Pasture Clinic Contest Sponsored by Cedar Rapids Chamber
In Tama Poweshiek Iowa and Benton counties a new pasture clinic project is funded by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce with the four county soils association. Paul Burson oversees with county agents and judges to award top two scorers per county. Entries due by May 1 and a full pasture season March 15 to Oct 15 includes scoring on carrying capacity land use soil management and overall improvement for the 1938 season.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama
Poweshick
Iowa
Benton
Alleged Chicken Thief Posed As Magazine Salesman
Sheriff H J Nehring brought Joseph Dale Draughn 27 of Shelbyville Missouri to Fayette county jail charged with stealing chickens from a farm northeast of Hazleton. He and an alleged accomplice posed as farm magazine salesmen from Independence and allegedly stole thirty one chickens selling them at Maynard and Ocwein. Draughn was arrested Sunday night at Town Falls. his companion remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
West Union
H J. Nehring
Fayette County
Joseph Dale Draughn
Shelbyville
Hazleton
Draughn
Farm Magazine
Independence
Maynard
Oclwein
Craughn
Town Falls
4 H Boys To Demonstrate At Creamery Convention
SIGOURNEY Marvin Senger and Daryl Baughman of South English 4 H club boys have been chosen among dairy industry demonstration teams of Iowa to represent the state at the National Buttermakers convention in St Paul during April. They will demonstrate The Successful Operation of the Cream Separator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Marvin Senger
Daryl Baughman
South English
Towa
St. Paul
Sigourney Farmers Forum to Hold Monday Meeting
A follow-up session of the Sigourney farmers' adult night school will be held Monday evening under the direction of A. E. Hagen, high school vocational agriculture instructor. A roundtable will address current farm problems.
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Sigourney
Sigourney Farmers
A. E. Hagen
Fence Drift: Perfume of Burning Leaves and Manure Spreader
A reflective verse piece describes scents from a garden scene with burning leaves fresh soil and plant growth. The narrator notes the pungent aroma of manure and the contrasting fragrances of budding plants and grass in a pastoral setting.
Gertrude McGrew Enters 4-H Record Contest
Gertrude McGrew of Springville enters her six year 4-H record book in the state memory contest announced by Linn county 4-H chairman Mrs A R Minnish. Winners earn trips to the national 4-H club camp in Washington DC in June. McGrew is active as county 4-H secretary treasurer historian and president of her club with prior honors in 1935 1936 and 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude McGrew
Mro
E R McGrew
Springville
A R Minnish
Mount Vernon
Linn County
Washington, DC
Gertrude
Whittier Gleaners
Brown Township
Keokuk County Achievement Day Set For April 7
Miss Lillian Lewis from Ames will judge rural women’s exhibits at Keokuk county achievement day in Sigourney on April 7. Seventeen townships plan to exhibit homemaking skills. Speakers include Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth, chair of the Iowa Farm Bureau womens committee, and William Heckendorn of Ottumwa, manager of the Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Lillian Lewis
Ames
Keokuk County
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
William Heckendorn
Ottumwa
Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Association
Rowley Creamery Pays 34 For No 1 Butterfat
Rowley Creamery paid 34 cents per pound for No 1 butterfat for the last half of February with No 2 at 33 cents and No 3 at 32 cents, all up 1 cent from the first half of February. The 1930 census listed 5 620 purebred Jersey females in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley Creamery
Gazette
Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company
Iowa
Allotments to Be Known by April
Iowa officials state county committees will set corn allotments and soil depletion limits for farms by April 1 with three counties to finish this week. The state chairmen met with about seventy institutional landowner representatives to discuss the farm program and provisions affecting institutional landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O D. Klein
Iowa Aaa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Klein
Jervey Hazen
Laurel Dieterich
Fred Roewe
Rail Shipments Of Farm Products Slump At Clutier
C L Blakely station agent reports 1937 rail shipments from Clutier show a sharp drop from 1936. Livestock and grain shipments fell about 20 percent while oats and soybeans rose. Hog and cattle deck counts declined as trucks drew business from railroads.
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Clutier
C. L Blakely
Blakely
Clutter
Ruth Patridge Honored by NRG 4-H Club
Ruth Audrey Patridge 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Irving Patridge near Maynard has shouldered household duties amid her mother's illness. Since December her 4-H project and home work merged as she baked 22.20 dollars worth of goods and served 281 meals. Her baking records include 44 yeast loaves 8 dozen yeast rolls 4 loaves quick bread 11 dozen muffins and rolls 7 pies 28 cookies and 13 cakes. She attends school and NRG 4-H meetings in the Maynard community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Ray Anderson
Ruth Audrey Patridge
Irving Patridge
Maynard
Ruth
Almanac Folklore: A Country Woman Praises the Family Almanac
A country woman extols the family almanac as essential in farm households. The small book guides farming tasks from calving to corn planting, notes seasonal cycles, celestial signs, and domestic tips, shaping rural life and knowledge.
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America
United States
Brown Swiss Parish Show To Be Staged In Northeast Iowa
A northeastern Iowa Brown Swiss parish show will be staged with a county fair in the region. Breeders from Fayette, Clayton, Allamakee, Winneshiek, Howard, Chickasaw and Bremer counties met in West Union. Hugh Mabon and Harold Isenman were elected district chair and secretary respectively.
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Brown
Iowa
Speclal
West Union
Fayette
Clayton
Allamakee
Winneshick
Howard
Chickasaw
Bremer
Hugh Mabon
Randalia
Harold Isenman
Waverly
Mabon
Isenman
Beloit
Wis
Arthur Porter
Ames
Idtse
Porter
Hampton
Fort Dade
Boyden
Jefferson
Cedar Rapids
East Central
Poultry Dealers Meet in Independence March 23
Independence plans a meeting of Buchanan county produce dealers on Wednesday March 23 to advance egg demonstration work and broaden market egg grading. Buchanan county Farm Bureau reps and A D Oderkirk from the Ames poultry extension department will participate.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
A. D. Oderkirk
Poultry Extension Department of
Ames
Early Spring Field Work Moves North in Iowa
Spring weather spurs farming as oats sowing advances to Linn county. Dises operate widely with plowing and manure spreading. Pastures turn green and winter seedings survive well. Walker area sees oat sowing led by John Weininger with others discing and plowing. Overall, mild winter yields good livestock forage and soil conditions.
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Iowa
Linn
Fayette
Walker
John Weininger
Carl Benson
Wyoming gardener reports inch high lettuce and early crops
Louis Sampson of northern Wyoming reports his garden shows lettuce about an inch high and he has planted other early vegetables and truck crops this season in the yard.
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Wyoming
Louis Sampson
Sampson
Farm living topic set for March 29 meeting
Vinton hosts a discussion on farm standard of living titled The farm standard of living and ways and means to improve it. County Agent James C. Green announces the event with J J Wallace of the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association as discussion leader for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
James C. Green
J J. Wallace
Marion
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Fay ette County Guernsey Breeders Elect Officers
Jerry Spencer of Clermont is elected president of the Fayette county Guernsey Breeders association at the annual meeting. Charles Hoyt Hawkeye named vice president, R. O. Dietel Sumner secretary treasurer, and directors include William Adams Waucoma George Bassett Arlington W A Norbohm Sumner KL M Thornberry Fayette. The parish show program for 1938 is outlined with a June 15 or 20 date at the West Union fairgrounds. a picnic dinner at noon precedes a short program. The arranging committee includes George Bassett Charles Hoyt and D R (text cuts).
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Fayette
Jerry Spencer
Clermont
Iowa
Fayette County
Guernsey Breeders Association
Charles Hoyt
Hawkeye
R. O. Dietel
Sumner
William Adams
Waucoma
George Bassett
Arlington
W. A. Norbohm
KL. M. Thornberry
Spencer
Spring cattle sales and auctions around Marion and Waubeek
On Wednesday March 23 DeWees and Smith wrap up a sale near Marion while Les Kelly company runs a spring sale at Marengo fair grounds and Ed Gerst holds an sale 142 miles southwest of Waubeek. On Thursday March 24 Beverly Cattle company hosts a livestock auction.
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DeWees & Smith
Marion
Les Kelly Company
Marengo Fair Grounds
Ed Gerst
Waubeek
Beverly Cattle Company
County 4 H winner named at county fair
Whittier of McGregor and Mr Spencer lead a county show herd to be shown at the state fair All Iowa show Cedar Rapids and the Dairy Cattle congress at Waterloo The group awarded the exhibitor of the 4 H champion Guernsey at the county fair to recognize achievement
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Chamber of Commerce
FARVW
Mr. Burson
AE Hursh
Marengo
Henri Grunewald
Blairstown
EB. Skrable
Elberon
Otto Schultz
Malcolm
Ray Anderson
Farmers’ Forum
R.F.A
Glatrude McGhEew
Amana
Washington
Eicher
Herring
Walace
Gilchrist
Jaws
Percy
Hoople
Leavenworth
Williams
Independence Mar
Sonotone
Audicle
Sonotone Louis H. Sila
21St St. S.E
Buehler
Brothers
Ast St. SE
Dial
Lenses
EATRA
Merle & Garmof
Guernsey
First Avenue
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Hamilton
C.R
Averill
Jersey Guernsey
Deering
McCormick
J. Deere
Household Goods Inc.s
P. C. Lassen
Aud
United State Bank
Colorado
Beverly Yards
Nebraska
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Birger Kleppe
Birger Klespe
2Nd
St. SW
May Drug Store
St. SE
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