Meat animal slaughter climbs with April highs and steady cattle demand
Slaughter of cattle lambs and hogs continues strong through April with new year to date highs for cattle and lambs. April hog kill reached 3 806 930 head the largest April total since 1933 while the year to date total sits about two and a quarter million below last year. Cattle April slaughter 792167 head largest since 1937 and four month total 3 167 228 head the highest in four years. Lambs set a record for the period with 1 436 172 head killed last month and four months total at 5 setae head. At Chicago prices for cows bulls and calves reached decade highs with strong government demand for canned meats lifting markets across the bovine classes.
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Chicago
Prizes Totaled About 100000 for Livestock Show
Chicago AP reports the directors of the International Livestock Exposition announced nearly 100000 in prizes for the 1941 show to be held in Chicago from November 29 to December 6.
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Chicago
Fence Drift Caught in the Unoven Wire
A brief poetic fragment describes a fence drift and a journey from hilltop to vale. The text emphasizes refreshing, inspiring scenery and a sense of exhilarating adventure on a lonely road this time of year.
Section 13 Reorganized by Farm Editor at Cedar Rapids meet
Section 13 of the Iowa Creamery Operators association was revived at Cedar Rapids with 19 members. Theron Smith was elected secretary treasurer Paul Zimmer became president and Lyle Capper vice president Walter Pross was named director for the state group. Meetings are planned May 22 in Ames and June 26 in Lisbon. Carl Hauskins hosted an evening dinner with speakers M Mortensen Otto Kloeck.
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Section 13
Iowa Creamery Operators’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Theron Smith
Paul Zimmer
Garrison
Lyle Capper
Lisbon
Walter Pross
Maquoketa
Buckhorn Creamery
Mr. Pross
Ames
Carl Hauskins
M. Mortensen
Dairy Industry Department
Otto Kloeck
Garner
Soul Conservation Poem by a Country Woman
A brief verse notes women whose speech remains low and steady amid a harsh wash day wind. The speaker contrasts them with higher toned women unable to endure the same plain talk.
Butter contest and judging results at state association event
Oscar Hauskins of North English vice president presided as Karl Wester of Ames Mortensen and Kloock led a practice butter contest in the afternoon. Two judging contests followed with best women judges Mrs Ray Ribble of Clarence first and Mrs Herbert Cox of Center Junction second. B H Johnson of Central City was top male judge, with John Hansen of Bennett and Howard Williams of Coggon tied for second.
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Karl Wester
Ames
Mortensen
Kloock
Ray Ribble
Clarence
Herbert Cox
Center Junction
H Johnson
Central City
John Hansen
Bennett
Howard Willams
Coggon
Iowa Cow Test Averages 30.4 Pounds Butterfat in April
Butterfat production across Iowa Cow Test associations reached 304 pounds per cow in April, nearly unchanged from March. Data from 65 associations covering 28,745 cows in 1,937 herds show continued strong feeding due to favorable prices as top herds and associations post high outputs.
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Ames
Iowa Cow Test Association
Arthur R Porter
Extension Dairyman
Porter
F Bothe and Sons
Fort D
Claude Wylam
Waverly
Fremont-Page Mills
Washington
Henry
Scott
Wapsie Valley
Cedar Falls
Polk No. 2
Dairy herd records set in Fayette DHIA tests
The Fayette DHIA reports April results for two test herds. In No 1 the 463 cows averaged 894 pounds milk and 33.9 pounds butterfat with a high herd owned by F. F. Hamlett of Lamont and a top individual Guernsey owned by Jo H Bassett of Arlington. In No 2 the 425 cows averaged 734 pounds milk and 29.5 pounds butterfat with Walter Pliacht of Clermont as high herd and a Brown Swiss, owned by W Kruempel of Arlington, as high individual.
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Fayette
Fayette Dhia No
Sam Alshouse
F. F. Hamlett
Lamont
Guernsey
Jo H Bassett and Son
Arlington
High Individual
W. Kruempel
Dairy herd averages highlight Aprils production in Iowa
In Anamosa the South Jones Dairy Herd Improvement association reports 492 cows, including 68 dry, averaged 766 pounds of milk and 30.2 pounds of butterfat in April. A B Whites herd of 12 Guernseys led with 812 pounds milk and 41.3 pounds butterfat. High individual cow No 533 from the men’s reformatory produced 2127 pounds milk and 78.7 pounds butterfat. Trees losing leaves in fall are deciduous.
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Anamosa
South Jones
Poultry Clinic Highlights Disease in Birds at Cedar Rapids
The East Central Veterinary Medical society hosted a Thursday poultry clinic at Dr Carl G Spencer animal hospital with Dr C P D Lee of Iowa State College and Dr Hubert C O Smith diagnosing pullorum disease infectious tracheitis and other ailments. Sixty four veterinarians from twenty two Iowa counties attended followed by a Montrose hotel dinner.
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Carl G Spencer
Iowa
Montrose Hotel
Renton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clinton Delaware
Duebuque
Towa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Muscature
Polk
Poweshick
Scntt
Stars
Tama
Webster
Wapello
Washington
CC. C Logan
Summerville
Mass
Mount Pleasant
United States
Des Moines
Evenieg
PV. Neuzil
Blatrrstown
Alva Howard
Ames
Postville Lass Is Junior Holstein Assn Member
Miss Jean Ann Miller of Postville receives a certificate of merit and membership in the Holstein Friesian Association of America Brattleboro Vermont. She earned the honor by proving capable calf club work and being recommended by the state Holstein calf club leader, the 5 954th junior member nationally.
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Postville
Jean Ann Miller
Harva Miller
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Brattsleboro
Kermit Taig Named FSA Supervisor in Fayette County
Kermit M Taig formerly FSA supervisor in Guthrie county will replace Jerry N Spencer as Fayette county FSA supervisor. Spencer resigns after five years to devote more time to his purebred Guernsey herd on his Clermont area farm.
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Kermit Taig
FSA
Fayette
Speclalo the Gazette
West Union
Kermit M Taig
Guthrie County
Jerry N. Spencer
Fayette County
Spencer
Clermont
Linn REA to Build 249 More Miles of Distribution Line
Construction on a 249 mile Linn Rural Electrification Administration project section will begin Monday in Washington and Fayette townships. Sandberg and Johnston Construction of Hampton will carry out the work under A T Doyle, contractor superintendent, who also built the initial 204 miles serving 483 members in 1939.
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Linn Rea
Palmer
Washington
Fayette
Sandberg and Johnston Construction Company
Hampton
A. T. Doyle
Farmer and Team Killed by Lightning Near Dubuque
Ed Smith, 56, a Dubuque county farmer, and his team of horses were killed by a lightning bolt while moving them toward the barn on his farm about a mile and a half north of Fillmore. A neighbor said the bolt knocked him about 20 feet.
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Fillmore
Ed Smith
Dubuque County
Smith
Here
Wickard urges more beef marketings to meet demand
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard called on cattlemen to raise their marketings of beef cattle to satisfy rising domestic meat needs and lend-lease shipments to Britain. He linked the push to national defense, potential higher prices, and broad economic expansion, warning against delaying sales for fear of future price boosts.
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Washington
Seccretary of
Wickard
Great Britain
Waickard
Cedar County Women Hold Annual Achievement Day
Cedar County women held an achievement day with ratings for townships including excellent for Troneci Iann and Fremont and good for Red Oink Massillon. The event featured exhibits, program numbers, and a pageant with about 300 attending. Miss Ava Johnson spoke on Life on the Balkans.
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Gazette
Tipton
Troneci
Iann
Fremont
Red Oink
Massillon
Center Dayton
Fairfield Town
Spragdale
Sugar Creek
Sarah Porter Ellis
Ames
Lunn
Cass
Linn
Ava Johnson
Balkans
Pan-America
County Rural Womens Chorus
Fremont Township
Red Oak Township
Massillon Township
B J Penningroth
Farm Bureau
Howard Hamilton
Toaura Seddleton
Fairfax Girl Wins Trip To 4 H Club Convention
Mae Fallis a 19 year old Fairfax 4 H member of the Fairfax Jolly Juniors will receive a free trip to the state 4 H girls club convention at Ames next June for an outstanding fire prevention record she kept last year as part of her club work This is her fifth year in club work
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Mae Fallis
Fairfax
Fairfax Jolly
Ames
Lucille Gove
HMCA
Hog Market Holds Steady Amid 9 Percent Support Plan
The Interior hog market shows little change with prices near $840 to $845, aided by the government 9 program. Early month pork receipts run around 198,200 head, with week totals near 137,000. weather and ample forage support a potentially higher spring pig yield though the year’s overall drop remains linked to government estimates.
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Lowa
Straka and Levsen Tie as Best Cattle Weight Guessers
Wyoming county beef producers staged a feedlot tour with twelve head weighed at Albert Rohwedder farm. Charles Straka of Oxford Junction claimed top honors by estimating an average weight of 1342 pounds, while Paul Levsen of Wyoming logged 132 pounds less. Actual average weight was 13425 pounds.
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Wyoming
Janes County
County Beef Producers Association
Noonose
Charles Straka
Oxford Junction
Paul Levsen
Albert Rohwedder
Straka
Levsen
$15,000 Shorthorns Exported To Ciudad Trujillo
Fifty three head of purebred Shorthorns, the largest U S export consignment, left Chicago for Port Everglades to sail to Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic. Gen Rafael L Trujillo bought the cattle for his herd and livestock program, selected by HOIL Rice of Mexico. The shipment includes 21 beef Shorthorns, 17 Polled Shorthorns, and 15 Milling Shorthorns from 25 leading breeders across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
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Chicago
United States
Hoil Rice
Mexico
Citas
Trupilio
Dominican Republic
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Tear Gas Used To Disinfect Stored Wheat
Winnipeg AP report says tear gas, long used to quell riots, is now used in grain research to kill mites in stored Canadian wheat. Dominion entomologist B N Smallman states infested elevators were freed of mites in four hours. mites heat and moisture grain, but gas kills them while leaving the wheat unharmed.
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Winnipeg
B. N. Smallman
Dominion
Winneshick Women Top Song Tourney at Fayette Judged by Helen Maxwell
Seven county women choruses performed at Fayette for a singing tourney judged by Helen Maxwell. Winneshick county chorus earned top rating superior, Fayette county rated excellent, Allamakee and Clayton classed good, while Delaware Chichcaw and Black Hawk had competed in past ace district meets.
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Fayette
Helen Maxwell
Winneshick
Fayette County
Allamakee
Clayton
Delaware
Chichcaw
Black Hawk
Sears
Des Moines
Farmer Buys 160 Acre Farm In Winneshiek County
Decorah reports Arthur Bicnet of Franksville bought the Henry Bredemimer farm 160 acres in Hepertewie Bip Winneshirk County for 12 800. Brandt purchased the existing lease on the farm and personal property, totaling an investment of 13 700.
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Decorah
Arthur Bi Cnet
Franksville
Henry Bredemimer
Hepertewie
Winneshirk
Othe Nath Partnes Warnetick Coun Ati
Brandt Ale
Spa
Corn Planting Starts Near Webster on Busy Farmseason
Farmers near Webster begin corn planting with plowing and field work. Report notes fine early blooms and blossoms including lilac and tulip, and gardens showing healthy growth in early week. Weather and work progress suggest the crop will be well advanced by week’s end.
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