World defense policy debated by Iowa farm leaders
Dr. John M Gaus of Wisconsin and Dr D L MacFarlane of Kentucky spoke to 50 farm leaders in Iowa City on defense impacts. Topics included whether the nation should convert factories to munitions or build new plants and how to finance defense without inflation, plus the need for broader government control and international cooperation.
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George C. S. Benson
University of Michigan
Benson
America
R. Renne
Department of Agricultural Economics
Montana State College
Renne
the Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa
Cedar
Scott
Linn
Washington
Muscatine
Johnson and
Clinton
John M_. Gaus
University of Wisconsin
D. L. MacFarlane
University of Kentucky
Dr. MacFarlane
MacFarlane
Kentucky
England
Dr. Gaus
AAA
Fayette Hosts Second Hog Vaccination School March 21
Fayette county Farm Bureau schedules a second hog vaccination school on March 21 at 9 30 am. Dr H B Treman of Rockwell City will conduct the session, with applications limited to 30 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
Women's Achievement Day Held in Louisa March 26
Mary M Fider of the county H D A announced an annual achievement day event in Louisa Louisa county home project women will host exhibits on crafts and handwork a music recognition contest in the morning and a speaker in the afternoon program all scheduled for March 26 in Louisa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginette
Wapello
Louisa County
Mary M Fider
H.D.A
Women Observe Men Discuss Yearling Heifers in Lobby
A country woman recalls sitting in a hotel lobby as a group of men spill long fragments of cattle talk. They discuss pricing, feed, hay, and spring forecasts with pauses and focused chatter about yearling heifers.
Oakdale Herd Delivers 517.2 Lb Butterfat Average
Fifty three purebred Holsteins at the State Sanatorium Oakdale Iowa produced milk for 248 families of four with four quarts daily for a year. The herd averaged 517.2 pounds butterfat from 14,673 pounds milk per cow, over three times the county dairy average. The top producer, Miss Fayne Maid Ormsby 3d, yielded 788 pounds butterfat from 22,741 pounds milk in 366 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Oakdale
United States Department of Agriculture
Wool Growers In Fayette to Hear Sexton Saturday
Fayette County Sheep and Wool Growers set Saturday program with Charles Sexton secretary of Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers and Wade Hauser of Waterloo as speakers. A lamb dinner follows at 12 30 p.m. Officers to be elected and film From Fleece to Fabric shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Charles Sexton
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Wade Hauser
Waterloo
Fayette County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Israel Shaffer
Resolution Encourages Use Horses On Farms
DES MOINES Iowa residents report the senate adopted a resolution urging use of horses and mules on farms It asks Congress to raise corn allotments under the AAA program by two acres for each adult horse or mule kept on a farm The measure argues the first AAA program discourages horse production and that using horses provides cheap farm power
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
House
Congress
DeWitt 4-H Club Show Set for August Dates
Clinton county Farm Bureau festival and 4-H club show planned for August 5 to 8 with officers elected. R L Traver of DeWitt chairs the event with Florence Wilson of Camanche as vice chair and Lea Coverdale as secretary and U J Hanrahan as treasurer. Building committee includes O W Nantz Hanrahan and County Agent M D Lacy advancing permanent structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt
Clinton County Farm Bureau
R. L. Traver
Florence Wilson
Camanche
Lea Coverdale
U. J. Hanrahan
O. W. Nantz
M. D. Lacy
Cedar Valley Veterinary Meet Draws Forty Doctors
Forty veterinarians from Black Hawk to Winneshiek counties attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary Medical Association dinner in Waterloo. Dr. Benjamin Rosenfeld presided. a technical program led by Dr. J. H. Hayes and Dr. E. L. Finley featured talks on cow uterine eversion, sore necks and shoulders in work horses, retained placentas, calf care and pneumonia prevention. Multiple doctors from Iowa towns led discussions with a program committee named for the April meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Bremer
Butler
Buchanan
Cerro Gordo
Fayette
Grundy
Hardin
Howard
Linn
Mitchell
Poweshiek
Webter
Winneshiek
Cedar Valley Veterinary Medical Association
Benjamin Rosenfeld
Osage
J. H. Hayes
E. L. Finley
Waverly
C. E. Juhl
C. B. Strain
Dunkerton
W. A Moeller
G. C. Brown
Hudson
George J. Sexton
Sumner
C A. Stewart
Tripoli
Karl W. Schalk
Iowa Falls
L. Proctor
Hazleton
F. C. Kochendorfer
Decorah
L. P. Scott
E. D. Hubbard
Grinnell
R. B. Helming
Cresco
W. L. Hanson
Parkersburg
New 4-H Girls Club Forms in Clayton County
Volga City Sperry township forms the Volga Bluebirds 4-H girls club with 20 members and Mary O'Brien named historian. Martyn White elected president, Helen Biedermann vice president, Alice Zapf secretary treasurer, Jo Ann Robinson reporter. Mrs Emmett Thyne club leader and local supporters aid. Charter members include Shirley Bennington Lucy Pino Virginia Pino Alice Zapf Marlyn White Shirley White and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga City
Martyn White
Volga Bluebirds
Sperry Township
Clayton County
Mary O'Brien
Emmett Thyne
Helen Biedermann
Alice Zapf
Joe Ann Robinson
Emil Zeurcher
Farmersburg
Lyle Jones
Elkader
Shirley Bennington
Lucy Pino
Virginia Pino
Marlyn White
Shirley White
Jo Ann Robinson
Marian Parker
Charlene Wiedner
Norma Jean Sargent
Helen Boenish
Delores Wilker
Ruth
Betty Oldfather
Jean Roys
Fern Thomas
Mary Dittmer
Rita Krieg
Franklin Merrymakers 4-H elects new officers
Postville reports Eileen Cruse elected president of the Franklin Merrymakers 4-H club in Allamakee County. Other officers chosen for the coming year include Ella Barth as vice president Gertrude Ball as secretary Donna Krambeer as treasurer Jean Ann Miller as reporter and Marilyn Miller as historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Eileen Cruse
Franklin Merrymakers
Allamakee County
Ella Barth
Gertrude Ball
Donna Krambeer
Jean Ann Miller
Marilyn Miller
New Yorker Buys Iowa Mares For 6-Horse Hitch
An outstanding six-horse hitch of Belgian mares was shipped from Ogden to Ellisburg New York. Lester Good of Ogden selected the mares from Iowa farms for H. E. Machold of Ellisburg who has sought three years to assemble such a team in the East. The sorrel mares weigh 1700 to 2000 pounds and range from three to five years old.
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Ogden
Ellisburg
N. Y
Iowa
Lester Good
H. E. Machold
Machold
Turkington Brothers Receive 16 Hereford Cattle Loads
Turkington Brothers of Letts received 16 carloads of Hereford cattle from Texas. The cattle will be grazed and fed on nearby farms in the Columbus Junction area.
Unusual Farm Sales Mark Two Weeks in Iowa Counties
Buckingham and Black Hawk county records show multiple farm sales. Buyers include John R Wrage Reinbeck Herman A Strohbehn James Harringer and John C Meier among others. Prices range from 60 to 130 dollars an acre with totals from 9 500 to 24 000 dollars.
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Buckingham
John R. Wrage
Voorhies
Black Hawk County
Equitable Life Assurance Company
United States
Herman A. Strohbehn
Reinbeck
Grundy County
Cortes H. Wellman
Henry Opfer
Barclay Township
Burlington Savings Bank
Chittenden
Emma M. McMillan
Clark N. Cooper
Waterloo
Dunkerton
Collins
Winthrop
Lowell E. Walters
Des Moines
Ferdinand Henze
Holland
August Henze
Group Planning Of Farm Operations In Allamakee
Six farmers north of Waterville in Paint Creek township Allamakee county plan woodland and soil conservation at group meetings. Members include Hattie Collins Theodore Jacobson Robert Gronna Swen Hesla Leonard Hagen and William Thomson. Local staff say the method speeds up technician work and clarifies conservation goals. Three meetings have been held at the Jacobson Thom son and Hagen farms with more planned in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Paint Creek Township
Allamakee County
Hattie Collins
Theodore Jacobson
Robert Gronna
Swen Hesla
Leonard Hagen
William Thomson
Don Sheetz
Soil Conservation Service
Manford Ellerhoff
W. Thomson
Lenders Herd Cow Gains National Recognition in Guernsey Club
A two year old cow from A. W. Lenders herd in Marion named Dilborn Rose 603568 achieved a 359 day record producing 10,4389 pounds of milk and 465 pounds of butterfat in class GHI. The official record earns her a place on the Advanced Register of The American Guernsey Cattle Club Peterborough New Hampshire per secretary Karl B. Musser.
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A. W. H. Lenders
Marion
Dilborn
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N. H
Karl B. Musser
Farmers Field Day Planned at Madison June 7
Madison Wis Saturday June 7 set for the Farmers field day at the University of Wisconsin agricultural experiment station. Noble Clerk associate director announced today. Display will feature results of recent research in agriculture and home economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Noble Clerk
No. 1 Association Tops Fayette Herds With Strong Milk
February results from Fayette DHIA show 473 cows on 29 herds averaging 827 pounds of milk and 30.9 pounds butterfat. Hamlett of Lamont leads high herd with 23 Holsteins averaging 1,327 pounds milk and 46.6 fat. high individual 2,128 milk and 87.2 fat. No. 3 association reports 426 cows, 28 herds, 786 pounds milk and 29.6 fat. top herd 1,224 milk and 42.2 fat. No. 4 reports 516 cows, 27 herds, 706 milk and 27.7 fat. high herd 889 milk and 42.8 fat. high cow 1,554 milk and 79.3 fat. No. 2 covers 467 cows, 28 herds, 842 milk and 24.1 fat. high herd 1,099 milk 38.7 fat. high cow 1,694 milk and 77.9 fat.
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Fayette
Fayette Dhia No
Sam Alshouse
F. F. Hamlett
Lamont
Fayette Dhia No. 3
Fayette County
George A. Youmans
W. H. Turner
Co. J. Decker and Son
Westgate
Ed Mescher
Fayette Dhia No. 4
John C. Lueder
West Union
Harry N. Turner
Postville
Fayette Dhia No. 2
Dwight Rogers
Louis E. Barnes
Association
Walter Platt
Clermont
Eleven Jones farmers plan woodland improvements
Monticello CCC camp superintendent F. L. Brinacombe aids Jones farmers in planning selective cut timber stand improvements across eleven woodlands. Crews remove dead and inferior trees to favor better varieties, with seed trees kept for regeneration, plus erosion control and wildlife protection benefits.
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Monticello
F. L. Brinacombe
CCC
Jones
Roy Slauson
L. F. Balster
Thomas Supple
Mary E. Waddick
J. A. Heiken
Frank H. Nichol
Delay Brothers
C. A. McLaughlin
W. D. McLaughlin
First Farm Land Company
Brinacombe
Dairy feeding school final session set for Friday
The Gazette reports the last meeting in the dairy feeding school series will be held in Fayette on Friday at 10 a.m. Floyd Johnson Ames extension dairyman and Floyd Parks soils specialist will lead a discussion on pasture management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Fayette
Floyd Johnson
Ames
Floyd Parks
La Porte Farmers Mutual Telephone Upgrades Circuits
La Porte City Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. is stringing new metallic circuits to replace ground lines on rural east Cedar River lines to cut noise from induction currents from REA power lines. The Cedar River poles cannot carry 21 pairs, so a 26 pair cable is replacing open lines across the river bottom. Work progresses with double wires for various rural lines from the new cable.
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Brecial
Gazette
LA Porte City
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Cedar River
Homecoming Days To Feature Big-Four Fair At Postville
A. S. Burdick announces the 1941 Big-Four Fair at Postville set for August 29 to September 1 with new homecoming days on August 31 and September 1. The event includes a parade and speakers born in northeast Iowa and highlights that 13 of 18 directors are farmers. The fair, in its 22nd year, is noted as financially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Burdick
Iowa
Slight Rise in U S Butter Production Across Week
Des Moines reports the U S butter output rose 0.6 percent in the week ending March 6. Production was 6.3 percent higher than the same week last year. The West North Central division fell 1 percent but stayed 8.9 percent above the 1940 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central
Caruso Suffered Ulcer Pains Hinting at World Tour Plans
An old advertisement speculates that a famed singer might thrill the world despite stomach ulcer pains after meals. It touts a 25c box of Idea for relief of ulcer and stomach pains and promises refunds if Uden Tablets fail.
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Caruso
Sinen
Barnes City Farm Co-Op Pays Dividend of Five Percent
At the annual meeting Ike Lester was reelected manager. Directors elected for three years were W. C. Steele Everett McClure and Will Doonan. H. S. Ingraham was chosen president with W. C. Steele as vice president and George Fisher as secretary and treasurer. The coop paid members a five percent dividend on dollar business and one percent on grain bought and sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
Farmers Cooperative Company
Ike Lester
W. C. Steele
Everett McClure
Will Doonan
H. S. Ingraham
George Fisher
Pasture Renovation Tips From Local Farmers and Experts
R Embree of Martelle farms 205 acres with steer pens and a new home. Paul M Burson advises sowing lime and reseeding before bluegrass, with specific mixes for acid and non acid soils and fertilizer rates. Keith Noll offers farm problem help from The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Noll
Js Farm Service Dept
Peoples Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Paul M. Burson
Natex touted at K and M Pharmacy for constipation relief
An advertisement for Natex laxative at K and M Pharmacy 100 Second Avenue SE features testimonial from Fred Ullrick of Link Belt Speeder Corp praising Natex for improving digestion, appetite, nerves, headaches and sleep after irregular bowel movements. It notes Natex is sold by other leading druggists in the region.
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Second Avenue SE
Natex
Fred Ullrick
Link Belt Speeder Corporation
Seventh Avenue
Thie Section
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Americas
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Gaus
Louisa
Soul Conservation
Sexton
Cedar Valley Veterinary Meet
New Yorker
Texas Herefords
O. Faraday
MR. Codd
Schwab
Tim
ALGER
Mr. Coop
Williams
Allamakee
No. 1 Assn
Dairy School
Farmers Implement Co
Carter
E. Cohn & Sons
Barnes City Farm Co-Op
R. Embree
Martelle
Son Vern
Morley
Embree
Iowa Livestock Exchange
O. B. Clements
A. F
Tony) Schmits
George B. Easker
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