Revision Of Agricultural Teaching In Iowa Proposed
Miss Jessie Parker state superintendent announces a statewide conference in Des Moines to discuss modernizing agricultural education. Normal training specialists and county superintendents are invited to the statehouse house chamber to shift focus from production to economics including marketing, prices, farm management, conservation, tenancy, and home ownership.
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Iowa
Jessie Parker
Statehouse
Parker
D. Moines
Fence Drift and Rural Goodwill in Town Trade
The piece discusses merchants in small towns courting crowds on midweek events and farmers in rural areas being courted by towns. It notes goodwill stunts alone won’t boost trade without buying power and mentions forecasts of hog prices near five dollars in the fall.
Plants At Rate Of 40 Acres A Day
Joe Pospisil plants corn with a four row planter pulled by four horses near Mount Vernon. He covers about 40 acres daily on a field rented from Edward Butler, with prospects of 140 acres this season and more if a damaged alfalfa field is broken up.
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Mount Vernon
Joe Pospisil
Edward Butler
East
Iowa
Pospisil
Farmers Back After Weekend Downpour
Webster farmers resume field work after over an inch of rain on Sunday night and Monday. Planting progresses with more than half the corn likely to go in this week as small grain and gardens show healthy growth.
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Webster
Farm Show Dates Set for DeWitt August Eight to Eleven
The sixth annual Clinton county Farm Bureau festival and 4 H club show is scheduled in DeWitt from August 8 to 11. A lightweight horse pulling contest will be held the morning of August 9 and a heavyweight contest in the afternoon. An innovation this year is a playground equipment demonstration for small children.
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Dewitt
Clinton County Farm Bureau
Bids Sought for Gasoline and Lubricants by Linn County Iowa
Sealed bids for 100000 gallons Gasoline 40000 gallons Diesel Fuel 1000 gallons Diesel Lubricating Oil 2100 gallons Lubricating Oils and 5000 pounds Extreme Pressure Transmission Oil will be received in Cedar Rapids Iowa by May 25 1939. Each bid must include a 50 dollar certified check as liquidated damages if the bidder fails to execute a contract and bond. The Board may waive defects and reject bids. Tests by the Iowa State Highway Commission will determine quality.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Department of Materials and Tests
Iowa State Highway Commission
N County
Lin Iowa
Jay Stirm
Board of Super- Attest
Rob’t M. Vesely
Neighbors Help Carl Johnson Plows 65 Acres
Twenty one farmers and friends worked the Ben Gehry farm to plow 65 acres for Carl Johnson who is recovering from a broken jaw. Gehry paid for dinners and tractor gasoline. Plowers include Feldavert, Kolosik, Gray, Brown, Carder, Kelly, Collingwood, Cobb, Carter, Owen, West, Strausser, Furney, Wetherer, Miller, Korsch among others. Corn and soybeans planted with nineteen tractors and two teams.
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Carl Johnson
Ben Gehry
Johnson
Mr. Gehry
John Feldavert
Orville Kolosik
D. W. Gray
Willis Brown
Owel Carder
Dick Kelly
Gerald Collingwood
Estill Cobb
Harley Carter
Joe Kelly
Dick Owen
Winter
Milo West
Richard Strausser
Clint Furney
Grant Wetherer
Sylvan Collingwood
Harold Miller
George Korsch
Pete Septer
Layton Claypool
Linn County bids sought for crushed stone road work
Sealed proposals for 3000 cubic yards of crushed stone surfacing in Secondary Road District No. 128, Linn County Iowa, due by 2 00 PM May 25 1939. Bids opened after closing in the Board of Supervisors office Cedar Rapids with 5 percent bidder bond. Iowa labor and products preference apply. Specifications available at County Auditor office.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Highway
Lee Stirm
Rob't. M. Vesely
Austria Described For Linn Junior Farm Bureau
Dr. Herbert Gerstman formerly of Vienna Austria was guest speaker at the Linn County Junior Farm Bureau May meeting at Miss Marjorie Albaughs home. He described Austrian people and customs and gave a geographical picture of the country. The event was attended by 45 young people.
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Herbert Gerstman
Vienna
Austria
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Marjorie Albaugh
Gerstman
Bids Sought for Linn County Road Surfacing Project
Linn County Iowa invites sealed bids for resurfacing 15.12 miles of secondary roads in Fairfax Township using about 4536 cubic yards of crushed stone. Bids due May 25 1939 at 2:00 PM in Cedar Rapids. bid security 275 dollars or 5 percent. proposals due with standard forms. preference for Iowa made materials. project overseen by Fred Stirm chairman and Rob Vesely county auditor.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fairfax Township
Board of Supervisors
Fred Stirm
Rob’j. M. Vesely
Corn Test Plots Planted In Johnson County Iowa
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Iowa five miles southwest of town hosts a 22 variety corn test plot on the Freeman Isaac farm with planned harvest data. A second plot is planned on the Will Warren farm with 21 township Farm Bureau samples to enter. A prize awaits the top hybrid. Eight Johnson County farmers participate with Ames college plans to test inbreds and crosses. A local wayside park project near Iowa City features a wiener roast and park work by the Junior Chamber and Junior Farm Bureau.
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Iowa City
Emmett D. Gardner
Freeman Isaac
Gardner
Will Warren
Warren
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Johnson County
H. J. Dane
College At
Ames
Carl Spiegel
Peosia
Alvin Lincoln
Sheldon
Bruce Carson
Leland
John Brockmeyer
Lime Springs
J. N. Horlaker
Storm Lake
C. E. Wilson
Henderson
Guy Blakey
Russell
Oasis
Mr. West
Fred Wilbertson
Roy Mulford
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids
John Beck
Chamber of Commerce
Young Men’s Bureau
Vernon Stevens
William Crissman
Milo Soukup
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Potash Test Plots Planned In Washington County
Washington Ia J W Chandler county agent announced two potash test plots in Washington county. One plot will be on the W O Morgan farm west of Brighton on Clinton silt loam and the other on the J E Gallagher and Son farm in Jackson township on Grundy silty clay loam. Three fertilizers 0 20 20 0 20 10 and 0 20 0 will be applied at 100 pounds per acre with four duplications and check rows. Fall harvests will measure yields at 15 percent moisture.
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Washington
J. W. Chandler
Washington County
W. O. Morgan
Brighton
Clinton
J. E. Gallagher and Son
Jackson Township
Clinton 4-H Rally Planned for June 8
The Gazette EL VIRA reports Clinton County 4 H girls will hold the annual Rally day program on June 8. Special tec details indicate involved clubs and activities for the event.
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Gazette
Clinton County
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