Lars Tow Farm Near Norway Sells for $99 412
The Lars Tow estate comprising 911.75 acres east of Norway was sold to Sanford Trust Company of Lincoln Nebraska for 99412 averaging 109 per acre. Judge Clarence Nichols of Vinton represented the heirs. The homestead 320 acres sold at 125 an acre or 40000, the remaining 591.75 acres with improvements sold at 100.40 per acre for 59412. The property includes most of south half of Florence township section 15 and most of section 21 except a northeast forty. Lars Tow began buying the land about seventy years ago.
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Iorway
Benton County
Lars Tow
Norway
Sanford Trust Company
Lincoln
Neb
Clarence Nichols
Vinton
Archie Tow
Florence Township
Kraschel Praises Murray In Shellsburg Speech
Lieut Gov Kraschel lauded Ray Murray state secretary of agriculture as the Iowa farmers best friend and leader. He credited Murray with organizing loans totaling over 60 million dollars in six months and claimed his efforts on corn hogs and chinch bugs would protect farmers.
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Murray
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Fence Drift in Cedar Rapids Milk Dispute
In Cedar Rapids a split over milk pricing widens as co ops urge higher prices for producers due to higher feed costs. Non co ops form their own cooperative to resist the price boost, while critics call the bottle cost to consumers a daily burden and demand better leadership in the local milk industry.
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Cedar Rapids
Brain Trust
Washington County Girl Best Groomed At State 4-H Convention
Martha Mathers of Washington County won the best groomed girl contest at the seventh annual state 4-H girls convention in Ames amid 100 degree heat. She received a table mirror and manicure set, and also performed a piano solo on WOI during a 4-H broadcast.
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Ames
Martha Mathers
Haskins
Washington County
Ruth Howie
Monticello
Iowans Among 516 AAA Clerical Graduates Named
Washington D C Thirteen Iowans are among 516 college graduates holding clerical positions in the Agricultural Adjustment Administration not requiring civil service tests. Nine from Iowa colleges and four from other states are listed with names and schools including Wilson I Boland Erma E Cole and June M Picker. The AAA employs 37000 people from all states and many university graduates, these 516 are minor clerical hires not needing entrance examinations.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Julien Friant
AAA
Iowa
Wilson I. Boland
Jane Debroskey
Frederick S. Leonard
Columbia College of
Naway
Lsted
Friant
Jersey cattle club names Shel ton president at meeting
New York City Jack Shelton of Luling Texas was elected president of the American Jersey Cattle club at the sixty sixth annual meeting held here.
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New York City
Jack Shelton
Luling
Texas
American Jersey Cattle Club
Farmer Uses Mower To Harvest Oats In Berryton Area
North English near North English farmer Herman Guenther and neighbor Columbus Mitchell inspected a twenty nine acre field and decided a mower would harvest oats due to short straw. Meantime in Fayette county rains helped minor drought damage but corn remains promising though near danger without rain. Meadows drought impacts noted with chatter about pasture use and blooming basswood trees aiding bees.
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Herman Guenther
North English
the Gazette
West Union
Mike Helgerson
Turkey River
Henry Franzen
Fayette County
Wilton Junction Garden Report From Drought Hit Season
Special to The Gazette raspberries are about half a crop due to drought and sell for 25 cents a box. New potatoes are a fair crop with reports of twelve to fourteen good sized potatoes in a plant. Gardens are practically a failure.
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Wilton Junction
Chinch Bugs Found in Oxford Area Oats Fields
Ira Hummer, a farmer southeast of Oxford, reports chinch bugs in his oat fields. Local orchard notes an orange tree believed unique for bearing fruit and flowering simultaneously.
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Oxford
the Gazette
Ira Hummer
Iowa Rain Record To Date This Year News Summary
Iowa records show June precipitation at 3.16 inches to date with a 1.42 inch normal, totaling 7.64 inches for the year to date. Deficiency since January 1 stands at 7.6 inches.
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Iowa
International News Service
Jane
Independent Dairymen To Meet July 24
About 800 independent distributors and producers of whole milk and cream are to attend the Iowa Independent Dairymen, Inc. state convention in Des Moines on July 24 at Hotel Kirkwood. Carl W Carver of Marion is president and Harry Wessell of Davenport is vice president following a directors meeting Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Independent Dairymen, Inc
Kirkwood
Carl W Carver
Marion
Harry Wessell
Davenport
Allan Kline to Address Bremer Farm Bureau Picnic
Allan B. Kline of Benton county and executive committee member of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will speak at the fifteenth annual Bremer county Farm Bureau picnic in Waverly. He will address the corn-hog program as part of an afternoon program featuring kittenball tournaments, sports, a band concert by the Waverly band directed by R V Leach, group singing, and 4 H club stunts.
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Waverly
Allan B. Kline
Benton County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Corn-Hog Association
Bremer County Farm Bureau
Kline
R. V. Leach
Poweshiek Farmers Get FERA Soy Seed
Fifty Poweshiek county farmers received a total of 24 000 pounds of soy bean seed from FERA as an emergency forage crop. No more than ten bushels per applicant were distributed. Seed cost is $2 per bushel with labor estimated at 35 cents per hour for August through October.
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Grinnell
Poweshiek County
FERA
Wallace To Discuss Farm Power For Marion 4 H'ers
James J. Wallace Cedar Valley Farm Business association field man will lead a discussion on Horses vs. Tractors at Linn county 4 H club meeting in Marion. The audience includes boys keeping farm records and those helping their fathers manage farms.
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James J. Wallace
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Linn County
Marion
Mervin Donelson
Truckers Stockyards Planned at Riverside Move
Justin North of Riverside began work on stockyards for truckers at the S. G. Fox farm south of Riverside. Residents raised funds to rent the former ball park site, forcing a relocation. The new yards will include a loading chute and scales.
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Gazette
Riverside
Justin North
S. G. Fox Farm
Here
Mr North
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