Dairyman Acquires 60 Acre Farm Near Cedar Rapids
Ludvik Petrak, dairyman south west of Cedar Rapids, buys 60 acres from W L Fowler for 6000 dollars at 100 dollars per acre. George P Witwer and company handled the deal. Buckingham notes two Black Hawk county land sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludvik Petrak
Cedar Rapids
Charles Bachman
W. L. Fowler
George P. Witwer and Company
Buckingham
Black Hawk County
Prudential Insurance Company
Newark
Barclay Township
Aloysius J. Schmitz
Raymond
Noble Martin
Orange Township
Lottie Marsh
Washington, D. C
Waterloo
Soul Conservation and Self Sufficiency in June Tables
A country woman urges personal and nationwide responsibility in producers and consumers as jam, pie, greens, milk, eggs, and flowers reflect home farming. She links universal hunger to market balance, orderly marketing, and sensible mechanization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
REA
Europe
United States
4-H Delegates Named for Camp Abe Lincoln
Major 4-H figures from Louisa County will represent the county at the annual 4-H camp at Camp Abe Lincoln from June 30 to July 3. Maxine Blankenhorn Louisa county 4-H club president and Louise Hafner H W 4-H club Concord township are the delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Maxine Blankenhorn
Louisa County
Louise Hafner
H. W
Concord Township
Abe Lincoln
Iowa State Brand Creameries Move Huge Butter Total
The 1941 fiscal year ending May 31 saw Iowa State Brand Creameries process 24,542,311 pounds of butter, a rise from 1928 figures. R O Storvick, manager, reported at the annual meeting in Mason City. The cooperative includes 88 creameries, 83 in Iowa and five in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa State
Iowa State Brand
R O. Storvick
Towa State Brand Creameries
Iowa
Minnesota
Corn Is Laid By In Fallish Farm Report
Sweet corn tassled and ears shooting in several patches at Troy Mills. Field corn laid by with many fields waist high. Crop ten days ahead of normal. Clover and timothy hay cut and average. Oats turning white and ripening soon. Only a fair crop reported.
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Troy Mills
Creamery Built Without Shutting Down And All Paid For When Completed
The Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery at Langworthy expanded while continuing operations. A double wall hollow tile building housed a new cooling room receiving room and a main work area powered by electric motors. Butter output rose 24,277 pounds in the first five months of 1941 despite ongoing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angworthy
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery Company
Langworthy
George Poppe
Clifford Arduser
F B Women Plan Leadership Confab At Des Moines
More than 200 Iowa county Farm Bureau women will attend a two day leadership camp in Des Moines under the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation women's committee led by Mrs. Raymond Sayre. State leaders will discuss programs and activities while department heads report, with a tour of Farm Bureau offices as a feature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Raymond Sayre
County Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau‘federation
Iowa ‘Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
4-H Dairy Tour Planned In Buchanan Wednesday
Independence Iowa dairying news reports Buchanan county 4-H dairy calf club members plan a Wednesday tour. Ernest M Wright field secretary for the Iowa Dairy association will attend. Forenoon visits cover projects and the afternoon features judging fitting and showing at the Iowa State hospital farm.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Ernest M. Wright
Iowa Dairy Association
Iowa State Hospital
New Farm Buildings Rise Near Dysart Along Highways
A 29 by 48 foot corneriband Stanary is under construction by William Wurtzel on the Will Jacobson farm near Dysart. A second new structure, a 24 by 48 foot machine shed, is being erected on the Mrs. Hugo Norden farm west of Dysart, operated by Ed Schnell.
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Dysart
William Wurtzel
Will Jacobson
Hugo Norden
Ed Schnell
New Setup To Become Effective July for FSA Counties
George Heikens, Ames FSA director in Iowa, announced a nationwide July 1 start for a restructured advisory system. Each county will have four committees in TP counties and three otherwise, with overlaps among members. Committees include debt adjustment and tenure, rural rehabilitation, tenant purchase, and a county council of all members plus three extra nonfarmers.
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United States
Farm Security Administration
George Heikens
Ames
FSA
Iowa
the Gazette
Prac
Mittee
FSA Appointments at ISU staff and Indianapolis posts
Announcement Saturday confirmed L. K. Macy farm management staff at Iowa State College to become senior agricultural economist with the FSA in Washington. Macy will start about July 5. Don Dilworth assistant extension editor at Ames will move to Indianapolis as associate information specialist with the FSA in about a week.
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Ames
L. K. Macy
Iowa State College
FSA
Washington
Macy
Don Dilworth
Indianapolis
County councils cap set at eight members general use
County councils will not exceed eight persons, except in tenant and purchase counties where the limit rises to ten. This provision defines council size across jurisdictions and notes the special case for certain counties. It reflects administrative rules for local governance.
Farm Security committee meets in West Union
The state advisory committee of the Farm Security Administration met in West Union for two days. Three retiring members were listed Paul P. Stewart Maynard and Lester Gillette Fostoria and Fred K Hawley Laurens. The session approved Iowa policies for 1942 and inspected Fayette county FSA farms amid a larger roster of attendees.
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West Union
Farm Security Administration
Paul P. Stewart
Maynard
Lester Gillette
Fostoria
Fred K. Hawley
Laurens
Ronald Wilson
Sac City
Vern Timberlake
Bedford
Fletcher Atchison
Cascade
J. L. Boatman
Montezuma
Ames
C. H. Galagan
Paul Auringer
Waterloo
Mildred Belling
K. M. Teig
Stella Hackett
Jerry N. Spencer
Clermont
Carl C. Malone
Story City
Malone
Central Iowa Farm Business Association
FSA
L. G. Allbaugh
National
Independence County Crops Advance Ahead of Normal
Dale Irwin reports ahead of normal for corn in Independence and Buchanan counties with harvests ahead by about ten days. Some corn will be laid by before July 4. Oats show improvement and may reach 80 percent of a normal crop. First alfalfa cutting is satisfactory, clover and pastures are excellent, soybeans and gardens look good.
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Independence
Buchanan
Dale Irwin
Pig Crop Report Shows Change in Farrowing Estimates
The June pig crop notes a smaller gap between actual farrowings and December estimates. The December forecast forecast 14 percent fewer sows farrowing in spring 1941 versus 1940, but Friday's survey suggests only a 5 percent decline. If 1941 fall farrowing holds, this fall could see more piglets than any prior season.
Registry Record for State Hospital Holstein Herd
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports a 70 cow state hospital herd in Brattleboro Vermont with a year ending January 31 1941 showing 15 197 pounds milk and 500 5 pounds butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
State Hospital
Grand Championship Honors in Sof Iowa Brown Swiss Show
Grand champion bull 2 years old owned by D. J. Cobbler Ottumwa and grand champion female aged cow owned by W. H. Schlaser Keswick led the Southeastern Iowa Brown Swiss dairy breeders cattle show. L. S. Van Auken North English presided. First place class winners included Buil calf Dale Brot Grinnell junior yearling bull C. E. Walcott Richland senior yearling bull LaVaughn Wilcox Guernsey heifer calf Walcott junior yearling and junior and reserve champion female Fred Cobbler Ottumwa senior yearling D. J. Cobbler 2-year-old Van Auken 3-year-old Wilcox 4-year-old G. F. Garner Tain tor produce of dam Walcott. Boxelder hog type conference draft urged 200-240 lb five to six months or 275-300 lb market with economical gains.
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Grinnell
C. E. Walcott
Richland
LaVaughn Wilcox
Guernsey
Walcott
Fred Cobbler
Ottumwa
D. J. Cobbler
van Auken
Wilcox
G. F. Garner
Taintor
Potash Trials Boost Corn on High Lime Soils in Iowa
Ames extension agronomist Bruce M. Kilpatrick reports side dressings of potash in 15 north central Iowa counties to test the fertilizer's value on high lime soils. Two demonstrations per county in Dickinson Palo Alto Kossuth Winnebago Pocahontas Humboldt Wright Franklin Sac Calhoun Hamilton Dallas Polk Story Carroll show yield gains, with method varying by field lime content.
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Ames
Iowa
Bruce M. Kilpatrick
Ames Extension Agronomist
Dickinson
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Winnebago
Pocahontas
Humboldt
Wright
Franklin
Sac
Calhoun
Hamilton
Dallas
Polk
Story
Carroll
Kilpatrick
Top lambs fetch 13.50 delivered to Albert Lea at Decorah demo
In Decorah the Winneshiek County Wool Growers held a lamb grading demonstration with 343 head. 52 lambs, averaging 92 pounds, sold for 13.50 per hundredweight delivered to Albert Lea. Twenty three reds sold to Wilson and Co. at 12.60. Forty five farmers contributed, the event noted as one of the best in northeast Iowa. Western yellow pine noted as best suited to prairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Winneshiek County Wool Growers Association
C. W. McDonald
Ames
Albert Lea
Wilson and Company
Iowa
Nation's Farm Income Up for Five Months in 1941
The Agriculture Department reports cash income for farmers totaled 3.544 billion dollars for January to May 1941, up 307 million from last year, with marketings at 3.24 billion and government payments 304 million. Projected full-year cash income around 10.7 billion, strongest since 1929, led by cotton, livestock, dairy, and poultry. Iowa April incomes rose to 58.086 million with livestock receipts at 48.928 million and government payments 77 thousand. four-month Iowa cash income reached 255.304 million versus 255.098 million year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
Iowa
Tree Planting Emphasizes Mixed Varieties
An article highlights the value of planting diverse tree varieties. It notes that a successful project combines many species to boost resilience, color, and long term ecological benefits.
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Soul Conservation
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George L. Buol
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Mr. Arduser
Adolf Dierks
John Rieken
Henry Alferts
Gazette Photos
F. B. Women Plan Leadership
Ray Anderson
Fayette
Schlaser
Sigourney
Boxelder
Manitoba
Poland
Clutier
A. J. Norton
Oak Grove
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Allan Kline
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Your Gazette
HOF
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