Rubber Tire Planter Trials Near Springville Stir Debate
Near Springville, Ray Anderson reports Bert Pollock’s rubber-tired corn planter shows advantages over traditional concave steel rims. The four-row setup aims for even depth, better weed control, firmer soil, quicker germination, and effective small furrow use. Pollock adjusts tire pressure after first round, planning to cultipack and rotate crops as he continues testing.
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Bert Pollock
Springville
Pollock
Pollack
Hattat
Sprig
Homer Folloular
SPO
Fence Drift Caught in Woven Wire
A brief column praises Bert Pollock and other young farmers for conducting self run research programs. It credits their daily work with driving agricultural progress and acknowledges the contribution of men like Pollock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Pollock
Farm partnership with soil conservation service noted
George J. Pearson of Burlington operates his farm in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service at Marion, highlighting collaborative farming practices and conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Pearson
Burlington
The
Soil Conservation Service
Marion
Iowa Falls Youth Wins Future Farmers Public Speech Meet
Iowa Falls youth Ames-Richard Lauterbach won the annual Future Farmers of America public speaking contest, earning a trip to the regional final in Des Moines on August 27. Other state winners earned superior ratings in extemporaneous and public speaking and several chapters placed in exhibits and corn judging contests.
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Ames
Richard Lauterbach
Iowa Falls
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Iowa
Des Moines
Lauterbach
Marvin Julius
Manson
Jack Dickey
Winterset
Francis Colbert
Grinnell
Future
Linn Farm Bureau Picnic Set for June 5 at Thomas Park
The Linn county Farm Bureau announces its annual picnic on June 5 at Thomas Park. An all day event features a four sport festival and programs, with committee members Charles Towers Marion John Weber Anamosa Russell Bear Mount Vernon Rex Conn Bill Horr county club agent and Miss Lucille Gove county home demonstration agent.
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Linn County Farm Bureau
Thomas Park
Charles Towers
Marion
John Weber
Anamosa
Russell Bear
Mount Vernon
Rex Conn
Bill Horr
Lucille Gove
Farm Manager Sells Heifers At Chicago Weight Price
Charles M. Karch manager of a Weaver Witwer farm near Marion sold two loads of choice yearling heifers averaging 756 pounds at Chicago Wednesday for 1925 dollars per hundredweight.
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Charles M. Karch
Witwer
Marion
Iowa C T A Cows Produce 29 6 Lbs Butterfat In April
Special to The Gazette Iowa C T A dairy herd improvement associations averaged 296 pounds butterfat per cow in April, below 1938 299 but above 1939. March set a new record. Readings cover 1 642 herds in 68 associations totaling about 29 000 cows on test. Sioux association topped with 33 3 pounds per cow and Anton Heitshusen of South Amana led with 56 6 pounds per cow.
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Ames
Sioux
Anton Heitshusen
South Amana
Edgewood Dairy Averages Report for Clayton-Delaware C T A
The Clayton Delaware C T A reports 376 cows in milk and 29 dry in April, averaging 766 pounds of milk and 28.2 pounds of butterfat per cow. Harold Brockmeyer of Edgewood owns the high herd of 8 purebred Holsteins averaging 1,360 pounds of milk and 457 pounds of butterfat. The top cow was a grade Guernsey owned by Roy Walters of Garber producing 70.4 pounds of butterfat.
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Edgewood
Clayton-Delaware
Milk Production Averages In Fayette Cow Test Association
In April, 367 cows including 39 dry produced 295 pounds butterfat and 712 pounds milk. Harry Turner’s two Holsteins led with 70.7 and 68.7 pounds butterfat. Seven purebred Guernseys owned by Jerry Spencer averaged 9 33 pounds milk and 48 pounds butterfat. Lactation records for 204 days or less show three Holsteins at 8 827, 10 453, and 10 841 pounds milk with respective butterfat totals.
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West Union
Fayette
Irving Deering
Harry N. Turner
Reformatory Herd Tops South Jones Test in April
Anamosa reports the men’s reformatory herd ranked first in the South Jones Cow Testing association for April. Tester Dale Barker notes the herd averaged 1,133 pounds of milk and 39.3 pounds of butterfat. The high individual cow produced 761 pounds of butterfat in April.
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Anamosa
South Jones
Dale Barker
Local tester named for North Jones Cow Testing
Lawrence Ta tum of Lawn Hill is employed as the new tester for the North Jones Cow Testing association, succeeding Clarence Ashbrenner. Mr. Tatum began work May 1.
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Monticello
Lawrence Tatum
Lawn Hill
North Jones Cow Testing Association
Clarence Ashbrenner
Tatum
West Liberty cow test shows McFate herd lead with Lizzie
Harvey McFate of Muscatine owned the high performing 19 Holsteins in the West Branch Cow Test Association April results. Lizzie, a purebred Holstein, led by producing 79.9 pounds of butterfat while the herd averaged 1140 pounds of milk and 443 pounds of butter fat.
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West Liberty
West Branch
Harvey McFate
Muscatine
John Offringa
Lizzie
McFate
Dairy herd strong finish with high cows named
Hil produced 78.1 pounds of butterfat led by Ralph Sarver at Rose Hill with 637.7 pounds. Otis Taylor of Delta and B F Hoover of Oskaloosa follow with 5569 and 518.3 pounds respectively. Ralph Sarver again tops Holstein at 512 pounds and Warren Cadwallader of Oskaloosa adds 502.4 pounds.
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Hil
L.J. Schissel
Ralph Sarver
Rose Hill
Otis Taylor
Delta
B. F. Hoover
Oskaloosa
Jersey
Warren Cadwallader
Puerto Rico Buys 44 9 Million Pounds Pork In 9 Months
Puerto Rico bought a record 44 980 000 pounds of pork and lard from Iowa and other states in the first nine months of the fiscal year. Purchases rose 21 percent from a year earlier with shipments valued at 3 760 000 dollars. Total food purchases from the States reached 20 650 000 dollars, up 27 percent.
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Puerto Rico
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Puerto Rican Trade Council
United States
Hog Type Conference Set for July 17 18
MARSHALLTOWN AP J H Oliver of Kewanee president of the National Hampshire Registry says the second annual hog type conference will be held in Marshalltown July 17 and 18 to study which barrow yields the leanest meat with least lard. The event will include slaughtering and dressing of exhibited market barrows as part of the agenda.
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Marshalltown
J. H. Oliver
Kewanee
National Hampshire Registry Association
Oliver
June Dairy Committee To Meet At Ames On May 15
Ames officials announce Iowa June dairy month committee meeting in Ames on May 15. AMES I W Beck of Sioux City, general manager of the Sioux City Milk Producers Cooperative, calls the gathering of dairy producers organizations to stress June as dairy month and push a dairy consumption campaign.
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Ames
I W. Beck
Sioux City
Sioux City Milk Producers’ Cooperative Association
Iowa
Comparison Of Operating Figures For 55 Creameries In Iowa
A combined report on 55 Iowa cooperative creameries for 1939 shows higher butterfat payments and prices in larger producers. The 500000 pound group had manufacturing cost 1.78 cents per pound, butterfat paid 28.23 cents, and butter sold at 24.76 cents. Smaller groups show progressively lower costs and prices with varying labor costs.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
D. E. Edison
lJon
Manly Boy Wins Danforth Fellowship At Iowa State
M Kott of Manly Iowa was named the 1940 Danforth summer fellowship winner at Iowa State college. The fellowship funds two weeks of study in St Louis and a two week vacation at the American Youth Foundation camp in Shelby Michigan.
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Manly Boy
Danforth
Iowa State
Dairy Herd Leads Mahaska Cow Test in April
Delta Leeds and McReynolds of Blakesburg posted the top herd in the Mahaska Cow Test association for April with an average production of 3131 pounds of milk and 39.4 pounds of butterfat. The high cow in the association belonged to Ralph Sarver of Rose.
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DELTA
Leeds
McReynolds
Blakesburg
Mahaska
Ralph Sarver
Rose
Hog Market Declines 60 Cents From Peak
Des Moines report says hog prices fell across 10 of 14 marketing days since the year’s peak on April 24. Interior top prices closed 65 cents lower than two weeks ago, with early April to late May gains eroded by soft consumer demand for fresh pork and higher corn costs. Interior movement rose about 9 percent week over week, while overall demand for fresh cuts remained weak.
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Des Moines
Chicago
New York
Interior Territory
Iowa
Minnesota
Linn County Farmer Sells Steers in Chicago Market
John P. Meyers farmer in Linn County sold three carloads of steers in Chicago this week. Two loads averaged 1,260 pounds at 1125 per hundredweight and one load averaged 1,490 pounds at 10.85 per hundredweight.
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John P. Meyers
Linn County
Chicago
SOUL CONSERVATION IN SCHOOLS TO HOME TRANSFER
A country woman writes about the end of the school year as extra notebooks reference material and a year’s accumulation of miscellany are being shifted from the schoolhouse to homes. The piece reflects on time and transition from pupil to guardian.
Iowa Farmer Degree Conferred On 80 At Voc Ag Convention
Iowa State College hosts the annual Iowa high school agricultural convention where the Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America awards the Iowa Farmer degree to 80 members. Eastern Iowa honorees include James Auld Vinton Glenn Beardmore Waukon Donald Barrack Strawberry Point Leland Byers West Branch and others from Tipton Muscatine Grinnell Oskaloosa Monticello and Olin.
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Ames
Iowa Association of Future Farmers of America
Iowa State College
Iowa High School
Vinton
Glenn Beardmore
Waukon
Donald Barrack
Strawberry Point
Leland Byers
West Branch
Charles Cook
Theodore Cottrell
George L. Fraseur
Tipton
Otis Freyermuth
Muscatine
Marion D. Gilbert
Richard Good
Montezuma
Gerald Hetzler
Herbert F. Hoover
Oskaloosa
Junior Loftin
Grinnell
Vernon Paustian
Raymond C Pedersen
Dale Spear
Kenneth Swaney
Lloyd R. Thien
Junior Welter
Monticello
Julian Kinler
Olin
Three Newfangled Plows Displayed at Ames Field Day
Farmers at Iowa State College field day watched three new plows in action. E. V. Collins showed a 24 inch furrow device welded from a 16 inch bottom, reducing landside twist. Edward Dugger and C. A. Hefley unveiled a rolling moldboard to ease draft and pulverize soil. A reversible plow and a pulverator plow were demonstrated amid fifty thousand dollars of new machinery.
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Ames
Iowa State College Agricultural Engineering
E. V. Collins
Collins
Edward Dugger
Rose Hill
C. A. Hefley
Oskaloosa
Poweshiek 4-H Rally Day Set for June 7 at Malcom
Miss Fannie Buchanan music specialist from the Ames extension service met Poweshiek county 4-H girls club leaders and representatives to plan the annual rally day scheduled for June 7 at Malcom.
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Greene
Montezuma
Fannie Buchanan
Ames Extension Service
Poweshieck County
Malcom
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