura Hohn.
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Lost Nation
Lost Nation Farmers Union
Millrock
Winifred Clapp
Martha Scott
Laura Hohn
Knee Deep In June Reflects On Rural Struggles
A Country Woman vents through a Riley style reflection on heavy rains, muddy fields, washed silt, and weed overgrowth. She questions why misfortune clusters on the same day and seeks a revised standard of proportion amid farm life woes.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Towa
Air Conditioned Home Planned Near Traer
A two story brick house 30 by 32 feet will rise on the J J Podhaj sky farm west of Traer this summer. Marshalltown contractor Paul Cuthbertson is building the structure and air conditioning will be a feature of the home.
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Traer
J. J. Podhajsky
Paul Cuthbertson
Marshalltown
Red hen savors kitten brood on Cedar county farm
Betty and Bonnie Marclf of Wilton Junction describe a humorous scene as a red hen that abandoned her nest incubates a litter of kits. The hens enjoy naps with the brood while the children lunch.
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the Gazette
Wilton , Junction
Betty
Bonnie Marclf
Cedar County
182 Acre Riverside Farm Sells for 84 Per Acre
The James Walsh farm of 182 acres near Riverside sold to Edward Kessler of Solon for 84 an acre. Kessler takes possession March 1, 1938. Adams and Son Real Estate of Kalona handled the deal.
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the Gazette
Riverside
James Walsh
Edward Kessler
Solon
Kessler
Adams and Son Real Estate Agency
Kalona
Vinton Cannery Opens Harvest of 800 Acre Pea Crop
VINTON the pea pack of the canning company here was to begin Friday according to company officials. Provisions point to at least a normal crop and ideal weather so far for best quality peas. Packing operations will take about four weeks for the 800 acre crop.
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Vinton
Canning Company
Dairy Cows Auction At Manchester Fair Grounds Iowa
McHatton Bros breed herd of 29 Guernsey Holstein and Swiss cows sold June 1937 at Manchester Fair Grounds. Cows include fresh calves, T B tested, average milk test 4.9, official test charts with each animal. Sale begins 1:00 pm Monday June 21 with viewings Saturday and Sunday prior. Ladies invited. Auctioneer Banty Nepkins.
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Delaware County Fair
Manchester
Iowa
Guernsey
Ena
McHatton Bros
T. B
Manchester Fair Grounds
Tommy McHatton
Banty Nepkins
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